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Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Exonerated Florida Prisoner Receives $2.2 Million; Second Lawsuit Still Pending by Exonerated Florida Prisoner Receives $2.2 Million; Second Lawsuit Still Pending The City of Miami has agreed to pay $2.2 million to a mentally ill man who served 22 years in prison for a rape and multiple murders he did …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
CMS Insurer Must Pay Wyoming Suicide Settlement by CMS Insurer Must Pay Wyoming Suicide Settlement The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that an insurer is required to indemnify Correctional Medical Services (CMS) for an incident that occurred prior to CMS obtaining the insurance policy. The Court’s ruling came …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
NCCHC Releases Position Statement on Abuse of Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On October 14, 2007, the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC) issued a position paper in response to the abuse of prisoners. The NCCHC is an organization dedicated to improving professionalism and safety in the …
Jury Awards Indiana Prison Law Library Clerk $1,150 for Retaliation by Jury Awards Indiana Prison Law Library Clerk $1,150 for Retaliation On April 3, 2008, a federal jury awarded $1,150 to a prison law library clerk in a lawsuit claiming retaliation by a prison librarian. Charles Watkins, a law clerk …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Filed under: Guards/Staff, Guard Unions
California Guards Union Investigated for Hiring Parolee for Office Job by California Guards Union Investigated for Hiring Parolee for Office Job In June 2008, California’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG), which oversees the state prison system, began investigating the prison guards union (CCPOA) for hiring a parolee as an …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Prison Population Continues Exponential Growth by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Two reports by the Department of Justice‘s Bureau of Justice Statistics examined the growth rate of America’s jails and prisons, which are burgeoning at a yearly pace of 2%. That growth resulted in an all-time record of 2.3 …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Alabama Policy Denies Work Release to HIV/AIDS Infected Prisoners by David Reutter Alabama Policy Denies Work Release to HIV/AIDS Infected Prisoners by David M. Reutter Citing a 2004 settlement that requires proper care for prisoners infected with HIV or AIDS, the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) is denying such prisoners …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Indiana Prisoner Receives $200,000 in Excessive Force Case by Indiana Prisoner Receives $200,000 in Excessive Force Case An Indiana federal jury has awarded a state prisoner $200,000 for a guard’s use of excessive force. The claim arose from an incident that occurred at the Wabash Correctional Facility on April 21, …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Indiana DOC Policy Banning Group Worship by Odinists Enjoined by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On June 19, 2008, a U.S. District Court held that the Indiana Department of Corrections (IDOC) failed to meet its burden of proving that a blanket ban on group worship by Odinists was the …
Landmark 1980 California Death Row Federal Consent Decree Partially Terminated Under PLRA by John Dannenberg Landmark 1980 California Death Row Federal Consent Decree Partially Terminated Under PLRA by John E. Dannenberg A landmark 1980 federal consent decree that covers all manner of living conditions for San Quentin State Prison’s death …
BOP Agrees to Pay $90,000 in Attorney’s Fees and Costs in Suit Over Constitutionality of Byline Regulation by BOP Agrees to Pay $90,000 in Attorney’s Fees and Costs in Suit Over Constitutionality of Byline Regulation On December 17, 2007, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) agreed to pay $90,000 in attorney’s …
Colorado DOC Pays $60,000 Settlement for Suicide of Former Prisoner Who Was Sexually Abused by Guard by John Dannenberg Colorado DOC Pays $60,000 Settlement for Suicide of Former Prisoner Who Was Sexually Abused by Guard by John E. Dannenberg The Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) settled a lawsuit brought by …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Filed under: Reviews, Court Access
Self-Help Legal Guides, Publisher, Rosemary Steele; 104 pages, Softbound by David Reutter Self-Help Legal Guides, Publisher, Rosemary Steele; 104 pages, Softbound Reviewed by David M. Reutter Every prisoner has a legal problem. Solving that problem is very difficult, especially if the prisoner is in confinement. With the goal of creating …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Sexual Abuse and Violence in Texas Prisons Eclipses National Average by Gary Hunter Citing figures issued by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) a preliminary report by the Stop Prisoner Rape (SPR) initiative shows that Texas has five of the nation’s ten worst prisons for reported sexual violence. [SPR has …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
$2.75 Million Settlement in New York Prisoner’s Loss of Sight Claim by The New York State Department of Correctional Services has agreed to pay $2.75 million to a prisoner who lost her eyesight due to deficient medical care by prison doctors. The July 2007 settlement came in the civil rights …
$1.5 Million Settlement Provided to Immigrant Prisoner Who Lost Leg in Colorado Jail by David Reutter $1.5 Million Settlement Provided to Immigrant Prisoner Who Lost Leg in Colorado Jail by David M. Reutter The insurance company for Colorado’s Park County Jail has agreed to settle a former prisoner’s medical neglect …
New Jersey Fires 52 Prison Guards in 2007 by Gary Hunter Guards in New Jersey prisons have been found guilty of everything from smuggling drugs and cell phones to simply failing to show up for work. From 2005 to 2007, the New Jersey Department of Corrections (DOC) had to fire …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
GEO Group Consultant Civilly Charged With Insider Trading by The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a civil action that alleges a consultant for private prisoner operator the GEO Group used information obtained through his contracts to engage in insider trading. Zachariah P. Zachariah, a prominent cardiologist and Republican …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
$4.45 Million Verdict in Meningitis Death of Cook County Jail Prisoner by David Reutter $4.45 Million Verdict in Meningitis Death of Cook County Jail Prisoner by David M. Reutter An Illinois federal jury awarded $4.45 million to the mother of a prisoner who died at the Cook County Jail. The …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Use of Lethal Injection by Brandon Sample On April 16, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court held that Kentucky’s lethal injection protocol does not violate the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against “cruel and unusual punishment.” Kentucky state prisoners Ralph Baze and Thomas Bowling were each convicted of double …
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