Skip navigation

Search

40577 results
Page 1696 of 2029. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 1692 1693 1694 1695 1696 1697 1698 1699 1700 ... 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 | Next »

Article • November 15, 2003 • from PLN November, 2003
Video-Visits Out in New Mexico Prisons by Gary Hunter After two years, the draconian practice of video-only visitation was abolished in New Mexico prisons. "I believe we can achieve the same security goals with non-contact visits," said newly installed Corrections Secretary Joe Williams. "Keeping an inmate's family ties are important," …
Guard Awarded $515,813 Against Private Medical Provider by A Florida Jury awarded a Martin County Jail guard, Ronald Keeler, $515,813 against a private medical provider. Keeler sued Correctional Physician Services (CPS), who provided medical care to jail prisoners, and New Horizons of the Treasure Coast, Inc., who was a subcontractor …
Article • November 15, 2003 • from PLN November, 2003
Oklahoma Jail Pays $385,000 Settlement in Baby's Death by Oklahoma Jail Pays $385,000 Settlement in Baby's Death On December 11, 2002, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma agreed to settle a medical neglect suit by paying $385,000 to Deborah Smith, 31, a former prisoner in the Oklahoma county jail. While imprisoned in the …
Article • November 15, 2003 • from PLN November, 2003
Arizona Surcharge on Fines Upheld by Arizona Surcharge On Fines Upheld The Arizona Supreme Court recently upheld A.R.S. 16-954(C) which imposes a 10% surcharge on civil and criminal fines, with a portion of the proceeds to fund political campaigns. Steven May, an Arizona legislator, received a $27 parking ticket but …
Brief • November 8, 2003
Ingles v. Toro, NY, Fourth Amended Complaint - NY DOC Excessive Force Class Action, 2003 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ----------------------------------------------------------------------x ADAM INGLES, SHAWN DAVIS, ED SYKES, MIGUEL ROMAN, AL SMITH, CHARLES PAIGE, JAMAL BUTLER, ANDRE PRATT, ROBERT ALLAWAY, PATRICK WASHINGTON, RANDOLPH JOHNSON, ROGELIO FIGUEROA, PAUL …
Brief • November 3, 2003
Filed under: Injury -- Misc., Evidence
Gosciniak v. Sacramento County, CA, Plaintiff's Reply to Motion for New Trial, 2003 MICHAEL J. HADDAD (State Bar No. 189114) JULIA SHERWIN (State Bar No. 189268) HADDAD & SHERWIN 1300 Clay Street, Suite 600 Oakland, California 94612 Telephone: (510) 622-7788 Fax: (510) 482-3873 Attorneys for Plaintiff UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT …
Brief • October 22, 2003
Waterman v. McGuire, KS, Complaint, Restriction of Mail Delivery, 2003 CRAIG E. WATERMAN (Name) . JFl1~~lQ) 76829 (Institutional Register No.) 6~~2 2003 1300 N. WAREHOUSE RD. FT. LEAVEN(Current Mailing Address) W RTH NSA [] UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS CASE NO. CRAIG E. WATERMAN ' Plaintiff …
The Deadly Health Services of Naphcare in Alabama by Lonnie Burton It is often said that you can tell a lot about a society by checking the condition of its prisons. Based on the way prisoners in Alabama are treated (or, more accurately stated, not treated), citizens of that state …
Temporary Injunction Issued in Alabama Suit by On June 26, 2003, the parties in Baker v. Campbell agreed to the entry of a temporary preliminary injunction which, among other things, provides for "immediate" and "adequate" medical care for Alabama prisoners with serious illnesses. The "Preliminary Injunction Settlement Agreement" stems from …
Article • October 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2003
Crime Control as Industry: Towards Gulags, Western Style by Peter Wagner by Nils Christie, Routledge Press (2000 Rev. Ed.) 244 pages, Paperback Review by Peter Wagner The heavily revised third edition (2000) of Crime Control As Industry: Towards Gulags, Western Style is an essential guide to understanding the incarceration boom …
Wackenhut's Legacy of Shame in Austin by by Matthew T. Clarke The price of attending the March 1997 South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas, came very high for Dallas record producer David Prater. Busted for a minor drug possession, in 1998 Prater was sentenced to 250 days in …
Article • October 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2003
Stun Belt Prejudice Reverses California Conviction by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The California Supreme Court overturned a three-strikes conviction and remanded the case for a new trial because of the potential for psychological prejudice from a remote-controlled electronic stun belt on a defendant's demeanor during testimony, where …
Article • October 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2003
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: In April, 2003, St. Clair Correctional Facility guard Cedric Bothwell, 39, was fired after being indicted in federal court on extortion charges. Bothwell is accused of selling crack cocaine to a prisoner in exchange for $4,000 and when the prisoner couldn't pay an additional $3,500 …
Pendency of Federal Lawsuit Doesn't Toll 31-Day Texas Limitations by A Texas state court of appeals has held that the pendency of a federal civil rights lawsuit on the same matter does not toll the statute requiring Texas state prisoners to file lawsuits in state court within 31 days after …
Article • October 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2003
Seventh Circuit Reverses BOP's Denial of Death Row Prisoner's Interviews by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed an Indiana Federal District Court's dismissal of a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) prisoner's complaint that he was unconstitutionally denied media interviews. David Paul Hammer is a BOP prisoner in the Federal …
Article • October 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2003
New Study Rejects Link Between Prisons and Economic Growth by A new study examining 25 years of economic data finds that despite the many claims and promises, building prisons in rural communities has had no positive effect on either employment or per capita income. The study by The Sentencing Project …
Article • October 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2003
Hawaii: High Recidivism for Mainland Prisoners by Hawaii prisoners housed out of state are virtually guaranteed to return to prison after release, according to a Jan. 21, 2003, story by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Currently, 90 percent of prisoners housed on the mainland return to prison, while those housed in state …
Article • October 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2003
From the Editor by Paul Wright Subscribers should soon receive PLN's fall fundraiser letter along with our reader survey. Periodically we send readers a survey asking readers what they think of PLN's coverage and content and what they would like to see in future issues. We welcome suggestions and comments …
Scandal-Ridden, Bankrupt MCI WorldCom Wins No-Bid California Prisoner Phone Contract by Marvin Mentor A renewed four-year no-bid prisoner phone contract was awarded in June, 2002 by the California Department of General Services to MCI WorldCom, a telephone conglomerate whose recent bankruptcy exposed the largest accounting fraud in US business history …
Article • October 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2003
$500,000 Settlement in Connecticut Suicide by On April 14, 2003, the family of a prisoner who committed suicide in 1996 while in a Connecticut prison settled with the state for $500,000. William Dumais, 19, was imprisoned in the Corrigan Correctional Institution in Uncasville from December 1995 to February 1996 on …
Page 1696 of 2029. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 1692 1693 1694 1695 1696 1697 1698 1699 1700 ... 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 | Next »