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Brief • November 17, 2008
Andres v City and County of San Francisco Ca First Amended Complaint Sexual Harassment and Discrimination 2008 IImlllllllilllim II m IIIIII1 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO Document Scanning Lead Sheet Nov·17·2008 10:50 am Case Number: CGC-08-480171 Filing Date: Nov-17-2008 10:50 Juke Box: 001 Image: 02317575 COMPLAINT MARYANN …
Doing Borrowed Time: The High Cost of Back-Door Prison Finance by Kevin Pranis Much public attention has been devoted in recent years to the “industrial” side of the prison boom, from the fortunes of private prison operators to the profits generated by telecommunications companies from lucrative phone contracts. Less attention …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
From the Editor by Paul Wright Each day the news brings more headlines about the turmoil in financial markets and the collapse of speculative financial devices that were apparently too complex for their buyers to understand (we can all recall the junk bonds of the 1980s), the financial bail out …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Arkansas Woman Left in Cell for Four Days Without Food or Water by Arkansas Woman Left in Cell for Four Days Without Food or Water In March 2008, a woman was locked in a small courthouse holding cell without food or water for four days after an Arkansas bailiff forgot …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Monitor’s Second and Third Reports Find Medical Care From CMS for Delaware Prisoners Still Lacking by David Reutter Monitor’s Second and Third Reports Find Medical Care From CMS for Delaware Prisoners Still Lacking by David M. Reutter Despite a monitor to provide oversight, Correctional Medical Services (CMS) continues to suffer …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Paying Texas Prisoners Undermines Outside Businesses by Gary Hunter Breaking with its longstanding tradition of using prison slave labor, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is paying certain prisoners, on several units, for working in industry programs. The upside is that some prisoners are being compensated for their labor …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Colorado DOC Increases Legal Photocopy Fees 400 Percent by As if cutting prisoner wages 70 percent (from $2 per workday to $0.60 while providing nothing but one roll of toilet paper per week) was not enough, Colorado Department of Corrections executive director Aristedes Zavaras has ordered the facility law libraries …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
An Interview with Randall Berg, Executive Director of the Florida Justice Institute by Todd Matthews An Interview with Randall Berg, Executive Director of the Florida Justice Institute by Todd Matthews With approximately 100,000 people in Florida’s prisons, and another 66,000 in its county jails, Florida has joined the ranks of …
Could the Fall of Lehman Brothers Signal Trouble for Private Prison Corporations? by Bob Libal Could the Fall of Lehman Brothers Signal Trouble for Private Prison Corporations? by Bob Libal and Nick Hudson While recent business news has been dominated by the bailout of some of the nation’s largest investment …
Private Prisons a Public Disgrace in Texas by Gary Hunter So much human feces covered the floors of a GEO Group-run juvenile prison in Coke County, Texas that departing inspectors stopped outside to wipe their shoes in the grass. The Coke County Juvenile Justice Center was in such bad shape …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Ex-Warden’s Wife Charged With Assisting Prison Escapee by Gary Hunter In April 2008, charges were filed against Bobbi Parker, 46, who is accused of hiding convicted killer Randolph Dial in her van and driving him out of the Oklahoma State Reformatory (OSR) on August 30, 1994. The pair remained missing …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Privatized Medical Care in Mississippi Prisons: Another Wexford Failure by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A report submitted to Mississippi’s legislature found serious deficiencies in the delivery of medical care to prisoners in the Mississippi Dept. of Corrections (MDOC). The December 11, 2007 report was issued by the Joint …
Illinois Federal Jury Awards Record $15.5 Million in False Arrest Case by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 20, 2007, an Illinois federal jury awarded a record amount in a civil rights case for false arrest – $15.5 million. The damage award was against the sheriff of Will County, …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Effects of Florida’s Faith Based Prisons Found to Be Promising in Reducing Recidivism by David Reutter Effects of Florida’s Faith Based Prisons Found to Be Promising in Reducing Recidivism by David M. Reutter A report by the Urban Institute’s Justice Policy Center concluded the statistically significant difference between the share …
Florida County Sheriff Liable for $1.5 Million for Acts of Informant on Work Release by Florida County Sheriff Liable for $1.5 Million for Acts of Informant on Work Release On May 18, 2007, a Florida jury found the Hendry County Sheriff is liable for injuries caused by a prisoner it …
Massachusetts Jail Conditions Unconstitutional Says U.S. Department of Justice by Gary Hunter A report released by the U.S. Justice Department (USJD), on May 1, 2008, concluded that conditions in the Worcester County Jail and House of Correction (HOC) in Massachusetts violated the constitutional rights of prisoners in its custody. The …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
CA Justice Commission: “Low bid, flat fee” Defense Attorney Hiring Scheme Shortchanges Indigent Criminal Defendants by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice (Commission) charged that the practice of California counties to use competitive bidding for private attorneys to represent indigent criminal …
$13.5 Million Florida Jail Strip Search Settlement by Florida’s Broward County Sheriff’s Office has agreed to pay $13.5 million to settle a lawsuit claiming it illegally strip searched prisoners charged with minor offenses. The settlement ends a class action filed in state court in 2002. Under the settlement, each class …
Maricopa County Special Prosecutor Padded Résumé, Law Partner Quits by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Regular readers of PLN are familiar with Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, who bills himself as “America’s Toughest Sheriff.” [See, e.g., PLN, March 2007, p.14]. Dennis Wilenchik, a private attorney known as “Arpaio’s …
U.N. Recommends Worldwide Death Penalty Moratorium by by Matt Clarke On December 12, 2007, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a non-binding moratorium on the death penalty. The 192 member nations voted 104 to 54 with 29 abstentions. The measure was spearheaded by the 27-member European Union (EU) which requires …
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