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Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Washington Commission Finds AT&T is Prison Collect Call Provider by Mark Wilson Washington Commission Finds AT&T is Prison Collect Call Provider by Mark Wilson On April 21, 2010, the Washington State Utilities and Transportation Commission (Commission) handed the dedicated loved ones of PLN’s tenacious Editor an important victory in their …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Maryland Law Counts Prisoners According to Pre-Incarceration Residence by Michael Rigby by Mike Rigby A new Maryland law – the first of its kind – changed the way state prisoners were counted in the 2010 census. Historically, prisoners have been counted according to the location of the facility where they …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Florida: Judgment for Female Prison Staff Alleging Sexual Harassment by Prisoners Affirmed by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) was properly held liable under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for failing to remedy a sexually hostile work …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Suspected Norovirus Strikes Oregon Women’s Prison by At least two dozen female prisoners in Oregon were overcome by flu-like symptoms, causing prison officials to quarantine their unit and cancel visitation. On May 12, 2010, Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) officials isolated all of the women in a minimum-security unit of …
Wexford Pays $300,000 in Illinois Prisoner’s Death by Wexford Health Services paid $300,000 last year to settle a lawsuit regarding the wrongful death of an Illinois prisoner who died in June 2003 after suffering an asthma attack. The complaint alleged Wexford failed to properly train and supervise its medical staff …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Wisconsin Law Prohibiting Hormone Treatment for Prisoners with Gender Identity Disorder Found Unconstitutional by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 13, 2010, a Wisconsin federal court issued a 68-page decision holding that a Wisconsin state law prohibiting hormone therapy for prisoners with gender identity disorder (GID) was an unconstitutional …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Failure of CMS Nurses and Doctor to Properly Treat Broken Leg Overcomes Summary Judgment by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the grant of summary judgment to a doctor and two nurses employed by Correctional Medical Services (CMS). The lawsuit claimed an Eighth Amendment violation related to the treatment …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Sixth Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment for Dentist Who Failed to Provide Temporary Filling by Genuine issues of material fact precluded granting summary judgment to a prison dentist accused of providing deliberately indifferent dental treatment, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit found. Gregory T. McCarthy, while incarcerated at …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Former Utah Prison Guard Ordered to Pay Over $1.4 Million for Raping Prisoner by Derek Gilna U.S. District Court Judge Clark Waddoups, in a February 2010 decision, ordered former Utah State Prison guard Louis Poleate to pay $435,332.50 in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages to prisoner Priscilla …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Indian Jail Opens Private Outsourcing Program by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Authorities at the Cherlapally Central Jail, a 2,100-bed facility near Hyderabad, the capital of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, announced in May 2010 that they will open an outsourcing unit. [See: PLN, July 2010, p.32]. The program …
Taser Timeout by Kelly Virella In 2005, the sheriff of Kankakee County, Illinois discovered the alchemy necessary to turn the financial burden of operating jails into a financial boon. He rented to other agencies—including Cook County Jail—as many of his 668 beds as possible. Running a jail—particularly, leasing the beds—is …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Filed under: Money/Property, Bond Fees
Massachusetts Clerk Magistrates and Assistants Pocket Millions in After-Hours Fees by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In 2009, 191 of 210 clerk magistrates and assistants in Massachusetts padded their incomes by pocketing over $2.5 million in after-hours bail fees. Clerk magistrates and assistants are paid salaries ranging from $84,000 to …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Filed under: Court Access, Paralegals
Texas Sues Former Prisoner Over Unauthorized Practice of Law by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 12, 2010, the Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee (UPLC), a nine-member body appointed by the Texas Supreme Court that is responsible for enforcing statutes prohibiting the unauthorized practice of law, filed suit against …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Oregon Jail Beating Nets $500 Jury Award Plus $27,500 in Attorney Fees by Mark Wilson In December 2009, a federal jury in Portland, Oregon awarded a hearing-impaired jail prisoner $500 for a beating inflicted by guards during the booking process. The defendants also paid attorney’s fees of $27,500. On September …
$4 Million Settlement in R&B Singer’s Death from Drug Withdrawal in Ohio Jail for Failure to Pay Child Support by $4 Million Settlement in R&B Singer’s Death from Drug Withdrawal in Ohio Jail for Failure to Pay Child Support A $4 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit that …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Illinois Eliminates Computer, Business Classes for Prisoners by Illinois prison officials are eliminating computer education classes for prisoners, and the rationale for the decision to end the classes varies. The computer program operated at 11 state prisons, with around 900 prisoners participating in the last round of classes. It was …
Class Certification Upheld for Louisiana Toxic Train Derailment Near Prison by On August 21, 2008, a Louisiana appellate court affirmed class certification in a lawsuit involving prisoners and guards who were exposed to toxic chemicals following a train derailment. The train derailed near Eunice, Louisiana on May 27, 2000, and …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Filed under: Money/Property, Bail Bonds
Over $26 Million Owed for Forfeited Bail Bonds in Harris County, Texas by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke If you are arrested in Harris County (Houston), Texas, you can usually pay a bondsman 10% of the bail amount to get out of jail. The bondsman pledges the full amount and …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Steep Surcharges for Driving Violations Clog Texas Courts, Create Criminals by Michael Rigby by Mike Rigby A program designed to raise money for highway projects and trauma care by assessing steep surcharges for drunk driving and other traffic violations is clogging Texas courts and causing the dismissal rate for DWI …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
New York Prison Officials Ordered to Produce Prisoner’s Grievances in Discovery by On December 4, 2009, a New York Court of Claims ordered prison officials to produce copies of a prisoner’s grievances, but denied the claimant’s motion to produce grievances filed by other prisoners. Before the Court was a motion …
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