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U.S. Supreme Court to Review California Prison Population Reduction Orders by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On June 14, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court (USSC) agreed to review orders entered by a three-judge federal district court panel in California that would relieve overcrowding in that state’s prison system by …
Dallas County Jail Settles Three Medical-Related Suits for $795,000 by In April 2009, a federal jury in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas awarded $355,000 to Robert Duvall for injuries he suffered when he was denied medical treatment at the Dallas County Jail. Less than three …
Virginia Sheriff’s Office, PHS Settle Wrongful Death Suit for $1.6 Million by Prison Health Services (PHS), a private for-profit company that provides medical care to prisoners, has agreed to pay $1.5 million to the family of a man who died at a Virginia jail, with the sheriff’s office paying another …
Brief • June 18, 2010
United States v. Erie County, NY, Settlement, Mental Health Conditions, 2010 Case 1:09-cv-00849-WMS-JJM Document 89-2 Filed 06/18/2010 Page 1 of 25 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ____________________________________ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. Plaintiff, ERIE COUNTY, NEW YORK; CHRIS COLLINS, COUNTY EXECUTIVE; ANTHONY BILLITTIER, IV, MD, COUNTY …
Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010
Filed under: Mental Health, Suicides
Salt Lake County Agrees to Pay $75,000 to Settle Jail Suicide Suit by On September 15, 2008, Salt Lake County, Utah agreed to pay $75,000 to the family of an ex-cop who killed himself at the Salt Lake County Metro Jail. Arthur Anderson was arrested in January 2006 after his …
Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010
California: Budget Cuts Target Rehabilitation Programs by Michael Brodheim Forced to trim its budget by $1.2 billion, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is cutting back on rehabilitative programs that help reduce recidivism. On October 14, 2009, Donovan State Prison closed its “Right Turn” substance abuse program that …
NACDL Releases Report on U.S. Drug and Mental Health Courts by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In September 2009, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) released a 74-page report on the state of America’s drug and mental health courts, reflecting the knowledge gleaned from over 130 expert witnesses …
Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010
Mental Health Specialist May be Liable in California Jail Detainee’s Suicide by In a tragic case involving a father who signed a citizen’s arrest for his son who later committed suicide while in pretrial detention, the Ninth Circuit upheld the grant of summary judgment to two sheriff’s deputies and the …
Summary Judgment Reversed in Illinois Jail Suicide Suit by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s grant of summary judgment to Illinois jail officials stemming from the in-custody suicide of a federal pretrial detainee. On April 13, 2005, Stanley Bell was confined at the St. Clair County …
Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010
California: Indefinite Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators May Violate Equal Protection by In a January 28, 2010 ruling, the California Supreme Court held that Prop. 83, a November 2006 ballot initiative also known as Jessica’s Law, may violate constitutional guarantees of equal protection by subjecting sexually violent predators (SVPs), …
Bailey v. Pataki, NY, Memorandum, Involuntary Admittance to Hospitals, 2010 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK KENNETH BAILEY, Plaintiff, -againstGEORGE PATAKI, et. al., Defendants. Case No. 08-Civ-8563 (JSR) Memorandum in Law in Support of Plaintiff’s Motions for Preclusion of Prejudicial Evidence and for Bifurcation TABLE OF CONTENTS …
Publication • 2010
Filed under: Suicides
National Institute of Corrections, National Study of Jail Suicide, 2010 U.S. Department of Justice National Institute of Corrections U.S. Department of Justice National Institute of Corrections 320 First Street, NW Washington, DC 20534 Morris L. Thigpen Director Thomas J. Beauclair Deputy Director Virginia A. Hutchinson Chief, Jails Division Fran Zandi …
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
Housing Mentally Ill Violent Offender in Nursing Home Leads to Rape by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 16, 2009, a 21-year-old mentally ill man with a long history of violent crimes raped a 69-year-old woman housed in the same Illinois nursing home. Christopher Shelton, 21, suffers from bipolar …
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
Study Finds Pharmacological Treatment of Opiate Dependence Under-Utilized in State and Federal Prisons by Michael Brodheim In the first national survey of its kind, researchers have documented important attitudes and practices among state and federal correctional medical directors regarding the use of methadone and buprenorphine to treat heroin/opiate addiction in …
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
Methadone Vending Machines Installed in British Prisons by Fifty-seven methadone vending machines have been installed in British prisons in an effort to help opiate-addicted prisoners manage their drug addictions without resorting to illegal heroin supplies available behind bars. The machines dispense individualized doses of methadone to registered prisoners after a …
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
Faith-Based Substance Abuse Program Contracts May Violate Florida’s Constitution by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Contracts between the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) and faith-based substance abuse transitional housing programs may violate the “no-aid” provision of Florida’s Constitution. Because the issue required further factual development to make that determination, …
Washington State Not Required to Prove Current Dangerousness for Civil Commitment as Sexually Violent Predator by On October 1, 2009, the en banc Supreme Court of Washington ruled that the state was not required to prove a sex offender would reoffend within the foreseeable future to civilly commit him as …
Texas Parolee Challenges His Designation as Sex Offender by On September 3, 2002, Texas parolee Miller Branch, Jr., filed an amended civil rights complaint in federal district court pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging his designation as a "sex offender" by parole officials and the requirement that he register …
Washington State DNA Collection Fee Affirmed on Appeal by On October 15, 2008, Brandy Brewster of Washington State was convicted by a jury for possession of cocaine, for which she was arrested almost two years previously on November 15, 2006. At her sentencing on December 8, 2008, Ms. Brewster was …
Civilly Committed Washington State Prisoner's Arson Conviction Upheld by On October 6, 2009, a Washington State court of appeals upheld a prisoner's arson conviction for setting fire to a blanket in his civil commitment room. James Moseley, a resident of the McNeil Island Special Commitment Center (MISCC), used matches to …
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