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Article • October 15, 2008
Torture Taxi: On the Trail of the CIA’s Rendition Flights, 
by Trevor Paglen and A.C. Thompson. 
Melville House Publishing, 205 pages, $23.00 by David Preston Torture Taxi: On the Trail of the CIA’s Rendition Flights, ?by Trevor Paglen and A.C. Thompson. ?Melville House Publishing, 205 pages, $23.00 Reviewed by David …
Courts Find Ohio Adam Walsh Act Unconstitutional by Cuyahoga County Judge Ronald Suster held on May 9, 2008 that Ohio’s Adam Walsh Act violates the retroactivity clause of the Ohio Constitution and is an ex post facto law. Ohio has maintained a sex offender registry since 1963. The first substantial …
Prison Legal News Prevails in Tennessee Public Records Suit Against CCA by Prison Legal News Prevails in Tennessee Public Records Suit Against CCA In 2002, the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled that a private company which performed services that were “functionally equivalent” to those provided by a public agency had to …
Gay and Lesbian Prisoners: Recent Developments and a Call for More Research by Zachary Wolfe, Esq. by Zachary Wolfe, Esq.1 This is an interesting time in the changing legal landscape relating to gay and lesbian prisoners, but public and scholarly attention is lacking. Rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
NY DOC’s Former 60% Prisoner Phone Call Kickback Scheme Did Not Violate Prisoners’ Families’ Constitutional Rights by NY DOC’s Former 60% Prisoner Phone Call Kickback Scheme Did Not Violate Prisoners’ Families’ Constitutional Rights In December, 2007, the New York State Supreme Court (this is a trial level court) held that …
TASER International’s Stock Shocked By $6.2 Million Damages Award by John Dannenberg TASER International’s Stock Shocked By $6.2 Million Damages Award by John E. Dannenberg The stock of TASER International, Inc. tanked by 11% to $6.13 per share on June 9, 2008 when three days earlier a federal jury in …
Michigan Jail Pays $145,000 for Vindictively Exhibiting Naked Detainees in Segregation Cell by Michigan Jail Pays $145,000 for Vindictively Exhibiting Naked Detainees in Segregation Cell Four former male and female pre-trial detainees sued the Saginaw County, Michigan jail for an outrageous disciplinary policy that forced them to sit in a …
Teeth Extraction Policy for CA Women Prisoners Rescinded by John Dannenberg Teeth Extraction Policy for CA Women Prisoners Rescinded by John E. Dannenberg As part of a bizarre medical policy, the California Dept.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 …
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