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Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
Washington State Deputy Sheriff Not Entitled to Quasi-Judicial Immunity by Washington State Deputy Sheriff Not Entitled to Quasi-Judicial Immunity The Washington Court of Appeals held that a deputy sheriff who was negligent in transporting a prisoner from court to jail was not entitled to quasi-judicial immunity. Anthony Reijm was taken …
Oregon Parolee Negligent Supervision Case Reinstated by The Oregon Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s grant of summary judgment against a teenage girl who was raped by a violent parolee. In November 1997, 14-year-old Akilah Johnson was assaulted and raped by a stranger. More than four years later, on …
Allegations of Contraband Smuggling, Sex and Corruption at Texas Prison by Matthew Clarke Allegations of Contraband Smuggling, Sex and Corruption at Texas Prison by Matt Clarke The Inspector General’s office of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) has been investigating numerous cases of corruption at the 1,555-bed Terrell Unit …
Organizing for Freedom: Resistance at Angola State Penitentiary, Louisiana’s Last Slave Plantation by Jordan Flaherty Organizing for Freedom: Resistance at Angola State Penitentiary, Louisiana’s Last Slave Plantation by Jordan Flaherty At the heart of Louisiana’s prison system sits the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, a former slave plantation where little …
Prisoners’ Death Rate Report Indicts Prison Medical Care by Implication by David Reutter Prisoners’ Death Rate Report Indicts Prison Medical Care by Implication by David M. Reutter A report by the US Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics has issued a report on the 12,129 state prisoners’ deaths reported …
Multiple Incidents Indicate Florida Jail Has Culture of Abuse by Multiple Incidents Indicate Florida Jail Has Culture of Abuse Three recent incidents at the Hillsborough County Jail in Tampa, Florida demonstrate a culture of abuse at the facility. One of the incidents involved a guard dumping a quadriplegic prisoner from …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
Welcome to Fun Day: Crime and Punishment in the United States by Marie Gottschalk Doing Time Together: Love and Family in the Shadow of the Prison. By Megan Comfort. University of Chicago Press. 256 pp. $55.00 cloth. $22.00 paper. Race, Incarceration, and American Values. By Glenn C. Loury with Pamela …
Cook County Jail Conditions Unconstitutional, Charges Department of Justice by David Reutter Cook County Jail Conditions Unconstitutional, Charges Department of Justice by David M. Reutter On July 11, 2008, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division issued a letter to officials at Illinois’ Cook County Jail (CCJ) which found …
Violence and Corruption at Rikers Island; Called a “Battle Camp for Kids” by David Reutter Violence and Corruption at Rikers Island; Called a “Battle Camp for Kids” by David M. Reutter While there have been no escapes and only two suicides in the past year at New York City’s Rikers …
Former PHS Doctor Arrested on Drug Charges by Former PHS Doctor Arrested on Drug Charges In July 2008, former Prison Health Services (PHS) employee John N. Mubang, 57, was arrested by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for prescribing drugs for monetary gain and trafficking in controlled substances. The six-month …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
Cold Case Hits Use Vastly Exaggerated DNA “Match” Statistics; Upheld by California Supreme Court by Matthew Clarke Cold Case Hits Use Vastly Exaggerated DNA “Match” Statistics; Upheld by California Supreme Court by Matt Clarke A recent California murder trial has highlighted serious problems in the probability statistics used to determine …
Texas Prison Guard Files False Report, Faces 20 Years by Gary Hunter Texas Prison Guard Files False Report, Faces 20 Years by Gary Hunter Former Texas prison guard Eugene Morris, Jr. was found guilty of filing a false report about a use of force incident involving state prisoner Robert Tanzini. …
Nurse Pleads Guilty in Death of Florida Juvenile Prisoner by A former nurse at Florida’s Miami Regional Juvenile Detention Center has pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge of culpable negligence related to the death of a teenage prisoner. The guilty plea comes five years after the death of 17-year-old Omar …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
Demonstrators Supporting Guantanamo Prisoners in Front of U.S. Supreme Court Found Guilty of Unlawful Assembly by Demonstrators Supporting Guantanamo Prisoners in Front of U.S. Supreme Court Found Guilty of Unlawful Assembly On May 29, 2008, thirty-four members of the civil rights group Witness Against Torture (WAT) were found guilty in …
Second Circuit Recognizes Attorney-Client Privilege in Prisoner’s Journal in Prosecution of Rapist Guard by Second Circuit Recognizes Attorney-Client Privilege in Prisoner’s Journal in Prosecution of Rapist Guard The Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that a female prisoner did not waive attorney-client privilege with respect to certain writings in her …
Rape of Child by Former Washington DOC Director’s Son Spawns Departmental Crisis by John Dannenberg Rape of Child by Former Washington DOC Director’s Son Spawns Departmental Crisis by John E. Dannenberg The Washington State Court of Appeals has upheld the firing of the Department of Corrections’ (WDOC) chief personnel counselor …
Ex-Con Exposed – Had Posed as a Lawyer by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg A former prisoner who posed as an attorney in at least 16 cases in ten federal courts since 2004 has admitted to a federal judge that he is not a lawyer and didn’t graduate from …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
PEW Report: 1 in 99 Adult Americans Behind Bars In 2007 by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The venerated PEW Center on the States reported in February 2008 that one in every 99.1 adult Americans was presently behind bars. For males between ages 20 and 34, the number is …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
Michigan Escape is Not “Violent Felony” for ACCA Purposes by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a Michigan “failure to report” escape conviction was not a “violent felony” under 18 U.S.C. § 924, the Armed Career Criminals Act (ACCA). Anthony Collier was arrested by federal agents in …
Jail Nurse Guilty of Forging Doctor’s Order; Forged Orders Common Jail Practice by Mark Wilson Jail Nurse Guilty of Forging Doctor’s Order; Forged Orders Common Jail Practice by Mark Wilson On August 28, 2008, a Multnomah County, Oregon jury convicted a former jail nurse of forging a drug prescription for …
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