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Article • September 15, 2007 • from PLN September, 2007
Pennsylvania DNA Act Not Ex Post Facto by The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that the state?s mandatory DNA collection law does not violate state or federal ex post facto prohibitions. The court upheld application of the law to one defendant, finding that she was convicted of a predicate offense. It …
Erroneous Jury Instruction Nets Raped Missouri Prisoner New Civil Trial by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a jury verdict against a prisoner-plaintiff, finding that the lower court erred in responding to a jury question during deliberations. Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC) prisoner Ronnie Conley was raped repeatedly by …
New Investigative Solution by LexisTracks Sex Offenders, Wherever They Are by LexisNexis, an information industry leader, has created a new advanced investigation solution to track and locate sex offenders. The solution is being touted as a tool for law enforcement to use when a child is abducted. There are over …
Article • September 15, 2007 • from PLN September, 2007
Illinois Parole Board Pays Nearly $11,000 in Attorney Fees, Can Only Charge Reasonable Postage and Copying Costs by On February 7, 2007, the Appellate Court of Illinois ruled that because the Illinois parole board had wrongfully withheld documents and charged outrageous fees for copies, it was liable for attorney fees …
Article • September 15, 2007 • from PLN September, 2007
Forced Work in Dangerous Washington Prison Job Conditions States Eighth Amendment Claim by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that known dangerous prison working conditions can give rise to an Eighth Amendment cruel and unusual punishment claim, even where the prisoner ?volunteered? …
CCA Fined for Florida Jail Escape; County Commission Poised to Impose More Fines by After a series of escapes, prisoner suicides and thefts by employees over the past year, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) promised it would take action to prevent similar incidents at Florida?s Hernando County Jail (HCJ). The …
Article • September 15, 2007 • from PLN September, 2007
California: Disciplinary Conviction Upheld Where Petitioner Argued Only Violation of Constitutional Rights, Not State Law Rights by John Dannenberg Strictly construing the U.S. Supreme Court's "some evidence" rule, the California Court of Appeal held that where one cellmate had secreted contraband razor blades in his cell property, his cellmate could …
Bivens Claims Against Private Prison Employees May Fail When Other Remedies Available by In an evenly divided en banc rehearing, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit was unable to decide whether a Bivens action is available against employees of a privately?operated prison. In 2001, Cornelius E. …
Article • September 15, 2007 • from PLN September, 2007
California Sexual Predator Commitment Requires Trial; Cannot be Based on Civil Discovery Admissions by The California Court of Appeal, District 4, held that the civil commitment of sexual predators (Cal. Welfare and Institutions Code § 6600 et seq.) cannot be obtained upon admissions propounded under civil discovery rules. To do …
Fulton County Jail Consents to Improve Dismal Conditions by David Reutter The Fulton County Jail (FCJ) has entered into an agreement to correct the “dismal environmental conditions and poor maintenance” at the facility. A Georgia federal district court approved a consent order on February 7, 2006 to solidify the badly …
Brief • September 13, 2007
Laursen v Wa Doc Release Slip and Fall Inujury 2007 Claim #: 31060868 RELEASE (TORT) . FJ AND IN CONSIDERATION of the sum of, ONE THOUSAND AND NO/100 d-ARS ($1,000.00), inclusive of all liens known and unknown, MICHAEL LAURSEN gf51, his/her heirs, assigns, or other successors in i.ntere~t, do hereby …
Brief • September 12, 2007
Us v Dallas County Tx Civil Rights Suit Complaint 2007 Case 3:07-cv-01559 Document 1 Filed 09/12/2007 Page 1 of 7 Case 3:07-cv-01559 Document 1 Filed 09/12/2007 Page 2 of 7 Case 3:07-cv-01559 Document 1 Filed 09/12/2007 Page 3 of 7 Case 3:07-cv-01559 Document 1 Filed 09/12/2007 Page 4 of 7 …
Brief • September 12, 2007
M.P. v. Texas Youth Commission, TX, Petition, Pepper Spray, 2007 M.P., by and through his next friend, A.T., D.M., by and through his next friend, N.J., and E.B., by and through her next friend, E.R. Plaintiffs v. TEXAS YOUTH COMMISSION and DIMITRIA D. POPE, in her official capacity as Acting …
Moore v. NM Dept of Corrections, NM, Complaint, Wrongful Death - Excessive Force, 2007 0 STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF TORRANCE SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT IN THE DISTRICT COURT D-0722- CV - 2007 - 1 9 8 FARRlS P. MOORE, HELENE. MOORE, Individually and as Personal Representatives of the Estate …
Brief • September 7, 2007
Us v Comstock Nc Fed Civil Commitment Struck Down 2007 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA WESTERN DIVISION FILED SEP 0 7 1.001, , e ,p,'IAi<ONE._ OE1.. ;"u::io"r';'lCl COURT, US CIS,~ OEPCLK BV_--- UNITED STATES of AMERICA, Petitioner, v. GRAYDON EARL COMSTOCK, JR. Respondent. UNITED STATES of …
Brief • September 7, 2007
Jones v Parker Sc Complaint Wrongful Death Medical Neglect Respiratory 2007 4:07-cv-03036-TLW Date Filed 09/07/2007 Entry Number 1 Page 1 of 22 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA FLORENCE DIVISION Elizabeth Jones, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Robert Lee Watts, …
Sanabria v. Hillsborough County, NH, Complaint, employee sex bias jail prisoner abuse, 2007 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ************************** * * Plaintiff * * v. * * Hillsborough County Department * of Corrections * * Defendants * ************************** Doris Sanabria Civil Action: 1:07-cv-284-JM COMPLAINT PARTIES …
Brief • September 4, 2007
Mikaloff v Walsh Oh Sex Offender Law Judgment 2007 Case 5:06-cv-00096-JG Document 48 Filed 09/04/2007 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO ------------------------------------------------------: LANE MIKALOFF,, : : Petitioner, : : vs. : : SHERRI BEVAN WALSH, ETC., ET AL., : : Respondent. : : ------------------------------------------------------- Page 1 of 1 …
In-the-News Article • September 3, 2007
PLN Editor quoted in Colorado article re television access for prisoners Sept. 3, 2007 Articles with PLN Quotes Denver Post PLN Editor quoted in Colorado article re television access for prisoners - Denver Post - 2007 TV usage plays starring role in jails By Michael Booth Denver Post Staff Writer …
Publication • September 1, 2007
Department of Economics, Prison Health Care Contracting Study, 2007 Prison Health Care: Is Contracting Out Healthy? Kelly Bedard Department of Economics University of California, Santa Barbara kelly@econ.ucsb.edu H.E. Frech III Department of Economics University of California, Santa Barbara frech@econ.ucsb.edu September 2007 Abstract U.S. Prison health care has recently been in …
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