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Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012
Rehabilitation Finding Eliminates 30-Year Minimum Sentence for Aggravated Murder, but Oregon Parole Board Balks by Mark Wilson In Oregon, a rehabilitation finding under ORS 163.105(3) eliminates the 30-year mandatory minimum sentence for state prisoners convicted of aggravated murder and requires the Board of Parole (Board) to immediately set a parole …
Withdrawal of Approval of New Mexico Jail Class Action Settlement Not Appealable Order by The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that an order withdrawing approval of a class action settlement does not qualify as a “final order” subject to appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. The appellate ruling …
Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012
Washington State Prisoner Granted Preliminary Injunction to Treat Neuroma; Case Settles for $120,000 by On Sept. 17, 2010, a federal district court in Washington State granted a preliminary injunction to a state prisoner, requiring prison officials to provide necessary medical treatment. The preliminary injunction was issued in a civil rights …
Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012
Illinois Governor Signs Bill Banning Death Penalty, Commutes All Death Sentences by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 9, 2011, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed legislation banning the death penalty for state crimes in Illinois. He also commuted the sentences of the state’s 15 death row prisoners to life …
Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012
Mississippi Oversight Committee Finds Fault in Operation of Prison Canteens by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In June 2011, the Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review (PEER) issued a report to the Mississippi legislature concerning the state’s prison canteen contract, the operation and oversight of that …
Florida Senate Rejects Privatization of 27 State Prisons – but Just Barely by PLN’s February 2012 cover story described how the Florida legislature tried to privatize almost thirty state prisons, work camps and work release centers in 2011 by slipping proviso language into the state’s budget appropriations bill. That wholesale …
Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012
Connecticut District Court Finds ICE Agents Not Shielded from Bivens Liability; Suit Settles for $350,000 by Derek Gilna In a lawsuit brought by the Yale Law Clinic on behalf of Hispanics swept up in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid in New Haven in June 2007, the U.S. District …
Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012
Eighth Circuit Revisits Muslim Prisoner’s Settlement with Nebraska DOC; $74,000 in Attorney Fees Awarded by Derek Gilna In a detailed ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit rejected an attempt by a Muslim prisoner to obtain additional attorney fees for alleged violations of an agreed injunctive order, …
Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012
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Texas Prison Guard Gets Five Years for Scalding Child by Alex Friedmann On February 29, 2012, former Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison guard Henry Benson III, 31, was convicted by a state court jury of “recklessly” burning a child he was babysitting. Benson, formerly employed at the Connally Unit …
Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012
Texas Harasses, Denies Compensation to Wrongly Convicted by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Texas has a generous compensation package for prisoners who are exonerated, which includes $80,000 per year of wrongful incarceration, an annuity with annual payments in the same amount, free college tuition and free medical care. [See: PLN, …
Rumsfeld, Military Officials Immune from Suit by Foreign Nationals Alleging Torture on Foreign Soil by Michael Brodheim by Mike Brodheim On June 21, 2011, a divided D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment of a district court that dismissed claims for damages and declaratory relief brought by nine foreign …
Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012
Texas Prisoner Health Care Underfunded by On average, Texas spends less on prisoner health care than other states – about half the amount that California spends. However, medical care for California prisoners was found to be unconstitutionally inadequate, leading a federal court to order reductions in the state’s prison population …
Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012
Challenge to BOP’s Ban on Sexually Explicit Publications Dismissed by Brandon Sample The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit dismissed an appeal challenging the Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) implementation of the Ensign Amendment, a law that prohibits the expenditure of federal funds “to distribute or make available to …
Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012
ACLU of Arizona Surveys Taser Use in Statewide Report by Joe Watson No one can claim that the ACLU of Arizona lacks ambition. After poring over a decade’s worth of investigations, lawsuits and public records, the ACLU of Arizona is attempting to persuade law enforcement officials in the Grand Canyon …
Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012
New York City DOC Jail Official Resigns Amid Corruption Probe by An alleged abuse of authority, in the form of favoritism, has led to the resignation of the second-highest ranked jail official with the New York City Department of Corrections (NYCDOC), Chief Larry Davis, Sr. An investigation into Davis resulted …
Thousands Referred but Very Few Qualify for Commitment as Sexually Violent Predators in California by Responding to a legislative request, California’s Bureau of State Audits reviewed the process used by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to refer sex offenders to the Department of Mental Health (DMH) and, …
Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012
Ninth Circuit Holds Prisoners May be Compelled to Provide Blood Samples Under California DNA Act by The Ninth Circuit has held that prison officials may forcibly extract a blood sample from a California prisoner for purposes of compliance with California’s DNA and Forensic Identification and Data Bank Act of 1998 …
California Prison Doctors Accused of Misconduct Get Paid to Shuffle Paperwork, Deliver Mail by Unable to take decisive action due to state civil service protections, California’s prison system is saddled with the expense of paying the salaries of dozens of physicians who have been deemed unfit to treat patients. Such …
Murderer Registry Becomes Law in Illinois by Joe Watson For ex-prisoners hoping for a fresh start upon their release, the slope is becoming increasingly slippery. A bill signed by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn on July 21, 2011 has established the state’s first registry for convicted murderers. Also known as “Andrea’s …
Allen v. Grovetown, GA, Notice, Jail Suicide, 2012 GLORIA J. ALLEN, ET AL. vs. CITY OF GROVETOWN, ET AL. Jeffrey Eiser on 04/14/2012 Page 1 ·1· · · · · · · UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ·2· · · · · · ·SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ·3· · · · …
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