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Treatment Instead of Prisons A Roadmap for Sentencing and Correctional Policy Reform in Wisconsin, Justice Strategies, 2006

Publication • February 19, 2016

Filed under: Sentencing, Mental Health, Drug Treatment/Rehab

Treatment Instead of Prisons A Roadmap for Sentencing and Correctional Policy Reform in Wisconsin, Justice Strategies, 2006 Treatment Instead of Prisons A Roadmap for Sentencing and Correctional Policy Reform in Wisconsin January 2006 Commissioned by the Drug Policy Alliance About Justice Strategies Justice Strategies is an organization founded by veteran …

Green v. City of Milwaukee - Newport, WI, Order, unwarranted search, 2016

Brief • February 19, 2016

Filed under: Pat Searches, Vehicle Searches, Police Searches

Green v. City of Milwaukee - Newport, WI, Order, unwarranted search, 2016 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN DAVIN GREEN, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 15-CV-786 JONATHON NEWPORT and CITY OF MILWAUKEE, Defendants. DECISION AND ORDER On June 29, 2015, Davin Green filed a complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. …

Corrections Costs, Department of Corrections, WI Legislative Audit Bureau

Publication • February 19, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Audits, Crime/Demographics, Cost of Prison Systems

Corrections Costs, Department of Corrections, WI Legislative Audit Bureau Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau 97-18 Corrections Costs, Department of Corrections Summary As prison populations have increased, the State’s corrections system has required an increasing proportion of state expenditures. Between fiscal years (FYs) 1985-86 and 1995-96, when total general purpose revenue (GPR) …

Mason Detention Facility Contract With WI. CCA 2001

Publication • February 15, 2016

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic

Mason Detention Facility Contract With WI. CCA 2001 WI Legislative Fiscal Bureau Report (January 2001) In March, 1998, Corrections began contracting with the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) for prison beds at two privately-administered facilities in Whiteville, Tennessee. In June, 1998, CCA's facility in Sayre, Oklahoma, was also included in …

Flynn et al v. Walker et al, WI, Joint MTD, inadquate health care disabled inmates, 2016

Brief • February 10, 2016

Filed under: Disabled Prisoners, Failure to Treat, Americans with Disabilities Act

Flynn et al v. Walker et al, WI, Joint MTD, inadquate health care disabled inmates, 2016 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN KRISTINE FLYNN, et al., on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 06-CV-537- RTR SCOTT WALKER, et al., Defendants. …

Thompson v. Holm, WI, Settlement, Ramadan Fasting, 2016

Brief • February 5, 2016

Filed under: Food, First Amendment, Religious Diet, Religious Practices

Thompson v. Holm, WI, Settlement, Ramadan Fasting, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN MICHAEL L. THOMPSON, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 13..cv.. 00930-nj WILLIAM HOLM, MATTHEW LARSON, RANDALL LASHOCK, BRUCE BLEICH, and JOHN DOE, Defendants. RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT Tins Release and Settlement Agreement …

Wisconsin DOC Pays Former Prisoner for Miscalculating Sentence

Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016

Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Overdetention

Wisconsin DOC Pays Former Prisoner for Miscalculating Sentence by Gary Hunter On April 4, 2014, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) was ordered to pay $7,600 to former prisoner Robin N. Gavinski for holding him too long in prison. Gavinski was serving three sentences that were supposed to run concurrently; …

Seventh Circuit: Police Officer Who Shot Man Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity

Article • January 7, 2016

Filed under: Shootings, Excessive Force (Police)

Seventh Circuit: Police Officer Who Shot Man Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity by On May 27, 2015, the Seventh Circuit court of appeals upheld a federal court's denial of a motion for summary judgement based on qualified immunity filed by a police officer who shot a man in an alleged …

Seventh Circuit Rules Wisconsin Prisoner’s Religious Rights Must be Honored

Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016

Filed under: RLUIPA, Religious Diet, Religious Practices

Seventh Circuit Rules Wisconsin Prisoner’s Religious Rights Must be Honored by Derek Gilna Seventh Circuit Rules Wisconsin Prisoner’s Religious Rights Must be Honored by Derek Gilna David A. Schlemm, a Navajo tribe member confined in a Wisconsin state prison, sought to exercise his right to practice certain religious rituals required …

Study Finds Private Prisons Keep Prisoners Longer, Without Reducing Future Crime

Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016

Filed under: Private Prisons, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Overdetention

Study Finds Private Prisons Keep Prisoners Longer, Without Reducing Future Crime by Peter Kerwin Study Finds Private Prisons Keep Prisoners Longer, Without Reducing Future Crime by Peter Kerwin A new study finds that prisoners in private prisons are likely to serve as many as two to three more months behind bars …

$40,000 for DUI Suspect over Destroyed Exculpatory Video

Article • October 19, 2015

Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Evidentiary Ruling

$40,000 for DUI Suspect over Destroyed Exculpatory Video by $40,000 for DUI Suspect over Destroyed Exculpatory Video A jury in the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin decided, in December 2009, in favor of plaintiff Troy Scheffler in the amount of $40,000 for the county willfully …

$300,000 Award to Wisconsin Prison Employee Raped by Prisoner

Article • October 15, 2015

Filed under: Prisoner-Staff Assault

$300,000 Award to Wisconsin Prison Employee Raped by Prisoner by $300,000 Award to Wisconsin Prison Employee Raped by Prisoner A Wisconsin federal jury awarded $300,000 to a female prison-employee who was raped by a prisoner. At the time of the rape, the woman was a payroll and benefits specialist at …

No Eighth Amendment Violation in Cellmate Attack

Article • October 15, 2015

Filed under: Dental Care, Failure to Treat, Failure to Protect (General)

No Eighth Amendment Violation in Cellmate Attack by No Eighth Amendment Violation in Cellmate Attack The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit dismissed a lawsuit filed by an inmate who suffered injuries after claiming that prison staff failed to heed his warnings that his cellmate was about …

$506,000 Awarded to Wisconsin Man for Officers’ Unlawful Stop and Arrest

Article • October 6, 2015

Filed under: Strip Searches, Arrestee Searches, False Arrest

$506,000 Awarded to Wisconsin Man for Officers’ Unlawful Stop and Arrest by $506,000 Awarded to Wisconsin Man for Officers’ Unlawful Stop and Arrest A federal jury has awarded a man $506,000 after finding two Wisconsin police officers liable of an illegal stop and arrest. Leo Hardy was instructed by officers …

Sex Assault Charges against Wiccan Ex-Prison Chaplain Dismissed

Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Religious Discrimination, Clergy

Sex Assault Charges against Wiccan Ex-Prison Chaplain Dismissed by Joe Watson Sex Assault Charges against Wiccan Ex-Prison Chaplain Dismissed by Joe Watson A Wiccan former prison chaplain at the Oshkosh Correctional Institution in Wisconsin pledged to sue the Wisconsin Department of Corrections after she was cleared of criminal charges in …

News In Brief

Article • September 24, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015

Filed under: News in Brief

News In Brief by Alabama: On April 9, 2013, Kenneth Wayne Patton was arrested on a domestic violence charge. When he arrived at the Etowah County Jail, he informed guards that he used to be employed at the St. Clair Correctional Facility and should be put in protective custody. Despite …

Wisconsin Jail’s 2013 Prisoner Fee Revenue Falls $130,000

Article • September 9, 2015

Filed under: Jail Specific, Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Booking Fees

Wisconsin Jail’s 2013 Prisoner Fee Revenue Falls $130,000 by Mark Wilson Wisconsin Jail’s 2013 Prisoner Fee Revenue Falls $130,000          by Mark Wilson A litigation-compelled policy change has cut a Wisconsin County’s booking and pay-to- stay fees by $130,000. However, county officials are quickly recouping the revenue from other detainees. A …

Seventh Circuit Upholds Wisconsin Sex Offender Registration Fee, Names John Doe Plaintiffs

Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015

Filed under: Sex Offender Registration

Seventh Circuit Upholds Wisconsin Sex Offender Registration Fee, Names John Doe Plaintiffs by Derek Gilna Seventh Circuit Upholds Wisconsin Sex Offender Registration Fee, Names John Doe Plaintiffs by Derek Gilna The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court’s ruling that found Wisconsin’s statute for sex offender registration, …

Seventh Circuit: New Trial for Wrong Legal Standard in Jail Death Case

Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015

Filed under: Seizures, Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Diabetes, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Seventh Circuit: New Trial for Wrong Legal Standard in Jail Death Case by Mark Wilson Seventh Circuit: New Trial for Wrong Legal Standard in Jail Death Case by Mark Wilson In an amended decision on August 14, 2014, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held a district court had abused …

Brown v. Dept Corrections, WI, Complaint, 2015

Brief • July 31, 2015

Filed under: Sexual Harassment, Staff-Staff Harassment, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights

Brown v. Dept Corrections, WI, Complaint, 2015 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN FELICIA BROWN Plaintiff, v. Case No. 2:15-cv-843 WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, a state governmental agency; SUSAN NYGREN, individually and in her official capacity as manager of the Health Service Unit of the Wisconsin Department of …