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Article • September 15, 1995 • from PLN September, 1995
INS Detainees Trash Private Prison by On June 18, 1995, some 300 im migrants being held at the privately-run Esmor Immigration Detention Center in Elizabeth, New Jersey, chased out the guards, trashed the facility and held off federal, state and local law enforcement agents for nearly six hours. Police finally …
Diabetic Sues for Meals by Prisoners with medical conditions are entitled to special diets if needed to avoid illness. Robert Taylor is a diabetic and an Illinois state prisoner. His medical condition requires that he receive a special diet to insure that he receives the proper amount of sugars and …
Article • July 15, 1995 • from PLN July, 1995
Health Problems in WY by We have a new Health Service provider that took over from the state. They worry about costs over and above prisoners' health care. The name of the provider is Wexford Health Services, Inc. Their home office address is 4500 PGA Blvd. Suite 302, Palm Beach, …
Prisoner Raped by Custodians by A federal woman prisoner being transported from the Danbury prison in Connecticut to one in Texas was sexually assaulted by the owner of Fugitive One Transport, Arnold Faulhaber, and a company guard, Joseph Jackson. Both suspects were arrested on October 8, 1994, and charged by …
Breach of Contract Claim OK Against Medical Contractor by On December 22, 1992, Eddie Cherry began serving a 30 day sentence in the Polk county jail, Florida, for drunk driving. At the time of his incarceration he told jail staff that he drank approximately a case of beer a day. …
Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994
Medical Claims Standards Discussed by Ronald Brewer is an Iowa state prisoner. He suffers from coronary artery disease. Employees of Correctional Medical Services (CMS), a contractor with the Iowa DOC, prescribed medicine for Brewer's illness but the treating doctor made an error in the dosage. Brewer filed suit claiming that …
Article • April 15, 1994 • from PLN April, 1994
Detainees Have Right to be Vermin Free by Two federal pretrial detainees housed under contract in the Allegheny County Jail (ACJ) in Pennsylvania sued jail officials for a wide variety of ailments affecting jail prisoners. Among the issues they filed suit on were: inadequate ventilation, extreme temperatures, excessive noise, use …
Damages Awarded to Paraplegic Prisoner by Robert Hicks was a pretrial detainee in the Jefferson County jail in Kentucky. He attempted to escape by climbing out of a window, his rope broke and he was severely injured in the resulting fall. After a stay in the local hospital he was …
Article • September 15, 1993 • from PLN September, 1993
Prison Privatization in England by The British government's "privatization program" for prisons and prison service is proceeding fast. After the contracting out of the Wolds prison in Humberside to Group 4 security, Blakehurst, a new prison in Worcestshire, has been tendered out to UK Detention Services. Meanwhile bids have just …
US Marshals Liable for Beating by Fred Sandoval is a federal prisoner. While being transported to a court hearing the Marshals Service placed him in a private jail run by the Wackenhut corporation, contracted to the US government. A Wackenhut guard antagonized another prisoner who, thinking Sandoval was the culprit, …
Article • May 15, 1993 • from PLN May, 1993
Minn. Prison Signs Contract for Puerto Rican Inmates by Minn. Prison signs Contract for Puerto Rican Inmates St. Paul, Minn. - about 500 prisoners from Puerto Rico will come to Minnesota as early as this month under a deal that finally will fill a privately operated prison in Appleton built …
The Prison Privatization Debate by Ed Mead "Prisons are by their very nature coercive and oppressive institutions, designed to disempower and destroy the resistance of those confined within them, so any discussion of `reform' is largely meaningless and futile. Prisons, whether controlled and operated by the state or private companies, …
Court Supports Supervisory Liability Claim by James Johnson, a prisoner at the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas Department of Corrections, appealed from the district court's dismissal of his §1983 complaint. The complaint alleged that Johnson suffered an inguinal hernia, which was diagnosed in January 1984. The prison doctor recommended surgery …
Article • October 15, 1990 • from PLN October, 1990
Private Gulags in England by Mike Vukasinovic Private Gulags In England By Mike Vukasinovic Following the de-nationalized policies of the Tory government of the UK, plans are afoot to privatize new remand centers and the escort of prisoners to and from court. This announcement comes as a prison officer's revolt …
Article • August 15, 1990 • from PLN August, 1990
HR-4079: A National Crime Emergency? by Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, it does. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan, Jr., resigned his seat, leaving President Bush to name an even more reactionary successor. Not only will the pro-choice Roe v. Wade ruling fall by the wayside, making …
Article • July 15, 1990 • from PLN July, 1990
The Fortress Economy: The Economic Role of the US Prison System by The Fortress Economy: The Economic Role of the U.S. Prison System is the title of a brand new 29 page booklet by the American Friends Service Committee (Quakers). It's an excellent book and I highly recommend it. The …
Prison Legal News vs. Corrections Corporation of America, Final Judgment, Sept. 2014
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Cca Lumpkin Ga Waste Water Treatment Agreement Nov 2009 CIL THE CITY OF LUMPKIN POBOX 278 .. 110 MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE .. LUMPKIN, GEORGIA 31815 PHONE ~ 229--838-4333, MAYOR, WEYMAN E. CANNlNGTON JR. Fax ~ 229~838..9908, EMAIL .. lumpkincity@hellsouth.net ADMINISTRATOR, JAMES A. MURRAY CITY CLERK, MARIANNA R. Wll.LIAMS MEMORANDUM …
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Tennessee Doc and Metro Nashville Davidson County Contract 1991 . -CONTRACT BETWEEN STATE OF TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION STATE FUNDING BOARD AND METROPOLITAN NASHVILLE DAVIDSON.COUNTY GOVERNMENT THIS CONTAACT is made and entered into by and between the State of Tennessee, Department of Correc~ion and the State Funding Board. he!'"einafter referred …
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CO CCA Riot After Action Report COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AFTER ACTION REPORT Inmate Riot: Crowley County Correctional Facility July 20, 2004 October 1, 2004 After Action Report Inmate Riot: July 20, 2004 Crowley County Correctional Facility Prepared by: Nolin Renfrow, Director of Prisons Cherrie Greco, Legislative Liaison Anna Cooper, …
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