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Cell Phones Confiscated from Prisoners Given to Charities

Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015

Filed under: Prisoner Property, Cell Phone Access

Cell Phones Confiscated from Prisoners Given to Charities by Christopher Zoukis Cell Phones Confiscated from Prisoners Given to Charities by Christopher Zoukis Thousands of cell phones seized from prisoners nationwide have been donated to charitable causes, including domestic violence programs and Cell Phones for Soldiers. Cell phones are considered contraband …

News In Brief

Article • September 24, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015

Filed under: News in Brief

News In Brief by Alabama: On April 9, 2013, Kenneth Wayne Patton was arrested on a domestic violence charge. When he arrived at the Etowah County Jail, he informed guards that he used to be employed at the St. Clair Correctional Facility and should be put in protective custody. Despite …

Alabama Supreme Court Dismisses Prisoner’s Money Order Processing Fee Suit

Article • September 18, 2015

Filed under: Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Prisoner Property, Immunity/Liability, Sovereign Immunity

Alabama Supreme Court Dismisses Prisoner’s Money Order Processing Fee Suit by Alabama Supreme Court Dismisses Prisoner’s Money Order Processing Fee Suit The Supreme Court of Alabama restyled then dismissed the pro se appeal of the circuit court’s dismissal of prisoner Victor J. Russo’s action against the Alabama Department of Corrections …

Foster v. City of Alexander City, AL, Complaint, Debtors Prison, 2015

Brief • September 8, 2015

Filed under: Money/Property

Foster v. City of Alexander City, AL, Complaint, Debtors Prison, 2015 I I IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA . NORTHERN DIVISION ··, ·~<,~.?· D' ANGELO FOSTER and AMANDA UNDERWOOD, on behalf of themselves and those similarly situated, Plaintiffs, COMPLAINT v. CITY OF ALEXANDER …

Alabama: Settlement to Integrate HIV-Positive Prisoners Finalized

Article • August 29, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015

Filed under: Discrimination, HIV/AIDS, Res Judicata

Alabama: Settlement to Integrate HIV-Positive Prisoners Finalized by David Reutter Alabama: Settlement to Integrate HIV-Positive Prisoners Finalized by David M. Reutter An Alabama federal district court has approved a settlement that integrates HIV-positive prisoners into the state prison system’s general population, finding it “fair, adequate, and reasonable.” The change in …

Prisoners Released When Jails Can’t Feed Them

Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015

Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems, Food

Prisoners Released When Jails Can’t Feed Them by Mark Wilson Prisoners Released When Jails Can’t Feed Them by Mark Wilson "We didn’t have food for them and we don’t want to violate anyone’s rights when they are here,” said Wellston, Missouri Police Chief G. Thomas Walker, explaining why he released …

Alabama Courts Must Review Substance of Claim Despite Pleading’s Title

Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015

Filed under: Complaints

Alabama Courts Must Review Substance of Claim Despite Pleading’s Title by David Reutter Alabama Courts Must Review Substance of Claim Despite Pleading’s Title by David Reutter The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals held on August 1, 2014 that a trial court should treat pleadings according to their substance rather than …

Redding v. Dale Co, AL, Complaint, 8th Am assault deadly snake, 2015

Brief • July 21, 2015

Filed under: Failure to Protect (General), Eighth Amendment

Redding v. Dale Co, AL, Complaint, 8th Am assault deadly snake, 2015

Alabama DOC Agrees to Protect Women Prisoners from Systemic Sexual Abuse, Harassment

Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Prison Rape Elimination Act

Alabama DOC Agrees to Protect Women Prisoners from Systemic Sexual Abuse, Harassment by David Reutter Alabama DOC Agrees to Protect Women Prisoners from Systemic Sexual Abuse, Harassment by David M. Reutter The State of Alabama has agreed to implement reforms designed to protect prisoners at the Julia Tutwiler Prison for …

$266,653 Judgment in Lawsuit Challenging Alabama Prison’s Improper Sewage Discharge

Article • June 3, 2015 • from PLN June, 2015

Filed under: Sewage, Clean Water Act

$266,653 Judgment in Lawsuit Challenging Alabama Prison’s Improper Sewage Discharge by David Reutter $266,653 Judgment in Lawsuit Challenging Alabama Prison’s Improper Sewage Discharge by David Reutter Following a settlement agreement between Black Warrior Riverkeeper (Riverkeeper) and Alabama Utility Services (AUS), a judgment was entered in a lawsuit that alleged the …

$8,500 Settlement for Sexual Assault of Minor by Alabama Prisoner on Work Release

Article • June 1, 2015

Filed under: Work Release, Prisoner-Visitor Assault, Sexual Assault by Parolees

$8,500 Settlement for Sexual Assault of Minor by Alabama Prisoner on Work Release by $8,500 Settlement for Sexual Assault of Minor by Alabama Prisoner on Work Release The city of Cordova, Alabama, agreed to pay $8,564.26 to settle a lawsuit that charged it failed to properly supervise a prisoner who …

Dunn et al v. Dunna et al, AL, Mot to Compel Adequate Site Inspections, ADOC disabled prisoners mental, 2015

Brief • April 30, 2015

Filed under: Corrections Audits, Disabled Prisoners, Americans with Disabilities Act, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Dunn et al v. Dunna et al, AL, Mot to Compel Adequate Site Inspections, ADOC disabled prisoners mental, 2015 Case 2:14-cv-00601-MHT-TFM Document 152 Filed 04/30/15 Page 1 of 29 INTHE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA JOSHUA DUNN, ET AL., ) ) ) ) ) ) …

Black Warrior Riverkeeper v. Alabama Utility Services, AL, Final Judgment, Prison Sewage Discharge, 2015

Brief • April 7, 2015

Filed under: Environmental Law, Sewage

Black Warrior Riverkeeper v. Alabama Utility Services, AL, Final Judgment, Prison Sewage Discharge, 2015 FILED Case 2:13-cv-00410-AKK Document 44 Filed 04/07/15 Page 1 of 4 2015 Apr-07 PM 02:36 U.S. DISTRICT COURT N.D. OF ALABAMA UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION BLACK WARRIOR RIVERKEEPER, INC., ) …

Black Warrior Riverkeeper v. Alabama Utility Services, AL, Judgment, failure to comply with settlement, 2015

Brief • April 7, 2015

Filed under: Settlements, Contempt (Civil Procedure)

Black Warrior Riverkeeper v. Alabama Utility Services, AL, Judgment, failure to comply with settlement, 2015 FILED Case 2:13-cv-00410-AKK Document 44 Filed 04/07/15 Page 1 of 4 2015 Apr-07 PM 02:36 U.S. DISTRICT COURT N.D. OF ALABAMA UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION BLACK WARRIOR RIVERKEEPER, INC., …

Double Jeopardy

Article • November 19, 2014

Filed under: Sentencing, Death Penalty, Criminal Procedure

Double Jeopardy by Paige Williams Double Jeopardy In Alabama, a judge can override a jury that spares a murderer from the death penalty. By Paige Williams On an April night in 1997, when Shonelle Jackson was eighteen, he went out to a local club in Montgomery, Alabama. As he and …

Quainoo v Watkins, 11th Cir, Plf Brief, police excessive force pepper spray, 2014

Brief • November 10, 2014

Filed under: Pepper Spray/Tear Gas

Quainoo v Watkins, 11th Cir, Plf Brief, police excessive force pepper spray, 2014 Case: 14-12690 Date Filed: 11/10/2014 Page: 1 of 88 14-12690,14-12935(XAP) IN THE United States Court of Appeals FOR THE Eleventh Circuit SILVADNIE QUAINOO, Plaintiff–Appellee–Cross-Appellant, – v.– JENNIFER DENISE WATKINS and HUNTER J. ALDRIDGE, Defendants–Appellants–Cross-Appellees, CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, …

SORNA Does Not Violate Ex Post Facto Clause, 11th Circuit Rules

Article • October 5, 2014

Filed under: Sex Offender Residence, Ex Post Facto, Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act

SORNA Does Not Violate Ex Post Facto Clause, 11th Circuit Rules by SORNA Does Not Violate Ex Post Facto Clause, 11th Circuit Rules   The federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) is a civil and non-punitive regulatory scheme that does not violate the Ex Post Facto Clause, the …

Alabama PUC

Brief • September 30, 2014

Alabama PUC STATE OF ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION P.O. BOX 304260 MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36130 TWINKLE ANDRESS CAVANAUGH, PRESIDENT JOHN A. GARNER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JEREMY H. ODEN, ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER TERRY DUNN, ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER September 30, 2014 Chairman Tom Wheeler Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, SW Washington, DC 20554 Commissioner Mignon …

Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Inc. v. Alabama Utility Services, Inc., AL, Settlement, Prison Sewage, 2014

Brief • September 26, 2014

Filed under: Environmental Law, Sewage

Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Inc. v. Alabama Utility Services, Inc., AL, Settlement, Prison Sewage, 2014 FILED Case 2:13-cv-00410-AKK Document 34 Filed 09/26/14 Page 1 of 22 2014 Sep-26 PM 05:01 U.S. DISTRICT COURT N.D. OF ALABAMA UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION BLACK WARRIOR RIVERKEEPER, INC., ) …

Alabama DOC Short Hair Policy Does Not Violate RLUIPA

Article • September 20, 2014 • from PLN September, 2014

Filed under: Grooming Rules, RLUIPA, Religious Grooming

Alabama DOC Short Hair Policy Does Not Violate RLUIPA by David Reutter Alabama DOC Short Hair Policy Does Not Violate RLUIPA by David M. Reutter The Eleventh Circuit held in July 2013 that an Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) policy requiring prisoners to maintain short hair does not violate their …