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Article • February 3, 2016
Michigan Law Students Compile Fifty-State and BOP Grievance Policies by Derek Gilna The Michigan Law Prison Information Project (MLPA), an organization staffed largely by law students and supervised by Professor Margo Schlanger, compiled in January 2014, an exhaustive comparison of prison grievance policies. According to that organization, "The goal of …
Pennsylvania Law Requiring Lifetime Registration of Juvenile Sex Offenders Unconstitutional by The Pennsylvania Supreme Court Held the Commonwealth's mandatory lifetime registration of juvenile sexual offenders is unconstitutional. The Court concluded that juveniles have “a constitutionally protected interest in their reputation that has been encroached by the use of an  irrebuttable …
Article • February 3, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Settlement Ends Montgomery, Alabama Debtor’s Prison by David Reutter Debtor’s prison has come to an end in the city of Montgomery, Alabama. Following a federal district court’s grant of a preliminary injunction requiring the city to correct its unconstitutional practice of jailing people who could not afford to pay fines, …
Article • February 3, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Union Supply Overcharges Sales Tax on Holiday Packages for TN Prisoners by Once a year, the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) allows prisoners and their family members to order special holiday packages, consisting mainly of snacks, candy and other food items. The holiday packages can include items totaling up to …
Staff-on-Prisoner Sexual Abuse Persists in New York Prisons by David Reutter The Second Circuit Court of Appeals held on August 11, 2015 that guards who subject prisoners to sexual fondling may violate the prisoners’ constitutional rights. The ruling came in the wake of media reports that the New York Department …
Ninth Circuit: Appeal Challenges Probation Revocation for Exercising First Amendment Rights by A former federal prisoner is appealing the revocation of his supervised release for engaging in conduct that he argues is protected under the First Amendment. The Cato Institute, Electronic Frontier Foundation, ACLU, Brechner First Amendment Project at the …
Illinois: Exonerated Sex Offender Sues for Wrongful Conviction by Derek Gilna An Illinois man who was wrongfully convicted of a sex offense, and released from prison after his supposed victim was discredited, has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Chicago, the Chicago police department and other defendants as …
Jackson v. Jesus Tellado et al, NY, Verdict, police racial bias, 2016 Case 1:11-cv-03028-PKC-SMG Document 99 Filed 02/03/16 Page 1 of 7 PageID #: 2187 FILED IN CLERK'SOFFICI! U.S. DISTRICTCOURrE.D.ll.Y. * *FEBD32016 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK BROOKLYN OFACE LARRY JACKSON, Plaintiff; SPECIAL VERDICT SHEET 1!-CV-3028 …
Brief • February 3, 2016
White v. Condict, PA, Amicus Brief, National Police Accountability Project, 2016 No. 16-619 ================================================================ In The Supreme Court of the United States -----------------------------------------------------------------DAVID WHITE, Petitioner, v. NEWTON CONDICT, IV, Respondent. -----------------------------------------------------------------On Petition For A Writ Of Certiorari To The United States Court Of Appeals For The Third Circuit -----------------------------------------------------------------BRIEF FOR …
Jones v. City and County of San Francisco, CA, Settlement, False Imprisonment, 2016 FULL AND FINAL RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT This Full and Final Release and Settlement Agreement ("Agreement") is entered into as of the date it is fully executed by the parties hereto, as defined below, and is made …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Judge to Recommend Whether to Exonerate “San Antonio Four” of Sexual Assault Convictions by Matthew Clarke A San Antonio, Texas judge is considering what he will recommend to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals after hearing testimony that four women convicted of sexually abusing two young girls in 1994 should …
$350,000 Settlement for Estate of Prisoner Murdered at Georgia Prison by The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) agreed to pay $350,000 to settle a civil rights action filed by the estate of a prisoner murdered at Hays State Prison (Hays). As previously reported in PLN, in late 2012 and early …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Wisconsin DOC Pays Former Prisoner for Miscalculating Sentence by Gary Hunter On April 4, 2014, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) was ordered to pay $7,600 to former prisoner Robin N. Gavinski for holding him too long in prison. Gavinski was serving three sentences that were supposed to run concurrently; …
Vermont’s Policy of Sending Prisoners Out-of-State Found Unconstitutional by David Reutter A Vermont Superior Court held the policy of the Vermont Department of Corrections (VDOC) to send hundreds of male prisoners to out-of-state facilities, regardless of whether they have close bonds with their young children, while keeping all women prisoners …
Minnesota Civil Detainee Raped by Cellmate Receives $203,000 Settlement by David Reutter The state of Minnesota agreed to a $203,000 settlement in a lawsuit brought by a civil detainee at the Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP) that alleged a policy or custom of disregarding patient safety, resulting in the detainee …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
$725,000 Award for Eye Loss Caused by Guard’s Assault by David Reutter A New York Court of Claims awarded $725,000 to a prisoner who lost an eye after being attacked by a jail guard. Prisoner Warren Davis, 31, suffers from keratoconus, a congenital eye condition in which the cornea changes …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Human Rights Groups Condemn Worsening Conditions in Venezuelan Prisons by Matthew Clarke As long ago as 1997, the advocacy group Human Rights Watch issued a report that characterized conditions in Venezuelan prisons as “violat[ing] both Venezuelan law and international human rights standards.” The group pointed to dangerous overcrowding as perhaps …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Former Washington Prisoner Exonerated, Receives Compensation, Arrested Again by A wrongfully convicted former Washington prisoner was awarded $546,383 in compensation under a new state law for spending 10 years in prison on robbery and burglary charges for crimes he did not commit. Brandon Redtailhawk Olebar was arrested following a February …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Filed under: Advocacy, Prison Reform
From Jailer to Jailed: Former NYPD Boss Urges Prison Reform by Christopher Zoukis “It’s time for America to stop destroying lives, professions, and children. It’s time for a real national bipartisan movement to make our criminal justice system what it is supposed to be.” So declared former New York City …
Civil Rights Advocates Laud Healthcare Settlement with Arizona Prison System by Joe Watson by Joe Watson and Derek Gilna Civil rights organizations hailed the settlement of a class-action lawsuit filed against the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) in the wake of scores of prisoner deaths and preventable injuries stemming from …
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