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Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006
Filed under: Organizing, Voting, Injunctions
Washington Ex-Cons Cant Be Denied Voting Rights Because of Unpaid LFOs by Washington Ex-Cons Cant Be Denied Voting Rights Because of Unpaid LFOs On March 27, 2006, Judge Michael Spearman, of the Superior Court of King County, Washington held that withholding voting rights from released felons, solely because they owe …
Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006
New York Prisoner Awarded $25,000 For Assault by On April 12, 2005, a Bronx, New York, jury awarded $25,000 to a man who was severely beaten by other prisoners in the mental health section of the Rikers Island jail complex. The 18-year-old plaintiff was imprisoned at Rikers Island for a …
Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006
$232,700 in Attorney Fees Awarded In Colorado Censorship Settlement by Bob Williams The United States District Court for the District of Colorado on April 26, 2005, awarded $232,700 in fees and costs after a Settlement Agreement was reached over the rejection of numerous magazines and books by the Colorado Department …
Brief • July 11, 2006
Heston v. City of Salinas, CA, Order denying Def MTD, police taser death cardiac arrest, 2006 Case 5:05-cv-03658-JW Document 36 Filed 07/11/2006 Page 1 of 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 For the Northern District of California United States District Court 9 10 IN THE UNITED STATES …
Brief • June 27, 2006
Lujan v. CCA, CO, Depositions, 2006 DEPOSITION OF JAMES I. HALE SHEET 1 PAGE 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO 1 2 Civil Action No. 06-cv-00054-REB-BNB 3 4 RUDY A. LUJAN, Plaintiff, 5 6 vs. 7 CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, a Tennessee corporation; BRENT …
Brief • June 26, 2006
Prison Legal News v Lappin, DC, Verdict, BOP public records, 2006 Page 1 Cited As of: Jan 04, 2007 PRISON LEGAL NEWS, Plaintiff, v. HARLEY G. LAPPIN, DIRECTOR, FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, Defendant. Civil Action No. 05-1812 (RBW) UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 436 F. Supp. …
Brief • June 25, 2006
Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment
Corley v Davis, CA, Order re disposal docs after notification of settlement, wrongful imprisonment, 2006 ase 2:03-cv-01447-LKK-DAD Document 86 Filed 08/25/2006 Page 1 of 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 WILLIAM B. CORLEY, NO. …
Brief • June 21, 2006
Filed under: Guard Misconduct
Madrid v. Tilton, CA, Special Masters Report on Administrative Discipline, guard misconduct, 2006 2 3 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 5 ) ) ) Plaintiffs ) ) ) v. ) ) ) ) JAMES E. TILTON et aI., ) ) Defendants, -----------) …
Torture in Maine Prison by Lance Tapley Torture in Maine Prison by Lance Tapley The mission of the Maine State Prison is to provide a safe, secure, and humane correctional environment for the incarcerated offender. Five hollering guards wearing helmets, face shields, and full body armor charge into a mentally …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
From the Editor by Paul Wright This months cover story highlights abuse in the Maine prison system which consists mostly of one prison. While a lot of PLNs news and legal coverage focuses on states such as Texas and California and the federal Bureau of Prisons, in large part because …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
North Carolina Prison Audit Finds Industry Excesses,Overpaid Guards, More by Michael Rigby The North Carolina Department of Corrections prison industries program routinely violates state purchasing guidelines and lacks adequate internal controls, a state audit has confirmed. The audit, released on October 19, 2005, also found that guards were sometimes overpaid, …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
Rampant Sexual Favoritism By California Prison Warden Is Actionable Under Hostile Work Environment T by Rampant Sexual Favoritism By California Prison Warden Is Actionable Under Hostile Work Environment Theory A unanimous California State Supreme Court held that non involved female employees could sue the Department of Corrections (CDC) for sexual …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
Filed under: Death Row, Media, Prisoner Media
The Decline and Fall of the Prison Press by Leah Caldwell It was a melee, a riot, a simmering dispute. Despite the nomenclature, coverage of the August 9, 2005, prisoner incident at San Quentin prison was hardly diversified. 39 prisoners were injured in one of the largest riots since 1982 …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
Audit of Californias Failed Intermediate-Parole-Sanctions Program Blames Lack of Benchmarks And D by Audit of Californias Failed Intermediate-Parole-Sanctions Program Blames Lack of Benchmarks And Data Analysis The California State Auditor issued a stinging 58 page report in November 2005 that squarely fixed the blame for the purported failure of the …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
Nevadas Son of Sam Statute of Violates First Amendment by Mark Wilson Nevadas Son of Sam Statute of Violates First Amendment by Mark Wilson The Nevada Supreme Court held that the States Son of Sam law violates the First Amendment. In 1977, New York enacted the nations first Son of …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
Filed under: Parole, News, State Legislation
California Legislature Reorganizes DOC To Add Rehabilitation by Marvin Mentor California Legislature Reorganizes DOC To Add Rehabilitation by Marvin Mentor Via legislative enactment (SB 737) effective July 1, 2005, the California DOC (formerly CDC) was renamed the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), the Board of Prison Terms (BPT) was …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
$40,000 Default Judgment Reversed for Determination of Service of Process Validity by In a case of unusual circumstances, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a default judgment of $40,000 in favor of a prisoner against a prison nurse for failure to serve process, but ordered the district court …
Aramark to Pay $65,000 for Overbilling Pennsylvania Prison by Pennsylvania's Dauphin County Prison (DCP) will receive $65,000 from its food service vendor due to overbilling. The settlement comes on the heels of a several-month grand jury investigation started in 2004 to examine allegations of watered-down food and overcharging. The agreement, …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
California Auditor: Prison Industries Loses Money and Fails to Demonstrate Rehabilitative Success by Marvin Mentor The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations (CDCR) Prison Industry Authority (PIA) loses money in 20 of 28 enterprises it operates in CDCR prisons, provides rehabilitative work for a declining number of prisoners in spite …
$20,500 New Hampshire Jail Award Upheld for False Disciplinary Charges by The First Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a jurys award of $20,500 to a pretrial detainee in a civil rights action, alleging denial of due process from the filing of false disciplinary charges. Jason Surprenant was a pretrial …
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