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Missouri Prisoner Wins $25,000 in Police Excessive Force Case; Attorney Fees Limited to $37,500 by PLRA by Missouri Prisoner Wins $25,000 in Police Excessive Force Case; Attorney Fees Limited to $37,500 by PLRA The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, following the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), …
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
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Felony Disenfranchisement Reforms Restore Voting Rights to 760,000 by Mark Wilson Felony Disenfranchisement Reforms Restore Voting Rights to 760,000 by Mark Wilson Since 1997, 19 states have eased felony disenfranchisement laws and policies, resulting in the restoration of voting rights to at least 760,000 people, according to The Sentencing Project …
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
Texas, New Jersey Prison Staff Prosecuted for Cell Phone Smuggling by On October 20, 2008, the entire Texas prison system was locked down and searched for cell phones and other contraband. The search resulted in the discovery of hundreds of cell phones, chargers, SIM cards, tobacco stashes and weapons. [See: …
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
North Carolina Audit Finds Deficiencies in 
State-Funded Youth Programs by Derick Limberg North Carolina Audit Finds Deficiencies in ?State-Funded Youth Programs by Derek S. Limburg On July 29, 2008, North Carolina’s State Auditor issued a report on the state’s oversight of juvenile delinquency prevention programs. The audit focused on three …
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
Oregon Prison Chief’s Pay Raise Revoked; He Must Survive on Only $14,500 a Month by Brandon Sample Oregon Prison Chief’s Pay Raise Revoked; He Must Survive on Only $14,500 a Month by Brandon Sample Crime pays well in Oregon. Just ask Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) Director Max Williams, who …
Conditions on Federal Death Row “Horrendous,” ACLU Finds by Brandon Sample The conditions of confinement on federal death row fall below minimum constitutional standards and jeopardize the lives and safety of condemned prisoners, according to an investigation by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The results of the ACLU’s investigation …
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
Imprisoned Connecticut Politician Gets Special Privileges by Matthew Clarke Imprisoned Connecticut Politician Gets Special Privileges by Matt Clarke In October 2008, the Hartford Courant reported that former Connecticut State Representative Jesse G. Stratton had received special privileges from Department of Corrections officials. Stratton, a 61-year-old widow with three grown children, …
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
Cornell Defrauded of $13 Million in Prison Construction Scam by Cornell Defrauded of $13 Million in Prison Construction Scam On August 26, 2008, indictments were filed against three men accused of defrauding private prison operator Cornell Corrections of California, Inc. out of $13 million in a prison construction scam. A …
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
Arizona DOC Deporting Prisoners to Save Money by Gary Hunter The Arizona Department of Corrections (AZDOC) has transferred almost 1,500 illegal aliens from state lockups to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) since 2005. AZDOC director Dora Schriro said the newly-implemented policy has saved the state $18.6 million …
Suit Filed Over Minnesota Jail’s Secret Recording of Privileged Phone Calls by Matthew Clarke Suit Filed Over Minnesota Jail’s Secret Recording of Privileged Phone Calls by Matt Clarke On October 15, 2008, a Minneapolis law firm filed a civil rights suit in federal district court alleging that attorney-client phone calls …
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
North Carolina DOC Pays $750,000 for Sex Between Guard and Female Prisoner by North Carolina DOC Pays $750,000 for Sex Between Guard and Female Prisoner A North Carolina Department of Corrections (NCDOC) female prisoner won a jury award of $750,000 for three acts of sexual intercourse perpetrated by a male …
Article • April 15, 2009
California Unlawful Arrest and Excessive Force Nets $90,000 by The City of Salinas, California paid a Daly City man $90,000 to settle his lawsuit for unlawful arrest, detention and excessive force. Maurice Goodman, an African American staff paralegal for the San Mateo County Superior Court, and coach and team president …
City of Chicago Denied Bifurcation in Excessive Force/Failure to Train Case by On July 24, 2008, an Illinois Federal District Judge denied Chicago's motion for bifurcation in a complaint filed by Lynette Wilson on March 27, 2007 against the City and three Chicago police officers. Wilson filed the complaint after …
“Cumulative Failure” Lets Mentally Ill Teen Leap to Death by A “cumulative failure” contributed to the death of an Oregon teenage mental patient, state investigators determined. Eighteen-year-old Heather Williams was a patient at the Blue Mountain Recovery Center, a state-run psychiatric hospital in Pendleton, Oregon. While being transported on December …
$3.1 Million Awarded to FBI Informant's Family by On October 16, 2008, the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed the September 2006 findings of the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts in awarding approximately $3.1 million to the estate of an FBI informant, John McEntyre, who was murdered after the …
$4,000,000 Award Against LA County Sheriff for Wrongful Death Shooting by On November 20, 2002, Robert Mitchell, a black man recently released from prison, was shot dead by LA County Deputy Rick Manes after being mistakenly identified as a burglar. Although directly contradicted by several eyewitness accounts, Manes asserted the …
$16,000 Awarded in Father's Day False Arrest by On November 30, 2005, John McHenry of Delaware County, Pennsylvania was awarded $1,000 in compensatory damages and an additional $15,000 in punitive damages as a result of his civil rights suit for false arrest. On June 16, 2002, Father's Day, McHenry was …
Article • April 15, 2009
$79,000 Settlement in Washington State Excessive Force/Unlawful Arrest Suit by On March 25, 2008, the City of Bremerton, Washington, and Bremerton Police Officer William Cook settled an unlawful arrest and excessive force lawsuit for $79,000. Cook arrested Melissa Scott, a U.S. government employee, for littering after she refused to obey …
$155,751 Award Against California Youthful Offender Parole Board Upheld by A California court of appeals upheld a jury award of $9,046.00 and $146,705.00 in attorney fees to a former California Youthful Offender Parole Board (YOPB) employee. Lisa Steele, a former clerk at the YOPB, filed suit in California superior court …
Article • April 15, 2009
Section 2501 Imposes Jurisdictional Limitation for False Imprisonment; Claim Must Be Brought Within Six Years by The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of a false imprisonment claim against the United States. Because the action was not brought within the six year …
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