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Article • September 15, 2007 • from PLN September, 2007
Maryland Closes Decrepit, Scandal-Plagued House of Correction by The dilapidated and violent relic known as the Maryland House of Correction (MHC) has finally closed. MHC?s remaining 842 prisoners were transferred on March 16, 2007. The most troublesome prisoners were moved to various federal prisons around the country; the rest were …
California Contract Healthcare Management Firm Locked Out; Fees Withheld; by John Dannenberg State Officials Resign by John E. Dannenberg California?s federal receiver over prison healthcare, Robert Sillen, took umbrage with Florida-based private contractor Medical Development International (MDI) by withholding $2.6 million in fees and locking MDI out of two southern …
Article • September 15, 2007 • from PLN September, 2007
Washington’s Criminal Justice System Racially Biased; Voting Rights Act Claim Fails Anyway by Washington's Criminal Justice System Racially Biased; Voting Rights Act Claim Fails Anyway Despite finding that Washington state's criminal justice system is racially biased, a federal district court has held that the state's felon disenfranchisement law does not …
Article • September 15, 2007 • from PLN September, 2007
§ 1983 Suit Challenging New York’s Blanket Parole Denial “Policy” Survives Motion to Dismiss by John Dannenberg § 1983 Suit Challenging New York's Blanket Parole Denial "Policy" Survives Motion to Dismiss by John E. Dannenberg The U.S. District Court (S.D. N.Y.) denied the New York State Division of Parole's ("Board") …
Article • September 15, 2007 • from PLN September, 2007
Eighth Circuit Reverses Dismissal on Wrong Medication Claims by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court?s grant of summary judgment to prison officials, related to erroneous administration of another prisoner?s psychotropic medication. On January 26, 2004, Nurse Assistant Lorna Bell mistakenly required Missouri prisoner James Spann to …
Article • September 15, 2007 • from PLN September, 2007
$1,000,000 Award for Attorney’s Failure to Prosecute Prisoner’s Lawsuit by $1,000,000 Award for Attorney's Failure to Prosecute Prisoner's Lawsuit On January 4, 2006, a Boston Superior Court awarded a $1,000,000 judgment against an attorney for failing to prosecute a lawsuit on behalf of a prisoner at Massachusetts' Suffolk House of …
Article • September 15, 2007 • from PLN September, 2007
Guards Settle “Sick Building” Claim at Florida Jail for $495,000 by Guards Settle "Sick Building" Claim at Florida Jail for $495,000 A year after John Hauser began working at Florida's Volusia County Jail in 1991, he began getting sick. He wasn't alone. In 2003, over one-third of the jail's 300-plus …
Article • September 15, 2007
Louisiana: The other Jena story by First youth, then hurricane evacuees were tortured by Jena prison guards Wednesday, 19 September 2007 Jena, Louisiana - Jena, the little town of 3,000 located about four hours north of New Orleans, where thousands of people are headed from all over the U.S. to …
Sexual Abuse of Women in United States Prisons: A Modern Corollary of Slavery by Brenda Smith Sexual abuse of women in United States prisons: a modern corollary of slavery. Fordham Urban Law Journal January 1, 2006 January 1, 2006 HEADLINE: Sexual abuse of women in United States prisons: a modern …
Argentine priest receives life sentence for dirty war crimes committed in 1970-80's by Marie Trigona Argentina: Priest Imprisoned for Dirty War Crimes Written by Marie Trigona Tuesday, 16 October 2007 Former Chaplin Christian Von Wernich was sentenced to life in prison on October 9th in Argentina, for committing crimes against …
Article • September 15, 2007
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Crime and Criminals by by Clarence Darrow Preface This address is a stenographic report of a talk made to the prisoners in the Chicago jail. Some of my good friends have insisted that while my theories are true, I should not have given them to the inmates of a jail. …
Houston Jail Has Highest Number of Deaths in Texas: 101 by Gary Hunter Between 2001 and 2006, 101 prisoners died while in custody at Houston's Harris County Jail, more than in any other Texas county. Dallas County's jail had 70 deaths over the same period. The Harris County Jail has …
Article • September 15, 2007 • from PLN September, 2007
From the Editor by Paul Wright About the only bad thing about publishing a magazine for 17 years is that invariably we lose friends and supporters. Noting the passing of friends is the sole thing I dislike about editing PLN. Moreso when we are talking about some of the unsung …
Article • September 15, 2007 • from PLN September, 2007
Florida Jails: State’s Largest Mental Health Providers by David Reutter Florida Jails: State's Largest Mental Health Providers by David M. Reutter Florida's policy of allowing mentally ill citizens to languish without treatment until they have encounters with law enforcement has turned the state's county jails into the primary provider of …
Article • September 15, 2007 • from PLN September, 2007
Chains of Love by Siobhan O'Connor by Siobhan O?Connor Nearly half a million women are married to men in prison. Maintaining these relationships involves a constant struggle with an often unsupportive penal system, despite growing evidence that a healthy marriage is one of the best tools for rehabilitation. Welcome to …
Gannet New Jersey’s Witch Hunt for Public Employees with Criminal Records by Matthew Clarke Gannet New Jersey's Witch Hunt for Public Employees with Criminal Records by Matthew T. Clarke The media in New Jersey, spearheaded by Gannett New Jersey publications, has embarked on a campaign to root out public employees …
Colorado Investigates Former Prison Director for Malfeasance Following State Audit by The Colorado State Auditor completed a review of the state's private prison contracts in November 2006. The audit found that former Director of Prisons Nolin Renfrow's "private business activities arguably present a conflict of interest and result in a …
Article • September 15, 2007 • from PLN September, 2007
Collection-Rate of Appellate Costs Taxed to Prisoner Reduced to Rate for PLRA Filing-Fees by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that the payment of $1,619 in costs owed to Michigan state by an unsuccessful prisoner litigator could not be deducted from his …
Article • September 15, 2007 • from PLN September, 2007
Direct Contempt of U.S. Court Must Be in Court’s Presence; Conviction Reversed by Direct Contempt of U.S. Court Must Be in Court's Presence; Conviction Reversed The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals reversed the direct contempt conviction (18 U.S.C. 401(1)) of the wife of a civil suit plaintiff who had …
Evidentiary Hearing Ordered For AEDPA Equitable Tolling Claim Arising From Transfer to Out-Of-State Prison by The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ordered the U.S. District Court (D. Ore.) to conduct an evidentiary hearing to determine if ample facts supported two Oregon state prisoners? claims that their involuntary transfers to …
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