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Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
Filed under: Medical, Medication, Skin
Oklahoma Prisoner Awarded $65,000 for Inadequate MSRA Care by Brandon Sample On March 12, 2009, Chief U.S. District Judge Claire Eagan entered judgment in the amount of $65,000 against an Oklahoma state prison Health Services Administrator (HSA) accused of failing to provide a prisoner adequate medical treatment. While incarcerated at …
Article • September 15, 2009
$2,824.70 Settlement in Lost Property by Washington State’s King County Jail has paid $2,824.70 to settle the lost property claim of James B. Trapp, who entered the jail on November 30, 2001. The jail lost his driver’s license, personal and work keys, a chain and cross, pants, sweatshirt, shirt, hat, …
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
Sixth Circuit Overturns $625,000 Verdict for Ohio Prisoner Sexually Abused by Guard by Brandon Sample In what one judge described as a “legal travesty,” on March 13, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit overturned a jury verdict in favor of a prisoner who had been sexually …
Article • September 15, 2009
3 Days Illegal Imprisonment Nets $5,500 by Washington’s King County paid $5,500 to settle a claim that a probation officer was negligent in her duties, causing the claimant, Lolita Urie, to be improperly and illegally arrested. When Urie timely appeared for a probation appointment with King County Probation Officer Nancy …
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
$1 Million Settlement in Santa Clara, California Jail Suicide by California’s Santa Clara County paid $1 million to the estate of a mentally ill prisoner who committed suicide at the Santa Clara County Jail (SCCJ). The estate’s federal civil rights complaint claimed jail officials failed to provide necessary medical treatment …
Article • September 15, 2009
$3,300 Settlement for Cruel and Unusual Punishment by Jail Guards by Washington State’s King County Jail paid $3,298.53 to settle the claim of James D. Wilks, who alleged that he was subject to cruel and unusual punishment in January and February 2002. The complaint alleges that Wilks was not treated …
Indigent Texas Prisoners May No Longer be Required to Repay Cost of Court-Appointed Counsel by by Bill Habern On March 11, 2009, the Texas Court of Appeals in Amarillo issued an opinion in a case involving Gilbert Alexander Perez, an indigent defendant. Perez raised two issues on appeal. First was …
Shouldn’t Innocence Matter? by David C Fathi By David Fathi On August 17, the US Supreme Court ordered a lower federal court in Georgia to conduct a hearing in the case of Troy Anthony Davis. Davis has been on Georgia’s death row for 18 years, sentenced to death for the …
Article • September 15, 2009
New Research on Prisoner Gambling: Correctional Considerations and Implications for Re-entry by D J Williams by Dr. D J Williams Independent Researcher, Los Angeles, CA Exclusive article written for Prison Legal News (October 2009) *The author wishes to thank the Alberta Gaming Research Institute for funding his research on prisoner …
Article • September 15, 2009
PLN helps break news story on private prison in Hardin, MT and American Police Force! by Alex Friedmann Investigative Research re American Private Police Force Organization (APF) by Alex Friedmann Associate Editor, Prison Legal News Vice President, Private Corrections Institute Prison Legal News and the Private Corrections Institute have been …
Article • September 15, 2009
Behind Coleman v. Schwarzenegger - Profile of Prison Law Office attorney Donald Specter by Michael Hamden Behind Coleman v. Schwarzenegger September 30, 2009 Corrections Policy Examiner Michael Hamden (www.HamdenConsulting.com) Donald Specter: attorney in the public interest As many know, California’s prison system is grossly overcrowded and there have been repeated …
Article • September 15, 2009
Attorney withdraws from American Private Police Force by Alex Friedmann Attorney Withdraws from American Private Police Force Hardin, MT – On September 30, Prison Legal News (PLN), a non-profit monthly publication that reports on criminal justice-related issues, provided background research to the Associated Press and other media agencies regarding the …
Article • September 15, 2009
$1,000 Settlement for Lost Property by Seattle Jail by Washington State’s King County paid $1,000 to settle the claim of Anloueshawn Jerraine Brady for property lost at the Regional Justice Center Jail on March 19, 2001. Lost were 2 white gold men’s Figaro bracelets. Acting pro se, Brady settled the …
Article • September 15, 2009
$1,500 Settlement for Prisoner-on-Prisoner Assault at Seattle Jail by Washington State’s King County paid $1,500 to settle the claim of prisoner Steven L. Morris, who claimed that as he concluded a visit on December 24, 2003 at the Regional Justice Center King County Jail, he was attacked by another prisoner …
Article • September 15, 2009
$2,000 Settlement for Prisoner Property Lost by Seattle Jail by Washington State’s King County Jail paid $2,000 to settle the lost property lawsuit of Paul Brueggemann, who claimed that on October 16, 2006, the Jail seized his property without issuing a receipt and it was never seen again. Lost were …
Article • September 15, 2009
$2,500 Settlement for Wrongful Arrest by Washington State’s King County paid $2,500 to settle the claim of Randy A. Field, who was wrongfully arrested on September 20, 2004 and January 21, 2005 for violation of a non-contact order (NCO) with his wife, which had been withdrawn on November 9, 2001 …
Article • September 15, 2009
$2,800 Settlement in Seattle Jail Excessive Force Case by Washington State’s King County paid $2,500 to settle the lawsuit of Edward R. Whittington, who claimed that while a prisoner at the King County Jail on April 23, 2004, guard Ifebou used excessive force on him when he closed a tank …
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
No Qualified Immunity for Guards Who Failed to Help Vomiting Prisoner Who Died by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has affirmed a denial of qualified immunity for three Greene County, Arkansas jail guards accused of violating a prisoner’s Eighth Amendment rights. On January 4, 2002, Phil …
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
California Prison Still Subpar, Grand Jury Finds by The Pleasant Valley State Prison (PVSP) in Coalinga, California continues to suffer from overcrowding and inadequate medical care, according to a March 25, 2009, report by the Fresno County Grand Jury. As part of section 919(b) of the California Penal Code, grand …
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief: by Arizona: On July 17, 2009, 27-year-old Danny Torres, a guard at the Corrections Corporation of America run Saguaro Correctional Center in Eloy, was shot and killed during a home invasion robbery in Tucson. Pima County Sheriff’s Deputy Dawn Barkman said Torres was one of three men …
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