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Article • June 12, 2015
Colorado Sheriff Appropriates $349K of Unclaimed Money in Ex-Prisoners’ Accounts by Joe Watson Colorado Sheriff Appropriates $349K of Unclaimed Money in Ex-Prisoners’ Accounts by Joe Watson When is a check too small to cash? It’s when you've just been released from jail and hope to get as far away as …
Article • June 12, 2015
Alaska Prison Guard Terminated for Fighting off Prisoners with Pocketknif by Joe Watson Alaska Prison Guard Terminated for Fighting off Prisoners with Pocketknif by Joe Watson A former guard at the Spring Creek Correctional Center—Alaska's only maximum-security prison—is now contesting his November 2012 termination for bringing a pocketknife to work …
Article • June 12, 2015
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Escapes
Escapee Says Denver Jail Guard Expected $500K after Busting Him Out by Escapee Says Denver Jail Guard Expected $500K after Busting Him Out A Denver jail guard claims he was forced to help a prisoner escape on April 7, 2013 to protect his family. But the prisoner, who turned himself …
Texas Cops Granted Qualified Immunity for False Arrest, Malicious Prosecution by David Reutter Texas Cops Granted Qualified Immunity for False Arrest, Malicious Prosecution by David Reutter The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal affirmed the grant of summary judgment to two police officers sued for false arrest and malicious prosecution by …
Article • June 12, 2015
$25,000 Jury Award in Missouri Prisoner’s Failure to Protect Claim by David Reutter $25,000 Jury Award in Missouri Prisoner’s Failure to Protect Claim by David Reutter A Missouri federal jury awarded a prisoner $25,000 in a failure to protect case. The district court also awarded $23,401.05 in attorney fees and …
Brief • June 12, 2015
Thompson v. Moss Point, MS, Complaint, Class Action, Secured Bail Schedule, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-00182-LG-RHW Document 1 Filed 06/12/15 Page 1 of 11 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI, SOUTHERN DIVISION SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI ) FILE 0 CHEVON ELIZABETH T HOM PSON, et al.) …
Norsworthy v. Beard et al, 9th Cir, Amicus Brief - BALIF, PREA transgender safety, 2015 Case: 15-15712, 06/12/2015, ID: 9572339, DktEntry: 29, Page 1 of 33 CASE NO. 15-15712 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT MICHELLE-LAEL B. NORSWORTHY Plaintiff–Appellee, v. JEFFREY BEARD ET AL. Defendants–Appellants. BRIEF OF …
Article • June 11, 2015
Filed under: Religious Diet
U.K. Ministry of Justice Announces Finding Pork DNA in Halal Prison Foods by Matthew Clarke U.K. Ministry of Justice Announces Finding Pork DNA in Halal Prison Foods By Matt Clarke In February 2013, the U.K.’s Department of Justice issued an apology and suspended a prison meat supplier after traces of …
Article • June 11, 2015
Texas, Amidst Budget Crisis, May Not Renew Some Private Prison Contracts by Matthew Clarke Texas, Amidst Budget Crisis, May Not Renew Some Private Prison Contracts By Matt Clarke John Whitmire, D-Houston, the chairman of the state Senate’s Criminal Justice Committee wants to cut the cost of incarcerating Texas prisoners and …
Article • June 11, 2015
$200,000 Verdict in Shackling of Tennessee Prisoner in Labor Overturned by Sixth Circuit by $200,000 Verdict in Shackling of Tennessee Prisoner in Labor Overturned by Sixth Circuit The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed the grant of summary judgment to a woman who was shackled to a hospital bed …
Article • June 11, 2015
Ohio’s Prisons Grow Less Violent Despite More Assaults on Guards by Ohio’s Prisons Grow Less Violent Despite More Assaults on Guards Officials with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) say changes in the state’s prison management system are responsible for an overall decline in assaults against prison guards …
Article • June 11, 2015
$175,000 Settlement in Excessive Force Suit by Los Angeles Deputies by $175,000 Settlement in Excessive Force Suit by Los Angeles Deputies The County of Los Angeles paid $175,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging excessive force by deputies upon a prisoner. Alejandro Alarcon was arrested in the early morning hours on …
Article • June 11, 2015
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Exonerated Ohio Man Dies Four Years after Release from Serving 26 years by Exonerated Ohio Man Dies Four Years after Release from Serving 26 years Just four years after his exoneration in a robbery and murder that he did not commit, Timothy Howard, 53, died of a heart attack. Howard …
Article • June 11, 2015
Filed under: Classification, Escapes
Escapee from Federal Prison Camp is not a “Non-Secure” Facility for Purposes of Sentence Reduction by Escapee from Federal Prison Camp is not a “Non-Secure” Facility for Purposes of Sentence Reduction On July 10, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that a prisoner who escaped …
Article • June 11, 2015
Eighth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Iowa Prisoner's Failure-to-Protect Suit by Eighth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Iowa Prisoner's Failure-to-Protect Suit On August 18, 2014, the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed an Iowa district court order which found for the defendants in a lawsuit brought by a prisoner alleging cruel …
Article • June 11, 2015
Disruptive Oregon Criminal Defendant Properly Denied Self-Representation by Disruptive Oregon Criminal Defendant Properly Denied Self-Representation On August 13, 2014, the Oregon Court of Appeals held that a trial court properly refused to allow a disruptive criminal defendant to represent himself at trial. The court erred, however, in doubling its twelve …
Article • June 11, 2015
Filed under: Exercise
$1,000 Judgment for New Mexico Prisoner Denied Recreation for 120 Days by $1,000 Judgment for New Mexico Prisoner Denied Recreation for 120 Days The United States District Court for the District of New Mexico awarded a state prisoner a $1,000 judgment in a lawsuit that alleged Eighth Amendment violations for …
In-the-News Article • June 11, 2015
PLN quoted concerning privatization of jail system in Chattanooga, TN June 11, 2015 Articles with PLN Quotes Chattanooga Times Free Press Critics question CCA jail operation idea June 12th, 2015 by Louie Brogdon   A consulting firm will have to determine whether Corrections Corporation of America can run Hamilton County's …
Brief • June 11, 2015
Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Food
Hall v. Martin et al, MI, Jury Instructions, vegan diet MDOC, 2015 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN Southern Division GEORGE NORRIS HALL, #090753, Plaintiff, -v- No. 1:10-CV-1221 Honorable Paul L. Maloney Magistrate Judge Phillip J. Green MIKE MARTIN, et al. Defendants. / JOINT JURY INSTRUCTIONS …
Brief • June 11, 2015
Commission for Lawyer Discipline v. Sebesta, TX, State Bar - Judgment of Disbarment, attorney misconduct, 2015 BEFORE THE EVIDENTIARY PANEL FOR STATE BAR DISTRICT NO. 08-2 STATE BAR OF TEXAS * * * COMMISSION FOR LAWYER DISCIPLINE, Petitioner * * * * v. CHARLES J. SEBESTA, JR., Respondent 11 Austin …
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