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Article • February 15, 2014 • from PLN February, 2014
Solitary Confinement’s Invisible Scars by Five Oman Mualimm-ak I spent more than five years of my sentence in “the box,” for trivial violations. It’s time we saw this casual abuse for what it is: torture. by Five Oman Mualimm-ak As kids, many of us imagine having superpowers. An avid comic …
Confronting Prison Slave Labor Camps and Other Myths by James Kilgore There are moments when our longings for social justice cloud our vision, times when the way we want the world to be blocks our understanding of the way things really are. A good example of this is the notion …
Article • February 15, 2014 • from PLN February, 2014
Possession of Rape Video Warrants Restitution; Victim Awarded Over $1 Million Thus Far; Supreme Court Grants Cert. by When she was a little girl, Amy’s uncle videotaped himself raping her, then shared the video with other pedophiles. Now in her 20s, Amy (a pseudonym) is seeking restitution from everyone who …
Article • February 15, 2014 • from PLN February, 2014
Filed under: Sentencing, Three Strikes
California: Felons with Prior Juvenile Strikes Excluded from County Jail Placement Under Realignment Act by The California Court of Appeal held on March 20, 2013 that a prisoner whose prior record includes a juvenile adjudication for a serious or violent felony may not receive a county jail commitment, even if …
Article • February 15, 2014 • from PLN February, 2014
PA Prison Lieutenant Fired After Assisting in Criminal Investigation by A former Pennsylvania prison lieutenant might now have a better understanding as to why many prisoners refuse to assist in criminal investigations. In January 2011, Lt. Vincent Schaffer, 45, then a unit manager in F Block at SCI-Pittsburgh, was approached …
Article • February 15, 2014 • from PLN February, 2014
PLN Settles Censorship Suit Against Texas County Jail for $175,000 by In December 2013, Prison Legal News settled a federal lawsuit against Upshur County, Texas that alleged unconstitutional censorship when PLN’s publications were rejected by jail officials. The suit, filed in October 2012, named the county, Sheriff Anthony Betterton and …
Article • February 15, 2014 • from PLN February, 2014
Prisoner Assaulted in Tennessee Jail Settles Suit for $530,000 by Derek Gilna Curtis Dressman, a former pre-trial detainee, has settled his § 1983 lawsuit against jail officials in Nashville, Tennessee after a judge denied the jail’s motions for summary judgment. The district court found that Dressman had “a clearly established …
Iowa: Bad Faith or Misconduct can Overcome Mental-Process Privilege in Disciplinary Case by The Iowa Supreme Court has held that administrative law judges (ALJs) in the Department of Corrections (DOC) are entitled to assert the mental-process privilege in an Office of Ombudsman investigation, but that privilege may be overcome upon …
Article • February 15, 2014 • from PLN February, 2014
Short-term Deprivation of Toilet Paper Does Not Violate Detainee’s Rights by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that denial of toilet paper to a pretrial detainee for a short period of time does not violate the Fourteenth Amendment. The ruling reversed a district court’s order which had concluded …
Article • February 15, 2014 • from PLN February, 2014
New Trial Granted in Jail Strip Search Case Following Jury Verdict; $385,000 Settlement by Matthew Clarke On March 7, 2011, an Iowa federal district court granted a motion for a new trial after a jury awarded $259,155 to a woman who was improperly strip searched when she was arrested and …
Article • February 15, 2014 • from PLN February, 2014
Filed under: Sentencing
California: State Prisoner Cannot Serve Concurrent Sentence in County Jail by On February 15, 2013, the California Court of Appeal held that when a sentence that otherwise would have been served in a county jail is ordered to run concurrent to a sentence already being served in state prison, the …
Article • February 15, 2014 • from PLN February, 2014
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Arrested: What to do When Your Loved One’s in Jail, by Wes Denham by John Dannenberg (Chicago Review Press, 2010). 263 pages (paperback), $16.95. Book review by John E. Dannenberg Arrested: What to do When Your Loved One’s in Jail is a detailed “how-to” manual for educating the uninformed about …
California: Sexually Violent Predator Entitled to Jury Trial on Petition Seeking Conditional Release by The California Court of Appeal has reversed the denial of a petition for conditional release filed by a sexually violent predator (SVP) who had received a psychological evaluation indicating that conditional release would be in his …
Article • February 15, 2014 • from PLN February, 2014
Qualified Immunity Denied to Prison Psychiatrist who Prescribed Lethal Drug Combination; $450,000 Settlement by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the denial of qualified immunity to a psychiatrist in a lawsuit brought by a prisoner’s estate. The appellate court found the evidence could establish that the psychiatrist had …
Article • February 15, 2014 • from PLN February, 2014
Medical Parole for Texas Prisoners on the Decline by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The number of prisoners granted medical parole in Texas decreased in fiscal year 2012 compared with those paroled due to medical reasons in the previous two years. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles approved just …
Article • February 15, 2014 • from PLN February, 2014
Court Employee Fired for Helping Wrongfully Convicted Prisoner Prove His Innocence by Christopher Zoukis In 1984, Robert E. Nelson was convicted and sentenced by Jackson County, Missouri Circuit Court Judge David M. Byrn to 50 years in prison for forcible rape, 5 years for forcible sodomy and 15 years for …
NY Prisoner’s Youthful Age Considered in Modifying Prison Disciplinary Sanction by The Appellate Division of New York’s Supreme Court, Fourth Judicial Division, after taking into account a prisoner’s youthfulness, modified the penalty imposed in a prison disciplinary hearing. Prisoner Paul Cookhorne was charged with violating various prison rules that included …
Eighth Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Excessive Use of Force, Retaliation by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a district court’s denial of qualified immunity on a prisoner’s retaliation and excessive force claims. On July 26, 2008, Missouri prisoner Victor Santiago faced administrative segregation for failing to report …
Article • February 15, 2014 • from PLN February, 2014
Islamic Organization Petitions to Let Muslim Women Prisoners Wear Hijabs by Christopher Zoukis In May 2013, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) petitioned the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to establish a uniform policy for all local, state and federal correctional facilities to allow Muslim women to wear hijab head …
West Virginia Sex Offender Does Not Have Right to Attend Specified Church by The West Virginia Supreme Court held on February 22, 2013 that a convicted sex offender does not have an automatic right to attend religious services of his choice. The Court’s ruling was not based on the right …
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