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, July 2013, p.1; Nov. 2010, p.1]. Around half of the approximately 34,000 immigration detainees held in ICE custody at any given time are housed in privately-operated prisons. Unfortunately, the rapid ...
Article • January 10, 2015 • from PLN January, 2015
Filed under: Eighth Amendment, Lighting
, the Fifth Circuit held on April 1, 2014 that a Texas prisoner’s sleep deprivation-based challenge to the security schedule used by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) may state a valid claim ...
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
– that he was denied his requests 1) for a halal diet by officials at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary (OSP) and 2) for halal meat for an Islamic feast (Eid al-Adha) by officials at the Great Plains ...
class representatives, the court ordered the plaintiffs to renew their motion for class certification. See: Riggs v. Valdez, U.S.D.C. (D. Idaho), Case No. 1:09-cv-00010-EJL; 2010 WL 4117085. On April 27 ...
Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013
period. In 2011, 88 jail employees were disciplined, including seven who used excessive force against prisoners – an increase of 31% over the three-year average. From January to April 1, 2012, Harris ...
Article • October 15, 2013 • from PLN October, 2013
the detainees’ right to counsel. Those rulings were further interpreted in Al Odah v. United States, 346 F.Supp.2d, 1 (D.D.C. 2004) [PLN, June 2005, p.30], which recognized that the court had the “power ...
Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013
Act (Minn. Stat. § 253B (2010)) conflicted or was inconsistent with Rule 60.02. The Act permits civil commitment of 1) the chemically dependent, 2) mentally ill, 3) developmentally disabled, 4) mentally ...
Article • August 29, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
in the status of HIV-positive prisoners came after decades of litigation on that issue. According to the settlement, full implementation of the agreement was to be completed by November 1, 2014. Soon after ...
Article • January 12, 2016
Filed under: Booking Fees
in August 2012. Hamilton County lost a lawsuit in 2000 over charging pay-to-stay fees to pretrial detainees. A federal judge ordered the county to pay $1 million in refunds and $150,000 for a prisoner ...
Article • November 15, 2011
[See: PLN, March 2009, p.1]. However, citing Judge Paine’s “forthcoming retirement at the end of 2011,” and because Canon 2C had not previously been enforced, the Committee declined ...
and jail phone services. [See: PLN, April 2011, p.1]. According to a November 2011 report by Allegheny County’s Office of the Controller, Securus pays the county a 57.2% kickback commission on phone revenue ...
provided poor quality of care” and, as a consequence, a prisoner died due to “preventable” causes every five to six days. [See: PLN, Sept. 2008, p.18; March 2006, p.1]. A three-judge court ultimately ...
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
with his performance: 1) appropriate follow-up with patients following specialty consultations; 2) complete and timely documentation in patients’ interdisciplinary notes; 3) proper follow-up with patients ...
Article • December 3, 2014 • from PLN December, 2014
Filed under: Telephone Rates
costs for years, but reform has come much too slowly. [See: PLN, Dec. 2013, p.1; April 2011, p.1]. Meanwhile, county sheriff’s offices around the country have long enjoyed a steady revenue stream ...
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
Filed under: Medical Expenses
care costs in 2014 alone. That is on top of savings due to wholesale changes in the state’s prison medical care system, which was under federal court supervision until 2012. Kasich’s July 1 ...
conduct to law enforcement officials. The polygraph included four potentially incriminating questions concerning prior sexual conduct: 1) After the age of 18, did you engage in sexual activity with anyone ...
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
Filed under: Money/Property
Pennsylvania Prisoners’ Cigarette Stashes to Go Up in Smoke by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Effective July 1, 2019, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) banned tobacco use ...
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
“have an immediate family member currently incarcerated in jail or prison (1 in 38).” • 64 percent of U.S. adults have had an immediate or extended family member incarcerated in jail ...
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
facilities, has a long and sordid history of exploiting prisoners and their families by charging exorbitant phone rates and fees. [See: PLN, Dec. 2013, p.1; April 2011, p.1]. Over the past decade the industry ...
violations for (1) dangerous working conditions, (2) inadequate medical care, (3) intentional infliction of emotional distress, and (4) negligence. According to the suit, the plaintiffs alleged the cell ...
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