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Book Review: The Disciplinary Self-Help Litigation Manual: A Guided Tour of Wonderland by Stuart G. Friedman by Dan Manville, 350 pages, paperback Review by Stuart G. Friedman As any criminal litigator knows, dealing with prison issues feels like jumping through the looking glass and into Wonderland. Despite court statements suggesting …
Prisoners and Guards Charged With Murder as Drugs and Brutality Plague State Prisons by Vermont: Four prisoners died in the custody of the Vermont Department of Corrections during a five week period between April and May 2003. Only one died of natural causes. [Editor's Note: PLN contributing writer James Quigley …
California DOC Under Fire For Ex-Con Job Placements by Lonnie Burton In March 2003, California lawmakers launched an investigation seeking information as to why the state Department of Corrections (DOC) assisted in placing former prisoners in jobs that were termed questionable and inappropriate. DOC officials were called to testify and …
$177,000 Awarded in California Jail Medical Neglect Trial by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On March 26, 2003, an Orange County, California Superior Court jury returned a verdict of $77,000 in compensatory damages against Orange County and County Sheriff Mike Carona, plus $100,000 in punitive damages, for ignoring …
$850,000 Settlement in LA County Jail Failure to Medicate Wrongful Death by The County of Los Angeles (LA), California settled a wrongful death claim on March 14, 2003 brought by the wife of an LA County Jail prisoner who died 2 ½ days after incarceration in August, 1999 because he …
Washington Sex Offenders' Release Plans Must Be Processed by The Washington State Court of Appeals for Division 1 has held that the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) must process sex offenders' release plans, even if they are being referred for civil commitment as sexually violent predators. William Dutcher was a …
PLN Sues Florida DOC Over Censorship and Writer Punishment by On January 12, 2004, Prison Legal News filed suit in federal district court in Jacksonville, Florida, against James Crosby, Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections and Chester Lambdin, the Warden of the Charlotte Correctional Institution, Joseph Thompson, warden of …
CCA Abuse Goes Unpunished at New Jersey INS Detention Center by Mark Dow Maybe it was cynical courtroom theatre, or maybe the attorney for the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) believed it when he ridiculed the very idea that prison guards would retaliate against prisoners for conducting a hunger strike …
Mason v. State of Maine, ME, Second Amended Complaint, Disability Discrimination, 2004 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE DAVID A. MASON AND PHILLIP M. NAPIER Plaintiffs, v. STATE OF MAINE, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; JEFFREY D. MERRILL, individually; CAPTAIN RATCLIFF, individually; and SHEILA LORENZ, individually. Defendants * * …
Article • January 15, 2004 • from PLN January, 2004
Prison Labor Fuels American War Machine by Ian Urbina On April 16, 2003, George W. Bush visited the shop floor at the Boeing plant in St. Louis, Missouri. His 90-minute appearance drew several hundred men and women who help make the military's $48 million F-18 Hornet fighters, 36 of which …
Verdict, Damages in Ohio Prisoner Disciplinary Case Reversed on Appeal by Verdict, Damages in Ohio Prisoner Disciplinary Case Reversed on Appeal The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Ap- peals has reversed and remanded a jury verdict and damages award in favor of an Ohio prisoner who claimed that he had …
Article • January 15, 2004 • from PLN January, 2004
James Quigley November 9, 1950-October 7, 2003 by Paul Wright James Quigley November 9, 1950-October 7, 2003 by Paul Wright On October 7, 2003, long time Prison Legal News contributing writer James Quigley was found hanging in his cell in the segregation unit of the Northwest State Correctional Facility in …
Article • January 15, 2004 • from PLN January, 2004
Filed under: Editorials, Media, Censorship
From the Editor by Paul Wright This issue of PLN is dedicated to the memory of James Quigley, a long time contributing writer and prisoner rights activist who died in October, 2003. More details on his life and accomplishments are above. We start this year of publishing PLN with a …
Article • January 15, 2004 • from PLN January, 2004
Two of Three Hawaii, Parole Board Members Resign, Shutting Board Down by On April 2, 2003, Lani Rae Garcia'became the second member of the Hawaii Paroling Authority (the board) within 30 days to resign from the board. Garcia's resignation left the three-member board unable to conduct business. Garcia was charged …
Article • January 15, 2004 • from PLN January, 2004
CCA Packs Positions With High-Profile Politicians by Michael Rigby CCA Packs Positions With High-Profile Politicians by Michael Rigby In an ongoing effort to make up for what it lacks in prison management skills, Corrections Corporation of America continues to place high profile politicians with inside knowledge of state and federal …
Invisible Punishment: The Collateral Consequences of Mass Imprisonment by Silja JA Talvi Edited by Marc Mauer and Meda Chesney-Lind, The New Press, 2002, 368 pgs. Review by Silja J.A. Talvi Mass imprisonment, according to criminal justice experts Marc Mauer and Meda Chesney-Lind, is the direct outgrowth of social and legal …
$250,000 Settlement Paid to Seattle Jail Guard Assaulted by Released Prisoner by $250,000 Settlement Paid to Seattle Jail Guard Assaulted by Released Prisoner On July 30, 2002, King County Jail guard Heather Van Vleck, who was assaulted and injured on the job by a violent prisoner just released from state …
Death at North Carolina Lock Up Spotlights Troubled Jail System by Michael Rigby Death At North Carolina Lock Up Spotlights Troubled Jail System by Michael Rigby The death of Christopher Lee Wood at North Carolina's Cherokee County jail has served to illuminate a sordid history of prisoner abuse, FBI investigations …
Santa Fe Guards Rape Prisoners, Neglect Kills Another by Gary Hunter Two female prisoners were raped by Santa Fe jail guards within a ninety-day period. Santa Fe guards have been implicated in at least eight sexual assaults since 1999. Two of the victims were-minors. In April 2003, John Robertson, 39, …
Article • January 15, 2004 • from PLN January, 2004
Massachusetts Jail Guards Assault Mentally Disabled Prisoner by Michael Rigby Massachusetts Jail Guards Assault Mentally Disabled Prisoner by Michael Rigby Six Essex County jail guards were suspended and one fired after they assaulted a mentally challenged prisoner in the jail infirmary by forcing him to eat cake while handcuffed. Author …
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