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Muslim Prisoner Attacked by Other Muslims May Sue Prison for Failure to Protect by Marvin Mentor The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that a California Muslim prisoner who was attacked by fellow Muslims stated two Eighth Amendment claims against prison officials by alleging that (1) they failed to …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
No Qualified Immunity for Failure to Perform Timely Liver Biopsy by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a ruling by the U.S. District Court (N.D. Cal.) that the failure of a prison health care manager to provide a Hepatitis-C positive (HCV+) …
Brief • July 18, 2006
Gallagher, et al. v. San Mateo County Sheriff ‘s Office, et al, CA, Amended Complaint, 2006 Case 4:04-cv-00448-SBA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Document 48-1 Filed 07/18/2006 Page 1 of 13 Andrew C. Schwartz (State Bar No. 64578) Thom Seaton (State Bar No. 62713) CASPER, MEADOWS, SCHWARTZ …
Standing Up to Corruption by Stephen James Prison Systems co-workers Joe Reynoso and Dave Lewis both were called heroes by their peers. One was an investigator digging into prison crime, and one was accused of a crime. Guess which one was supported by the guards union. In her letter supporting …
Crimes of the Heart: Incarceration Collusion by Bob Williams by Bob Williams & G.A.Bowers What would a woman do for her man? Run a frontend loader through a jail wall? Drive her lover out of prison in a food service truck? Murder witnesses? Smuggle in guns and drugs? Melt her …
Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006
The Warehouse Prison, by Dr. John Irwin, 318 pp., softback, Roxbury Publishing Company, 2005 by John Dannenberg Reviewed by John E. Dannenberg Taking Californias Solano State Prison as a model, author John Irwin exposes the warehouse concept of Californias prisons and its debilitating effect on prisoners and their struggle for …
Audit: California Private Prison Contracting Tainted by Conflicts of Interest by The California State Auditor reported in September 2005 that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), when contracting with private prison contractors for two minimum security Community Correctional Facilities (CCF), issued no-bid awards to companies who had hired …
Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006
Alleged Attacks Plotted By New Folsom Prisoners Uncovered by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke A federal grand jury has indicted four men--two of whom have been prisoners at the California State Prison-Sacramento (New Folsom Prison)--with conspiracy to levy war against the United States, to possess and use firearms in …
Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006
Unconstitutionality of Lockdown of California Hispanics Upheld On Appeal by Marvin Mentor The California Court of Appeal upheld the Del Norte County Superior Courts 2003 ruling [case no. HCPB 00-5164] requiring supermax Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) officials to cease locking down Southern Hispanic prisoners endlessly solely based upon their …
Los Angeles Jail Pays $375,000 To Assaulted Keep Away Prisoner by Los Angeles Jail Pays $375,000 To Assaulted Keep Away Prisoner Los Angeles County, California, should pay $375,000 to a former prisoner who was severely beaten after being improperly celled with his assailant, the County Claims Board recommended on December …
Brief • July 11, 2006
Heston v. City of Salinas, CA, Order denying Def MTD, police taser death cardiac arrest, 2006 Case 5:05-cv-03658-JW Document 36 Filed 07/11/2006 Page 1 of 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 For the Northern District of California United States District Court 9 10 IN THE UNITED STATES …
Brief • June 25, 2006
Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment
Corley v Davis, CA, Order re disposal docs after notification of settlement, wrongful imprisonment, 2006 ase 2:03-cv-01447-LKK-DAD Document 86 Filed 08/25/2006 Page 1 of 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 WILLIAM B. CORLEY, NO. …
Brief • June 21, 2006
Filed under: Guard Misconduct
Madrid v. Tilton, CA, Special Masters Report on Administrative Discipline, guard misconduct, 2006 2 3 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 5 ) ) ) Plaintiffs ) ) ) v. ) ) ) ) JAMES E. TILTON et aI., ) ) Defendants, -----------) …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
Rampant Sexual Favoritism By California Prison Warden Is Actionable Under Hostile Work Environment T by Rampant Sexual Favoritism By California Prison Warden Is Actionable Under Hostile Work Environment Theory A unanimous California State Supreme Court held that non involved female employees could sue the Department of Corrections (CDC) for sexual …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
Audit of Californias Failed Intermediate-Parole-Sanctions Program Blames Lack of Benchmarks And D by Audit of Californias Failed Intermediate-Parole-Sanctions Program Blames Lack of Benchmarks And Data Analysis The California State Auditor issued a stinging 58 page report in November 2005 that squarely fixed the blame for the purported failure of the …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
Filed under: Parole, News, State Legislation
California Legislature Reorganizes DOC To Add Rehabilitation by Marvin Mentor California Legislature Reorganizes DOC To Add Rehabilitation by Marvin Mentor Via legislative enactment (SB 737) effective July 1, 2005, the California DOC (formerly CDC) was renamed the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), the Board of Prison Terms (BPT) was …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
California Auditor: Prison Industries Loses Money and Fails to Demonstrate Rehabilitative Success by Marvin Mentor The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations (CDCR) Prison Industry Authority (PIA) loses money in 20 of 28 enterprises it operates in CDCR prisons, provides rehabilitative work for a declining number of prisoners in spite …
California Prison Excessive Force Death Suit Settled For $850,000 by A Corcoran State Prison prisoner whose psychotropic medications had not been renewed for 20 days died from excessive force used to subdue him when he suffered withdrawal symptoms. On November 4, 2005, California settled his parents civil rights wrongful death …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
California Ban On Sexually Explicit Materials Upheld by The California Court of Appeal upheld the denial of a state prisoners petition for writ of mandate seeking (1) rescission of California prison regulation 15 CCR § 3006 (c) (17) [proscribing possession of explicit sexual images], and (2) a declaration that the …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
California Ex-Con DNA Collection Law Ruled Not Retroactive by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The U.S. District Court, N.D. Cal., ruled that Californias recent Proposition 69, which provides for DNA collection from all convicted persons, does not apply retroactively to exconvicts who have been discharged from custody, parole …
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