Skip navigation

Search

40724 results
Page 1630 of 2037. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 1626 1627 1628 1629 1630 1631 1632 1633 1634 ... 2033 2034 2035 2036 2037 | Next »

Alabama Work-Release Prisoners Working But Not Getting Paid by Gary Hunter Prisoners in an Alabama work-release program have been working without getting paid. Problems have come mostly from prison employees who have hired prison workers then defaulted on their debt. Prisons located in Decatur, Birmingham and Loxley posed the greatest …
Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006
Sweetheart Deal For Pharmacy Supplying Saratoga County Jail by OBriens Pharmacy in Ballston Springs has a pretty good deal in supplying the Saratoga County Jail in New York with prescription drugs for prisoners. The county, which paid OBriens $247,000 in FY 2004, has been paying the average wholesale price plus …
Illinois Prison Official, Parole Board Member Indicted For Corruption by On December 9, 2005, a Lee County, Illinois, grand jury returned indictments against former Illinois Department of Corrections official Ron Matrisciano and former Illinois Parole Board member Victor Brooks. Matrisciano was indicted for five counts of official misconduct and two …
Louisiana Work-Release Prisoners Used by Sheriff in Chop Shop by Gary Hunter Louisiana sheriff Ronald Gun Ficklin faces 22 counts on charges of conspiracy, trafficking in motor vehicles with removed or altered vehicle identification numbers (VINs), removing or altering VINs, aiding and abetting the possession of a firearm by a …
Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006
Wrongfully Convicted Texas Prisoner Finally Receives $118,000 in Compensation by Matthew T. Clarke In 1988, a 17-year-old Josiah Sutton was convicted in a Texas court of a rape he did not commit and sentenced to twenty-five years in prison. Sutton spent close to five years in prison before new DNA …
Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006
CONMED Not Using Licensed Nurses In Maryland Jail by Attempts to get jail medical services on the cheap may have backfired for Marylands Queen Anne County. CONMED, a private jail medical services company, has a contract to provide medical services at the countys 80-bed jail and 11 other Maryland jails. …
Los Angeles Jail Pays $375,000 To Assaulted Keep Away Prisoner by Los Angeles Jail Pays $375,000 To Assaulted Keep Away Prisoner Los Angeles County, California, should pay $375,000 to a former prisoner who was severely beaten after being improperly celled with his assailant, the County Claims Board recommended on December …
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 …
Page 1630 of 2037. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 1626 1627 1628 1629 1630 1631 1632 1633 1634 ... 2033 2034 2035 2036 2037 | Next »