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Brief • September 17, 2010
Mercado v Wadas Co Court Order Confinement Conditions 2010 Case 1:06-cv-02303-WYD -MJW Document 278 11 Filed 09/17/10 USDC Colorado Page 1 of IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 06-cv-02303-WYD-MJW RALPH MERCADO, Plaintiff, v. JO WADAS, H. TRAPP, RALPH SMITH, TIFFANY CRAWFORD, and …
Brief • September 17, 2010
Rhea v. Washington Department of Corrections et al, WA, Order, medical neglect, 2010 Case 2:10-cv-00254-BHS-KLS Document 24 Filed 09/17/10 Page 1 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 8 9 10 JEAN RHEA, Plaintiff, 11 12 13 No. …
Brief • September 17, 2010
Peschetta v Commonwealth of Matempt Motion Skull Spinal Injury 2010 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS D WORCESTER SUPERIOR COURT WORCESTER, ss CIVIL ACTION Not -0 - ~: 0 j ) ) ) ) v. ) COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, ) WORCESTER COUNTY: SHERIFF GUY GLODIS,) ADVOCATES, INC, SANDRA FALLON, LCSW, ) JOHN DOE, …
Brief • September 16, 2010
Clark v State of California Ca Court Order Plra Clark Remedial Plan Ada Compliance 2010 Case3:96-cv-01486-CRB Document500 Filed09/16/10 Page1 of 107 1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 8 DERRICK CLARK, et al., Plaintiffs, 9 v. 10 11 Case No. C 96-1486 …
Brief • September 16, 2010
Woods v Commission Indiana Department of Correction in Cross Motions for Summary Judgment Censorship Prisoner Mail 2010 Case 1:08-cv-01718-JMS-TAB Document 48 Filed 09/16/10 Page 1 of 17 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION DANA WOODS, ET AL., Plaintiffs, vs. COMMISSIONER, INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, Defendant. ) …
Thou Shalt Not: Sexual Misconduct by Prison and Jail Chaplains by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Traditionally, the role of a chaplain in the correctional setting is to serve as a spiritual advisor to prisoners and help them meet the requirements of their religious faiths. Equally traditionally, chaplains have …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Filed under: Organizing, Clergy
Clergy Who Advocate for Prisoners Barred from Prisons and Jails by As described in this month’s cover story, prison and jail chaplains accused of sexual misconduct often resign, retire, are fired or are sometimes prosecuted. In other cases, though, well-meaning clergy members who seek to help prisoners have been locked …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Federal Court Finds Nation of Islam Publication Not Racially Inflammatory by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 31, 2010, a Louisiana U.S. District Court held that the denial of access to a religious publication based solely on the inclusion of a section called “The Muslim Program” was a …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
From the Editor by Paul Wright After 20 years of publishing Prison Legal News I have been asked if it ever gets old or if I get tired of reporting the same news for decades. While there are common themes in prison and jail news over the years (medical neglect …
$35,000 Settlement in Indiana Jail Failure to Protect and Medical Care Suit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter & Mark Wilson Indiana’s Marion County Jail (MCJ) has paid $35,000 to settle a federal civil rights complaint that alleged deliberate indifference to a prisoner’s safety and serious medical needs. The …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Boulder Weekly Investigation Ends the Practice of Shackling Colorado Prisoners in Labor by Pamela White Ryan Owens caught her first case at age 27 after becoming addicted to methamphetamine. She was sent into treatment, but relapsed almost immediately after graduating. When she got into trouble again, she went on the …
$10 Million Settlement for Former Colorado Prisoner Cleared by DNA by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On February 16, 2010, Colorado’s Larimer County Commission approved a $4.1 million settlement with a former prisoner who served 10 years of a life sentence for a murder he didn’t commit. The settlement …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Prison Nursery Programs Promote Bonding, Reduce Recidivism by Gary Hunter Several studies, highlighted by the Women’s Prison Association (WPA) in a recent report, have shown that allowing infants born in prison to remain with their incarcerated mothers enhances bonding and leads to decreased recidivism. Prior to the 1950s, nurseries for …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Texas Judge Sharon “Killer” Keller Receives Sanctions by by Matt Clarke On January 20, 2010, San Antonio judge David A. Berchelmann, Jr., acting as a special master for the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct, issued findings of fact in a disciplinary complaint against Sharon Keller, the presiding judge of …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Court Rebuffs BOP for Third Time in PLN Records Suit by Brandon Sample The score is now PLN - 3, BOP - 0 in a protracted legal battle over the disclosure of records related to settlements and judgments paid by the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). In August 2003, PLN …
Failed Extortion Scheme Led to Washington Prisoner’s Suicide Attempt, Lawsuit Says by David Reutter by David M. Reutter According to a suit filed on behalf of a Washington state prisoner who attempted to commit suicide, a guard at the McNeil Island Corrections Center retaliated against prisoners who failed to pay …
Deplorable Conditions at Los Angeles ICE Facility Result in Settlement by Brandon Sample Being locked up is bad enough. But imagine being held in a basement without basic essentials like drinking water, clean clothes, the ability to shower, a toothbrush and toothpaste, and medical care. Thousands of immigration detainees in …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
$2 Million in Settlements for Wrongful Arrest, Conviction in Ohio by Two former Ohio prisoners have accepted settlements totaling $2 million after being wrongly imprisoned for crimes they did not commit. One of the men, Derris Lewis, spent 18 months in jail pending trial on murder charges. The other, Robert …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Five Sentenced in Oregon Prison Food Bribery Scandal by Mark Wilson Four men who paid Oregon’s prison food services administrator $1.2 million in bribes to obtain state contracts have been sentenced to 3 months in prison for their role in the worst corruption case in Oregon’s history. As previously reported …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Technology, Budget Cuts Make Sex Offender Monitoring More Difficult by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Technological innovations and tech-savvy sex offenders, combined with budget cuts, have made it harder for law enforcement authorities to monitor the nation’s estimated 716,750 registered sex offenders (RSOs). That does not include all RSOs, as …
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