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Report Blasts Sex Party at New York Juvenile Facility

Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Juvenile Prisons

sat in a chair and he put his hands inside her shirt. Staff stood nearby but did not intervene. At 5:26 p.m., Michelle again sat on Braden’s lap with her back to him. As she leaned forward, he appeared ...

Compensative Awarded to the Wrongly Convicted in 2003 and 2004

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. 13 5 37,000 2003 DNA Kidnapping & rape 48 yrs Roberto Miranda S 5,000,000 Clark County NV • 1982 1996 1996 14 S 357,143 2004 Ineffective assistance of counsel Murder ...

Angled Drive Stun Training, Taser (WA), 2008

Publication • February 19, 2016

Filed under: Police Department Manuals

Dept Taser Coordinator Assigned to SWAT/Firearms/DT Currently 450 Tasers Issued 90 % X-26 10 % M-26 2006 175 Taser Deployments Down from 362 Deployments in 2004 Purpose of Training To provide overview ...

14 Years of Litigation Fails to Remedy Deficient Jail Medical Care; Herrera Saga Continues in Washington State

Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010

Filed under: Retaliation, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Medication, Systemic Medical Neglect, Dental Care, Staffing, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

with a consent decree on March 28, 1996. [See: PLN, March 1997, p.18; April 1995, p.5]. Pursuant to the consent decree, the district court appointed two monitors to report on compliance with constitutionally ...

Washington Prison Staff Properly Fired For Sexually Assaulting Prisoner

Article • April 15, 2006 • from PLN April, 2006

Filed under: Staff-Staff Assault, Conditions of Confinement, Transportation, Employee Litigation

. On May 26, MICC Superintendent Alice Payne met with Shinn to discuss the ECR. On June 8 Payne formally found that Shinn was guilty of sexual misconduct and stated that disciplinary action would follow ...

Estate of Kentucky Jail Prisoner Who Died of Untreated Pneumonia Awarded $1,729,513

Article • January 9, 2015

Filed under: Medical Neglect/Malpractice

after the verdict. Sherry McFadden, 43, was incarcerated at BSRDC on March 5, 2009, when she filled out a medical request. She was complaining of a hole in her throat. Nurse Christy Collingsworth could ...

California: Nine Detainees Charged in Jailhouse Killing; Five Sentenced to Life Terms

Article • May 15, 2013 • from PLN May, 2013

Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Prison/Jail Murders, Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death)

child pornography. On October 5, 2006 he was punched, kicked, sodomized with plastic spoons, doused with scalding water and stomped to death by around 10 other prisoners, a short distance from ...

$2.375 Million Settlement in Over-Detention Suit at Santa Clara California Jail

Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023

Filed under: Settlements, Overdetention

them. The agreement included a payment of $2.375 million to the estimated 244 class members who were harmed and their attorneys. The suit was filed by Dylan Camarlinghi on April 26, 2021, alleging ...

Taser Ohio Hwy Patrol Orders 1100 2002

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Filed under: Excessive Force, Stun Guns/Tasers

Safety Officers (VPSO) on June 5. “After two years of in-field test and evaluation, we are thrilled to see such positive results. We will now have one of the leading state highway patrols carrying an M-26 ...

Four CCA Guards Indicted in Murder of Nashville Prisoner

Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Contractor Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution, Prison/Jail Murders, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings

largest private prison company, which is based in Nashville. Estelle Richardson, 34, was incarcerated at the Metro Detention Facility. On July 5, 2004, at 5:37 a.m., she was found unresponsive on the floor ...

Fifth Circuit Rules on Prisoner’s ADA Claim; Issues Superseding Opinion

Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012

Filed under: Americans with Disabilities Act, Immunity/Liability, Sovereign Immunity

violates the Fourteenth Amendment.” The Fifth Circuit noted that the origin of Congress’s power to abrogate state sovereign immunity in the ADA was § 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment. However, “Congress’s § 5 ...

HRDC's FCC comment on corruption in prison phone industry profiled

In-the-News Article • October 5, 2015

Wilson Law360, Washington (October 5, 2015, 6:26 PM ET) -- An advocacy group urged the Federal Communications Commission in a letter made public Monday to investigate lobbying by prison ...

Borroto v. McDonald-No. 5:04-CV-165, 2006 WL 2789152 (N.D. Fla. Sept. 26, 2006)

Case • 2006

Borroto v. McDonald - No. 5:04-CV-165, 2006 WL 2789152 (N.D. Fla. Sept. 26, 2006) - 2006 ...

People ex rel. Dir. of Corr. v. Booth-215 Ill. 2d 416 (Ill. 2005).

Case • 2005

3-7-6 of the Unified Code of Corrections (730 ILCS 5/3-7-6 (West 2002)) for the expenses it incurred in keeping him incarcerated. The state's compliance with the relevant requirements for initiating ...

Israeli Soldier Jailed for Refusing to Guard Palestinian Detainees

Article • March 15, 1998 • from PLN March, 1998

Filed under: Political Prisoners, International, Prisoners-International

helps direct films for a living, was jailed for 26 days in an army stockade for resisting service at Megiddo. He said he thought about his 5-year-old daughter while he served the 26 days. "I'm willing ...

Lawyers Bilk Cornell for Millions, San Francisco Jail Scammed

Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006

Filed under: Private Prisons, Financing, Cornell Corrections, Contractor Misconduct, Attorney Misconduct

lawyers entrusted to oversee the companys funds for land deals. Cornell, based in Huston filed the latest suit on August 26, 2005, in Houstons 333rd District Court against Locke Liddell & Sapp and David ...

Virginia Sheriff Sued After “Catfishing” Deputy Kills Family of California Teen Victim

Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Police/Govt Misconduct

Virginia Sheriff Sued After “Catfishing” Deputy Kills Family of California Teen Victim by A lawsuit filed on November 26, 2023, lays out the bizarre story of a Virginia Sheriff’s ...

Taser Uni Faculty Opposes M26 2001

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Filed under: Excessive Force, Stun Guns/Tasers

three weeks after the Northern Iowa Student Government approved a resolution in support of arming campus public safety officers with stun guns on a 29-5 vote, a straw poll at Monday's faculty senate ...

Report from the Hole

Article • November 15, 1993 • from PLN November, 1993

Filed under: Organizing

Report from the Hole by Adrian Lomax Report From The Hole By Adrian Lomax The guard stood in the middle of the seg unit, counting, 26 of the 40 cells had the 3x12 inch Plexiglas windows ...

News in Brief

Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006

Filed under: News, News in Brief

on misdemeanor charges of sexually assaulting a female prisoner. New Hampshire: On January 26, 2005, judge Franklin Jones, 56, resigned from the bench, a day after the Judicial Conduct Committee recommended his ...