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Suit Filed Against Use of Rapiscan on Detention Facility Visitor by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In partially denying state officials’ motion for summary judgment, an Illinois federal district court discussed the constitutional parameters involved in the use of a Rapiscan Secure 1000 device, which uses “back-scatter” X-ray technology …
Crime Labs in Crisis: Shoddy Forensics Used to Secure Convictions by Matthew Clarke To millions of people whose knowledge of crime labs comes from television shows such as CSI, Bones, Crossing Jordan and the venerable Quincy M.E., the forensic experts who work at such labs seem to be infallible scientists …
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
Ion Spectrometry Scans Resume at BOP Facilities by The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has restarted its ion spectrometry program. In April 2008, the BOP suspended the use of all its ion spectrometry machines to screen prison visitors for drugs after lawsuits and complaints cast doubt on the reliability of …
Article • March 15, 2010 • from PLN March, 2010
Massachusetts GPS Program Upheld by State Supreme Court by Mark Wilson The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court vacated a lower court order which found that a sheriff had violated state law when he released sentenced prisoners on a GPS-monitoring program. On March 8, 2007, Edward Donohue was convicted of his third …
FedCURE Entitled to Fee Waiver for FOIA Request by Brandon Sample On March 19, 2009, U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton granted a motion for summary judgment filed by FedCURE, a non-profit organization that advocates for federal prisoners and their families, in a suit filed under the Freedom of Information Act …
ICE Contract w/ BI, Incorporated for Electronic Monitoring/Alternatives to Detention Program, 2009 to 2014 Company Name: BI Incorporated Contract Number: HSCECR-09-D-00002 (HSCECR09D00002) Requisition/Reference Number: 192109CED0ATD0004 Latest Modification Processed: N/A Period of Performance: 7/20/2009 through 7/19/2014 Services Provided: Providing professional support services for the Intensive Supervision Appearance Program (ISAP) II for …
Maryland Prison Employees Strip Searched After False Alert by Drug Scanning Machine by Derick Limberg Maryland Prison Employees Strip Searched After False Alert by Drug Scanning Machine by Derek Limburg Nine prison employees at the Maryland Correctional Training Center (MCTC) received the same treatment as prisoners upon their arrival at …
Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
BOP Suspends Use of Ion Spectrometry Drug Detection Devices by Brandon Sample On April 10, 2008, the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) discontinued the use of all ion spectrometry drug detection machines, more commonly known as ion scanners. According to a memo from BOP assistant director Joyce K. Conley, “the …
No Sexual Assault Claim Based on Abusive Metal Detector Search by The plaintiff alleged that an officer shoved a hand-held metal detector between his buttocks. He was fully clothed. He was later issued a one-day deprivation order and a misbehavior report for refusing a direct order, violating frisk procedures, and …
California DOC Stipulates to Removal of Visitor X-Ray Ma-chines, but Damages Appeal Dismissed by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On November 20, 2007, the California Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal filed by a group of Lancaster State Prison visitors who sought damages for being subjected to Secure 1000 …
Publication • 2008
K9 Officer's Legal Handbook Drug Detector and Patrol Dog Testimony Ken Wallenstine 2008 K9 OFFICER'S LEGAL HANDBOOK Chapter 10 • Handlers must be paid for reasonably necessary canine home care. DRUG DETECTOR AND PATROL DOG TESTIMONY §9-7 • Commuting time is generally not compensable time. • Training time is compensable …
Article • January 15, 2008
Disclosure of Drug Detecting Devices and Specific Operation Details at Prison Prohibited by Pro se Pennsylvania state prisoner George Vargo petitioned for review of documents regarding drug detection equipment after the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) denied disclosure in 1998. The court affirmed the denial as to specific methods used …
Ionscan Test Reasonable Cause to Require Urinalysis Test by Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeals held that reasonable suspicion of use of drugs existed to require a Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) guard to submit to a urinalysis test. This action is an appeal of a final order of the …
$75,000 Award Upheld in Use of Carcinogense Blood Detection Agency by The First Circuit has ruled that the forcible application of benzidine, known as a primary carcinogen, to prisoner's bodies was a constitutional violation and sufficient to warrant damages. On November 2 and 3, 1974, Douglas S. Gomes and several …
Article • May 15, 2007
Searching Vehicle Of Prison Visitor Suspected Of Illegal Drug Possession Upheld by New Jersey resident Janice Daniels appealed a State court denial of her motion to suppress heroin seized from her vehicle's interior. Mrs, Daniels and her husband were visiting her son who was incarcerated at the Garden State Youth …
Article • January 15, 2006 • from PLN January, 2006
Los Angeles County Jail Tests Prisoner Radio ID Tags by by John E. Dannenberg The Los Angeles (L.A.) County Sheriff's Department will spend $1.5 million to install a computerized radio ID tag system in 2006 to monitor the location of 1,900 prisoners at the Pitchess Detention Center (county jail) in …
Florida Awards Contracts Putting Sex Offenders on GPS Supervision; Other States to Follow by The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) has awarded three contracts for Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite monitoring of sex offenders. The contracts come on the heels on legislation that allocated $3.9 million over a three-year period …
USP Beaumont, Texas: Murder and Mayhem in the Thunder Dome by Leah Caldwell Located in East Texas, the Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) at Beaumont is made up of a trio of federal prisons that are home to 5,667 prisoners. These prisons are run by the Bureau of Prisons, which is …
Failure to Allege Imminent Threat Precludes Justification Defenses in BOP Weapons Prosecution by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that the district court did not error in excluding evidence or argument regarding affirmative defenses of necessity and duress in trials for prisoners' weapon possession. On May 18, 1999, Terry …
Article • January 15, 1999 • from PLN January, 1999
BOP Visitors Subjected to Ion Scan by M L A memo has been posted alerting the population at USP-Lompoc [federal prison in Calif.] that a pilot program has been implemented whereby visitors will be scanned with a nuclear ion machine that detects "drug use". There are graduated penalties for those …
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