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City Of San Leandro, California Pays $395,000 To Family Of Detainee Who Died After 21 Taser Shocks by The two minor children of Jose Perez settled his wrongful death action with the City of San Leandro, California in May 2007 for $395,000. While the children?s mother was also included in …
Federal Prison Staff Are Law Enforcement Official For Purposes Of FTCA Claims by Daniel E. Manville by Dan Manville Federal prisoners are no longer able to sue pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) for property that was negligently lost or destroyed by federal prison staff. In Ali v. …
Federal Judges Convene Three-Judge Panel to Consider “Prisoner Release Orders” to Remedy California’s Prison Overcrowding; Upheld on Appeal by Federal Judges Convene Three-Judge Panel to Consider "Prisoner Release Orders" to Remedy California's Prison Overcrowding; Upheld on Appeal On July 23, 2007, two United States District Court judges in the Northern …
Article • March 15, 2008 • from PLN March, 2008
Love, Sex and Violence KO Oregon Deputies, Jailers and Prison Guards by On August 16, 2007, in separate incidents, two Clackamas County, Oregon sheriff?s deputies were arrested on job-related criminal offenses. Deputy Bryan Lavigne, 36, used excessive force on a juvenile by strangling him during an arrest on July 15, …
Los Angeles County Pays $2.8 Million For Failure To Protect Accused Child Molester In Jail by An accused child molester who was savagely beaten by other prisoners after Los Angeles (LA) Men?s Central Jail officials negligently placed him in communal housing won a $2.8 million settlement from LA County. Jose …
Article • March 15, 2008 • from PLN March, 2008
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News in Brief: by Alabama: On December 1, 2007, Elizabeth Franklin, 54, a guard at the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women fell 15 feet out of a guard tower and died. Brazil: On November 18, 2007, prisoners at the Maceio Detention Center in the state of Alagoas tried to escape. …
Privatized Medical Services Entangle Florida Sheriff in Litigation and Raises Costs by Proponents of privatization of prison services tout it as a way to not only save governmental entities money, but to remove them from legal entanglement. Officials in Florida?s Sarasota County Sheriff?s Office (SCSO) are not realizing those supposed …
Cheaper than Chimpanzees: Expanding the Use of Prisoners in Medical Experiments by Greg Dober by Gregory Dober "It is the duty of the doctor to remain the protector of the life and health of that person on whom clinical research is being carried out." Declaration of Helsinki In June 2006, …
Article • March 15, 2008 • from PLN March, 2008
From the Editor by Paul Wright This issue?s cover story reports the push to renew the use of prisoners as the test subjects for medical experiments and testing. If history repeats itself first as tragedy then as farce, we are still at the tragic stage. The United States has a …
Audit Reveals Problems with Maryland’s New Prisoner Health Care System by Michael Rigby Audit Reveals Problems with Maryland's New Prisoner Health Care System by Michael Rigby Maryland's new prisoner health care program remained understaffed in 2006, and the state Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) has yet to …
Article • March 15, 2008 • from PLN March, 2008
California DOC and Joint-Venture Contractor Owe Over $1.8 Million in Attorney Fees for Protracted Suit Granting Prison Workers Prevailing Wage by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The California Court of Appeal, 4th District, has upheld the San Diego Superior Court’s award of $1,257,258.60 in attorney fees incurred during drawn-out …
Georgia’s Prison Health System Squeezed by Increasing Population, Decreasing Staff Budget by David Reutter Georgia's Prison Health System Squeezed by Increasing Population, Decreasing Staff Budget by David M. Reutter With an increase in Georgia's prison population, the cost to provide medical care to prisoners has soared. Due to legislative budgetary …
San Antonio Sheriff Pleads No Contest to Corruption Charges, Resigns by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In August 2007, Bexar County, Texas Sheriff Ralph Lopez, 71, was indicted on three felony counts involving corruption. Lopez tendered his resignation on September 1, 2007, and two days later pleaded no contest to …
Article • March 15, 2008 • from PLN March, 2008
Ohio Man Paid $1.5 Million for 26 Years' Wrongful Imprisonment by In April 2007, an Ohio jury awarded $1.5 million to Plaintiff Gary James, who spent 26 years in prison for a robbery and murder he didn't commit. James, now 54, and his friend, Timothy Howard, were arrested in 1976 …
Philadelphia City Jails Under Federal Supervision, Again, Temporarily by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Pennsylvania federal district court has held that the conditions of confinement in the intake units at Philadelphia?s local police districts, the Police Administration Building (PAB), the Philadelphia Prison System (PPS) and the Curran Fromhold …
A Pursuit of Prisoners’ Health and Safety A conversation with Elizabeth Alexander, director of the ACLU’s National Prison Project by Todd Matthews A Pursuit of Prisoners' Health and Safety: A conversation with Elizabeth Alexander, director of the ACLU's National Prison Project by Todd Matthews Thirty-seven years ago, Elizabeth Alexander graduated …
Factor 8: the Arkansas Prison Blood Mining Scandal Movie review and Director Interview by Brandon Eng Filmmaker Kelly Duda’s first documentary, Factor 8: the Arkansas Prison Blood Scandal, chronicles the decades of abuse towards prisoners and patients from blood mining in search of profits. Traveling back to his home state …
Federal Court Grants Class Certification to Disabled Washington Prisoners by On August 10, 2007, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington granted class certification to a group of disabled prisoners who were not allowed to participate in work release programs due to their disabilities. Plaintiff Rickey Peralez …
PLN Obtains Injunction Against Fulton County Jail in Censorship Suit by Alex Friedmann On February 4, 2008 the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (Atlanta Division) granted a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit filed by Prison Legal News over censorship at the Fulton County Jail. PLN brought …
Who’s Monitoring Prison Medical Contract Requirements in New Jersey? No One by David Reutter Who's Monitoring Prison Medical Contract Requirements in New Jersey? No One by David Reutter PLN subscribers often read reports about the effects of privatized prisoner health care and the spread of privatization to prison and jail …
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