what - Search | Prison Legal News

United States v. Reid-214 F.Supp.2d 84 (D.Mass. 2002).

Case • 2002

to the Director of the United States Marshals Service (the "Marshals Service"). When asked by the defense under what authority the particular SAMs were issued, and for written notice of their issuance ...

Thompson v. Upshur County, Tex.-245 F.3d 447 (5th Cir. 2001)

Case • 2001

, sometimes falling and striking his head against the window, floor or concrete bench of his cell. Whorton was aware of this and noticed what she thought was blood flowing from Thompson's ears. After Thompson ...

Dotson v. Wilkinson-329 F.3d 463 (6th Cir. 2003)

Case • 2003

this en banc court today involve the intersection of these two provisions. It is our task to determine under what circumstances a prisoner may use a section 1983 action, rather than a habeas corpus petition ...

Layton v. Beyer-953 F.2d 839 (3rd Cir. 1992)

Case • 1992

to M.C.U. or Prehearing M.C.U. He had an interest in not losing the limited liberties granted inmates who are in the general population, regardless of what restrictions on liberty (i.e. possibility ...

Livingston v. Goord-225 F.Supp.2d 321 (W.D.N.Y. 2002)

Case • 2002

. Act, § 9(2)), he did testify at the trial before Judge Nemoyer concerning his recollection of what happened in the elevator with plaintiff on July 10. Kauffman was also cross-examined by plaintiff ...

The Complicity of Judges in Wrongful Convictions

Article • August 15, 2004 • from PLN August, 2004

Filed under: Judicial Misconduct, Commentary/Reviews, Wrongful Conviction

are an immensely important part of our government. In a democracy, no portion of government should be a mystery. But what may be called "court-house government" still is mysterious to most of the laity." Judge ...

Pennsylvania County Jail System Overcrowded, Under-Regulated

Article • December 15, 2007 • from PLN December, 2007

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Civigenics, Primecare Medical, Guard Misconduct, Threats by Staff, Jail Misconduct, Organizing, Prison Rebellion, Systemic Medical Neglect, Skin, OB/GYN, Criminal Prosecution, Failure to Protect (General), Overcrowding, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Wrongful Imprisonment, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Suicides, ACA, State Legislation

be subjected to them. "I just did not care at all about what it was like. But when I went to prison, my whole view of prison and people in prison changed," said Joe Kramer, who served almost four months ...

Legal Services Corp. v. Velazquez-121 S.Ct. 1043 (2001)

Case • 2001

could "not involve an effort to amend or otherwise challenge existing law," because it "clearly seeks to discourage challenges to the status quo." Id., at 769-770. [41] Left to decide what part ...

In re Peter George Cooper-2008 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 9738

Case • 2008

).) Additionally, we noted that the Attorney General conceded that it could not specify what documents were actually reviewed by the Governor. This admission raised serious due process questions. [*2] However ...

Sass v. Board of Prison Terms-461 F.3d 1123 (9th Cir. 2006)

Case • 2006

, in and of themselves, are held to be enough to justify his present detention necessarily means that they are enough to justify his detention indefinitely, regardless of the majority's protestations as to what ...

Goebert v. Lee County-510 F.3d 1312 (11th Cir. 2007)

Case • 2007

) (per curiam); Shotz v. Cityof Plantation, Fla., 344 F.3d 1161, 1164 (11th Cir. 2003). On April 27, 2001, Goebert killed someone in Florida while driving under the influence (of what, the record does ...

Advanced Correctional Healthcare’s Brutal Brand of Jailhouse Medicine

Article • January 12, 2017

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Medication, Cardiovascular, Private Contractors, Skin, Kidney, Hernias, Failure to Treat, Malpractice, Infections, Overcrowding, Jail Specific, Collateral consequences of prison

an expertise in providing treatment in the “correctional environment.” Central to ACH’s business model is the belief that what might be considered proper healthcare on the &lsquo ...

Crime Labs Still in Crisis

Article • April 10, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, DNA Testing/Samples, Police Searches, Crime Labs, Wrongful Conviction

soot the agents called “black rain” coating all the surfaces. He was also surprised that tours of the lab allowed outsiders into what should have been a controlled environment. After he ...

Unfair Punishment

Article • August 13, 2014 • from PLN August, 2014

Filed under: Victims, Collateral consequences of prison, Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Restitution

;Restitution Fund.” It is from this pool of money, which has generally remained static in recent years, that the state compensates victims of violence – beyond what they receive directly from ...

Remembering Attica Forty Years Later

Article • September 15, 2011 • from PLN September, 2011

Filed under: Organizing, Prison Rebellion, Hunger Strikes, Protests, Statistics/Trends, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Shootings

of Western New York where the guards came from was mostly what some call “up South,” to denote the level of racial antipathy and outright bigotry endemic in the local population, and thus in the prison work ...

Kogut v County of Nassau Etal Ny Mtn Strike Expert Cassell False Confessions 2012

Brief • 2012

)............................................................................................................................. 16 G.H. Gudjonsson, J.F. Sigurdsson, & I.D. Sigfusdottir, Interrogations And False Confessions Among Adolescents In Seven Countries In Europe: What Background And Psychological Factors Best ...

Plata v. Schwarzenegger, Lscp Objections to Settlement

Brief

of the named plaintiffs is a woman. Unless the agreement is fair to women prisoners, it cannot be fair to what is now a significant yet still often overlooked part of the plaintiff class. II. Women Prisoners ...

Hesling v Avon Grove School Dist Pa Memo in Support of Plf Mot to Disqualify Atty Misconduct 2006.pdf

Brief • 2006

/03/2006 Page 5 of 23 what happened during that meeting, including the verbal exchanges between Board members and Dr. Seidenberger regarding class sizes at AGIS (hereafter “Class Size Article”).8 ...

Homeland Security Intelligence Perceptions Statutory Definitions and Approaches 2009

Publication

Filed under: Crime/Demographics, War on Terror

, and disseminated in order to protect the homeland against terrorism, but also what should such intelligence encompass. A discussion of what constitutes “homeland security intelligence” and how it nests within ...

Nida Report on Drug Abuse and Criminal Justice 2006

Publication

Filed under: Mental Health, Drug Treatment/Rehab

?........................................................ 24 2. Why should drug abuse treatment be provided to offenders?....................................................... 16 12. What works for offenders with co-occurring substance abuse and mental ...