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Catholic Mass and Sacraments Made Available to Louisiana’s Death Row by Officials at the Louisiana State Prison (LSP), better known as Angola, have agreed to a settlement agreement in a lawsuit alleging a prisoner’s rights were violated by the officials’ mandating of Baptist religious television to the exclusion of all …
Prison, Jail and Law Enforcement Corruption Continues in Georgia by David Reutter by David M. Reutter As the number of people in prison and jail in Georgia has increased, so too has the number of corruption cases involving detention and police officials. One of every 13 Georgians are under the …
Article • December 15, 2009 • from PLN December, 2009
Nearly 15,000 California Prisoners Held in Long-term Isolation by Michael Brodheim The American Friends service committee (AFSC) has taken the position that “long-term solitary confinement is ineffective and inappropriate in all circumstances.” In May 2008, it launched a national STOPMAX campaign calling for an end to the use of solitary …
PLN Associate Editor Attends ACA Conference by From August 7 to 12, 2009, the American Correctional Association (ACA) held its 139th Congress of Correction at the Opryland Hotel and Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee. The theme of the conference was “Effective Re-entry is Good Public Safety.” Founded in 1870 as …
Article • December 15, 2009 • from PLN December, 2009
$2.2 Million Settlement: Murder by Washington State Community Service Releasee by On October 17, 2008, the State of Washington settled a lawsuit brought by the survivors of a man killed by a man on community supervision for $2.2 million. Andrew J. Brown, a state prisoner in Washington State, was convicted …
Federal Prison Employees Convicted of Stealing Prisoners’ Meds by Gary Hunter On January 6, 2009, three former employees at the Buffalo Federal Detention Center in Batavia, New York pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of theft of government property. Richard Lawson, a captain and pharmacist; Lisa Schwab, a pharmacist technician; and …
Article • December 15, 2009 • from PLN December, 2009
Mental Illness Prevalent Among County Jail Prisoners, Especially Women by Gary Hunter A random sampling of 2,000 prisoners in five county jails found that, on average, nearly 15 percent of male prisoners and 31 percent of female prisoners suffer from serious mental illness. The study was headed by Dr. Henry …
Article • December 15, 2009 • from PLN December, 2009
Michigan’s Prison Industries Mismanaged and Unprofitable by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A June 2009 report issued by Michigan’s Office of the Auditor General on the performance of the state’s Bureau of Correctional Industries (BCI), which operates under authority of the Department of Corrections, listed several reportable conditions of …
Article • December 15, 2009 • from PLN December, 2009
AMA Study Finds Link Between Confinement and Hypertension by An American Medical Association (AMA) study found that incarceration is associated with future hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) among young adults. Untreated, this can lead to increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality. Researchers conducted “a longitudinal investigation of CVD risk factors …
Article • December 15, 2009 • from PLN December, 2009
Judges: Umpires They Are Not by Brandon Sample U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts famously said during his confirmation hearing that judges are like umpires, each calling balls and strikes as they come. But is that really a fair comparison? “Batters” like Kevin Phelps and other prisoners who …
Class Action Alleging Unconstitutional Michigan Indigent Defense System Survives Summary Judgment by Michigan’s Court of Appeals has upheld the denial of a summary judgment motion filed by state officials in a class action lawsuit that claims indigent defendants subject to felony prosecutions in trial courts in three Michigan counties have …
Padilla v. Yoo: Obama administration backs appeal of Bush torture memo author by John Burton By John Burton 12 December 2009 Obama administration lawyers under the direction of Attorney General Eric Holder are once again supporting the dismissal of a civil case brought by a victim of illegal detention and …
Massachusetts Man’s Estate Resolves Wrongful Conviction Suit for $14.1 Million by David Reutter In July 2009, the estate of a man who served over 18 years in Massachusetts prisons for a murder and robbery he did not commit reached a $3.4 million settlement with 5 of the 6 insurers for …
Sikh Inmates Caught in Maze of Vague Rules by California state prisons continue to operate under a patchwork mosaic of policy for accommodating Sikh religion-mandated turbans and beards, despite three-year-old regulations specifically crafted to meet the community’s religious requirements. Many state prison facilities are unaware that the California Department of …
Citizen Complaints Against Police Officer not Exempt from Disclosure under Illinois FOIA by On July 20, 2009, the Illinois Court of Appeals affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded for further proceedings the dismissal of a complaint filed by G. Mark Gekas against the Sheriff of Sangamon County seeking …
Article • December 15, 2009
Costs of Incarceration Assessed Upon Minnesota Detainees by Minnesota’s Court of Appeals has held that under Minn. Stat. § 641.12 subd. 3(a)(2008), a county may require a convicted offender to pay costs of confinement in a county jail that accrued before the offender was convicted. The statute provides, “A county …
Article • December 15, 2009
Defamation Claim Filed by Hawai'i Sex Offender Labeled as Murderer Dismissed by On June 30, 2009, a Hawai'i Appellate Court filed its decision affirming the trial court judgment to dismiss a complaint filed on September 11, 2002 by a convicted sex offender, Waldorf Roy Wilson. Defendants in the complaint were …
Article • December 15, 2009
District Court Orders California Prisoner Released Following Parole Denial by On July 7, 2009, a U.S. Magistrate Judge in California issued a favorable recommendation in response to a prisoner's petition for writ of habeas corpus. The petition was filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 by David Velasquez after the …
Article • December 15, 2009
Failure to Register as Sex Offender Convictions Reversed in Washington by A Washington Court of Appeals reversed and vacated Kenneth Howe’s convictions for failure to register as a sex offender. The convictions were based on Howe's prior California convictions for lewd acts on a child and failure to register, which …
Article • December 15, 2009
Living with Cellmate is “Cohabitation” in Florida and Voids Alimony by Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeals has held that a woman who was sentenced to serve nine years in prison was cohabitating with “another person” and it voided her alimony under her marital settlement agreement. That agreement provided that …
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