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Article • October 15, 2005
OH State Court Must Determine Immunity Before Suit Filed; Guards Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity in Prisoner's Death by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that guards at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility sued by the estate of a prisoner--who was beat to death by the guards--are not entitled …
Article • October 15, 2005
$26,000 Paid in WA DOC Guard's Discrimination/Retaliation Claim by Robert D. Taylor, a guard at Airway Heights Corrections Center, was injured by another guard during an unauthorized drill. Taylor filed a complaint over the drill, as he had sustained a neck injury that required a titanium rod and plate in …
No Qualified Immunity for Michigan Prison Warden in Guard's Murder by The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, held that Tripett, the warden of the Thumb Correctional Facility in Michigan (TCF), was not entitled to qualified immunity, in a suit brought by the estate of a …
Article • October 15, 2005
California Restitution Fine Collection Rate Raised to 33% by California Restitution Fine Collection Rate Raised To 33% The California Department of Corrections (CDC) increased the percentage it collects from deposits to prisoner trust accounts to pay unpaid restitution fines from 22% to 33%, effective July 1, 2003. Deductions will further …
Article • October 15, 2005
Washington DOC Seizure from Prisoner Savings Fund Policy Upheld by The Washington Court of Appeals rejected a prisoner's challenge to Department of Corrections (DOC) Policy 200.000, requiring that a prisoner's debt to DOC be seized from the prisoner's savings account upon release. DOC is required to place 10 percent of …
Article • October 15, 2005
Lives (and Votes) Lost by Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg From City Belt (www.citybelt.org) Lives (and Votes) Lost Prisoners, parolees and probationers cannot vote in New Jersey -- but for one former prisoner who was wrongfully convicted and can, it's the last thing on his mind. By Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg Nothing ties Larry Peterson …
Sexual and Physical Abuse at Florida Girl's Prison Under Investigation by By David Reutter In June, 2003, The State Attorney for Florida's Palm Beach County initiated a grand jury investigation into sexual assaults and physical abuse at the State's only maximum security prison for girls. In April, 2000, the Florida …
Article • October 15, 2005
California Auditor: Prison Industries Loses Money and Fails to Demonstrate Rehabilitative Success by by Marvin Mentor The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's (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 …
Article • October 15, 2005
Flashbacks: Vietnam And Capital Punishment by by Michael Mello Professor of Law Vermont Law School Capital punishment in our time has always reminded me of the Vietnam war. Certain blood for uncertain reasons," as Tim O'Brien wrote of his war. The only measure of success was the body count. No …
Florida Juvenile Justice: Check Private "Employee's" Records? What a Concept by Florida Juvenile Justice: Check Private "Employee's" Records? What a Concept By David M. Reutter Guards employed by private contractors that operate Florida juvenile justice programs earn some of the lowest wages in the nation. The result is high turnover, …
Article • October 15, 2005
Cameron County, Texas, Jail Guards Indicted for Drug Smuggling, Theft, Sexual Misconduct by by Michael Rigby The problems began almost as soon as the Cameron County Jail system's newly built Carrizales-Rucker Detention Center opened in the summer of 2002. Just months after the $19 million maximum security jail began operations …
Article • October 15, 2005
North Carolina Didn't Waive Sovereign Immunity by Removing State Action to Federal Court by North Carolina Didn't Waive Sovereign Immunity by Removing State Action to Federal Court Charles Stewart, chief of security for the North Carolina Department of Correction (NCDOC), was implicated in a double-billing scheme, which a newspaper reported. …
Article • October 15, 2005
Order Requiring Plan For Compliance With JJDPA Non-appealable by The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit dismissed an appeal by Iowa state officials challenging a district court's order requiring officials to devise and submit for approval a plan for achieving compliance with the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency …
Article • October 15, 2005
BJS Analyzes Immigration Offenders by The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), a divison of the U.S. Department of Justice, disclosed in an August 2002 special report that the number of persons referred to federal prosecutors for an immigration offense as the most serious offense rose to 16,495 persons in 2000, …
Article • October 15, 2005
Wackenhut's Name To Change, But Politics Remain The Same by Michael Rigby The old maxim, "the more things change, the more they stay the same," could have been tailored to Wackenhut these days. Although Wackenhut Corrections has spun off from its parent company, Wackenhut Corporation, there's no indication that the …
Article • October 15, 2005
California Limits Participants for Extended Family Visits by The California Supreme Court held that only family members as defined in Title 15, § 3174., California Administrative Code (CAC) are eligible for "extended family visits." A San Quentin prisoner serving a life sentence was denied "extended family visitation' with a woman …
Article • October 15, 2005
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief: by Arizona: On February 23, 2006, Jamie Wanek, a guard at the Maricopa county jail in Phoenix was charged with 57 felony and misdemeanor counts of having sex with a jail prisoner Joshua Lopez, 30, and bringing him alcohol, drugs and other contraband. Lopez has also been …
Private Prison Contractor Donates $10,000 to Governor's Fund; Gets $20 Million California Contract Two Months Later by Private Prison Contractor Donates $10,000 to Governor's Fund; Gets $20 Million California Contract Two Months Later With the appearance of a stunning return on investment, GEO Group, a Florida-based private prison contractor, won …
North Carolina Prosecutors Reprimanded For Intentionally Withholding Crucial Exculpatory Evidence in Capital Case by by Matthew T. Clarke Alan Gell cried recently after a North Carolina State Bar panel issued a mere reprimand, the least discipline possible, to two former prosecutors who withheld evidence in his capital murder case. "Here …
Article • October 15, 2005
Filed under: Sentencing, Good Time
Indigent Montana Detainee Entitled to Jail Good Time Credit by The Montana Supreme Court held that a prisoner awaiting revocation of his suspended sentence is entitled to be credited for good time for the time served in a county jail if the prisoner is unable to secure bond for no …
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