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Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006
Deplorable Delaware Prisoner Health Care; Another Prisoner Death Results by by David M. Reutter Despite mainstream media pressure, public outcry, and a federal investigation, the Delaware Department of Corrections (DDOC) continues to keep its head in the sand about prisoner health care. Not surprisingly, it has resulted in another prisoner's …
Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006
Filed under: Medical, Medication, Staffing
Robotic Medicine Dispensers Pillage Jails Cost Savings by John Dannenberg Robotic Medicine Dispensers Pillage Jail's Cost Savings by John E. Dannenberg ROBOT, a $1 million automatic pill dispensing system installed at the Contra Costa County (California) jails in February 2005 and advertised to save the county $240,000, has so far …
Florida Boot Camps a Bust, Replaced by Less Fatal Programs by Gary Hunter A study of the Pinellas County, Florida boot camp for juveniles, requested by Sheriff Jim Coats, found the program to be a phenomenal failure. The study's results, reported in March 2006, revealed that 90 percent of boot …
Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006
Hate-Filled Religious Fanatics Find a Home in Kansas Corrections by Alex Friedmann Hate is a strong word. Many prison employees and DOC officials are contemptuous of or indifferent to the prisoners in their custody. Detention facility staff are sometimes negligent, retaliatory and even abusive,(1) but they seldom display a fanatical …
Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006
Florida Judge's Brother Receives Medical Furlough, Recuperates at Home by Florida Judge's Brother Receives Medical Furlough, Recuperates at Home The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) has sent one of its prison doctors to review if a prisoner should return to prison to heal from heart surgery. The prisoners connections have …
Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006
Filed under: Prison Industries, Medical, Food
Bacterial Contamination In Prison-Made Milk Fells 1,344 Prisoners and 14 Staff in 11 California Pris by John Dannenberg Bacterial Contamination In Prison-Made Milk Fells 1,344 Prisoners and 14 Staff in 11 California Prisons by John E. Dannenberg Between May 16 and May 23, 2006, a milk-borne illness caused by the …
Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006
New York Prisoner Wins Brutality Suit, Loses Award to Son-of-Sam Law by A New York prisoner won $15,000 in a suit over having been beaten by prison guards only to have a jury return a $42 million adverse verdict under New Yorks Son-of-Sam law. Abdul Majid, 57, a New York …
Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006
PLRA Administrative Exhaustion Requirement Distinguished in Two California by John Dannenberg Excessive-Force Suits by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals consolidated two interlocutory appeals from U.S. District Courts in California that distinguished under what circumstances administrative exhaustion is deemed satisfied if the grievance process has been …
Court Invalidates BOP Prisoners' UCC Liens Against Judges and Officials by A Virginia federal district court has entered a permanent injunction against two federal prisoners who filed liens under the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) against judges and prison officials. The United States government brought this action against Lorenzo Grade Martin …
Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006
San Francisco Jails Strip Search Policy Ruled Unconstitutional By Federal Court by John Dannenberg San Francisco Jails Strip Search Policy Ruled Unconstitutional By Federal Court by John E. Dannenberg The U.S. District Court (N.D. Cal.) ruled on motions for summary judgment that the City and County of San Franciscos blanket …
Wisconsin Prison Psychiatrists License Suspended After Prisoners Death by Gary Hunter Wisconsin Prison Psychiatrists License Suspended After Prisoners Death by Gary Hunter Yoges Pareek, had his medical license suspended by the Wisconsin Examining Board in October 2005. Pareek is a former psychiatrist at the Waupun Correctional Institution (WCT). He was …
Alabama Guards Liable in Killing a Prisoner by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed an Alabama federal district courts grant of summary judgment to guards in a civil rights suit stemming from the killing of a prisoner by guards during a struggle. Following a successful escape attempt at …
California Sheriffs Authority to Fire Rogue Guard is Validated by Marvin Mentor California Sheriff's Authority to Fire Rogue Guard is Validated by Marvin Mentor The California Court of Appeal held that the San Diego County Civil Service Commission abused its discretion when it overturned the Sheriff's firing of a deputy …
Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006
Filed under: Classification
Ten Months Later: 66 Maximum Security Prisoners Still Improperly Housed In CDCR Reception Centers by Following up on the August 2005 statewide directive to tighten up on procedures for properly segregating known dangerous new commitments at the reception center prisons, the California Inspector General (IG) conducted an audit on October …
Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006
Texas Parole System Sick From Top to Bottom by Gary Hunter Texas Parole System Sick From Top to Bottom by Gary Hunter Parole in Texas has never been very reputable. During the 1920s and 30s Miriam Ma Ferguson, Texas first female governor, and her husband Pa Ferguson, who preceded his …
Federal Judge Suspends Some Georgia Sex Offender Residency Restrictions by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke On June 29, 2006, e federal judge in Georgia granted class-action status and a temporary restraining order (TRO) suspending enforcement of some provisions of Georgias sex offender residency law (SORL), Ga.Code.Ann. § 42-15. The …
Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006
Federal Court Orders California DOC to Pay $58 Million In Overdue Medical Bills by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On March 30, 2006, the U.S. District Court, N.D. Cal., ordered the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to pay its backlog of overdue medical subcontractors bills within 60 …
BOP Must Let Prisoners Control Their Outside Assets; Pays $10,500 To Settle Grievances by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg In a convoluted pro per suit, two federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) prisoners, who had been retaliated against after they grieved the BOP's having infracted them for controlling their legitimately-acquired …
Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
NY Appellate Court Reverses Denial of Parole by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Appellate Division (1st Dept.) of the New York Supreme Court granted a non-life prisoners article 78 petition challenging the Parole Boards denial of his parole that had been based upon the nature and seriousness of …
Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006
Indiana Justice Agency Head Fired for Misallocating $417,000 in Funds by Michael Rigby On May 26, 2006, the executive director of Indiana's Criminal Justice Institute was fired for misallocating $417,000 in grant money earmarked for a program to help the children of prisoners. Heather Bolejack, 31, allegedly funneled the money …
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