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Brief • November 16, 2009
Filed under: Tuberculosis
McCaster v. Ramsey County, MN, Complaint, Failure to Treat TB, 2009 CASE 0:09-cv-03196-RHK-AJB Document 1 Filed 11/16/09 Page 1 of 23 CASE 0:09-cv-03196-RHK-AJB Document 1 Filed 11/16/09 Page 2 of 23 CASE 0:09-cv-03196-RHK-AJB Document 1 Filed 11/16/09 Page 3 of 23 CASE 0:09-cv-03196-RHK-AJB Document 1 Filed 11/16/09 Page 4 of …
Brief • November 16, 2009
Vaughn v Revell Fl Settlement Sex Soliticitation by Guard 2009 RELEASE OF CLAIMS GENERAL RELEASE The undersigned, LISA ANN VAUGHN and PHILLIP VAUGHN by and through Lisa Aun Vaughn according to a Power of Attorney duly executed, hereinafter the Releasors or Plaintiffs, for and in consideration of the sum of …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
$1.55 Million Awarded in Female Colorado DOC Prisoner’s Rape by Guard by Mark Wilson On February 3, 2009, default judgment was entered in a lawsuit filed against a Colorado prison guard who had raped and sodomized a female prisoner. Afterwards, several other individual defendants and the Colorado Department of Corrections …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Filed under: Searches, Strip Searches
Texas Jail Strip Search Policy Unconstitutional by Brandon Sample O n May 19, 2009, U.S. District Court Judge Walter S. Smith, Jr. denied a motion to dismiss filed by McLennan County, Texas in a suit challenging the constitutionality of the county jail’s policy of strip searching all pre-trial detainees. The …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Prison Radio Beams Love, Hope and News through the Bars by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Radio broadcasts aimed at prisoners are an uncommon media phenomenon in the United States. For prisoners incarcerated far from home with limited language skills and resources it can represent the only lifeline to family …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
$395,000 Settlement in Los Angeles Jail Prisoner’s Lung Infection Death by The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office paid $395,000 to settle a lawsuit claiming it provided inadequate medical treatment to a prisoner, causing his death. The claim was brought by the estate of Michael Buford. When Buford, 32, was arrested …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
From the Editor by Paul Wright As the holidays approach people should consider subscriptions to Prison Legal News or some of the books we distribute as holiday gifts. Some titles, like PLN’s first book publishing project, the Prisoners Guerrilla Handbook to Correspondence Programs in the US and Canada offers the …
Pennsylvania County Prisons Mired in Conditions Litigation by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Whether or not a large number of lawsuits is indicative of management or operational problems at a prison or jail is a matter of debate that depends on one’s perspective – that is, which side of …
Article • November 15, 2009
Vengeance Meets Recidivism by Jimmie Franks By Jimmy Franks As vote-hungry politicians and vengeance-minded citizens continue to make it increasingly difficult for parolees to successfully reintegrate into society, prison recidivism remains a problem of epic proportions. Viewed objectively, the correlation between these two phenomena is readily apparent, although no one …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
$1 Million Settlement in Washington DOC Staff Sexual Abuse Suit of Women Prisoners by On June 12, 2009, the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) entered into a settlement agreement in a class-action lawsuit over staff sexual abuse of female prisoners which included $22,500 in attorney fees for future enforcement …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Former PA Lawmaker Who Took Sex Offenders into His Home Files Suit Against Zoning Board by Thomas E. Armstrong, a former tough-on-crime Pennsylvania lawmaker who took three registered sex offenders into his home in Marietta Borough, filed a lawsuit last year challenging a decision by zoning officials to force the …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
$170,000 in Settlements to Sacramento Jail Prisoner Sexually Abused by Guards by California’s Sacramento County has paid $160,000 to settle a claim that a guard raped a prisoner. The settlement is in addition to a $10,000 payment out of personal funds paid by another guard for kissing the prisoner. The …
$250,000 Awarded to Former New York Prisoner Wrongly Convicted by Falsified Evidence by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A New York Court of Claims has awarded $250,000 to a former prisoner based on her claims of malicious prosecution and negligent supervision, after finding a State Police investigator had fabricated …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
CRIPA Investigation Finds “Woefully Inadequate” Conditions in Erie County, NY Jails; Lawsuits Filed by Jimmy Franks An investigation conducted by the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice uncovered significant civil rights violations at two New York detention facilities – the Erie County Holding Center (ECHC) and the …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Justice Reinvestment Initiative Eliminates Texas Prison Overcrowding by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Despite a massive prison-building program in the 1990s, in 2007 the Texas legislature had to deal with an overcrowded prison system. Some lawmakers proposed including $523 million in the biennial budget for prison construction. Surprisingly, the legislature …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Texas Grand Jury Rules Jail Guards Not Negligent in Prisoner’s Death by Gary Hunter Despite a finding of homicide by the Dallas County Medical Examiner, an Angelina County grand jury ruled that jail guards involved in physically subduing a prisoner were not negligent in causing his death. In November 2008, …
Privatized Prison Medical Care in Mississippi Still Problematic by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Anyone looking for evidence that privatized prison health care is a complete failure need look no further than Mississippi. In 2001, the per capita death rate for Mississippi prisoners was around the national average. By …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
American Methods: Torture and the Logic of Domination, by Kristian Williams, South End Press, 279 pages by David Preston Reviewed by David Preston 1979. How well I remember it. My freshman year at college. In an effort to expand my consciousness and do good in the world, I joined a …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Indiana Supreme Court Holds Sex Offender Registration Act Unconstitutional When Applied Retroactively by In a courageous and controversial ruling, a unanimous Indiana Supreme Court held on April 30, 2009 that state statutes collectively referred to as the Indiana Sex Offender Registration Act, when applied to Richard Wallace, a child molester …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
$21 Million Jury Award for Illinois Wrongful Conviction by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In June 2009, an Illinois federal jury awarded $21 million to a former prisoner who served 11-1/2 years for a murder he didn’t commit. The basis of the claim was that Chicago police detective Reynaldo …
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