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Teeth Extraction Policy for CA Women Prisoners Rescinded by John Dannenberg Teeth Extraction Policy for CA Women Prisoners Rescinded by John E. Dannenberg As part of a bizarre medical policy, the California Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has for years imposed a rule that requires women prisoners who apply …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
Jail Prisoners Get Rapid HIV Tests by A relatively new rapid HIV test has been used on over 31,000 jail prisoners in four different states. The testing was made possible by grants from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The grants were part of a project to expand the use …
Harris County, Texas Sends 600 Jail Prisoners to Private Pen in Louisiana by Harris County, Texas Sends 600 Jail Prisoners to Private Pen in Louisiana In December 2007, Harris County, Texas officials announced they were sending an additional 200 jail prisoners – 180 of them women – to a privately-run …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
Federal Prisoner May Not be Held Indefinitely in Punitive Housing Pending Investigation of Infraction by Federal Prisoner May Not be Held Indefinitely in Punitive Housing Pending Investigation of Infraction The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has held that a federal prisoner, removed from the general …
Excessive Force Suit Against Illinois Guards Must be Retried, Allowing Evidence of Guards’ Actions by Excessive Force Suit Against Illinois Guards Must be Retried, Allowing Evidence of Guards’ Actions The Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that a prisoner who sued guards for allegedly brutally injuring him during an …
$204,856 in Attorney’s Fees and Costs Awarded in Nebraska Kosher Diet and Muslim Prayer Case by Brandon Sample $204,856 in Attorney’s Fees and Costs Awarded in Nebraska Kosher Diet and Muslim Prayer Case by Brandon Sample On May 5, 2008, Joseph F. Batallion, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
Bill Introduced to Exempt Wrongfully Convicted from Federal Income Taxes by Bill Introduced to Exempt Wrongfully Convicted from Federal Income Taxes On December 6, 2007, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) and Sam Brown (R-KS) introduced a bill to exempt wrongfully convicted former prisoners from having to pay federal income …
Alabama Jail Guard Fired, Convicted, Held Civilly Liable in Prisoner’s Assault by David Reutter Alabama Jail Guard Fired, Convicted, Held Civilly Liable in Prisoner’s Assault by David M. Reutter In a rare conclusion to a guard’s violent attack on a prisoner, a Jefferson County, Alabama jail guard was fired, prosecuted, …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
States Expand Registration Laws to Include Drug Offenses by States Expand Registration Laws to Include Drug Offenses In 2003, Montana began including persons convicted of manufacturing illegal drugs on its sex offender and violent offender Internet registry. Since then, Tennessee, Minnesota, Kansas and Illinois have created online registries for people …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
Montana DOC Employees Disciplined for E-mail Abuse by An internal investigation of e-mail abuse in the Montana Dept. of Corrections (DOC) uncovered what was termed “disgusting” behavior on the part of guards and even high-level prison officials. Seventy-four employees were cited for abusing state computer privileges. Their offenses included e-mailing …
Segregated Massachusetts Nation of Islam Prisoners Entitled to Halal Menu and Jum’ah Prayers; $237,299.25 in Attorney Fees Awarded by The U.S. District Court for Massachusetts granted declaratory relief to two maximum-security Nation of Islam (NOI) prisoners who had sued for a Halal (Muslim religious dietary) menu and participation in daily …
PHS Wins Quadriplegic Prisoner’s Negligence Suit, Jail Settles for $100,000 by PHS Wins Quadriplegic Prisoner’s Negligence Suit, Jail Settles for $100,000 On February 14, 2008, a Florida jury found that Prison Health Services (PHS) was not negligent in misdiagnosing a jail prisoner’s broken neck, which left him a permanent quadriplegic. …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
Federal Prisoner in State Jail Custody Illegally Denied State Court Name Change Petition by Federal Prisoner in State Jail Custody Illegally Denied State Court Name Change Petition The California Court of Appeal has reversed the Fresno Superior Court’s denial of a name-change petition filed by a federal prisoner awaiting sentencing …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
U.N. Committee Against Torture: Tasering is a “Form of Torture” by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On November 23, 2007, the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) concluded that using the Taser X-26 electric stun gun is a “form of torture” that “can even provoke death.” CAT is charged with …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
71-Year-Old Veteran Paid $185,000 for Rough California Jail Booking Treatment by An elderly veteran, while being booked into the Santa Clara County, California jail in December 2005 for failure to appear at a civil trial, struggled with deputies during the fingerprinting process and was subdued with violent force. He claimed …
Monetary Sanctions Permitted for Milwaukee Jail’s Violation of Consent Decree by David Reutter Monetary Sanctions Permitted for Milwaukee Jail’s Violation of Consent Decree by David Reutter Wisconsin’s First District Court of Appeals has held that an intentional contempt finding against the Milwaukee County Jail (MCJ) entitles prisoners who were injured …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
Prior Failure to Register as Sex Offender Does Not Violate Adam Walsh Act by Prior Failure to Register as Sex Offender Does Not Violate Adam Walsh Act On December 5, 2007, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri granted a motion for judgment of acquittal in a …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
WA Prisoner Properly Denied Access to Savings Account to Hire Lawyer for Parolability Hearing by WA Prisoner Properly Denied Access to Savings Account to Hire Lawyer for Parolability Hearing by Roger Smith Division 2 of the Washington Court of Appeals has upheld a denial by the state Department of Corrections …
Sixth Circuit: $4.5 Million Award Upheld Against Michigan DOC Doctor in Dehydration Death of Mentally Ill Prisoner by John Dannenberg Sixth Circuit: $4.5 Million Award Upheld Against Michigan DOC Doctor in Dehydration Death of Mentally Ill Prisoner by John E. Dannenberg The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
$7,025 Award in Slip and Fall From Ohio Prison Bunk by The Ohio Court of Claims has awarded a former Ohio prisoner $7,025 for injuries related to a slip and fall from a prison bunk. Stacy Rose slipped and fell while climbing down from his bunk at the Chillicothe Correctional …
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