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Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009
$1.4 Million Settlement in Three-Day Long Sexual Assaults of Alaska Prisoners by David Reutter $1.4 Million Settlement in Three-Day Long Sexual Assaults of Alaska Prisoners by David M. Reutter Two male Alaska prisoners who were sexually assaulted by other prisoners have reached a $1.4 million settlement in a lawsuit filed …
Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009
As Economy Falters, Rehabilitative and Substance Abuse Programs Get the Axe by As Economy Falters, Rehabilitative and Substance Abuse Programs Get the Axe by Mark Wilson Facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, states are slashing rehabilitative criminal justice programs in a desperate attempt to save money. Critics …
Michigan Jail Officials Lied and Hid Documents in Lawsuit Over Prisoner’s Death by David Reutter Michigan Jail Officials Lied and Hid Documents in Lawsuit Over Prisoner’s Death by David M. Reutter On the eve of trial, a Michigan U.S. District Court adjourned a civil rights suit to reopen fact finding …
South Carolina Prison Official Remained on the Job a Year After Indictment by South Carolina Prison Official Remained on the Job a Year After Indictment The deputy director over medical and health services for the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDOC) was suspended without pay in November 2008. His suspension, …
Ninth Circuit: California Federal Habeas Petitioner Sufficiently Exhausts State Court Remedies When He Presents Facts Necessary to Support Constitutional Claim by John Dannenberg Ninth Circuit: California Federal Habeas Petitioner Sufficiently Exhausts State Court Remedies When He Presents Facts Necessary to Support Constitutional Claim by John E. Dannenberg A California state …
Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009
Prisoner’s Free Speech Rights Violated by Legal Mail Opened Outside His Presence; Qualified Immunity Denied by David Reutter Prisoner’s Free Speech Rights Violated by Legal Mail Opened Outside His Presence; Qualified Immunity Denied by David M. Reutter The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that prison officials who open legal …
Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009
Filed under: Medical, Tuberculosis
$25,000 Settlement in Washington Detainee Contracting for TB in Seattle Jail by Washington State’s King County Jail has paid $25,000 to settle a pretrial detainee’s claim that he contracted tuberculosis while held at the jail. While held at the Jail from November 2003 through January 2004, Jason Perez contracted tuberculosis …
Article • June 15, 2009
Filed under: Money/Property, Restitution
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals: 
Concurrent Sentences Mean Concurrent Fines by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals: ?Concurrent Sentences Mean Concurrent Fines The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (CCA) ruled that fines imposed as part of a sentence for multiple counts of an offense committed during the course of a single …
Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009
D.C. Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Deliberate Indifference Gallstone Claim by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reversed the dismissal of a prisoner’s civil rights action alleging inadequate medical care. Herbert Brown, a prisoner in the District of Columbia (District), was incarcerated at the notorious Lorton Correctional Facility …
Sixth Circuit Upholds Conviction and Sentences for Jail Guards Accused of Abusing, Killing Prisoners by Brandon Sample Sixth Circuit Upholds Conviction and Sentences for Jail Guards Accused of Abusing, Killing Prisoners by Brandon Sample On February 4, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld the conviction …
Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief: by Arizona: On May 2, 2009, more than 2,000 protesters marched on the Maricopa County Jail in Phoenix to protest Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s illegal immigration policies. The protestors were joined by musician and political activist Zack de la Rocha, formerly of the band Rage Against the Machine. …
Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009
Washington: Violation of Community Custody Conditions May Be Enforced While Offender Is Reincarcerated by Washington: Violation of Community Custody Conditions May Be Enforced While Offender Is Reincarcerated The Washington State Supreme Court held that a prisoner who had been released on “community custody,” but who violated his terms of release …
Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009
Amnesty International Sources Given Journalistic Protection by Amnesty International Sources Given Journalistic Protection A New York federal judge held that sources used by Amnesty International (Amnesty) in drafting a report on conditions of confinement at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, New York were entitled to the same protection …
Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009
Texas Lawmakers “Surprised” Over Hiring of Non-Citizen Prison Guards on Work Visas by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Texas has 112 prisons and employs 23,700 guards – which is 2,600 shy of the number authorized by the state legislature. The shortage of prison staff is not new and neither is …
Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009
California DOC Closes Prisoner Work/Restitution Center by California DOC Closes Prisoner Work/Restitution Center The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has closed an innovative program that placed nonviolent prisoners in a community work-release center so they could earn money to pay restitution to their victims. Although the closure was …
Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009
Madoff Fraud Bankrupts JEHT Foundation, Hurts Criminal Justice Reform Efforts by Matthew Clarke Madoff Fraud Bankrupts JEHT Foundation, Hurts Criminal Justice Reform Efforts by Matt Clarke Wall Street mogul Bernard Madoff’s $50 billion Ponzi scheme has led to the closure of a New York-based charity devoted to reducing the booming …
Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Report Says New Mexico Prison Phone Companies Still Gouging Families by Dave Maass Report Says New Mexico Prison Phone Companies Still Gouging Families by Dave Maass The phone is ringing; you pick it up. An operator announces it’s a collect call – your spouse, sibling, child – from prison. Will …
Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009
Michigan DOC Rehabilitation Programs Emphasize Education, Reentry Support by Matthew Clarke Michigan DOC Rehabilitation Programs Emphasize Education, Reentry Support by Matt Clarke In 1998, Michigan passed a law requiring most prisoners without a high school diploma to earn a GED before being released on parole. That law has since been …
California DA Says Incarceration Rate a Measure of His Success – Despite Wrongful Convictions, Prosecutorial Misconduct by Gary Hunter California DA Says Incarceration Rate a Measure of His Success – Despite Wrongful Convictions, Prosecutorial Misconduct by Gary Hunter Ed Jagels, District Attorney for Kern County, California, is concerned that his …
Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009
Sheriff “Hollywood Hewett” Sentenced to 16 Months by Mark Wilson Sheriff “Hollywood Hewett” Sentenced to 16 Months by Mark Wilson Like a moth to a flame, North Carolina Sheriff Ronald Hewett had a fatal attraction to television cameras and the bright spotlight. In the end, “Hollywood Hewett’s” mistress betrayed him, …
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