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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, …
Article • January 15, 2004 • from PLN January, 2004
Alabama Highway Labor Kills Three Prisoners, Three More Injured by In a sudden surge of mayhem, three Alabama prisoners were killed in separate incidents and three more were injured. Prisoner highway labor was temporarily suspended. On April 11, 2003, Dairron Clark, 33, was struck and killed by a minivan on …
Supreme Court Upholds Federal Tolling Statute; $80,000 Verdict Reinstated by Reversing the Supreme Court of South Carolina, the United States Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, held that 28 U.S.C. § 1367(d) is constitutional. The decision reinstates a judgment against a South Carolina county jail in a wrongful death claim. …
Qualified Immunity Standards Tightened in Prison Murder Suit by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals brought its law of the Circuit into compliance with recent U.S. Supreme Court case law to add the additional test of "knowing unlawfulness" in Eighth Amendment prisoner …
Article • December 15, 2003
Two Killed in Failed Florida Prison Escape by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A bungled escape attempt at Florida's Charlotte Correctional Institution (CCI) on June 11, 2003, resulted in the first death of a female guard. Darla Lathram, 38, began working at CCI in June 2002. She was beat …
PHS Redux: Sued In A Dozen States, Contract Losses, Stock Plummets, Business Continues by by John E. Dannenberg Prison Health Services (PHS), a subsidiary of America Service Group, Inc. (ASG), continues to face lawsuits and lose contracts for its deplorable record of prisoner health care gaffes in a dozen states. …
Bad Medicine, No Oversight, Total Secrecy: ACLU Reports on VA DOC Medical Care by Bad Medicine, No Oversight, Total Secrecy: ACLU Reports on Virginia DOC Prisoner Medical Care by Matthew T. Clarke In May 2003, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Virginia issued a report on the status of …
Article • December 15, 2003
Deadly Drug-Resistant Staph in Prisons Throughout USA by by Matthew T. Clarke A deadly outbreak of drug resistant staph (MRSA) is occurring at prisons throughout the country. It is often misdiagnosed as a spider bite or non-resistant staph, delaying treatment until it is too late. This has already lead to …
Brief • December 15, 2003
Hudson v. McNesby, FL, Appellant Brief - Reverse MSJ, Police Shooting, 2003 Case No. 03-15565C IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT DONALD HUDSON, Administrator of the Estate of MARVIN JUAN HUDSON, Deceased as Administrator and on behalf of SHONDRANIQUE J.M. HUDSON, an Infant, and ERNEST …
Article • November 15, 2003 • from PLN November, 2003
Oklahoma Jail Pays $385,000 Settlement in Baby's Death by Oklahoma Jail Pays $385,000 Settlement in Baby's Death On December 11, 2002, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma agreed to settle a medical neglect suit by paying $385,000 to Deborah Smith, 31, a former prisoner in the Oklahoma county jail. While imprisoned in the …
The Deadly Health Services of Naphcare in Alabama by Lonnie Burton It is often said that you can tell a lot about a society by checking the condition of its prisons. Based on the way prisoners in Alabama are treated (or, more accurately stated, not treated), citizens of that state …
Temporary Injunction Issued in Alabama Suit by On June 26, 2003, the parties in Baker v. Campbell agreed to the entry of a temporary preliminary injunction which, among other things, provides for "immediate" and "adequate" medical care for Alabama prisoners with serious illnesses. The "Preliminary Injunction Settlement Agreement" stems from …
Article • October 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2003
$500,000 Settlement in Connecticut Suicide by On April 14, 2003, the family of a prisoner who committed suicide in 1996 while in a Connecticut prison settled with the state for $500,000. William Dumais, 19, was imprisoned in the Corrigan Correctional Institution in Uncasville from December 1995 to February 1996 on …
Article • October 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2003
Family Awarded $229,000 Against CMS in Illinois Hepatitis C Jail Death by A jury has awarded the family of a prisoner who died while in the Kane County Illinois Jail $229,500. On May 16, 2002, after 92 hours of deliberation, the jury returned a verdict against Correctional Medical Services of …
Honduras Prison Massacre: What Really Happened by On April 5, 2003, 68 people were murdered inside the walls of the El Porvenir prison in Honduras. The story that initially came out of that country said that 59 of the dead were gang members who shot at other prisoners, then barricaded …
Article • October 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2003
Survivors of North Carolina Jail Fire Settle for $1.94 Million by On January 9, 2003, Mitchell County (NC) Superior Court Judge Marlene Hyatt approved a settlement in which the families of the eight fatalities and the nine survivors of the May 3, 2002, Mitchell County Jail fire will split $1.94 …
Georgia Jury Awards $325,000 to Prisoner's Widow in Legal Malpractice Case by Georgia Jury Awards $325,000 to Prisoner's Widow In Legal Malpractice Case On July 13, 2002, a Carroll Counrty, Georgia, jury awarded $325,000 to the widow of a prisoner who allegedly died due to medical malpractice and neglect. The …
Article • September 15, 2003 • from PLN September, 2003
Justice Department Report Decries Smuggling in Federal Prisons by Justice Department Report Decries Smuggling in Federal Prisons The U. S. Justice Department has issued a report decrying the ability of smugglers to get regular shipments of drugs even into the highest security federal prisons. The report blames visitors, mail, and …
Los Angeles County Liable Under § 1983 for Jail Detainee's Murder by Los Angeles County Liable Under § 1983 for Jail Detainee's Murder by Walter Reaves The following are summaries of the some of more significant, and interesting cases decided during the last several months dealing with issues important to …
Article • August 15, 2003 • from PLN August, 2003
Sadistic New Jersey Prison Doctor's License Revoked Amid Allegations of Neglect, Malpractice by Lonnie Burton On November 13, 2002, the New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners revoked the license of Dr. John J. Napoleon following the most recent allegations that he was grossly negligent in the treatment of nine patients …
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