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Article • February 1, 2014
Filed under: Overcrowding
Colorado County Jail Refuses to Accept Cities’ Prisoners by Matthew Clarke Colorado County Jail Refuses to Accept Cities’ Prisoners By Matt Clarke A spat over how many prisoners the county jail in Adams County, Colorado will accept went public when five chiefs of police for cities in Adams County called …
Publication • February 1, 2014
Achieving a Constitutional Level of Medical Care in CA Prisons CCHCS 2014 Achieving a Constitutional Level of Medical Care in California’s Prisons Twenty-fifth Tri-Annual Report of the Federal Receiver’s Turnaround Plan of Action For September 1 – December 31, 2013 February 1, 2014 California Correctional Health Care Receivership Vision: As …
Coleman v. Brown, CA, Order Extending Meet-and-Confer Process, Medical Class Action, 2013 Case3:01-cv-01351-TEH Document2746 Filed12/11/13 Page1 of 2 1 2 3 4 5 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS 6 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 AND THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT COMPOSED OF …
Article • October 15, 2013 • from PLN October, 2013
Massachusetts: Overcrowding Forces Changes in Correctional Facilities by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Prisons and jails in Massachusetts have a problem: Almost every correctional facility in the state is operating above its capacity. Budget cuts have compounded the overcrowding problem because there is no money for new construction or …
O'Neil v. Martin, OR, Appellate Decision, Conditions of Confinement, Interstate Corr. Compact, 2013 FILED: October 9, 2013 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF OREGON LIAM O'NEIL, aka Jacob Barrett, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MR. MARTIN, Corporal; MR. MARTIN, Lieutenant, Unit Supervisor; MS. MANCILLA, Corporal; MS. BENEFIELD, Sergeant; MR. WILLIAMS, …
Brief • September 16, 2013
Boyd v. Godinez, IL, Class Cert. Order, Overcrowding and Inhumane Conditions, 2013 Case 3:12-cv-00704-JPG-PMF Document 44 Filed 09/16/13 Page 1 of 10 Page ID #622 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS MICHAEL BOYD, PAUL LEE and KENDRICK PEARSON, on behalf of themselves and all …
Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013
U.S. Supreme Court Denies Stay of California Prisoner Release Order by In a 6-3 decision issued August 2, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court denied California Governor Jerry Brown’s request for a stay of a three-judge court’s order requiring the state to comply with a December 31, 2013 deadline to reduce …
Publication • September 4, 2013
Addressing the Federal Court Prison Population Cap CA Legislative Analyst's Office 2013 LAO 7 0 Y E A R S O F S E RV I C E September 4, 2013 Addressing the Federal Court Prison Population Cap L E G I S L A T I V E A …
Article • August 15, 2013
Indiana Overcrowding Suit Certified as Class Action; Grievances Specific Enough to Satisfy PLRA by A federal court in Indiana certified a jail overcrowding case as a class action. It also found that Plaintiff adequately exhausted his claims. In January, 2007, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Indiana brought suit …
LA Prison Conditions Held Unconstitutional by In 1973, Hayes Williams and three other Louisiana state prisoners filed suit in federal district court claiming that the Angola prison was being run in violation of the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment in the 8th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The allegations …
Article • August 15, 2013
California: Court Upholds Governor’s Authority to Contract with Out-of-State Private Prisons during Prison Overcrowding State of Emergency by The California Court of Appeal held in 2008 that Governor Schwarzenegger did not exceed his authority when, after invoking the Emergency Services Act (Gov. Code § 8550 et seq.) to issue a …
Article • August 15, 2013 • from PLN August, 2013
Federal Court Orders California to Release 9,600 More Prisoners by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On June 20, 2013, a plainly frustrated three-judge federal court not only told California officials that they shall comply with the court's prior order to reduce the state's prison population to 137.5% of design …
Article • August 15, 2013
Comingling of Meanest and Greenest Prisoners Ordered to Cease in Maryland Prisons by A Maryland federal district court ordered prison officials at the Maryland State Penitentiary and the Maryland Reception, Diagnostic and Classification Center (MRDCC) to devise an efficient classification system to identify prisoners at risk of rape, and to …
Brief • August 9, 2013
Filed under: Overcrowding
Brown v. Plata, CA, S.Ct. Jurisdictional Statement, Prison System Overcrowding, 2013 QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether the three-judge district court erred in applying this Court’s mandate in Brown v. Plata, 131 S. Ct. 1910 (2011), and the legal standards governing vacatur or modification of injunctive relief. 2. Whether changed circumstances require …
Brief • August 1, 2013
Boyd v. Godinez, IL, Class Cert. Memo, Overcrowding and Inhumane Conditions, 2013 Case 3:12-cv-00704-JPG-PMF Document 34 Filed 08/01/13 Page 1 of 20 Page ID #155 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS BENTON DIVISION MICHAEL BOYD, PAUL LEE and KENDRICK PEARSON, on behalf of themselves …
Brief • August 1, 2013
Boyd v. Godinez, IL, Motion for Class Cert., Overcrowding and Inhumane Conditions, 2013 Case 3:12-cv-00704-JPG-PMF Document 33 Filed 08/01/13 Page 1 of 4 Page ID #151 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS BENTON DIVISION MICHAEL BOYD, PAUL LEE and KENDRICK PEARSON, on behalf of …
Deadly Prison Fire Kills Hundreds in Honduras by They screamed from their dilapidated cells as a scorching fire swept through the prison where they were held. But the cries of prisoners burning alive inside the overcrowded Comayagua National Penitentiary in Honduras on February 14, 2012 were met by gunshots fired …
Brief • July 10, 2013
Filed under: Overcrowding
Brown v. Plata, Application to S.Ct. to Stay Injunction, Prison System Overcrowding, 2013 No. IN THE :§uprrm.e Qtnurt nf tqr lnitrb :§tatrn GOVERNOR EDMUND G. BROWN JR., et al., Applicants-Appellants, v. MARCIANO PLATA AND RALPH COLEMAN, et al., Appellees. Application for a Stay of Injunctive Relief Pending This Court's Final …
Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013
Plata and Coleman Showdown in California by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg A three-judge federal court tightened the noose around the neck of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) in April 2013 when it issued a lengthy order denying a motion by state officials to delay or …
Article • May 15, 2013 • from PLN May, 2013
No Room for 900 New Washington Prison “Rugs” by “Every day I'm getting emails from staff staff who are concerned about safety,” said Tracey A. Thompson, the Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 117, which represents about 3,600 Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC) guards. With approximately 16,000 prisoners, Washington state prisons are …
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