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Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
McDonough was facing a system that was corrupt from the top down. [See: PLN, December 2006, pg 1]. Nearly half of FDOC’s 12,292 guards have less than five year’s experience. Many are sons ...
.” The best-behaved condemned prisoners (Grade A) may schedule 2 1/2 hour contact visits with friends and family; Grade B prisoners are restricted to non-contact visits. Since San Quentin’s ...
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
against Cook County, $1 million against the sheriff’s office, and $150,000 each against jail guards Jesus Facundo, Alex Sanchez and Terrance Toomey. U.S. District Court Judge Ruben Castillo told ...
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
for summary judgment. The Tenth Circuit found Roberts’ 3-year-and-one-day filing was timely under New Mexico’s controlling tolling statute, § 37-1-8, which provides three years to file suit ...
Article • January 15, 2009
with the question of “some evidence.” The court relied upon Superintendent v. Hill, 472 U.S. 1 (1979) for the proposition that because “some evidence” was the proper judicial review standard for prison disciplinary ...
are required to wait 1 to 2 hours to see detainees, guards will barge into a room, and detainees are often moved to other centers without notice to lawyers. The detainees consistently say ...
. A June 1, 2002 article indicated, however, that Stephens had been on parole since his December 1996 release from prison. On July 28, 2002, The Oregonian reported that Stephens had failed polygraph tests ...
to prison officials were not grievance appeals. The Sixth Circuit noted that Tennessee has two separate avenues for a prisoner’s grievance or complaint: (1) the grievance process and (2) the classification ...
Article • January 15, 2009
, the Court of Appeals affirmed the superior court’s ruling releasing Marquez from custody. See: In re Marquez, 153 Cal.App.4th 1 (Cal.App. 6th Dist. 2007), as modified, 2007 Cal. App. LEXIS 1298 (Cal.App. 6th ...
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
action are to be awarded $1,000 each. See: Hopkins v. Flores, Santa Clara County Superior Court Case No. 1-05-CV035647 (January 2008). Other source: San Jose Mercury News ...
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
levels or communication that are essential to suicide prevention: “1) between the sending institution/transporting officer and correctional staff; 2) between and among staff (including mental health ...
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
needs to as well.” She estimated that repealing the director salary increases should save Oregon $25,000 a month. Even so, the Governor did not cancel a November 1, 2008 cost-of-living raise ...
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
;special visits” are for potential visitors “awaiting approval or under unusual circumstances” or who have “traveled from out of state for a one (1) time visit,” or who &ldquo ...
Article • May 15, 2009 • from PLN May, 2009
. A contract change that went into effect on October 1, 2008 no longer allows DOC employees to include sick days as work hours. The change means that sick days do not count toward the 80 hours per two-week ...
. Alba had argued that he lacked an alternative remedy because 1) the “remedy must be a federal remedy,” and 2) Georgia’s requirement that a medical malpractice suit be accompanied by an affidavit from ...
Article • April 15, 2009
California Appellate Court: First-Degree Murderer Released After 24 Years And Four Governor-Reversals Of Grants Of Parole by The California Court of Appeal, in 2-1 decision, overruled ...
; In an April 1, 2009 order, the district court granted in part a motion to reopen the case, reinstated Swinehart, Whiteman and Dye as defendants, and provided time for additional discovery. A new trial date has ...
Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009
adequate medical care in violation of the Eighth Amendment. On August 1, 2005, the district court dismissed Brown’s case in its entirety. According to the court, Brown had failed to state an Eighth ...
Tommy Shane Conatser and Gary Hale to federal prison for conspiring to sadistically abuse – and even kill – the very prisoners they were supposed to safeguard. [See: PLN, February 2006, p.1 ...
was released from prison on December 1, 2006 while his case was pending, and was appointed pro bono counsel by the court. The lawsuit progressed to trial and the jury reached a verdict on September 12, 2008 ...
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