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CCA Faulted in Texas Jail Escape by Staff shortages, unwatched video surveillance monitors, unlocked doors, untrained staff and a security alarm that was ignored by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) employees contributed to the August 27, 2000 escape from the Bartlett State Jail near Austin, Texas. Sixteen problems, the biggest …
Article • March 15, 2001 • from PLN March, 2001
Feds Continue Abuse of El-Hage by In a telephone interview with The New York Times, April ElHage said federal jail officials in Manhattan have been retaliating against her husband, Wadih ElHage, ever since two codefendants in the case were accused of stabbing and critically wounding a guard. The two codefendants, …
Article • February 15, 2001 • from PLN February, 2001
SC Jail Escape Kills One by Eight prisoners sought to escape from the Richland county jail in South Carolina on the night of September 17, 2000. The jail houses mostly pretrial detainees from Columbia, South Carolina and Richland County. The escape attempt resulted in a guard's death but no one …
Article • November 15, 2000 • from PLN November, 2000
Florida 'Sexual Predator' Fails in Daring Bid for Freedom by A "violent sexual predator" who broke out of Florida's civil commitment detention center in a brazen midday helicopter escape was captured, along with his helicopter-flying accomplice, 4 ½ miles away after a 25-hour manhunt. Shortly after 1:00 P.Mon June 5, …
Article • October 15, 2000 • from PLN October, 2000
Escape Costs Oklahoma Private Prison $304,375 by Gordon Flud's April 12, 2000, escape from a Hinton, Oklahoma rent-a-jail didn't end well for him--or for his prison. Flud, 44, jumped fences, avoided razor wire and climbed down the Great Plains Correctional Facility administration building's rainspout in his bid for freedom. But …
Article • September 15, 2000 • from PLN September, 2000
Two Guards Killed During Botched Missouri Jail Escape by On June 22, 2000, a man and a woman rang the night bell of small county jail in Huntsville, Missouri, and when they were let in gunned down two guards in a botched attempt to spring a friend who was detained …
Article • August 15, 2000 • from PLN August, 2000
Right to Counsel Violated by Intrusive Guards by A federal district court ruled that a criminal defendant's right to counsel was violated by the refusal of guards to allow unmonitored communication between him and his attorney. On January 26, 1990 David Lakin and four other prisoners abducted two guards while …
Escape Costs Private Transport Company by A private prisoner transport company agreed to pay $50,000 to the state of North Dakota to defray the state's expenses for recapturing a prisoner who spent three months as a fugitive after escaping from one of its buses. Convicted child killer Kyle Bell was …
Arizona Jury Acquits CCA Escapees by Two Alaska state prisoners on trial for a 1996 escape from a private prison were acquitted by an Arizona jury. The prosecution was undoubtedly stunned by the verdict in what was considered to be an open and shut case. However, the prosecutor in the …
Illinois Jail Guards Charged with Smuggling Gun by Illinois Jail Guards Charged With Smuggling Gun Two former Kankakee (Illinois) County Jail guards and a civilian face multiple felony counts in connection with a dramatic December 22, 1999 jailbreak. Newly-hired guards Melody Burdunice and Michael Cutler allegedly smuggled cellular telephone batteries …
Article • June 15, 2000 • from PLN June, 2000
Prison Psychologist Pleads Guilty to Aiding Escape by Elizabeth Feil, 43, a former psychologist at the Patuxent Institution in Baltimore, MD has pled guilty to accessory to escape for her role in helping her lover, Byron Smoot, 29, escape from a medium security prison in Jessup, Maryland. Smoot had been …
Article • April 15, 2000 • from PLN April, 2000
Two Die during Latest Angola Escape Attempt by Two Die During Latest Angola Escape Attempt by Dan Pens A guard and a prisoner were killed December 28, 1999 at Louisiana's maximum security penitentiary at Angola during a bungled escape attempt that ended after a two hour hostage standoff. The guard, …
Youngstown Case Reveals New Legal Issues for Prisoner Advocates, State Correctional Agencies and Private Prison Companies by Al Gerhardstein As the number of prisoners in private lock-ups continue to increase, lawsuits filed by them, not unexpectedly, are also on the rise. While that is no surprise to corrections professionals and …
Lack of Evidence Bars Disciplinary Finding of Guilt by Lack of Evidence Bars Disciplinary Finding of Guilt Regardless of Punishment Imposed The court of appeals for the Ninth circuit held that it violates due process to find a prisoner "guilty" of violating a prison disciplinary rule when absolutely no evidence …
BOP Violates Due Process in Ad-Seg, Transfer and Mail Suit by A federal district court in Illinois held that the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) violated a prisoner's right to due process when it placed him in administrative segregation (ad seg), transferred him to a different prison and denied him the …
Beaten Connecticut Jail Detainee Awarded $2.07 Million by A federal jury in February, 1999 awarded Kevin King $2 million in punitive damages and $75,000 in compensatory damages for a beating he suffered at the hands of Hartford (Conn.) Correctional Center jail guards. The verdict touched off a firestorm of controversy …
Denial of Exercise Is "Atypical and Significant" by Denial of Exercise Is "Atypical and Significant" The U.S. court of appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that Florida state prisoners, who are being held in Close Management (CM) status, have a state-created liberty interest in outdoor exercise, which is protected by …
Article • July 15, 1999 • from PLN July, 1999
Florida Prison Erupts by On March 17, 1998, shortly after Hendry Correctional Institution (HCI) began feeding the prisoners supper, a melee broke out on the yard in front of the chowhall. Within moments, several guards, including the shift supervisor, were lying unconscious in the dirt. The seeds of discord were …
Article • June 15, 1999 • from PLN June, 1999
Private Prison Escape Explained by On October 12, 1998, four prisoners escaped from the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) South Central Correctional Center in Wayne County, Tennessee [See: News In Brief, Feb. '99 PLN ]All of the escapees were eventually captured. On January 15, 1992, CCA warden Kevin Myers appeared …
Article • April 15, 1999 • from PLN April, 1999
Daring Death Row Escape Shakes up Texas by It was a Thanksgiving that will long be remembered by Texas prisoners and guards alike. The first escape of a Texas death row prisoner since Raymond Hamilton, a member of the Bonnie and Clyde gang, busted out in 1934. Shortly after midnight …
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