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300 More Washington Prisoners Headed to CCA Prisons by As we predicted, Washington's sentencing reform" has sharply increased the state's prison population to approximately 17,6001,400 prisoner's overcapacityadding 2,100 prisoners within the last two years alone. Worse yet, nothing, including slashing sentences by up to 50 percent for a few hundred …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
$7,500 of Personal Injury Award Exempt From Attachment By Illinois DOC by A court of appeals in Illinois ruled that the Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC), which was seeking to attach a settlement awarded a prisoner in a personal injury suit, could not attach $7,500 of the award. That ruling …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
Mother Of New York Prisoner Awarded $377,200 For Suicide by Michael Rigby On March 14, 2005, a court of claims in White Plains, New York, awarded $377,200 to the mother of a suicidal state prisoner who died while in custody. While serving time at New York's Green Haven Correctional Facility …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
Hawaii Settles Class Action Wrongful Imprisonment Suit for $1.2 Million by Michael Rigby The state of Hawaii has agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle a class action federal lawsuit involving hundreds of wrongfully imprisoned individuals. The state also agreed to implement measures ensuring the timely release of prisoners. The …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
New York Prisoner Awarded $5,250 for Prison Welding Shop Injury by On July 27, 2004, the Court of Claims in Rochester, New York, awarded Noel Atkinson, a New York state prisoner, $5,250 for past pain and suffering due to an injury he received while working in a welding shop at …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
New York Prisoner Awarded $1,000 For Uncleaned Prosthetic Eye by On September 1, 2004, a court of claims in White Plains, New York, awarded $1,000 to a state prisoner because prison personnel failed to timely clean his prosthetic eye, causing him pain and suffering. Lionel Walker, a prisoner at the …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
U.S. Supreme Court: Michigan Plea Bargainers Have Right to Counsel On Appeal by by John E. Dannenberg The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Michigan defendants convicted pursuant to a plea of nolo contendre or to a plea bargain are constitutionally entitled to appeal their convictions to the Michigan Court of …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
Massachusetts DOC Fails to Meet Women's Special Needs by by Michael Rigby The failure of the Massachusetts Department of Corrections (MDOC) to address the special needs of women in prison impedes the effective maintenance of family ties, according to a March 2005 research report by the University of Massachusetts's Center …
Only One California Jail Has State-Mandated Psychiatric Treatment Center Licensure by by John E. Dannenberg Although California law has since 1998 required all county jails that provide inpatient medical or psychiatric care to have a correctional treatment center license, only one (Los Angeles) has obtained one. The issue was highlighted …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
Acting Pro Se, NJ Prisoner Beats Charges of Spitting on Guard by A New Jersey jury took only three hours to declare William Victor not guilty of spitting on a Northumberland County Prison (NCP) guard in 2003. NCP's warden called the verdict ridiculous." Considering Victor proceeded through trial representing himself, …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
Miami-Dade Pays $6.25 Million to Settle Illegal Strip Search Suit by A Florida federal district court has approved a $6.25 million settlement in a lawsuit alleging thousands of female prisoners were illegally strip searched at the Miami-Dade County Correctional Facilities. The settlement entitles l0,000 women who were strip searched after …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
California Guards Assigned Word Puzzles to Satisfy Training Requirements by California State Assembly Member Rudy Bermudez, himself a member of the powerful prison guards union (CCPOA) while on leave from his prison job to serve elective office, sharply criticized the practice of solving word puzzles used by California prison guards …
Bailey v. MN DOC, MN, Order awarding atty fees, ASL interpreter sex offender treatment disabled prisoner, 2005
What Criminal Defense Lawyers Should Know About Civil Damages Recoveries, Olson, 2005 What Criminal Defense Lawyers Should Know About Civil Damages Recoveries For Clients Whose Constitutional Rights have been Violated by the Police September 13, 2005, 5:30 p.m. Dane County Criminal Defense Lawyers’ Association Bellini’s 401 E. Washington Avenue Madison, …
PLN v. FBOP, DC, Complaint, FOIA Request, 2005 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PRISON LEGAL NEWS 2400 NW 80th Street - PMB #148 Seattle, WA 98117, Plaintiff, Civ~ Action No. Harley G. Lappin, Director FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS 320 First Street NW, Washington, DC 20534, Defendant. …
Brief • September 5, 2005
Filed under: Hepatitis, Failure to Treat
Hilton v. Wright, NY, Plaintiff Memo Class Certification, HCV Medical, 2005 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ------------------------------------------------------------X ROBERT HILTON and LOUIS VASQUEZ, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, –against– Case No. 05 Civ. 1038 (DNH) (DEP) LESTER N. WRIGHT, M.D., M.P.H., Associate …
Brief • September 4, 2005
Filed under: Medication, Mental Health
Gibson v. Blankstrom, MI, Wrongful Death, SJ Order 205 Case 1:03-cv-00053-MOB Document 266 Filed 08/04/2005 Page 1 of 25 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION ANTOINETTE GIBSON, Personal Representative of the Estate of OZY VAUGHN, Deceased, Case No. 1:03-CV-53 HON. RICHARD ALAN ENSLEN Plaintiff, v. JILL …
Brief • September 2, 2005
Heston v. City of Salinas, CA, Complaint, police taser death cardiac arrest, 2005 1 John Burton, State Bar No. 86029 THE LAW OFFICES OF JOHN BURTON 2 414 South Marengo Avenue Pasadena, California 91101 3 jb@johnburtonlaw.com Telephone: (626) 449-8300 4 Facsimile: (626) 449-4417 5 Attorneys for plaintiffs Betty Lou Heston, …
Brief • September 1, 2005
Gavira v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Deposition - Baca Pt 2, Prisoner Excessive Force Death, 2004 ;OURT OF TIlE STA1E m' CALIFORNIA 1 IF LOS ANGELES, CENTRAL DlSTRlCT 2 3 FOR THE DEFENDANTS: APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL CONTINUED: 4 ESGAVIRA, as Guardian ad MANNING & MARDER KASS, ELLROD, RAMIREZ LLP …
Manning v. CCA, TN, Complaint, poor medical care pregnant infant death, 2005 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0099 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0100 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0101 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0102 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0103 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0104 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0105 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0106 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0107 CCA-AF (6/2/14 …
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