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and the responsibility.’” A Sacramento Grand Jury report released on July 1, 2006, two weeks after Sams died, found that SCMJ’s medical care system was a threat to prisoners’ health. The Grand Jury noted that the jail’s ...
Article • February 15, 2010 • from PLN February, 2010
. This is a financial defeat for Hartford taxpayers whose City attorney refused to simply fax documents by claiming his office was not required to do so.” According to a July 1, 2009 letter from Hartford Mayor Eddie ...
incidents of prison life,’” citing Sandin v. Conner, 515 U.S. 472, 115 S.Ct. 2293 (1995) [PLN, Aug. 1995, p.1]. Second, Barrett “must show that the Due Process Clause requires that the state provide him ...
in an unrelated case. [See: PLN, Nov. 2009, p.38; Feb. 2009, p.1]. The defendants moved for summary judgment on grounds that the evidence did not show “objective unreasonable-ness” as required for a Fourth ...
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
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in water and electrical consumption. Large cities don’t fare much better. Parts of Brooklyn, New York cost the government $1 million a year on law enforcement alone. Non-violent drug offenders account ...
by almost 50 percent, from 4,809 to 2,419 as of April 2009. [See: PLN, May 2009, p.24; Feb. 2008, p.1]. Despite its findings, the State Auditor’s Office concluded that TYC executive director Cherie Townsend ...
by that storm [See: PLN, April 2007, p.1], it was determined that to avoid unnecessary risks to prisoners and staff, all efforts must be made to ensure that sufficient water, heat, lighting and ventilation were ...
Article • March 15, 2010 • from PLN March, 2010
), Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539 (1974), Heck, and Spencer v. Kemna, 523 U.S. 1 (1998), the Fourth Circuit noted that in Spencer, the Supreme Court had “found Heck’s ‘favorable termination’ requirement ...
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
that are unaccounted for during rounds,” the state report found. Shelton had sneaked off the second floor, where he was housed, and raped a 69-year old woman who lived on the first floor. A little after 1:00 a.m ...
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
contempt. See: In re: Herbert S. Moncier, U.S.D.C. (E.D. Tenn.), Case No. 1:08-mc-00009; In re: Herbert S. Moncier, 550 F.Supp.2d 768 (E.D. Tenn. 2008); In re: Herbert S. Moncier, 569 F.Supp.2d 725 (E.D ...
: (1) The group is not sanctioned by prison officials; (2) it is a “race” group; (3) it has a “negative…history.” The Court held “it is an exaggerated response to any interest in security to require ...
Article • July 15, 2010 • from PLN July, 2010
medical ser-vices; and forgiveness of the balance [of the fees] due for good behavior.” The commission is required to issue its report by March 1, 2011. Additional sources: Valley Advocate, http ...
to maintain their fingers in an interlocked position, and frequently sustain bloody lips, chins or noses as a result of the take-down procedure. The complaint sets forth six causes of action: (1) illegal ...
PCJ prisoners, alleges First, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment violations, specifically that PCJ suffers from 1) overcrowding with a resulting lack of privacy, loss of sleep and threat of prisoner ...
pending, on August 1, 2007 the defendants filed a second summary judgment motion chal-lenging Malik’s claims on the merits. Malik moved for an extension of time to respond and on September 5, 2007 the court ...
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
will announce it in PLN. This is the second book published by PLN Publishing and we look forward to printing 1-2 self-help reference books a year on topics that are of interest to prisoners. Censorship of PLN ...
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
of Justice estimated in 2003 that around 1 million remained uncollected. Compounding the problem is a huge number of already-collected DNA samples waiting to be processed. At least 13 states are experiencing ...
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
logged the most overtime, averaging 1½ extra work weeks per month. About 95 percent of prison nurses worked overtime in 2008 – a higher proportion than the employees of any other state agency. Fifty-two ...
conviction and incarceration where the prosecutor allegedly (1) violated a criminal defendant’s ‘substantive due process’ rights by procuring false testimony during the criminal investigation, and then (2 ...
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
, a prison guard, was accused of smuggling drugs and a cell phone to incarcerated BGF members in ex-change for cash and pre-paid debit cards. See: United States v. Brown, U.S.D.C. (D. MD), Case No. 1:09-cr ...
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