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Comment to CDCR on proposed censorship policy revisions June 2014 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS June 16, 2014 Timothy M. Lockwood, Chief Regulation and Policy Management Branch P.O. Box 942883 Sacramento CA 94283-0001 Re: Comment on California Code of Regulations and the Proposed Changes to Regulations …
Larsgard v. Ryan et al, AZ, Order, 8th Am Wexford medical neglect indifference, 2015 casek!:i2-cv-U2149-SPL-JFM Document399 Filed 03/17/15 Page lot48 JDN 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 John Kristoffer Larsgard, No. CV-12-2149-PHX-SPL (JFM) 9 Plaintiff, 10 ORDER vs. …
In-the-News Article • March 6, 2015
Article on benefit event for HRDC March 6, 2015 Articles about PLN Broward/Palm Beach New Times Lake Worth's Outspokin Hosts Benefit Show for Human Rights Center   By Terra Sullivan Fri., Mar. 6 2015 at 12:26 PM   On a weekly basis, stacks upon stacks of letters from Florida prisoners filter into …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
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News in Brief by News in Brief California: On June 24, 2014, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department identified two prisoners killed in an apparent homicide at U.S. Penitentiary Victorville. Brian Kountz, 24, and Robert Howard Ferguson, 49, were pronounced dead at the prison on June 21, 2014. The FBI …
Third Circuit Denies Intervention in CRIPA Class-Action Suit by Mark Wilson Third Circuit Denies Intervention in CRIPA Class-Action Suit by Mark Wilson On April 11, 2014, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a prisoner’s motion to intervene in a 28-year-old class-action case on the eve of settlement. In 1986, …
Pennsylvania: Wexford Settles Case Involving Death of Prisoner’s Baby by Pennsylvania: Wexford Settles Case Involving Death of Prisoner’s Baby A federal civil rights complaint filed in March 2013 accused employees of Wexford Health Sources of failing to provide appropriate medical care to a pregnant prisoner at Pennsylvania’s Westmoreland County Prison …
Deaths at South Carolina Jail Under Investigation; Multiple Lawsuits Filed by Deaths at South Carolina Jail Under Investigation; Multiple Lawsuits Filed The widow of a mentally ill man who hanged himself less than an hour after being booked into jail in Orangeburg County, South Carolina is suing the county and …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Eighth Circuit Reverses Denial of Qualified Immunity; Prisoner Proved Neglect, Not Deliberate Indifference by Mark Wilson Eighth Circuit Reverses Denial of Qualified Immunity; Prisoner Proved Neglect, Not Deliberate Indifference by Mark Wilson On March 25, 2014, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s denial of qualified immunity …
$66,000 Jury Award in New Mexico CCA Sexual Abuse, Retaliation Case by Matthew Clarke $66,000 Jury Award in New Mexico CCA Sexual Abuse, Retaliation Case by Matt Clarke On November 15, 2012, a New Mexico federal jury awarded $66,000 to a woman formerly incarcerated at a prison operated by Corrections …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Texas Court Reexamines Test for Misconduct by Forensic Scientist by Mark Wilson Texas Court Reexamines Test for Misconduct by Forensic Scientist by Mark Wilson On January 15, 2014, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals modified its earlier decisions in which it had presumed that evidence handled by a forensic scientist …
Summary Judgment Denied in California Jail Excessive Force Death; $8.3 Million Settlement Plus Injunctive Relief by Mark Wilson Summary Judgment Denied in California Jail Excessive Force Death; $8.3 Million Settlement Plus Injunctive Relief by Mark Wilson In April 2014, a California federal district court denied summary judgment to jail guards …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
$1.3 Million Settlement in Prisoner’s Death at Michigan Jail; Claims Against Other Defendants Dismissed by $1.3 Million Settlement in Prisoner’s Death at Michigan Jail; Claims Against Other Defendants Dismissed When Michigan’s Saginaw County agreed to pay $1.3 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit stemming from a prisoner’s medical-related death, …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Exonerated Texas Prisoner’s Ex-Wife Not Entitled to Compensation by Matthew Clarke Exonerated Texas Prisoner’s Ex-Wife Not Entitled to Compensation by Matt Clarke In a May 12, 2014 opinion, a Texas Court of Appeals held that the former wife of a prisoner who spent over 24 years in prison was not …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Cell phones are “Dangerous Contraband” for New York Felony Contraband Possession by Mark Wilson Cell phones are “Dangerous Contraband” for New York Felony Contraband Possession by Mark Wilson On May 8, 2014, a New York Supreme Court Appellate Division held that cell phones constitute “dangerous contraband” under the state’s felony …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Ninth Circuit: 27-Month Segregation Implicates Due Process Liberty Interest by Mark Wilson Ninth Circuit: 27-Month Segregation Implicates Due Process Liberty Interest by Mark Wilson On May 4, 2014, in a corrected decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that lengthy segregation without periodic, meaningful reviews may give rise to …
Ninth Circuit: No Summary Judgment on Male Guard Supervision of Female Prisoners Ban by Mark Wilson Ninth Circuit: No Summary Judgment on Male Guard Supervision of Female Prisoners Ban by Mark Wilson The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held on July 2, 2014 that a claim that a jail policy …
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PLN Partly Prevails in Censorship Suit against Georgia Jail; $10,000 in Damages by PLN Partly Prevails in Censorship Suit against Georgia Jail; $10,000 in Damages In March 2013, a federal district court granted a preliminary injunction to Prison Legal News that prohibited jail officials in Walton County, Georgia from refusing …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
California: Authorized Possession of Legal Materials Cannot Serve as Basis for Gang Validation by California: Authorized Possession of Legal Materials Cannot Serve as Basis for Gang Validation The California Court of Appeal has held that documents in the possession of a prisoner who is providing legal assistance to another prisoner …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Claim Alleging Guard Slammed Prisoner’s Head into Wall Defeats Summary Judgment by David Reutter Claim Alleging Guard Slammed Prisoner’s Head into Wall Defeats Summary Judgment by David Reutter The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a grant of summary judgment in a prisoner’s civil rights action, holding that a reasonable …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Kentucky Death Row Prisoners Win Appeal on Religious Accommodations by Derek Gilna Kentucky Death Row Prisoners Win Appeal on Religious Accommodations by Derek Gilna On August 15, 2014, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of five death row prisoners in Kentucky who sued the director of the …
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