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Hidden History of Solitary Confinement in NJ Control Units, Solitary Watch, 2013

Publication • February 12, 2016

Filed under: Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement

Hidden History of Solitary Confinement in NJ Control Units, Solitary Watch, 2013 The Hidden History of Solitary Confinement in New Jersey’s Control Units March 13, 2013 By Solitary Watch Guest Author Guest Post by Bonnie Kerness Editor’s Note: As coordinator of the American Friends Service Committee’s Prison Watch Project, Bonnie …

Fewer Prisoners, Less Crime: A Tale of Three States, Sentencing Project, 2014

Publication • February 11, 2016

Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Sentencing, Collateral consequences of prison, Alternative Sentencing

Fewer Prisoners, Less Crime: A Tale of Three States, Sentencing Project, 2014 the Sentencing Project Policy Brief: Fewer Prisoners, Less Crime Fewer Prisoners, Less Crime: A Tale of Three States Although the pace of criminal justice reform has accelerated at both the federal and state levels in the past decade, …

23 Hours in the Box, New Jersey Advocates for Immigrant Detainees, 2015

Publication • February 11, 2016

Filed under: Immigration, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement

23 Hours in the Box, New Jersey Advocates for Immigrant Detainees, 2015 Solitary Confinement in New Jersey Immigration Detention New Jersey Advocates for Immigrant Detainees June 2015 ABOUT THE NEW JERSEY ADVOCATES FOR IMMIGRANT DETAINEES New Jersey Advocates for Immigrant Detainees is an alliance of civic and religious organizations (individual …

Restrictive Status Housing Policy Guidelines, ASCA, 2013

Publication • February 11, 2016

Filed under: Legal Materials, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement

Restrictive Status Housing Policy Guidelines, ASCA, 2013 �tat£ of �£fn ]£r££� DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS WHITTLESEY ROAD PO Box 863 NJ 08625-0863 TRENTON, CHRIS CHRISTIE Governor GARY M. LANIGAN KIM GUADAGNO Lt. Co111111issio11cr Governor December 7, 2015 Bonnie Kerness American Friends Service Committee 89 Market St. 61h Floor Newark, NJ 07102 …

James v. GTL, NJ, Opinion, Telephone Terms of Service, 2016

Brief • February 11, 2016

Filed under: Trust Accounts, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

James v. GTL, NJ, Opinion, Telephone Terms of Service, 2016 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY BOBBIE JAMES, et al., Plaintiffs, v. GLOBAL TEL*LINK CORPORATION, INMATE TELEPHONE SERVICE and DSI-ITI LLC, Civ. No. 13-4989 (WJM) OPINION Defendants. This matter comes before the Court on Defendants’ motion …

James v. GTL, NJ, Order on Motion to Compel Arbitration, Telephone Terms of Service, 2016

Brief • February 11, 2016

Filed under: Trust Accounts, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

James v. GTL, NJ, Order on Motion to Compel Arbitration, Telephone Terms of Service, 2016 Case 2:13-cv-04989-WJM-MF Document 117 Filed 02/11/16 Page 1 of 1 PageID: 1123 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY BOBBIE JAMES, et al., Plaintiffs, Civ. No. 13-4989 (WJM) v. GLOBAL TEL*LINK CORPORATION, …

Selective Policing, ACLU, 2015

Publication • February 11, 2016

Filed under: Racial Discrimination, Police, Racial Profiling

Selective Policing, ACLU, 2015 Jersey City New Brunswick Elizabeth Millville December 2015 Selective Policing Racially Disparate Enforcement of Low-Level Offenses in New Jersey A Report by the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey Selective Policing: Racially Disparate Enforcement of Low-Level Offenses in New Jersey Acknowledgements This report was written …

New Jersey District Court as Gatekeeper in I.N.S. Expert Witness Case

Article • November 18, 2015

Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards, Evidentiary Ruling, Expert Witnesses, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Alien Tort Claims Act, Immigration

New Jersey District Court as Gatekeeper in I.N.S. Expert Witness Case by New Jersey District Court as Gatekeeper in I.N.S. Expert Witness Case The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey entered, on June 25, 2007, their decision in a Daubert case involving the admissibility of proposed …

News in Brief

Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015

News in Brief by News in Brief California: On April 21, 2015, San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi announced that 30 body cameras would soon be deployed by jailers working within Jail No. 4. He said he hopes that the new equipment will emphasize transparency and accountability in his department, which …

News In Brief

Article • September 24, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015

Filed under: News in Brief

News In Brief by Alabama: On April 9, 2013, Kenneth Wayne Patton was arrested on a domestic violence charge. When he arrived at the Etowah County Jail, he informed guards that he used to be employed at the St. Clair Correctional Facility and should be put in protective custody. Despite …

New Jersey Board of Public Utilities Retains High Phone Rates for County Jails

Article • September 21, 2015

Filed under: Telephone Rates

New Jersey Board of Public Utilities Retains High Phone Rates for County Jails by New Jersey Board of Public Utilities Retains High Phone Rates for County Jails On February 11, 2015, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (The Board), in a public session, denied a request for rulemaking on …

James v. GTL, NJ, Def Reply BiO to Motion to Compel Arbitration, Telephone Terms of Service, 2015

Brief • September 8, 2015

Filed under: Trust Accounts, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

James v. GTL, NJ, Def Reply BiO to Motion to Compel Arbitration, Telephone Terms of Service, 2015 Case 2:13-cv-04989-WJM-MF Document 103 Filed 09/08/15 Page 1 of 20 PageID: 894 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY BOBBIE JAMES, et al., 13 Civ. 4989 (WJM) (MF) Plaintiffs, vs. GLOBAL TEL*LINK …

$400,000 Settlement in New Jersey Juvenile Solitary Confinement Suit

Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015

Filed under: Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Juvenile Prisons

$400,000 Settlement in New Jersey Juvenile Solitary Confinement Suit by Derek Gilna $400,000 Settlement in New Jersey Juvenile Solitary Confinement Suit by Derek Gilna In December 2013, the Juvenile Law Center, a non-profit public interest law firm based in Philadelphia, won a $400,000 settlement on behalf of two adolescents who spent …

James v. GTL, NJ, Opposition to Motion to Compel Arbitration, Telephone Terms of Service, 2015

Brief • August 25, 2015

Filed under: Trust Accounts, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

James v. GTL, NJ, Opposition to Motion to Compel Arbitration, Telephone Terms of Service, 2015 Case 2:13-cv-04989-WJM-MF Document 99 Filed 08/25/15 Page 1 of 35 PageID: 820 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY BOBBIE JAMES, et al. on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Civil Action …

New Jersey County Seeks New Jail Phone Contract, Increases Commission Rate

Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

New Jersey County Seeks New Jail Phone Contract, Increases Commission Rate by Derek Gilna New Jersey County Seeks New Jail Phone Contract, Increases Commission Rate by Derek Gilna Officials in Bergen County, New Jersey are seeking bids on a new jail phone contract that will include an increase in the …

James v. GTL, NJ, Def Motion to Compel Arbitration, Telephone Terms of Service, 2015

Brief • June 7, 2015

Filed under: Trust Accounts, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

James v. GTL, NJ, Def Motion to Compel Arbitration, Telephone Terms of Service, 2015 Case 2:13-cv-04989-WJM-MF Document 95 Filed 08/07/15 Page 1 of 2 PageID: 767 GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP 200 Park Avenue Florham Park, New Jersey 07932 Philip R. Sellinger Aaron Van Nostrand Ph: (973) 360-7900 Attorneys for Defendants Global …

Dismissal of State-Created Danger Claim Reversed

Article • June 3, 2015 • from PLN June, 2015

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Supervisory Liability, Municipal Liability, Sovereign Immunity, Failure to Train/Supervise, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Informants (Failure to Protect)

Dismissal of State-Created Danger Claim Reversed by David Reutter Dismissal of State-Created Danger Claim Reversed by David M. Reutter The Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s order dismissing a civil rights action that alleged the disclosure of a confidential informant’s status established a state-created danger in violation …

New Jersey Pre-trial Detainee’s Mysterious Death Results in $650,000 Settlement

Article • June 3, 2015 • from PLN June, 2015

Filed under: Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death)

New Jersey Pre-trial Detainee’s Mysterious Death Results in $650,000 Settlement by David Reutter New Jersey Pre-trial Detainee’s Mysterious Death Results in $650,000 Settlement by David M. Reutter $650,000 settlement was reached in a lawsuit filed by the estate of a prisoner who died at the Cumberland County Jail (CCJ) in …

New Jersey, Ohio DOCs Significantly Reduce Phone Rates

Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015

Filed under: Telephone Rates

New Jersey, Ohio DOCs Significantly Reduce Phone Rates by New Jersey, Ohio DOCs Significantly Reduce Phone Rates According to an April 9, 2015 press release issued by New Jersey Advocates for Immigrant Detainees, LatinoJustice PRLDEF and the New York University School of Law Immigrant Rights Clinic, the New Jersey Department …

Jones v. County of Salem, NJ, Complaint, ADA diabetes mental illness guard brutality medical neglect, 2015

Brief • May 1, 2015

Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Diabetes, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Americans with Disabilities Act, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Jones v. County of Salem, NJ, Complaint, ADA diabetes mental illness guard brutality medical neglect, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-03093-NLH-AMD Document 1 Filed 05/01/15 Page 1 of 15 PageID: 1 JOSEPH C. GRASSI, ESQUIRE New Jersey Attorney ID#033391981 BARRY, CORRADO & GRASSI, P.C. 2700 Pacific Avenue Wildwood, NJ 08260 (P) (609) 729‐1333 …