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Article • January 11, 2016
Childlike Man with Multiple Sclerosis Kept in Prison After Sentence Ends by Joe Watson On September 26, 2013, a 43-year-old man suffering from multiple sclerosis, and said to have the mental capacity of a 5-year-old, was free to depart New Mexico’s Department of Corrections after spending 25 years in prison. …
Article • January 11, 2016
Mississippi First to Begin Conjugal Visits, Latest to End Them by David Reutter After a century of using conjugal visits as prisoner –control practice, Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) Commissioner Christopher B. Epps has brought that privilege to an end. Only five states now allow conjugal visits. In the Jim …
Article • January 11, 2016
Filed under: Wrongful Release
California Court of Appeals Holds Consecutive Sentence Begins When Prisoner Found Suitable for Parole by In a decision handed down on May 14, 2015, a California court of appeals held that a prisoner’s consecutive sentence for a felony committed while incarcerated (custodial felony) begins on the date he is found …
Article • January 11, 2016
Filed under: Food, Religious Diet
Court Orders Oversight of Florida Prisoner Kosher Meal Program by David Reutter In ordering the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) to provide prisoners with kosher meals, the federal district court overseeing the litigation brought by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) overruled FDOC”s objection to giving DOJ oversight authority into …
Article • January 11, 2016
Filed under: False Arrest
Los Angeles False Arrest Case Settles for $250,000 by The County of Los Angeles paid $250,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging sheriff’s deputies falsely arrested Latisha Clayton on November 9, 2010, and December 10, 2010. The first arrest occurred after Clayton was identified as the person who delivered narcotics to …
Article • January 11, 2016
Filed under: Overdetention, False Arrest
Lengthy Los Angeles Bus Detentions Result in $225,000 Settlement by The County of Los Angeles paid $225,000 to settle a class action alleging it wrongfully arrested persons during the November 30, 2011, Occupy LA protest. The main thrust of the complaint was that 126 people were subjected to lengthy bus …
Article • January 11, 2016
Georgia Debtor Prison Challenged by Cellphone video of a judge threatening to jail indigent defendants in Bowdon, Georgia, for failure to pay fines and fees prompted a policy change.  Yet, so called “debtors prisons” are still a problem in the state. While in court to contest citations, including one for …
Article • January 11, 2016
Filed under: Police Misconduct
Florida Murder Suspect’s Confession Suppressed; TV Show Video also Barred by The Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the suppression of a murder case defendant’s statement due to a Miranda violation. The constitutional violation occurred as detectives were “shadowed” by a crew from the television show The First 48. The …
Article • January 11, 2016
Filed under: False Arrest
Florida Woman’s False Arrest Results in $200,000 Jury Verdict by Florida’s Palm Beach County Sheriff paid $200,000 to satisfy a verdict in a lawsuit stemming from a woman being falsely accused of burglary and credit card fraud. After several cars were burglarized in August 2011, the owners reported their credit …
Article • January 11, 2016
Virginia’s Treatment of Jailed Mentally Ill Persons Found Lacking by David Reutter Jails have become an essential part of Virginia’s mental health system, but they lack the capacity to satisfy the current demand for mental health services. That is a finding of a report by Virginia’s Office of the State …
In-the-News Article • January 11, 2016
State of Nevada to settle PLN censorship suit Jan. 11, 2016 Articles about PLN Litigation Review-Journal (NV) Posted January 11, 2016 - 3:22pmUpdated January 11, 2016 - 5:21pm Board will consider paying to settle claim of censorship of prison publications By Sandra Chereb Review-Journal Capital Bureau CARSON CITY — A state board …
Brief • January 11, 2016
Unknown Parties, et al., v. Johnson, AZ, Order, CBP detainee cell conditions, 2016 Case 4:15-cv-00250-DCB Document 117 Filed 01/11/16 Page 1 of 23 1 SKC 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Unknown Parties, et al., 10 11 …
In-the-News Article • January 10, 2016
Interview with PLN contributing writer Christopher Zoukis Jan. 10, 2016 Articles that mention PLN In These Times   Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016 “My Words Are Dangerous”: An Interview with Christopher Zoukis BY AVIVA STAHL While there has been a lot of interest in recent years in journalism about prisons and the …
Brief • January 10, 2016
Filed under: Bifurcated Trial
Thomas v. Williams, TX, Plaintiff's Memo in Support of Opposed Motion, 2016 Case 4:14-cv-02711 Document 110 Filed in TXSD on 01/10/16 Page 1 of 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON DIVISION Plaintiffs Defendants. A. INTRODUCTION sua sponte i.e., Case 4:14-cv-02711 Document 110 Filed in TXSD on …
J.M.M. v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Amended Complaint, Assault on Juvenile, 2016 Case 2:14-cv-06529-JAK-FFM Document 77 Filed 01/08/16 Page 1 of 35 Page ID #:685 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 LAW OFFICES OF VICKI I. SARMIENTO A Professional Corporation VICKI I. SARMIENTO, SBN …
Brief • January 8, 2016
McDaniel v. Tom Green County, TX, Complaint, Wrongful Death Medical Neglect, 2016 Case 6:16-cv-00002-C Document 1 Filed 01/08/16 Page 1 of 14 PageID 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS SAN ANGELO DIVISION CHARLEY McDANIEL, and CORY WILLIAMS, individually and as heirs at law to the …
Brief • January 8, 2016
JPay v. Kobel, FL, Def. Notice of Removal - Arbitration Demand re Unlawful Conduct - Money Transfer (2016) Case 1:16-cv-20121-XXXX Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 01/08/2016 Page 1 of 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA MIAMI DIVISION JPAY, INC., A Delaware Corporation, …
Article • January 7, 2016
Prison Re-Entry Chief Sacked Due To Outstanding Criminal Cases by Christopher Zoukis Sundiata Keitazulu, appointed to head New Haven, Connecticut's prisoner reentry program, resigned from that $50,000 a year post on February 26, 2014, after being advised he was going to be fired due to two open criminal cases. Keitazulu …
Article • January 7, 2016
Filed under: Wrongful Release, Accidents
Nebraska DOC Director Retires Amid Criticism of Department Practices by Joe Watson The retirement of Robert Houston as director of Nebraska's Department of Correctional Services did not spark reflections on his 38-year career, but rather it salted fresh wounds. Houston, 63, insisted that his retirement—submitted in papers to Nebraska Gov. …
Article • January 7, 2016
Brooklyn Jail Guard Loses Custody of Baby She Had with Death Row Prisoner by Joe Watson A former jail guard impregnated by a prisoner now on death row temporarily lost parental rights in November 2013 to the infant son they conceived inside the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Nancy …
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