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Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
Georgia Prisoner Beaten By Guard Awarded $22,000 by On October 19, 2005, a federal jury awarded $22,000 in damages to a Georgia prisoner who was beaten by a guard. Plaintiff Larry Hudson, 45, claimed that on March 7, 2002, while confined in disciplinary segregation, he became involved in a verbal …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
Texas State Representative Criticized For Helping Prisoners and Families by Matthew T. Clarke Texas Representative Terri Hodge has been taking heat for (gasp!) helping prisoners and their families, in other words--for doing her job. Hodge is accused of the following: (1) helping arrange rare face-to-face meetings between parole-eligible prisoners and …
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Texas Politicians Provided Perks Using Prisoner Slave Labor by Matthew T. Clarke Texas Correctional Industries (TCI), the industrial division of the Texas prison system, has been operating as a cut-rate, custom craft-goods supplier for dozens of Texas legislators. One politician furnished his new home with prisoner made goods. The goods …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
Bubble-Gum Computers in Washington State DOC by Gary Hunter Bubble-gum-and-baling-wire operation....a risk to public safety over the long term. That's how Rep. Glenn Anderson, R-Fall City, Washington, described the state prisons current computer system. "Its a disaster. Its been a disaster for a long time", agreed state Rep. Ross Hunter, …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
$475,000 Settlement In California Suicide Suit by On December 20, 2005, the county of San Mateo, California, agreed to pay $475,000 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit involving a mentally ill woman who committed suicide in the county jail. Angela Ramirez, 23, was imprisoned at the Women's Correctional Center after …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
California Prison Guards Overtime Doubles to $277 Million by California Prison Guards Overtime Doubles to $277 Million The total California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) guard overtime pay in 2005 of $277 million was twice that of 2004. CDCR's 30,000 prison guards averaged $72,000 for the year, gaining about …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
$365,000 Settlement For Restrained, Untreated Michigan Boot Camp Prisoner by On December 22, 2005, the state of Michigan agreed to pay $365,000 to a boot camp prisoner who was strapped in a restraint chair for six hours and later suffered kidney and liver failure. Craig Allen Cook II was arrested …
Transgender Wisconsin Prisoners Continue Hormone Treatment Despite Law by Michael Rigby On January 25, 2006, a federal court in Wisconsin issued an emergency injunction to prevent the state from discontinuing hormone therapy for three transgender prisoners, despite a new state law banning the therapy. In January 2006 the Wisconsin legislature …
Armor Correctional Health Services: A New Company Blossoming with Political Payback by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A recently-formed Florida prison healthcare corporation is blossoming with new contracts from county sheriffs who decided to change bidding requirements and in one case eliminate cost as a consideration. The company, Coconut …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
Ohio Awards $662,000 to Man Wrongly Imprisoned for Rape by The State of Ohio has agreed to pay Nathaniel Lewis, 28, $662,000 for the five years he spent in prison before his conviction was overturned by a federal appeals court in 2002. While a freshman at the University of Akron …
California DOC Drug Program Funds Squandered by Marvin Mentor Five California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) employees, testifying under subpoena at a February 27, 2006 State Senate Government Oversight Committee hearing, revealed the use-it-or-lose-it practice of spending hundreds of thousands of dollars allotted to prisoner drug treatment programs on …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
North Carolina Prisoner Taps Jails Bank Account for $120,000 by A former prisoner of North Carolinas Durham County Jail (DCJ) managed to bilk the jails prisoner account for over $120,000. After serving 69 days at DCJ, Keith Edward Wright, 34, was issued a check for the balance of the money …
Survivors of Texas Jail Suicidee Win $516,000 Against Phone Provider by Matthew T. Clarke The mother and son of a prisoner who committed suicide by hanging himself from a telephone in his jail cell won a lawsuit against the phone provider. On appeal, the award was upheld, but some of …
Muslim Prisoner Attacked by Other Muslims May Sue Prison for Failure to Protect by Marvin Mentor The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that a California Muslim prisoner who was attacked by fellow Muslims stated two Eighth Amendment claims against prison officials by alleging that (1) they failed to …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
Alabama Sheriff Charged With Raiding Jail Food Fund by Mobile County, Alabama, Sheriff Jack Tilman has been charged with theft and violation of the public officials ethical laws for allegedly taking for personal use funds allocated by the state to feed jail prisoners. Alabama paid Tilman $1.75 per day to …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
EMSA Negligent In Florida Jail Prisoners Death, County Pays $65,000 by Michael Rigby EMSA Negligent In Florida Jail Prisoners Death, County Pays $65,000 by Michael Rigby On April 1, 2005, a jury in the 19th Circuit Court of St. Lucie County, Florida, found EMSA Correctional Care negligent but not liable …
$790,000 Settlement In Ulcer Death of Georgia Jail Prisoner by In November 2005, Dekalb County, Georgia, a private medical provider, and a local hospital agreed to pay a combined total of $790,000 to settle with the widow of a prisoner who died from a perforated ulcer. While imprisoned in the …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
Tolling Provision Appeals to NY Personal Injury Action by The New York Court Of Appeals held that the year-and-90-day period contained in General Municipal Law § 50-; is a statute of limitations (to which the tolling provision of CPLR § 205[a] applies) rather than a condition precedent to suit. On …
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No Qualified Immunity for Failure to Perform Timely Liver Biopsy by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a ruling by the U.S. District Court (N.D. Cal.) that the failure of a prison health care manager to provide a Hepatitis-C positive (HCV+) …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
Florida District Court Awards Federal Prisoner $829.65 for Lost Property by The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, Tallahassee Division, has awarded a federal prisoner $829.65 for lost property. Plaintiff Iris Pereira sued the United States seeking compensation for several items of personal property lost during her …
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