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Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
U.S. Supreme Court Holds § 1983 Proper to Challenge Execution Procedure by U.S. Supreme Court Holds § 1983 Proper to Challenge Execution Procedure In an extremely limited," unanimous decision, the United States Supreme Court held that an Alabama death row prisoner properly utilized 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to challenge a …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Filed under: Organizing, Voting, Restitution
ACLU-WA Challenges Washington Ex-Felon Disenfranchisement Law by On October 21, 2004, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Washington brought suit in state court, challenging a law which prohibits Washington ex-felons from voting solely because they owe legal financial obligations" (LFOs) such as court filing fees and costs, restitution and …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Filed under: Medical, Surgery
$1,000 Awarded After Surgeon Loses Broken Instrument in NY Prisoner's Mouth by On February 5, 2004, a New York Court of claims awarded a prisoner $1,000 for the negligence of an oral surgeon under contract with the New York Department of Correction (NYDOC). Sean Tapp was a prisoner at Attica …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
NY Prisoner Awarded $160,000 for Lost Testicle by A New York Court of Claims has awarded a former Collins Correctional Facility prisoner $160,000 in a medical malpractice suit. On November 22, 1998, Robert Hicks experienced pain in the area of his left waist. He said he laid on his bed, …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Filed under: Organizing, Voting
Mystified Felons Blamed In Washington Election Challenge by by Michael Rigby A byzantine disenfranchisement scheme has cast a pall over the electoral process in Washington. On November 2, 2004, Democrat Christine Gregoire won the state's gubernatorial race by the narrowest margin in state history--129 votes. Republican challenger Dino Rossi's camp …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Starved for Attention How do you break a high-security hunger strike? Put a lid on it. by by Alan Prendergast Prisoners who joined in a hunger strike at the Colorado State Penitentiary from January 15-26, 2005, were hoping their protest would attract a media feeding frenzy -- and put pressure …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Florida Prison Uprising by A riot at Florida's Apalachee Correctional Institution (ACI) resulted in one guard being stabbed and eleven others beaten. As a result, over 100 prisoners were transferred to other prisons. The incidents started shortly after prisoner Nakia Huggins was questioned by guards concerning a knife that another …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Fifth Circuit Holds Sleep Deprivation From Constant Illumination Constitutional by The Fifth Circuit court of appeals, in an unpublished opinion, held that alleging sleep deprivation caused by constant illumination was not a claim with an arguable basis in law for which a prisoner may be granted relief. Juan Chavarria, a …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
$95,000 Settlement For Imprisonment Based On Falsified Police Report by by John E. Dannenberg The Los Angeles, California County Sheriff's Department sought $95,000 authority from the L.A. County Claims Board (Board) to settle a wrongful incarceration federal civil rights lawsuit brought by a plaintiff whose conviction had been predicated upon …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Texas Now Requires D.A.'s Approval For Wrongful Conviction Compensation by by Matthew T. Clarke An amendment to the 2001 Texas law allowing compensation of the wrongly convicted requires that people applying for compensation present a letter from the district attorney who convicted them certifying the person's innocence. In 2001, State …
CSC May Be Liable For Retention of Sexually Abusive Employee by by Matthew T.Clarke A federal district court in New York has held that Correctional Services Corporation (CSC) may be liable for retaining an employee at a CSC-run halfway house after his sexual abuse of female prisoners was reported to …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Restitution Payments By Federal Defendant Whose Direct Appeal Was Final Held Not Reimbursable Upon L by Restitution Payments By Federal Defendant Whose Direct Appeal Was Final Held Not Reimbursable Upon Later Collateral Relief by John E. Dannenberg A convicted swindler whose direct appeal of his federal conviction was denied, but …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Ohio Awards $1,402.92 Award For 11 Days False Imprisonment by by Michael Rigby An Ohio prisoner should be awarded $1,402.92 for 11 days of false imprisonment, a magistrate recommended to the Ohio Court of Claims on October 21, 2004. On September 14, 1999, plaintiff Glen Wilson was sentenced to two …
Dental Treatment Denial Claim Cannot Be Subdivided By Court by The court of appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that a prisoner's allegation of denial of dental treatment cannot be split into three separate sub-claims then dismissed for failure to exhaust state remedies on the sub-claims. James McAlphin, an Arkansas …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Flight From California Parole Agents' Attempted Arrest Constitutes Felony Escape by The California Court of Appeal held that a parolee who fled an attempted arrest by his parole agent was a prisoner" nonetheless and that his actions supported his later conviction of felony escape. Parolee Aaron Nicholson unknowingly had a …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Los Angeles County Pays $32,500 To Settle Public Defender's Legal Malpractice by by John E. Dannenberg On November 8, 2004, the Los Angeles County, California Claims Board granted authority of $32,500 to settle a claim by a prisoner for legal malpractice on the part of the Public Defender, wherein the …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Ohio Prisoner Awarded $500 For Lost Property by The Ohio Court of Claims awarded $500 to a prisoner who claimed prison personnel lost various items of property when he was transferred. Thomas Pasco, an Ohio state prisoner, was transferred from the Ohio State Penitentiary (OSP) to the Belmont Correctional Institution …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
California State Auditor Criticizes Prison Outside-Hospital Contract Costs by In a detailed 98 page report to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the California Legislature, the California State Auditor criticized the California Department of Corrections' (CDC) lax management of contract outside-hospital medical services for CDC prisoners. The July 27, 2004 report observed …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Colorado Settles Mail Censorship Lawsuit with Due Process Guarantees by by Bob Williams Guaranteeing due process, training, and a centralized review committee for appeals, the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) has settled a 2000 lawsuit brought by publishers and prisoners challenging a system-wide practice of unconstitutional censorship. The 42 U.S.C. …
Chicago Jail Still Rife With Prisoner Abuse, Crimes By Guards by Chicago Jail Still Rife With Prisoner Abuse, Crimes By Guards by Matthew T. Clarke The Cook County Jail in Chicago, Illinois, remains the scene of controversy involving beatings of prisoners, stealing of drugs held for evidence, and guards having …
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