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Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
Filed under: Medical, Hepatitis
Expert Panel Significantly Revises Oregon's HCV Guidelines by A panel of hepatitis experts has significantly revised the hepatitis C virus (HCV) guidelines of the Oregon Department of Corrections. Pursuant to the terms of the settlement resolving Oregon's Class Action HCV suit of Anstett v. State of Oregon , a Medical …
Alabama Settles Class Action Medical Suit; Institutes HCV Treatment Protocol by John E Dannenberg Alabama Settles Class Action Medical Suit; Institutes HCV Treatment Protocol by John E. Dannenberg In a major milestone along the Southern Poverty Law Center's (SPLC) march towards gaining humane medical care in Alabama's prisons, a Settlement …
Jury Awards $500,000 to Massachusetts Jail Guard Harassed for Breaking Code of Silence by by Matthew T. Clarke A Boston federal jury has awarded $500,000 to a guard who was harassed at work by other jail employees after he reported misconduct by another guard. Bruce S. Baron, a former guard …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
HR-4079: A National Crime Emergency? by Michael Rigby Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, it does. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan, Jr., resigned his seat, leaving President Bush to name an even more reactionary successor. Not only will the pro-choice Roe v. Wade ruling fall by the …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
Kentucky Prison Guard Awarded $34,000 in Sexual Harassment Suit by Kentucky Prison Guard Awarded $34,000 in Sexual Harassment Suit On May 27, 2003, a state circuit court in Oldham, Kentucky, awarded prison guard Karen Lemarr a total of $34,000 for the lost wages, embarrassment, and emotional distress she suffered as …
Three Americans Convicted of Running Sham Military Jail in Afghanistan by Three Americans Convicted of Running Sham Military Jail in Afghanistan by Matthew T. Clarke Three Americans, led by ex-special forces soldier Jonathan Keith Idema, 48, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, have been convicted of running an unauthorized jail in Kabul …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries
South Carolina Prison Industry Program Problematic, Audit Finds by Michael Rigby South Carolina Prison Industry Program Problematic, Audit Finds by Michael Rigby The prison industries program of the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) is improperly managed, likely displaces workers in the surrounding community, and creates an unfair advantage in …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
Doctors of Death and the Medicalization of State Murder by Michael Rigby Doctors of Death and the Medicalization of State Murder by Michael Rigby Prisoners often wonder if prison medical personnel really have their best interests at heart. But in the case of Sanjeeva Rao, a Georgia prison doctor, there …
Prisoner's Release Fails to Excuse PLRA's Exhaustion Requirement by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held the Prison Litigation Reform Act's (PLRA) administrative remedy exhaustion requirement was not excused by the fact the plaintiff had been released at the time the district court considered the motion to dismiss. While a …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
California Sex Offender Satisfies Registration Obligation If He Mails Notice by California Sex Offender Satisfies Registration Obligation If He Mails Notice The California State Supreme Court held that a sex offender satisfies his legal requirement to register with the police and tell them where he is living if he timely …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
AEDPA One-Year Clock Starts When Administrative Parole Appeal Is Denied by John E Dannenberg AEDPA One-Year Clock Starts When Administrative Parole Appeal Is Denied by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that for 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus filing-deadline purposes, the AEDPA one-year filing …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
New Jersey Jail Guard Settles Elevator Fall Suit for $750,000 by On December 15, 2003, Global Elevator Technologies (GET), a company under contract with the Union County (New Jersey) Jail to provide elevator maintenance services, agreed to pay $750,000 to a guard who suffered back and knee injuries in a …
Tough Justice Leads To Quadriplegic's Death In CCA-Operated D.C. Jail by Michael Rigby Tough Justice Leads To Quadriplegic's Death In CCA-Operated D.C. Jail by Michael Rigby Washington D.C. Superior Court Judge Judith E. Retchin is known for being tough on crime. She's so tough, in fact, that when a quadriplegic …
Government Says No Criminal Conduct in New Jersey Mass Prisoner Beating, But Jury Awards Abused Prisoner $19,000; Sexual Harassment Suit Settled for $250,000 by Government Says No Criminal Conduct in New Jersey Mass Prisoner Beating, But Jury Awards Abused Prisoner $19,000; Sexual Harassment Suit Settled for $250,000 by Matthew T. …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
Rikers Island Gunshot Victims' Suit Dismissed by A New York state court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by two men who claimed they were shot while asleep at the Rikers Island prison in New York City. Bronx Judge Alison E. Tuitt dismissed the suit on May 21, 2004four days into …
Article • January 15, 2005 • from PLN January, 2005
Florida's Private Prison Industry Corporation Under Siege by David Reutter by David M. Reutter As early as 1980, drugstore mogul Jack Eckerd was convinced a private company could provide higher profits to Florida if it ran the state's Prison Industries. After Eckerd's lobbying of the Florida Legislature, that Legislature enacted …
Article • January 15, 2005 • from PLN January, 2005
Is There A Winning Argument Against Excessive Rates For Collect Calls From Prisoners? by John E Dannenberg by Madeline Severin, 25 Cardozo Law Review 1469, March, 2004 Review by John E. Dannenberg We all know about how prisons and jails conspire with telephone companies to bilk recipients of prisoner phone …
Article • January 15, 2005 • from PLN January, 2005
Prison Needle Exchanges Around the World by Julie Falk Did you know the first prison needle exchange program was started in Switzerland in 1992? Would you guess that the five other countries maintaining needle exchange programs in their criminal justice systems are Germany, Spain, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan and Belarus? In the …
Latest Honduran Prison Massacre: "Homies Were Burning Alive" by Tom Hayden In first-ever interviews, representatives of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS) gang in Tegucigalpa, Honduras this May described how security forces were to blame for the May 17, 2004 prison fire that killed 105 of those they call their homeboys. In …
Texas "Gang Expert" Indicted for Sex Assaults by On June 17, 2004, top Texas prison administrator Salvador "Sammy" Buentello was indicted on felony charges that he sexually assaulted three female employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). A week earlier Buentello had been indicted on four misdemeanor charges …
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