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The Criminalization of Mental Illness in Missouri by Christopher Cross In response to the 1999 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that prohibits states from forcing people with mental health disabilities to live in state mental institutions when they are capable of living in community settings, state governments turned to using jails …
Florida Lawmakers Disband Correctional Medical Authority by The Florida legislature did an end-run around a veto by the Governor by eliminating funding for the state’s prison medical oversight agency, thereby causing it to disband. With Florida turning to private companies to provide prisoner healthcare services, there is concern that medical …
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
New Director of Tennessee Corrections Institute Faces Conflict of Interest by The new executive director of the Tennessee Corrections Institute (TCI), an agency that oversees standards, inspections and certification of the state’s jails, faces an inherent conflict of interest in certifying the Wilson County Jail, as that county’s sheriff is …
Florida Citizen Fights CCA over Public Records Request by Prison officials tend to frown on public records requests. In fact, employees at a Florida facility operated by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) were so ruffled by a citizen’s request for records that they called the cops. Joel Chandler, 47, has …
California: Federal Court Grants Increased Attorney Fee Rates in Armstrong Disability Case by On August 8, 2011, a California federal district court approved an increase in the hourly rates for the plaintiffs’ attorneys due to additional experience the attorneys had accrued since the beginning of the litigation. The court had …
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries
Ohio Prison Industry Cuts Over 35% of Workforce by The workforce for Ohio Penal Industries (OPI) has been reduced by more than 35% since 2007. With budget cuts due to the economic downturn forcing state agencies – OPI’s largest customers – to reduce spending, revenue at OPI has spiraled downward. …
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
Washington State Corrections Secretary Resigns Due to Affair with Subordinate by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Eldon Vail, the Secretary for the Washington Department of Corrections, submitted a letter of resignation on July 1, 2011 when it was publicly revealed that he had been having an affair with a subordinate. …
Ninth Circuit Rules Sheriff May be Held Liable for Violence in Los Angeles County Jails by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held in a revised ruling that Los Angeles County Sheriff Leroy Baca could be held liable for his subordinates causing dangerous conditions in the Los Angeles County Jail …
Tennessee Discontinues Polygraph Tests as Sex Offender Supervision Tool by Legal concerns have led the Tennessee Board of Probation and Parole (BOPP) to order probation officers to discontinue the use of polygraphs, better known as lie detector tests, in their supervision of sex offenders. Polygraphs are to be used for …
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
Arizona Privatizes Health Care in State Prison System by On April 27, 2011, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed into law House Bill 2154, which resulted in the privatization of medical care for prisoners in the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC). The move comes three years after ADC’s food services were …
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
Filed under: Family, Family Law
Juvenile Facility Guard’s Bigamous Marriage Complicates Death Benefits by Following the death of a guard at a Cleveland, Ohio juvenile detention center, the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits program (PSOB), which provides payments to the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty, made an award of $157,873 …
California Settles Suit over Damage to Prisoner's Medical Prostheses by Larry Edwards, a California state prisoner filed a federal civil rights action after a guard at the California State Prison-Solano allegedly damaged his medical brace and glasses and then, along with other guards, threatened him with retaliatory disciplinary action and …
Article • May 15, 2012
Colorado Court Rejects Prisoner Claim of BOP Mistreatment by A Colorado prisoner's Fifth and Eighth Amendment claims against the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), have been dismissed by Judge Philip A. Brimmer of U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. Prisoner Thomas Silverstein was sentenced in 1978 and started serving …
Court Compels Discovery in Pennsylvania MRSA Death Case by In a federal action stemming from the MRSA and/or staph infection related deaths of two Allegheny County Jail prisoners, a Pennsylvania federal court granted Plaintiff's motion to compel discovery from Allegheny County Health Services, Inc. The court rejected Defendants' blanket claim …
8th Circuit Court of Appeals Dismisses Missouri Jail Failure to Protect and Medical Neglect Case by On December 23, 2008, William Holden filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim against guards in the Marion County, Missouri Jail alleging failure to protect and failure to provide adequate medical treatment. This claim …
Article • May 15, 2012
8th Circuit Rules on Nebraska Prison’s Denial of Religious Publication and Jewelry by Petitioner Curtis Eugene Rowland, a prisoner at the Pen Unit of the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex brought two separate civil rights actions against prison officials in 197l. His § 1983 claim regarding denial of mail was …
10th Circuit Weighs 1st Amendment Rights for Muslim Prisoners by The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in March, 1972, reversed and remanded a § 1983 complaint wherein Petitioner alleged certain religious liberties, violations, and mail issues. Prior to the instant action, Petitioner Eddie Hoggro brought his cause before the U.S. …
DC Prisoner's False Imprisonment Claims Survive Summary Judgment by A federal court in the District of Columbia (DC) refused to dismiss a former prisoner's claims that she was improperly confined 149 days past her sentence expiration date. On December 15, 2005, Eloise Wormley was sentenced to 12 months in prison, …
Death Caused by Speeding Arizona Cop Nets $1.35 Million by Tempe, Arizona officials paid $1.35 million to settle a suit brought by the parents of a college student who was killed in a collision with a police officer. At 2 a.m. on November 26, 2005, Tempe police officer William Cullins …
Article • May 15, 2012
Doctors Who Participate in Executions Not Disciplined for Ethical Violations by Matthew Clarke By Matt Clarke Since 1980, American Medical Association (AMA) policy has stated that it is a clear violation of medical ethics for physicians to participate in executions. The policy, which was last updated in 2005, contains a …
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