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Private Prison Contractor Donates $10,000 to Governor's Fund; Gets $20 Million California Contract Two Months Later by Private Prison Contractor Donates $10,000 to Governor's Fund; Gets $20 Million California Contract Two Months Later With the appearance of a stunning return on investment, GEO Group, a Florida-based private prison contractor, won …
Article • October 15, 2005
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Damages
UK Prisoners Awarded Nearly 1 Million Pounds by Since 2003, 211 United Kingdom prisoners have been awarded 862,320 pounds to settle a wide range of claims, according to information provided to the Belfast Telegraph under the Freedom of Information Act. The highest total payout was more than half a-million pounds …
North Carolina Prosecutors Reprimanded For Intentionally Withholding Crucial Exculpatory Evidence in Capital Case by by Matthew T. Clarke Alan Gell cried recently after a North Carolina State Bar panel issued a mere reprimand, the least discipline possible, to two former prosecutors who withheld evidence in his capital murder case. "Here …
Article • October 15, 2005
Filed under: Sentencing, Good Time
Indigent Montana Detainee Entitled to Jail Good Time Credit by The Montana Supreme Court held that a prisoner awaiting revocation of his suspended sentence is entitled to be credited for good time for the time served in a county jail if the prisoner is unable to secure bond for no …
Private Prison Firm Donates $53,000 to California's Governor Schwarzenegger by Private Prison Firm Donates $53,000 To California's Governor Schwarzenegger by Marvin Mentor Newly-elected Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who boasted during his campaign that he "couldn't be bought," accepted $53,000 in November, 2003 from Wackenhut Corrections Corp., a Boca Raton, Florida-based private …
Federal Forfeiture Motions are Civil, Subject to PLRA by Federal Forfeiture Motions Are Civil, Subject to PLRA The federal prisoner in Wisconsin filed a motion contesting a forfeiture of property in his criminal case. At 696: The motion is a civil action subject to the PLRA, even though it was …
Article • October 15, 2005
$175,000 Award in Chicago Jail Failure to Protect Case by While held at Illinois' Cook County Jail, Stanley Davis Jones was beaten by two fellow prisoners in March 1999. He suffered a dislocated shoulder and broken wrist from the attack, which he alleged was caused by jail officials' failure to …
Article • October 15, 2005
Prior Sex Offense Plea Qualifies For California Sexually Violent Predator Civil Commitment by The San Joaquin County California District Attorney requested review by the State Supreme Court of an appellate decision that State prisoner Norman Yartz's first sex offense conviction in 1978 could not be used to support his civil …
Article • October 15, 2005
Guard's Liability Unaffected by NY Prisoner's Guilty Plea in Excessive Force Claim; $38,000 in Damages Awarded, Plus Fees by A New York Federal District court has held that a prisoner's guilty plea to attempted assault does not preclude a guard's liability for use of excessive force. This holding came on …
Washington DOC May Not Conduct Rehearing of Infraction Being Challenged in Collateral Attack by Washington DOC May Not Conduct Rehearing of Infraction Being Challenged in Collateral Attack The Washington Court of Appeals, Division III, held that the Department of Corrections (DOC) may not conduct a rehearing of a prison disciplinary …
Article • October 15, 2005
UK Whistle Blowing Prison Guard Awarded £477,000 by UK Whistle Blowing Prison Guard Awarded £477,000 A Leeds, United Kingdom employment tribunal awarded a former West Yorkshire prison guard £477,000 and £90,000 in costs for constructive termination after she reported bullying and intimidation of prisoners at Wakefield Prison. Carol Lingard reported …
Grand Jury Finds Criminal Conduct In Chicago Jail Prisoner Abuse Scandal by Matthew T. Clarke As previously reported in PLN, the Cook County Jail has been the scene of controversy involving the wanton beating of prisoners by an elite squad of guards known as the SORT team. [PLN Feb. 2004, …
Article • October 15, 2005
FL Work Releasee's Reporting to Work Late Doesn't Amount to Escape by Leon Williams, a prisoner in a state work release center, left the center to walk to work but was 90 minutes late getting there. When he arrived he was arrested and charged with escape under Fla. Stat. sec. …
Article • October 15, 2005
$80,000 Punitives Awarded against Sex Offending Canadian Guard by A former Canadian prison guard sexually assaulted countless prisoners. Eight of his victims were awarded $10,000 in punitive damages, each. Roderick David MacDougall was a British Columbia prison guard from 1976 to 1997. He worked as a classification officer during most …
Article • October 15, 2005
Class Certification Discussed in Beach Fee Suit by Plaintiffs challenged a $3.00 beach access fee and sought class certification, proposing subclasses of those who had paid the fee and those who had not paid and consequently couldn't go to the beach. Impracticability of joinder "does not mean impossibility, but only …
Beyond the God Pod by Silja da Talvi By Silja Ja Talvi Published: March 9, 2005 "Don't forget that Jesus himself was a prisoner." --New Mexico Department of Corrections Secretary Joe Williams, at the American Correctional Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, January 2005. "Strongly guarded & is the separation between religion …
Article • October 15, 2005
Forced Catheterization of Arrestee for Drug Test Upheld by The plaintiff was arrested for disorderly conduct and found to be pretty drunk and in possession of a marijuana pipe; the jail wouldn't admit him without a medical clearance. At the hospital he became uncooperative and abusive. A doctor directed that …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
Inside the American Correctional Association by Silja JA Talvi by Silja J.A. Talvi [Ed. note: Prison Legal News goes undercover at the American Correctional Association's 2005 winter conference in Phoenix, Arizona. It's just business," as one prison medical administrator puts it. And what a surreal business it is.] There is …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
Do You Like Adventure? Prisons for Iraq by by Silja J.A. Talvi DynCorp International, a subsidiary of Computer Sciences Corporation, was in heavy recruit-ment mode at the Winter, 2005 ACA Conference. The Dawn of Liberty," blared one flyer. Join Us in the Fight for Freedom EVERYWHERE. To get current and …
What's Wrong With the ACA? by Elizabeth Alexander The American Correctional Association (ACA) is the largest and best-known organization of prison and jail staff in the country. It offers higher education programs designed to train prison industry professionals and, like a traditional professional association, it certifies persons as members in …
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