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El Paso County Jail Conditions Unconstitutional by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reviewed a district court's order that found conditions at Texas' El Paso County Jail were unconstitutional and ordered injunctive relief to correct the violations. The district court ordered that exercise and recreational areas be installed; prisoner diets …
Buford-Lewis v. Marion County, IN, Complaint, jail conditions, 2007 Case 1:07-cv-00527-SEB-DML Document 1 Filed 04/26/2007 Page 1 of 9 Case 1:07-cv-00527-SEB-DML Document 1 Filed 04/26/2007 Page 2 of 9 Case 1:07-cv-00527-SEB-DML Document 1 Filed 04/26/2007 Page 3 of 9 Case 1:07-cv-00527-SEB-DML Document 1 Filed 04/26/2007 Page 4 of 9 Case …
Article • April 15, 2007 • from PLN April, 2007
California Corrections Standards Authority Chided by Inspector General for Failure to Develop Prison Guard Selection and Training Standards by Marvin Mentor The California Inspector General (IG) reviewed progress in October, 2006 on his seven earlier (2005) recommendations to the 19-member Corrections Standards Authority pertaining to development of selection and training …
Article • March 15, 2007 • from PLN March, 2007
California DOC Wage Audit: Guards Overcharged State $12 Million for Union Business Leave by Marvin Mentor California?s Office of the Inspector General (OIG), the state Legislature?s watchdog over prison operations, reviewed guards? use of leave for union-related business and found that California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) accounting controls …
Hawaii Settles DOJ Suit Over Unconstitutional Juvenile Facility by The State of Hawaii settled a suit brought by the United States government, resolving a suit over unconstitutional conditions of confinement at the Hawaii Youth Corrections Facility (HYCF) in Kailua, Hawaii. On August 16, 2004, the United States Department of Justice …
Article • March 15, 2007 • from PLN March, 2007
California DOC Federal Receiver Is Granted First Waiver of State Law by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The federal court Receiver for healthcare in California state prisons (see: PLN, Mar. 2006, p.1, Federal Court Seizes California Prisons? Medical Care; Appoints Receiver With Unprecedented Powers) surmounted his first statutory bureaucratic …
Hawaii Juvenile Gay Bashing Enjoined by A federal court in Hawaii issued a preliminary injunction, prohibiting harassment, abuse, discrimination and isolation of juvenile detainees who are, or are perceived to be, lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender (LGBT). The Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility (HYCF) is a secure juvenile detention facility ?existing …
Still More Murder and Mayhem in Maryland by Michael Rigby "Lock them up and throw away the key." Like the rest of the nation, this overriding penal philosophy in Maryland has led to a criminal justice system that is defunct at every level. The state's adult prisons are "in crisis." …
Sacramento Jail Rampant with Excessive Force and Brutality by Gary Hunter Imagine six million candles of light and the noise level of a jet plane taking off inside an average 6'x10' jail cell. That's what Courtney Countee, Jessie Kerwin, Daniel Lucas, Jason Morrison, Cladius Jefferson and Michael Toro endured at …
Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007
U.S. Spends Record $185 Billion on Justice System is 2003 by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke According to a report released by the U.S. Department of Justice?s Bureau of Justice Statistics in April, 2006, the U.S. spent a record $185 billion for police protection, detention, and judicial and legal …
Violence from Racial Tension and Overcrowding Pervades California Jails, Spreads to Prisons by Marvin Mentor by Marvin Mentor Los Angeles (L.A.) County jail prisoners have been locked in interracial gang-controlled violence for the past year, and the unrest has spread to other jails and into California state prisons as prisoners …
Article • January 15, 2007 • from PLN January, 2007
Vermont DOC Agrees To Stop Punishing Self-Harming Prisoners by Michael Rigby On May 18, 2006, the Vermont Department of Corrections (VDOC) settled a class-action lawsuit by agreeing to stop punishing prisoners who harm themselves. The VDOC further agreed to implement training, retain consultants, and document the mental health assessments of …
Washington Women’s Prison Healthcare Violations Continue by Washington Women?s Prison Healthcare Violations Continue As we've reported extensively, health care at the Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW), has been woefully inadequate for decades. Reform efforts have been underway since 1993, but the more things change, the more they stay the …
Article • January 15, 2007 • from PLN January, 2007
The Prison and Jail Industry—Who Will Run It by Gary Hunter The Prison and Jail Industry--Who Will Run It by Gary Hunter With the huge growth in American prisons between 1980 and 1990, the American Correctional. Association (ACA) went looking in the past to solve both foreseeable and current problems. …
Virginia Jail Disgraceful by Gary Hunter Richmond City Jail is in such bad shape newly elected Sheriff C.T. Woody called it a ...disaster. I knew it was bad, but I had no idea it was that bad, he said. On January 4, 2006 a report was issued detailing the deficiencies …
Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006
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Robotic Medicine Dispensers Pillage Jails Cost Savings by John Dannenberg Robotic Medicine Dispensers Pillage Jail's Cost Savings by John E. Dannenberg ROBOT, a $1 million automatic pill dispensing system installed at the Contra Costa County (California) jails in February 2005 and advertised to save the county $240,000, has so far …
Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006
Federal Court Orders California DOC to Pay $58 Million In Overdue Medical Bills by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On March 30, 2006, the U.S. District Court, N.D. Cal., ordered the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to pay its backlog of overdue medical subcontractors bills within 60 …
Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006
New California SVP Facility Struggles to Attract Staff by The new $338 million Coalinga State Hospital (CSH), which opened in October 2005, houses only the best-behaved 170 Of Atascadero State Hospitals (ASH) 550 sexually violent predators (SVP), as of March 2006. Although the physical plant is in place, the staff …
California Guard Murdered By Prisoner; Investigative Reports Blame Gross Staff Incompetence by Marvin Mentor A prison guard at the California Institution for Men (CIM) at Chino was stabbed to death in the Sycamore Hall housing unit on January 10, 2005 by an East Coast Crips gang-affiliated prisoner who had just …
Illinois Cook County Jail Embroiled in Shootings, Scandals and Escapes by by Gary Hunter Shootings, stabbings, suicides, a death and multiple escapes have turned the Cook County Jail in Chicago on its proverbial ear over the past year, in addition to misconduct by guards, a change in the jails leadership …
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