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Wrongful Death Suit Against LA County Jail Settles For $750,000 by The surviving family of an untreated and mistreated mentally unstable diabetic prisoner who died at the Los Angeles, California (LA) County Jail settled their wrongful death lawsuit against the county and LA Sheriff?s officials for $750,000 in May 2007. …
California Jail Settles Gender-Identity-Disorder Discrimination Suit by John Dannenberg by John F. Dannenberg Orange County and its Sheriff, Michael Carona, settled a discrimination suit brought by a prisoner whom they denied treatment for Gender Identity Disorder (GID). They now provide such individuals specialized medical treatment for their disorders, educate Sheriff's …
Article • January 15, 2008 • from PLN January, 2008
California Prison Guards Lose Unlimited “Time Bank” For On-The Job Union Business by Marvin Mentor California Prison Guards Lose Unlimited "Time Bank" For On-The Job Union Business by Marvin Mentor The California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) lost its bid to undo a cap on its contract provision permitting rank-and-file …
Brief • December 20, 2007
Heston v. City of Salinas, CA, Order Def Mot SJ, police taser death cardiac arrest, 2007 Case 5:05-cv-03658-JW Document 122 Filed 12/20/2007 Page 1 of 25 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SAN JOSE DIVISION …
Brief • December 18, 2007
Prison Legal News v. Tilton, CA, Complaint, CDCR Public Records, 2008 ,- DEPARTMENT --+0--6_ ~ _ F'~'t-=~~j{ ~i~itJ~J.¥l~:Ht i;~t9~~~ (:itf Ca~~f1}mia~ 5 ROSEN, BIEN & GALVAN, LLP Sanford Jay Rosen, Bar No. 62566 Amy Whelan, Bar No. 215675 Lon Rifkin, BarNo. 244081 KennethM. Walczak, BarNo. 247389 315 Mont~omery Street, 10th …
Article • December 15, 2007 • from PLN December, 2007
California’s Mother-Child Alternative Prison Centers Investigated by California's Mother-Child Alternative Prison Centers Investigated by John E. Dannenberg California has five alternative prison centers housing 140 women with their children as the mothers serve prison terms for non-violent crimes. Contracted out to Center Point, Inc. of San Rafael, CA, the five …
Article • December 15, 2007
Off Duty CA Jail Guard Acted Under Color of State Law by Saying He Was a Cop by On July 30, 2001, Thomas Anderson accidentally rear-ended Charles Warner's vehicle. Warner, a Mendocino County Jail Guard, went to Anderson's car and assaulted him. When a crowd gathered, Warner ordered people to …
California DOC Settles With Mistreated Diabetic Prisoner For $600,000 by The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) settled with a prisoner who had sued for failure to properly treat his diabetic condition that eventually resulted in blindness and amputations. The $600,000 settlement included attorney fees and costs. When Daniel …
Bail Bond Businesses Getting Black Eye in Texas, California by Gary Hunter It's common knowledge that outside the federal Bureau of Prisons, California and Texas have the largest prison systems in the U.S. So it should come as no surprise that bail bonds are big business in both states. But …
Article • December 15, 2007 • from PLN December, 2007
California Prisoner Workers’ Compensation Eligibility Questioned By Legislators by John Dannenberg California Prisoner Workers' Compensation Eligibility Questioned by Legislators by John E. Dannenberg In 2006, the California state Compensation Insurance Fund paid $5.73 million to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to cover prisoner workers' compensation claims. This figure …
Article • December 15, 2007
Using Jail Phones After Verbal and Posted Warnings of Recording Implies Consent by California detainee David Windham appealed a decision holding that recordings of jail-placed phone conversations were lawful and could be used for conviction purposes. Windham asked his girlfriend for money while shopping. She refused and he followed her …
Article • December 15, 2007
Los Angeles Deputy Sheriff's Attempted Sexual Assault Settles For $55,000 by The Law Enforcement Services Division (LESD) of Los Angeles County, California, authorized a settlement in a claim of attempted sexual assault against Dominique Daniel by an on duty deputy sheriff. The settlement saved them over $400,000 in litigation and …
Problematic California Private Prison Sold to San Bernardino County by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg In the continuing saga of a troubled private prison in Adelanto, California, the facility was sold to the County of San Bernardino for $31.2 million in February 2006. However, controversies haunted the county for …
California DOC Settles Federal Suit to Permit Bible Study Materials; Establishes Pilot Program For Screening Books and CDs by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) settled a lawsuit brought by Jesus Christ Prison Ministry (JCPM) that sought to overcome CDCR's rigid bar …
Article • December 15, 2007
Guards Injured Off Duty Assisting Accident Victims Not Entitled to Benefits by Ryan Pettigrew petitioned for a writ of review in the Third District California Appellate Court when he was denied workers' compensation after being injured while helping victims and guards at the scene of a traffic accident. The court …
Article • December 15, 2007
Bail Enhancement Not Excessive When Fulfilling Particular Purpose; Hearing Must Be Held by California attorney Jeffrey Galen's 2001 release from jail after being arrested for domestic violence surprised authorities, as he made an enhanced bail of $1 million. His fiancee dropped the charges when he was released. In 2002 Galen …
Article • December 15, 2007
Filed under: Police Misconduct, Media
California Statute Banning Police Defamation Unconstitutional by California has a statute establishing that most publications and broadcasts arising out of official government duties and proceedings are privileged, and therefore cannot be the subject of a defamation action--except that there is an exception permitting suits based on citizens' complaints about police …
Article • December 15, 2007
Filed under: Mental Health, Suicides
Attempted Hanging Suit Settled for $1.5 Million by California Jail by A California prisoner was paid $1.5 million to settle a suit for injuries incurred when he attempted to hang himself. Mr. Davey was a 21-year-old prisoner when he attempted to hang himself with a bed sheet in a California …
Article • December 15, 2007
Filed under: Medical, Blood
Inadequate Anemia Treatment Nets California Jail Prisoner $65,000 Settlement by A California man was paid $65,000 to settle a suit related to a jail's failure to properly diagnose and treat his anemia and emotional distress. Mr. Elias was a prisoner of an Orange County, California, jail who suffered anemia and …
Article • December 15, 2007
California Supreme Court Ignores Statutory Language to Reduce Lifers' "Expectation" of Parole to Only a "Hope" by In a 4-3 decision, the California Supreme Court interpreted California's lifer parole statute (Penal Code § 3041) so as to ignore the Legislature's mandate to "normally set a parole release date" at the …
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