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Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Filed under: Stun Guns/Tasers
Tasering Detainee as Corporal Inducement Violates Eighth Amendment by David Reutter Tasering Detainee as Corporal Inducement Violates Eighth Amendment by David Reutter The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has held a pre-trial detainee’s claim that a guard used excessive force could proceed where a jury could find the guard used …
Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Video Shows Tulsa Jail Prisoner Subjected to “Horrific” Treatment Prior to Death by Video Shows Tulsa Jail Prisoner Subjected to “Horrific” Treatment Prior to Death An Oklahoma federal district court denied a request to modify a protective order to allow the release of video footage of the treatment of a …
Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Fifth Circuit Dismisses Female Immigration Detainees’ Sexual Assault Claims by Matthew Clarke Fifth Circuit Dismisses Female Immigration Detainees’ Sexual Assault Claims by Matt Clarke The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held on May 6, 2014 that federal employees responsible for overseeing immigration detainee contracts were entitled to qualified immunity even …
Overdose, Taser and Restraint Chair Combine to Kill Washington Prisoner by Overdose, Taser and Restraint Chair Combine to Kill Washington Prisoner Authorities in Washington State have said no charges will be filed in the death of a 33-year-old diabetic prisoner at the Spokane County Jail, even though his death was …
Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
$12,500 Settlement for Pennsylvania Prisoner Denied Medication by David Reutter $12,500 Settlement for Pennsylvania Prisoner Denied Medication by David Reutter Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County Jail (ACJ) agreed to pay $12,500 to settle two lawsuits claiming guards and medical staff had failed to treat a prisoner’s epilepsy. The suits involved the treatment …
Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Report Highlights Health Concerns Related to Coal Ash Dump at Pennsylvania Prison by David Reutter A preliminary report by two human rights organizations concluded that a toxic fly ash dump which surrounds State Correctional Institution (SCI) Fayette in Pennsylvania may be causing cancer and other serious health ailments to both …
Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Filed under: Reviews
Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn’t Work and How We Can Do Better, by Maya Schenwar by Gary Hunter Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn’t Work and How We Can Do Better, by Maya Schenwar (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2014). 214 pages, $15.00-$25.00 paperback Book review by Gary Hunter Few …
Doctor of Death: Former Jail Physician Leaves Trail of Prisoner Deaths, Injuries by Matthew Clarke Doctor of Death: Former Jail Physician Leaves Trail of Prisoner Deaths, Injuries by Matt Clarke An Illinois doctor whose medical care – or lack thereof – was linked to the deaths of prisoners in multiple …
Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Oregon Prison Guard Union Sues Mentally Ill Prisoners by Oregon Prison Guard Union Sues Mentally Ill Prisoners Oregon prison officials report that around 16 percent of the state’s 14,500 prisoners are “severely mentally ill.” In 2013 the union representing Oregon guards began suing some of those prisoners, in part to …
Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Filed under: Prison Labor
Second Circuit: Requiring Pretrial Detainees to Perform Forced Labor Unconstitutional; $15,000 Settlement on Remand by Matthew Clarke Second Circuit: Requiring Pretrial Detainees to Perform Forced Labor Unconstitutional; $15,000 Settlement on Remand by Matt Clarke On August 3, 2012, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals held it is unconstitutional to force …
Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Washington Enacts Wrongful Conviction Compensation Law; County Reneges on $10.5 Million Settlement with Exonerated Prisoners by Washington Enacts Wrongful Conviction Compensation Law; County Reneges on $10.5 Million Settlement with Exonerated Prisoners Washington has joined the list of states that provide compensation for defendants who were wrongfully convicted and subsequently exonerated. …
Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Second Circuit Affirms Muslim Prisoner’s Right Not to Drink Water during Ramadan by Lonnie Burton Second Circuit Affirms Muslim Prisoner’s Right Not to Drink Water during Ramadan by Lonnie Burton Darryl Holland, a Muslim prisoner at the Wende Correctional Facility in New York, was faced with a tough choice on …
Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
New York Appellate Court Reverses Dismissal of Rikers Island Wrongful Death Suit by David Reutter New York’s Appellate Division, First Department, has reversed a Bronx County supreme court’s dismissal of a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint that also raised claims of negligence and medical malpractice. The suit was filed by …
Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Unauthorized Oregon “Offense Surcharges” Reversed by Mark Wilson Unauthorized Oregon “Offense Surcharges” Reversed by Mark Wilson On June 11, 2014, the Oregon Court of Appeals vacated $140 in “offense surcharges” imposed on crimes committed prior to the date the surcharges were authorized. An Oregon law (Ore. Laws 2009, ch 659, …
Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Oregon: State Must Prove Defendant’s Ability to Pay Attorney Fees by Mark Wilson Oregon: State Must Prove Defendant’s Ability to Pay Attorney Fees by Mark Wilson On July 23, 2014, the Oregon Court of Appeals vacated $36,000 in court-appointed attorney and indigent contribution fees, as there was no evidence the …
Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Sixteen Maryland Prison Guards Sentenced for Severely Beating Prisoner by Sixteen Maryland Prison Guards Sentenced for Severely Beating Prisoner Sixteen guards formerly employed atthe Roxbury Correctional Institution (RCI) near Hagerstown, Maryland have received sentences ranging from probation to five years in prison in connection with two assaults on a prisoner …
Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Forty Defendants, Including 24 Guards, Convicted in Widespread Corruption Scandal at Baltimore City Jail by Christopher Zoukis Forty Defendants, Including 24 Guards, Convicted in Widespread Corruption Scandal at Baltimore City Jail by Christopher Zoukis The confessed leader of a powerful gang inside the Baltimore City Detention Center was the government’s …
Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Maryland Cannot Compel Retroactive Sex Offender Registration by Maryland Cannot Compel Retroactive Sex Offender Registration he Maryland Court of Appeals held in June 2014 that circuit courts have the power to order the removal of sex offenders from the state’s registry, thereby impacting federal databases as well; the decision followed …
Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Unexhausted Oregon Parole Claims Not Cognizable by Mark Wilson Unexhausted Oregon Parole Claims Not Cognizable by Mark Wilson On March 19, 2014, the Oregon Court of Appeals held that a pro se prisoner’s parole decision claims were not cognizable on appeal because he failed to raise those issues in his …
Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Filed under: Judicial Misconduct
Philadelphia Traffic Court Abolished; Seven Judges Convicted by Philadelphia Traffic Court Abolished; Seven Judges Convicted The first black woman to be named president judge of Philadelphia’s Traffic Court has been sentenced to two years in federal prison in connection with a widespread ticket-fixing scandal that also led to the convictions …
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