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News in Brief
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by California: A guard at San Quentin State Prison and one of two outside co-conspirators were arraigned on September 8, 2021, on federal charges they smuggled cellphones to an unnamed prisoner on death row at the California lockup. According to a statement by the U.S. Department of …
News in Brief
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: According to a report by the Alabama Political Reporter, a state prisoner was fatally stabbed by another man incarcerated with him at Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore on May 4, 2021—just one day before his scheduled release, which would also have been his twenty-fourth birthday. …
Utah Legislative Auditor General - Performance Audit of Healthcare in State Prisons
Publication • 2021
Filed under: Inadequate Health Care Facilities
Utah Legislative Auditor General - Performance Audit of Healthcare in State Prisons REPORT TO THE UTAH LEGISLATURE Number 2021-17 A Performance Audit of Healthcare in State Prisons December 2021 Office of the LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR GENERAL State of Utah STATE OF UTAH Office of the Legislative Auditor General 315 HOUSE BUILDING …
News in Brief
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Afghanistan: As fighting continued between Taliban forces and the Afghan military on September 3, 3020, both parties announced they had nearly completed a prisoner exchange negotiated the previous February. According to a report by Japan’s public broadcasting company, HNK, the Taliban said all 1,000 Afghan prisoners …
Salt Lake County, Utah, Settles Federal Civil Rights Wrongful Death Claim for $950,000
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
Filed under: Failure to Treat, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Salt Lake County, Utah, Settles Federal Civil Rights Wrongful Death Claim for $950,000 by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Salt Lake County, Utah settled in March of 2020 a wrongful-death lawsuit stemming from the in-custody death in 2016 of Lisa Marie Ostler, who died when jail officials ignored her symptoms …
Utah State Auditor Finds Grave Deficiencies in Prisoner Placement Program
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Community Corrections Facilities
Utah State Auditor Finds Grave Deficiencies in Prisoner Placement Program by Michael Fortino, Ph.D by Michael Fortino, Ph.D. A January 23, 2020, report from the Office of the State Auditor reveals poor oversight by the Utah Department of Corrections (UDC) of its Inmate Placement Program (IPP), which places state prisoners …
$122,000 Payout as Utah Settles Suits Claiming Daggett County Jail Torture
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Dogs, Settlements
$122,000 Payout as Utah Settles Suits Claiming Daggett County Jail Torture by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell On November 15, 2019, the Utah Department of Corrections (DOC) settled lawsuits with four former prisoners who were tortured at the hands of Daggett County Jail guards, agreeing to pay out a total …
Policy Change Leads to Gang Riot at Utah Prison
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Filed under: Prison Gangs, Failure to Protect (General)
Policy Change Leads to Gang Riot at Utah Prison by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On January 11, 2020, a group of about a dozen protesters gathered outside the administrative offices of the the Utah Department of Corrections (UDOC) in Draper. They were there to express their anger over …
Utah Supreme Court Reinstates Lawsuit Over Man Held 17 Days Without Hearing or Formal Charges
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment
Utah Supreme Court Reinstates Lawsuit Over Man Held 17 Days Without Hearing or Formal Charges by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 3, 2019, the Supreme Court of Utah held that a district court erred when it applied an incorrect standard in dismissing a man’s lawsuit alleging his state …
Pennsylvania and Utah Expunge Criminal Cases to Help People Get Jobs, Find Housing
Article • December 10, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Filed under: Post-release, ex-offender, re-entry, jobs
Pennsylvania and Utah Expunge Criminal Cases to Help People Get Jobs, Find Housing by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Nearly 30 million criminal arrest and conviction records – those of anyone ever apprehended for a low-level crime in Pennsylvania – will automatically be expunged under a new law passed in …
Utah DOC Prison Telephone Kickback Totals 2013-2019
Kickback publication • August 29, 2019
Filed under: Organizing, Advocacy, Prison Reform, Criminal justice system reform, Telephones, Telephone Rates
Utah DOC Prison Telephone Kickback Totals 2013-2019 Utah DOC Call Kickback Data* Year (1/1 - 12/31) Total 2019 Notes $1,003,057.31 Only includes commission payments from 1/1/2019 - 6/25/2019 2018 $1,354,368.97 2017 $1,160,502.85 2016 $1,071,632.19 2015 $997,915.49 2014 $977,584.07 2013 $370,230.49 Only includes commission payments from 7/22/2013-12/31/2013 *Source: Utah Public Finance …
Olsen v. Daggett County, UT, Complaint, Guard Torture, 2019
Brief • June 4, 2019
Filed under: Retaliation, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers
Olsen v. Daggett County, UT, Complaint, Guard Torture, 2019 Case 2:19-cv-00188-DB-EJF Document 14 Filed 06/04/19 Page 1 of 20 Daniel Oswald (#4897) daniel@lawcarepc.com LAWCARE PC 311 S. State St., Ste. 240 Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Telephone: (801) 561-5600 Alyson C. McAllister (#9886) alyson@sykesmcallisterlaw.com SYKES MCALLISTER LAW OFFICES 311 S. …
Kuchcinski v. Box Elder County, UT, Court Opinion, Due Process and Bail, 2019
Brief • June 3, 2019
Filed under: Bail Bonds, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights
Kuchcinski v. Box Elder County, UT, Court Opinion, Due Process and Bail, 2019 This opinion is subject to revision before final publication in the Pacific Reporter 2019 UT 21 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF UTAH ROBERT KUCHCINSKI, Appellant, v. BOX ELDER COUNTY, and THE OFFICE OF THE …
The Sentencing Project, Campaign to End Life Imprisonment - Women and Girls Serving Life Sentences, 2019
Publication • June 1, 2019
Filed under: Sexual Assault, Statistics/Trends, Parole, Mental Health, Suicides, Juveniles
The Sentencing Project, Campaign to End Life Imprisonment - Women and Girls Serving Life Sentences, 2019 CAMPAIGN TO END LIFE IMPRISONMENT WOMEN AND GIRLS SERVING LIFE SENTENCES Nationwide one of every 15 women in prison — nearly 7,000 women — is serving a life or virtual life sentence.1 One-third of …
Utah police officer decertifications
Publication • 2019
Filed under: Police Misconduct
Utah police officer decertifications UTAH POST COUNCIL REVOCATION REPORT 2006 - MARCH 2017 Date Jan 12, 2006 March 20, 2006 June 2, 2006 Sept. 7, 2006 Name Kimberly Karen Terry Begay Sean Register Joshua Holdaway Robert Foote Aaron Montoya Ross Drishinski Charles Forbes Russ Bond Scott Daniels Arthur Henderson Mitch …
Davis County - ICSolutions contract
Kickback publication • May 13, 2019
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Telephone Monitoring
Davis County - ICSolutions contract INMATE TELEPHONE SERVICES AGREEMENT This Inmate Telephone Services Agreement (•Agreemenr) is made by and between Inmate Calling Solutions, LLC, d/b/a ICSolutlons ("JQS"), having its principal place of business at 2200 Danbury Street, San Antonio, TX 78217, and Davis County, a political subdivision of the state …
San Juan County - Securus contract
Kickback publication • May 13, 2019
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Telephone Monitoring
San Juan County - Securus contract Master Services Agreement (San Juan County Sheriff's Office (UT) - Site ID 08954) This Master Services Agreement {this "Agreement") is by and between the San Juan County Sheriffs Office ("Customer") .. and Evercom Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation.and a wholly owned subsidiary of SECURUS …
San Juan County - Securus call rates
Kickback publication • May 13, 2019
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
San Juan County - Securus call rates Securus Technologies, Inc. UT_San Juan County jail Rate Chart Prepared: June 8, 2018 Existin.t: Rates* No. Destination Class 1 Local Customer Type Collect (Direct Bill) 2 lntraLATA Intrastate Collect (Direct Bill) 3 lnterLATA Intrastate Collect (Direct Bill) 4 lnterLATA Interstate Collect (Direct Bill) …
San Juan County - Securus commission rates
Kickback publication • May 13, 2019
Filed under: Telephones
San Juan County - Securus commission rates FIRST AMENDMENT TO MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT This FIRST AMENDMENT ("First Amendment") is effective as of the last date signed by a party ("First Amendment Effective Date") and amends and supplements that certain Master Services Agreement with an Effective Date of April 21, 2010 …
Tooele County - Securus contract
Kickback publication • May 13, 2019
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Monitoring
Tooele County - Securus contract SECURUS Technologies connecting what matters· Master Services Agreement Tooele County Jail (UT) This Master Services Agreement (this "Agreement") is by and between the Tooele County Jail ("you" or "Customer") and Securus Technologies, Inc., ("we," "us," or "Provider"). This Agreement supersedes any and all other agreements …
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