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Article • May 15, 2005 • from PLN May, 2005
American Gulag: Inside U.S. Immigration Prisons, By Mark Dow University Of California Press, 413 pages, $27.50 by Ashley Makar American Gulag: Inside U.S. Immigration Prisons, By Mark Dow University Of California Press, 413 pages, $27.50 Reviewed by Ashley Makar Mark Dow's American Gulag: Inside U.S. Immigration Prisons is an articulate …
Article • May 15, 2005 • from PLN May, 2005
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by News in Brief: Arkansas: In April, 2005, an unidentified sergeant was fired by the state DOC after the February, 2005, death of Wrightsville Unit prisoner Victor Wright, 28, while on a work detail. Wright complained to the sergeant that he was not feeling well while on …
Article • May 15, 2005 • from PLN May, 2005
Los Angeles County Pays $300,000 To Settle Public Defender's Legal Malpractice by by John E. Dannenberg On October 4, 2004, the Los Angeles County, California Claims Board granted authority of $300,000 to settle a claim by a prisoner for legal malpractice on the part of the Public Defender, wherein the …
Florida Jury Awards $3,000,000 for Medical Negligence Causing Prisoner's Death by After a seven-day trial, a Florida jury awarded $3,006,200 to the plaintiffs in a lawsuit claiming medical negligence, causing the death of a Florida prisoner. This was brought by the estate of prisoner Clifford E. Jones, Jr., 35, against …
Texas: "Prison-Rape Capital Of The Country" by Michael Rigby Texas: "Prison-Rape Capital Of The Country" by Michael Rigby Despite reputed efforts by officials in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to curb prison rapes, the number of reported sexual assaults has increased 160% in the past 4 years, from …
Michigan's Restrictive Placement Of HIV+ Prisoners Enjoined; $2 Million Damages Awarded by by John E. Dannenberg Winning a fifteen year state court battle, Michigan prisoners who tested positive for HIV (AIDS virus), and who were otherwise eligible to serve their time in community residential programs, camps or farms, gained the …
Article • May 15, 2005 • from PLN May, 2005
Texas Prisoner Kills Prison Employee and Himself by On October 21, 2004, a prisoner at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s 2,800-bed, maximum-security Connely Unit in Kenedy, Texas, killed a prison employee, then committed suicide. Gary Laskowski, 38, a Texas state prisoner, had been serving a life sentence in TDCJ …
Article • May 15, 2005 • from PLN May, 2005
Concentration Of Paroled Illinois Sex Offenders Stirs Controversy by Michael Rigby Following news that a disproportionate number of paroled sex offenders were concentrated on Chicago’s South Side, Illinois officials instituted more rigid oversight of transitional group homes and returned 55 parolees to prison. The Chicago Tribune reported on January 3l, …
Publication • May 13, 2005
Incident Review of Suicide Death by Inmate, FL Correctional Program Manager Bay Count Jail, 2005 --·- ·· ------- ---·- - ------ May 13, 2005 Kevin Watson CCA Bay County Jail/Annex Facility Administrator 314 ½ Harmon Avenue Panama City, Florida 32401 SUBJ: UNUSUAL INCIDENT REVIEW - - SUICIDE DEATH OF INMATE …
Brief • April 20, 2005
Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment
Corley v Davis, CA, Complaint, wrongful imprisonment, 2005 Case 2:03-cv-01447-LKK-DAD Document 51 Filed 04/20/2005 Page 1 of 19 ERIC GRANT (Bar No. 151064) Attorney at Law 2 800 I Folsom Boulevard, Suite 100 Sacramento, California 95826 3 Telephone: (916) 388-0833 Facsimile: (916) 691-3261 4 E-Mail: grant@eric-grant.com 5 Attorney for Plaintiff …
Abu Ghraib's Stain on Military Medicine by Steven Miles by Steven H. Miles, MD This article examines the relationship of military medical personnel to abuses of detainees at Abu Ghraib and other detention centers in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay. It is based on testimony before the US Senate and …
Article • April 15, 2005 • from PLN April, 2005
From the Editor by by Paul Wright With last month's issue of PLN we reached an all time circulation high of 4,051 subscribers. This is the most subscribers PLN has ever had. Considering we started with 75 subscribers in 1990, that is a lot of growth. But considering there are …
PLN's ADX Censorship Suit Partially Survives Motion to Dismiss by PLN's ADX Censorship Suit Partially Survives Motion to Dismiss by Bob Williams On November 12, 2004, Colorado Federal District Court Judge Wiley Daniel dismissed all official capacity claims, one defendant, and one substantive claim in PLN's suit over ADX censorship …
Ohio Appeals Court Upholds $7,820 Award for 70 Days Unlawful Incarceration by By Robert H. Woodman The Tenth District Court of Appeals of Ohio upheld a $7,820 damages award by the Ohio Court of Claims to Alton M. Stroud, a prisoner of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DORC). …
D.C. Prisoner Receives $19,500 Settlement for Slip-and-Fall by The United States and the District of Columbia agreed on June 4, 2004, to pay Robert M. North $19,500 for injuries he received from falling down a set of stairs while handcuffed. North was arrested on Thanksgiving Day 2000 by Federal Marshals. …
Article • April 15, 2005 • from PLN April, 2005
BOP Good-Time Statute Upheld By Three Circuits by by John E. Dannenberg The Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals reversed a U.S. District Court ruling that had accorded BOP prisoners 54 days good-time credit per year, holding instead that the maximum credit available is only 47 days per year. In …
First Circuit Rejects Interlocutory Appeal for Authorities Accused of Frame-Up by by Robert H. Woodman In a case involving charges of frame-up and cover-up by former Massachusetts and federal authorities brought by former Massachusetts state prisoners, their family members, estates, and survivors, the United States First Circuit Court of Appeals …
Article • April 15, 2005 • from PLN April, 2005
Heck Doesn't Apply to Parole Revocation Incarceration Without Attorney or Hearing by The Tenth Circuit court of appeals has held that a prisoner who claims he was denied an attorney or court hearing for 73 days while awaiting extradition for parole revocation need not show that the revocation had been …
Article • April 15, 2005 • from PLN April, 2005
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by News in Brief: Arkansas: On February 6, 2005, real estate developer NGI Rental filed a $2 million lawsuit against sex offender Randall Collins, his wife and the real estate company that allowed the Collins to purchase their home. NGI claims that after Collins moved into the …
Article • April 15, 2005 • from PLN April, 2005
Triple-Dipping Jail Psychiatrist Fired For Past Medicare Fraud Conviction by Dr. Kripa Kashyap, 62, a psychiatrist providing treatment to prisoners at the Harford County (Maryland) Detention Center in Bel Air was barred from treating any more prisoners after The Baltimore Sun newspaper revealed his past conviction for Medicare fraud. For …
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