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Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Eighth Circuit: Shackling Pregnant Prisoner During Labor Unconstitutional by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On October 2, 2009, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting en banc, held that shackling a pregnant prisoner while she was in labor constituted cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the U.S. Constitution. Shawanna …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
State of Washington Settles Parolee’s Unlawful Detention Suit for $39,695.10 by In February 2008, the state of Washington entered into a stipulated judgment to settle a lawsuit for damages filed in Pierce County Superior Court by Mark Stephen Rice. In settling the suit, which was filed in June 2007, the …
Son, Wife of U.S. Congressmen Get Prison Time by Brandon Sample Jeffrey M. Rush, the son of U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.), was sentenced in October 2008 to serve six months behind bars plus three years on probation for having sex with female prisoners at the Fox Valley Adult …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Death Row Prisoner Loses Suit Challenging BOP’s Ban on Face-to-Face Media Interviews by On January 15, 2008, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a jury could conclude the Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) ban on face-to-face media interviews with death row prisoners was based not on legitimate security threats, …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
$300,000 Settlement in New York City Jail Prisoner’s Slip and Fall Accident by The City of New York paid $300,000 to settle a prisoner’s slip and fall injury. The settlement came after a jury was picked for trial. As prisoner Troy Washington was walking back to his cell at the …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Arkansas Prisoner Almost Dies After Being Left in Feces by Justin Miller An Arkansas prison guard who had been previously fired and rehired by the state’s prison system was terminated a second time after he was involved in an incident that almost resulted in a prisoner’s death. On June 22, …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Virginia DOC K-9 “Training” Results in Animal Cruelty Charges by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The training of a dog as a law enforcement K-9 unit requires hours of dedication and bonding between the animal and its handler. It appears that guards with the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Kinship Care More Beneficial Than State Foster Care for Children of Incarcerated Parents by Jimmy Franks Published in May 2009, Kinship care when parents are incarcerated: What we know, what we can do, is an in-depth examination of current statistical and practical information regarding the plight of children with one …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Illinois Prison Officials Fail to Report MRSA Infections by Recognizing that Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) is rampant in Illinois’ prison system, and that MRSA poses a threat to guards and visitors as well as prisoners, Illinois legislators enacted a law, effective March 3, 2008, that requires prison officials to …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
New York Voters Okay Prison Slave Labor for Nonprofits by New York voters have approved an amendment to the New York constitution that permits state and county prisoners to work “voluntarily” for nonprofit organizations. The amendment was largely sought in order to provide an air-tight defense to potential lawsuits surrounding …
Guards Suspended, Fired in Prostitution Probe at CCA-Run D.C. Jail by In June 2009, a District of Columbia jail sergeant and two lieutenants were placed on paid leave during an investigation into allegations that the sergeant paid a pimp to have sex with a jailed prostitute. One of the lieutenants …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Filed under: Private Prisons, Financing
Indian Country Gets Stimulus Money ... to Build More Jails by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The U.S. Department of Justice, through the Obama administration’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, has brought stimulus money to Indian reservations – awarding $224 million to build and renovate tribal jails. The funding …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Three Prisoners Raped at Oklahoma Governor’s Mansion by In October 2009, news agencies reported that three female prisoners had claimed they were raped by employees at the Oklahoma Governor’s mansion. A three-month investigation by the Oklahoma Dept. of Corrections (ODOC) concluded the head chef and groundskeeper at the mansion had …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Washington DOC Agrees to Settle Inadequate Medical Care Suit for $55,000 by The State of Washington has agreed to settle a prisoner suit alleging deliberately indifferent medical care. The suit, filed in 2006, took almost two years to resolve. Richard Hibdon sued the Stafford Creek Corrections Center, a Washington Department …
New Mexico Prisoner Vindicates Native American Religious Rights with Injunction, Fees and Damages by A New Mexico prisoner has prevailed in a religious freedom case that vindicated his right to practice his Native American beliefs. The lawsuit resulted in a settlement in April 2009 that specified the religious practices prison …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Florida County Jail Discontinues Medical Co-Pay Policy by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Saying it was “not even worth it” to collect an $8 medical co-payment from prisoners seeking medical care, Florida’s Pinellas County Sheriff Jim Coats has abolished the practice at his jail. In these tough economic times …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Iowa Good Time Statute Violates Ex Post Facto Clause by Brandon Sample A 2005 amendment to Iowa’s good time statute making participation in a sex offender treatment program (SOTP) a prerequisite to earning good time may not be applied to sex offenders convicted before the amendment’s effective date, the Supreme …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Over 10 Million in Prison Worldwide by David Reutter by David M. Reutter There are more than 10.65 million people in prisons worldwide. That figure includes 850,000 in “administrative detention” in China. Almost half of all prisoners are held in only three countries: Russia, China and the United States. Those …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief: by Arkansas: On February 22, 2010, Little Rock attorney Jack Kearney, a former director of the Arkansas Ethics Commission, was arrested and charged with furnishing $1,300 in cash to a Pulaski County jail prisoner. A Sheriff’s report stated the unnamed prisoner was discovered with the contraband cash …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
California: Demand for Speedy Trial Applies to Probation Violation Detainers by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg In two rulings in the same case, the California Court of Appeal distinguished the speedy trial rights versus the waiver-of-appearance rights of state prisoners who are facing detainers for probation violations. Although California …
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