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Hawaii to Remove Prisoners from CCA Facility Over Abuse Charges by Ian Urbina Hawaii prison officials said Tuesday that all of the state’s 168 female inmates at a privately run Kentucky prison will be removed by the end of September because of charges of sexual abuse by guards. Forty inmates …
Aramark Discontinues, Loses Prison Food Service Contracts by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The corporate philosophy of cutting corners to enhance profits is catching up with Aramark Correctional Services, causing the company to lose prison and jail food service contracts and putting other contracts in jeopardy. Aramark has discontinued …
Wisconsin Sheriff Lacks Authority to Implement Private Food Vendor by The Wisconsin Supreme Court has held that a Sheriff does not have constitutional authority to hire and fire personnel providing food service at a county jail. The Court’s ruling came in an appeal filed by unions that represent employees of …
Article • September 15, 2009
PLN helps break news story on private prison in Hardin, MT and American Police Force! by Alex Friedmann Investigative Research re American Private Police Force Organization (APF) by Alex Friedmann Associate Editor, Prison Legal News Vice President, Private Corrections Institute Prison Legal News and the Private Corrections Institute have been …
Article • September 15, 2009
Attorney withdraws from American Private Police Force by Alex Friedmann Attorney Withdraws from American Private Police Force Hardin, MT – On September 30, Prison Legal News (PLN), a non-profit monthly publication that reports on criminal justice-related issues, provided background research to the Associated Press and other media agencies regarding the …
Prisoner Not Allowed to Sue One DOC in Another State by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Illinois held that New Mexico Department of Corrections (NMDOC) officials cannot be sued in Illinois due to lack of personal jurisdiction. Jimmy Kinslow, an NMDOC prisoner, was transferred in 1995 to the …
Jail Guards Allowed to Assert Qualified Immunity Defense; Nurses Not by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a Michigan federal district court’s decision that denied a group of jail guards qualified immunity in a case in which a prisoner died after complaining of chest pain and breathing problems. …
Adams v. CCA, CO, Plf Res to Def Res to Mot to Strike injuries, prison riot, 2009 DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF CROWLEY, STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: Sixteenth Judicial District Court Crowley County Courthouse 110 E. 6th Street, Room 303 Ordway, Colorado 81063 Telephone 719-267-4468 ▲COURT USE ONLY ▲ Plaintiffs: …
Florida’s Private Prisons Still Lack Meaningful Oversight by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Florida’s Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) has issued a report that finds that oversight of the state’s private prisons has strengthened under the Department of Management Services (DMS) but significant weakness still …
Article • August 15, 2009 • from PLN August, 2009
Seventh Circuit Vacates Dismissal for Failure to Prosecute; $50,000 + Fees Awarded Following Remand by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court’s dismissal of a prisoner’s suit for failure to prosecute. The appellate court found the severe sanction of dismissal was not justified. Illinois prisoner Amilcar …
Spurlock v. Townes, NM, Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2009 Case 1:09-cv-00786-LH-DJS Document 1 Filed 08/12/2009 Page 1 of 12 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO HEATHER SPURLOCK, & SOPHIA CARRASCO, Plaintiff, v. No. 1:09-cv-00786 ANTHONY TOWNES & BARBARA WAGNER in their individual capacities, & CORRECTIONS …
ICE Contract w/ BI, Incorporated for Electronic Monitoring/Alternatives to Detention Program, 2009 to 2014 Company Name: BI Incorporated Contract Number: HSCECR-09-D-00002 (HSCECR09D00002) Requisition/Reference Number: 192109CED0ATD0004 Latest Modification Processed: N/A Period of Performance: 7/20/2009 through 7/19/2014 Services Provided: Providing professional support services for the Intensive Supervision Appearance Program (ISAP) II for …
HCJ 260505 Israel Supreme Court Ruling Against Private Prisons, US, 2009 Academic Center of Law & Business, Human Rights Division v. Minister of Finance HCJ 2605/05 HCJ 2605/05 Petitioners: 1. Academic Center of Law & Business, Human Rights Division 2. Major General (Retired) Shlomo Twizer 3. Yadin Machnes v. Respondents …
University of Arizona Releases Report on Women Immigration Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In January 2009, the Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SWIRW) and the Bacon Immigration Law and Policy Program of the University of Arizona published a report on women held in Arizona immigration prisons. It …
$4.6 Million Settlements in Death of Quadriplegic D.C. Prisoner by David Reutter by David M. Reutter When 27-year-old Jonathan Magbie entered the District of Columbia Jail to serve a 10-day sentence, he was a quadriplegic confined to a mouth-operated wheelchair. Four days later he was dead. D.C. Superior Court Judge …
Louisiana Private Prison Warden Arrested for Malfeasance by Leroy Holiday, Sr., 55, a regional warden for LaSalle Management Company, LLC (LMC), a private prison firm, was released on $5,000 bond after being arrested and booked into the LaSalle Parrish Jail in November 2008. According to LaSalle Parish Sheriff Scott Franklin, …
$9,000 Award for Hawaiian Prisoners Bitten By Dogs at Oklahoma CCA Prison by On October 31, 2008, a Hawaiian state court awarded $3,000 each in damages to three Hawaiian prisoners who were bitten by dogs while incarcerated at a private prison in Oklahoma. Jonathan K. Lum, John Daffron and Frank …
Florida and Oregon Prison Employees Face Sex Charges by On November 7, 2008, prison guard Geno Lewis Hawkins was arrested by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) and the Inspector General’s Office of the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) on a charge of sexual battery. In August 2008, FDLE …
State Where Claim Arose Controls Section 1983 Limitations Period by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a Wisconsin prisoner who sued for injuries under 42 U.S.C. §1983 that occurred while at a Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) facility is bound by the statute of limitations of the …
PHS’s Policy of Profits over Medical Care Results in Death of Pregnant Prisoner’s Fetus by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a prisoner is not required to exhaust administrative remedies that jail officials do not let prisoners know exist. Additionally, the appellate court held that a jail …
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