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Article • October 3, 2014
Wisconsin Open Records Law Prohibits Charging Redaction Fee by Wisconsin Open Records Law Prohibits Charging Redaction Fee   The Wisconsin Supreme Court held that governmental entities have no authorization to charge the public for time spent redacting confidential information from public records.   The ruling came in a lawsuit brought …
Article • October 3, 2014
Kansas Sentencing Law Creates Disparity for Old Law Prisoners by Kansas Sentencing Law Creates Disparity for Old Law Prisoners   Hundreds of Kansas prisoners who committed crimes prior to July 1, 1993 are serving sentences that would have been much shorter under current law. These “old law” prisoners are serving …
Article • October 3, 2014
Law Prohibits Washington State Prisons from Manufacture of Guard Uniforms by Law Prohibits Washington State Prisons from Manufacture of Guard Uniforms   Innovative sewing practices by Washington state prisoners compelled state legislatures to enact a law that prohibits prisoners from making or assembling guards’ uniforms.   “There was some hanky-panky …
Article • October 3, 2014
Guards at Baltimore Intake Convicted of Beating 26-Year-Old Female Prisoner by Guards at Baltimore Intake Convicted of Beating 26-Year-Old Female Prisoner   On April 27, 2012, a Baltimore jury convicted two intake guards – Larry Morris and Shannon Rivies -- of conspiracy to commit reckless endangerment after they beat a …
Arizona DOC Cancels 5,000 Bed Private Prison Contract by Arizona DOC Cancels 5,000 Bed Private Prison Contract   by Matt Clarke   Since January 2009, the Arizona Department of Corrections (DOC) has been working on a contract for private prison corporations to build and operate prisons with a capacity of …
Article • October 3, 2014
Filed under: Judicial Misconduct
FBI Files on Chief Justice Rehnquist Reveal History of Sedative Addiction by FBI Files on Chief Justice Rehnquist Reveal History of Sedative Addiction   Files released by the FBI in 2007 show that the late Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist was so addicted to a powerful sedative that his …
Article • October 3, 2014
Family Calls Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Death Murder; Prison Officials Exonerate Themselves by David Reutter Family Calls Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Death Murder; Prison Officials Exonerate Themselves   By David M. Reutter   Although an investigation into a prisoner’s death by the Pennsylvania State Police “does not indicate any foul play at this time,” …
Exonerated Chicago Man Settles Lawsuit for $3.6 Million by Matthew Clarke Exonerated Chicago Man Settles Lawsuit for $3.6 Million   By Matthew Clarke   In January 2012, the City of Chicago settled a lawsuit against the city and five Chicago police officers brought by a man who was exonerated after …
Article • October 3, 2014
California Auditor: Data Hinders Effectiveness of Juvenile “Realignment” by California Auditor: Data Hinders Effectiveness of Juvenile “Realignment”   It’s the rare public policy that succeeds in spite of bureaucratic incompetence and a lack of vision. But, according to a recent state audit, California’s decision in 2007 to transfer the supervision …
Article • October 3, 2014
Auditors Find Deficiencies in Tennessee Prison Operations by David Reutter Auditors Find Deficiencies in Tennessee Prison Operations   by David M. Reutter   A performance audit of the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) was released in September 2012 by the state’s Comptroller of the Treasury. It made five findings related …
Another Florida Youth Languishes in Pain until Death While Guards Idly Watch by David Reutter Another Florida Youth Languishes in Pain until Death While Guards Idly Watch   By David M. Reutter   A sense of fear and apprehension about overstepping authority kept guards at a Florida Department of Juvenile …
Article • October 3, 2014
Another Failed Experiment: Minnesota’s Private Prison Health Care Saves Money but Costs Lives by David Reutter Another Failed Experiment: Minnesota’s Private Prison Health Care Saves Money but Costs Lives   by David M. Reutter   Minnesota privatized its prison health care system in 1998 to achieve cost savings. While it …
Article • October 3, 2014
$125,400 Settlement in Riker’s Island Guard Assault on Prisoner by $125,400 Settlement in Riker’s Island Guard Assault on Prisoner   A $125,400 settlement has been reached in a lawsuit arising from a guard at the Robert N. Davoren Center (RNDC) on Riker’s Island repeatedly slapping a prisoner on his head, …
Article • October 3, 2014
$50,000 Settlement in Nevada Prisoner’s Medical Neglect Death by $50,000 Settlement in Nevada Prisoner’s Medical Neglect Death   The Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC) paid $50,000 to settle a civil rights action that alleged its “negligence and reckless disregard to the health” of a prisoner caused his death.   The …
Article • October 3, 2014
Filed under: Juvenile Prisons
Problematic Florida Juvenile Center Closes by Problematic Florida Juvenile Center Closes   Florida’s Department of Juvenile Justice is closing a privately operated juvenile offender facility that has been the subject of allegations of poor supervision and treatment. The 154-bed Thompson Academy, a low-security facility, is run by Youth Services International …
Article • October 3, 2014
13 Prisoners Die in Turkish Prison Fire by 13 Prisoners Die in Turkish Prison Fire   Thirteen prisoners died, five were injured seriously enough to require hospitalization and three guards suffered burns during a prison fire at the Suliufa prison near in southeast Turkey in June 2012. The prison is …
Article • October 3, 2014
Tasered Ex-Prisoner Settles Suit for $55,000 by Tasered Ex-Prisoner Settles Suit for $55,000   The State of Pennsylvania and a prison guard settled a suit by a former prisoner who was allegedly shocked with a Taser without justification. The terms of the settlement required Pennsylvania to pay $50,000 and prison …
Article • October 3, 2014
Washington Supreme Court Reverses Premature Public Record Ruling; Requester Identity Irrelevant to Whether Records Exempt by Washington Supreme Court Reverses Premature Public Record Ruling; Requester Identity Irrelevant to Whether Records Exempt   The en banc Washington State Supreme Court held that a lower court prematurely decided that the identity of …
Article • October 3, 2014
Utah Democrat Defeated for Party Post Defeated After "Outing" as Private Prison Official by Utah Democrat Defeated for Party Post Defeated After "Outing" as Private Prison Official   By Derek Gilna   Her position as Vice-Chairman of Management and Training Corporation (MTC), third largest private prison operator in the United …
Article • October 3, 2014
Tennessee Parole Officers Report that Parolees are Walking Dead by Tennessee Parole Officers Report that Parolees are Walking Dead   Either Tennessee's crawling with zombies, or the state's Board of Probation and Parole has been caught neglecting to monitor former offenders under community supervision.   According to an audit published …
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