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Article • December 15, 2008
Filed under: Organizing, Voting, Elections
Many Iowans Mistakenly Identified as Felons, Purged From Voter Lists by A large number of voters in Iowa were mistakenly purged from the voter rolls due to a faulty state-promulgated list that showed they were felons. Rick Brown, 47, of Madrid, a postal worker, was a typical case. Brown never …
Article • December 15, 2008
$1,250,000 Settlement in Michigan Police Shooting Death by The Township of Clinton, Clinton Township Michigan, has agreed to settle a wrongful death action for $1,250,000 in 2008. Clinton Township officers were called to the home of Zephonia Baher in order to remove an unwanted guest, Tim Antoine Curry. Curry was …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Filed under: Media, Tapes/Music
Ruling Against Expression is No Music to Prisoners’ Ears by David Hudson ??by David L. Hudson, Jr.? “Prison walls do not form a barrier separating the inmate from the protections of the Constitution.” So wrote Justice Sandra Day O’Connor in the 1987 decision Turner v. Safley. But the statement has …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
An Execution in the Family: One Son’s Journey, by Robert Meeropol; St. Martin’s Griffin, 273 pages, $14.95 by David Preston An Execution in the Family: One Son’s Journey, by Robert Meeropol; St. Martin’s Griffin, 273 pages, $14.95 Reviewed by David Preston The Rosenberg case: for most Baby Boomers it is …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Connecticut DOC Settles Prisoner Hogtying Death For $900,000 by Connecticut DOC Settles Prisoner Hogtying Death For $900,000 The Connecticut Department of Corrections (CDC) settled a wrongful death complaint for $900,000 when a prisoner who was hogtied in a prison classroom died of traumatic asphyxia from the application of such restraint. …
NIC Report: Wisconsin Jails Racist and Dangerous by Gary Hunter On January 31, 2008, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) issued a 139-page report detailing numerous flaws in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin jail system. The Milwaukee House of Correction (HOC), the Community Corrections Center (CCC) and the County Jail Facility (CJF) …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Wyoming American Indian Prisoner Wins Consent Decree to Receive Feathers by Wyoming American Indian Prisoner Wins Consent Decree to Receive Feathers In a victory for American Indian prisoners, the Wyoming State Penitentiary (WSP) has entered into a consent decree that allows a prisoner to possess up to four eagle feathers …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Filed under: Sentencing, Habeas Corpus
“Habeas Hints” by Kent A. Russell by Kent Russell This column is intended to provide “habeas hints” to prisoners who are considering or handling habeas corpus petitions as their own attorneys (“in pro per”). The focus of the column is on habeas corpus practice under AEDPA, the 1996 habeas corpus …
California DOC Settles Sadistic, Hate-Motivated, Three-Year Starvation Death Of Sikh Prisoner For $1 Million by Marvin Mentor California DOC Settles Sadistic, Hate-Motivated, Three-Year Starvation Death Of Sikh Prisoner For $1 Million by Marvin Mentor The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) settled a lawsuit brought by the survivors of …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
New Zealand Prisoners Building Copiers for Canon by New Zealand prisoners will soon begin working on photocopiers at two prisons. According to New Zealand Department of Corrections (NZDOC) Minister Phil Goff, Canon New Zealand (CNZ) will initially employ a total of 15 prisoners at Rimutaka Prison and Auckland region Women’s …
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 …
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