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Trifecta for Michigan DOC: Three Reports Find Deficient Prison Medical Care by David Reutter Trifecta for Michigan DOC: Three Reports Find Deficient Prison Medical Care by David M. Reutter From the advent of federal oversight of medical services for Michigan prisoners, the focus has been on three Michigan Dept. of …
Indiana Judge Refuses to Send Juveniles to Unsafe Facility by On December 17, 2007, Judge Peter Nemeth of St. Joseph County, Indiana informed Governor Mitch Daniels that he would no longer send female juvenile offenders to the Indianapolis Juvenile Correctional Facility (formerly known as the Indiana Girls School). Nemeth found …
Article • September 15, 2008 • from PLN September, 2008
Too Many Prisoners, Not Enough Guards Cause Crisis in Texas by Gary Hunter The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) confirmed on January 9, 2008 that an entire wing on the Dalhart Unit was being closed indefinitely. Nearly 300 prisoners were transferred throughout the prison system because the unit had …
Barnwell v. CCA, KS, Memo in Support of Plf Mot for Class Cert, FLSA employee litigation, 2008 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS AT KANSAS CITY KEITH E. BARNWELL, et al. On Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, vs. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF …
Brief • August 21, 2008
Barnwell et al v. Corrections Corporation of America, KS, MiS Plf Motion, FLSA employee overtime understaffing, 2008 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS AT KANSAS CITY KEITH E. BARNWELL, et al. On Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, vs. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF …
Oklahoma Pays $844,000 for Comprehensive Performance Audit of DOC by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 4, 2008, MGT of America, Inc. released a performance audit of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (DOC). The 285-page report cost $844,000 and provided several clues as to how the prison system could …
Article • August 15, 2008
Delaware DOC Not Liable for Rape, Impregnation of Prisoner by Guard by The plaintiff alleged that she was raped by a guard, resulting in pregnancy; the officer was confirmed as 96% likely to be the father. At 420: "... [R]umors and innuendoes of sexual impropriety between inmates and prison guards …
Article • August 15, 2008
TDCJ Policy for Female Guards Strip Searching Male Prisoners Judicially Monitored by Texas federal prisoner Albert Aranda and approximately 100 other prisoners filed suit against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) in 1989. They alleged constitutional violations for male prisoners being strip searched by female guards. The court ordered …
Paralegal Services Reimbursed at Market Rate Under Federal EAJA by The Richlin Security Service Co. (Richlin) provided guards for U.S. government detainees at the Los Angeles International Airport during the 1990s. Contract ambiguities resulted in Richlin guards being underpaid. In 1995, the U.S. Department of Labor ordered the government to …
Squalor, Corruption Cause Cancellation of GEO Group’s TYC Contract by Gary Hunter When Texas Youth Commission (TYC) ombudsman Will Harrell toured the privately-operated Coke County Juvenile Justice Center in Bronte, Texas on September 24, 2007, he found children sleeping on dirty bed sheets, walls covered with smeared feces, urine-stained walls …
California DOC Federal Health Care Receiver Replaced by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Robert Sillen, the scrappy Receiver appointed by a U.S. District Court to fix California’s ailing prison healthcare system, was replaced on January 23, 2008 by J. Clark Kelso, former Chief Information Officer for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. …
Article • June 15, 2008 • from PLN June, 2008
Record Number of Disciplinary Actions Against Texas Prison Guards by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke As previously reported in PLN, a record number of Texas prison guards have been arrested in recent years [see: PLN, May 2007, p. 26]. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) has now confirmed that …
33,000 California Prisoners May Need Credits Recalculated Due To Retroactive State Court Decisions by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Three recent California court decisions interpreting California’s sentencing laws have spawned a need for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to recalculate the release dates of an estimated …
Ongoing Incompetence by Disciplined Doctor Doesn't Establish Indifference by The plaintiff fell and broke his hip. A nurse concluded that he was merely bruised and didn't need to see a doctor. Three days later he saw a doctor at regular sick call who gave him an ace bandage for his …
Washington Jail Prisoners Suffer from Overcrowding, Abusive Guards, Inadequate Health Care and Indifferent Politicians by Roger Smith Since the mid-1990s, Washington State jail populations have increased exponentially. Obsolete facilities built decades ago to hold a handful of prisoners are now packed like sardine tins, with as many prisoners sleeping on …
Article • May 15, 2008 • from PLN May, 2008
Texas Prison Health Care: On the Brink of Unconstitutionality, Again by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke According to Texas prison healthcare officials, medical care in the state?s prison system is teetering on the brink of becoming unconstitutional. ?We?re toed up to the line. No doubt about it,? proclaimed Dr. Ben …
Alabama DOC Charges Prisoners Unlawful Fees to Cover Budget Shortfalls by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 1, 2007, the Alabama Department of Examiners of Public Accounts released an audit report critical of the funding practices of the state's Department of Corrections (DOC). The DOC operates 19 prisons, 10 …
Warden May Be Liable for Suicide for Lack of Mental Health Staffing by The plaintiff was sentenced to 60 days for possession of Valium in the third degree. After six days in jail he drank cleaning fluid, which was viewed by staff as a suicide attempt despite his claim he …
As Connecticut's Prison Population Increases, So Does the Number of Imprisoned Mentally Ill by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Like other prison systems throughout the nation, Connecticut's is reaching peak capacity. In the midst of dealing with overcrowding and parole issues, the Connecticut Department of Correction (CDOC) must also …
ADX Media Visit Staged To Dispel "Myths And Rumors" by Bob Williams On the sixth anniversary of the 9-11 World Trade Center attacks, Ron Wiley, warden of the Federal Supermax known as ADX, staged a tightly controlled first-ever media visit at the Federal stronghold. Its stated purpose was an education …
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