Skip navigation

Search

39133 results
Page 1054 of 1957. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 1050 1051 1052 1053 1054 1055 1056 1057 1058 ... 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 | Next »

Article • September 15, 2003 • from PLN September, 2003
or activity that receives Federal financial assistance," citing 42 U.S.C. § 2000 cc-1(b)(1). The court further reasoned that although the U.S. Supreme Court has suggested that federal grants conditioned ...
(206 deaths per 100,000 inmates), while the rate for white prisoners was 67% higher (343 per 100,000). About 1 in 12 prisoner deaths resulted from suicide (6%) and homicide (2%). Alcohol/drug ...
Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
30, 2006, 1 in every 133 U.S. residents was behind bars. This is one of the highest incarceration rates in the world. State and federal prisons accounted for 70% of the increase in the imprisoned ...
Article • December 15, 2007 • from PLN December, 2007
(and they) were embarrassed to have it publicized that their father was in prison. SPS had made the following blanket policy in regards to prisoner phone calls. (1) Prisoners may only call one of 20 numbers pre ...
Article • January 15, 2008
and awarded him $236,000 for economic loss from July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2009, the date Raspa would have been eligible to retire. Following the verdict the judge granted Raspa's post-verdict motion ...
$67,295 on 29,971 collect calls made from March to June 2005. Under the settlement, persons seeking reimbursement can file a claim by contacting AT&T toll free at 1-800-826-9923. They can also check ...
, the SCSO had had a contract with Prison Health Services (PHS) to provide medical services to prisoners in its jail. That contract was worth $2.4 million yearly. With the contract expiring on October 1 ...
Los Angeles Settles County Jail Murder Suit For $1 Million by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On August 14, 2007, Los Angeles County settled a lawsuit brought by the family ...
Alabama DOC Charges Prisoners Unlawful Fees to Cover Budget Shortfalls by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 1, 2007, the Alabama Department of Examiners of Public Accounts released ...
Article • July 15, 2008 • from PLN July, 2008
in a longstanding federal civil rights case concerning overcrowding at the Cook County Jail (Duran v. Dart, U.S.D.C. ND Ill., Case No. 1:74-cv-02949). That lawsuit, originally filed in 1974, resulted in a consent ...
pay awarded after civil service board reviews. (See, e.g., PLN, March, 2005, p.1.) Sheriff's deputy Timothy Berry signed the Recruit Honor Code when he joined up, avowing I will not lie, cheat or steal ...
Article • May 15, 2007
followed in which Shain received a $1 nominal damage award and a declaration that the policy was unconstitutional. The Second Circuit affirmed the district court's declaration of unconstitutionality ...
Article • May 15, 2007
in Colorado. On appeal the First Circuit dismissed Reid's complaint as moot holding: 1) Federal courts are prohibited by Article III of the U.S. Constitution from deciding moot cases; in other words, those ...
weight of the evidence of his liability. CMS and Enaw appealed. The Court of Appeals of Georgia affirmed holding: 1) CMS failed to object to the additur until August 28, 2000, in excess of the 30 days ...
Article • May 15, 2007
a second time, Jordan brought a civil rights action challenging 28 C.F.R. § 540.20(b) on several grounds. The district court discerned four distinct claims: 1) facial vagueness; 2) facial over breadth; 3 ...
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
Filed under: PLRA, Attorney Fees (PLRA)
, the Tenth Circuit reversed. The appellate court said it was uncontested that the 150% fee cap applies if (1) the plaintiff was a prisoner at the time the action was brought and (2) the plaintiff was awarded ...
Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006
that Metromail had also been amassing information about young children, which it sold to anyone over a 1-900 phone number for $3 a minute. The fallout resulted in Kids Off Lists legislation at the federal ...
prong test of Procunier v. Martinez, 94 S.Ct. 1800 (1974), which holds that censorship of prisoners' mail is justified only if (1) censorship furthers an "important or substantial governmental interest ...
Article • May 15, 2007
jurisdiction, citing Ohio Revised Code (R.C.) §2743.02(A) (1), which provides that filing a civil action in the Court of Claims against the State or a State officer or employee "based on the same act ...
racial separation. Under CODOC administrative rules 300-26 and 800-1, Christian Identity is classified as an illegitimate religion and a STG. Consequently, Ind and Pfleger were denied many Christian ...
Page 1054 of 1957. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 1050 1051 1052 1053 1054 1055 1056 1057 1058 ... 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 | Next »