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Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Disciplinary Self-Help Litigation Manual, 2d Ed., by Dan Manville by John Dannenberg Disciplinary Self-Help Litigation Manual, 2d Ed., by Dan Manville (PLN Publishing, Dec. 2014). 368 pages, $49.95 paperback Book review by John E. Dannenberg Renowned attorney Dan Manville, co-author of the Prisoners’ Self-Help Litigation Manual, has produced another must-have …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Sovereign Immunity Doesn’t Bar Attorney Fee Award Against Georgia DOC by David Reutter Sovereign Immunity Doesn’t Bar Attorney Fee Award Against Georgia DOC by David Reutter The Georgia Supreme Court held on June 16, 2014 that sovereign immunity does not bar an award of attorney fees and litigation costs against …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Screening Out Family Time: The For-Profit Video Visitation Industry in Prisons and Jails by Bernadette Rabuy Screening Out Family Time: The For-Profit Video Visitation Industry in Prisons and Jails by Bernadette Rabuy and Peter Wagner Every Thursday, Lisa* logs on to her computer and spends $10 to chat for half …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Filed under: Advocacy, Death Penalty
Former Virginia Executioner Now an Anti-Death Penalty Activist by Former Virginia Executioner Now an Anti-Death Penalty Activist Once Virginia’s chief executioner, Jerry Givens put 62 people to death over a 17-year period from 1982 to 1999. Then he had an epiphany that pushed him to use his experience to advocate …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Filed under: Judicial Misconduct
Former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Freed from Prison by Former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Freed from Prison A former Michigan State Supreme Court Justice is once again a free woman following her release from federal prison after serving time for bank fraud. Diane Hathaway, 60, was released from a minimum-security …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Oregon Probation Extended for Inability to Pay Financial Obligations by Mark Wilson Oregon Probation Extended for Inability to Pay Financial Obligations by Mark Wilson In a July 9, 2014 ruling, the Oregon Court of Appeals upheld a trial court’s extension of probation for failure to pay financial obligations due to …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Illinois Prisoner Receives $12 Million Jury Award in Medical Neglect Suit by Matthew Clarke Illinois Prisoner Receives $12 Million Jury Award in Medical Neglect Suit by Matt Clarke n January 18, 2013, an Illinois federal jury awarded a state prisoner $12 million against an Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) certified …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Filed under: Religious Diet
Kosher Meals Lawsuit Against Nevada DOC Dismissed by Matthew Clarke Kosher Meals Lawsuit Against Nevada DOC Dismissed by Matt Clarke On August 12, 2012, a Nevada federal district court approved a notice of proposed settlement in a class-action civil rights suit brought by a Jewish prisoner over the announced intent …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Filed under: Guard Misconduct
CDCR Employees Investigated, Lose Jobs for Cell Phone Smuggling by CDCR Employees Investigated, Lose Jobs for Cell Phone Smuggling Some did it for money. Others for love, or something like it. Whatever their motives, at least 21 California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) employees faced internal investigations in the …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems
Rhode Island Prison Guards Collect Double-Time-and-a-Half during States of Emergency by Rhode Island Prison Guards Collect Double-Time-and-a-Half during States of Emergency When he declared a state of emergency – as he did multiple times after being elected in 2010 – former Rhode Island Governor Lincoln D. Chafee had more on …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
GEO Group’s Florida Immigration Detention Center “Horrifying” by David Reutter GEO Group’s Florida Immigration Detention Center “Horrifying” by David M. Reutter Hundreds of undocumented immigrants are housed at the GEO Group-operated Broward Transitional Center (BTC) in Pompano Beach, Florida, and many are victims of mistreatment and policy violations according to …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Georgia Deputies Liable for Detaining and Stripping Man in Debt Judgment Execution by David Reutter Georgia Deputies Liable for Detaining and Stripping Man in Debt Judgment Execution by David Reutter The Georgia Court of Appeals held in March 2014 that Fulton County sheriff’s deputies who detained a man to execute …
“Damning” Audit Sharply Criticizes Corizon in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania by Greg Dober “Damning” Audit Sharply Criticizes Corizon in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania by Gregory Dober In December 2014, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Controller Chelsa Wagner released an audit report on Corizon Health’s compliance with its contract to provide medical care at the …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Third Circuit Affirms Nominal Damages, Reverses PLRA Fee Cap Order by Mark Wilson Third Circuit Affirms Nominal Damages, Reverses PLRA Fee Cap Order by Mark Wilson On March 28, 2014, a New Jersey federal district court refused to reduce a prisoner’s attorney fee award to $1.50 (i.e., 150% of his …
Lawsuits Over Riot at CCA Prison in Colorado Settle for $600,000 by Derek Gilna Lawsuits Over Riot at CCA Prison in Colorado Settle for $600,000 by Derek Gilna Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), confronted with the prospect of a jury trial scheduled to last 25 weeks on the claims of …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Federal Court Caseloads Threaten Constitutional Protections by Matthew Clarke Federal Court Caseloads Threaten Constitutional Protections by Matt Clarke Civil and criminal case filings in federal courts have grown dramatically over the past two decades, but at the same time the number of judges available to hear them has barely increased …
Ninth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of California ADA Suit Against Parole Officers by Derek Gilna Ninth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of California ADA Suit Against Parole Officers by Derek Gilna In a decision that displayed its displeasure with California parole officers’ disregard for both the spirit and statutory requirements of the Americans …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
The United States and Torture by William Blum The United States and Torture by William Blum Two of the things that governments tend to cover-up or lie about the most are assassinations and torture, both of which are widely looked upon as exceedingly immoral and unlawful, even uncivilized. Since the …
Publication • March 5, 2015
Filed under: Police Searches, Police
Order re Required Log Entries for Stop and Frisk NYC_2_00028854, NYPD, 2013 NYC_2_00028853 NYC_2_00028854 NYC_2_00028855
Article • March 4, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Filed under: Guard Misconduct
Arizona DOC Director Blames Job Stress for Hundreds of Employee Arrests by Arizona DOC Director Blames Job Stress for Hundreds of Employee Arrests One Phoenix TV station learned first-hand the consequences of letting the target of a news story find out too much about it in advance. Arizona Department of …
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