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Article • March 15, 2013 • from PLN March, 2013
California Prison Psychiatrists Reap Rewards from State Bidding War by Following a competitive bidding war between California state mental hospitals and state prisons, both seeking psychiatrists to treat their mentally ill patients, the prison system has emerged as the winner – largely due to a federal court order to improve …
“Shocks the Conscience” Test Applied to Conditions at Civil Commitment Center by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that the “shocks the conscience” standard, as opposed to the “professional judgment” standard, is the proper analysis when determining an alleged due process violation based on the treatment and discipline …
Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013
GAO Examines How BOP Can Reduce Prisoners’ Time in Prison by Derek Gilna The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a study on the Bureau of Prisons’ authority to shorten a federal prisoner’s sentence. The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) was found to have three principal authorities with respect to …
Idaho DOC Settles 30-year-old Class-action Lawsuit by Idaho officials first tried to suppress what they called an “inflammatory” and “libelous” report filed by a court-appointed expert in a longstanding suit involving the state’s prison system. They then finally agreed to settle the 30-year-old litigation based upon the report’s findings. In …
Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013
Nevada DOC Audit: Doctors Work 5 Hours, Get Paid for 10 by The Nevada Department of Corrections (DOC), which houses 12,750 prisoners, employs 23 full-time physicians who are paid a salary that presumes they work four 10-hour shifts per week. Accordingly, they receive their full wages regardless of the hours …
New Mexico Slaps Private Prison Companies with $1.4 Million in Fines by The departure of Bill Richardson as New Mexico’s governor has changed the previously lax business environment for the state’s private prison contractors. The new administration of Governor Susana Martinez is taking a more aggressive tone in demanding contractual …
Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013
Oregon-Washington Prison Employee Logs 19-Hour Days by To say that Ming Zhu is an industrious employee would be an understatement of epic proportions. Zhu works the graveyard shift at the Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution (EOCI) in Pendleton, Oregon. Then, when his shift ends at 6:30 a.m., he drives an hour …
California Female Prisoners Eligible for Early Release, but Disqualified Due to Lack of Local Rehabilitative Services by In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Plata v. Brown, mandating that California take immediate steps to reduce prison overcrowding, state officials have proposed innovative ideas to help accomplish that …
Report Cites Rising Violence, Other Problems at Illinois Maximum-Security Prison by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A report by the John Howard Association of Illinois (JHA) found that overcrowding and understaffing at the Menard Correctional Center (Menard) has resulted in an “alarming” increase in staff and prisoner assaults. Opened …
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 …
Federal Suit Targets Dangerous, Unconstitutional Conditions in Fresno County, California Jail System by Fresh off their recent victory in Plata v. Brown, where the U.S. Supreme Court held that overcrowding is the primary cause of constitutionally inadequate medical and mental health care in California’s prison system [See: PLN, July 2011, …
Class-Action Settlement Cures Constitutional Violations at Pennsylvania Prison by A settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit challenging conditions at Pennsylvania’s Northumberland County Prison (NCP). Since the suit was filed in February 2008 on behalf of 12 prisoners by the Lewisburg Prison Project, NCP officials had disputed claims that …
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
No Budget Cuts for Federal Prisons by James Ridgeway by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella In the midst of an epic budget battle that could transform the American landscape for decades to come, the White House and Republicans in Congress appear to agree on one point: Federal prisons need more …
BJS - Facility-level and Individual-level Correlates of Sexual Victimization in Juvenile Facilities, 2012 Bureau of Justice Statistics Working Paper Series Facility-level and Individual-level Correlates of Sexual Victimization in Juvenile Facilities, 2012 Leanne Heaton David Cantor Carol Bruce Weijia Ren John Hartge WESTAT®, 1600 Research Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20850, www.westat.com Allen …
Johnson v. CCA, KY, Complaint, FLSA salary overtime class action, 2012 Case 3:12-cv-00246-JGH Document 5 Filed 05/25/12 Page 1 of 17 PageID #: 25 ELECTRONICALLY FILED UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE DIVISION CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:12-cv-00246-JGH MICHAEL E. JOHNSON, RICHIE CHESSER STEPHEN HERMAN, ROBERT K. MITCHELL, …
Culture of Abuse Continues at Oregon Mental Hospital Despite Ongoing DOJ Investigation by In June, 2006, the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) began investigating the Oregon State Hospital (OSH) for patient abuse and deficient care. On November 17, 2010, DOJ officials alerted the state …
Article • May 15, 2012
California: Guards and Other Prison Workers Agree to Contract Changes in Effort to Avoid Losing Jobs by In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Plata v. Brown, which mandated that California comply with a lower-court order to reduce its prison population to 137.5 percent of the design …
California Prison Doctors Accused of Misconduct Get Paid to Shuffle Paperwork, Deliver Mail by Unable to take decisive action due to state civil service protections, California’s prison system is saddled with the expense of paying the salaries of dozens of physicians who have been deemed unfit to treat patients. Such …
Settlement in Alabama Prison Overcrowding and Violence Suit by David Reutter A class-action lawsuit that alleged conditions at Alabama’s Donaldson Correctional Facility (DCF) placed prisoners “at a substantial risk of injury due to violence, lack of security, understaffing, corruption, and severe overcrowding” has concluded with a settlement agreement designed to …
HRDC Files Suit on Behalf of Family of Hawaii Prisoner Murdered at CCA Facility by On February 15, 2012, the family of Bronson Nunuha, a 26-year-old Hawaii prisoner who was brutally murdered at a Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) prison in Arizona in 2010, filed suit in circuit court in …
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