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Ohio Abandons Private Food Service Experiment by In October 2000, the Ohio prison system decided to abandon its controversial two-year pilot project to privatize the food service at the Nobel Correctional Institution (NCI). In October, 1998, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DORC) awarded a two-year contract to ARAMARK …
Article • February 15, 2001 • from PLN February, 2001
The Prison Payoff: The Role of Politics and Private Prisons in the Incarceration Boom by A report published by the Western Prison Project and the Western States Center. The report concludes that private prison corporations exert increasing political influence at the state level. Private Prisons are also playing a key …
Tide Turns Against Prison Privatization by North Carolina, Georgia, Utah and Louisiana are among states that experimented with private prisons and because of problems encountered have eliminated them altogether or scaled back plans for future privatization. North Carolina officials converted both of the state's private prisons to public operation, and …
Article • February 15, 2001 • from PLN February, 2001
OH S.Ct. Strikes Down Bad Time Law by The Ohio Supreme Court found a state statute, RC 2967.11, which allowed prison officials and the Ohio Parole Board to try: convict, and add time to Ohio prisoners' sentences for criminal infractions occurring during the prisoners' stated prison terms, violated the constitutional …
Article • February 15, 2001 • from PLN February, 2001
SC Jail Escape Kills One by Eight prisoners sought to escape from the Richland county jail in South Carolina on the night of September 17, 2000. The jail houses mostly pretrial detainees from Columbia, South Carolina and Richland County. The escape attempt resulted in a guard's death but no one …
Article • February 15, 2001 • from PLN February, 2001
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
IL Prison Phone Ruling Published by In the June 2000, issue of PLN we reported that a federal district court in Illinois had dismissed a class action lawsuit challenging the phone rates charged to consumers who accept phone calls from prisoners in Illinois prisons and jails. The court's ruling is …
Article • February 15, 2001 • from PLN February, 2001
$158,500 Awarded in NY Slip and Fall by On September 22, 1999 the New York court of claims awarded former New York state prisoner Lourdes Fischer $158,500 in damages for injuries she suffered when she fell from a ramp at the Albion Correctional Facility and landed face first on a …
Brief • February 15, 2001
Turner v. Schultz, CO, Order Dismissing Claims, Guard Assault in Prison, 2001 130 F.Supp.2d 1216 (2001) William Vance TURNER, Plaintiff, v. Officer Roderick SCHULTZ, Officer Michael Lavallee, Officer James Bond, Lieutenant David D. Armstrong, Lieutenant Fnu King, Captain M. Mooneyham, Assistant Warden Greco, Warden Joel H. Knowles, Lieutenant Rowe, Lieutenant …
Brief • February 6, 2001
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Judd v. AT&T, WA, Commissioner's Ruling Dismissing Appeal, Phone Rates, 2001 RECEIVED FEB - 6 2001 1.bVl. QI:FI(;E OF IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGIIION& YOUTZ DIVISION ONE ) ) ) ) ) Respondents, ) ) ) v. ) AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH ) COMPANY, GTE …
Brief • February 5, 2001
Jama v. Esmor Correctional Services, NJ, Deposition Slattery, Immigration Beating, 2001 1211 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 UNITED STATES DISTICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - …
Brief • January 29, 2001
Witherspoon v. Pierce County, WA, Claim, Jail Guard Rape, 2001 ~ ~ r" ,f. . HI:\.;I:I VI:U CLAIM FOR DAMAGE L- J.AN 292001 PIERCE COUNTY RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT 955 Tacoma Avenue sOUlh. Suite 303 ,, , T 8CO!Tll, Washington 98402 . PIERCE 'COUNTY RISK MANAGEMENT (253) 79&-7462 c/o attorney Home: …
Brief • January 25, 2001
Iverson v. Snohomish County, WA, Complaint, Wages Owed, 2001 - --------------------------------------. . -" , I 2 SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF SNOHOMISH 3 4 TERRY IVERSON, Plaintiff, 5 y, 6 7 SNOHOMISH COUNTY and SNOHOMISH COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES AND WAGES OWED Defendants. 8 9 COMES …
Brief • January 23, 2001
Davenport v. Seling, WA, Settlement, Civil Commitment Confinement Conditions, 2001 Page,Z of q #1089211 ~oC)~l.t?- ~,;..o m~SS'ZILLY .' 1.1'7 1 2 , 3 ,4 ~~I~DGED:tr-::~_= 5 JAN 1'7 2001 e 7 ~ FILED J:1L,MERED . LODGED _RECQV£D ' JAN 222001 ' . A'f &11ATTt.l .cLERK u.s. DISTRICT COURT WES1EllN DISTRICT …
Brief • January 19, 2001
Myers v. Snohomish County, WA, Special Verdict Form, Medical Malpractice, 2001 • " .. • ~--r flied intPen Co• . l'1 20iir' . PAM L. DANIELS COUNlY CLERK • ~9Q"'fu.U_ DePuty CI.rk IN THE SUPERlOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SNOHOMISH FRED C. …
Article • January 15, 2001 • from PLN January, 2001
MO Consent Decree Modification Affirmed by The court of appeals for the Eighth circuit held that a district court correctly granted prison officials' motion to modify a consent decree to allow for prison overcrowding. The ruling is novel in this post Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) era when prison officials …
Article • January 15, 2001 • from PLN January, 2001
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by Brazil: On October 22, 2000, 420 prisoners at the Nelson Hungria prison in Contagem rioted and seized control of the prison to protest overcrowding and bad conditions: The prisoners took two policemen and 16 prison guards hostage. CA: In July, 2000, Wackenhut Corrections Corp. announced it …
NY DOCS Guard Nets $300,000 for ADA Retaliation by The U.S. court of appeals for the Second Circuit held that the absence of a finding of disability in a guard's Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) claim did not preclude a finding that the guard's employer retaliated against him for bringing …
Certificate of Review Mandatory in Colorado Negligence Suits by Bob Williams The Colorado Supreme court has held that prisoners must file a "certificate of review" under Colorado law when suing a licensed professional (LP) for negligence, whether or not the LP is a named party, but that a failure to …
DC District Court Denies Guards' Summary Judgment Retaliation Case by A federal district court in the District of Columbia has denied prison guards' motion for summary judgment and set for trial a civil rights suit alleging that guards retaliated against prisoners who complained of a guard's repeated unsolicited sexual propositions. …
Article • January 15, 2001 • from PLN January, 2001
High Standard of Proof for Retaliation Claims by On remand, a federal district court in New York held that a state prisoner failed to establish "actual injury" in his access to court claims, nor did he show that prison officials acted with a retaliatory animus. Once again, summary judgment was …
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