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Article • January 12, 2015
Prisoner Loses Habeas Suit Challenging Loss of BOP Good Time for “Constructive Possession” of a Weapon by Derek Gilna Prisoner Loses Habeas Suit Challenging Loss of BOP Good Time for “Constructive Possession” of a Weapon by Derek Gilna Federal prisoner Travis Denny was found in be in “constructive possession” of …
Article • January 12, 2015
Filed under: Infections
Bureau of Prisons Settles Prisoner's "Valley Fever" Suit for $425,000 by Bureau of Prisons Settles Prisoner's "Valley Fever" Suit for $425,000 by Matt Clarke In August 2012, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) settled for $425,000 a lawsuit brought by a federal prisoner who claimed that the BOP had knowingly …
Article • January 12, 2015
Texas Counties Slowly Move Toward More Personal Bond Pretrial Releases by Texas Counties Slowly Move Toward More Personal Bond Pretrial Releases   by Matt Clarke   In September 2012, about half of the 67,000 jail prisoners in Texas were detained awaiting trial. In 2010, incarcerating pretrial detainees cost taxpayers in …
Article • January 12, 2015
Filed under: Statistics/Trends
Racial Disparities Diminishing, Especially Among Female Prisoners by Racial Disparities Diminishing, Especially Among Female Prisoners   As dispiriting are the racial inequities of mass-incarceration, recent trends are cause for a sliver of cautious optimism, according to a 2013 report from The Sentencing Project, a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. …
Article • January 12, 2015
Prisoner Labor Used to Package Potatoes for Vermont Food Bank by Prisoner Labor Used to Package Potatoes for Vermont Food Bank   Theresa Snow, executive director of Salvation Farms, a nonprofit organization that works to make use of farm surpluses, dreamed up the idea of using prisoner labor to sort …
Article • January 12, 2015
New York: Two Female Guards Impregnated by Prisoners, then Charged with Rape and Arrested by New York: Two Female Guards Impregnated by Prisoners, then Charged with Rape and Arrested   In February 2013, two female prison guards in New York State were arrested and charged with rape after it was …
Article • January 12, 2015
Maryland Jury Awards $5.6 Million for False Arrest and Detention by Matthew Clarke Maryland Jury Awards $5.6 Million for False Arrest and Detention by Matt Clarke On October 25, 2012, a Maryland jury awarded a man $5.6 million for damages incurred after he was arrested in Washington, D.C. on an …
Article • January 12, 2015
Filed under: Overdetention
NY State Liable Prisoner’s 30 Days Overdetention by NY State Liable Prisoner’s 30 Days Overdetention A New York Court of Claims judge, in a trial on the issue of liability only, has determined that the state department of corrections (DOC) wrongly held a prisoner thirty days past his release date …
Article • January 12, 2015
Filed under: Overdetention
NY State Liable for Prisoner’s 94 Days Overdetention by NY State Liable for Prisoner’s 94 Days Overdetention The State of New York has been found liable by a New York Court of claims judge for holding a prisoner 94 days past his release date. The court then ordered that a …
Article • January 12, 2015
NY DOC Liable for Three Days Extra Segregation by NY DOC Liable for Three Days Extra Segregation A New York Court of Claims judge recently found the State of New York liable for three days of unwarranted segregation, and has set a trial date to determine the amount of damages …
Article • January 12, 2015
Filed under: Workplace Injury
NY DOC Found 50% Liable Prisoner’s Injuries from Collapsed Chair by NY DOC Found 50% Liable Prisoner’s Injuries from Collapsed Chair A New York Court of Claims Judge has found a prisoner and the state department corrections each half responsible for injuries sustained by the prisoner when a chair collapsed …
Article • January 12, 2015
Filed under: Prisoner Property
NY Court Awards Prisoner over $400 for Lost Property by NY Court Awards Prisoner over $400 for Lost Property A New York state prisoner won a verdict recovering the value of personal property that went missing after he was transferred between prisons. The court also ordered the state to reimburse …
Article • January 12, 2015
New York Prisoner Awarded $1,170 for SHU Time Caused by Hearing Violation by New York Prisoner Awarded $1,170 for SHU Time Caused by Hearing Violation A New York Court of Claims awarded $1,170 to a prisoner for 39 days of excessive, unprivileged confinement in a Special Housing Unit (SHU) at …
Article • January 12, 2015
Filed under: Prisoner Property
New York Prisoner Awarded $153 for Lost Property by New York Prisoner Awarded $153 for Lost Property A New York Court of Claims awarded $153 to a prisoner for property lost by prison officials. The judgment also provided for an interest award and recovery of filing fees. Prisoner Sheldon N. …
Article • January 12, 2015
Filed under: Sentencing
Imprisonment Bars Mandatory Minimum $2,000 Oregon DUII Fine by Imprisonment Bars Mandatory Minimum $2,000 Oregon DUII Fine On August 6, 2014, the Oregon Court of Appeals reversed a mandatory minimum $2,000 fine for an Oregon woman’s fourth driving under the influence of intoxicants (DUII) conviction. Regina Marie Frier was convicted …
Article • January 12, 2015
NY Guard Guilty of Attacking Prisoner; Trial on Damages Ordered by NY Guard Guilty of Attacking Prisoner; Trial on Damages Ordered A New York Court of Claims judge has found a Sing Sing Correctional Facility guard 100% liable for an unprovoked attack on a prisoner, and ordered a trial be …
Article • January 12, 2015
Guard Found Liable for Excessive Force against NY Prisoner by Guard Found Liable for Excessive Force against NY Prisoner In a trial on the issue of liability only, a Coxsackie Correctional Facility (NY) guard was found liable for excessive force after he repeatedly struck a prisoner with his baton for …
Article • January 12, 2015
Florida Pretrial Detainees Properly Charged “Subsistence Costs” by Florida Pretrial Detainees Properly Charged “Subsistence Costs” The Florida Court of Appeal for the Fourth District has upheld the constitutional application of a statue and a jail’s procedures allowing pretrial detainees to be charged “daily subsistence costs.” Pretrial detainees Thomas Solomos and …
Federal Court Holds Qualified Immunity Appropriate in Officers’ Warrantless Entry and Arrests, Not in Transporting Arrestees Naked by Federal Court Holds Qualified Immunity Appropriate in Officers’ Warrantless Entry and Arrests, Not in Transporting Arrestees Naked The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia has held that three law …
Article • January 12, 2015
NY Prisoner Denied Knee Brace Wins $1,200 by NY Prisoner Denied Knee Brace Wins $1,200 Prevailing on one of his three claims, a New York state prisoner was awarded $1,200 damages after a Court of Claims trial found the state liable for not providing him with a needed knee brace. …
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