Healthcare Audit in Utah Prisons Reveals “Inadequate Service” and “Systemic Deficiencies” After 18 Prisoner Deaths During Pandemic by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart When Brandy Gillespie emailed the Clinical Services Bureau (CSB) at Utah State Prison, she was afraid for her husband, prisoner Jerry Gillespie, 48. It was November 2020 …
Tenth Circuit: Mentally Ill Prisoners Have No Clearly Established Right to Be Kept Out of Solitary Confinement by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On October 21, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a complaint filed by the estate of a mentally ill …
News in Brief by Alabama: A 20-year-old guard at the Lauderdale County Detention Center in Florence, Alabama, was arrested on October 29, 2021, on charges that he attempted to smuggle methamphetamine into the jail. According to a report by Huntsville TV station WHNT, the guard, Matthew Moran, faces one count …
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 …
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 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 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 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 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 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 …
