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Article • September 15, 2012 • from PLN September, 2012
Ventura County, California Settles Wrongful Arrest Class-action Suit for $350,000 by In September 2011, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office (VCSO) agreed to settle a class-action civil rights lawsuit alleging that innocent people had been jailed when VCSO officials failed and/or refused to use readily available technological means (such as fingerprint …
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$657,670 Settlement in Ohio Juvenile Facility Class-action Suit by Less than a year after the filing of a federal civil rights class-action, a settlement was reached in the lawsuit, which challenged conditions of confinement at the Washington County Juvenile Center (WCJC) in Marietta, Ohio. In October 2011, the parties to …
Article • September 15, 2012 • from PLN September, 2012
$93,000 Settlement for Georgia State Prisoners Beaten by Guards by The Georgia Department of Corrections has paid $93,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed by four state prisoners who were subjected to retaliatory beatings by guards at Hays State Prison. At approximately 2:00 p.m. on August 12, 2010, the plaintiff …
Iowa SOTP Requirement Does Not Violate Fifth Amendment by The Iowa Supreme Court has held that prison officials do not violate the Fifth Amendment by depriving convicted sex offenders of earned-time sentence reductions when they refuse to participate in a sex offender treatment program (SOTP) that requires them to admit …
Bureau of Prisons Houses More “Terrorists” than Guantanamo by Derek Gilna According to the New York Times, the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) confines more than twice as many prisoners for “terrorism-related” offenses than the controversial and oft-maligned U.S. military detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. “As of October 1, …
CIA Slammed for Torture Abuses at Secret Lithuanian Prisons by Derek Gilna Despite a lawsuit filed in the European Court of Human Rights by Saudi-born alleged terrorist Abu Zubaydah, Lithuanian prosecutors have declined to pursue charges related to two CIA-operated prisons located in that country. Human rights groups Amnesty International …
Article • September 15, 2012 • from PLN September, 2012
Economy Forces Oregon Jails to Eliminate Beds by Commissioners in Marion County, Oregon voted on October 19, 2011 to cut 128 jail beds, closing one pod and reducing the jail’s capacity to 400 prisoners. In reality, however, only 56 beds were cut because the county is reopening 72 work center …
$2.3 Million Jury Award in Washington, D.C. Wrongful Parole Revocation Suit by A District of Columbia (D.C.) federal jury has awarded $2.3 million to a former prisoner who spent ten years in prison after his parole was wrongfully revoked based on unreliable hearsay evidence. Charles Singletary was convicted of robbery, …
Article • September 15, 2012 • from PLN September, 2012
The Mentally Disordered Inmate and the Law, 2nd edition by Julie Etter The Mentally Disordered Inmate and the Law, 2nd edition, by Fred Co-hen (Civil Research Institute, 2008). 1,114 pages, $237.50; and Practical Guide to Correctional Mental Health and the Law, by Fred Cohen (Civil Research Institute, 2011). 788 pages, …
Article • September 15, 2012 • from PLN September, 2012
FEMA Funds New Orleans Jail Complex by The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has committed approximately $114 million to build a new jail complex that will be overseen by the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Orleans Parish Prison and sheriff’s administration facilities suffered significant damage in …
Hundreds Removed from Georgia’s Sex Offender Registry by A May 2010 revision to Georgia’s sex offender law, one of the toughest in the nation, has resulted in more than 440 people being removed from the state’s sex offender registry as of October 2011. Georgia has 20,676 registered sex offenders. The …
Arizona DOC Faces Lawsuit Over Inadequate Medical Care by Joe Watson There are cuts to health care and there are health care cuts. At least one Arizona prisoner has personal knowledge of the unfortunate difference. Prisoners and their advocates have accused the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) of being so …
Article • September 15, 2012 • from PLN September, 2012
Bail Bond Companies Profit While Poorest Defendants Remain in Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter As America’s prison population has swelled over the past three decades to become the largest per capita in the world, the number of special interests that feed off the so-called prison industrial complex …
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Proving Damages to the Jury, 1st Ed., by Jim Wren by John Dannenberg James Publishing, 2011). 800 pages (with CD), $70.00 Book review by John E. Dannenberg Proving Damages to the Jury is a detailed “how-to” manual that takes the reader through the psychology, reasoning, preparation and execution of a …
Article • September 15, 2012 • from PLN September, 2012
GAO Report on Drug Courts Criticized by Drug Policy Alliance by Joe Watson The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA), the nation’s “leading organization promoting alternatives to current drug policy,” often has to wade through murky data to expose the ineffectiveness of the nation’s drug court system. But a recent federal study …
Article • September 15, 2012 • from PLN September, 2012
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Prisoners and Families Connect with Video Visitation, for a Price by Since 2006, family members and friends of Virginia prisoners have been able to use modern videoconferencing equipment to enjoy visits with loved ones held in state prisons hundreds of miles away. The Video Visitation Program, operated by two Richmond-based …
Article • September 15, 2012 • from PLN September, 2012
Onerous Change in Michigan Commutation Procedures Fails to State Ex Post Facto Claim by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a change in procedures for commutation of sentence does not constitute an ex post facto violation. The appellate court ruled in a case involving Michigan prisoner Keith …
Article • September 15, 2012
The Gray Box: An investigative look at solitary confinement by Susan Greene by Susan Greene, The Dart Society Published on January 24, 2012 A few weeks ago, on the fifteenth anniversary of his first day in prison, Osiel Rodriguez set about cleaning the 87 square feet he inhabits at ADX, …
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Texas Court Orders TDCJ to Provide Hearing Impaired Telecommunications by On April 5, 2011, a Texas state court issued a temporary injunction ordering the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to provide telecommunications to hearing impaired prisoners using the Texas Relay Service (TRS). Leslie Arrington, Janet Lock, Kathy Williams and …
Article • September 15, 2012 • from PLN September, 2012
Idaho Appellate Defender: State’s Adult Misdemeanor Probation System “Void” by A memo authored by Sara B. Thomas, chief of the Idaho State Appellate Defender’s appellate unit, has concluded that the state’s adult misdemeanor probation system is unconstitutional, calling it “null, void and unenforceable.” According to the August 15, 2011 memo, …
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