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Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
of those who have died. Tasers are used extensively by police and sheriff’s departments, and also by prison and jail staff. [See, e.g.: PLN, Dec. 2010, p.34; Oct. 2006, p.1; June 2005, p.1]. Taser’s ...
violence. The district court’s initial order found the unconstitutional conditions resulted from three undisputed failures by prison officials: 1) failure to adequately train and supervise staff in how ...
Article • March 15, 2013 • from PLN March, 2013
Filed under: News
is estimated at $1 billion. Not to mention the 2,400 jobs the facility will create. There is a growing need for the new prison hospital, as California’s prison population continues to age due to lengthy ...
Article • March 15, 2013
Filed under: News
of the state.” There were also several high profile decisions that Scott felt should have been run by him first. [See: PLN, Feb. 2012, p.1]. To fill the vacancy, Kenneth S. Tucker, a 28-year veteran ...
alleged that (1) the supervisors “had knowledge of, and acquiesced in, his subordinates’ violations” and that (2) the supervisors implemented procedures that, left unchanged, led ...
Article • November 17, 2015
that they would be prejudiced by having to (1) respond to allegations as to Charles McKinnon, Vasquez’ deceased co-defendant, (2) provide more discovery of a previous murder that Vasquez had been arrested ...
Mexico), Case No. 1:08-cv-00246-WJ-RHS. PLN has previously reported on the regular business practices of Wexford and other private prison medical providers to maximize profits by understaffing and denying ...
Article • May 15, 2011 • from PLN May, 2011
(1) conclusively determines the disputed question, (2) resolves an important issue completely separate from the merits of an underlying action, and (3) would be effectively unreviewable from a final ...
Article • September 15, 2011 • from PLN September, 2011
Filed under: Searches, Strip Searches
time we do this,” he stated. See: Bullock v. Sheahan, U.S.D.C. (N.D. Ill.), Case No. 1:04-cv-01051 and Young v. County of Cook, U.S.D.C. (N.D. Ill.), Case No. 1:06-cv-00552. Additional sources: Chicago ...
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Disorders (DSM-IV-TR).” Medically appropriate GID treatment options include providing patients with 1) hormones of the desired gender; 2) the “real life experience,” i.e. living full-time as the new gender ...
failure to timely respond to the DEA’s motion. Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(c)(1) allows a court to grant relief for failure to timely file if a party can show they have “a meritorious claim or defense ...
Article • October 14, 2015
as of January 1, 2013 came from just 20% of the counties.” The report points out that every decision to seek the death penalty is made by a single county prosecutor, who is generally an elected official ...
Article • February 17, 2016
Filed under: Police Misconduct
, population 700. Bryon Zumwalt, 39, was hired as a Stanfield police officer on January 1, 1999. He promoted to lieutenant in 2002 and was named Police Chief on March 1, 2003. Zumwalt's second in command, Troy ...
$1 Million Settlement in Texas Wrongful Conviction Suit by On March 31, 2011, a man who had been falsely convicted of burglary, rape and sexual abuse accepted a $1 million settlement after ...
and feces, and other mistreatment. [See: PLN, Nov. 2012, p.40; April 2012, p.1]. “It was evil for evil’s sake,” said Allegheny County Assistant District Attorney Jon Pittman at Nicoletti’s March 27, 2013 ...
Article • October 3, 2014
of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). The audit, covering the 13-month period which ended July 31, 2010, made six findings and 36 related recommendations. Among the key findings: (1) the CDCR effort to collect ...
Article • October 5, 2014
there is an office-wide or widespread problem as to the office’s ability to provide effective representation. The Court further held that while facially constitutional, § 27.5303 (1)(d), Florida Statutes ...
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
of the type of description demanded by Rule 23(c)(1)(B),” which, according to the complaint, was a class comprised of all prisoners confined in the SMU at USP Lewisburg subjected to &ldquo ...
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
relationship.” Little failed to appear or respond to court orders, resulting in the entry of a default judgment, and Gordon was awarded $1 in nominal damages and $1,000 in punitive damages. He then filed ...
Article • July 15, 2012 • from PLN July, 2012
. Thus, the more calls that prisoners make, the greater the amount of revenue and the greater the kickback to the state. This led Rep. Jerry Madden to introduce an amendment to Senate Bill 1 (2011 ...
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