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9th Circuit Rejects Prisoner Self-Defense Theory in Assault with Shank by Derek Gilna By Derek Gilna The U.S. Appeals Court for the 9th Circuit has declined to permit prisoner Lenny Urena from asserting "self-defense" in his trial for assault with a dangerous weapon against a fellow prisoner. The Court also …
Idaho Population Caps Continue; Class Counsel & Representatives Reappointed by Idaho Population Caps Continue; Class Counsel & Representatives Reappointed On December 18, 2007, a federal court in Idaho re-appointed Class Representatives and ordered attorney fees for Plaintiffs' counsel in a long-running Idaho Department of Corrections (IDOC) overcrowding case. In 1987, …
Michigan’s Abu Ghraib? Teaching Anthropology inside a Women’s Prison, On the Edge of a $100 Million Sex Abuse Scandal by Brian McKenna Brian McKenna Every prison has a story. At the Robert Scott Correctional Facility, in Michigan, the women were not allowed to touch one another or risk a "major …
Culture of Abuse Continues at Oregon Mental Hospital Despite Ongoing DOJ Investigation by In June, 2006, the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) began investigating the Oregon State Hospital (OSH) for patient abuse and deficient care. On November 17, 2010, DOJ officials alerted the state …
Article • May 15, 2012
California: Guards and Other Prison Workers Agree to Contract Changes in Effort to Avoid Losing Jobs by In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Plata v. Brown, which mandated that California comply with a lower-court order to reduce its prison population to 137.5 percent of the design …
Article • May 15, 2012
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Connecticut Prison’s Groundhog Extermination Program Outrages PETA, Prisoners & Guards by Connecticut Prison’s Groundhog Extermination Program Outrages PETA, Prisoners & Guards In the unlikeliest of alliances, PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), has joined Connecticut prisoners and guards in condemning the "barbaric slaughter” of woodchucks (aka ground hogs) …
Alaska Supreme Court Resolves Jail Funding Fight by The Alaska Supreme Court held that the State's duty to house prisoners in the Kotzebue Regional Jail ceased when the contract between the City and State expired, but it owed a continuing duty to transport prisoners to court. "Built in 1988, the …
Article • May 15, 2012
Soy-Based Meals: Cruel & Usual in Florida by Soy-Based Meals: Cruel & Usual in Florida "Excessive soy can be toxic to the thyroid gland," according to Sally Fallon Morell, president and treasurer of the Weston A. Price Foundation. "It can have hormonal effects." Of course, the excessive flatulence and cramping …
Doe v. Neveleff, TX, 2nd Amended Complaint, ICE Detainee Sexual Abuse, 2011 Case 1:11-cv-00907-LY Document 122 Filed 05/05/12 Page 1 of 88 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AUSTIN DIVISION SARAH DOE; KIMBERLY DOE; RAQUEL DOE; ANNA ROE; BETH ROE; CONSTANCE ROE; EMILY ROE; AND GEORGINA …
Burke v. Glanz, OK, Second Amended Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2012 Case 4:11-cv-00720-JED-PJC Document 15 Filed in USDC ND/OK on 04/16/12 Page 1 of 27 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA (1) ROBBIE EMERY BURKE, , as the Special Administratrix of the Estate of Elliott …
HRDC, Other Organizations Send Joint Letter to Tennessee DOC Commissioner by Alex Friedmann On March 8, 2012, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC – the parent organization of Prison Legal News), in conjunction with three other organizations, sent a letter to Derrick Schofield, Commissioner of the Tennessee Dept. of Corrections …
No Qualified Immunity for Guard Who Failed to Protect Prisoner from Sexual Abuse by Brandon Sample On February 1, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a district court’s denial of qualified immunity to a guard accused of failing to protect a vulnerable prisoner from sexual …
Withdrawal of Approval of New Mexico Jail Class Action Settlement Not Appealable Order by The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that an order withdrawing approval of a class action settlement does not qualify as a “final order” subject to appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. The appellate ruling …
California Prison Doctors Accused of Misconduct Get Paid to Shuffle Paperwork, Deliver Mail by Unable to take decisive action due to state civil service protections, California’s prison system is saddled with the expense of paying the salaries of dozens of physicians who have been deemed unfit to treat patients. Such …
Baca v. Rodriguez, NM, Amended Complaint, Sexual Misconduct, 2012 Case 1:12-cv-00156-BRB-WDS Document 9 Filed 04/05/12 Page 1 of 12 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO CHARMAINE BACA, Plaintiff, v. No. 12-CV-00156 BRB/WDS MORRIS RODRIGUEZ, in his individual c a p a c i t …
Cox v. Glanz, OK, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2012 Case 4:11-cv-00457-JED-FHM Document 56 Filed in USDC ND/OK on 04/04/12 Page 1 of 20 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA (1) CAROLYN COX, as the Special Administrator ) of the Estate of Charles Jernegan, Deceased, ) …
Bearden v. McKeithen et al, FL, Plf Notice of Serving - McKeithen, failure to treat wrongful death jail, 2011
Lachance v. Commissioner of Correction, MA, Amicus Brief - ACLU, Mentally Ill Solitary Confinement, 2012 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT ESSEX, ss. No. SJC-11057 EDMUND LACHANCE, JR., Plaintiff-Appellee v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION & OTHERS, Defendants-Appellants, ON APPEAL FROM AN ORDER OF THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR ESSEX COUNTY DENYING DEFENDANTS’ …
Settlement in Alabama Prison Overcrowding and Violence Suit by David Reutter A class-action lawsuit that alleged conditions at Alabama’s Donaldson Correctional Facility (DCF) placed prisoners “at a substantial risk of injury due to violence, lack of security, understaffing, corruption, and severe overcrowding” has concluded with a settlement agreement designed to …
HRDC Files Suit on Behalf of Family of Hawaii Prisoner Murdered at CCA Facility by On February 15, 2012, the family of Bronson Nunuha, a 26-year-old Hawaii prisoner who was brutally murdered at a Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) prison in Arizona in 2010, filed suit in circuit court in …
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