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Report Highlights Continuing Problems with Florida Department of Corrections by Derek Gilna The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) was the subject of a recent Prison Legal News cover story that detailed prisoner deaths, excessive use of force by guards, and other types of misconduct and corruption. [See: PLN, Feb. 2016, …
Texas County Jail, Beset by Prisoner Deaths, has Highest Suicide Rate by Matthew Clarke A wrongful death suit filed by the parents of a 30-year-old Bexar County, Texas jail prisoner who died of a methadone overdose while in solitary confinement at the lock-up settled in February 2015 for $200,000, and …
Kansas Sex Offender Civil Commitment Program Under Scrutiny by Matthew Clarke The Sexual Predator Treatment Program, operated by the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, is at the heart of a debate over whether civil commitment programs are truly designed to rehabilitate offenders convicted of sex crimes, or are …
Publication • February 16, 2016
CDCR - Poor Internal Controls Allowed Facilities to Overpay Employees, CA State Auditor, 2009 Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: Its Poor Internal Controls Allowed Facilities to Overpay Employees for Inmate Supervision November 2009 Report I2009-0702 CALIFORNIA S TAT E A U D I T O R The first five copies …
Publication • February 15, 2016
Jail Staffing Workbook, DOJ, 2003 01-Cover 5/8/03 4:26 PM Page 1 U.S. Department of Justice National Institute of Corrections WORKBOOK FOR JAILS Second Edition 01-Cover 5/8/03 4:26 PM Page 2 U.S. Department of Justice National Institute of Corrections 320 First Street N.W. Washington, DC 20534 Morris L. Thigpen, Director Virginia …
Florida’s Department of Corrections: A Culture of Corruption, Abuse and Deaths by David Reutter Florida, with the nation’s third-largest prison system, has a long and sordid history of abusing, neglecting and even killing its prisoners. Because most state prisons are in insular rural areas, the general public, aside from those …
Brief • January 19, 2016
DWN and CCR v. ICE, NY, MOL in support of Plf Mot for PSJ, private contractor staffing and pricing, 2016 Case 1:14-cv-00583-LGS Document 96 Filed 01/19/16 Page 1 of 27 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DETENTION WATCH NETWORK, CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, DOCKET NO.: 14-CV-583 (LGS) …
Article • January 12, 2016
Ohio County Jail Overcrowded, Understaffed and On Verge of 'Catastrophe' by Joe Watson The results of a September 2013 inspection of the Hamilton County Jail in Cincinnati, Ohio, revealed that the facility failed to adequately meet 48 of 69 standards set by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC). …
Article • January 12, 2016
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Nevada Jail Guard Works 1,438 Overtime Hours for $84,166 in Overtime Pay by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke It is not unusual for guards at the short-staffed Henderson Detention Center to earn overtime. In 2012, the 73 guards at the Nevada jail earned a total of $668,000 in overtime pay, …
J.M.M. v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Amended Complaint, Assault on Juvenile, 2016 Case 2:14-cv-06529-JAK-FFM Document 77 Filed 01/08/16 Page 1 of 35 Page ID #:685 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 LAW OFFICES OF VICKI I. SARMIENTO A Professional Corporation VICKI I. SARMIENTO, SBN …
Brief • January 8, 2016
McDaniel v. Tom Green County, TX, Complaint, Wrongful Death Medical Neglect, 2016 Case 6:16-cv-00002-C Document 1 Filed 01/08/16 Page 1 of 14 PageID 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS SAN ANGELO DIVISION CHARLEY McDANIEL, and CORY WILLIAMS, individually and as heirs at law to the …
Brief • December 22, 2015
DWN and CCR v. ICE, NY, MOL in support of Def Cross-Mot for SJ, private contractor staffing and pricing, 2015 Case 1:14-cv-00583-LGS Document 87 Filed 12/22/15 Page 1 of 35 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DETENTION WATCH NETWORK and CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, 14 Civ. 583 …
Mississippi Private Prisons Have High Prisoner Assault Rates by Matthew Clarke Mississippi Private Prisons Have High Prisoner Assault Rates by Matt Clarke A report on the number of prisoners assaulted in Mississippi prisons shows that the assault rates in private prisons average two to three times the rate of assaults …
Semelbauer et al v. Muskegon Co, MI, Plf BiO to Def Mot PSJ, jail gender discrimination 8th Am, 2015 Case 1:14-cv-01245-JTN Doc #49 Filed 07/01/15 Page 1 of 32 Page ID#1350 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION MICHELLE SEMELBAUER, et al., PAULETTE …
Article • June 12, 2015
Oregon Prison Staffing Audit Reveals Little to No Potential Cost-Savings by Mark Wilson Oregon Prison Staffing Audit Reveals Little to No Potential Cost-Savings by Mark Wilson As Oregon prison officials scramble to reduce a $1.4 billion bi-annual corrections budget, the Secretary of State released an audit concluding that they are …
Article • June 12, 2015
Alaska Prison Guard Terminated for Fighting off Prisoners with Pocketknif by Joe Watson Alaska Prison Guard Terminated for Fighting off Prisoners with Pocketknif by Joe Watson A former guard at the Spring Creek Correctional Center—Alaska's only maximum-security prison—is now contesting his November 2012 termination for bringing a pocketknife to work …
Article • June 11, 2015
Ohio’s Prisons Grow Less Violent Despite More Assaults on Guards by Ohio’s Prisons Grow Less Violent Despite More Assaults on Guards Officials with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) say changes in the state’s prison management system are responsible for an overall decline in assaults against prison guards …
Article • June 10, 2015
Santa Clara County Fulfilled Meeting and Conferring Obligations in Reducing Peace Officer's Work Hours by Santa Clara County Fulfilled Meeting and Conferring Obligations in Reducing Peace Officer's Work Hours The California Appeals Court for the Sixth District has held that Santa Clara County (“County”) fulfilled its lawful obligations “to meet …
Article • June 3, 2015 • from PLN June, 2015
Arbitrator’s Award on Pay Raises for Prison Guards Costs Pennsylvania County $5 Million by David Reutter Arbitrator’s Award on Pay Raises for Prison Guards Costs Pennsylvania County $5 Million by David M. Reutter Pennsylvania’s Lancaster County Commission has been forced to dip into its reserve funds to comply with an …
$7,900 Settlement for Juvenile Assaulted in CCA Prison by $7,900 Settlement for Juvenile Assaulted in CCA Prison Corrections Corporation of America paid $7,900 to settle a negligent hiring lawsuit that involved assault and battery of a juvenile at the Silverdale Detention Facilities in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The complaint stemmed from a …
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