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Article • May 15, 2009 • from PLN May, 2009
Prisoners Used for 2008 Voter Registration, Election Campaigning by Last year, prisoners participating in a work release program were hired by Choices Group, a contractor, to register voters in Nevada. Residents of the Casa Grande Transitional Housing Facility in Las Vegas were used to canvass neighborhoods and sign up voters …
Article • May 15, 2009 • from PLN May, 2009
Ninth Circuit: “Supervised Release” is Not “Imprisonment” by The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has held that with respect to 18 U.S.C. § 3624(e), being on supervised release in a state community pre-release center did not toll a state prisoner’s concurrent federal supervised release. Since the plaintiff had therefore …
Article • April 15, 2009
Tenth Circuit Explains Sandin Standard to Determine Liberty Interests by In reversing a Kansas federal district court’s grant of summary judgment to prison officials, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has explained how the legal landscape changed by the ruling in Sandin v. Conner, 115 S. Ct. 2293 (1995). In …
Article • April 15, 2009
Tenth Circuit Finds Colorado Administrative Segregation Placement Does Not Implicate Liberty Interest by The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a prisoner’s administrative confinement conditions did not violate his due process rights because he failed to prove that he had a liberty interest in avoiding such placement. Before …
Class Certification Granted to Illinois Prisoners In Retaliation Lawsuit by A federal district court in Illinois has granted class certification to a group of prisoners. The plaintiffs are current and former Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) prisoners housed in the maximum security unit at Tamms Correctional Center (TCC). The lawsuit …
Federal Prison Officials Granted Qualified Immunity in Colorado by A federal district court in Colorado has granted qualified immunity to the warden and associate wardens of the United States Penitentiary, Administrative Maximum Unit (ADX) in regards to a lawsuit filed by a federal prisoner. Prisoner Ahmed Ajaj filed suit against …
Beating Of Ex Federal Prisoner And Snitch Settles For $300,000 by Ex federal prisoner Mark Lang petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus in 1993 and filed subsequent tort action in 1995 for redress after prison officials put him in a cell with a psychiatric patient who severely beat him. …
Article • February 15, 2009
Montana Detention Center May Not House Out Of State, Federal Prisoners by Montana Attorney General Mike McGrath, upon request of Hardin City Attorney Rebecca Convery, issued an opinion that detention center officials lack the authority to contractually house out of state and federal prisoners. A reportedly $20 million detention center …
Second Chance Act Signed Into Law, But Not Yet Funded by Brandon Sample Second Chance Act Signed Into Law, But Not Yet Funded by Brandon Sample On April 9, 2008, President Bush signed the Second Chance Act into law. The Second Chance Act (P.L. 110-199), a bi-partisan effort, was designed …
Former New Hampshire Deputy Forced Non Compensated Labor On Prisoners by Bob Williams By: Bob Williams Portsmouth, New Hampshire former deputy sheriff Matthew Ejma received 200 hours of community service and a $2,500 fine after using Portsmouth Jail work release prisoners for his personal gain. The prisoners were never compensated …
Sixth Circuit: Second Filing Fee Not Required for Re-Filed Complaint Due to Failure to Exhaust by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a Tennessee district court’s order of dismissal that erroneously considered a prison grievance procedure to be an available remedy for a prisoner’s classification-related complaint. The appellate …
California DOC Settles Sadistic, Hate-Motivated, Three-Year Starvation Death Of Sikh Prisoner For $1 Million by Marvin Mentor California DOC Settles Sadistic, Hate-Motivated, Three-Year Starvation Death Of Sikh Prisoner For $1 Million by Marvin Mentor The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) settled a lawsuit brought by the survivors of …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Alabama Policy Denies Work Release to HIV/AIDS Infected Prisoners by David Reutter Alabama Policy Denies Work Release to HIV/AIDS Infected Prisoners by David M. Reutter Citing a 2004 settlement that requires proper care for prisoners infected with HIV or AIDS, the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) is denying such prisoners …
Brief • December 4, 2008
Filed under: Transfers, Commissary
Sample v. BOP, DC, Settlement, FOIA phones ITS transfers and commissary, 2008 Case 1:06-cv-00715-PLF Document 111 Filed 12/04/2008 Page 1 of 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA B~DON SAMPLE, ~ al. , ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 06-715 PLF ) Federal …
Florida County Sheriff Liable for $1.5 Million for Acts of Informant on Work Release by Florida County Sheriff Liable for $1.5 Million for Acts of Informant on Work Release On May 18, 2007, a Florida jury found the Hendry County Sheriff is liable for injuries caused by a prisoner it …
Massachusetts Jail Conditions Unconstitutional Says U.S. Department of Justice by Gary Hunter A report released by the U.S. Justice Department (USJD), on May 1, 2008, concluded that conditions in the Worcester County Jail and House of Correction (HOC) in Massachusetts violated the constitutional rights of prisoners in its custody. The …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
Over 60% of Oregon Prisoner Suicides Linked to Mental Illness, Isolation by Mark Wilson Over 60% of Oregon Prisoner Suicides Linked to Mental Illness, Isolation by Mark Wilson Nathan Bashaw, 21, had a mere 259 days left to serve until his April 1, 2008 release date. He was serving a …
Teeth Extraction Policy for CA Women Prisoners Rescinded by John Dannenberg Teeth Extraction Policy for CA Women Prisoners Rescinded by John E. Dannenberg As part of a bizarre medical policy, the California Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has for years imposed a rule that requires women prisoners who apply …
Harris County, Texas Sends 600 Jail Prisoners to Private Pen in Louisiana by Harris County, Texas Sends 600 Jail Prisoners to Private Pen in Louisiana In December 2007, Harris County, Texas officials announced they were sending an additional 200 jail prisoners – 180 of them women – to a privately-run …
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