Skip navigation

Search

71795 results
Page 1619 of 3590. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 1615 1616 1617 1618 1619 1620 1621 1622 1623 ... 3586 3587 3588 3589 3590 | Next »

Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
California Prisoner Wins Option of Kosher Meals Until Halal Meals Can be Provided by The Marin County Superior Court ordered San Quentin prison officials to provide Keith Allen Lewis, a Muslim prisoner, with access to Jewish kosher meals until he could be provided with the Halal meals prescribed by his …
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief: by California: Beverly Hills attorney Michael H. Inman was charged on June 17, 2010 with attempting to smuggle heroin into a secure area of the downtown L.A. criminal court building. The 48-year-old lawyer was caught with approximately 14.25 grams of black tar heroin in a plastic bag …
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
Obama’s 2011 Budget Calls for More Prisons, More Guards by Brandon Sample So much for “hope” and “change.” President Obama’s fiscal year (FY) 2011 budget for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is simply more of the same – more prisons, more guards, more cops. At least when it comes …
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
Aryan Warriors Prison Gang Prosecuted in Nevada by Gary Hunter Nevada prison officials recently had to come to grips with two stark realities. First, for decades their correctional facilities have been a haven for gang-related crime and brutality, and second, the state’s own corrupt prison guards played a role in …
$500,000 Settlement in Maryland Prisoner’s Death from Pepper Spraying by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A half-million dollar settlement was paid to the family of a Maryland prisoner who died when prison officials used excessive pepper spray while extracting him from his cell, and then failed to provide medical …
Prisoner’s Homicide at Maryland Jail Not Prosecuted by Gary Hunter Ronnie White’s death by strangulation will go unpunished. On June 2, 2009, almost a year after White died amid a flurry of controversy at the Prince George’s County Correctional Center in Maryland, state’s attorney Glenn F. Ivey announced there was …
DOJ Investigation into New York Jail Finds Unconstitutional Conditions by Justin Miller The findings of an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) into conditions at a New York jail describe violations of prisoners’ constitutional rights – violations which, in the words of federal investigators, have resulted in “serious …
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
California Official Resigns from State Post, Hired by Federal Receiver by Kathleen Webb, the California official who, as deputy director of the state’s Department of General Services, oversaw the questionable purchase of $1.2 million worth of vehicles that remained unused for months, and who resigned in October 2009, just two …
Washington DOC Pays $3,275,000 to Family of Deputy Killed by Former Prisoner by In September 2009, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to settle a wrongful death suit filed by the family of a King County deputy who was murdered by a recently-released prisoner. On December 2, 2006, while …
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
U.S. State Prison Population Declines for First Time in a Decade by Justin Miller Recent advance data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) indicates that not only has the rate of people entering the U.S. prison system declined in the past year, but the state prison population actually dropped …
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
Filed under: News
New Jersey’s Riverfront Prison Demolished by Justin Miller The Riverfront State Prison in Camden, New Jersey is no more. Despite protests from prison employees and the union that represents them, which objected to the loss of jobs, the prison – which had drawn considerable criticism over the years as a …
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
“Back to School” is a Guide to Success Following Release from Prison by Gary Hunter Even the most diligent planning does not ensure success. However, it is a proven fact that education significantly enhances one’s chances to succeed. Back to School: A Guide to Continuing Your Education After Prison (the …
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
ICE Policies and U.S. Deportation Laws Violate Human Rights by Gary Hunter A 64-page report issued last year by Human Rights Watch (HRW), a non-profit watchdog organization, indicates that changes in U.S. deportation laws implemented by Congress in 1996 are mostly targeting immigrants who commit nonviolent crimes. Statistical data accumulated …
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
U.S. Department of Justice Releases 2008 Capital Punishment Statistics by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In December 2009, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) of the U.S. Department of Justice released statistical data on capital punishment in the United States for 2008. The report was later revised to include preliminary …
Problems Persist at Privately-Operated Rhode Island Jail by Justin Miller On June 30, 2009, a former employee at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility, a privately-operated jail near Providence, Rhode Island, pleaded guilty to lying to federal officials about sexual misconduct involving an immigration detainee, marking yet another embarrassing problem …
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
Maricopa County Throws Sheriff Arpaio Under Improperly Purchased Bus by by Matt Clarke On October 30, 2009, the Maricopa County Internal Audit Department released a report critical of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s purchase of a $456,221.57 bus specially equipped to transport prisoners. Among other criticisms, the report noted that the Maricopa …
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
North Carolina Innocence Commission Verifies Wrongful Conviction by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke After examining hundreds of cases, the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission has verified its first claim of innocence – which resulted in both controversy and stinging criticism from prosecutors. In 2006, North Carolina became the first state …
Wisconsin: Taycheedah Lawsuit Set for Trial by Michael Brodheim On November 24, 2009, a U.S. District Court judge in Wisconsin substantially denied prison officials’ motion for partial summary judgment and set for trial a class-action suit that alleges medical and mental health care provided to female prisoners at Taycheedah Correctional …
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
California Prison Health Care System Plagued by Understaffing, Overtime by Michael Brodheim The rampant use of overtime to fill gaps in medical staffing in California’s prison system has resulted in windfalls for some of the state’s prison health care workers, fatigue for others, and lapses of judgment that endanger the …
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
$140,000 Settlement in Washington Jail Detainee’s Suicide by Pierce County, Washington has paid $120,000 to settle a federal lawsuit that claimed its policies were deliberately indifferent to the risk of suicide by pretrial detainees at the Pierce County Detention and Corrections Center (PCDCC). The City of Lakewood paid an additional …
Page 1619 of 3590. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 1615 1616 1617 1618 1619 1620 1621 1622 1623 ... 3586 3587 3588 3589 3590 | Next »