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Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
U.S. Prison and Jail Population Continues Meteoric Rise by Michael Rigby It?s beginning to sound a bit repetitive, but the nation?s prison population continues to grow exponentially. At midyear 2006, U.S. prisons and jails held 2,245,189 persons?a 2.8% increase over the previous year, according to a Bureau of Justice Statistics …
Inadequate Medical Care Alleged at Alameda County, CA Jail – Four Prisoners Dead by Inadequate Medical Care Alleged at Alameda County, CA Jail - Four Prisoners Dead Family members of prisoners who became sick or died at the Santa Rita jail in Alameda County, California have alleged inadequate health care …
Corruption in Awarding California DOC Medical Contract Exposed by Marvin Mentor More details have surfaced in a conflict-of-interest scandal involving two California gubernatorial appointees involved in a $26 million no-bid contract awarded by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) for medical scheduling services. PLN previously reported that the …
Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
State Auditor Flunks California DOC For Failure To Make Prison Population Projections by Marvin Mentor In a March 2007 Letter Report to California's Governor and Legislature, State Auditor Elaine Howell reported that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) had failed to make meaningful progress in devising accurate prisoner …
Texas Jail Pays $200,000 to Settle Rape/Suicide Suit by Val Verde County, Texas and its contract Del Rio jail operator, GEO Group, Inc., agreed in March 2007 to pay $200,000 to the surviving family of a 23-year-old woman prisoner who, upon becoming depressed after being raped in the jail, hung …
California DOC Guards Win Injunction to Stop Prisoner Transfers Out-Of-State; Transfers Continue While State Appeals by The Superior Court of Sacramento County has granted a writ of mandate prohibiting the transfer of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) prisoners to out-of-state facilities to alleviate the prison system's chronic overcrowding …
Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
California DOC Pays PLN’s Attorneys $320,000 In Fees/Costs Related To Mail Censorship Settlement by John Dannenberg California DOC Pays PLN's Attorneys $320,000 In Fees/Costs Related To Mail Censorship Settlement by John E. Dannenberg In June, 2007, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and Prison Legal News (PLN) stipulated …
Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
Cook County, Illinois, To Pay $4,575,000 for Nonconsensual STD Testing by On July 10, 2007, Cook County, Illinois, agreed to pay $4,575,000 to settle a federal class action lawsuit that alleged prisoners were subjected to nonconsensual testing for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) during intake at Chicago?s Cook County jail. Plaintiffs …
Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
$150,000 Settlement in Suit over Atlanta Prisoner’s Fall-Related Death by $150,000 Settlement in Suit over Atlanta Prisoner's Fall-Related Death In November 2006, the family of a man who suffered fatal injuries when he fell over a railing on an upper floor of an Atlanta jail settled with the city for …
Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
California DOC Contract Registry Pharmacist Accused of Diverting 93% of Referrals to His Own Corporation by California's State Auditor has found that a pharmacist, who was contracted by three state prisons to select other pharmacists from a state-approved registry to perform services at the facilities, directed 93% of such referrals …
Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
Utah DOC Audit: Ingrained Staff Cronyism Stymies Workplace Effectiveness by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg A December 2006 state audit of the Utah Department of Corrections (UDC) found that entrenched upper management personnel lacked vision and innovation, while they selectively allowed punishable staff "indiscretions" to be swept under the …
Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
New York High Court Invokes Due Process Rights for Civil Commitment of Alleged Sexual Predators by The New York Court of Appeals reversed a ruling by the Appellate Division that had permitted sex offenders nearing the end of their criminal sentences to be summarily transferred to mental health facilities (e,g., …
Article • November 15, 2007
A Guantanamo Index by Joanne Mariner By JOANNE MARINER Wednesday, Nov. 07, 2007 Year in which Cuba signed a perpetual lease giving the United States "complete jurisdiction and control" over the Guantanamo Bay naval station: 1903 Number of days that the longest-held detainees have, to date, been held without charge …
Article • November 15, 2007
TOWARD A MORE ELABORATE TYPOLOGY OF ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES: LIBERALIZING CRIMINAL DISENFRANCHISEMENT LAWS AND POLICIES by 33 New Eng. J. on Crim. & Civ. Confinement 283 TOWARD A MORE ELABORATE TYPOLOGY OF ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES: LIBERALIZING CRIMINAL DISENFRANCHISEMENT LAWS AND POLICIES [FN1] © Avi Brisman [FNa1] Copyright © 2007 by New England …
Brief • November 15, 2007
Filed under: Immigration
Bakhtiari v. Lutz, MO, Spoliation, Employment Discrimination, 2007 507 F.3d 1132 he received in that course, Bakhtiari filed a grade appeal in August 2002, alleging that Dr. Long excessively missed class, mismanaged the course, and graded capriciously. A hearing on the matter was conducted in November 2002, and Bakhtiari's grade …
Jama et al v. Esmor Correctional Services, NJ, Jury Questionnair, immigration beating, 2007 Case 2:97-cv-03093-DRD-MAS Document 531 Filed 11/13/2007 Page 1 of 9 Case 2:97-cv-03093-DRD-MAS Document 531 Filed 11/13/2007 Page 2 of 9 Case 2:97-cv-03093-DRD-MAS Document 531 Filed 11/13/2007 Page 3 of 9 Case 2:97-cv-03093-DRD-MAS Document 531 Filed 11/13/2007 Page …
Brief • November 2, 2007
Sauve v. Lamberti, FL, Complaint, denial of HIV medication jail, 2008 Case 0:07-cv-61575-WPD Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 11/02/2007 Page 1 of 15 Case 0:07-cv-61575-WPD Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 11/02/2007 Page 2 of 15 Case 0:07-cv-61575-WPD Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 11/02/2007 Page 3 of 15 …
Brief • November 2, 2007
Hopkins v. Flores, CA, Settlement, jail inmate welfare fund recovery, 2008 CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT This Class Aetion Settlement Agreement ("Settlement Agreement") i'; entered into by a elass of inmates of the Santa Clara County jails ("Inmate Class"), through Class Counsel, and Santa Clara County ("County") nle foregoing are refolwd …
Brief • November 1, 2007
Hardwick v. Lamberti, FL, Complaint, denial of HIV medication jail, 2008 Case 0:07-cv-61296-ASG Document 22 Entered on FLSD Docket 11/01/2007 Page 1 of 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO. 07-61296-CIV-GOLD/TURNOFF RICHARD HARDWICK, Plaintiff, v. AL LAMBERTI, in his official capacity as Sheriff of Broward County, …
Serra v. Lappin, CA, Amended Complaint, Bivens Action - Renumeration for Prison Work, 2007 Case3:07-cv-01589-MJJ Document21 Filed10/29/07 Page1 of 13 JOHN lV1l.JRCKO, SB#47008 2831 Telegraph Avenue Oakland, California 94608 Telephone: (510) 465-2241 STEPHEN PERELSON, SB#43032 285 Miller Avenue Mill Valley, CA 94941 (415) 383-1070 \VILLIAM M. SIMPICH, SB# 106672 1736 …
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