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Alaska Supreme Court Resolves Jail Funding Fight by The Alaska Supreme Court held that the State's duty to house prisoners in the Kotzebue Regional Jail ceased when the contract between the City and State expired, but it owed a continuing duty to transport prisoners to court. "Built in 1988, the …
Article • May 15, 2012
Soy-Based Meals: Cruel & Usual in Florida by Soy-Based Meals: Cruel & Usual in Florida "Excessive soy can be toxic to the thyroid gland," according to Sally Fallon Morell, president and treasurer of the Weston A. Price Foundation. "It can have hormonal effects." Of course, the excessive flatulence and cramping …
Doe v. Neveleff, TX, 2nd Amended Complaint, ICE Detainee Sexual Abuse, 2011 Case 1:11-cv-00907-LY Document 122 Filed 05/05/12 Page 1 of 88 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AUSTIN DIVISION SARAH DOE; KIMBERLY DOE; RAQUEL DOE; ANNA ROE; BETH ROE; CONSTANCE ROE; EMILY ROE; AND GEORGINA …
Burke v. Glanz, OK, Second Amended Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2012 Case 4:11-cv-00720-JED-PJC Document 15 Filed in USDC ND/OK on 04/16/12 Page 1 of 27 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA (1) ROBBIE EMERY BURKE, , as the Special Administratrix of the Estate of Elliott …
HRDC, Other Organizations Send Joint Letter to Tennessee DOC Commissioner by Alex Friedmann On March 8, 2012, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC – the parent organization of Prison Legal News), in conjunction with three other organizations, sent a letter to Derrick Schofield, Commissioner of the Tennessee Dept. of Corrections …
No Qualified Immunity for Guard Who Failed to Protect Prisoner from Sexual Abuse by Brandon Sample On February 1, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a district court’s denial of qualified immunity to a guard accused of failing to protect a vulnerable prisoner from sexual …
Withdrawal of Approval of New Mexico Jail Class Action Settlement Not Appealable Order by The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that an order withdrawing approval of a class action settlement does not qualify as a “final order” subject to appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. The appellate ruling …
California Prison Doctors Accused of Misconduct Get Paid to Shuffle Paperwork, Deliver Mail by Unable to take decisive action due to state civil service protections, California’s prison system is saddled with the expense of paying the salaries of dozens of physicians who have been deemed unfit to treat patients. Such …
Baca v. Rodriguez, NM, Amended Complaint, Sexual Misconduct, 2012 Case 1:12-cv-00156-BRB-WDS Document 9 Filed 04/05/12 Page 1 of 12 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO CHARMAINE BACA, Plaintiff, v. No. 12-CV-00156 BRB/WDS MORRIS RODRIGUEZ, in his individual c a p a c i t …
Cox v. Glanz, OK, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2012 Case 4:11-cv-00457-JED-FHM Document 56 Filed in USDC ND/OK on 04/04/12 Page 1 of 20 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA (1) CAROLYN COX, as the Special Administrator ) of the Estate of Charles Jernegan, Deceased, ) …
Bearden v. McKeithen et al, FL, Plf Notice of Serving - McKeithen, failure to treat wrongful death jail, 2011
Lachance v. Commissioner of Correction, MA, Amicus Brief - ACLU, Mentally Ill Solitary Confinement, 2012 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT ESSEX, ss. No. SJC-11057 EDMUND LACHANCE, JR., Plaintiff-Appellee v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION & OTHERS, Defendants-Appellants, ON APPEAL FROM AN ORDER OF THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR ESSEX COUNTY DENYING DEFENDANTS’ …
Settlement in Alabama Prison Overcrowding and Violence Suit by David Reutter A class-action lawsuit that alleged conditions at Alabama’s Donaldson Correctional Facility (DCF) placed prisoners “at a substantial risk of injury due to violence, lack of security, understaffing, corruption, and severe overcrowding” has concluded with a settlement agreement designed to …
HRDC Files Suit on Behalf of Family of Hawaii Prisoner Murdered at CCA Facility by On February 15, 2012, the family of Bronson Nunuha, a 26-year-old Hawaii prisoner who was brutally murdered at a Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) prison in Arizona in 2010, filed suit in circuit court in …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
California’s Race-Based Prison Lockdowns Targeted in Class-Action Lawsuit by The Prison Law Office (PLO) has teamed up with the San Francisco-based law firm of Bingham McCutchen, LLP to challenge the official policy of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to impose blanket race-based lockdowns in response to potential …
Haitian Prison Conditions Deteriorate in Aftermath of Massive Earthquake by Holly S. Cooper by Holly Cooper On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the island nation of Haiti. Well-known are the catastrophic numbers of victims left in its wake, leaving hundreds of thousands of people entombed in rubble …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
Empty Jail Beds Bankrupting Minnesota Counties by According to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports, violent and property crime rates have dropped steadily across the nation since at least 1992. Yet some states stubbornly insist on building prisons and jails they cannot afford to operate. Minnesota is just one recent example …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
$105,000 Settlement for Pennsylvania Jail Prisoner Assaulted by Tobacco Gang by Pennsylvania’s Northampton County agreed to pay $105,000 to a former prisoner on July 25, 2011 to settle a lawsuit alleging guards failed to protect him from other prisoners, some of whom were dealing tobacco with a guard’s help. Aristotle …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
Florida Jail to Discontinue Providing Underwear by David Reutter As a cost-cutting measure, Polk County, Florida Sheriff Grady Judd has decided his jail will no longer provide underwear to prisoners. “There’s no state law, there’s no federal law that says we have to provide underwear in the county jail,” he …
Los Angeles ADA Agrees to Pay $1.2 Million to Settle DUI Suit by Michael Brodheim by Mike Brodheim On July 19, 2011, Marilyn Seymour, an Assistant District Attorney for Los Angeles County, agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle a lawsuit filed by two women who suffered injuries when Seymour, …
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