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Article • January 7, 2016
ACLU Calls for Nationwide Ban on Solitary Confinement of Children by Joe Watson To minimize psychological and physical harm to children behind bars, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) recommends in a recent report that solitary confinement should be banned in all juvenile facilities. Though several states in recent years—including Alaska, …
Article • January 7, 2016
New York DOCCS Disease Control Program Problematic by Gary Hunter A study conducted by the Correctional Association (CA) of New York revealed that the New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS)  is drastically deficient when it comes to identifying prisoners infected with HIV and the Hepatitis C virus …
Article • January 7, 2016
Filed under: Commissary
Audit Criticizes Financial Management of Nassau County Jail Commissary by Derek Gilna An audit performed by the Nassau County, New York Comptroller’s Office, following the standards of the New York State Commission of Corrections, or NYSCOC, and pursuant to state law, has criticized the financial management of the county’s jail …
Article • January 7, 2016
U.S. Transfers Detention Facilities to Afghans, Retains Custody of Some Prisoners by Matthew Clarke By Matt Clarke In March 2013, the U.S. transferred control of the U.S. Detention Facility in Parwan—the main jail in Afghanistan—and the Bagram military prison to the government of Afghanistan. The transfer involved thousands of prisoners, …
Article • January 7, 2016
Filed under: Telephone Monitoring
Texas Begins Intercepting and Blocking Cell Phone Calls from Prisons by Matthew Clarke By Matt Clarke In April 2013, Texas began intercepting cell phone calls originating in two of its largest prisons. The equipment installed at the Stiles Unit in Beaumont and the McConnell Unit in Beeville is intended to …
Article • January 7, 2016
Segregation Rate and Segregated Prisoner Suicide Rate High in Texas by Matthew Clarke By Matt Clarke At around 5.5%, the segregation rate in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is over twice the national average of 2.7%. Segregating so many prisoners raises questions about the mental health effects of …
Article • January 7, 2016
Former Missouri Death Row Prisoner Finally Exonerated in 1983 Murder by Joe Watson Three decades after being sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, and more than two years after Missouri's Supreme Court threw out his murder conviction, Reggie Griffin has been finally exonerated. On October 25, …
Article • January 7, 2016
$2.2 Million Settlement in Police Shooting of California Parolee by Verdicts & Settlements Final Preview RESULT DATE:  February 27, 2014 Whitney Dueuez, et al. v. City of Manteca, et al. (2:11-cv-01820-LKK-KJN) Hon. Lawrence K. Karlton USDC Eastern TOPIC:  Civil Rights SUB TOPIC: Excessive Force, Deprivation of Familial Relationship FURTHER DESCRIPTION:  …
Article • January 7, 2016
Filed under: Death Row
Alabama Prisoners Dying on Death Row, but by Natural Causes by David Reutter by David Reutter Prisoners are sent to death row to die for their crimes.  The shortages of drugs used for lethal injection has delayed executions, resulting in many death row prisoners dying from natural cases or suicide.  …
Vermont Law Shields For-Profit Healthcare Provider from Public Scrutiny by Joe Watson When Vermont's Department of Corrections hired a for-profit healthcare provider in 2010 to treat the state's 2,000 prisoners, it also hired an independent third-party to keep tabs on the private contractor. And yet, Correct Care Solutions (CCS) has …
Article • January 7, 2016
Seventh Circuit: Police Officer Who Shot Man Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity by On May 27, 2015, the Seventh Circuit court of appeals upheld a federal court's denial of a motion for summary judgement based on qualified immunity filed by a police officer who shot a man in an alleged …
Article • January 7, 2016
$5.3 Million Settlement in Wrongful Death and Excessive Force by Los Angeles Deputies by The County of Los Angeles paid $5.3 Million to settle a wrongful death and excessive force lawsuit.  The suit stemmed from the November 10, 2012, deadly force used upon Jose De La Trinidad. Deputies pursued a …
Article • January 7, 2016
$1.5 Million Settlement in Los Angeles Deputies Fatal Shooting of Minor by The County of Los Angeles paid $1.5 Million to settle a lawsuit alleging sheriff’s deputies used excessive force on March 7, 2012, upon Arturo Cabrales, a minor, resulting in his death. Deputies accosted Cabrales and two companions for …
Article • January 7, 2016
$600,000 Settlement in Minor’s Fatal Shooting by Los Angeles Deputies by The County of Los Angeles paid $600,000 to settle the lawsuit brought by Rosisela Rubalcava for the alleged excess force on her minor son.  The March 10, 2013, incident resulted in a fatal shooting. Further details were not available, …
Article • January 7, 2016
Filed under: False Arrest
Ninth Circuit Holds Prolonging Traffic Stop Without Reasonable Cause Unlawful by On May 20, 2015, the Ninth Circuit court of appeals held that it was unlawful for law enforcement to prolong a traffic stop for the purpose of general crime detection without reasonable suspicion that a crime has occurred. Jailhouse …
Article • January 7, 2016
$700,000 Settlement in California Police Shooting Suit by The City of Napa, California settled a federal lawsuit over the November 28, 2010, shooting by police of an unarmed 60-year old man. Police were asked to check on the welfare of Richard Poccia. They were told he was in the midst …
Article • January 7, 2016
Filed under: Bail Bonds, Immigration
ICE Forced to Modify Bond Practices in Immigration Court Proceedings by Derek Gilna Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been enjoined by a federal district court in Seattle, Washington from summarily denying personal recognizance bonds in certain detention proceedings as a result of a class action filed by Maria Sandra …
Article • January 7, 2016
High Speed Car Chases Kill Thousands; Injure Tens of Thousands More by Since 1979 over 5,000 deaths and tens of thousands of drivers, passengers and innocent bystanders have been injured as a result of police car chases in the US. Most of these chases begin as routine minor infractions. On …
Article • January 7, 2016
Polk County Florida Juvenile Prison Conditions Corizon Treatment Held Constitutional by On March 15, 2012, suit was brought against Grady Judd, Sheriff of Polk County, Florida and the jail’s health care provider Corizon Health Inc. for violating the constitutional rights of its juvenile prisoners. Plaintiffs filed for class certification, temporary …
Article • January 7, 2016
New Pennsylvania Legislation Sucker Punches Inmate Speech by Linn Washington Jr. Law Shreds Rights by: Linn Washington Jr. The serious injustice endured by Pennsylvania prison inmate Lorenzo ‘Cat’ Johnson, detailed yesterday in Part I of this series [1], is the subject of a website and numerous other postings on the Internet. …
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