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Article • March 15, 2010 • from PLN March, 2010
California Enacts Non-Revocable Parole And Increased Credits To Reduce Prison Population by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg In what appears to be the first attempt to comply with federal court orders to reduce California’s prison population, the State Legislature enacted Senate Bill 18, which, effective January 25, 2010, places …
Article • March 15, 2010 • from PLN March, 2010
California Prison Erupts, Hundreds Hurt in Riot, Multiple Causes Cited by On August 8, 2009, just days after a three-judge federal panel ruled that California’s prison system was dangerously overcrowded, a major riot erupted at the California Institution for Men at Chino, a prison about 40 miles east of Los …
Brief • March 10, 2010
Taylor v. City of Oakland, CA, Habeas Writ for Witness Engram, Roadside Strip Search, 2010 Case3:04-cv-04843-MHP Document177 Filed03/10/10 Page1 of 3 4 JOHN L. BURRIS, Esq./ State Bar #69888 BENJAMIN NISENBAUM, Esq./State Bar #222173 LAW OFFICES OF JOHN L. BURRIS Airport Corporate Centre 7677 Oakport Street, Suite 1120 Oakland, California …
Article • February 15, 2010 • from PLN February, 2010
Head of California’s Prison System Arrested for Drunk Driving by On June 7, 2009, Scott Kernan, undersecretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) – the operational head of the state’s sprawling prison system – was arrested by the California Highway Patrol for driving under the influence in …
Article • February 15, 2010 • from PLN February, 2010
Swine Flu Widespread in Prisons and Jails, but Deaths are Few by David Reutter by David M. Reutter For hundreds of years the cramped, overcrowded and often filthy confines of dungeons, prisons, jails and other places of imprisonment have served as incubators for infectious diseases, which have killed more prisoners …
Preventable Sacramento County Jail Death Costs Taxpayers $1.45 Million by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The systemic failure of medical care at California’s Sacramento County Main Jail (SCMJ) resulted in a prisoner’s avoidable death that has cost taxpayers $1.45 million. For years, SCMJ’s healthcare system has been severely deficient …
Article • February 15, 2010 • from PLN February, 2010
California Parents and Guardians Assessed Fees to Offset Juvenile Detention Costs by Michael Brodheim On February 13, 2009, following an investigation by the Los Angeles Times, the L.A. County Probation Department suspended its practice of billing parents and legal guardians for each day their children spent in juvenile detention. The …
$2.1 Million Award in Excessive Force Death of California Prisoner by In April, 2009, a federal jury awarded $2.1 million in a lawsuit filed against guards at California’s Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility for their negligence and excessive use of force that caused a prisoner’s death. The prisoner, John Fitzgerald …
Article • February 15, 2010 • from PLN February, 2010
Jury Awards $6,500 to California Prisoner for Negligence, Deliberate Indifference by Doctor by On May 22, 2009, a California federal jury awarded a state prisoner $6,500 on his claims of medical negligence and deliberate indifference. Todd A. Ashker, a prisoner at California’s Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP), sued Dr. M.C. …
Armstrong v. Schwarzenegger, CA, Findings of Fact, Failure to Accommodate Inmates with Disabilities, 2010 Case4:94-cv-02307-CW Document1700 Filed02/03/10 Page1 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 United States District Court For the Northern District of …
Brief • February 3, 2010
Filed under: Immigration
Flores-Lopez v. Holder, CA, Pet Reply Brief, Crime of Violence Removal Charge, 2010 No. 08-75140 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT FLORES-LOPEZ, Carlos Alberto Agency No. A43-738-693 Petitioner, v. Eric H. Holder Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of Decision Of …
Brief • January 19, 2010
Schwarzenegger v. Plata, CA, Dismissal for Lack of Jx, Medical Neglect and Overcrowding, 2010 Case 2:90-cv-00520-LKK-JFM Document 3789 Filed 01/26/2010 Page 1 of 1
Brief • January 19, 2010
Filed under: Appeals
Schwarzenegger, CA, Order dismissing Appeals, Prison Pop, 2010 (ORDER LIST: 558 U.S.) TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2010 APPEALS -- SUMMARY DISPOSITION 09-416 09-553 ) ) ) SCHWARZENEGGER, GOV. OF CA V. PLATA, MARCIANO, ET AL. CA STATE REPUBLICAN LEGISLATOR V. PLATA, MARCIANO, ET AL. The appeals are dismissed for want of …
$950,000 Settlement for California Prisoner Rendered Quadriplegic by In February 2008, the California Department of Corrections (DOC) settled a lawsuit by a prisoner who had been allegedly rendered quadriplegic by medical mistreatment after he was knocked unconscious in a fight. According to the complaint, Kenneth Holcomb, a DOC prisoner, was …
Article • January 15, 2010 • from PLN January, 2010
California Communities Made Less Safe as Sex Offender Housing Restrictions More Strictly Enforced by Michael Brodheim A December 2008 report by the California Sex Offender Management Board (CASOMB) has found that increased enforcement of laws adopted to protect communities from registered sex offenders has had the unintended effect of making …
Soft Porn, Bribery and Jailed Millionaire Make for a Dangerous Mix by Brandon Sample In April 2007, Joe Francis, 36, the multi-millionaire founder of the popular soft porn Girls Gone Wild videos – which consist of young women exposing themselves at parties, clubs and spring break – was charged with …
Former High-Ranking CIA Official Imprisoned for Corruption by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke When the CIA wanted to build secret prisons outside the United States where terrorism suspects could be tortured with impunity, it turned to Kyle “Dusty” Foggo, who ran the agency’s main European supply base in Frankfurt, Germany. …
$2.4 Million Settlement in Children’s Death Caused by California Jail Guard’s Driving by A $2.4 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit involving three children being killed in an automobile accident caused by a California jail guard on the way to work. As Tulare County guard Joseph D. Armstrong …
Indeterminate Civil Commitment Provisions Do Not Apply Retroactively by The Court of Appeal of California, Sixth Appellate District, has reversed and remanded with instructions to dismiss a Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) certification. Joseph Johnson, Jr., was convicted of rape and sentenced to 33 years in prison in 1980. In 2000, …
Los Angeles County Jail Agrees To Pay $900,000 to Settle Lawsuit over Inadequate Medical Care by Los Angeles County has agreed to pay $900,000 to a prisoner who lost his foot after staff at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) in California delayed processing a culture test that later …
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