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Article • April 15, 2008 • from PLN April, 2008
Overcrowded, Understaffed California DOC Pays $471 Million in Overtime by John Dannenberg A combination of prison overcrowding and a 10.9% staff vacancy rate in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) resulted in $471 million in overtime being paid in fiscal year 2006-2007 ? a 17% increase over 2005-2006. …
Audit Reveals Problems with Maryland’s New Prisoner Health Care System by Michael Rigby Audit Reveals Problems with Maryland's New Prisoner Health Care System by Michael Rigby Maryland's new prisoner health care program remained understaffed in 2006, and the state Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) has yet to …
Georgia’s Prison Health System Squeezed by Increasing Population, Decreasing Staff Budget by David Reutter Georgia's Prison Health System Squeezed by Increasing Population, Decreasing Staff Budget by David M. Reutter With an increase in Georgia's prison population, the cost to provide medical care to prisoners has soared. Due to legislative budgetary …
Who’s Monitoring Prison Medical Contract Requirements in New Jersey? No One by David Reutter Who's Monitoring Prison Medical Contract Requirements in New Jersey? No One by David Reutter PLN subscribers often read reports about the effects of privatized prisoner health care and the spread of privatization to prison and jail …
Scandal Rocks Texas Youth Commission; Youths Molested by School Supervisors by Gary Hunter During the 2006 elections, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott ran television ads touting the capture of the state's 500th Internet child predator. Shortly after elected lawmakers convened in 2007 they went to work on a bill that …
Los Angeles Settles County Jail Murder Suit For $1 Million by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On August 14, 2007, Los Angeles County settled a lawsuit brought by the family of a mentally ill prisoner who was stomped to death in a holding cell by two prisoners, while guards …
Independent Monitor Issues First Report on Delaware Health Care by by David M. Reutter Joshua W. Martin III, the Independent Monitor who is overseeing an agreement between the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Delaware Department of Corrections (DDOC), has issued his first semi-annual report. The agreement with the …
Article • January 15, 2008
Police Test Scores Disclosure Ordered Under Pennsylvania's Right to Know Law by Pennsylvania newspaper The Times Leader (TTL), a division of Cypress Media, Inc., appealed the dismissal of its action to compel the production of records regarding the test results of police candidates on the list for the City of …
Largest Oregon Jail a Cesspool of Misconduct and Mismanagement, Report Finds; Sheriff Faulted and Under Fire by Mark Wilson On November 1, 2006, the Multnomah County District Attorney?s (DA?s) Office in Portland, Oregon released a blistering 63-page report that found systemic, shocking problems in the state?s largest jail system. ?Conservative? …
Audit Reveals Continuing “State of Chaos” at Hawaii Youth Prison by Audit Reveals Continuing "State of Chaos" at Hawaii Youth Prison The Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility (HYCF) is in non-compliance with most of the American Correctional Association (ACA) "Standards for Juvenile Correction Facilities," according to a 2007 security audit. HYCF, …
Article • January 15, 2008 • from PLN January, 2008
California Prison Guards Lose Unlimited “Time Bank” For On-The Job Union Business by Marvin Mentor California Prison Guards Lose Unlimited "Time Bank" For On-The Job Union Business by Marvin Mentor The California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) lost its bid to undo a cap on its contract provision permitting rank-and-file …
Article • January 15, 2008 • from PLN January, 2008
Hawaii Youth Prison Financial Audit Finds Excessive Overtime/Leave Abuses by A 2007 financial audit of the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility (HYCF) found significant overtime costs and sick leave among guards, with 35 percent of gross compensation being earned through overtime pay in fiscal year 2004-2005. Intense scrutiny of HYCF, the …
Article • December 15, 2007
$4.9 Million Settlement in Louisiana Jail Prisoner-On-Prisoner Beating by The City of Shreveport, Louisiana settled with the family of a prisoner that was severely beaten by another prisoner in the City's jail. The $4.9 million settlement is for damages incurred by Carl Edwin Janski in March 2002. Janski had several …
Jail Policy of Cross Gender Guard Doesn’t Establish Liability in Guard Rape by The plaintiff alleged that a male guard had engaged in sex with her, taking advantage of her mental and physical state. The officer was fired and entered an Alford plea to criminal charges. A policy of "cross-gender …
Arizona and Indiana Prisoner Uprising at GEO-Run Prison in Indiana by by Matt Clarke On April 24, 2007, about 500 Arizona and Illinois prisoners at a privately-run facility owned by the Indiana Department of Corrections (IDOC) participated in an uprising. The prison is operated by the Boca Raton, Florida-based GEO …
“Please Rip Us Off” Florida Officials Tell Private Prison Companies by David Reutter "Please Rip Us Off" Florida Officials Tell Private Prison Companies by David M. Reutter Despite having ordered a criminal investigation into its private prison contractors, the Florida Legislature and Governor Charlie Crist have enacted legislation that specifies …
California DOC Federal Healthcare Receiver Issues Master Remedial Plan by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg "Good care is less costly than bad care." This maxim, from prison healthcare Receiver Robert Sillen, set the tone when he announced his master plan on May 10, 2007 to constitutionally repair the California …
Reformed Dental Care Will Have Ohio Prisoners Smiling by Michael Rigby The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) will hire dozens of dental health care providers, revise policies and procedures governing prisoner dental care, and implement oral health care education programs as part of a settlement agreed to in …
California DOC Guards Win Injunction to Stop Prisoner Transfers Out-Of-State; Transfers Continue While State Appeals by The Superior Court of Sacramento County has granted a writ of mandate prohibiting the transfer of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) prisoners to out-of-state facilities to alleviate the prison system's chronic overcrowding …
Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
Utah DOC Audit: Ingrained Staff Cronyism Stymies Workplace Effectiveness by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg A December 2006 state audit of the Utah Department of Corrections (UDC) found that entrenched upper management personnel lacked vision and innovation, while they selectively allowed punishable staff "indiscretions" to be swept under the …
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