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Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
2000 Census of Prisons, Prison Populations Published by The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), in August 2003, released the findings of its Year 2000 Census of State and Federal Prisons. The report found that from the previous census in 1995 to 2000 the number of Federal, State, and privately-operated prisons …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
$22 Million Washington Parole Liability Verdict Affirmed, Review Granted by State Supreme Court by $22 Million Washington Parole Liability Verdict Affirmed, Review Granted by State Supreme Court On August 8, 1997, Vernon Valdez Stewart stole a car, sped through an intersection in Tacoma, Washington, and collided with another vehicle. The …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
The Inmate's Guide to Prison Health Care by John E Dannenberg by Dr. D.M. Granit, Two Rainbow Publishing Co., Oct. 2003, 106 pp. Review by John E. Dannenber The Inmate's Guide to Prison Health Care offers prisoners a unique perspective on how to get the best response to their health …
Videotapes Prove Abuse of 9/11 Detainees by Federal Guards by by Matthew T. Clarke On December 18, 2003, Glenn A. Finer, Inspector General of the U.S. Justice Department, released a report which found that guards at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, New York, physically and verbally abused detainees …
Nebraska Prisoners Win Summary Judgment on Phone Access and Monitoring Issues by Nebraska Prisoners Win Summary Judgment on Phone Access and Monitoring Issues by Matthew T. Clarke A Nebraska state district court granted Nebraska state prisoners' summary judgment on issues involving the monitoring and recording of phone calls to government …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
Suits in Michigan and New Jersey Seek to Force HCV Treatment by A groundswell of prisoner litigation is taking aim at states to force them to comprehensively and meaningfully address HCV in prison. These suits, often brought as class actions, seek to mandate a protocol for HCV detection and treatment …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
U. S. Supreme Court Rules Consent Decrees May Be Enforced by In a decision with implications for prisoners' suits, the United States Supreme Court held that consent decrees may be enforced by federal courts. In 1993, mothers of children eligible for Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) services …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
Filed under: Work, Prison Labor
California's Budget Secret: Prisoners Form Core of Forest Fire Fighting Army by Peter Wagner California's Budget Secret: Prisoners Form Core of Forest Fire Fighting Army by Peter Wagner In California, up to three quarters of the crew members fighting California fires are prisoners. In exchange for a reduction in sentence …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
Filed under: Private Prisons, Reviews
Capitalist Punishment: Prison Privatization & Human Rights by Mark Wilson Capitalist Punishment: Prison Privatization & Human Rights Edited by Andrew Coyle, Allison Campbell, & Rodney Neufeld,Clarity Press, Inc; Zed Books (2003) 234 pp. Softback Review by Mark Wilson Proponents of prison privatization argue that for-profit prisons make good sense, "promis[ing] …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
Filed under: Medical, OB/GYN, Hernias
New York Prisoner Awarded $335,000 for Non-Treatment of Fistula by On November 20, 2002, a state court of claims in Rochester, New York, awarded the estate of Olevia Ousley-Winters $335,000 after determining that prison doctors failed to properly diagnose and treat Ousley-Winters' medical condition. (Ousley-Winters died prior to trial, apparently …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
Amended Pennsylvania Parole Statute Ruled Ex Post Facto; Third Circuit Orders Release on Parole by John E Dannenberg Amended Pennsylvania Parole Statute Ruled Ex Post Facto; Third Circuit Orders Release On Parole by John E. Dannenberg The US District Court (E.D. Pa.) held that a 1996 amendment to the Pennsylvania …
Jury Finds for Corcoran Guards in Prisoner Rape Suit by Paige Welch On Tuesday, October 21, 2003, a jury found four employees at California State Prison, Corcoran not responsible for the rape of prisoner Eddie Webb Dillard by a fellow prisoner. The verdict was read by District Judge Anthony W. …
$1.4 Million Awarded in Kansas Prisoner Death by In August, 2003 a State Jury in Leavenworth County, Kansas, awarded the son of a Kansas State prisoner who was killed after being stabbed by another prisoner on August 8, 2000, $1.4 million. Donald R. Grisham was stabbed on his 27th birthday …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
Actual Damages Required to Maintain Suit Under Federal Privacy Act by Actual Damages Required to Maintain Suit Under Federal Privacy Act The United States Supreme Court recently held that a showing of actual damages is required in order to maintain a civil action brought under the Privacy Act of 1974. …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
$135,000 Paid in New York Jail Sexual Harassment Settlement by A New York City Department of Corrections guard reached a settlement of $135,000 in her federal civil rights suit alleging sexual harassment. Guard Virginia Jones began a consensual sexual relationship with Captain Michael Baxter in March 1998. Jones contended that …
Missouri Guards Liable for Refusing Prisoner's Seatbelt Request by John E Dannenberg Missouri Guards Liable For Refusing Prisoner's Seatbelt Request by John E. Dannenberg The Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals permitted a 42 U.S.C § 1983 complaint to proceed against five Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC) transportation guards for …
$1.5 Million Illinois Prison Rape Verdict Overturned by In a 2-to-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit overturned a jury's $1.5 million verdict in favor of a prisoner who was sexually assaulted by his cellmate. Anthony Riccardo and Juan Garcia were both housed in the segregation …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
Filed under: Escapes, Sentencing, Detainers
Indictment Dismissed for Failure to Comply with Interstate Agreement on Detainers by The Wyoming Supreme Court reversed a conviction and dismissed the underlying indictment because the State failed to bring the defendant to trial within the time period allotted in the Interstate Agreement on Detainers (IAD). In 1997, Janvirgo Odhinn …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Discovery
Illinois Segregation Brutality Suit Fails Because Injury Was De Minimis by John E Dannenberg Illinois Segregation Brutality Suit Fails Because Injury Was De Minimis by John E. Dannenberg An Illinois state prisoner who alleged in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights complaint that he had been maliciously injured by …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
Pro Se Indiana Prisoner Awarded $100,000 in Failure to Protect Suit by On May 21, 2002, an Indiana federal district court held that state prisoner Robert Pierson was entitled to $100,000 in compensatory damages because prison officials failed to protect him from assault by another prisoner. Pierson, 51, arrived at …
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