Law Passes Requiring Parents in New York Prisons to be Housed Close to Their Children by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss New York state Senator Velmanette Montgomery sponsored a bill passed by both houses in August 2020 and signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo that will require the Department …
NY Prisoner Entitled to Release Upon Reaching Conditional Release Date by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that a New York prisoner has rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to be released upon mandatory conditional release. The court, however, found those rights …
Pushing Back on Prison Labor by Lilah Burke Public institutions often have ties to state-run prison labor companies. Students at one university system are trying to challenge that. by Lilah Burke, Inside Higher ED New York governor Andrew Cuomo walks past cells in Clinton Correctional Facility in 2014. Lots of furniture at …
State of NY v. Erie County, NY, Complaint, Jail Conditions, 2021 FILED: ERIE COUNTY CLERK 03/17/2021 10:28 AM NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1 INDEX NO. 803433/2021 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 03/17/2021 STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT, COUNTY OF ERIE In the Matter of the Application of Index No.: _____________ THE NEW YORK …
State of NY v. Erie County, NY, Settlement, Jail Conditions, 2021 STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT, COUNTY OF ERIE In the Matter of the Application of THE NEW YORK STATE COMMISSION OF CORRECTION, Petitioner, For an Order Pursuant to Article 78 of the CPLR and NY State Correction Law …
USA v. Finn, NY, Criminal Indictment, Excessive Force, 2021 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - -x UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SEALED SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT - v. AARON FINN, (Sl) 21 Cr. 650 ( Defendant. - - - X COUNT ONE (Deprivation of Civil Rights Under Color of …
Columbia University, New York State's New Death Penalty, 2021 OCTOBER 2021 New York State’s New Death Penalty: The Death Toll of Mass Incarceration in a Post Execution Era (j;] COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Cl IlR IO Ill I U About the Center for Justice at Columbia The Center for Justice is committed …
New York State Executive Order Re Declaration of Disaster Emergency Due to Conditions at Rikers Island Correctional Center 2021 No.5 EXECUTIVE ORDER Declaration of a Disaster Emergency in the Counties of the Bronx, Kings, New York, Richmond and Queens Due to Conditions at Rikers Island Correctional Center WHEREAS, the Rikers …
Nunez v. City of New York, NY, 11th Monitor Report, Covid Response, 2021 Case 1:11-cv-05845-LTS-JCF Document 368 Filed 05/11/21 Page 1 of 342 Eleventh Report of the Nunez Independent Monitor Eleventh Monitoring Period July 1, 2020 – December 31, 2020 Case 1:11-cv-05845-LTS-JCF Document 368 Filed 05/11/21 Page 2 of 342 …
News in Brief by Alabama: In February 2021, Huntsville TV station WHNT reported a delay in the trial on theft and ethics charges of Mike Blakely, sheriff of Limestone County, Alabama. According to the report, retired Colbert County Circuit Judge Pride Tompkins, who had been appointed to hear the case …
COVID-19 Kills Jeffery Epstein’s Former Cellmate by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On November 27, 2020, Efrain “Stone” Reyes died in his mother’s Bronx, New York apartment from COVID-19 he contracted while at the Queens, New York Correctional Center (QCC). He was 51. Prior to his stay at the Queens …
Second Circuit Reinstates Acquitted New York City Man’s Claims of Police Due Process Violations and Excessive Use of Force by Jailers by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On November 12, 2020, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated claims by a New York City man that he was the victim …
Second Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment in Lawsuit Alleging New York Guard Sexually Assaulted Female Prisoners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On November 17, 2020, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the grant of summary judgment in a lawsuit alleging a guard at New York’s Suffolk County Correctional …
Lee v. City of Troy, NY, Memo in Support of Motion in Limine, Excessive Force, 2021 Case 1:19-cv-00473-DNH-DJS Document 67-5 Filed 04/30/21 Page 1 of 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -------------------------------------------------------------X LAMONT LEE, Plaintiff, 19 Civ. 00473 (DNH/DJS) -againstTHE CITY OF TROY, PATROLMAN CHRISTOPHER PARKER, …
Hall v. Warren, NY, Class Action Complaint, Excessive Force Against Protestors, 2021 Case 6:21-cv-06296 Document 1 Filed 04/05/21 Page 1 of 96 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ANTHONY HALL, STANLEY MARTIN, NICHOLAS ROBERTSON, DEVORAH CHATMAN, REYNALDO DEGUZMAN, EMILY GOOD, WINONA MILLER, DYNASTY BUGGS, LORE MCSPADDEN-WALKER, EMILY …
New York City Policing During Summer 2020 Demonstractions, Order on Confidentiality Dispute, 2021 Case 1:20-cv-08924-CM Document 114 Filed 04/02/21 Page 1 of 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ---------------------------------------------------------------X In Re: New York City Policing During Summer : ORDER 2020 Demonstrations 20 Civ. 8924 (CM) (GWG) …
New York City Policing During Summer 2020 Demonstrations, Confidentiality Order, 2021 Case 1:20-cv-08924-CM Document 115 Filed 04/02/21 Page 1 of 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK In Re: New York City Policing During Summer 2020 Demonstrations CIVIL ACTION NO. 20 Civ. 8924 (CM)(GWG) This filing is …
"Conservative New York County Enacts Progressive Transgender Prisoner Policy" by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On July 22, 2020, a rural and politically conservative county in western New York implemented one of the nation’s most progressive transgender jail policies, also agreeing to pay a transgender woman $60,000 to settle a …
New York City Policing During Summer 2020 Demonstrations, Ltr to Judge Gorenstein From NYC Law Department, 2021 Case 1:21-cv-00533-CM Document 71 Filed 04/01/21 Page 1 of 5 THE CITY OF NEW YORK GEORGIA M. PESTANA Acting Corporation Counsel LAW DEPARTMENT ELISSA B. JACOBS Senior Corporation Counsel Phone: (212) 356-23540012 Fax: …
New York City Policing During Summer 2020 Demonstrations, Ltr to Judge Gorenstein From Legal Aid Society, 2021 Case 1:20-cv-08924-CM Document 112 Filed 03/30/21 Page 1 of 5 March 30, 2021 By ECF Honorable Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein United States Magistrate Judge Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse 500 Pearl …