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Belbachir v County of Mchenry Il Order to Compel Immigration Suicide 2007

Brief • July 25, 2007

Belbachir v County of Mchenry Il Order to Compel Immigration Suicide 2007 Case 1:06-cv-01392 Document 135 Filed 07/25/2007 Page 1 of 13 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS WESTERN DIVISION ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ESTATE OF HASSIBA BELBACHIR, Deceased, …

Wutc v At&t Wa Lancaster Affidavit Overcharging Collect Calls 2007

Brief • July 20, 2007

Wutc v At&t Wa Lancaster Affidavit Overcharging Collect Calls 2007

Donahue v. Cook County, IL, Amended Complaint, Jail Beating, 2007

Brief • July 19, 2007

Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Jail Specific, Guard Brutality/Beatings

Donahue v. Cook County, IL, Amended Complaint, Jail Beating, 2007 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION DWOND DONAHUE, JEROME FOUNTAIN, BERNARDO GARCIA, DARRYL JOHNSON, ARCHIE MITCHELL, BERNARD RHONE, JARROD RODRIGUEZ, EDWARD SANDERS, ROBERTO SEGURA, JAMAAR TURNER, RAYMONT DAVIS, EDDIE MACON, ) ) ) ) …

Williams v Beecroft Co Complaint Failure to Treat Podiatry 2007

Brief • July 19, 2007

Williams v Beecroft Co Complaint Failure to Treat Podiatry 2007 DISTRICT COURT, EL PASO COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: Fourth Judicial District Court El Paso County Judicial Complex 270 South Tejon St. PO Box 2980 Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Phone: 719-448-7700 FAX: 719-329-7046 Plaintiff: JOSEPH WILLIAMS ▲COURT USE ONLY …

Pratt v. Hofmann, VT, Settlement, extended solitary confinement, 2007

Brief • July 18, 2007

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement

Pratt v. Hofmann, VT, Settlement, extended solitary confinement, 2007 07/19/2007 13:43 FAX W/10/20 7 15: 50 2403742f MIHALICH IJ 002/002 PAGE 02 GENERAL REL E I, Leo Pratt, for and In consideration of the expungement of a Disciplinary Report issued against me arising from events of September 14, 2004 and …

The Celling of America - November Coalition

In-the-News Article • July 17, 2007

The Celling of America - November Coalition July 17, 2007 PLN Book Reviews November Coalition Book Review - The Celling of America - November Coalition November Coalition THE CELLING OF AMERICA, edited by Daniel Burton Rose, with the editors of Prison Legal News, Dan Pens and Paul Wright Book Review …

Joslyn v. Murphy Ct Complaint Guard Brutality 2007

Brief • July 17, 2007

Joslyn v. Murphy Ct Complaint Guard Brutality 2007 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT ROBERT JOSLYN : : v. : : BRIAN MURPHY, MATTHEW REGAN, : NELSON CORREIA, DAVID : BUTKIEWICUS, PETER OBERG, : MICHAEL PAFUMI, PATRICK MAIA, : BRIAN BRADWAY, JAMES YELINEK, : GERALD HINES, SHANE MALONEY, : …

El-tabech v Clarke Ne Rluipa Kosher Meal Judgment Order 2007

Brief • July 17, 2007

El-tabech v Clarke Ne Rluipa Kosher Meal Judgment Order 2007 Case: 4:04-cv-03231-JFB-TDT Document #: 179 Date Filed: 07/17/2007 Page 1 of 7 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA MOHAMED A. EL-TABECH, Plaintiff, v. HAROLD W. CLARKE, et al., Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) …

Taylor v Glendale Police Department Ca Plt Sj Opposititon Police Excessive Force 2007

Brief • July 16, 2007

Taylor v Glendale Police Department Ca Plt Sj Opposititon Police Excessive Force 2007 1 R. Samuel Paz (SBN: 62373) LAW OFFICES OF R. SAMUEL PAZ 2 Sonia M. Mercado (Bar Number 117069) SONIA MERCADO & ASSOCIATES 3 5701 West Slauson Ave., Suite 202 Culver City, CA 90230 4 Telephone: (310) …

The New Asylum: Supermax as Warehouse for the Mentally Ill

Article • July 15, 2007 • from PLN July, 2007

Filed under: Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides

The New Asylum: Supermax as Warehouse for the Mentally Ill by David C Fathi by David C. Fathi1 The prison industry, like any other, has its fashions. And in the 1990s, "supermax" prisons were a raging fad. According to Chase Riveland, former secretary of corrections in Washington and Colorado, [t]hey …

Clergyman to Stand Trial for "Dirty War" Crimes in Argentina

Article • July 15, 2007

Filed under: Government Misconduct, International Law, Prisoners-International, Political Prisoners (International), Religious Freedom, Clergy, Military Prisons

Clergyman to Stand Trial for "Dirty War" Crimes in Argentina by Marie Trigona | July 25, 2007 A much awaited human rights abuse trial is underway in Argentina. The accused is a catholic priest charged with carrying out human rights abuses while working in several clandestine detention centers during the …

Government Segregates Muslim Prisoners Restricts Phone Calls and Visits

Article • July 15, 2007

Filed under: Political Prisoners, Religious Discrimination, Administrative Procedures Act (Federal), Interpreters, Telephones, Telephone Access, Attorney Calls, Telephone Monitoring, Mail Regulations, Federal Legislation

Government Segregates Muslim Prisoners Restricts Phone Calls and Visits by Government Segregates Muslim Prisoners, Restricts Phone Calls and Visits By William Fisher Legal authorities are charging that racial profiling is responsible for low-risk Muslim prisoners convicted for crimes the Justice Department intimates are terror-related being held in a segregated unit, …

A RE-BIRTH FOR CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION: USING THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT TO OVERCOME SECTION 1983 HURDLES AND HOLD GOVERNMENT AND POLICE ACCOUNTABLE

Article • July 15, 2007

Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Disabled Prisoners, Blind Prisoners, Medical, HIV/AIDS, Attorney Fee Awards, Attorney Fees (PLRA), Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Physical Injury Rule, Injunctions (PLRA), Damages, Injunctions, Costs, Juries, Expert Witnesses, Trials, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act, Interpreters, Eleventh Amendment Immunity, Qualified Immunity, Municipal Liability, Contractor Liability, Sovereign Immunity, Failure to Train/Supervise, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides

A RE-BIRTH FOR CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION: USING THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT TO OVERCOME SECTION 1983 HURDLES AND HOLD GOVERNMENT AND POLICE ACCOUNTABLE by A RE-BIRTH FOR CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION: USING THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT TO OVERCOME SECTION 1983 HURDLES AND HOLD GOVERNMENT AND POLICE ACCOUNTABLE A Review of …

Tennessee Parole Rules-Changes as Applied to Old Lifer May Violate Ex Post Facto

Article • July 15, 2007 • from PLN July, 2007

Filed under: Sentencing, Ex Post Facto, Parole, Habeas Corpus

Tennessee Parole Rules-Changes as Applied to Old Lifer May Violate Ex Post Facto by The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that a double-murderer convicted in 1975, serving life in Tennessee, was entitled to the benefit of 1974 parole rules which conditionally provided that ?... such prisoner shall be …

Eighth Circuit Upholds Arkansas Sex Offender Registration/Residency Restrictions

Article • July 15, 2007 • from PLN July, 2007

Filed under: Sex Offender Registration, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Sex Offender Residence, State Statutes, Zoning

Eighth Circuit Upholds Arkansas Sex Offender Registration/Residency Restrictions by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a civil rights challenge to provisions of the Arkansas Sex Offender Registration Act, Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-901 et seq., and to a criminal statute …

Texas Court Ordered to Accept Prisoners’ Correspondence

Article • July 15, 2007 • from PLN July, 2007

Filed under: Court Access, Injunctions, Mandamus, Legal Mail

Texas Court Ordered to Accept Prisoners’ Correspondence by Texas Court Ordered to Accept Prisoners' Correspondence In a bizarre case, a Court of Appeals in Texas had to order a state district court to accept correspondence from prisoners. Felix DeLeon, a Texas state prisoner, filed a petition for a writ of …

News in Brief:

Article • July 15, 2007 • from PLN July, 2007

Filed under: News, News in Brief

News in Brief: by California: On April 20, 2007, John Whittle, a former guard at the Mule Creek State Prison was sentenced to two years in prison for smuggling methamphetamine to prisoners in exchange for five thousand dollars worth of bribes. Florida: On June 20, 2006, Nelson Mompierre, 43, a …

Federal Court Awards Illinois Prisoner $7,116 in Fees, Costs

Article • July 15, 2007 • from PLN July, 2007

Filed under: Cardiovascular, Attorney Fees (PLRA), Physical Injury Rule, Civil Procedure, Costs, Qualified Immunity

Federal Court Awards Illinois Prisoner $7,116 in Fees, Costs by Michael Rigby By Michael Rigby On August 18, 2006, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois awarded $7,116.35 in attorney's fees and costs to a state prisoner who prevailed in his civil rights claim against prison officials. …

From the Editor

Article • July 15, 2007 • from PLN July, 2007

Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Editorials

From the Editor by Paul Wright We recently relaunched the Prison Legal News website. Like our previous website, this one contains all articles that have ever appeared in PLN, all copies of PLN in a searchable database format, in PDF format, thousands of court cases, briefs, pleadings, settlements, reports, publications, …

Delaware Forced to Clean-up Medical Care by DOJ Settlement

Article • July 15, 2007 • from PLN July, 2007

Filed under: Private Prisons, CMS, Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Medication, Systemic Medical Neglect, Respiratory, Tuberculosis, Skin, Diabetes, Suicides

Delaware Forced to Clean-up Medical Care by DOJ Settlement by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After a nine-month investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a report finding prisoners in four Delaware prisons ?suffer harm or are placed at the risk of harm from constitutional deficiencies in certain …