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Idaho DOC Can’t Stop Love; State Senator’s Ex-wife Weds Prisoner by Mark Wilson Lance Conway Wood, 48, was described as “a strong-willed inmate” with an extensive “history of ‘crossing the line’” who “exploits the human weaknesses of prison staff,” according to a federal judge. Wood, however, undoubtedly views himself as …
UNODC, Handbook on Dynamic Security and Prison Intelligence, 2015 Handbook on Dynamic Security and Prison Intelligence CRIMINAL JUSTICE HANDBOOK SERIES Cover images: Left and right: ©Photodisc.com, Centre: ©Neil Chapman UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME Vienna Handbook on Dynamic Security and Prison Intelligence CRIMINAL JUSTICE HANDBOOK SERIES UNITED NATIONS …
Brief • November 4, 2015
Smith v. State of Illinois, IL, Opinion, shakedown loss of inmate property, 2015 IN THE COUIRT OF CLAIMS OFTHE I FILED STATE OF ILLINOIS COURT Of CUMMS NOV 0 4 Z015 MATTHEW SMITH. #B-86629 S^taiyotSttttMd Ex-Oifielo QwkCwrt of CliInB Claimant, Case No. 15-CC-0807 V. STATE OF ILLINOIS, V Respondent. ) …
Creamer v. Ryan, AZ, Complaint, Disciplinary Hearing, 2013 Case .. ~LO DGE D .-.,._ RFCFlVED COfiUT' 1 Matth ew R. Cream er #,. _ _ . Arizo na State Priso n Complex-· . 2 . 3 (in propr ia perso na) 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT …
8th Circuit Court of Appeals Examines Possession in Prison Searches by The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a Missouri federal district court’s dismissal of a petition for writ of habeas corpus that alleged denial of due process. Petitioners Carroll James Flowers and Christopher Michael Danner instituted separate actions against …
Brief • June 16, 2010
Creamer v. Ryan, AZ, Settlement, Disciplinary Hearing, 2015 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release ("Settlement Agreement;') is entered into, on, by. and among lVlATTHEW CREAMER, individually (the "Plaintiff'), former Arizona Department of Corrections ("ADe") inmate#~and the STATE OF ARIZONA (the ··State'') on behalf of current or former …
Article • January 15, 2010
Escapees Retain No Privacy Right From Searches by Prison escapees enjoy no Fourth Amendment right to privacy, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit decided February 26, 2009. Dan Ward was mistakenly released by state authorities after receiving a ten year sentence for being a felon-in-possession of a …
Evidence Found During Search of Prisoner’s Home While on Home Detention Not Subject to Suppression by On May 22, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the denial of a motion to suppress evidence found during the search of a prisoner’s home while he was on …
Second Circuit Recognizes Attorney-Client Privilege in Prisoner’s Journal in Prosecution of Rapist Guard by Second Circuit Recognizes Attorney-Client Privilege in Prisoner’s Journal in Prosecution of Rapist Guard The Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that a female prisoner did not waive attorney-client privilege with respect to certain writings in her …
Article • July 15, 2008
Pennsylvania Prisoners' Privacy not Unlawfully Invaded by Mayor's Monitoring Their Cells via Video Camera from His Home by Robert DeBlasio and Deborah McFadden, prisoners in a Pennsylvania county jail, sued the county, its cops and its mayor for invasion of privacy after learning that the mayor monitored their cells from …
Article • September 15, 2007 • from PLN September, 2007
California: Disciplinary Conviction Upheld Where Petitioner Argued Only Violation of Constitutional Rights, Not State Law Rights by John Dannenberg Strictly construing the U.S. Supreme Court's "some evidence" rule, the California Court of Appeal held that where one cellmate had secreted contraband razor blades in his cell property, his cellmate could …
Double Bunking, Mail and Visitation Rules, Searches Constitutional by The U.S. Supreme Court held that a jail's practices of "double bunking," barring hardcover books sent by individuals, banning receipt by prisoners of food packages and personal items, requiring prisoners to remain outside their housing areas during searches, and body cavity …
Article • May 15, 2007
Contact Visits/Presence at Shakedown Not Required by Pretrial detainees at the Los Angeles County Central Jail filed a suit in federal district court under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. It alleged that the jail's policy of forbidding contacting visits and randomly shaking down cells in the detainees' absence violated the Due …
Article • May 15, 2007
Mail Censorship Claims State Claim by Allegations that the defendants have deliberately tampered with his legal, personal, and political incoming and outgoing mail without justification state a constitutional claim. The Second Circuit has said that a prisoner's right to the free flow of incoming and outgoing mail is protected by …
Disciplinary Hearing Requires Fact Finding by The court of appeals for the Seventh circuit upheld the dismissal of an Illinois state prisoner's lawsuit over searches of his cell for refusing to pay a guard's extortion demand and that the guard planted false evidence in his cell as a result. The …
Article • May 15, 2007
Cell Search Ordered By Prosecutor Actionable Under Fourth Amendment by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that a prisoner in New York's Metropolitan Correctional Center retained sufficient Fourth Amendment rights to challenge a cell search initiated by the prosecution in his criminal case. Three defendants appealed …
Article • May 15, 2007
Removal of Property to Separate Legal and Non-Legal Materials Approved by The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, affirming the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, held that removal of a prisoner's property to separate legal from non-legal materials and to then search the non-legal materials outside …
Article • May 15, 2007
No Fourteenth Amendment Violation Resulting From Losses During Cell Search by The U.S. Supreme Court held that the Fourteenth Amendment does not protect a prisoner's possessions and that prisoners have no reasonable expectation of privacy" in their cells. A Virginia prisoner filed suit in response to a cell search by …
NY Prisoner's Right to Practice Religion was Violated by In an unpublished opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that pro se prisoners proceeding in forma pauperis were "entitled to rely on service by the U.S. Marshals." A New York prisoner filed a suit against the …
Article • May 15, 2007
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Prisoner Has No Reasonable Expectation Of Privacy In Cell by The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the search of a prisoner's cell and dissemination of his mail did not violate the Fourth Amendment, but remanded to the district court his First Amendment claims. While a California state …
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