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Article • October 10, 2014 • from PLN October, 2014
Filed under: Court Access, Filing Fees
Alaska Filing Fee Statute Denies Prisoners Court Access by Mark Wilson Alaska Filing Fee Statute Denies Prisoners Court Access by Mark Wilson In December 6, 2013, the Alaska Supreme Court held that barring an indigent prisoner from filing an appeal due to inability to pay the filing fee deprived him …
Article • October 10, 2014 • from PLN October, 2014
Pretrial Detainee’s First Amendment Retaliation Claim Survives Summary Judgment by David Reutter Pretrial Detainee’s First Amendment Retaliation Claim Survives Summary Judgment by David M. Reutter In a December 26, 2013 decision, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s grant of summary judgment, holding that a former pretrial …
Article • October 10, 2014 • from PLN October, 2014
Filed under: Telephone Rates
Prison and Jail Phone Reforms Needed in New Jersey by Karina Wilkinson Prison and Jail Phone Reforms Needed in New Jersey by Karina Wilkinson Two prison phone service providers, Global Tel*Link and Securus, continue to overcharge prisoners and their families for calls made from prisons and jails in New Jersey. …
Article • October 10, 2014 • from PLN October, 2014
Class-Action Suit Claiming Inadequate Medical Care at Virginia Prison Set for Trial by Class-Action Suit Claiming Inadequate Medical Care at Virginia Prison Set for Trial A December 2014 trial date has been scheduled in a class-action federal lawsuit that could determine the future of health care for prisoners at the …
Article • October 10, 2014 • from PLN October, 2014
Drug Courts Partner with Pharmaceutical Company to Combat Heroin, Alcohol Abuse by Drug Courts Partner with Pharmaceutical Company to Combat Heroin, Alcohol Abuse The 406th District Drug Court in Webb County, Texas has turned to a new approach for breaking the cycle of addiction related to heroin, opiate and alcohol …
Article • October 10, 2014 • from PLN October, 2014
Washington State: Injunction Entered Against Lewis County in PLN Censorship Suit by Washington State: Injunction Entered Against Lewis County in PLN Censorship Suit On September 10, 2014 a federal judge entered a preliminary injunction against Lewis County, Washington in a lawsuit challenging a postcard-only mail policy at the county jail. …
Article • October 10, 2014 • from PLN October, 2014
Leading with Conviction: JustLeadershipUSA by Glenn E. Martin Leading with Conviction: JustLeadershipUSA by Glenn Martin and Sasha Graham For decades, advocates and scholars alike have publicly decried the crippling financial and human costs of mass incarceration. Today their calls for reform are amplified by an emerging bipartisan consensus that current …
Article • October 10, 2014 • from PLN October, 2014
How the Courts View ACA Accreditation by Alex Friedmann How the Courts View ACA Accreditation by Alex Friedmann The American Correctional Association (ACA), a private non-profit organization composed mostly of current and former corrections officials, provides accreditation to prisons, jails and other detention facilities. According to the ACA, “Accreditation is …
Article • October 10, 2014 • from PLN October, 2014
Tennessee Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Hearings on Criminal Justice Reform by Tennessee Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Hearings on Criminal Justice Reform On September 15 and 16, 2014, while Tennessee’s General Assembly was out of session, the Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings on criminal justice reform – the first time a …
Women in Solitary Confinement: “The Isolation Degenerates Us into Madness“ by Victoria Law Women in Solitary Confinement: “The Isolation Degenerates Us into Madness“ by Victoria Law A mass prisoner hunger strike rocked California’s prison system last year, drawing international attention to the extensive use of solitary confinement in the United …
Article • October 10, 2014 • from PLN October, 2014
Filed under: Editorials, PLN Litigation
From the Editor by Paul Wright From the Editor by Paul Wright This month’s cover story about the Washington Department of Corrections killing prisoner Ricardo Mejia through medical neglect is in many ways an old one. Over the past 24 years, PLN has run hundreds of articles about prisons and …
Texas Court Finds CCA Subject to State’s Public Information Act, Awards Attorney Fees by Texas Court Finds CCA Subject to State’s Public Information Act, Awards Attorney Fees On September 15, 2014, a Travis County District Court entered a final judgment that found Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest …
Article • October 10, 2014 • from PLN October, 2014
$750,000 Settlement for Washington State Prisoner’s Wrongful Death by Carrie Wilkinson $750,000 Settlement for Washington State Prisoner’s Wrongful Death by Carrie Wilkinson Although Prison Legal News and its parent organization, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), are best known for litigation involving censorship by prison and jail officials, HRDC also …
Article • October 10, 2014 • from PLN October, 2014
In Washington State Prisons, Negligent Health Care Turns Illness into a Death Sentence by Rick Anderson In Washington State Prisons, Negligent Health Care Turns Illness into a Death Sentence Ricardo Cruz Mejia went to prison a murderer, he left a victim. by Rick Anderson Ricardo Cruz Mejia’s final days began …
Brief • October 10, 2014
Filed under: Classification, Death Row
Fanus v ODOC, OR, Order Granting PI , falsely housed on Death Row, 2014 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF OREGON JESSE FANUS, Plaintiff, 6:14-cv-00935-AA v. ORDER JEFF PREMO, Defendant. AIKEN, District Judge. Plaintiff, an inmate in the custody of the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC), filed a complaint under …
Brief • October 9, 2014
Hesterberg v. United States, CA, Opinion, Excessive Force by Taser, 2014 Case3:13-cv-01265-JSC Document123 Filed10/09/14 Page1 of 36 1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 8 9 GARY HESTERBERG, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 13-cv-01265-JSC UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, OPINION Defendant. 10 United States …
Brief • October 9, 2014
Filed under: False Arrest
Scott v Govt of DC, DC, Opp to Def MTD, false arrest, 2014 Case 1:14-cv-00817-GK Document 22 Filed 10/09/14 Page 1 of 46 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DeANGELO SCOTT, et al. Plaintiffs No: 14-817 (GK) v. GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Defendant PLAINTIFFS’ OPPOSITION …
Brief • October 9, 2014
Orr v. California Highway Patrol, CA, Deposition - Brame 1, use of video recording, 2014 ORR v. CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION OF JAY BRAME CONDENSED TRANSCRIPT October 9, 2014 CRANGLE REPORTING SERVICES (510) 653-1312 www.cranglereporting.com VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION OF JAY BRAME VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION OF JAY BRAME UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT …
Brief • October 8, 2014
Thomas v. Community Educ. Ctrs., Inc., TX, Complaint, Sexual Assault by Transport Officer, 2014 Case 4:14-cv-00648 Document 1 Filed 10/08/14 Page 1 of 16 PageID #: 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS SHERMAN DIVISION DEBRA THOMAS, and NATALIE DAVIS, Plaintiffs, v. COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTERS, INC., …
Brief • October 8, 2014
Genao v. City of New York, NY, Complaint, Excessive Force Rikers Island, 2014 / Case 2:14-cv-08122-AT Document 1 Filed 10/08/14 Page 1 of 19 JUDGE TORRES UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK 14 CV GABINO GENAO, Plaintiff, - against CITY OF NEW YORK; Former Commissioner DORA B. …
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