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Publication • February 11, 2016
Contract re confinement of ADC inmates in Bowie Co, 2015
Publication • February 11, 2016
Separation by Bars and Miles, PPI, 2015 Home Page > Blog > Separation by Bars and Miles: New report finds that great... Separation by Bars and Miles: New report finds that great distances make prison visits few and far between by Bernadette Rabuy, October 20, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October …
Vermont’s Policy of Sending Prisoners Out-of-State Found Unconstitutional by David Reutter A Vermont Superior Court held the policy of the Vermont Department of Corrections (VDOC) to send hundreds of male prisoners to out-of-state facilities, regardless of whether they have close bonds with their young children, while keeping all women prisoners …
Brief • December 16, 2015
Sale v. Anderson et al, CO, Complaint, out of state transfer political prisoner, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-02728-LTB Document 1 Filed 12/16/15 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 28 Case 1:15-cv-02728-LTB Document 1 Filed 12/16/15 USDC Colorado Page 2 of 28 Case 1:15-cv-02728-LTB Document 1 Filed 12/16/15 USDC Colorado Page 3 of 28 …
Article • November 10, 2015
Study Details States’ Abuses of Out-Of-State Prisoner Transfers to For-Profit Prisons by Derek Gilna Study Details States’ Abuses of Out-Of-State Prisoner Transfers to For-Profit Prisons by Derek Gilna            The corrections industry maintains that one of its priorities is to help detainees maintain ties with their family and communities to assist …
Article • September 18, 2014 • from PLN September, 2014
Filed under: Out of State Transfers
Transferred Prisoner May Sue Oklahoma Officials in Oregon Court by Mark Wilson Transferred Prisoner May Sue Oklahoma Officials in Oregon Court by Mark Wilson In an October 9, 2013 ruling, the Oregon Court of Appeals held that Oregon courts have personal jurisdiction over Oklahoma prison officials with respect to claims …
Article • December 15, 2013 • from PLN December, 2013
BOP Compromises on Plan to Transfer Prisoners from FCI Danbury by Derek Gilna In an unexpected turnabout, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has modified its July 2013 decision to transfer all prisoners from the only federal women’s facility in the northeast, located in Danbury, Connecticut. The BOP had planned to …
Tenth Circuit: Terrorism Prisoners Lack Liberty Interest in Transfer to ADX by Derek Gilna Omar Rezaq, Mohammed Saleh, El-Sayyid Nosair and Ibrahim Elgabrowny, convicted of terrorism-related offenses and confined at the federal supermax ADX facility in Florence, Colorado, filed suit contending they had a liberty interest in “avoiding transfer without …
Liberty for Sale: Should Ohio Prisoners be Commodities in a For-Profit Venture? by German Lopez by German Lopez, Cincinnati CityBeat In 1997, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) opened a private prison in Youngstown, Ohio. The Northeast Ohio Correctional Center was to hold out-of-state prisoners with the promise of profits and …
Hawaii AG Study Confirms Ineffectiveness of Mainland Private Prisons by Joe Watson Academic researchers in Hawaii believe that exiling offenders to private prisons thousands of miles away on the U.S. mainland is misguided. And the Hawaii Attorney General’s office (AG) – the state’s Big Kahuna of law enforcement – actually …
46 California Prisoners Injured in Disturbance at CCA-run Oklahoma Facility by Widespread fighting among black and Hispanic California prisoners at the privately-operated North Fork Correctional Facility in Sayre, Oklahoma last year left dozens of prisoners injured. The disturbance began shortly before noon on October 11, 2011 and was described by …
California Plans to End Out-of-State Prisoner Transfers by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On November 8, 2010, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) issued a press release announcing that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) intended to award a new contract to the company, “to manage up to …
Victoria v. NYPD DETF et al, NY, 2nd Am Complaint, false arrest overdetention, 2012 Case 1:11-cv-00937-LAK Document 13 Filed 04/13/12 Page 1 of 13 Case 1:11-cv-00937-LAK Document 13 Filed 04/13/12 Page 2 of 13 Case 1:11-cv-00937-LAK Document 13 Filed 04/13/12 Page 3 of 13 Case 1:11-cv-00937-LAK Document 13 Filed 04/13/12 …
California: Prisoners May Be Transferred Out of State To Alleviate Severe Prison Overcrowding by In 2008, the California Court of Appeal upheld the Governor's authority, under the California Emergency Services Act (Government Code, § 8550 et seq.), to proclaim a state of emergency because of severe overcrowding in the state's …
Article • November 15, 2011
Massachusetts Highest Court Upholds Damages Awards to State Prisoners Unlawfully Transferred to Federal Prisons by In 1989, the Supreme Judicial Council of Massachusetts affirmed the award of damages to eight state prisoners who were unlawfully transferred to federal out-of-state institutions without the procedural protections afforded to them under departmental regulations. …
Article • November 15, 2011
Washington DOC Has Sole Authority over Prisoner Placement by The State of Washington Court of Appeals held that the Department of Corrections (DOC) has the sole authority to determine the prison in which a prisoner will be placed. The court’s ruling came in DOC’s appeal of restrictions on prisoner Marcus …
California Inspector General Expresses Concerns About Out-of-State Private Prisons by In December 2010, California Inspector General David Shaw sent a letter to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), informing CDCR officials about concerns related to housing California prisoners in out-of-state privately-operated facilities. The concerns arose when the Office …
Contributions to California Politicians Rewarded with Lucrative Private Prison Contracts by In politics, sometimes a little monetary grease goes a long way. No doubt, that’s why Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest private prison operator, based in Nashville, Tennessee, has contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to lawmakers …
Fifth Circuit: Wyoming Prisoner May Sue Texas Private Prison Officials by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 16, 2008, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a Wyoming state prisoner housed at a privately-operated prison in Texas could sue private prison officials for retaliation and taking money from …
Soft Porn, Bribery and Jailed Millionaire Make for a Dangerous Mix by Brandon Sample In April 2007, Joe Francis, 36, the multi-millionaire founder of the popular soft porn Girls Gone Wild videos – which consist of young women exposing themselves at parties, clubs and spring break – was charged with …
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