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Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Organizations Submit Letters to FCC Urging Action on Prison Phone Rates by Mel Motel On October 23, 2012, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), which publishes Prison Legal News, submitted a joint letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) urging action on the “Wright Petition,” which asks the FCC to …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
West Memphis Three Released, but Justice Not Served and Questions Remain by Joe Watson In August 2011, a trio of Arkansas state prisoners, widely known as the West Memphis Three, walked out of prison after serving more than 18 years for a brutal triple homicide they did not commit. They …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Oregon Re-Sells Unused Execution Drugs by On November 22, 2011, death penalty opponents cheered Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber’s decision to halt the scheduled December 6, 2011 execution of Gary Haugen, and to impose a moratorium on all executions for the duration of his term. Kitzhaber called the death penalty “compromised …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Philadelphia Women Prisoners Sue for Being Housed with a Man by Four women have sued the City and County of Philadelphia, its prison system, several of its divisions and officials, and Prison Health Services (PHS, now known as Corizon) for forcing them to share a jail cell with a man …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Momentum Builds to End Prison-Based Gerrymandering by Peter Wagner Four states and hundreds of local governments are standing up to reject one of the most repugnant aspects of the prison industrial complex: Legislators with prisons located in their districts who claim the people incarcerated there – who cannot vote – …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
From the Editor by Paul Wright This is the last issue of PLN for 2012. By now, all PLN subscribers should have received our annual fundraising appeal; if you have not yet donated, and can afford to do so, then please do. This year we are asking our readers for …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Oregon DOC Gets Tiny Cut of $3.34 Million Pfizer Settlement by The Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) was duped by Pfizer, Inc.’s misleading statements and studies used to market an antibiotic, according to the Oregon Department of Justice (DOJ). As such, the ODOC received part of a $3.34 million settlement …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
CCA Ceases Operations at Mississippi Prison, County Jail by On November 10, 2011, Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps announced the closure of the privately-operated 1,172-bed Delta Correctional Facility in Leflore County. He said closing the prison was a mutual decision by state officials and Corrections Corporation of America …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Florida DOC Program Targets Incarcerated Veterans by The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) has implemented a program for military veterans that includes special housing and counseling services. While some see the program as providing preferential treatment, FDOC officials view it as a way to meet the special needs of incarcerated …
Washington Jail Prisoner Settles Retaliation Claim for $10,000 by Washington State’s Pierce County has agreed to pay $10,000 to settle a federal lawsuit that claimed a prisoner was subjected to retaliation in the form of solitary confinement for exercising his First Amendment right of access to the courts. Neil Grenning …
PLN Settles Public Records Suit Against PHS in Vermont, Obtains Settlement Payout Information by Alex Friedmann On February 21, 2012, Prison Legal News settled a public records lawsuit filed in Vermont state court against Prison Health Services (PHS, now operating as Corizon Health, Inc.). As part of the settlement PHS …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Transgender Prisoner’s Lawsuit Sparks BOP Policy Change by Derek Gilna A lawsuit filed by a tranmasssgender federal prisoner in Massachusetts has resulted in the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) making appropriate medical care available “to [prisoners] who believe they are the wrong gender,” according to a May 31, 2011 memo issued …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Fifth Circuit Upholds Former Texas State Judge’s Bribery-Related Convictions by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of a former Texas state judge on two counts of wire fraud and one count of making false statements related to bribes he received while in office. After he was elected …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
States Create Special Commissions to Study Flat-Fee Indigent Defense by Joe Watson Some states may soon be doing more to guarantee the Sixth Amendment right to counsel for indigent criminal defend-ants. Special commissions have been convened in Nevada, Idaho, Michigan and Pennsylvania to investigate how flat-fee contracts with private defense …
GAO Report Examines Contraband Cell Phone Use in BOP Facilities by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna and Brandon Sample A September 2011 report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), which reviewed the use of cell phones by federal prisoners, recommended various options to reduce the recent spike in such …
Brief • December 14, 2012
Demouchette v. Sheriff of Cook County, IL, Order re Exclusion of Expert Testimony, Jail Suicide, 2012 Case: 1:09-cv-06016 Document #: 174 Filed: 12/14/12 Page 1 of 27 PageID #:1698 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION JOSEPH DEMOUCHETTE, JR., et al., Plaintiffs v. …
Slevin v. Board of Commissioners for the County of Dona Ana, NM, Opinion and Order, Solitary Confinement, 2012 Case 1:08-cv-01185-MV-SMV Document 140 Filed 12/14/12 Page 1 of 18 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO STEPHEN SLEVIN, Plaintiff, Civil No. 08-cv-1185 MV/SMV vs. BOARD OF …
Tenorio v. Taylor, NM, Complaint, Excessive Force - Shooting, 2012 Case 1:12-cv-01295-LFG-KBM Document 1 Filed 12/13/12 Page 1 of 11 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO RUSSELL TENORIO, PLAINTIFF, V. NO.______________________________ BRIAN PITZER, in his individual capacity, RAYMOND D. SCHULTZ, in his individual capacity, …
Brief • December 12, 2012
Filed under: Wrongful Death
Estate of Gomes v. County of Lake, IL, First Amended Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2012 Case: 1:12-cv-04439 Document #: 35 Filed: 12/12/12 Page 1 of 38 PageID #:261 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ESTATE OF LYVITA GOMES, Deceased, by Alfredo Miranda, Administrator, Plaintiff, vs. …
Brief • December 12, 2012
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Louisiana Public Service Commission, LA, Ex Parte Order, relief from high phone rates, 2012 LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ORDER NUMBER R-31891 LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, EX PARTE Docket Number R-31891 In Re: Review and Update of the Regulations and Guidelines of the Louisiana Public Service Commission Applicable to Customer Owned …
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