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Article • February 15, 2011 • from PLN February, 2011
Michigan Prison Doctor Liable for Late Prostate Cancer Diagnosis by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a prisoner stated sufficient facts to defeat dismissal of his claim alleging a prison doctor was deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs. However, the appellate court affirmed judgment in favor …
Article • February 15, 2011 • from PLN February, 2011
$33 Million Settlement in New York City Jails Strip Search Class-Action by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 16, 2010, New York City agreed to settle a long-standing class-action lawsuit challenging the strip search policy used in the city’s jails. The settlement was for over $33 million, which included …
Article • February 15, 2011 • from PLN February, 2011
Filed under: Court Access, Photocopies
Texas Supreme Court Rules Typed Copy of Grievance Decision Satisfies Chapter 14 by The Supreme Court of Texas has held that a prisoner who submits a hand-typed copy of the prison grievance decision he received adequately meets the requirements of Chapter 14, Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code (TCPRC). Michael …
Article • February 15, 2011 • from PLN February, 2011
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News In Brief: by California: Over 226,000 pounds of hamburger meat was recalled from prisons in California and Oregon due to concerns that it was spoiled. The meat, shipped in 20-pound boxes from One Great Burger in Elizabeth, New Jersey, had been flagged by the U.S. Department of Agriculture but …
Article • February 15, 2011
Gang Validation - The New Inquisition by Steve Champion On July 23, 2010, my cell was searched and three boxes of my property (legal material, books, notes, and personal writings) were confiscated and turned over to Institutional Gang Investigations (I.G. I.) for possible gang validation. The reason for the action, …
Mass Torture in America: Notes from the Supermax Prisons by Lance Tapley “Exterminate all the brutes!” – Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad “They beat the shit out of you,” said Mike James, hunched near the smeared plexiglass separating us. He was talking about the cell “extractions” he’d endured at the …
Article • February 15, 2011 • from PLN February, 2011
From the Editor by by Paul Wright As we move into the New Year we are striving to increase our circulation. We mail sample copies of PLN as well as information packs on an almost daily basis. But that is expensive and not as efficient as we would like. No …
Study: CIA Doctors ‘Gave Green Light to Torture’ by Muriel Kane A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) reveals that physicians with the CIA’s Office of Medical Services (OMS) played an even greater role in facilitating the torture of detainees than was previously recognized. As …
Article • February 15, 2011 • from PLN February, 2011
Florida Woman Settles Lawsuit Against Sheriff’s Officers for $67,500 After Arrest While in Premature Labor by In June 2010, Melanie Dawn Williams, who had been arrested by officers after allegedly running a red light on her way to the St. Vincent’s Medical Center emergency room in Jacksonville, Florida when she …
Illinois Supermax Placement Procedures Unconstitutional by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An Illinois federal district court has held that existing Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) procedures for placing prisoners at the Tamms Correctional Center (Tamms) are inadequate to protect the liberty interest of IDOC prisoners to avoid confinement at …
Is Operation Streamline a Billion Dollar Give-away to the Private Prison Industry? by Bob Libal A new “green paper” released on July 19, 2010, entitled Operation Streamline: Drowning Justice and Draining Dollars along the Rio Grande, takes a look at the impact of Operation Streamline on the private prison industry. …
Article • February 15, 2011 • from PLN February, 2011
Habeas Hints: The Year in Review by Kent A. Russell by Kent Russell, Blaire Russell & Chandra Russell This column provides “habeas hints” to prisoners who are considering or handling habeas corpus petitions as their own attorneys (“in pro per”). The focus of the column is on habeas corpus under …
California: State May Be Liable for Delaying Medical Care to Prisoner’s Infant Child by The California Court of Appeal has held that the State may be vicariously liable for the acts or omissions of its employees in failing to provide needed medical care for an infant living with its mother …
Blind Texas Prisoner Dies after Confrontation with Guards by Thord “Catfish “ Dockray, 42, a blind Texas state prisoner with a history of mental illness, died on May 13, 2010 following a violent altercation with prison guards. Dockray was housed alone in a cell in the medical wing of the …
New U.S. Marshals Director Confirmed Despite Conflict of Interest with Private Prison Companies by On December 21, 2010, just days before recessing for the holidays, the U.S. Senate confirmed Stacia Hylton as director of the U.S. Marshals Service in spite of opposition by a coalition of human rights, citizens’ advocacy …
Article • February 15, 2011 • from PLN February, 2011
1,295 Prisoners Scam Government for $9.1 Million by by Mark Wilson In 2008, 1,295 prisoners – including 241 serving life sentences – bilked the federal government out of $9.1 million in fraudulent home buyer credits, according to a June 23, 2010 report by the Inspector General (IG) of the U.S. …
Disability Rights Vermont Report Faults Staff for Disabled Prisoner’s Death by In June 2010, the advocacy group Disability Rights Vermont (DRV) released a report faulting the staff of the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility (CRCF) in South Burlington, Vermont in connection with the death of a disabled prisoner. Michael Crosby, 49, …
California Wrongful Conviction Lawsuit Settled for $7.95 Million by A long-running lawsuit against the City of Long Beach, California for Thomas Goldstein’s wrongful murder conviction was settled in June 2010 for $7.95 million. After serving 24 years in prison following his 1980 conviction, Goldstein was finally released based on new …
Onerous Ohio Sex Offender Restrictions Drive Some Underground by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Public officials in Cleveland, Ohio have noticed that some registered sex offenders are dropping out of sight. When the officials attempted to confirm the offenders’ registered addresses, they found they didn’t live there. The reason for …
Article • February 15, 2011 • from PLN February, 2011
New Epidemic: Contraband Cell Phones in Prison Cells by Mark Wilson For decades, prison officials across the U.S. have lined their pockets with multi-million dollar kickbacks from telephone companies that are awarded lucrative prisoner phone service contracts. In doing so, they unwittingly created an “epidemic” that they are now desperately …
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