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90% Remittitur of $750,000 Strip Search Verdict Vacated; Plaintiffs Accept $440,385.08 on Remand by Mark Wilson On June 30, 2010, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a district court had abused its discretion in reducing a $750,000 jury award to $75,000 in a case raising illegal strip search …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Postcard-Only Mail Policy Enjoined at Colorado Jail by On December 20, 2010, Chief U.S. District Court Judge Wiley Y. Daniel issued a preliminary injunction against a postcard-only mail policy instituted at the El Paso County Jail in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The injunction resulted from a class-action lawsuit filed by a …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Former Florida Prison Guard Sues for Reinstatement Under Whistleblower Act by The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) has been sued for retaliation under the state’s whistleblower act by a former guard. The suit, filed by lawyers for John Pisciotta, seeks back pay, reinstatement of his job, damages and attorney fees. …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Prisons Are Breeding Ground for Terrorists? by Mark Wilson “Prisons are often described as ‘hotbeds’ of terrorism,” but they can also become important “net contributors in the struggle against terrorism” according to a July 2010 joint study by the London-based International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Prison Legal News Sues Arizona Jail Over Restrictive Mail Policy by On September 7, 2011, Prison Legal News, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona (ACLU) and the law firm of Rosen, Bien & Galvan, LLP, filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a Pinal County, Arizona …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Budget Cuts Threaten Oregon Juvenile Offenders by Even in the face of a $3.5 billion shortfall in the 2011-2013 biennial budget cycle which began on July 1, 2011, Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber refused to touch the $1.5 billion budget of the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC). Instead he turned his …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Congressional Budget Resolution Cuts Some DOJ Programs by The April 2011 vote in Congress that passed a resolution for continued federal funding until the end of the current fiscal year on June 30 included 17 percent cuts for various Department of Justice (DOJ) programs, including the Second Chance Act. The …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Fugitive Oregon DOC Food Manager Getting Homesick in Iran by “I would love to come back to my country ... but unfortunately they want to fry me for my mistake,” wrote international fugitive and former Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) Food Service Administrator Farhad (“Fred”) Monem, in emails sent to …
Oregon Juvenile Who Attempted Suicide Settles Negligence Suit for $192,500 by An Oregon juvenile offender has settled a negligence suit against county officials for $192,500. In June 2010, Michael J. Stephens, 16, was detained at Lane County’s John Serbu Youth Campus in Eugene, Oregon. He was on suicide watch due …
Sexual Misconduct Topples Two Oregon Prosecutors by The elected District Attorney of a small Oregon county lost his job after being accused of using his office for sexual misconduct and then trying to cover it up. In August 2010, a female employee of the Umatilla County District Attorney’s office, Dawn …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Taser International Settles Product Liability Lawsuit for $2.85 Million by Michael Brodheim by Mike Brodheim Using tactics reminiscent of those once employed by tobacco companies, Taser International has for years engaged in a high-stakes campaign designed to deceive the public into believing that the stun guns it manufactures, known formally …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
U.S. Supreme Court: State P&A Can Sue Another State Agency for Records by David Reutter U.S. Supreme Court: State P&A Can Sue Another State Agency for Records by David Reutter The U.S. Supreme Court held on April 19, 2011 that sovereign immunity does not apply when one agency of a …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
PLN Sues Kansas Jail Over No-Publication Policy by On August 31, 2011, Prison Legal News filed a federal lawsuit against the Board of Commissioners for Shawnee County, Kansas and Richard Kline, Director of the Shawnee County Department of Corrections. PLN’s suit alleges First Amendment violations due to a policy at …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Florida’s Prison Industry Criticized for Failing in Mission by David Reutter Florida’s prison industry program is “making a few people very wealthy while operating ... in a manner entirely inconsistent with its mission,” according to advisors to Governor Rick Scott, in a transition report released in December 2010. The mission …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Jail Guitar Doors, USA Offers Free Musical Instruments to Prisons by Bruce Reilly Long before words there was the drum, the beat, the foundation of all communication. Some drummers and musicians communicate through the most finely crafted instruments of their day. For the prisoner it is typically the sound of …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Oregon Prison Guard Guilty of Contraband Smuggling by On March 21, 2011, former Oregon prison guard Tara Martinmaas, 34, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of supplying contraband. She was sentenced to a two-year term of probation and ordered to pay over $1,500 in fees and have no contact with …
Booker v. Denver, CO, Complaint, Excessive Force Jail, 2011 Case 1:11-cv-00645-RBJ-KMT Document 36 Filed 10/04/11 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 54 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 11-cv-00645-WYD-KMT ESTATE OF MARVIN L. BOOKER, REVEREND B.R. BOOKER, SR., and ROXEY A. WALTON, as …
Brief • October 12, 2011
Gartrell v. FBOP, PA, Order denying of Def MTD, RFRA Bivens Action Muslim prayer times and locations, 2011 Case 1:10-cv-02160-WWC Document 39 Filed 10/12/11 Page 1 of 5 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA ISADORE GARTRELL, Plaintiff v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, et al., …
Lippert v. Godinez, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2011 Case: 1:10-cv-04603 Document #: 39 Filed: 10/07/11 Page 1 of 33 PageID #:113 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION DON LIPPERT, Plaintiff, v. SALVADOR GODINEZ, PARTHA GHOSH, M.D., WILLARD ELYEA, JOSEPH SSENFUMA, LOUIS SHICKER, QUENTIN TANNER, ADRIAN BACOT, …
Brief • October 7, 2011
Ratcliff v. Schriro, AZ, Order Re Settlement, Excessive Force, 2011 1 2 3 Shorall McGoldrick Brinkmann 1232 east missouri avenue phoenix, az 85014 602.230.5400 602.230.5432 {fax) smb@smbattorneys.com 4 5 Tom Shorall, Jr., #010456 Scott M. Zerlaut, #014714 Attorneys for Defendant Cruz 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 DISTRICT OF …
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