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Brief • September 18, 2012
Final Report - Death of ICE detainee Bamenga, NYSCC, 2012
Gardner v. Easterling, TN, Settlement, CCA 8th Am death strangled by cell mate, 2012 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0288 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0289 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0290 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0291 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0292 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0293 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0294 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0295 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0296
Cordoba v. Pulido, CA, Complaint 2012 Case 4:12-cv-04857-SBA Document 1 Filed 09/17/12 Page 1 of 23 Case 4:12-cv-04857-SBA Document 1 Filed 09/17/12 Page 2 of 23 Case 4:12-cv-04857-SBA Document 1 Filed 09/17/12 Page 3 of 23 Case 4:12-cv-04857-SBA Document 1 Filed 09/17/12 Page 4 of 23 Case 4:12-cv-04857-SBA Document 1 …
Article • September 15, 2012 • from PLN September, 2012
Interview with Conrad Black, Former Federal Prisoner and Millionaire Media Magnate by Paul Wright “I never ask for mercy and seek no one’s sympathy. I would never, as was once needlessly feared in this court, be a fugitive from justice in this country, only a seeker of it.” – Conrad …
Article • September 15, 2012 • from PLN September, 2012
From the Editor by Paul Wright This month’s cover story continues our series of interviews with some of the more prominent survivors of the American criminal justice system (for our first interview with former prisoner and famous movie actor Danny Trejo, see the August 2011 issue of PLN). Prior to …
Article • September 15, 2012 • from PLN September, 2012
Birthing Behind Bars: A Campaign for Reproductive Justice in Prisons by Victoria Law by Victoria Law and Tina Reynolds “I never thought of advocating outside of prison. I just wanted to have some semblance of a normal life once I was released,” stated Tina Reynolds, a mother and formerly incarcerated …
Article • September 15, 2012 • from PLN September, 2012
Ex-Warden’s Wife Sentenced to One Year for Assisting Prisoner’s Escape by On November 7, 2011, the wife of a former Oklahoma warden was sentenced to one year in prison for helping a prisoner escape 17 years earlier. Bobbi L. Parker, 49, was married to Randy Parker, assistant warden at the …
Article • September 15, 2012 • from PLN September, 2012
Prisoner Medical Care Costs Oregon Taxpayers Over $100 Million Annually by As of July 1, 2011, the first day of Oregon’s most recent budget cycle, the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) had a population of just over 14,000 prisoners and a shiny new $1.36 billion budget for the 2011-2013 biennium. …
Habeas Hints: 2012 Supreme Court Habeas Highlights: Plea Bargaining Cases by Kent A. Russell by Kent Russell This column provides “habeas hints” to prisoners who are considering or handling habeas corpus petitions as their own attorneys (“in pro per”). The focus of the column is on “AEDPA” (Antiterrorism and Effective …
PHS Hit with $312,000 Verdict for Inadequate Care of Pennsylvania Prisoner by PHS Hit with $312,000 Verdict for Inadequate Care of Pennsylvania Prisoner On February 17, 2012, a Pennsylvania state jury slapped Prison Health Services (PHS) with a $400,000 verdict for inadequate medical care of a prisoner at State Correctional …
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 …
Article • September 15, 2012 • from PLN September, 2012
$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 …
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