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Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009
PLN Files Public Records Suit Against San Francisco County, Sheriff’s Office by On August 20, 2009, Prison Legal News filed suit in Superior Court against the City and County of San Francisco, the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department, Sheriff Michael Hennessey and City Attorney Dennis Herrera. The lawsuit alleges that the …
Columbia Jail Journal: The Compelling, Exclusive Inside Story of the Columbia Three, by James Monaghan, Brandon Press, 277 pages by David Preston Reviewed by David Preston Of the many and varied detours a man can take off the road to happiness, a trip to prison would have to be about …
Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009
Florida DOC and Keefe Gouge Prisoners on Commissary Sales by David Reutter by David M. Reutter While the economic downturn has caused the price of goods and commodities to decrease in the free world, the cost of items in Florida’s prison canteens has skyrocketed under a new contract. Florida law …
$1.8 Million Settlement in Beating of Florida Jail Prisoner by by David M. Reutter Florida’s Broward County Sheriff’s Office (BCSC) agreed to pay $1.8 million to settle a civil rights action, in mid-trial, brought by a former prisoner who was left brain damaged after a beating from other prisoners, who …
Pennsylvania Jail Mired in Scandal ... Again by by David M. Reutter With the suspension of two top officials at the Monroe County Correctional Facility (MCCF) in Snydersville, Pennsylvania, efforts to turn the jail around have hit yet another stumbling block. The February 27, 2009 suspensions – and later resignations …
Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009
Montana, Michigan Towns Vie to Fill Prisons with Guantanamo Detainees by by David M. Reutter Despite winning a lawsuit which held that officials in Hardin, Montana could contract to receive out-of-state prisoners, the town’s Two Rivers Detention Facility sits empty and the bonds issued to finance the prison are in …
Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009
Michigan Changes Overtime Rules; $4 Million Savings on Prison Budget by In order to cut operating costs, Michigan has changed the way state employees can receive overtime. Statewide, the change is expected to save $8 million annually, with half of the savings coming from prisons. The change, which became effective …
$4.7 Million Settlement for Brain Damage Caused by Washington Jail Negligence by Washington State’s Kitsap County Jail paid $4.7 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged its failure to properly care for a developmentally disabled man left him brain damaged from dehydration. William E. Trask, 44, was born developmentally disabled. …
Glomar Response to Prisoner’s FOIA Request Insufficient by On February 28, 2008, U.S. District Court Judge Rosemary M. Collyer denied a summary judgment motion filed by the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) suit challenging the BOP’s refusal to confirm or deny the existence of …
Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009
Texas Parole Board’s Hearing on Imposition of Sex Offender Conditions Inadequate by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 24, 2009, a U.S. District Court ruled that hearings held by the Texas parole board before imposing sex offender parole conditions on prisoners not convicted of sex offenses were constitutionally inadequate. …
PLN Prevails in Motion to Unseal Settlement in CCA Class Action FLSA Case by On August 28, 2009, the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas unsealed a settlement agreement in a nationwide class-action lawsuit against Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest private prison firm. On July …
$6 Million Settlement in Beating Death of California Detainee by California’s Kern County agreed to pay $6 million to settle a lawsuit in the beating death of a pre-trial detainee at the county’s jail. The August 15, 2005, incident involved “as many as 14 detention officers [who] … beat, hit, …
$500,000 Settlement for Fatal Beating of Phoenix Jail Prisoner by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 3, 2009, the Maricopa County (Arizona) Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 to settle for $500,000 a lawsuit brought by survivors of a man beat to death in the Fourth Avenue Jail of the …
Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009
Los Angeles County Agrees to Pay $7,000,000 to Beaten Juvenile Prisoner by On March 27, 2009, Los Angeles County agreed to pay $7,000,000 to a youth that was severely beaten at the Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall (Nidorf) in Sylmar, California after the youth was pressured, but refused, to join …
Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009
Missouri DOC Permits Gift Books in Response to PLN Demand Letter by On September 15, 2009, the Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to revise its policy prohibiting prisoners from receiving books purchased for them by third parties or sent to them free of charge. The DOC also agreed to …
Hawaii to Remove Prisoners from CCA Facility Over Abuse Charges by Ian Urbina Hawaii prison officials said Tuesday that all of the state’s 168 female inmates at a privately run Kentucky prison will be removed by the end of September because of charges of sexual abuse by guards. Forty inmates …
Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009
Military Psychologist Implicated in Abusive Interrogations by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A lawsuit against the Louisiana State Board of Examiners of Psychologists (LSBEP) accuses retired Army Col. Larry C. James of professional and ethical violations stemming from his former role as chief psychologist at the U.S. military prisons …
Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009
Indigent Connecticut Prisoners Entitled to Copies of Records Under FOIA Without Charge by On April 29, 2008, the Superior Court of Connecticut upheld the Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission’s decision to invalidate a state prison rule that prevented indigent prisoners from obtaining copies of records under the state’s Freedom of …
Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009
Duration of Confinement in Segregation Affects Due Process Inquiry by On May 12, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that the length of a prisoner’s confinement in administrative segregation (ad seg) affects whether there has been a due process violation. Carey Harden-Bey, a Michigan prisoner …
Second Circuit Reinstates New York Jail Guard’s Excessive Force Conviction by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Second Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the federal conviction of a New York jail guard for intentionally using excessive force on a prisoner in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 242. Zoran Teodorovic, a …
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