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Report Details Suicide and Homicide Rates in Prisons, Jails by Michael Rigby Even though suicide and homicide rates among prisoners have been falling since the 1980s, thousands still die in U.S. prisons and jails every year. During 2001 and 2002, 5,824 state prisoners died in custody, according to a Bureau …
Four CCA Guards Indicted in Murder of Nashville Prisoner by Matthew T. Clarke Four guards have been indicted for reckless homicide and aggravated assault in the July 2004 murder of a female prisoner at the Metro Detention Facility in Nashville, Tennessee, previously reported in PLN. [see PLN, Apr. 2005, p. …
Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006
Filed under: Sentencing, Habeas Corpus
Habeas Hints: Evidentiary Hearings by Kent Russell This column is intended to provide habeas hints to prisoners who are considering or handling habeas corpus petitions as their own attorneys (in pro per). The focus of the column is habeas corpus practice under the AEDPA, the 1996 habeas corpus law which …
Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006
Nearly 7 Million Under Correctional Supervision In U.S. by Michael Rigby At yearend 2004, nearly 7 million adults were in prison, on parole, or on probation in the U.S.--2.5 million more than in 1990--according to a study by the Bureau of Justice Statistics released on November 2, 2005. Put another …
Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006
Banned From the Hood by Matthew T. Clarke In Chicago, gang-leader parolees may be required to stay away from the turf of their gang as a condition of parole. Returning to the hood results in returning to prison. Other cities are using innovations such as gang-free safety zones and court …
Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
California DOC Bans Dying Parolee From His Familys Town by California DOC Bans Dying Parolee From His Familys Town A terminally ill prisoner, paroled in February 2005 from one of a small northeast California towns two state prisons, was denied his request to live out his remaining days with his …
BJS Director Sacked For Telling Truth About Racial Profiling by Matthew T. Clarke Lawrence A. Greenfield was the director of the Justice Departments Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), a low-profile government agency that employs some 50 people for the task of preparing reports on statistical analysis of criminal justice-related issues …
Connecticuts Mistreatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners and Detainees Enjoined by John Dannenberg Connecticuts Mistreatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners and Detainees Enjoined by John E. Dannenberg The Connecticut Department of Corrections (CDOC) entered into a settlement agreement in September 2005 that specified extensive changes to its policies for confining and treating …
Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006
West Virginia Prisoner Sued By Victims Mother Following $50,000 Award by West Virginia Prisoner Sued By Victims Mother Following $50,000 Award On August 16, 2005, state prisoner Mark Allen Harris was awarded $50,000 for facial injuries he sustained when he fell out of a jail van. Two days - later, …
Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006
Sixth Circuit: RLUIPA Held Constitutional Under the Spending Clause by by John E. Dannenberg The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, acting on remand from the U.S. Supreme Courts recent ruling (Cutter v. Wilkinson, 125 S.Ct. 2113 (2005); PLN, July 2005, p.30) (Cutter II) that the Religious Land Use and …
California DOC Diverts $480,000 of Drug Treatment Money for Movie Studio by The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), while overrunning its 2005 $6.4 billion state budget by $543 million, nonetheless diverted $480,000 of unspent drug treatment money to a private foundation to create a movie studio. The Amity …
Texas Prisoner Writers Retaliation Lawsuit Proceeds by David Reutter Texas Prisoner Writers Retaliation Lawsuit Proceeds by David M. Reutter A Texas federal district court has granted in part and denied in part prison officials motion to dismiss Texas prisoners lawsuit alleging he was retaliated against for having articles published criticizing …
Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006
Filed under: Medical, Medication, Staffing
Robots Package Medications for Jails by In a 21st Century move designed to both save $1 million per year and improve the accuracy of drug dispensing in county jails, Contra Costa County, California has hired robots to replace pharmacists and nurses in the packaging and dispensing of medications to prisoners …
Florida's Juvenile Justice: Convicted Sex Offender Rapes Disabled Youth in His Care by Once again, Florida's Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) is under close scrutiny for failing to protect a severely mentally disabled teenager from sexual abuse. At the center of this scandal is Robert, an orphan with the mind …
$150,000 Paid to Indiana Juvenile Jail Detainee for Sexual Assault by Following an Indiana federal district courts denial of summary judgment to the Marion County Sheriff, the Sheriff settled the matter by giving $150,000 to a pretrial juvenile detainee that was raped in the Marion County Jail (MCJ). Seventeen-year-old Ryan …
Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006
Sixth Circuit Reverses Judgment for EMSA Physician, Remands for Trial by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a grant of summary judgment to a physician employed by EMSA Correctional Care, Inc (EMSA) in an Ohio pretrial detainees inadequate medical care claim. On October 5th or 6th, 1998, James …
Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006
BOP Sexually Explicit Materials Ban Requires Factual Development by The Third Circuit Court of Appeals Reversed a district courts dismissal of a federal prisoners challenge to the Ensign Amendment, which prohibits federal prisoners from receiving sexually explicit materials. The Ensign Amendment was first passed by Congress in 1997 and prohibits …
Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006
Conviction Rates Low After DNA Match by For years now, the U.S. government and individual states have been pushing for wider DNA testing and bigger databases to make matches with crime scene evidence. The Bush administration proposed to spend $1 billion to expand testing. The question now is how effective …
Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Montana Awards New Prison Phone Contract by The State of Montana has contracted with Public Communications Services (PCS), Inc. to provide phone services to prisoners in the Department of Corrections, according to a January 3, 2006 press release. PCS holds itself out as a bargain for both the DOC and …
Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006
Jury Awards $858,200 in California Jail Suicide by On February 22, 2006, a federal jury sitting in Sacramento found San Joaquin County, and Dr. Robert Hart, MD., liable for the death of Maurice Shaw in August of 2000. Shaw, who suffered from schizophrenia, was arrested on a minor drug charge …
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