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First Circuit says seriously beaten prisoner fails to prove guard’s indifference
Article • September 14, 2019
Filed under: Medical, Pain, Injury -- Misc., Failure to Treat
First Circuit says seriously beaten prisoner fails to prove guard’s indifference by The First Circuit Court of Appeals held that a prisoner failed to establish that a guard was deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs after he was seriously beaten by other prisoners. While at a New Hampshire medium-security …
O.F. V. Walden, NM, Settlement, Sexual Assault, 2019
Brief • August 30, 2019
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Corizon, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Malpractice, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Deliberate Indifference
O.F. V. Walden, NM, Settlement, Sexual Assault, 2019 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE This SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE ("Agreement") is entered into by Ossie Fields ("Plaintiff' or "Releasor"), Mark Walden, The GEO Group, Inc. (hereinafter "GEO") and Corizon, LLC fka Corizon, Inc. (hereinafter known as "Corizon"). Corizon & GEO explicitly …
New Hampshire - REJECTED book list since 9-2014 - 2019
Publication • 2019
Filed under: Publications/Books, Banned Book Lists, Censorship
New Hampshire - REJECTED book list since 9-2014 - 2019 Title Title Author 101 Places to Get F*cked up before you die-the Ultimate Travel guide to Partying Around the World Matador Network edited by David S addicted Zane Adult WebCam Studio 101 Darby Jones America's Racial Powder Keg Victor Thorn …
New Hampshire police officer decertifications
Publication • 2019
Filed under: Police Misconduct
New Hampshire police officer decertifications SUSPENSION/DECERTIFICATION ACTIVITY – FY 07 Metcalf Kyle Liquor Enf revoked Batista Christopher Lempster voluntary surrender Therrien James State Police Aux voluntary surrender McGonigle James Allenstown revoked 402.02 (a)(4)/DWI 301.05 (g) (16) Character and Reputation 402.02(a) (3) aggravated DWI 402.02(a)(2)/felony conviction theft 402.02(a)(4)/convicted of reckless conduct/reckless …
County Detainees Protest Food Served at New Hampshire Jail
Article • March 5, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
Filed under: Protests, Food
County Detainees Protest Food Served at New Hampshire Jail by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss In mid-2018, prisoners at the Bristol County House of Correction (HOC) in Massachusetts participated in a hunger strike to protest inadequate food and medical care. Sheriff Thomas M. Hodgson said those were the …
NH DOC GTL Contract thru 2022
Kickback publication • July 24, 2018
Filed under: Telephones
NH DOC GTL Contract thru 2022
NH DOC GTL Contract Kickback Terms
Kickback publication • July 24, 2018
Filed under: Telephones
NH DOC GTL Contract Kickback Terms
NH DOC GTL Rates
Kickback publication • July 24, 2018
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
NH DOC GTL Rates
Families Against Mandatory Minimums: Everywhere and Nowhere -- Compassionate Release in the States, 2018
Publication • June 1, 2018
Filed under: Geriatric Classification, Prison Reform, Criminal justice system reform, Medical, Conditions of Confinement, Release and Reentry, Parole, Rehabilitation Act, Mental Health
Families Against Mandatory Minimums: Everywhere and Nowhere -- Compassionate Release in the States, 2018 Everywhere and Nowhere Compassionate Release in the States By Mary Price June 2018 1 About the Author Mary Price is general counsel of Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM). She directs the FAMM Litigation Project and advocates …
Prisons and Jails Impose More Restrictions on Mail, Visits to Curtail Contraband
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Clothing, Mail Regulations, Visiting, PLN Litigation
Prisons and Jails Impose More Restrictions on Mail, Visits to Curtail Contraband by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Citing a need to stop the smuggling of drugs and other contraband, some prisons and jails have placed new and stringent restrictions on both prisoner mail and visitation. Beginning in April 2017, …
Y.F. v. Wrenn, NH, Motion to Approve Settlement, Censorship of Drawings, 2017
Brief • September 8, 2017
Filed under: Mail Regulations, Censorship, First Amendment
Y.F. v. Wrenn, NH, Motion to Approve Settlement, Censorship of Drawings, 2017 Case 1:15-cv-00510-PB Document 32 Filed 09/08/17 Page 1 of 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ____________________________________ ) Y.F., individually and as next of friend ) of minor C.F., and ) A.R., individually and as next …
New Hampshire Supreme Court Okays Use of Gang Affiliation Evidence in Upholding Prisoner's Murder Conviction
Article • August 22, 2017
Filed under: Gang Policies
New Hampshire Supreme Court Okays Use of Gang Affiliation Evidence in Upholding Prisoner's Murder Conviction by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On November 17, 2016, the Supreme Court of New Hampshire affirmed the murder conviction of a prisoner who killed a fellow prisoner. In doing so, the court held that …
New Hampshire Rates May 2017
Kickback publication • May 8, 2017
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
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New Hampshire Jail Doctor Suspended Pending Misconduct Hearing
Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017
Filed under: Medical Misconduct
New Hampshire Jail Doctor Suspended Pending Misconduct Hearing by In April 2016, New Hampshire’s Board of Medicine suspended the license of a doctor who treated prisoners at the Valley Street Jail in Hillsborough County. The suspension followed allegations of professional misconduct. Dr. Matthew J. Masewic worked part time at the …
ACLU Exposes Debtors’ Prisons Across New Hampshire
Article • April 3, 2017 • from PLN April, 2017
Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems, Money/Property
ACLU Exposes Debtors’ Prisons Across New Hampshire by Joe Watson by Joe Watson In a September 2015 report, the ACLU of New Hampshire revealed that judges across the state were jailing impoverished defendants due to their inability to pay fines, a practice the ACLU-NH called “unconstitutional, financially unsound and cruel.” …
First Circuit Holds RLUIPA Does Not Provide Relief from Transfer to Remote Prison Where Opportunities for Religious Exercise Are Limited
Article • September 9, 2016
Filed under: Rural Prisons, RLUIPA, Religious Freedom, Religious Practices
First Circuit Holds RLUIPA Does Not Provide Relief from Transfer to Remote Prison Where Opportunities for Religious Exercise Are Limited by The First Circuit has held that the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act ("RLUIPA"), 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000cc et seg., does not provide a basis for relief where …
$2 Million Award to New Hampshire Guards Falsely Accused of Beating Prisoner
Article • August 24, 2016
Filed under: Employee Litigation
$2 Million Award to New Hampshire Guards Falsely Accused of Beating Prisoner by On May 19, 2008, a New Hampshire jury awarded nearly $2 million to two prison guards who were fired when other guards lied about their involvement in an assault on a prisoner. After guards Shawn Stone and …
Suit Filed Over New Hampshire DOC’s Restrictive Mail Policy
Article • May 5, 2016 • from PLN May, 2016
Filed under: Mail Regulations, First Amendment, Children of Prisoners
Suit Filed Over New Hampshire DOC’s Restrictive Mail Policy by On December 18, 2015, the American Civil Liberties Union and the law firm of Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer and Nelson, P.A. filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a three-year-old child and his grandmother, claiming that the New Hampshire Department of …
Lifetime Registration of Low-level Sex Offenders found Excessive, Unconstitutional in New Hampshire
Article • March 31, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
Filed under: Sex Offender Registration, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act
Lifetime Registration of Low-level Sex Offenders found Excessive, Unconstitutional in New Hampshire by The New Hampshire Supreme Court held in February 2015 that requiring lifetime registration without review of the risk that low-level sex offenders present to the public is unconstitutional. The Court ordered that such offenders must be provided …
Y.F. v. Wrenn, NH, Amended Complaint, Censorship of Drawings, 2016
Brief • March 22, 2016
Filed under: Mail Regulations, Censorship, First Amendment
Y.F. v. Wrenn, NH, Amended Complaint, Censorship of Drawings, 2016 Case 1:15-cv-00510-PB Document 9 Filed 03/22/16 Page 1 of 21 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ____________________________________ ) Y.F., individually and as next of friend ) of minor C.F., and Catherine Menninger, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. …
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