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Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Tennessee Jail Detainee Shackled During Childbirth Awarded $200,000 by Juana Villegas won a $200,000 jury award in a § 1983 action against the Metro-Davidson County Sheriff’s Office in Nashville, Tennessee for being shackling while she was in the final stages of labor during her pregnancy and past-partum recovery. Villegas had …
California District Court Rips Feds for “False and Misleading Information” in FOIA Case, Then Does Nothing by In a lawsuit filed by six Islamic organizations and five individuals, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Southern Division, found that the FBI and the U.S. government had “provided …
California Inspector General Expresses Concerns About Out-of-State Private Prisons by In December 2010, California Inspector General David Shaw sent a letter to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), informing CDCR officials about concerns related to housing California prisoners in out-of-state privately-operated facilities. The concerns arose when the Office …
FBI Claims 2,500 Percent Increase in Child Porn Arrests by Although the number of prosecutions for child pornography is small in comparison with drug and immigration offenses, child porn cases have skyrocketed according to FBI statistics. Arrests for such crimes are up 2,500 percent since 1996, largely due to technology …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Oregon Aggravated Murder Statute Creates Liberty Interest by Mark Wilson The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that Oregon’s aggravated murder statute creates a protected liberty interest in parole eligibility. In 1982, Oregon state prisoner Douglas Miller was convicted of aggravated murder and sentenced to life imprisonment with a …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Montana Jail Agrees to Provide Addiction Treatment for Pregnant Prisoners by The American Civil Liberties Union of Montana (ACLU) has reached a settlement with the Lake County Detention Center (LCDC) which requires LCDC to ensure that pregnant prisoners at risk of opiate withdrawal receive proper medical treatment. The ACLU filed …
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Pennsylvania Councilman Takes Private Prison Company’s Donation, then Opposes Detention Center by A $3,000 campaign contribution from private prison firm GEO Group has put a spotlight on a county councilman in Pennsylvania. The contribution was made only days after Ron Angle, president of the Northampton County Council, urged his colleagues …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
$10,000 Settlement in North Carolina Prisoner’s Pepper Spraying by The North Carolina Department of Corrections (NCDOC) paid a prisoner $10,000 to settle a lawsuit claiming guards used excessive force by pepper spraying him. Lanesboro Correctional Institution prisoner Bill Rayburn had been asking guards to move him away from another prisoner …
Department of Justice Report on Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails by In January 2011, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) released a report titled “Sexual Victimization Reported by Adult Correctional Authorities, 2007-2008.” The report is based on the annual Survey of Sexual Violence mandated by …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Los Angeles County Pays $400,000 to Settle Juvenile Jail Prisoner Wrongful Death Suit by The Los Angeles County Board of Commissioners has approved a $400,000 settlement to resolve negligence, civil rights and other claims related to the wrongful death of a juvenile offender held at the Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall. …
90% Remittitur of $750,000 Strip Search Verdict Vacated; Plaintiffs Accept $440,385.08 on Remand by Mark Wilson On June 30, 2010, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a district court had abused its discretion in reducing a $750,000 jury award to $75,000 in a case raising illegal strip search …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Postcard-Only Mail Policy Enjoined at Colorado Jail by On December 20, 2010, Chief U.S. District Court Judge Wiley Y. Daniel issued a preliminary injunction against a postcard-only mail policy instituted at the El Paso County Jail in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The injunction resulted from a class-action lawsuit filed by a …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Former Florida Prison Guard Sues for Reinstatement Under Whistleblower Act by The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) has been sued for retaliation under the state’s whistleblower act by a former guard. The suit, filed by lawyers for John Pisciotta, seeks back pay, reinstatement of his job, damages and attorney fees. …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Prisons Are Breeding Ground for Terrorists? by Mark Wilson “Prisons are often described as ‘hotbeds’ of terrorism,” but they can also become important “net contributors in the struggle against terrorism” according to a July 2010 joint study by the London-based International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Prison Legal News Sues Arizona Jail Over Restrictive Mail Policy by On September 7, 2011, Prison Legal News, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona (ACLU) and the law firm of Rosen, Bien & Galvan, LLP, filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a Pinal County, Arizona …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Budget Cuts Threaten Oregon Juvenile Offenders by Even in the face of a $3.5 billion shortfall in the 2011-2013 biennial budget cycle which began on July 1, 2011, Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber refused to touch the $1.5 billion budget of the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC). Instead he turned his …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Congressional Budget Resolution Cuts Some DOJ Programs by The April 2011 vote in Congress that passed a resolution for continued federal funding until the end of the current fiscal year on June 30 included 17 percent cuts for various Department of Justice (DOJ) programs, including the Second Chance Act. The …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Fugitive Oregon DOC Food Manager Getting Homesick in Iran by “I would love to come back to my country ... but unfortunately they want to fry me for my mistake,” wrote international fugitive and former Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) Food Service Administrator Farhad (“Fred”) Monem, in emails sent to …
Oregon Juvenile Who Attempted Suicide Settles Negligence Suit for $192,500 by An Oregon juvenile offender has settled a negligence suit against county officials for $192,500. In June 2010, Michael J. Stephens, 16, was detained at Lane County’s John Serbu Youth Campus in Eugene, Oregon. He was on suicide watch due …
Sexual Misconduct Topples Two Oregon Prosecutors by The elected District Attorney of a small Oregon county lost his job after being accused of using his office for sexual misconduct and then trying to cover it up. In August 2010, a female employee of the Umatilla County District Attorney’s office, Dawn …
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