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News in Brief
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: WHNT in Huntsville reported on December 16, 2022, that a Morgan County Jail detainee was charged with assaulting a guard. Ashley Nicole Taymon, 36, had gotten into an altercation at the Community Corrections Office five days earlier and was taken to a hospital. There she …
Idaho Cancels Execution Because It Cannot Obtain Lethal Injection Drugs
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
Filed under: Death Penalty/Death Row
Idaho Cancels Execution Because It Cannot Obtain Lethal Injection Drugs by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott When it issued a death warrant for convicted murderer Gerald Pizzuto, Jr. on November 16, 2022, the Idaho Department of Corrections (DOC) admitted it did not have the drugs needed to carry …
One Idaho Detainee Kills Another in Jail Fight Over Tablet Use
Article • December 21, 2022
Filed under: Computers, Wrongful Death
One Idaho Detainee Kills Another in Jail Fight Over Tablet Use by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On November 28, 2022, a man who fatally beat a fellow detainee at Idaho’s Madison County Jail was sentenced for the murder. Robert Pompa, 27, will spend at least 27 years …
Idaho Lowers Cloak of Darkness Over Execution Protocols
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Filed under: Execution, Excecution Protocols
Idaho Lowers Cloak of Darkness Over Execution Protocols by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On March 23, 2022, Idaho Gov. Brad Little (R) signed a new law to shield the identity of drug suppliers for state executions by lethal injection. House Bill 658 was written by the state’s Attorney General …
Idaho Provides Nation’s Second Gender Confirmation Surgery for Transgender Prisoner
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
Filed under: Transgender Medical Procedures
Idaho Provides Nation’s Second Gender Confirmation Surgery for Transgender Prisoner by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson “I feel whole and connected in myself.” That’s what transgender Idaho prisoner Adree Edmo had to say after receiving gender confirmation surgery (GCS) in July 2020, just under a year after a ruling by …
Ninth Circuit Terminates Idaho Prison Conditions Lawsuit After 40 Years of Litigation
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
Filed under: Medical, Conditions of Confinement, Overcrowding, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Dismissal, Class Actions
Ninth Circuit Terminates Idaho Prison Conditions Lawsuit After 40 Years of Litigation by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 22, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed termination of all prospective relief in a long-running class action alleging unconstitutional conditions at the Idaho State …
Edmo v. Idaho DOC, ID, Memo Decision and Order, Transgender (Surgery), 2022
Brief • September 30, 2022
Filed under: Transgender, Transgender Medical Procedures
Edmo v. Idaho DOC, ID, Memo Decision and Order, Transgender (Surgery), 2022 Case 1:17-cv-00151-BLW Document 323 Filed 09/30/22 Page 1 of 39 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF IDAHO ADREE EDMO, Case No. 1:17-cv-00151-BLW Plaintiff, MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER v. IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, et al., Defendants. INTRODUCTION …
Idaho Supreme Court Finds Ladderless Bunks a “Sound Discretionary Decision,” But Says Resulting Injury Could Give Rise to Negligence Claim
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Filed under: Criminal Justice, Negligence/Reckless Endangerment
Idaho Supreme Court Finds Ladderless Bunks a “Sound Discretionary Decision,” But Says Resulting Injury Could Give Rise to Negligence Claim by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On February 25, 2022, the Supreme Court of Idaho reinstated a negligence claim lodged by a former prisoner against Ada County after he fell …
$45,000 Paid by Idaho Jail to Settle Censorship Suit Filed by HRDC
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Filed under: Settlements, Censorship, HRDC Litigation
$45,000 Paid by Idaho Jail to Settle Censorship Suit Filed by HRDC by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett In an agreement executed on February 7, 2022, Canyon County, Idaho, agreed to pay $45,000 to settle censorship claims made by the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), the nonprofit publisher of PLN …
News in Brief
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Australia: A February 2021 ruling by the Supreme Court in the Australian province of Victoria presented “a rare win” for a prisoner contesting prison procedures, according to a report by The Conversation. The convict, 56-year-old Craig Minogue, argued that Barwon Prison’s random drug testing and strip-searching …
Idaho Supreme Court Orders Release of Death Penalty Related Documents
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Filed under: Death Penalty/Death Row, Public Records Act
Idaho Supreme Court Orders Release of Death Penalty Related Documents by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Idaho Supreme Court held that Board of Correction Rule 135.06 did not create an exemption under the Public Records Act. The court, therefore, ordered the release of documents about the death penalty …
News in Brief
Article • April 1, 2021 • from PLN April, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Two Alabama jail guards were arrested in just two months for allegedly smuggling cellphones to inmates. In February 2021, 27-year-old D’Mario Jones was fired and charged with two counts of promoting prison contraband at the Lee County Detention Center in Opelika where he worked. According …
Idaho Supreme Court Holds Prisoners Have No Right to Paid or Unpaid Employment
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Filed under: Work, Prison Labor, Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Idaho Supreme Court Holds Prisoners Have No Right to Paid or Unpaid Employment by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 5, 2020, the Idaho Supreme Court held that state prisoners have no right to paid or unpaid employment despite a state law stating that the board of correction “shall …
Idaho Arrestees Act Voluntarily When Declining Opportunity to Surrender Contraband Before Entering Jail
Article • October 5, 2020
Filed under: Strip Searches, Jail Specific, Drug Laws/Offenses
Idaho Arrestees Act Voluntarily When Declining Opportunity to Surrender Contraband Before Entering Jail by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On July 15, 2020, the Idaho Supreme Court held that an arrestee acts voluntarily when given an opportunity to surrender contraband before entering jail but chooses to continue possessing it. On …
News in Brief
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: A Maricopa County grand jury indicted Daniel Davitt, 60, on January 14,  2020 on charges of second-degree murder in the death of Lower Buckeye Jail guard Gene Lee on October 30. Buckeye Jail video shows Davitt talking to Lee on October 29, then suddenly grabbing …
Former DOC Employee Awarded $300,000 in Workplace Sexual Harassment Case
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Filed under: Sexual Harassment, Gender Discrimination -- Women
Former DOC Employee Awarded $300,000 in Workplace Sexual Harassment Case by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In May 2019, a federal district court issued an amended judgment awarding $300,000 to a former employee of the Idaho Department of Correction (DOC) in a lawsuit over sexual harassment and a hostile work …
Amendment Eleven - Contract Extension Through June 2020
Kickback publication • September 19, 2019
Filed under: Telephones
Amendment Eleven - Contract Extension Through June 2020 C014--017 AMENDMENT ELEVEN THIS AMENDMENT ELEVEN to Agreement CO 14-017 for Inmate Communication and Kiosk-Based Technology Access, dated ~lCtMSU. 2-'f , 2018 is made by and between CenturyLink Public Communications, Inc., (CenturyLink) and the Idaho Deparbnent of Correction (IDOC), collectively hereinafter referred …
ID DOC Kickback Data Oct 2014-Aug 2019
Kickback publication • September 19, 2019
Filed under: Telephones
ID DOC Kickback Data Oct 2014-Aug 2019 ADP Fee = $20.00/inmate per month from 10/14 through 6/16. ADP Fee Paid Oct-14 Nov-14 Dec-14 Jan-15 Feb-15 Mar-15 Apr-15 May-15 Jun-15 year 1 (partial year) $ 146,060.00 $ 145,660.00 $ 146,300.00 $ 146,460.00 $ 146,860.00 $ 146,260.00 $ 145,720.00 $ 145,180.00 $ …
ID DOC Century Link Contract Amendments 1-11
Kickback publication • September 19, 2019
Filed under: Telephones
ID DOC Century Link Contract Amendments 1-11 C014-0l 7 Amendment One THIS AMENDMENT One to Agreement CO 14-017 for Inmate Communication and Kiosk-Based Technology Access, dated October ~' 2014, is made by and between CenturyLink Public Communications, Inc., (CenturyLink) and the Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC}, collectively hereinafter referred to …
Disciplinary Hearing Restitution Order Enforceable in Bankruptcy Proceeding
Article • September 14, 2019
Filed under: Medical, Disciplinary Hearings, Attorneys, Restitution
Disciplinary Hearing Restitution Order Enforceable in Bankruptcy Proceeding by An Idaho federal Bankruptcy Court held that a prison disciplinary restitution order was enforceable and may be distributed from the proceeds of a lawsuit settlement. While an Oregon prisoner, Marlin B. Pohlman was subjected to a misconduct charge for a property …
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