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Article • October 15, 2005
Prior Sex Offense Plea Qualifies For California Sexually Violent Predator Civil Commitment by The San Joaquin County California District Attorney requested review by the State Supreme Court of an appellate decision that State prisoner Norman Yartz's first sex offense conviction in 1978 could not be used to support his civil …
Article • October 15, 2005
Guard's Liability Unaffected by NY Prisoner's Guilty Plea in Excessive Force Claim; $38,000 in Damages Awarded, Plus Fees by A New York Federal District court has held that a prisoner's guilty plea to attempted assault does not preclude a guard's liability for use of excessive force. This holding came on …
Washington DOC May Not Conduct Rehearing of Infraction Being Challenged in Collateral Attack by Washington DOC May Not Conduct Rehearing of Infraction Being Challenged in Collateral Attack The Washington Court of Appeals, Division III, held that the Department of Corrections (DOC) may not conduct a rehearing of a prison disciplinary …
Grand Jury Finds Criminal Conduct In Chicago Jail Prisoner Abuse Scandal by Matthew T. Clarke As previously reported in PLN, the Cook County Jail has been the scene of controversy involving the wanton beating of prisoners by an elite squad of guards known as the SORT team. [PLN Feb. 2004, …
Article • October 15, 2005
FL Work Releasee's Reporting to Work Late Doesn't Amount to Escape by Leon Williams, a prisoner in a state work release center, left the center to walk to work but was 90 minutes late getting there. When he arrived he was arrested and charged with escape under Fla. Stat. sec. …
Article • October 15, 2005
Class Certification Discussed in Beach Fee Suit by Plaintiffs challenged a $3.00 beach access fee and sought class certification, proposing subclasses of those who had paid the fee and those who had not paid and consequently couldn't go to the beach. Impracticability of joinder "does not mean impossibility, but only …
Beyond the God Pod by Silja da Talvi By Silja Ja Talvi Published: March 9, 2005 "Don't forget that Jesus himself was a prisoner." --New Mexico Department of Corrections Secretary Joe Williams, at the American Correctional Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, January 2005. "Strongly guarded & is the separation between religion …
Article • October 15, 2005
Forced Catheterization of Arrestee for Drug Test Upheld by The plaintiff was arrested for disorderly conduct and found to be pretty drunk and in possession of a marijuana pipe; the jail wouldn't admit him without a medical clearance. At the hospital he became uncooperative and abusive. A doctor directed that …
Wilson v. Hampton County, SC, Amended Complaint, Protection against Danger, 2005 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA BEAUFORT DIVISION Civil Action No. 9:05-1777-PMD Brenda Wilson, Plaintiff ) ) ) v. ) Hampton County, ) Tonda Smith, Felsiha Mixson ) Illlya Odom, Diane Jamison ) Individually …
Brief • October 6, 2005
Filed under: Strip Searches
Haney v. Miami-Dade County, FL, Agreed Order Judgment Dismissal, Strip Searches, 2005 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA MIAMI DIVISION 1- .LiLi I>)~ 'J.r. CASE NO. 04-20516-CIV-Jordan/Brown 1 ---- 1 JUDITH HANEY, LIAT MAYER, JAMIE LOUGHNER, DARCY SMITH, and AMANDA WELLS, individuany and on behalf of a Class …
Brief • September 28, 2005
Filed under: Appeals, Filing Fees
Rodriguez v. DOC Secretary, FL, Motion, Transcript on Appeal, 2005
Brief • September 21, 2005
Jordan v. Pugh, CO., Opinoin - BOP Regulations re Prisoners Publishing Under Bylines, 2005 425 F.3d 820 Mark JORDAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael V. PUGH, Warden, ADX, Florence, Colo.; J. York, S.I.S. Technician, ADX; R.E. DERR, Case Manager, ADX; B. Sellers, S.I.S. Technician, ADX; and Stanley Rowlett, Unit Manager, ADX, Defendants-Appellees. …
Lewis v. Prison Health Services, GA, Medical Death Suit, 2005, Complaint Case 1:05-cv-02434-TWT Document 1-1 b Filed 09/19/2005 Page 1 of 30 R I G I Ni' ,'_ IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATLANTA DIVISION .' i I Jonah Lewis, the child of Raymond Austin, …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
Inside the American Correctional Association by Silja JA Talvi by Silja J.A. Talvi [Ed. note: Prison Legal News goes undercover at the American Correctional Association's 2005 winter conference in Phoenix, Arizona. It's just business," as one prison medical administrator puts it. And what a surreal business it is.] There is …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
Do You Like Adventure? Prisons for Iraq by by Silja J.A. Talvi DynCorp International, a subsidiary of Computer Sciences Corporation, was in heavy recruit-ment mode at the Winter, 2005 ACA Conference. The Dawn of Liberty," blared one flyer. Join Us in the Fight for Freedom EVERYWHERE. To get current and …
What's Wrong With the ACA? by Elizabeth Alexander The American Correctional Association (ACA) is the largest and best-known organization of prison and jail staff in the country. It offers higher education programs designed to train prison industry professionals and, like a traditional professional association, it certifies persons as members in …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
From the Editor by by Paul Wright As mentioned in previous issues of PLN, our website has been a major undertaking and now makes available all back issues of PLN in various formats, including all articles in PLN's customized and searchable database as well as the issues in PDF format. …
USP Beaumont, Texas: Murder and Mayhem in the Thunder Dome by Leah Caldwell Located in East Texas, the Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) at Beaumont is made up of a trio of federal prisons that are home to 5,667 prisoners. These prisons are run by the Bureau of Prisons, which is …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
Interest Awarded in New Hampshire Canteen Surcharge Fee by The New Hampshire Supreme Court held that the state was required to pay interest to all prisoners who receive pecuniary damages as a result of" Starr v. Governor, the New Hampshire canteen surcharge case. Darren Starr, a prisoner of the New …
CCA Guard Arrested for Sexually Abusing Vermont Prisoners by Sexual abuse by a Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) guard has spurred three lawsuits against CCA and resulted in the guard's arrest. The legal activity resulted from incidents at CCA's prisons at the Marion Adjustment Center (MAC) and St. Mary's Kentucky. …
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