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Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
Filed under: Gay/Lesbian, Marriage
Arizona Department of Corrections Adopts Same-Sex Marriage Policy by Michael Brodheim Arizona Department of Corrections Adopts Same-Sex Marriage Policy by Michael Brodheim Corrections officials in Arizona have changed a policy related to prisoner marriages to allow same-sex unions, now that such marriages are legal in the state. However, prisoners are …
Wood v. Panther, ID, Complaint, OR retaliation harassment transfer marriage, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-00092-CWD Document 2 Filed 03/17/15 Page 1 of 20 Case 1:15-cv-00092-CWD Document 2 Filed 03/17/15 Page 2 of 20 Case 1:15-cv-00092-CWD Document 2 Filed 03/17/15 Page 3 of 20 Case 1:15-cv-00092-CWD Document 2 Filed 03/17/15 Page 4 of …
Article • July 9, 2014 • from PLN July, 2014
England, Increasing Number of States Allow Same-Sex Prisoner Marriages or Civil Unions by England, Increasing Number of States Allow Same-Sex Prisoner Marriages or Civil Unions Prisoners in England, including those in the highest security classification, are being allowed to enter into same-sex civil partnerships due to a policy change that …
Brief • February 25, 2014
Filed under: Marriage
Gillpatrick v. NE DOC - Complaint Filed in Lancaster District Court *** EFILED *** Case Number: D02CI140000669 Transaction ID: 0001080219 Filing Date: 02/25/2014 07:09:21 AM CST IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LANCASTER COUNTY, NEBRASKA PAUL GILLPATRICK and NICCOLE WETHERELL, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Brief • February 6, 2014
Filed under: Marriage
Amos v. Higgins, MO, Judgement, Marriage Licenses, 2014 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI CENTRAL DIVISION JULIA AMOS, et al., Plaintiffs, vs. MICHELE A. HIGGINS, Moniteau County Recorder of Deeds, in her official capacity, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case …
Article • August 15, 2013 • from PLN August, 2013
West Virginia Court-Supervised Parole and Condition Barring Association with Spouse Upheld by West Virginia's Supreme Court has upheld a circuit court's authority to impose court-supervised parole, and affirmed a parole condition that barred a parolee's association with convicted felons – including her spouse. On June 9, 2009, Karen Tanner pleaded …
Publication • 2013
Filed under: Marriage, Fathers in Prison
Focus - Neither Here Nor There Incarceration and Family, Kristin Turney, 2013 Neither here nor there: Incarceration and family instability Kristin Turney Kristin Turney is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine. Family instability in the United States has increased dramatically since the 1970s. Demographic changes in …
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
Filed under: Family, Marriage
Hawaii ACLU Files Suit on Behalf of Women Who Want to Marry Prisoners by Alex Friedmann On May 15, 2012, the ACLU of Hawaii filed a lawsuit in federal court accusing the state Department of Public Safety (DPS) of unlawful discrimination by prohibiting four women from marrying Hawaii prisoners housed …
Texas’ Parole Condition X Violates Due Process by Gary Hunter Texas’ parole Condition X has come under scrutiny in a federal court case. On December 12, 2008, a U.S. magistrate judge issued a 30-page order granting partial summary judgment in favor of parolee David Brian Jennings, after concluding that the …
Article • August 15, 2009 • from PLN August, 2009
Eleventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Challenge to Florida DOC Ban on Pen Pal Requests by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court order dismissing a Florida prisoner’s civil rights action that challenged a prison policy which prohibited him from sending letters to churches and ministers requesting …
Article • July 15, 2009
Prison Officials Must Assist Prisoners in Getting Married by Failing to assist a prisoner in getting married is a cognizable First Amendment violation, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit decided on July 31, 2003. Laura Toms and Ira Chaiffetz, an Ohio prisoner, had a hard time getting …
Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009
Prisoner’s Free Speech Rights Violated by Legal Mail Opened Outside His Presence; Qualified Immunity Denied by David Reutter Prisoner’s Free Speech Rights Violated by Legal Mail Opened Outside His Presence; Qualified Immunity Denied by David M. Reutter The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that prison officials who open legal …
Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009
Federal Prisoner Dies During Illicit Tryst With His Wife by Desmond A. Greene, a prisoner at the Big Sandy federal prison in Martin County, Kentucky, was in his bunk just after midnight on October 5, 2008. But at 1:12 a.m. his wife, Susan A. Witherspoon, was banging on the front …
Article • May 15, 2009
Filed under: Family, Marriage
Unjustified Delay in Granting Prisoner’s Request to Marry Actionable by A 19-month delay in granting a Prisoner’s request to marry states a cognizable substantive due process claim. William Engel, a New Jersey state prisoner, submitted a request to marry on September 8, 2005, to prison officials. The marriage committee denied …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
Welcome to Fun Day: Crime and Punishment in the United States by Marie Gottschalk Doing Time Together: Love and Family in the Shadow of the Prison. By Megan Comfort. University of Chicago Press. 256 pp. $55.00 cloth. $22.00 paper. Race, Incarceration, and American Values. By Glenn C. Loury with Pamela …
Article • January 15, 2009
No Right to Appointed Counsel In Washington Marriage Dissolution Proceeding by Washington State resident Brenda King appealed the denial of state funded counsel in a child custody based dissolution of marriage proceeding. The court affirmed the denial holding that no right to free counsel existed in a dissolution proceeding. Brenda …
Gay and Lesbian Prisoners: Recent Developments and a Call for More Research by Zachary Wolfe, Esq. by Zachary Wolfe, Esq.1 This is an interesting time in the changing legal landscape relating to gay and lesbian prisoners, but public and scholarly attention is lacking. Rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered …
Article • August 15, 2008
Filed under: Visiting, Marriage
Denial of Visiting Between Prisoner, Ex Prisoner Upheld by Plaintiff, a member of MOVE, was refused a visit from a female member of MOVE who he said was his wife because she was a former prisoner. The court previously refused defendants summary judgment because other prisoners married to former prisoners …
Article • August 15, 2008
N.Y. Guard's Informing Prisoner's Wife of Another Woman's Visit Ruled Unintentional, Harmless by New York state prisoner Alex Torres filed suit after a prison visitation guard informed his wife that another woman had visited him, resulting in his divorce. The court dismissed his claim, holding that Torres had failed to …
Article • August 15, 2008
San Diego Sheriff’s Employee Terminated for Marrying A Felon by San Diego (California) ex sheriff's department employee Arleshia Graham appealed mandamus denial by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) challenging her 2005 termination for marrying a felon. Her termination was affirmed. A long time employee and recently promoted processing supervisor, Graham …
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