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Article • March 15, 2009 • from PLN March, 2009
$295,000 Award to Wisconsin Prisoner in Moldy Mattress Case Reduced by Court by On September 17, 2008, a Wisconsin federal jury awarded a prisoner $295,000 for violation of his constitutional rights. Specifically, the jury found that state prisoner Reggie Townsend was “denied the minimal civilized measure of life’s necessities.” After …
Torture at Angola Prison: President Obama promises to close Guantanamo, but a court proceeding in Louisiana exposes brutality closer to home by Jordan Flaherty Torture at Angola Prison: President Obama promises to close Guantanamo, but a court proceeding in Louisiana exposes brutality closer to home by Jordan Flaherty The torture …
Widespread Corruption in Private Halfway Houses by Derick Limberg by Derek S. Limburg Privately-operated halfway houses across the nation have become embroiled in scandals and mismanagement. The wrongdoing stretches from the top to the bottom, from former politicians and corrections commissioners to staff and prisoners. Reports surfaced in June 2008 …
Dead Bodies at “Bodies” Exhibit May Be Executed Chinese Prisoners by Gary Hunter Dead Bodies at “Bodies” Exhibit May Be Executed Chinese Prisoners by Gary Hunter In 1977, German anatomist Gunther von Hagens developed a technique called plastination. The process involves slicing open human cadavers, exposing or extracting the internal …
Florida’s Juvenile Death Camps: A Painful Past Revisited by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Recent coverage of long-past abuses at Florida juvenile facilities has put a spotlight on the treatment of juvenile offenders. Reports by the Miami Herald and CNN have revealed that Florida youth facilities have been cruel …
Prisoners Can Sue Virginia DOC’s Contract Medical Provider for Breach of Contract by Prisoners Can Sue Virginia DOC’s Contract Medical Provider for Breach of Contract Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) prisoners who receive inadequate medical care may sue the VDOC’s contract medical provider for breach of contract, the Supreme Court …
District of Columbia Rehabilitation Program Contractor Liable in Juvenile’s Death; $1,000,000 Verdict Upheld by Bob Williams District of Columbia Rehabilitation Program Contractor Liable in Juvenile’s Death; $1,000,000 Verdict Upheld by Bob Williams Re-Direct, Inc., a company that provides services for juveniles for the District of Columbia, appealed the denial of …
California Jail Restraint and Tasering Death Settles for $3 Million by California Jail Restraint and Tasering Death Settles for $3 Million The surviving family of a deceased detainee at the Santa Cruz, California jail settled their wrongful death suit against Santa Cruz County and its sheriff’s personnel for $3 million …
Article • March 15, 2009 • from PLN March, 2009
Oregon Jailer Avoids Prosecution for Online Assault Boast; Jail Employees Lose Internet Access by Mark Wilson Oregon Jailer Avoids Prosecution for Online Assault Boast; Jail Employees Lose Internet Access by Mark Wilson An Oregon jail guard who bragged in an online forum that he beat a prisoner and then had …
Supreme Court Holds Prosecutors Immune from Using False Snitch Testimony to Gain Wrongful Conviction by John Dannenberg Supreme Court Holds Prosecutors Immune from Using False Snitch Testimony to Gain Wrongful Conviction by John E. Dannenberg On March 28, 2007, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that a California …
Article • March 15, 2009
Washington DOC Guard Fired For Physically Assaulting Supervisor by Ex Washington State Department of Corrections guard John Merriman appealed his termination for physically assaulting his supervisor in 2003. The termination was upheld. Merriman began working at the Clallam Bay Corrections Center (CBCC) in 1994. In 2003, after seeing an entry …
Article • March 15, 2009
Washington DOC Guard's Pay Reduced For Inappropriate Conversations With Prisoners by Washington State Department of Corrections guard, Michael Vargas, appealed a disciplinary reduction of his pay rate for inappropriate and sexual conversation with a female prisoner. The sanction was affirmed. Vargas became a guard at the Pine Lodge Pre Release …
Article • March 15, 2009
Washington Guard Terminated For Exposing Prisoners' Crime Details by Ex Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) employee, Glee Winter, appealed her termination for disclosing specific prisoners' crime information to other prisoners and showing prisoners how to access the facility computer system. The termination was upheld. Winter was employed by the …
Article • March 15, 2009
Prison Nation by David C Fathi By David C. Fathi It's become a depressingly predictable event. Every few months, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), a branch of the US Department of Justice, releases new figures showing that the US prison and jail population has grown yet again and has …
Separate and Unequal Justice for Prisoners by David C Fathi By David C. Fathi S.Z., a resident in a juvenile detention facility, was raped and repeatedly beaten by other detainees over a period of months. Some staff encouraged the beatings and would arrange fights between detainees. But when S.Z. filed …
Article • March 15, 2009
32 Years on Death Row by David C Fathi By David C. Fathi When William Lee Thompson committed the murder that landed him on Florida's death row, Gerald Ford was president. Thompson has now been incarcerated for almost 33 years, most of it under sentence of death. He has spent …
Article • March 15, 2009
Obama Administration Contends Prisoner Has No Right to DNA Testing by David C Fathi By David C. Fathi DNA testing is a uniquely powerful crime-solving tool. Testing crime scene evidence using new and advanced techniques has solved many previously unsolved crimes, leading to the arrest and conviction of rapists and …
Article • March 15, 2009
Executing the Innocent? by David C Fathi By David C. Fathi At 7 p.m. on September 23, the state of Georgia plans to execute Troy Anthony Davis. That by itself is unremarkable; Georgia has carried out 42 executions since 1983, including two since May of this year. What makes this …
Selling Segregation by Josh Rushing US high-security prisons are a big export, but critics doubt their success. Conflict has long been a source of misery for innocent people around the world. But it has equally long been a source of profit for big business. The Sofex exposition in Amman, Jordan, …
Article • March 15, 2009 • from PLN March, 2009
Filed under: Sentencing, Habeas Corpus
California Appellate Court Grants Writ, Reverses Governor, Reinstates PLN Writer’s Grant of Parole by Marvin Mentor California Appellate Court Grants Writ, Reverses Governor, Reinstates PLN Writer’s Grant of Parole by Marvin Mentor The California Court of Appeal, 6th District, has twice granted the habeas petition of PLN contributing writer John …
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