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Article • October 25, 2016
Federal Court Orders Release of Prisoner from S.H.U.; Ninth Circuit Reverses by Lonnie Burton Robert Lee Griffin has been in prison since 1970. In 1979 he was validated as a member of the Aryan Brotherhood ("AB") and placed in the Secure Housing Unit (SHU) at Pelican Bay State Prison in …
Cones v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Order Granting Motion for New Trial, Arrest for Attempted Murder, 2016 Case 2:14-cv-08281-PSG-PLA Document 180 Filed 09/28/16 Page 1 of 16 Page ID #:3080 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA CIVIL MINUTES - GENERAL Case No. CV 14-8281 PSG (PLAx) Title …
Article • August 19, 2016
Court Orders California Prison Officials to Process Prisoner’s Administrative Appeals by Court Orders California Prison Officials to Process Prisoner’s Administrative Appeals In February 2008, a Superior Court in California held that Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP) officials had improperly “screened out” two administrative appeals filed by SVSP prisoner Lorenzo Fosselman, …
Article • August 11, 2016
California Prisoner Wins Reversal of Ex Post Facto Denial of Sentence Credits by Derek Gilna The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), has a long-standing policy of segregating gang members in Special Housing Units (SHU) to reduce violence. It also has a policy of day-for-day good time for CDCR …
Connecticut Prisoner Wins Motion for Sanctions over Destruction of Evidence; Case Settles for $40,000 by Derek Gilna Connecticut state prisoner Tye Thomas won an important pretrial motion that found employees of the Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) were “grossly negligent” in failing to preserve key video surveillance footage of assaults …
Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016
California State Prisoner’s Habeas Case Gets to Supreme Court but Falls Short by Derek Gilna Antonio Hinojosa, serving a 16-year sentence in California’s prison system, was deemed a “validated” gang member by prison officials, effectively stripping him of future good-time credits and extending the length of his sentence. He filed …
Mislabeled: Allegations of Gang Membership and Their Immigration Consequences, University of California Irvine School of Law, 2016 Immigrant Rights Clinic Mislabeled Allegations of Gang Membership and Their Immigration Consequences Mislabeled Allegations of Gang Membership and Their Immigration Consequences Authors: Sean Garcia-Leys, Meigan Thompson, Christyn Richardson Editors: Sameer Ashar and Annie …
Article • May 5, 2016 • from PLN May, 2016
Why is California Thumbing its Nose at a Federal Court? by Caleb Mason The Ex Post Facto Clause of the Constitution provides that the government can’t retroactively increase the penalty for criminal conduct. It applies not just to initial sentence length but also to potential “good-time credit” prisoners can earn …
Comment to CDCR on proposed censorship policy revisions June 2014 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS June 16, 2014 Timothy M. Lockwood, Chief Regulation and Policy Management Branch P.O. Box 942883 Sacramento CA 94283-0001 Re: Comment on California Code of Regulations and the Proposed Changes to Regulations …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
California: Authorized Possession of Legal Materials Cannot Serve as Basis for Gang Validation by California: Authorized Possession of Legal Materials Cannot Serve as Basis for Gang Validation The California Court of Appeal has held that documents in the possession of a prisoner who is providing legal assistance to another prisoner …
Article • December 3, 2014 • from PLN December, 2014
Ninth Circuit: Prisoner Validated as Gang Member May Challenge Debriefing Procedures by Mark Wilson Ninth Circuit: Prisoner Validated as Gang Member May Challenge Debriefing Procedures by Mark Wilson On January 15, 2014, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a prisoner’s claim related to “debriefing” with respect …
Article • December 3, 2014 • from PLN December, 2014
California Law Denying Good Time Credits to Gang Members in SHUs Held Constitutional by David Reutter California Law Denying Good Time Credits to Gang Members in SHUs Held Constitutional by David Reutter The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held on April 25, 2014 that a California law which denies good …
Article • May 20, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014
High-Ranking Illinois Prison Official Fired due to Criminal History by High-Ranking Illinois Prison Official Fired due to Criminal History   According to court records obtained by the Chicago Sun Times, Xadrian R. McCraven, 44, has a lengthy criminal history that includes a 1987 conviction for disorderly conduct, a 1989 conviction …
Article • May 20, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014
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California Prison Regulation Governing Gang Validation Upheld by Ninth Circuit by Michael Brodheim California Prison Regulation Governing Gang Validation Upheld by Ninth Circuit   by Michael Brodheim   Last year the Ninth Circuit upheld the constitutionality of a California prison regulation that guides state prison officials in determining whether or …
Placing Rival Gang Members in Same Cell Not Per Se Unconstitutional by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals applied the harmless error test in finding that a district court’s late Rand summary judgment notice did not deprive a prisoner of substantial rights. Additionally, the appellate court held prison officials were …
Violence, Security Lapses and Media Attention Lead to Reforms at Georgia Prison by David Reutter A series of investigative news reports by Chattanooga Times Free Press reporter Joy Lukachick, published from February to December 2013, revealed numerous problems in Georgia’s prison system – particularly at Hays State Prison (HSP), located …
Article • December 15, 2013 • from PLN December, 2013
California Supreme Court Addresses CDCR Gang Associate Validation by In October 2012, the California Supreme Court reversed a grant of habeas relief by the Court of Appeal, which had interpreted a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) regulation regarding the validation of a prisoner as a gang associate. The …
Brief • November 9, 2012
Castillon v. CCA, ID, Complaint, Gang Partnership, 2012 TJ Angstman Wyatt B. Johnson ANGSTMAN JOHNSON 3649 Lakeharbor Lane Boise, Idaho 83703 Telephone: (208) 384-8588 Facsimile: (208) 853-0117 Johnson ISB: 5858 Angstman ISB: 5738 Nikki Smith 3649 Lakeharbor Lane Boise, Idaho 83703 Telephone: (208) 384-8588 Facsimile: (208) 853-0117 Smith ISB: 9030 …
Solitary Confinement Subject of Unprecedented Congressional Hearing by Alex Friedmann by Alex Friedmann1 It’s an awful thing, solitary. It crushes your spirit and weakens your resistance more effectively than any other form of mistreatment. — U.S. Senator John McCain, on his treatment as a P.O.W.2 On June 19, 2012, the …
Article • July 15, 2012
Texas Gang Member Lockdown Without Hearing Upheld by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld summary Judgment to prison officials on a Texas prisoner's involuntary administrative segregation claims. In March 2002, Texas prison officials learned that rival Hispanic gangs the Texas Syndicate (TS) and Raza Unida (RU), were planning a …
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