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Article • March 15, 2010 • from PLN March, 2010
Indiana DOC Directive Limiting Educational Credit to Only One Associate’s Degree Violates Ex Post Facto Clause by Brandon Sample A directive issued by the Indiana Department of Corrections (IDOC) that limits the award of educational sentence credit to only one Associate’s Degree cannot be applied retroactively without running afoul of …
$750,000 Settlement in Alabama Prisoner’s Heat Death by A $750,000 settlement was paid to the mother of an Alabama mentally ill prisoner who died as the result of exposure to extreme heat while on psychotropic medication. Just four days after his admission to Kilby Correctional Facility (KCF), prisoner Farron Barksdale, …
Article • March 15, 2010 • from PLN March, 2010
$100,000 Settlement in New York Prisoner’s Slip and Fall Claim by The State of New York agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a prisoner’s slip and fall claim that occurred at the Groveland Correctional Facility. The settlement comes in a claim filed by prisoner James Mahoney, who was assigned as …
Article • March 15, 2010 • from PLN March, 2010
Shrinking Budgets Force States to Cut Corrections Spending by Bob Williams In a July 2009 report funded by the Public Safety Performance Project of the Pew Center on the States, author Christine S. Scott-Hayward examines how shrinking budgets are impacting state corrections policies and practices. The story is in the …
Partial Summary Judgment Granted To PLN in FOIA Case against EOUSA by Brandon Sample On September 16, 2009, U.S. District Judge Marcia S. Krieger granted in part and denied in part a motion for summary judgment by Prison Legal News (PLN) in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case wherein …
$60,000 Settlement for Washington Prisoner Injured by Chemical Spill by The State of Washington paid $60,000 to settle a prisoner’s claim that he was injured due to a chemical spill. While working in the kitchen at the McNeil Island Correction Center, prisoner George D. Douglas reached for a chemical bottle …
GEO Group Buys Just Care For $40 Million by Geo Group, Inc., one of the country’s largest private prison and detention operators, has agreed to acquire Just Care. Just Care operates a 354-bed medical and mental health care unit in Columbia, South Carolina. In announcing the acquisition, GEO Group said …
$2.1 Million Awarded in New York Unjust Conviction Claim by On March 16, 2009, a New York Court of Claims awarded $2,093,420 in damages to a man who was wrongfully convicted of sexually assaulting his 4-year-old child. He had spent more than two years in a maximum-security prison. During “an …
Texas Religious Group Policies May Violate First Amendment and RLUIPA; TDCJ Changes Policy by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) policies that had the effect of prohibiting a prisoner from meeting with other members of his religion and possessing religious items may …
Article • March 15, 2010 • from PLN March, 2010
Washington DOC Ordered to Pay $174,000 for False Imprisonment by A Washington state woman has been awarded $174,000 in damages after the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) miscalculated her sentence, causing her to stay in prison an extra 18 months. Melanie Hinkle was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder in …
Article • March 15, 2010 • from PLN March, 2010
Four-Year Statute of Limitations Applies to § 1983 Claims Filed in Florida by Four-Year Statute of Limitations Applies to § 1983 Claims Filed in Florida The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that 42 U.S.C. § 1983 actions filed in Florida have a four-year statute of limitations. The appellate …
Brief • March 15, 2010
Blackmon v Kukua Tx Complaint Indoor Temperature Excessive Heat 2010 Case2:08-cv-00273 2:08-cv-00273 Document Document113-1 120 Filed Case FiledininTXSD TXSDon on04/01/10 03/15/10 Page Page11ofof88 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION EUGENE BLACKMON, Plaintiff § § § § v. § § § § DIANA KUKUA, Warden, Garza …
Brief • March 13, 2010
Vargas v City of New York Ny Complaint Failure to Protect Prisoner Assault 2010 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF BRONX JOSE M. VARGAS, Index No. Plaintiff, VERIFIED COMPLAINT - against - THE CITY OF NEW YORK, Defendant. Plaintiff, JOSE M. VARGAS, by his attorney, ALAN …
Brief • March 12, 2010
Allen v Collins Oh Plf Memo in Opp to Def Mot for Sj Parole Class Action 2010 Case: 1:08-cv-01780-SO Doc #: 64 Filed: 03/12/10 1 of 27. PageID #: 1017 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION ROBERT J. ALLEN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. TERRY COLLINS, et …
Brief • March 11, 2010
Riggs v Valdez Id Plf Am Compl Prisoner Assaults 2010 Case 1:09-cv-00010-BLW Document 16 Filed 03/11/10 Page 1 of 81 STEPHEN L. PEVAR American Civil Liberties Union Foundation 2074 Park Street Hartford, Connecticut 06106 (860) 570-9830 LEA C. COOPER ISB # 3505 American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho Foundation P.O. …
In-the-News Article • March 11, 2010
Article takes government to task for refusing PLN's FOIA request for prison murder video March 11, 2010 Articles about PLN Litigation Denver Post Article takes government to task for refusing PLN's FOIA request for prison murder video - Denver Post 2010 Justice Dept. claims depraved killers have privacy rights By …
Riggs et al v. Valdez et al, ID, Amended Complaint, ACLU v CCA gladiator school 8th Am, 2010 Case 1:09-cv-00010-BLW Document 16 Filed 03/11/10 Page 1 of 81 STEPHEN L. PEVAR American Civil Liberties Union Foundation 2074 Park Street Hartford, Connecticut 06106 (860) 570-9830 LEA C. COOPER ISB # 3505 …
Brief • March 10, 2010
Ohio Ethics Commission to Collins Oh Agency Opinion County Jail Classification 2010 Ben Rose, ellai,. Shirley Mays, Vice ellai,. OIDO ETIDCS COMMISSION William Green Building 30 West Spring Street, L3 Columbns, Ohio 43215-2256 Telephone: (614) 466-7090 Fax: (614) 466-8368 Merom Brachman Angelita Cmz Bridges BeUyDavis Diana Swoope David E. Freel, …
Brief • March 10, 2010
Prison Legal News v. Berkeley Co Sheriff Dewitt, SC, Complaint, censorship, 2010 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA CHARLESTON DIVISION PRISON LEGAL NEWS and HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiffs, vs. BERKELEY COUNTY SHERIFF H. WAYNE DEWITT, individually and in his official capacity; CAPTAIN CLIFF …
Brief • March 10, 2010
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Mercado v. Barbee, et. al., CO., Court Order, Failure to Treat, Respiratory, 2010 Case 1:06-cv-02303-WYD -MJW Document 229 Filed 03/10/10 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Chief Judge Wiley Y. Daniel Civil Action No. 06-cv-02303-WYD-MJW RALPH MERCADO, Plaintiff, v. M. BARBEE, …
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