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Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
BJS Report Finds 53% of Prisoners Are Parents by Mark Wilson BJS Report Finds 53% of Prisoners Are Parents by Mark Wilson About 809,800 (53%) of America’s 1,518,535 prisoners in 2007 were parents of minor children, according to a Special Report of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice …
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
Massachusetts Suicide Prevention Procedures Found Lacking by David Reutter Massachusetts Suicide Prevention Procedures Found Lacking by David M. Reutter An independent study of suicide prevention practices within the Massachusetts Department of Corrections (MDOC) has found serious deficiencies in the care of prisoners at risk of suicide. Since 2000, there have …
“Cumulative Failure” Lets Mentally Ill Teen Leap to Death by A “cumulative failure” contributed to the death of an Oregon teenage mental patient, state investigators determined. Eighteen-year-old Heather Williams was a patient at the Blue Mountain Recovery Center, a state-run psychiatric hospital in Pendleton, Oregon. While being transported on December …
GEO Cancels Contract at Pennsylvania Jail, Looks Elsewhere for Business by David Reutter GEO Cancels Contract at Pennsylvania Jail, Looks Elsewhere for Business by David M. Reutter GEO Group, Inc. (formerly known as Wackenhut Corrections), the second-largest private prison company in the nation, has operated the jail in Delaware County, …
$3.6 Million Settlement in Michigan Prisoner’s Segregation Cell Death by The family of Timothy Souders has agreed to accept $3.25 to settle a wrongful death claim relating to Timothy’s death. Timothy, 21, was the subject of a May 2007 PLN cover article, and a February 11, 2007, report on 60 …
$1.8 Million Award After Illinois Federal Prisoner's Suicide; Award Reversed On Appeal by Illinois State resident Karen Johnson brought a federal tort and 42 U.S.C. sec. 1983 action against the United States in 1996 after her husband Robert committed suicide in a federal prison. The court awarded her $1.8 million. …
Article • March 15, 2009
Florida Federal Prisoner Commits Suicide While Being Monitored by A Florida deceased federal prisoner's wife, Lillian Diaz, and on behalf of the decedent's minor son, brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1996. Her husband, federal prisoner Alejandro Diaz, committed suicide while in the care of Federal …
Article • February 15, 2009
California SVP Act Allows Indeterminate Department Of Health Commitment by California Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) Ronald Carroll appealed his indeterminate commitment to the State Department of Mental Health (DMH) after a two year statutory commitment provision was amended. The commitment was affirmed. Carroll was convicted of rape in 1970 and …
Report Criticizes Conditions in U.S. Immigrant Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington by David Reutter Report Criticizes Conditions in U.S. Immigrant Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington by David M. Reutter Conditions at the federal immigration center in Tacoma, Washington, are substandard and not in compliance with national standards, “much less international …
Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
$400,000 Award in Failure to Protect Connecticut Suicidal Prisoner by $400,000 Award in Failure to Protect Connecticut Suicidal Prisoner A Connecticut judge has awarded a prisoner’s estate $403,164.30, finding the City of Hartford police were liable for the prisoner’s suicide death. At a bench trial, the Court held the arresting …
Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
Alameda County, CA Settles Jail Suicide Suit for $800,000 by Alameda County, CA Settles Jail Suicide Suit for $800,000 Following a mistrial, California’s Alameda County settled a wrongful death claim resulting from a jail detainee’s suicide for over $800,000. The federal lawsuit was brought by the prisoner’s minor children. The …
Ex-Mayor Returned to Prison After Misleading BOP to Enter Drug Program by Brandon Sample Ex-Mayor Returned to Prison After Misleading BOP to Enter Drug Program by Brandon Sample Bill C. Campbell, the former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, was returned to federal prison after it was discovered he had lied to …
Ware v. CCA, TN, Settlement, solitary inmate suicide medical neglect, 2009 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0130 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0131 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0132 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0133 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0134 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0135 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0136 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0137 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0138
Civil Commitment Provisions of Adam Walsh Act Held Unconstitutional by Civil Commitment Provisions of Adam Walsh Act Held Unconstitutional Congress exceeded its authority under the Commerce Clause and Necessary and Proper Clause of the U.S. Constitution in enacting the civil commitment provisions of the Adam Walsh Act, a Minnesota U.S. …
$1,100,000 Settlement in Juvenile Prisoner Suicide in Union County, New Jersey by $1,100,000 Settlement in Juvenile Prisoner Suicide in Union County, New Jersey On November 15, 2007, Union County settled a lawsuit over the suicide death of a juvenile prisoner at the 42-year-old Union County Juvenile Detention Center (JDC) in …
Arkansas Juvenile Center Continues Violating Rights Despite 2003 Court Enforceable Agreement by Bob Williams By Bob Williams Arkansas protection and advocacy group Disability Rights Center (DRC) reported on conditions at the Alexander Youth Services Center (Center) in 2006. The programs at the Center were determined inadequate and discriminatory in some …
Article • January 15, 2009
Death Sentence Substantiated By Psychologist's Court Ordered Testimony Of Confidential Statements by Arizona State prisoner Donald Beaty appealed a court's use of confidential statements in his capital punishment proceeding that he made to a psychologist. The court ruled that his statements were voluntary as was his presence in the group …
California Act Requires Three Drug Abuse Violations Before Parole, Probation Revocation by California State prisoner Barry Hazle appealed his probation revocation for drug abuse violations that sent him to prison. His third revocation petition alleged violations occurring prior to his second. The court reversed the incarceration ruling. Hazle pled guilty …
Residence Restriction On Federal Prisoner's Supervised Release Deemed Necessary by Federal Prisoner and American Indian Sheldon Alexander appealed a supervised release condition requiring him to reside in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was implemented to isolate him from past influences and was ruled necessary to protect the public. Alexander's confessed alcohol …
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