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Article • January 15, 2002 • from PLN January, 2002
Corrections Corporation of America Announces Closing of Youngstown Prison by Ronald Young Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) announced it would close its Youngstown, Ohio prison on August 18, 2001. The shutdown means the loss of more than 500 jobs. So much for the recession-proof industry. The 2,016-bed Northeast Ohio Correctional …
Article • January 15, 2002 • from PLN January, 2002
Michigan Prisoners Awarded Nearly $7,000 for Retaliatory Transfers by Lonnie Burton In February 2001, a federal judge ruled that two Michigan prisoners are entitled to almost $7,000 in damages after they were unjustly punished by the state Department of Corrections when they were transferred to highersecurity prisons. The transfers came …
Article • January 15, 2002 • from PLN January, 2002
Iowa Law Library Consent Decree Terminated Under PLRA by A federal district court in Iowagranted prison officials' motion for termination of a consent decree requiring the maintenance of law libraries, pursuant to the Prison Litigation Reform Act, (PLRA). In 1973 Charles Martin, a prisoner of the Iowa State Penitentiary (ISP), …
Article • January 15, 2002 • from PLN January, 2002
West Virginia Supreme Court Fails to Cure Prison Overcrowding - Again by West Virginia's Supreme Court took notice of the overcrowded state prison system, acknowledged that over 850 convicted felons are lodged in county jails and elsewhere while awaiting transfer to state prison, discharged the current Special Master, appointed a …
Article • January 15, 2002 • from PLN January, 2002
Escapes Are Violent Crimes Under U.S. Sentencing Guidelines by Escapes are Violent Crimes Under U.S. Sentencing Guidelines The Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that prison and jail escapes are considered "crimes of violence" for purposes of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines (USSG). Larry Nation was convicted in federal …
CCA Guard is "Public Official" Under Bribery Statute by CCA Guard is "Public Official" Under Bribery Statute The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a prison guard's bribery conviction, finding that he was a "public official" for purposes of the federal bribery statute. Shannon Thomas was employed as a guard …
Complaint Claims Texas Psychiatrist Molested Prisoner Patients by A complaint has been filed in the 87th Judicial District Court of Anderson County, Texas, alleging that John W. Goodman, M.D., a former prison psychiatrist at the Gurney Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), sexually assaulted many of his …
Article • January 15, 2002 • from PLN January, 2002
Missouri and Benetton Settle Lawsuit Over Death Row Advertisements by On June 15, 2001, Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon announced that Italian clothes making company Benetton had agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by the state of Missouri by paying $50,000 to a victims compensation fund. In February 2000, Nixon …
Tarrant County (Texas) Jail's 'God Pod' Unconstitutional by by Matthew T. Clarke The Texas Supreme Court has held that the Chaplain's Education Unit (CEU) at the Tarrant County Jail unconstitutionally violates the separation of church and state. In 1992, former Tarrant County (Texas) Sheriff David Williams initiated the CEU program, …
Philadelphia City Prison Fined $1 Million by The Commonwealth Court, Pennsylvania's intermediate appellate court, upheld a trial court order for the City of Philadelphia to pay more than $1 million in fines for failure to provide prisoners with sufficient clothing, laundry access, services, social workers, and vocational training. In 1971, …
Released NYC Prisoners Win Mental Health Benefits by Prisoners in New York City jails who received treatment for mental illness won class certification and a preliminary injunction requiring defendants to provide written discharge plans for prisoners who, during their confinement, received treatment for mental illness. Plaintiffs sought certification of the …
Article • January 15, 2002 • from PLN January, 2002
Attorney Seeks Answers in Aftermath of New Mexico Riot by Prisoners at the Western New Mexico Correctional Facility in Cibola County staged a riot on April 27, 2001. The prisoners reportedly set small fires and backed up toilets after refusing to return to their cells for an evening lockdown. Prison …
Article • January 15, 2002 • from PLN January, 2002
Denial of Clothing to Arrestees States Claim for Relief; Suit Settles for $31,500 by A Michigan Federal District Court has ruled that arrestees detained in a city jail without any clothing or covering for between six and eighteen hours as a suicide prevention method, with limited exposure to viewing by …
Article • January 15, 2002 • from PLN January, 2002
Pennsylvania Court Upholds Part of Prisoner's Request for Public Records by A Commonwealth Court in Pennsylvania has partially upheld a state prisoner's request for medical information under the state's Right-to-Know Act. The opinion and order affirms in part, and reverses in part, the denial of information by the Pennsylvania Department …
Pratt v. DC, DC, Complaint, Jail Tour Youth Strip Search, 2002
Publication • January 1, 2002
DHS Peace Officer Guide, NYPD Department of Homeless Services, 2002 • DHS PEACE OFFICER GUIDE Rules and Regulations Department of Homeless Services Police Operations OHS PEACE OFFICER GUIDE 'INDEX Date Issued 01-01-02 Date effective . OT-01-02 . ,. - .. .. Revision Number .... . Index Introduction Mission Statement & …
Brief • December 18, 2001
King v. District of Columbia, Release, Prisoner Stabbing, 2001 -0 ~ .. Memorandu,m • Government of the District of Columbia RELE,ASE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, Earl King, residing at the Bureau ofPrisons, Maximum Security Facility, Allenwood, Pennsylvania, for consideration of the sum of Eleven Thousand Two …
Article • December 15, 2001 • from PLN December, 2001
Telemarketing and Computer Programs Crash at Utah Prison by Roger Hummel "Hi, how are you doing? I am fine. My name is David ... If you will be willing to go out with me, will you answer these questions honestly as to what you will be willing to do with …
Use of Force, Religious Diet Claims Set for Trial by A New York prisoner's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 lawsuit on First and Eighth Amendment violations survived three out of four summary judgment challenges by prison officials and moved closer to trial. On September 5, 1996, Abdul Majid, a prisoner at …
Article • December 15, 2001 • from PLN December, 2001
From the Editor by Paul Wright Some readers have recently contacted PLN after letters they sent to our Seattle address were returned to them by the post office marked "undeliverable as addressed." PLN 's address has not changed. Inquiries with the post office have not been very helpful. Postal officials …
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