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Brief • September 16, 2013
J.O. (Oates) v. Dorsey, NM, Prelim. Settlement Agreement, Forced to Strip at Gunpoint Group Punishment, 2013 Case 1:11-cv-00254-MCA-GBW Document 139 Filed 09/16/13 Page 1 of 28 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO J.O. and ROBERT SALAZAR on behalf of themselves and a Class of …
Brief • September 16, 2013
Filed under: Transport Companies
United States v. Extardition Transport of America, ND, Settlement Agreement, Interstate Prisoner Transport Negligence, 2013 Case 3:12-cv-00046-KKK Document 71 Filed 09/16/13 Page 1 of 4 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NORTH DAKOTA SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, -vsEXTRADITION TRANSPORT OF AMERICA, L.L.C., Defendant. ) ) …
Oates et al v. Dorsey et al, NM, Plf Mot in Support of Prel Settlement, guard brutality threat humiliation nuts to butts, 2013 Case 1:11-cv-00254-MCA-GBW Document 139 Filed 09/16/13 Page 1 of 28 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO J.O. and ROBERT SALAZAR on …
Oates et al v. Dorsey et al, NM, Settlement, guard brutality threat humiliation nuts to butts, 2013 Case 1:11-cv-00254-MCA-GBW Document 139-1 Filed 09/16/13 Page 1 of 6 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT Plaintiffs John Oates, Michael Crohan, Joseph Salazar, John Alarid, Robert Salazar and Florentino Sena individually and on behalf of the settlement …
Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Escapes
California Supreme Court: Cutting Through Fences May Not Constitute Attempt to Escape by In a July 2012 unpublished decision, the California Supreme Court upheld a published opinion of the Court of Appeal dismissing the “three strikes” conviction of a prisoner, Robin Bailey, who was charged with escaping from the Correctional …
Seventh Circuit Upholds CCA’s Victory in Indiana Jail Conditions Suit by On September 14, 2012, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s class certification and summary judgment orders in a jail conditions case involving the Marion County Correctional Center (MCCC) in Indianapolis, Indiana, also known as the …
Prison Rape Elimination Act Standards Finally in Effect, but Will They be Effective? by Alex Friedmann "Sexual abuse is not an inevitable feature of incarceration. Leadership matters because corrections administrators can create a culture within facilities that promotes safety instead of one that tolerates abuse." – National Prison Rape Elimination …
Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013
How Privatization Destroyed an Illinois Jail's Award-winning Suicide Prevention Program by Brian Dolinar Several years ago, while working at our local Books to Prisoners, I met a volunteer who was formerly a mental health counselor in the local jail in Champaign County, Illinois. This was just after there had been …
Article • September 15, 2013
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews
The Wealthy 'Make Mistakes', the Poor Go to Jail by Chris Arnade I left my Wall Street trader job and began photographing drug addicts in NYC. These two worlds have entirely different rules. by Chris Arnade I knew him as "Mr one-glove". The origins of his nickname were cloudy, but …
Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: “The debt one pays to society for having engaged in criminal activity does not include being subjected to sexual assault by prison staff,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Ann Birmingham Scheel. Two prisoners at FCI Phoenix were subjected to such sexual assaults, and on June 18, …
Prisoners Raped and Sexually Abused While PREA Standards Pending by As described in this issue’s cover story, in May 2012 the U.S. Department of Justice issued a final rule adopting national standards pursuant to the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). The rule was published in the Federal Register and became …
Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013
U.S. Supreme Court Denies Stay of California Prisoner Release Order by In a 6-3 decision issued August 2, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court denied California Governor Jerry Brown’s request for a stay of a three-judge court’s order requiring the state to comply with a December 31, 2013 deadline to reduce …
Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013
From the Editor by Paul Wright The month of August was fairly eventful from a criminal justice perspective. New York City’s “stop and frisk” policy, under which police officers stopped and searched hundreds of thousands of predominantly black and Hispanic men, was found to be unconstitutional. U.S. Attorney General Eric …
Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013
Employee Disciplinary Problems Persist at Houston Jails by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Misconduct by employees in the Harris County jail system in Houston, Texas remains persistent and problematic. A Houston Chronicle review of employee disciplinary actions from 2008 through 2010 found there was an average of 67 disciplinary cases …
Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013
High-Tech, High-Risk Forensics by Osagie K. Obasogie by Prof. Osagie K. Obasogie When the police arrived last November at the ransacked mansion of the millionaire investor Raveesh Kumra, outside of San Jose, California, they found Mr. Kumra had been blindfolded, tied and gagged. The robbers took cash, rare coins and …
Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013
Filed under: Stun Guns/Tasers, Police
Missouri: Arrestees Billed for Cost of Police Tasers by Christopher Zoukis Police officers in St. Joseph, Missouri have successfully recouped payments from defendants for the cost of “tasing” them during an arrest. It costs $24.99 for a Taser cartridge and about $1.05 in battery use each time an officer tases …
Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013
The Americans with Disabilities Act and Prisoners by Thomas Weiss The language of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is succinct: “[N]o qualified individual with a disability shall, by reason of such disability, be excluded from participation in or be denied the benefits of the services, programs, …
Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013
Michigan County Sanctioned for Defrauding Federal Court in Prisoner Death Case by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On April 4, 2012, a Michigan federal district court imposed sanctions against Wayne County for committing fraud and misrepresentation upon the court and opposing counsel in a prisoner’s wrongful death suit. The …
Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013
Solitary Confinement for Death Row Prisoners a Blot on U.S. Justice System by Derek Gilna Although more and more states have abolished the death penalty in recent years, with six states doing away with capital punishment since 2007, the death penalty still has strong support in certain elements of society, …
Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013
Oklahoma’s DNA Law Means Post-Conviction Testing Available in All 50 States by Christopher Zoukis On May 24, 2013, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed into law a comprehensive post-conviction DNA review process for defendants in cases involving violent felonies or resulting in sentences of 25 years or more. Oklahoma thus became …
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