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Florida Guard Convicted of Assaulting Prisoner by On January 16, 2009, a federal jury in Jacksonville, Florida found a former state prison guard guilty of a federal felony civil rights violation for assaulting a prisoner in August 2005. The prisoner, who was not named, allegedly feigned illness by lying on …
Supreme Court Holds Supervisory Officials Not Liable for Abuse of 9-11 Detainees by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 14, 2007, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed in part and reversed in part a district court’s denial of the government’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging abuse of …
Article • July 15, 2009 • from PLN July, 2009
$30,000 Settlement in Milwaukee Jail Death by The City of Milwaukee and other city officials settled a case involving a man who died in jail for $30,000. The case was published in April 2008. Felix Hopgood, 38, was arrested for shoplifting in July 2003. About 2½ hours after his arrest, …
Former Oregon DOC Food Manager Abandons Wife to Federal Prosecution; Herding Sheep in Iran While on the Lam by Mark Wilson Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) Food Services Administrator Farhad “Fred” Monem and his wife, Karen, accepted over $1.3 million in bribes and kickbacks in the worst public corruption scandal …
Article • July 15, 2009 • from PLN July, 2009
UNICOR Robs Jobs from Private Sector; Prisoners Sue Over Working Conditions by Brandon Sample It is already hard enough for free world workers to hold down a job without having to compete with UNICOR, the prison labor arm of the federal Bureau of Prisons. But that is exactly what a …
Article • July 15, 2009 • from PLN July, 2009
Prisoner’s Right to Mail Announcement of Peaceful Demon-stration Trumps Purported Prison Security Claims by Marvin Mentor On October 21, 2008, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California upheld a state prisoner’s First Amendment right to send mail after his letters to several media agencies were blocked by …
University of Arizona Releases Report on Women Immigration Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In January 2009, the Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SWIRW) and the Bacon Immigration Law and Policy Program of the University of Arizona published a report on women held in Arizona immigration prisons. It …
$500,000 Awarded to New York Prisoner Raped by Jail Guard; Vacated on Post-Trial Motion by A New York federal jury awarded a woman $500,000 in a lawsuit claiming that her constitutional rights were violated when a guard forcibly raped her. The verdict, however, found the sheriff was not guilty of …
Article • July 15, 2009 • from PLN July, 2009
Filed under: Sentencing, Habeas Corpus
Habeas Hints: Traverse Motion Responses by Kent A. Russell This column is intended to provide “Habeas Hints” to prisoners who are considering or handling habeas corpus peti-tions as their own attorneys (“in pro per”). The focus of the column is on habeas corpus practice under AEDPA, the 1996 habeas corpus …
Article • July 15, 2009 • from PLN July, 2009
Sentencing Project Releases Report on Sentencing Policy and Practice by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In February 2009, The Sentencing Project released a report on developments in sentencing policies and practices in 2008. The report notes that, with 2.3 million prisoners, 5 million citizens on parole or probation and a …
Oregon Jail Guards Lose Access to Porn Sites by Mark Wilson Guards at the Multnomah County Detention Center (MCDC) couldn’t be trusted to stay off Internet porn sites during work hours, so Sheriff Bob Skipper pulled the plug effective December 1, 2008. Rampant, improper use of the Internet at the …
Arkansas Sends Toxic Tech Trash to UNICOR Recycling Program by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A number of counties in Arkansas have been sending their toxic electronics waste, including broken computers and televisions, to Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (UNICOR), the industry program for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP). UNICOR …
Article • July 15, 2009 • from PLN July, 2009
New Mexico Abolishes Death Penalty; Similar Efforts Fail in Other States by David Reutter by David M. Reutter “Regardless of my personal opinion about the death penalty, I do not have confidence in the criminal justice system as it currently operates to be the final arbiter when it comes to …
$4.6 Million Settlements in Death of Quadriplegic D.C. Prisoner by David Reutter by David M. Reutter When 27-year-old Jonathan Magbie entered the District of Columbia Jail to serve a 10-day sentence, he was a quadriplegic confined to a mouth-operated wheelchair. Four days later he was dead. D.C. Superior Court Judge …
FBI Arrests Former Prisoner Indicted for Hacking Massachusetts Jail Computer by On November 5, 2008, the FBI arrested Francis G. Janosko, 42, for hacking into a computer at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility (PCCF) while he was incarcerated at the Massachusetts jail. A previously-sealed indictment was handed down a week …
Strip-Searched Iowa Bush Protesters Awarded Damages at Trial, Re-Trial by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 4, 2008, a federal jury in Iowa awarded $750,000 to two political protesters who were arrested at the direction of the Secret Service, taken to jail and unlawfully strip-searched. After the court ordered …
Positive Correlation between Mental Illness and Prison Victimization by Jimmy Franks In September 2008, the Center for Behavioral Health Services & Criminal Justice Research (the Center) published its Policy Brief regarding a recent survey conducted to determine the quality of life for prisoners in New Jersey’s Department of Corrections (DOC). …
Article • July 15, 2009 • from PLN July, 2009
Santa Cruz County, Arizona Pays $3 Million in Strip Search Suit by Jimmy Franks On November 25, 2008, following two days of negotiation mediated by retired Pima County, Arizona Superior Court Judge, Honorable Lawrence Fleishman, the parties involved in a Class Action complaint regarding unconstitutional strip searches reached a satisfactory …
Article • July 15, 2009 • from PLN July, 2009
$10,000 Verdict in Sexual Assault by Virginia Guard by On October 20, 2008, a Virginia federal jury awarded a former Pittsylvania County Jail prisoner $10,000 in a lawsuit that claimed a guard had “sexually molested, harassed, and assaulted” her. The suit alleged that jail guard Hank Hazelwood violated Sheril Ann …
Bureau of Justice Publishes Report on Sexual Misconduct at Juvenile Facilities by The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) released a report on the prevalence of sexual misconduct and violence at juvenile residential facilities. The report, entitled Sexual Violence Reported by Juvenile Correctional Authorities 2005-06, is in accordance with the Prison …
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