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“Deep-Seated Culture of Violence” and Abysmal Medical Care at Rikers Island by Gary Hunter “Deep-Seated Culture of Violence” and Abysmal Medical Care at Rikers Island by Gary Hunter Pressure is mounting to speed the progress of reforms at New York City’s infamous Rikers Island jail complex, as city and federal …
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
New Mexico Jail Pays $500,000 for Prisoner’s Death by Derek Gilna New Mexico Jail Pays $500,000 for Prisoner’s Death by Derek Gilna When Eusemia Rodriguez, 33, was admitted to the jail in Santa Fe County, New Mexico on July 3, 2012 on a domestic battery charge, she advised employees that …
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by News in Brief Alabama: U.S. Marshals used a tip line to locate and arrest the third and final prisoner who escaped from the Choctaw County Jail on December 14, 2014. Demarcus Woodard, Gemayel Culbert and Justin Terrell Gordon lured a guard into their cell and overpowered …
Supreme Court Clarifies Legal Standard for Pre-Trial Detainee Excessive Force Claims by Derek Gilna Supreme Court Clarifies Legal Standard for Pre-Trial Detainee Excessive Force Claims by Derek Gilna Mchael B. Kingsley, a pre-trial detainee in a Wisconsin county jail, filed a § 1983 federal civil rights action alleging that deputies …
Whether Private Actors Entitled to Qualified Immunity Bypassed Due to Factual Dispute by Whether Private Actors Entitled to Qualified Immunity Bypassed Due to Factual Dispute The First Circuit Court of Appeals declined to rule on a question of whether qualified immunity is categorically unavailable to private medical contractors because disputed …
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
Error for Florida Court to Find Action Moot Before Ruling on Motion to Supplement by David Reutter Error for Florida Court to Find Action Moot Before Ruling on Motion to Supplement by David Reutter lForida’s First District Court of Appeals held on January 2, 2015 that it was error for …
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
CDCR Adopts New Contraband Rules on Obscene, Gang-related Materials by Michael Brodheim CDCR Adopts New Contraband Rules on Obscene, Gang-related Materials by Michael Brodheim In the aftermath of a 2013 ruling by the California Court of Appeal that found a book containing sexually explicit content was not obscene and must …
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
Filed under: Prison Labor
Brits Alarmed to Learn Prisoners Work as Insurance Telemarketers by Joe Watson Brits Alarmed to Learn Prisoners Work as Insurance Telemarketers by Joe Watson Some knickers are in a bunch over revelations that prisoners in Great Britain are working as telemarketers for an insurance company. Prisoners at two facilities – …
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
Filed under: Gay/Lesbian, Marriage
Arizona Department of Corrections Adopts Same-Sex Marriage Policy by Michael Brodheim Arizona Department of Corrections Adopts Same-Sex Marriage Policy by Michael Brodheim Corrections officials in Arizona have changed a policy related to prisoner marriages to allow same-sex unions, now that such marriages are legal in the state. However, prisoners are …
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
Ninth Circuit: “Brutal” Cavity Search Violated Fourth Amendment by Mark Wilson Ninth Circuit: “Brutal” Cavity Search Violated Fourth Amendment by Mark Wilson The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held on August 25, 2014, in a 2-1 decision, that a “brutal” warrantless body cavity search violated the Fourth Amendment. In September …
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
Florida Home Confinement Program Criticized After Witness’ Murder by Florida Home Confinement Program Criticized After Witness’ Murder In internal investigation of a home confinement program in Orange County, Florida revealed widespread problems, including the failure of staff to report violations that could have led to the re-incarceration of a program …
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
Ten Law Enforcement Groups Among Worst Charities in America by Joe Watson Ten Law Enforcement Groups Among Worst Charities in America by Joe Watson Of America’s 48 worst charities, ten – or just over 20% – are affiliated with law enforcement groups, according to a joint investigation by the Tampa …
Strip Searches of Female Visitors on Their Menstrual Period Addressed at CCA Shareholder Meeting by Strip Searches of Female Visitors on Their Menstrual Period Addressed at CCA Shareholder Meeting Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest for-profit prison company, held its annual shareholder meeting in Nashville, Tennessee on May …
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
Peer-Review Reports Must be Disclosed in Philadelphia Jail Conditions Suit by David Reutter Peer-Review Reports Must be Disclosed in Philadelphia Jail Conditions Suit by David Reutter A Pennsylvania federal district court held on November 4, 2014 that medical care contractor Corizon Health has to produce mortality and sentinel event reviews …
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
California Prison Officials Ordered to Provide Qualified Sign Language Interpreters for All Deaf Prisoners by Michael Brodheim California Prison Officials Ordered to Provide Qualified Sign Language Interpreters for All Deaf Prisoners by Michael Brodheim In June 2013, the federal district court overseeing California’s treatment of prisoners with disabilities granted a …
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
Settlement Moots Appeal of Claims Denied by Summary Judgment by David Reutter Settlement Moots Appeal of Claims Denied by Summary Judgment by David Reutter The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed a prisoner’s civil rights appeal after finding it was rendered moot by the parties’ post-trial settlement agreement. Nevada …
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
$1.35 Million Total Settlement for South Carolina Detainee Beaten by Jail Guard by David Reutter $1.35 Million Total Settlement for South Carolina Detainee Beaten by Jail Guard by David M. Reutter Richland County, South Carolina has agreed to pay $750,000 to a pretrial detainee who was seriously injured after being …
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
Filed under: Hygiene Supplies
Texas Prisoners Face Annual Shortage of Hygiene Items in Prison Commissaries by Matthew Clarke Texas Prisoners Face Annual Shortage of Hygiene Items in Prison Commissaries by Matt Clarke It’s a regular routine for Texas state prisoners – commissaries running out of hygiene supplies and other items as purchasing contracts are …
Alabama DOC Agrees to Protect Women Prisoners from Systemic Sexual Abuse, Harassment by David Reutter Alabama DOC Agrees to Protect Women Prisoners from Systemic Sexual Abuse, Harassment by David M. Reutter The State of Alabama has agreed to implement reforms designed to protect prisoners at the Julia Tutwiler Prison for …
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
Harris County, Texas Jail Prisoner’s Death Results in Firings, Lawsuits by Harris County, Texas Jail Prisoner’s Death Results in Firings, Lawsuits In August 2012, two Texas jailers and a deputy sheriff were fired for failing to summon medical assistance for an injured 72-year-old prisoner at the Harris County jail in …
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