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Article • July 15, 2012 • from PLN July, 2012
Filed under: Medical, STDs, Statistics/Trends
Study Reveals High Rates of Sexually-Transmitted Diseases at Maricopa County, Arizona Jails by A joint study by the Arizona Arrestee Reporting Information Network and Arizona State University’s Center for Violence Prevention and Community Safety, released in June 2011, found high rates of sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs) among prisoners in Maricopa County’s …
Article • July 15, 2012 • from PLN July, 2012
$2.4 Million Awarded for Wrongful Death of Virginia Prisoner by On September 13, 2011, a Virginia jury awarded the estate of a Richmond City Jail prisoner $2.4 million in a wrongful death suit. James D. Robinson, 46, was arrested and booked into the jail in 2008 after he suffered a …
Article • July 15, 2012 • from PLN July, 2012
Saginaw County Jail in Michigan Settles Prisoner’s Wrongful Death Suit for $1.3 Million by The Executive Committee for Saginaw County, Michigan voted in December 2011 to settle a lawsuit that alleged county and jail officials were responsible for a prisoner’s death that occurred in May 2007. Jerry Rouster, 48, was …
Private Prison Industry Exerts Political Influence in Arizona by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and other state policymakers have been criticized for their close connections with private prison companies, including Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest for-profit prison firm. Brewer’s senior political advisor and 2010 campaign manager, Chuck Coughlin, …
Texas Parole Board Removes Onerous Sex Offender Conditions from 176 Parolees by In November 2011, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles removed the sex offender designations from 176 parolees who were subject to stringent parole restrictions known as Condition “X,” but had never been convicted of a sex offense. …
Article • July 15, 2012 • from PLN July, 2012
Most Second Chance Act Money Goes to Government Agencies by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna and Brandon Sample When the Second Chance Act (SCA) was signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2008, the legislation was intended to fund programs to help former prisoners find jobs, reintegrate into …
Article • July 15, 2012 • from PLN July, 2012
$1 Million Settlement in Maricopa County, Arizona Jail Prisoner’s Beating Death by The Board of Supervisors for Maricopa County, Arizona has agreed to pay $1 million to the family of a man who was beaten to death by guards at the Maricopa County Jail (MCJ). Juan Farias Mendoza was in …
Article • July 15, 2012 • from PLN July, 2012
Prisoners Win Three Jury Trials in Eastern District of California by On September 29, 2011, a Sacramento jury found that a prison doctor had violated state prisoner Christopher Kyle Prater’s civil rights, and awarded $10,000 in compensatory damages and $20,000 in punitive damages. Prater alleged that Dr. Paramvir Sahota, Chief …
Federal Suit Targets Dangerous, Unconstitutional Conditions in Fresno County, California Jail System by Fresh off their recent victory in Plata v. Brown, where the U.S. Supreme Court held that overcrowding is the primary cause of constitutionally inadequate medical and mental health care in California’s prison system [See: PLN, July 2011, …
Article • July 15, 2012 • from PLN July, 2012
Filed under: Excessive Force, Burning
Florida Nurse Accused of Scalding Prisoner with Hot Water by A registered nurse at Florida’s Lake Correctional Institution (LCI) was charged on February 8, 2011 with abuse, aggravated abuse and neglect of an elderly or disabled adult. The charges followed a three-month investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement …
Article • July 15, 2012 • from PLN July, 2012
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief: by Alabama: On March 2, 2012, the maximum-security Limestone Correctional Facility was hit by a tornado and suffered damage to several buildings, including the roofs of cell blocks C and D and the canteen. A week later, around 200 prisoners were transferred to other facilities. No injuries …
Article • July 15, 2012
Ninth Circuit Acknowledges Prisoner’s Right to Extended Voir Dire in Suit Alleging Abuse by Idaho Jail Officials by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a lower court abused its discretion in refusing a prisoner's voir dire inquiry into potential juror bias for law enforcement. Floyd Darbin was a …
Article • July 15, 2012
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Damages
Ninth Circuit Rejects AOL Class Action Settlement Based on Objections by Class Member by In November 2011, the Ninth Circuit rejected a nationwide class action settlement freely negotiated between the parties to the suit, on the basis of objections to the settlement raised by one of the class members. In …
Article • July 15, 2012
California Courts Have No Inherent Authority to Disclose Grand Jury Evidence by The California Supreme Court held that California courts do not have inherent authority to order disclosure of grand jury materials to private litigants. In 1979, Thomas Lee Goldstein, an engineering student and Marine Corps veteran, became a murder …
Article • July 15, 2012
Ohio Motorist Shot in Face by Police Receives $450,000 Settlement by In August 2011, the Village of Middleport, Ohio agreed to settle a civil rights case filed by a West Virginia resident, James Gray IV, who claimed that he was shot in the face by a Middleport Police Department police …
Article • July 15, 2012
Oregon Cop Arrested For Sexual Corruption of Minor by Two months after being arrested for the sexual corruption and luring of a minor, a 22-year veteran Oregon police officer resigned on May 22, 2012. Scott E. Elliott, 50, worked as a Portland Police Bureau (PPB) Officer for 22 years, most …
Article • July 15, 2012
Oregon Cop Sexually Abuses Relative; Gets 75 Months by A former Oregon sheriff’s deputy who sexually assaulted a family member for years pleaded guilty on March 6, 2012 and was sentenced to 75 months in prison, according to court documents. In 2006, the Columbia County Sheriff’s Department, in St. Helens, …
Article • July 15, 2012
Oregon Court Reverses Civil Commitment without Prehearing Notice by The Oregon Court of Appeals, sitting En Banc, reversed an involuntary civil commitment order, finding that the trial court violated Oregon law by failing to provide prehearing notice. An Oregon woman, identified only by her initials, SJF, was involuntarily hospitalized on …
Article • July 15, 2012
Filed under: Sentencing
Oregon Courts Authorized to Correct Judgment's Factual Errors by The Oregon Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court's entry of an amended judgment increasing a prisoner's sentence. ORS 138.083 authorizes Oregon courts to modify judgments and sentences "to correct any arithmetic or clerical errors or to delete or modify any …
Article • July 15, 2012
Oregon Guard/Police Unions Sue over Healthcare Surcharges by "It's basically financial extortion," declared Oregon Department of Corrections Sergeant Michael Van Patten, of a new surcharge of up to $420 a year for state employees who do not participate in Oregon's new health program. In January 2012, Oregon implemented its Health …
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