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Transgender Prisoner’s Lawsuit Sparks BOP Policy Change
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Filed under: Transgender, Transgender Medical Procedures
Transgender Prisoner’s Lawsuit Sparks BOP Policy Change by Derek Gilna A lawsuit filed by a tranmasssgender federal prisoner in Massachusetts has resulted in the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) making appropriate medical care available “to [prisoners] who believe they are the wrong gender,” according to a May 31, 2011 memo issued …
The Other Death Sentence: More than 100,000 Americans are destined to spend their final years in prison. Can we afford it?
Article • November 15, 2012 • from PLN November, 2012
Filed under: Geriatric Classification, Systemic Medical Neglect, Medical Expenses, Sentencing
The Other Death Sentence: More than 100,000 Americans are destined to spend their final years in prison. Can we afford it? by James Ridgeway The Other Death Sentence: More than 100,000 Americans are destined to spend their final years in prison. Can we afford it? by James Ridgeway William “Lefty” …
$47,500 Awarded to Massachusetts Prisoner Held in Segregation Without Hearing
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Disciplinary Litigation, Ad-Seg Hearings
$47,500 Awarded to Massachusetts Prisoner Held in Segregation Without Hearing by On January 27, 2012, a Massachusetts U.S. District Court awarded $47,500 to a prisoner for due process violations that resulted in 375 days of solitary confinement. Massachusetts state prisoner Albert Ford filed a civil rights action alleging that his …
Valentin v. Dennehy, MA, Expoert Report, 2015
Brief • June 13, 2012
Filed under: Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Dogs
Valentin v. Dennehy, MA, Expoert Report, 2015 COMMONWEAL TH OF MASSACHUSETTS SUFOLK, ss. SUPERIOR COURT SUCV2007-0 2 592 MIGUEL VALENTIN, Plaintiff, v. KATHLEEN DENNEHY, et al. Defendants. ******************************************************************** EXPERT REPORT OF RONALD J. ANGELONE Correctional Solutions Incorporated P.O. BOX 72655 Richmond, Virginia 23235 Phone: 804-677-5311 Fax: 804-794~1278 Email: r.angelone@verizon.net L6v9·sc:v-vos …
1st Circuit Permits Massachusetts X-ray Drug Search
Article • May 15, 2012
Filed under: Searches, Mechanical Searches/Scanners, Arrestee Searches
1st Circuit Permits Massachusetts X-ray Drug Search by The 1st Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a Massachusetts district court decision permitting an x-ray search of defendant Shane Spencer under the aegis of a search warrant and dismissed his 1983 action. Spencer had been arrested in 2005 by Worcester, Massachusetts …
Appeals Court Reverses Summary Judgment in Malicious Prosecution and Evidence Concealment Case against Boston Police Department
Article • May 15, 2012
Filed under: Police Misconduct, Disciplinary Hearings, Malicious Prosecution, Disclosure of Records, Discovery, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Qualified Immunity, Municipal Liability, Failure to Train/Supervise
Appeals Court Reverses Summary Judgment in Malicious Prosecution and Evidence Concealment Case against Boston Police Department by Derek Gilna By Derek Gilna In a well-reasoned opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has permitted a Section 1983 action against the Boston Police Department (BPD) to continue. James …
Massachusetts Supreme Court Rules Prison Mail Regulations Vague & Overbroad
Article • May 15, 2012
Filed under: Mail, Publications/Books, Mail Regulations, Legal Mail, Censorship
Massachusetts Supreme Court Rules Prison Mail Regulations Vague & Overbroad by Massachusetts Supreme Court Rules Prison Mail Regulations Vague & Overbroad The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts held that a prison policy governing censorship of incoming mail was unconstitutionally vague and overbroad. The court also held that another policy requiring …
Disability Law Center v. Massachusetts DOC, MA, Order Approving Settlement, Failure to Treat Mental Health, 2012
Brief • April 12, 2012
Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)
Disability Law Center v. Massachusetts DOC, MA, Order Approving Settlement, Failure to Treat Mental Health, 2012 Case 1:07-cv-10463-MLW Document 260 Filed 04/12/12 Page 1 of 33 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS DISABILITY LAW CENTER, Plaintiff, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) v. MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF …
Lachance v. Commissioner of Correction, MA, Amicus Brief - ACLU, Mentally Ill Solitary Confinement, 2012
Brief • March 29, 2012
Filed under: Eighth Amendment, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)
Lachance v. Commissioner of Correction, MA, Amicus Brief - ACLU, Mentally Ill Solitary Confinement, 2012 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT ESSEX, ss. No. SJC-11057 EDMUND LACHANCE, JR., Plaintiff-Appellee v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION & OTHERS, Defendants-Appellants, ON APPEAL FROM AN ORDER OF THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR ESSEX COUNTY DENYING DEFENDANTS’ …
Complaint against DTC, MA, Memo of Pet Opp Dismissal, collect call phone rates, 2012
Brief • March 23, 2012
Filed under: Telephone Rates, Family
Complaint against DTC, MA, Memo of Pet Opp Dismissal, collect call phone rates, 2012
New Prison HIV Medication Rules Subject of Massachusetts Suit
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
Filed under: Medical, HIV/AIDS, Medication, Medical Expenses, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act
New Prison HIV Medication Rules Subject of Massachusetts Suit by Cost reduction is the “real reason” behind a new policy in Massachusetts prisons that prohibits prisoners from receiving their HIV medication through the Keep On Person (KOP) program, according to a federal civil rights lawsuit. Under the policy, HIV-positive prisoners …
Medina v. Holt, MA, Plff's Memo on Mots, Officers Assault Homeless Man, 2012
Brief • February 24, 2012
Filed under: Disclosure of Records, Excessive Force (Police)
Medina v. Holt, MA, Plff's Memo on Mots, Officers Assault Homeless Man, 2012 Case 1:11-cv-10256-NMG Document 39 Filed 02/24/12 Page 1 of 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS CARLOS MEDINA, Plaintiff, CIVIL ACTION NO. 11-10256-NMG v. CHRISTOPHER HOLT and TIMOTHY LENANE Defendants. PLAINTIFF’S MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS’ …
Massachusetts: Guards Suspended, Accused of Threatening to Kill Escaped Prisoner in Scheme to Generate Overtime
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Escapes
Massachusetts: Guards Suspended, Accused of Threatening to Kill Escaped Prisoner in Scheme to Generate Overtime by Two Massachusetts Department of Correction (DOC) officers were suspended in May 2011, one with pay, in connection with anonymous, threatening phone calls made to a hospital where a critically wounded prisoner was being held, …
$96,000 Settlement in Massachusetts Conditions of Confinement Suit
Article • December 15, 2011 • from PLN December, 2011
Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Totality of Conditions, Sewage, Sanitation
$96,000 Settlement in Massachusetts Conditions of Confinement Suit by Following a Massachusetts Superior Court’s award of nominal damages and attorney fees in a prison conditions case, and with an appeal pending, the parties entered into a settlement agreement. The settlement resulted from a lawsuit that sought damages for “disgusting and …
A System Master Plan for Massachusetts Corrections, MA Division of Capital Asset Management, 2011
Publication • December 1, 2011
Filed under: Medical, Conditions of Confinement, Bedding, Release and Reentry
A System Master Plan for Massachusetts Corrections, MA Division of Capital Asset Management, 2011 STV Incorporated Carter Goble Lee FINAL REPORT A System Master Plan for Massachusetts Corrections MASSACHUSETTS DIVISION OF CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT CORRECTONS MASTER PLAN The Corrections Master Plan The Final Report DOC 0801ST1 STV Incorporated in association …
Massachusetts Highest Court Upholds Damages Awards to State Prisoners Unlawfully Transferred to Federal Prisons
Article • November 15, 2011
Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement
Massachusetts Highest Court Upholds Damages Awards to State Prisoners Unlawfully Transferred to Federal Prisons by In 1989, the Supreme Judicial Council of Massachusetts affirmed the award of damages to eight state prisoners who were unlawfully transferred to federal out-of-state institutions without the procedural protections afforded to them under departmental regulations. …
Unremembered Massachusetts Police Station Beating Actionable Under Fourth Amendment
Article • November 15, 2011
Filed under: Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings
Unremembered Massachusetts Police Station Beating Actionable Under Fourth Amendment by On November 24, 2010, a Massachusetts federal court ruled that a man who couldn't remember the circumstances of his being beaten in a City of Worcester, Massachusetts police station holding cell could nonetheless sue the police officer he suspected of …
Glik v Cunniffe, MA, Opp Defense Mtn for PO, police IA censorship, 2011
Brief • October 19, 2011
Filed under: Videotaping, First Amendment, False Arrest
Glik v Cunniffe, MA, Opp Defense Mtn for PO, police IA censorship, 2011 Case 1:10-cv-10150-LTS Document 52 Filed 10/19/11 Page 1 of 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS __________________________________________ SIMON GLIK, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 10-10150 LTS ) JOHN CUNNIFFE, PETER J. …
Massachusetts Prisoners Receive Expired Food Rejected by Schools
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Food
Massachusetts Prisoners Receive Expired Food Rejected by Schools by According to an April 2011 news report, the Massachusetts Department of Education set aside 11,000 cases of expired cheese, blueberries, frozen chicken and other food items for use in prison kitchens after an investigation discovered the out-of-date food was being served …
Adams v. FBOP, MA, Adams' Stipulation of Voluntary Dismissal (2009)
Brief • September 29, 2011
Filed under: Discrimination (Transgender)
Adams v. FBOP, MA, Adams' Stipulation of Voluntary Dismissal (2009) Case 1:09-cv-10272-JLT Document 53 Filed 09/29/11 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS ____________________________________________ ) VANESSA ADAMS, legal name, ) Nicholas Adams, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) CIVIL ACTION ) NO. 09-10272 JLT FEDERAL …
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