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Article • May 15, 2013
Denying Male Domestic Violence Victims Aid is Unconstitutional by The California Court of Appeals held that the gender-based denial of domestic violence services to male victims deprives those victims of equal protection of the law. Four men and the daughter of one, sought to escape relationships which subjected them to …
Article • May 15, 2013
Sex Offender Housing Restrictions Imposed by Jessica's Law Temporarily Stayed in Los Angeles County by On November 1, 2010, Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza temporarily stayed enforcement of the housing restrictions faced by registered sex offenders on active parole in Los Angeles County, finding that there is a strong likelihood …
Article • May 15, 2013
California: Medical Records of Prisoner Being Evaluated for Civil Commitment Not Constitutionally Protected from Disclosure by The Ninth Circuit has held that the medical records of a California prisoner being evaluated for civil commitment under California's Sexually Violent Predator Act, Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 6600-6609, are not constitutionally …
California: CDCR Pays $475,000 to Settle Wrongful Death Suit by In November 2009, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) entered into a Settlement Agreement with the parents and siblings of Joseph Sullivan who, in June 2006, took his own life while incarcerated at Chuckawalla Valley State Prison (CVSP). …
California Excessive Force Case Settled for $10,000 by California prison officials paid a prisoner $10,000 to settle his excessive force claims against several guards. Keith Wayne Candler was confined in the administrative segregation unit at the Salinas Valley State Prison. On October 9, 2003, Candler was unhappy with a dinner …
California Medical & Retaliation Claims Settled for $21,300 by California Medical & Retaliation Claims Settled for $21,300 California prison officials paid $21,300 to settle a prisoner's medical, retaliation and discrimination claims. California prisoner Vahan Jaladian suffers from "degenerative chronic back pain, severe gastroesophageal reflex and stiffness of both hands." As …
Article • May 15, 2013
California Prisoner's Excessive Force Claims Settled for $1,750 by California prison officials paid a prisoner $1,750 to settle his excessive force suit, which sought $800,000 in damages. On July 21, 2005, California prisoner Keith Williams complained of a meager breakfast serving. Guard David Ramirez told Williams he was not getting …
Article • May 15, 2013
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California Prisoner Paid $5,150 for Medical Shoe Denial by California prison officials paid a prisoner $5,150 to settle his claims related to the denial of medically necessary shoes. When California prisoner Andrew Lopez was transferred on February 15, 2001, he was denied items of his personal property, including medically necessary …
Article • May 15, 2013
California Prisoner's Deliberate Indifference Claims Settled for $910.00 by A California prisoner was paid $910.00 to settle his claims that prison officials were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs and safety. California prisoner George L. Aaron suffered a painful ankle injury while playing handball on August 2, 2003. However, …
Article • May 15, 2013
Los Angeles County Settles in Sexual Assault by an Officer by The county of Los Angeles settled in May 2012 for $250,000 with Plaintiff Laura Moreno in a civil rights claim alleging sexual assault perpetrated by a Los Angeles County Public Safety Officer during a bogus traffic stop. Attorney fees …
Brief • May 15, 2013
Mitchell v Cate, CA, Declaration in Support of Plt Mot, race-based lockdown, 2013 Case 2:08-cv-01196-TLN-EFB Document 189 Filed 05/15/13 Page 1 of 70 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 PRISON LAW OFFICE DONALD SPECTER (SBN 83925) WARREN E. GEORGE (SBN 53588) REBEKAH EVENSON (SBN 207825) 1917 Fifth Street Berkeley, …
O'Connell v. Smith, CA, Complaint, Wrongful Murder Conviction, 2013 Case 2:13-cv-01905-MWF-PJW Document 7 Filed 04/23/13 Page 1 of 34 Page ID #:77 Case 2:13-cv-01905-MWF-PJW Document 7 Filed 04/23/13 Page 2 of 34 Page ID #:78 Case 2:13-cv-01905-MWF-PJW Document 7 Filed 04/23/13 Page 3 of 34 Page ID #:79 Case 2:13-cv-01905-MWF-PJW …
Los Angeles Jail Undersheriff Steps Down by PLN's March 2013 cover story detailed a long-standing pattern of abuse and corruption in the nation’s largest jail system, operated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD). Some of that misconduct was attributed to LASD Undersheriff Paul K. Tanaka, the right-hand man …
California: Thousands of Sex Offenders Remove GPS Monitors by Taking advantage of the lack of available bed space to house parole violators in California jails following the state’s “realignment” initiative, thousands of paroled sex offenders fitted with GPS ankle bracelets have disabled or removed them – with few consequences. Under …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
Fortresses of Solitude by James Ridgeway Supermax prisons and solitary confinement units are our domestic black sites – hidden places where human beings endure unspeakable punishments, without benefit of due process in any court of law. On the say-so of corrections officials, American prisoners can be placed in conditions of …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
CDCR Tried to Conceal Report on Prisoner Suicides by A report that linked oppressive conditions in California prisons to preventable prisoner suicides was suppressed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), while the state tried to convince a federal judge that court oversight was no longer needed in …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
CA Prison Guards’ Union Loses Appeal, Must Pay $4.96 Million Judgment by A federal lawsuit filed against the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA), the union that represents state prison guards, resulted in a $12.5 million damages award in October 2010. The award was reduced by the district court to …
Former Pennsylvania DOC Director Hired to Run CDCR by Anne-Marie Cusac Jeffrey A. Beard, an almost 40-year old veteran of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, and most recently that state’s Corrections Secretary, was hired by California Governor Jerry Brown in December 2012 to become the new head of the California …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
California: Condition of Parole Restricting Parolee from Residing Near Victim’s Next of Kin Held Invalid by The California Court of Appeals has held that Penal Code section 3003(f), which limits a parolee convicted of certain offenses from living within 35 miles of the victim or witness to the crime – …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
Time for Sentencing Reform by George Gascón From the Capitol to the courtrooms, prosecutors can chart a new path on public safety by championing at both local and state levels one of the biggest ways we can transform our justice system in this generation – sentencing reform. Right now, the …
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