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PHS Liable for Denying Insulin to Diabetic New Jersey Jail Prisoner by The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the U.S. District Court (New Jersey) on its dismissal of a pretrial detainee's state law medical malpractice claims and summary judgment for jail defendants of the detainee's claims under 42 …
Article • May 15, 2004 • from PLN May, 2004
Dismissal Sanction for Prisoner's Refusal to Be Deposed Without Court Order Reversed by Dismissal Sanction for Prisoner's Refusal to be Deposed Without Court Order Reversed The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held that considering a prisoner's refusal to be deposed absent a court order, as a factor to enter a …
Article • May 15, 2004 • from PLN May, 2004
Virginia Prison Vendors Lose Contracts to Out-of-State Supplier by Gary Hunter Three Virginia retailers who made their money from prisoner earnings now find themselves in financial trouble. In August 2003, when the Virginia Department of Corrections (DOC) relinquished management of prison commissaries to St. Louis-based Keefe Supply Co., three Virginia …
Article • May 15, 2004 • from PLN May, 2004
Prisons Nationwide Fail to Treat HCV Epidemic by John E Dannenberg Prisons Nationwide Fail To Treat HCV Epidemic by John E. Dannenberg The JeopardyTM answer is: "The national average treatment rate for HCV-infected prisoners." The winning question is: "What is approximately 1%?" With HCV [Hepatitis-C] infection rates in state prisons …
Florida Work Release Prisoners Ripped Off by Private Transport Company by David Reutter Florida Work Release Prisoners Ripped Off by Private Transport Company by David M. Reutter In response to a new law, effective Oc-tober 1, 2003, that prohibited state prisoners from driving state vehicles, the Florida Department of Corrections …
Jails for Jesus by Samantha M. Shapiro Pastor Don Raymond isn't trained in corrections and is not employed by the government, but he runs a new 140-person wing of the Ellsworth, Kansas, medium-security prison that draws prisoners from throughout the state system. In the phylum of prison staff, Raymond defies …
Another Death in a Wisconsin Prison by Gary Hunter "Unremarkable." That's what prison nurse Jolinda Waterman called Donnie Powe's condition when she relegated him to an observation cell. Guards perfunctorily recorded his declining health right up until he died, face down on the floor of his 6 by 8 foot …
Fighting for Fair Phone Rates by Deborah M Golden Fighting For Fair Phone Rates by Deborah M. Golden In 2000, a group of prisoners, loved ones of prisoners, and attorneys filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the high cost of collect calls …
County May Be Liable for Private Prison's Customs and Policies by Bob Williams County May Be Liable For Private Prison's Customs And Policies by Bob Williams The New Mexico federal district court has held that a county could potentially be liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for the customs and …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
Constitutional Amendment Effort Launched to Bar Florida's Prison Privatization by David Reutter Constitutional Amendment Effort Launched to Bar Florida's Prison Privatization by David M. Reutter The Florida Police Benevolence As-sociation (PBA) has launched a petition drive to enact an amendment to Florida's constitution that would bar privatization of prisons, jails, …
Permanent Injunction Requires Full HCV Retreatment for Florida Prisoner by John E Dannenberg Permanent Injunction Requires Full HCV Retreatment for Florida Prisoner by John E. Dannenberg The U.S. District Court (S.D. Fla.) is-sued a permanent injunction on July 24, 2003 ordering James Crosby, the Secretary of the Florida Department of …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
Court Questions Federal Assault Conviction on Private Prison Guard by Court Questions Federal Assault Conviction on Private Prison Guard In a case applicable to all federal pris-oners incarcerated in private and state prisons the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held a federal prisoner who assaults a private person employed at …
CCA Closes Oklahoma Prison, Settles Tax Lawsuit Over Ohio Prison by Michael Rigby The turbulent economy of the past decade has led many communities across America to foolishly seek prisons as a recession proof industry and rural welfare program for poor whites. But prisons can be a double edged sword, …
Cornell Company - The Prison Industry's Enron by Gary Hunter It was not an earthshaking day when Cornell Corrections was founded in 1991. It was more like a pebble plummeting over a cliff, leading to a landslide of greed and corruption. Backed by Dillon Read Venture Capital, David Cornell's callous …
$40.1 Million Verdict Against CSC in Texas Prisoner's Medical Neglect Death by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg A Tarrant County, Texas jury awarded $35 million for negligence in the death of a boot camp prisoner, plus $5.1 million in punitive damages, against Florida-based Correctional Services Corp. (CSC) and …
CCA Abuse Goes Unpunished at New Jersey INS Detention Center by Mark Dow Maybe it was cynical courtroom theatre, or maybe the attorney for the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) believed it when he ridiculed the very idea that prison guards would retaliate against prisoners for conducting a hunger strike …
Article • January 15, 2004 • from PLN January, 2004
CCA Packs Positions With High-Profile Politicians by Michael Rigby CCA Packs Positions With High-Profile Politicians by Michael Rigby In an ongoing effort to make up for what it lacks in prison management skills, Corrections Corporation of America continues to place high profile politicians with inside knowledge of state and federal …
Santa Fe Guards Rape Prisoners, Neglect Kills Another by Gary Hunter Two female prisoners were raped by Santa Fe jail guards within a ninety-day period. Santa Fe guards have been implicated in at least eight sexual assaults since 1999. Two of the victims were-minors. In April 2003, John Robertson, 39, …
Private Transport Company Settles Female Prisoner's Sexual Assault Suit by Private Transport Company Settles Female Prisoner's Sexual Assault Suit Extraditions International, Inc., now defunct, and its successor company, American Extraditions, Inc., settled with a female prisoner who claimed she had been sexually harassed and sexually assaulted by a company guard …
Sentences Upheld for TransCor Driver Who Raped and Terrorized Prisoners by Sentences Upheld for TransCor Driver Who Raped and Terrorized Prisoners by Matthew T. Clarke A Texas court of appeals has upheld a TransCor driver's two-year sentence for having sex with a prisoner and ten-year sentence for sexual assault of …
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