Locked in the Past, Report on Montana Jail System, Locked in the Past Montana’s Jails in Crisis The American Civil Liberties Union of Montana Contents Executive Summary……………………………………………………………………….........................................................................1 Background Initiative and Methodology………………………………………………...............................................................2 Background Information on Montana County Detention Centers…………………..................................................4 Issues in Montana Detention Centers……………………………….…………………...............................................................6 Overview……………………………………………………………………………........................................................................6 Suicide……………………………………………………………………………….........................................................................7 Solitary Confinement……………………………………………………………..................................................................9 Staffing……………………………………………………………………………........................................................................11 Medical Care………………………………………………………………………....................................................................13 …

completed a medical Health Services Request form, writing: “I’ve had bad pain in my neck and an[d] can’t move well.” (Ex. 2 at 3). Defendant Kathy Bustos, L.P.N. reviewed this form and conducted a medical ...

Juveniles in Solitary Confinement, Human Rights Watch, 2012 Growing Up Locked Down Youth in Solitary Confinement in Jails and Prisons Across the United States H U M A N R I G H T S W A T C H Growing Up Locked Down Youth in Solitary Confinement in Jails …

is because it ties you into the "attributes of God." It's symbolic of a spiritual change. If I am unable to change my name, I am not practicing my religion freely. [16] Matthews sought the grant ...

not adequately address the magistrate judge's concerns about the opportunity to respond to the charge before the yard restriction was imposed. The magistrate judge also stated: [15] I base my recommendation ...

, Dissenting: [23] I continue to Dissent for the reasons stated in Part I of my earlier separate opinion. [24] To reiterate briefly, Warner, before sentencing and facing his third alcohol-related ...

efficiently, and they have made a big difference to the extent they have been used. Among the more privileged sectors, my children, probably yours, the use of drugs has been declining for a long time and so has ...

, such as clothing and toiletries, must come from approved sources such as manufacturers, stores and mail order catalogs. "It is my opinion that the reason for the enactment of the in-cell TV program is to reduce ...

, ... The man who committed the atrocity, as my grandfather called it, covered the cage with a black cloth, depriving the bird of sunlight. He starved it, left it to rot in a dirty cage, but the bird still ...

, for the sanctity of my home has been violated," Hodge said. He added that he had decided to terminate the prisoner work program at his residence. Cato, who had headed the state's prison system since 1998 ...

and constituents during office hours. Jalasjos won the election overwhelmingly. "My constituents couldn't see me in person, but they could feel the results of my decisions," Jalasjos said. TX: On June 1, 2001 ...

prisoners. The financial resources budgeted to GDC were faulted by the Auditor for the department's health care deficiencies. GDC agreed, especially in terms of reductions in OHS staff. "I did cut my central ...

a period of one year of substantial compliance, of providing ?generally accepted professional standards? of care. ?My concern is with compliance,? said attorney Jeffrey K. Wilmington. He is one of several ...

. Berstein, who was recently reappointed by Florida's Supreme Court to a committee studying families and children. I'm going to take this to my statewide panel and begin my own investigation." Sources ...

his journalism. "TDCJ doesn't want my articles on Islamic prisoners and unstemmed violent escapes to see print," Sorens told reporters. "I was in effect sentenced to one year for writing." Sorens also ...

the trial and was the prosecution's lead witness. While Diaz acknowledged that he shouldn't have sent the list of names, he maintained that his motives for doing so were valid. "My oath as a commissioned ...

that there were unforeseen circumstances that would have extended the period. [19] My point is not that Mr. Sergent has been prevented from using the grievance procedure, so Miller v. Norris, 247 F.3d 736 ...

;t know exactly what is in this water, but I do know that it is in my hair, eyes, nose, and skin,” Coleman wrote in a letter to the Boston Globe. “I ingest it, and with each swallow, I fear ...

;It ruined my life,” Caples said of his arrest and incarceration. Barbara Sloan spent a night in jail after Sadie also implicated her in a house fire about 15 miles away from Caples’ home ...

-day ban on making phone calls as punishment for producing the show. “I’ll say this, when they found out about my podcast, they actually put me in the hole, they investigated it, and when I ...