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Private Prison Company Cleans Up Texas Creek, Finally Gets Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In July 2008, Louisiana-based private prison company LCS Corrections Services agreed to remove junked cars, appliances and other debris inhibiting the flow of Petronila Creek, which runs close to LCS’s newly-built 1,100-bed Coastal Bend …
Article • May 15, 2009 • from PLN May, 2009
U.S. Military Uses Small Wooden Boxes for Segregation Cells of Iraqi Prisoners by U.S. Military Uses Small Wooden Boxes for Segregation Cells of Iraqi Prisoners The U.S. military has taken the meaning of segregation back to the most draconian periods in human history. The military’s answer to dealing with violent …
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Oregon Jail Oversight Committee Disbanded After Sheriff Resigns by Oregon Jail Oversight Committee Disbanded After Sheriff Resigns In 2006, the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners in Portland, Oregon responded to a scathing prosecutor’s report about dangerous and costly conditions in the county’s jails by creating a special advisory committee. [See: …
Article • May 15, 2009 • from PLN May, 2009
Prisoners Used for 2008 Voter Registration, Election Campaigning by Last year, prisoners participating in a work release program were hired by Choices Group, a contractor, to register voters in Nevada. Residents of the Casa Grande Transitional Housing Facility in Las Vegas were used to canvass neighborhoods and sign up voters …
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Double Standard of Punishment for Supervisors, Line Staff in Colorado DOC by Gary Hunter Double Standard of Punishment for Supervisors, Line Staff in Colorado DOC by Gary Hunter Records show that supervisors who break the rules at the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) are punished less severely, if at all, …
Ex-Convict Demoted After Mismanaging Reentry Program by Before his release in 2003, Ronald L. Cuie had served almost three years in Pennsylvania prisons for aggravated assault, robbery and criminal conspiracy. However, it was his successful work under two previous Philadelphia mayors that convinced Mayor Mike Nutter to appoint him over …
Article • May 15, 2009 • from PLN May, 2009
Mock Prison Disaster Program Discontinued; Mock Prison Riot Training Remains by Gary Hunter Mock Prison Disaster Program Discontinued; Mock Prison Riot Training Remains by Gary Hunter Practicing for prison riots has been big business in Moundsville, West Virginia for years. The West Virginia State Penitentiary in Moundsville gained notoriety in …
Los Angeles County Pays $850,000 for Police Misconduct Death and $595,000 in Jail Medical-Related Death by Los Angeles County Pays $850,000 for Police Misconduct Death and $595,000 in Jail Medical-Related Death Los Angeles County settled two lawsuits in July 2008 for a total of $1,445,000. Of that amount, $850,000 went …
Article • May 15, 2009 • from PLN May, 2009
Ninth Circuit: “Supervised Release” is Not “Imprisonment” by The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has held that with respect to 18 U.S.C. § 3624(e), being on supervised release in a state community pre-release center did not toll a state prisoner’s concurrent federal supervised release. Since the plaintiff had therefore …
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California Prisoner-Pay Deductions for Aiding Crime Victims Distributed to Victim Organizations by California Prisoner-Pay Deductions for Aiding Crime Victims Distributed to Victim Organizations In December 2008, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s (CDCR) Prison Industry Authority distributed $131,343 collected from prisoner workers’ pay to twelve crime victims organizations. The …
Article • May 15, 2009 • from PLN May, 2009
$75,000 Settlement in Utah Jail Prisoner’s Suicide by $75,000 Settlement in Utah Jail Prisoner’s Suicide Officials at the Salt Lake City Jail settled a lawsuit involving a prisoner’s suicide for $75,000. The settlement came in the hanging death of Arthur Henderson. When he was booked on January 28, 2006, Henderson …
Bivens Action Unavailable Against Federal Private Prison Employees by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that a federal prisoner incarcerated at a privately operated prison may not pursue a Bivens action against private prison employees for violating his Eighth Amendment rights. Luis Francisco Alba, a federal …
Article • May 15, 2009 • from PLN May, 2009
Ninth Circuit Remands RLUIPA Claim for Group Religious Worship in Maximum Security Jail by Ninth Circuit Remands RLUIPA Claim for Group Religious Worship in Maximum Security Jail The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has held that under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), a prisoner seeking …
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$7,025 Award in Slip and Fall From Ohio Prison Bunk by $7,025 Award in Slip and Fall From Ohio Prison Bunk The Ohio Court of Claims has awarded a former Ohio prisoner $7,025 for injuries related to a slip and fall from a prison bunk. Stacy Rose slipped and fell …
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Court Rejects Federal Prisoner Worker’s Claim of Copyright Infringement by Court Rejects Federal Prisoner Worker’s Claim of Copyright Infringement The U.S. Court of Federal Claims dismissed a prisoner’s copyright infringement suit for lack of jurisdiction; the dismissal was upheld on appeal. Robert J. Walton, a federal prisoner, sued the United …
Ninth Circuit: Former Gang Member Entitled to Jury Trial in § 1983 Jail Guard Retaliation Suit by Ninth Circuit: Former Gang Member Entitled to Jury Trial in § 1983 Jail Guard Retaliation Suit The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that a prisoner’s lawsuit against the Los Angeles County …
Oregon Jail Suicide Nets $59,422 by On March 14, 2008, Multnomah County, Oregon paid $59,422 to the estate of a mentally ill female detainee to settle a suit stemming from her jail suicide. Berta Ray Lee was a 27-year-old mother of three minor children, ages five, seven and nine. She …
Article • May 15, 2009 • from PLN May, 2009
Florida Prison Officials’ Failure to Timely Respond to Grievances Results in Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies by Florida Prison Officials’ Failure to Timely Respond to Grievances Results in Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that Florida prison officials failed to timely respond to a prisoner’s grievance, …
Article • May 15, 2009 • from PLN May, 2009
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Prisons and Jails Preparing for Switch to Digital TV Broadcasting ... or Not by Matthew Clarke Prisons and Jails Preparing for Switch to Digital TV Broadcasting ... or Not by Matt Clarke On February 17, 2009, over-the-air television broadcasters were scheduled to complete the switch from analog to digital signals. …
New Jersey Judge Denied Sex Offender a Fair Hearing, Appellate Court Finds by New Jersey Judge Denied Sex Offender a Fair Hearing, Appellate Court Finds Questioning a lower court’s ability to conduct a fair hearing, a New Jersey appellate court ordered a new hearing before a different judge for a …
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