Washington State Leads the Nation in Jailing Juvenile Status Offenders by More than two decades have passed since the murder of 13-year-old runaway Rebecca Hedman spurred Washington State lawmakers to pass a bill allowing judges to send at-risk children to juvenile detention centers. But implementation of the “Becca Bill” has …
Attorney General Rob McKenna - Opinion re Legality of Nisqually Jail Service Agreement, 2016 Legal Opinion of Former Attorney General Rob McKenna orrick Memo To Ed Budge From Rob McKenna Melanie D. Phillips Date October 3, 2016 Re Legality of Nisqually Jail Service Agreement I. QUESTION PRESENTED Is the Nisqually …
Powell v. Barnes, WA, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2017 RELEASE (TORT) FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of the sum of ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($1,500,000.00), the Estate of Gordon "Casey" Powell, by and through its personal representative Stephanie Powell Leisure, and Gordon Clay Powell, Sr., or other …
Washington Supreme Court Strikes Down Legal Financial Obligations Imposed on Indigent or Disabled Defendants Unable to Pay by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On September 22, 2016, a unanimous Washington Supreme Court held that the imposition of legal financial obligations (LFOs) on indigent or disabled defendants violates state and federal …
WA: Prisoners May Not Have Their Incarceration Used Against Them at Child Dependency Proceedings by On July 14, 2016, the Washington Supreme Court issued a decision affirming statutory provisions that strengthen the rights of incarcerated parents when the state initiates child dependency proceedings or tries to terminate parental rights. In …
Statler v. Spokane County, WA, Settlement, Wrongful Conviction, 2017 SETTLEMENT AGREE~ENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS This Settlement Agreement and Release of All Claims (hereidafter "this Agreement") is entered into by and between PAUL E. STATLER, 'fYLER W. GASSMAN, and ROBERT E. LARSON ("Plaintiffs") and SPOKANE COUNTY, DOUGLAS MARSKE, and …
Vera Institute of Justice - Closing the Distance The Impact of Video Visits in Washington State Prisons, 2017 August 2017 Closing the Distance The Impact of Video Visits in Washington State Prisons Léon Digard, Jessi LaChance, and Jennifer Hill This study was supported by Award Number 2012-IJ-CX-0035, awarded by the …
Williams v. Snohomish County, WA, Settlement, Wrongful Death TASER, 2017 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS 1. Plaintiffs. Nancy Williams, a single person, individually and as the Personal Representative of the Estate of William Charles Williams, deceased; and Trina Blau, individually and Jeffrey Williams, individually. 2. Defendant. Snohomish County. …
Herrick v. DSHS, WA, Complaint, Public Records Request, 2017 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DONALD HERRICK Plaintiff (Pro se), 9 COMPLAINT FOR VIOLATION OF, V. 10 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND 11 12 13 AND REQUEST FOR RELIEF UNDER, - HEALTH SERVICES (DSHS) AND THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT, …
NWIRP v. Sessions, WA, Complaint - EOIR Attorney Repersentation Policy Sanctions (2017) Case 2:17-cv-00716-RAJ Document 1 Filed 05/08/17 Page 1 of 17 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 8 9 10 11 NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT (“NWIRP”), a nonprofit …
Office of the Washington State Auditor - Correctional Industries Planning, Pricing and Market Share, 2017 Office of the Washington State Auditor Pat McCarthy Performance Audit Correctional Industries: Planning, pricing and market share May 4, 2017 In Washington, about one-third of all inmates released will reoffend or violate conditions of their …
From the Editor by Paul Wright This issue marks the 27th anniversary of Prison Legal News and our parent organization, the Human Rights Defense Center. When I first started publishing PLN from my prison cell in Clallam Bay, Washington in 1990, I didn’t think I would still be doing so …
Healthcare and Handcuffs: BOP Assigns Medical Staff to Security Positions by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), facing chronic guard shortages, has resorted to either paying overtime to officers who work additional shifts or assigning nurses and other healthcare staff to security positions. In the …
Gillock v. Saunders County, NE, Amended Complaint, Medical Neglect Tumor, 2017 4:16-cv-03190-RGK-CRZ Doc # 17 Filed: 05/01/17 Page 1 of 20 - Page ID # 104 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA ) ) ) JOHN GILLOCK, Plaintiffs, vs. SAUNDERS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, a Political Subdivision; …
Rowe v. City of Yelm, WA, Settlement, Wrongful Death Cardiac, 2017 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT J. Release. For the value of THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FNE THOUSAND AND 00/ 100 DOLLARS ($375,000.00), receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, SEAN ROWE, an individual, and CARMEN ROWE, as an indi vidual and as the Personal Representative …
All-in-One Guide to Defeating ICE Hold Requests, 2012 THE ALL-IN-ONE GUIDE TO DEFEATING ICE HOLD REQUESTS ( a.k.a. Immigration Detainers ) Credits & Acknowledgements Author: Lena Graber, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild Editors: Ann Benson, Washington Defenders Association, Angela Junck, Immigrant Legal Resource Center, Paromita Shah, National …
Office of the Washington State Auditor - Whistleblower Investigation Report, 2017 Whistleblower Investigation Report Department of Corrections Published March 13, 2017 Report No. 1018764 Office of the Washington State Auditor Pat McCarthy March 13, 2017 Jody Becker-Green, Acting Secretary Department of Corrections Report on Whistleblower Investigation Attached is the official …
WA Attorney General - Public Records Act Violations Records, 2015 1 found in violation of the Public Records Act during the specified time period cannot be related 2 to the allegations in Plaintiff's complaint. For similar reasons, this interrogatory is overly 3 broad and unduly burdensome. Plaintiff has equal access …
