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Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007
Seizure of Washington Prisoners’ Cash at Jail Booking Unconstitutional by Michael Rigby Seizure of Washington Prisoners' Cash at Jail Booking Unconstitutional by Michael Rigby On August 29, 2006, a, federal district court in Washington held that a state law allowing jails to confiscate money from prisoners during booking without notice …
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Prison TB 10 Times Higher Than Non-Prison Cases by The number of Tuberculosis (TB) cases in correctional populations far outpaced the general population between 1993 and 2003, according to a study published in the American Journal of Public Health. TB case rates in the general population remained at fewer than …
Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007
Fulton County Reinstates Deputies Fired in Killing Rampage by After the March 11, 2005 killing rampage by Brian G. Nichols at an Atlanta courthouse, Fulton County Sheriff Myron Freeman talked tough about punishing officers who failed to perform their duties or lied during the ensuing investigation. He initially followed through …
$400,000 Wrongful Death Settlement After San Diego Jailers Hog-Tied Prisoner by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The County of San Diego, California agreed in September 2006 to pay $400,000 to settle an excessive-force wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the family of a prisoner who died on February 2, 2001 in …
Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007
1997 Changes in Pennsylvania Commutation Law Held Ex Post Facto by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania held that a 1997 state ballot constitutional amendment, which modified Pennsylvania?s commutation laws to require a unanimous vote rather than a simple majority …
Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007
Filed under: Mail, Mail Regulations
Summary Judgement Reversed on Illinois Outgoing Mail Ban by The Illinois Court of Appeals held that prison officials violated a prisoner?s First Amendment free speech rights by refusing to allow him to mail an investigative report out of the prison. Illinois prisoner Gene Arnett and two other prisoners attempted to …
Federal Court Compels Activation of California DOC Mental Health Crisis Beds; Approves New $111 Million Mental Care Hospital by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg California?s 16-year-old prisoner mental health federal lawsuit (originally, Coleman v. Wilson) was given new and urgently needed life on May 2, 2006 when a frustrated …
Cleaning up Mississippi’s Supermax: Conditions Suit Settled by David Reutter Cleaning up Mississippi's Supermax: Conditions Suit Settled by David M. Reutter A class action lawsuit filed on behalf of prisoners at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman charged that the totality of conditions are so "hellish" that it makes "Unit …
Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007
North Carolina Jail Prisoner Killed During Court Appearance by Gary Hunter Willie Forrest, 37, was fatally shot by a Northampton sheriff?s deputy, after he grabbed another deputy?s gun and fired two shots. Forrest, who had a history of courtroom violence, was standing trial, on Wednesday July 12, 2006, for three …
Prison Deaths: A National Shame by Ira P. Robbins While the human rights abuses of prisoners detained in Guantánamo Bay and the Middle East have sparked widespread criticism and debate in this country and abroad, surprisingly little attention has been focused on the treatment of citizens imprisoned within our borders. …
Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007
California Governor Vetoes Open Records, Prisoner Condoms and Media Access Bills by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On September 29, 2006, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed legislative bills that would have permitted better access to public records, condoms in state prisons as well as media access to specified prisoners. The …
Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007
California DOC Medical Receiver’s Initial On-The-Job Impression: “Conditions Disgraceful” by John Dannenberg California DOC Medical Receiver's Initial On-The-Job Impression: "Conditions Disgraceful" by John E. Dannenberg In his first bi-monthly accounting to his boss (U.S. District Judge Thelton E. Henderson), California's Prison health-care Receiver ("CPR") Bob Sillen concluded that the California …
Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007
U.S. Spends Record $185 Billion on Justice System is 2003 by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke According to a report released by the U.S. Department of Justice?s Bureau of Justice Statistics in April, 2006, the U.S. spent a record $185 billion for police protection, detention, and judicial and legal …
New York’s Governor Vetoes New Treatment Facilities For Mentally Ill Prisoners by John Dannenberg New York's Governor Vetoes New Treatment Facilities For Mentally Ill Prisoners by John E. Dannenberg Prior to leaving office, on August 16, 2006, then New York Governor George Pataki (R)vetoed Assembly Bill No. 3926-A, which would …
Virginia Prison Minister Indicted on Sex Charges; Ministries Under Fire by Gary Hunter Toney Leon McDonald, an ex-sheriff?s deputy and now ex-prison minister, was arrested on May 17, 2006 on four counts of sexual misconduct with a 23-year-old female prisoner. After posting a $25,000 bond, McDonald surrendered to authorities a …
Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007
$2.5 Million Settlement for Illegal Strip Searches in Connecticut Jail by The State of Connecticut has entered into a settlement agreement that will cost it $2.5 million for a correctional policy of strip searching all detainees regardless of their charges. The settlement comes in a class action filed in a …
Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007
MO Jail Guards Denying Seizure Medication amd Assigning Prisoner to Top Bunk May Violate 8th Amendment by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit has reversed a federal district court?s grant of summary judgment to jailers who denied seizure medication to a prisoner, who then fell from a …
New Jersey Sex Offenders Must Be Protected and Segregated During Transports by A New Jersey federal district court has issued a preliminary injunction requiring prison officials at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center in Avenel, New Jersey (ADTC) to protect and segregate ADTC prisoners when transporting them to medical appointments …
Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007
Illinois Jail’s Strip Search Policy Unconstitutional by Michael Rigby Illinois Jail's Strip Search Policy Unconstitutional by Michael Rigby On December 16, 2005, a federal district judge ruled that the Will County, Illinois jail routinely violated prisoners' Fourth Amendment rights by subjecting them to a blanket strip search policy, paving the …
Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007
Filed under: Searches, Drug Testing
Nebraska UA Procedures Do Not Violate Due Process by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court?s decision that Nebraska?s Department of Correctional Services (DCS) urine sample collection and testing procedures do not deprive prisoners of due process of law. DCS tests urine samples for drugs using the …
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