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Spurlock v. Townes, NM, Order, Prison Sexual Assault, 2016 Case 1:09-cv-00786-WJ-SMV Document 357 Filed 11/21/12 Page 1 of 25 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO ______________________ HEATHER SPURLOCK, SOPHIA CARRASCO, and NINA CARRERA, Plaintiffs, v. Civil No. 09cv786 WJ/SMV ANTHONY TOWNES and BARBARA WAGNER, …
Brief • November 20, 2012
Filed under: Indigent Defense
Rucker v. Spokane County, WA, Complaint, debtors prison, 2012 Case 2:12-cv-05157-LRS Document 1 Filed 11/20/12 CV-12-5157-LRS Case 2:12-cv-05157-LRS Document 1 Filed 11/20/12 Case 2:12-cv-05157-LRS Document 1 Filed 11/20/12 Case 2:12-cv-05157-LRS Document 1 Filed 11/20/12 Case 2:12-cv-05157-LRS Document 1 Filed 11/20/12 Case 2:12-cv-05157-LRS Document 1 Filed 11/20/12 Case 2:12-cv-05157-LRS Document 1 …
M.H. v. County of Alameda, CA, Second Amended Complaint, Wrongful Death of Inmate, 2012 Case 3:11-cv-02868-JST Document 46 Filed 11/19/12 Page 1 of 25 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 JOHN L. BURRIS, Esq./ State Bar #69888 BENJAMIN NISENBAUM, Esq./ State Bar #222173 LAW …
Brief • November 19, 2012
Collender v City of Brea, CA, DIS Mot SJ - Cope, police shooting, 2012 Case 8:11-cv-00530-AG-MLG Document 47-2 Filed 11/19/12 Page 1 of 13 Page ID #:433 2 3 4 5 ROBERT C. CECCON (Bar No. 115496) rceccongrwalaw.com RAM E'ER PETRUSIS (Bar No. 235144) jpetrusis@rwulaw.com RICHARDS,VATSON & GERSHON A Professional …
Brief • November 17, 2012
Dressman v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davison County, TN, Order Denying Summary Judgment, Jail Assault, 2012 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION CURTIS DRESSMAN, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE …
Collins v. Bustamante, NM, Final Judgment, Sexual Assault and Rape, 2012 Case 1:09-cv-00634-JCH-WDS Document 404 Filed 11/16/12 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO LISA JARAMILLO and KIM CHAVEZ, Plaintiffs, vs. CIV No. 09-634 JCH/WDS ARLENE HICKSON, ROBERT ULIBARRI, LINDA HERNANDEZ, …
Report Links Recidivism Decline to Investments in Treatment, Training and Housing by A study brief from the Council or State Governments (CSG) revealed that the states with the greatest reductions in recidivism in recent years have done so—under the guidance of the federal Second Chance Act—by investing revenue in treatment. …
Bailing on Justice: The Dysfunctional System of Using Money to Buy Pretrial Freedom by Tracy Velázquez by Tracy Velázquez, Melissa Neal and Spike Bradford* The practice of requiring someone to pay money to a court in order to remain free while awaiting trial is known as “money bail.” While considerable …
Guantanamo Detainees Cost $800,000 Annually by The U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba has become the world’s most expensive prison, at around 30 times the average cost to house prisoners in detention facilities in the United States. Each year the Department of Defense “spends approximately ... $800,000 per detainee,” …
Article • November 15, 2012 • from PLN November, 2012
From the Editor by Paul Wright This month’s cover story on the bail bonding industry focuses on one of the lesser discussed but equally important economic players in the U.S. prison industrial complex. One of the main causes of jail overcrowding in many local jurisdictions tends not to be mundane …
Article • November 15, 2012 • from PLN November, 2012
$15,700 Plus Boombox to Settle California Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim by The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) agreed to pay $15,700 plus a boombox to settle a prisoner’s excessive use of force claim. The lawsuit, filed by state prisoner Tracye B. Washington, stemmed from events that occurred at …
Liberty for Sale: Should Ohio Prisoners be Commodities in a For-Profit Venture? by German Lopez by German Lopez, Cincinnati CityBeat In 1997, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) opened a private prison in Youngstown, Ohio. The Northeast Ohio Correctional Center was to hold out-of-state prisoners with the promise of profits and …
Article • November 15, 2012 • from PLN November, 2012
Filed under: Organizing, Telephone Rates
PLN Readers Flood the FCC with Letters; Campaign Fights for Prison Phone Justice by Mel Motel In June 2012, Prison Legal News began running a full-page flyer for the Campaign for Prison Phone Justice, asking people to get involved and take action. Within weeks, letters from PLN readers began flooding …
The Other Death Sentence: More than 100,000 Americans are destined to spend their final years in prison. Can we afford it? by James Ridgeway The Other Death Sentence: More than 100,000 Americans are destined to spend their final years in prison. Can we afford it? by James Ridgeway William “Lefty” …
Private Prison Companies Use Political Influence to Increase Incarceration by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A June 2011 report by the Justice Policy Institute (JPI) reveals how for-profit private prison companies use political campaign donations, lobbyists and relationships with government officials to increase their profits by promoting policies that result …
Article • November 15, 2012 • from PLN November, 2012
$2,500 Settlement in Illinois Prisoner’s Telephone Disconnect Suit – After Nine Years by An Illinois prisoner has accepted $2,500 to settle a lawsuit against Ameritech, in which he accused the telecommunications company of fraudulently and intentionally disconnecting phone calls made by prisoners. Prisoner Johnnie Flournoy filed suit in state court …
Pennsylvania Jail Major Pleads Guilty to Beating Prisoner After Escape Attempt by On October 29, 2011, James M. Donis, 50, who had been major of the guards and the fourth-highest-ranking official at the Allegheny County Jail in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was fired from his $68,631-a-year position. He had worked at the …
Pennsylvania Guards Charged with Physical, Sexual Abuse of Prisoners by A Pennsylvania state prison guard was arrested on September 27, 2011 and charged with 89 counts of physically and sexually abusing prisoners at State Correctional Institution (SCI) Pittsburgh. Seven other guards were initially suspended, and three face related charges. Before …
BOP Supermax Lawsuit Claims Horrific Abuse of Mentally Ill at ADX by Alan Prendergast “A Clean Version of Hell” – that’s what a 2007 segment of 60 Minutes called the U.S. Penitentiary Administrative Maximum facility in Florence, Colorado, or ADX, home to some of the world’s most notorious murderers and …
Article • November 15, 2012 • from PLN November, 2012
Nebraska Refuses to Return Execution Drug to Swiss Company by In its desperation to obtain a supply of sodium thiopental, one of the three drugs commonly used to carry out executions by lethal injection, the State of Nebraska circumvented the manufacturer, which does not sell the drug for use in …
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