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Echezarreta v. Kemmeren, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2012 Case: 3:10-cv-50092 3:10-cv-50092 Document Document #: #: 91-1 102 Filed: Case: Filed: 12/21/12 12/18/12 Page Page 11 of of 18 18 PageID PageID #:575 #:488 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS WESTERN DIVISION MODESTO ECHEZARRETA, Plaintiff, vs. JOANNA KEMMEREN, ROGER …
Coleman v. City of Chicago, IL, Complaint, wrongful death taser mental, 2012 Case: 1:12-cv-10061 Document #: 1 Filed: 12/18/12 Page 1 of 7 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION Percy Coleman, Plaintiff, v. The City of Chicago, and Unknown Chicago Police Officers, …
Brief • December 17, 2012
Yanes v Marciopa County Az Settlement Guard Retaliation for Prisoner Crime 2012 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE (the "Settlement Agreement") is entered into this 1Tl' day of December, 2012 by and between Plaintiff DELANO YANES and Defendants MARICOPA COUNTY, JOSEPH ARPAIO, A. HERNANDEZ, and JOHN NOBLE. …
Brief • December 17, 2012
Dobbs v. Farrell, TX, Complaint, Roadside Body Cavity Search, 2012 Case 3:12-cv-05141-L Document 1 Filed 12/17/12 Page 1 of 14 PageID 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS DALLAS DIVISION ANGEL DOBBS and ASHLEY DOBBS, Plaintiffs VS. DAVID FARRELL, KELLEY HELLESON and STEVEN McCRAW Defendants. § …
Buccini v Northampton, PA, Complaint, Guard Beating Deaf Prisoner, 2012 Case 5:12-cv-07039-MSG Document 1 Filed 12/17/12 Page 1 of 16 Case 5:12-cv-07039-MSG Document 1 Filed 12/17/12 Page 2 of 16 Case 5:12-cv-07039-MSG Document 1 Filed 12/17/12 Page 3 of 16 Case 5:12-cv-07039-MSG Document 1 Filed 12/17/12 Page 4 of 16 …
California: Jail Nurse Receives $703,957 in Retaliation Suit Against County, PHS by On December 15, 2011, following a three-week trial, a federal jury in San Francisco awarded Freddie M. Davis, formerly employed at Alameda County’s Santa Rita Jail, $528,957 in damages stemming from retaliation she experienced after she and other …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Puerto Rico DOC Fires 97 Guards, Suspends More Than 100 by Puerto Rico’s revolving door of corrupt prison guards is spinning a little faster. In October 2011, the U.S. commonwealth’s Department of Corrections announced plans to terminate 97 guards and suspend more than 100 others due to illegal drug use, …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
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News in Brief by Afghanistan: On June 7, 2012, 31 prisoners escaped from a prison in Sar-e-Pul province after Taliban fighters blew a hole in the side of the facility. Three prisoners were killed and 28 wounded in a resulting gun battle with guards. Sixteen prisoners were captured shortly after …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Texas Slashes Prison Education Budget by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Faced with a $23 billion biennial state budget deficit, the Texas legislature has radically cut education programs in state prisons. Such short-term savings will undoubtedly result in long-term expenses, as education has been proven to reduce recidivism. Jorge Renaud, …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Former New York DOCS Food Director Pleads Guilty to Grand Larceny by Joe Watson Howard Dean, the state employee who ran New York’s prison food services for 17 years, was treated like a big cheese by private vendors. In return, according to investigators, he gave them the secret ingredient for …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Misconduct at U.S. Army Lab Taints Hundreds of Military Prosecutions by Derek Gilna Pentagon investigators are looking into allegations that an analyst at the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory (USACIL) botched hundreds of DNA tests, casting doubt about lab results in hundreds of prosecutions. An accused soldier who was forced …
Oregon DOC Did Not Report 78 Prisoner Deaths in 2010-2011 by Seventy-nine Oregon state prisoners died in 2010 and 2011, but the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) publicly disclosed just one of those deaths. The 79 deaths occurred in nine of the ODOC’s 14 prisons, with three facilities reporting double-digit …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Virginia Prison Policy Prohibiting Secular, Non-Religious CDs Held Unconstitutional by On February 7, 2012, a U.S. District Court held that a Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) policy prohibiting prisoners from purchasing or possessing secular spoken-word compact discs was unconstitutional. The court invalidated the policy but also granted qualified immunity to …
America Eats its Young: Arizona Communities Embrace Use of Private Prison Employees in Drug Raids at Public Schools by Beau Hodai In Arizona an unsettling trend appears to be underway: the use of private prison employees in law enforcement operations. The state has graced headlines in recent years as the …
Report Criticizes New Hampshire’s Treatment of Female Prisoners; Lawsuit Filed by Joe Watson A two-year investigation has concluded that the New Hampshire Department of Corrections is guilty of “inexcusable neglect” of female prisoners, according to a report released on October 17, 2011. The New Hampshire State Advisory Committee to the …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Fifth Circuit Reverses $250,000 Award to Mississippi Prisoner Held too Long by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that Christopher B. Epps, the Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC), was entitled to qualified immunity after a prisoner was held beyond the date …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
U.S. Sentencing Commission Calls Federal Mandatory Minimums “Excessively Severe” by Derek Gilna In a 645-page report prepared by the U.S. Sentencing Commission for Congress, released in October 2011, the Commission found that federal “mandatory minimum” sentences are harsh and unjust – especially in cases where there is no physical harm …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Arkansas Prison Director Suspended by Board of Corrections by Ray Hobbs, director of the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADOC), was suspended without pay for two weeks, starting January 2, 2012, for failing to promptly inform the Board of Corrections about a computer glitch that resulted in hundreds of prisoners being …
Texas Federal Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Prohibiting Sex Offender Parole Conditions; Case Settles for $52,000 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On October 7, 2011, a U.S. District Court issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles (Board) from enforcing onerous sex offender conditions that had …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Fifth Circuit Holds Mailbox Rule Applies to Legal Mail Rejected Under Bogus Prison Rule by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that legal mail rejected by prison officials under a purported rule that does not exist is still entitled to the “mailbox rule.” Clifford Medley, a Texas state …
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