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Louisiana Prisoner Denied Religious Materials Under “Approved Vendor” Policy Settles Suit for $21, 786.13 in Damages and Fees by Louisiana Prisoner Denied Religious Materials Under "Approved Vendor" Policy Settles Suit for $21, 786.13 in Damages and Fees The State of Louisiana has settled with a prisoner who was denied religious …
$2.25 Million Award for Virginia Man Falsely Sent to Death Row by A federal jury awarded a Virginia man $2.25 million for being falsely convicted of a rape/murder based on evidence fabricated by a cop and spending ten years on death row. Earl Washington, then 23, was convicted of a …
Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007
Study: Supermax Prisons Achieve Control While Inflicting Debilitating Side Effects, But Don’t Reduce Recidivism by John Dannenberg Study: Supermax Prisons Achieve Control While Inflicting Debilitating Side Effects, But Don't Reduce Recidivism by John E. Dannenberg The Justice Policy Center of the Urban Institute (UI) issued a research report, Evaluating the …
Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007
California Sheriff Criticized on Injury Non-Treatment After Use of Force by A highly critical May 2006 report by the Riverside County Grand Jury found that at the five county jail lockups, a disturbing pattern had emerged where prisoners who were injured while being subdued often were not provided medical aid. …
Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007
Filed under: Medical, HIV/AIDS, STDs
Human Rights Watch Urges Access to Condoms in U.S. Prisons and Jails by by Megan McLemore Incarcerated individuals bear a disproportionate burden of infectious diseases, including Hepatitis B virus (HBV), Hepatitis C virus (HCV), and HIV/AIDS. The HIV prevalence in state and federal prisons is more than 3 times higher …
Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007
South Carolina Prisoner Awarded $4,000 For Fall, Broken Ankle by On August 21, 2006, a South Carolina jury awarded $4,000 to a man who fell and broke his ankle while imprisoned in the Charleston County Detention Center. Plaintiff Clark Green, 40, claimed that while imprisoned in the two-story jail he …
Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007
California Prison Guards Awarded $440 Million Retroactive Pay Increase by California?s 30,000 prison guards, some 6,000 of whom pulled down over $100,000 last year, won an arbitration award on January 19, 2007 for retroactive pay increases totaling $440 million. Funding for this liability was not included in the California Department …
Second Hawaii Sex Assault Case Settled for $25,000 by The state of Hawaii has agreed to settle with a second prisoner who claimed she was sexually assaulted by a former warden while imprisoned at the Maui Community Correctional Center, as reported in a February 9, 2007 article in the Honolulu …
Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007
$2.5 Million Settlement in Schenectady County Strip Search Suit by On July 31, 2006, Schenectady County, New York, agreed to settle a suit over its county jail strip search policy for $2.5 million. This is a class-action civil rights lawsuit brought in federal district court pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § …
Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007
California Governor’s Parole Veto Reversed by Federal Court by John Dannenberg California Governor's Parole Veto Reversed by Federal Court by John E. Dannenberg The U.S. District Court granted a California second degree murderer's 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition and ordered that he be released on parole unless the …
New York Jail’s Juvenile Education Suit Returns to District Court by New York Jail's Juvenile Education Suit Returns to District Court The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a federal court may only grant relief in a civil rights action filed by a prisoner on federal law claims …
Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007
Federal Prisoner’s Criminal Assault Conviction Reversed; Entitled to Raise Self-Defense by Federal Prisoner's Criminal Assault Conviction Reversed; Entitled to Raise Self-Defense The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a California federal district court failed to properly define the elements of a claim of self-defense when a prisoner was …
Ninth Circuit: Prisoner is Protected by Legal Privilege but Not Marriage Privilege When Writing His Lawyer-Wife by A California state prisoner who was being tried in United States District Court for federal conspiracy, racketeering and murder offenses committed from state prison, and whose wife was his lawyer, was permitted to …
Washington Indigents All Get Experts at Public Expense by The Washington State Supreme Court has ruled that CrR 3.1(f) entitles indigent criminal defendants to expert services at public expense, even if they?re represented by private counsel. Rodin Punsalan and Chayce Arden Hanson were prosecuted in the King County Superior Court …
New York Prisoner Beaten By Unofficial Enforcer Awarded $500,000 by A man who claimed he was beaten while imprisoned at New York?s Rikers Island jail complex will receive $500,000 under the terms of a settlement agreement reached with the City on February 14, 2007. Donald Jackson had claimed in his …
Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief: by Afghanistan: On May 6, 2007, two US army soldiers were shot and killed outside the Pul-i-Charki prison near Kabul and two others were wounded when an Afghan soldier opened fire on their vehicle as it was leaving the prison. The dead soldiers were training guards in …
Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007
Filed under: Medical, Gastrointestinal
$30,000 Award in Hawaii Medical Negligence Suit by On March 14, 2006, a court in Hawaii awarded a prisoner $30,000 for medical negligence by Oahu Community Correctional Center (OCCC) personnel. Walter V. Rodenhurst, III, was a pre-trial detainee who was incarcerated at the Federal Detention Center (FDC) due to overcrowding …
Private Prison Companies Bilk Florida Taxpayers Out of Millions by David Reutter by David M. Reutter From its inception, privatization of Florida prisons has been touted as a way to save taxpayers money. Yet, a 2005 audit by Florida's Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) revealed that …
Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007
Los Angeles County Jail Visitor’s Injury After Scuffle With Deputies Settles For $150,000 by Los Angeles County Jail Visitor's Injury After Scuffle With Deputies Settles For $150,000 The Los Angeles County Claims Board settled out an injury lawsuit for $150,000 in December 2006 that resulted from a jail visitor being …
Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007
Filed under: Sanctions, Sentencing
Florida Court Without Jurisdiction to Impose Confinement Condition Sanctions at Sentencing by Florida?s Third District Court of Appeals has held that a trial court has no jurisdiction to impose sanctions that regulate the treatment of prisoners in conjunction with a criminal sanction. Henry Cuesta is a prisoner serving a life …
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