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Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007
From the Editor by Paul Wright As this issue goes to press we are finishing the revamped PLN website which will have all the great content our previous site did as well as still more briefs, publications, reports and cases than our previous website did. The feedback we received from …
Florida’s Broward County Jail: Abuse and Misconduct As Usual by David Reutter Florida's Broward County Jail: Abuse and Misconduct As Usual by David M. Reutter Despite Florida's Broward County jail (BCJ) being under the supervision of a court-appointed monitor, recent incidents reveal prisoners are still at danger. BCJ has been …
Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007
Suicides Plague Wisconsin Jails; Attempted Suicide Suit Settles for $13.1 Million by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke There has been a rash of suicides in Wisconsin jails, including six in 2005 and four in the first half of 2006. One jail, in LaCrosse County, experienced prisoner suicides in 1997, …
Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007
Dr. Yank: Washington Prison Dentist Nearly Kills Patient by by Rick Anderson If anyone really needed another reason to fear the dentist, Dr. Joel Diven provided it one day in May 2006, when a state prisoner climbed into his dental chair with a toothache. State investigators say Diven, 72, a …
Landmark Settlement Reduces SHU Time, Increases Treatment Of New York Prisoners With Mental Illness by by Betsy Sterling After five years of litigation and two weeks of trial, the New York State Department of Correctional Services and Office of Mental Health have agreed to a settlement that establishes major improvements …
Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007
Maryland Restores Voting Rights to 50,000 Felons by Annapolis, MD - Governor Martin O?Malley on April 24, 2007, signed legislation re-enfranchising more than 50,000 Maryland residents who have completed their felony sentences of prison, parole, and probation. O?Malley?s support of the ?Voting Registration Protection Act? ends the state?s draconian lifetime …
Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007
Supreme Court: California’s Law Permitting Suspicionless Police Search of Parolees Does Not Violate Fourth Amendment by Marvin Mentor Supreme Court: California's Law Permitting Suspicionless Police Search of Parolees Does Not Violate Fourth Amendment by Marvin Mentor A divided U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of a unique California statutory …
Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007
Missouri Legislature Allows Wrongfully Convicted to Receive Compensation by The Missouri Legislature has enacted legislation to compensate all persons declared "actually innocent" after DNA testing. In the last 15 years, five such prisoners in Missouri were released after being exonerated by DNA testing. The latest action by that legislature sought …
Increasingly Repressive Sex Offender Residency Restrictions Have Doubtful Benefits by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg While politicians trample each other in their rush to enact increasingly onerous post-release residency restrictions on all manner of sex offenders, the California Legislature took pause to commission a study to measure the effectiveness …
Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007
Phoenix, Arizona Sheriff’s Policy Delaying Prisoners’ Elective Abortions Enjoined by John Dannenberg Phoenix, Arizona Sheriff's Policy Delaying Prisoners' Elective Abortions Enjoined by John E. Dannenberg Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio's policy that required a female prisoner seeking an elective abortion to first obtain a court order for this procedure …
Alaska Jail Settles Alcohol Withdrawal Death Case For $573,000 by On June 12, 2006, the State of Alaska settled a federal civil rights lawsuit over the wrongful death of a prisoner in a state-run jail for $573,000. Julia Walker is the mother of Troy Wallace, who died while a prisoner …
Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007
Colorado Successfully Pressures FBI To Release DNA Info; Racial Bias Infects DNA Databases by Gary Hunter State law enforcement agencies have struck a tentative deal with FBI officials that allows agencies to share previously privileged information. The deal resulted from the brutal rape and beating of a Colorado woman who …
Brief • June 15, 2007
Belbachir v Mchenry Il Reply in Support 2007 Suicide Case 1:06-cv-01392 Document 126 Filed 06/15/2007 Page 1 of 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS WESTERN DIVISION ESTATE OF HASSIBA BELBACHIR, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) No. 06 C 1392 vs. ) ) Judge Philip G. …
Brief • June 15, 2007
Anderson v Fenty Dc Jail Overcrowding Pl Sj Motion 2007 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIVIL DIVISION GARRY ANDERSON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. HON. ANTHONY WILLIAMS, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Civil Action No. 05ca005030 B Judge Melvin R. …
Brief • June 14, 2007
Wilkinson v Ellis Wa Release and Settlement Agreement Failure to Protect 2007 I4J 002 06/14/2007 14:27 FAX RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT For the sole consideration of Thirty Thousand and 00/1 00 Dollars ($30,000.00), JAMES WILKINSON, a single man ("WILKINSON'), forever releases PHYLLIS ELLIS, individually, FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY, and CHICAGO …
Brief • June 11, 2007
Burton v Spokane Police Dept Wa Order Strip Searches 2007 2:06-cv-00322-RHW 67 Filed 06111/2007 I 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 6 7 8 JOHN BURTON, 9 Plaintiff, 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 …
Brief • June 6, 2007
Jama et al v. Esmor Correctional Services, NJ, Plf Response to Def MoL in Opposition of Plf Mot to Preclude DeLand Testimony, immigration beating, 2007 Case 2:97-cv-03093-DRD-MAS Document 461 Filed 06/06/07 Page 1 of 18 PageID: 8817 Mary Beth Hogan, Esq. Justin Smith, Esq. Drew M. Dorman, Esq. Debevoise & …
Brief • June 5, 2007
Devereux v Pierce County Wa Order Approving Settlement Medical Negligence Death 2007 OR\G\NAL 0S-2-11120-3 27622622 ORAPST F I LED 06-06-07 cnahbrable Lisa Worswick 1 "- ,;OUNTY CLERK'S 2 ".M. JUN 0 5 20 7 3 ~fVIN SlOCK,' P.M. PIERCE COU"TY, 4 5 6 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE …
Brief • June 5, 2007
Anderson v Fenty Dc Jail Overcrowding Howard Aff 2007
Brief • June 4, 2007
Filed under: Respiratory, Smoking
Washington v. Denney, MO, Complaint, Smoking, 2007 j IN THE UNITED STATE DISTICT COURT EASTERD OF MISSOURI MR. ECCLESIASTICAL DENZEL WASHINGTON S. vs. 01--tf /IJ1 GOVENOR MATT BLUNT CASE NO. --(V-{ --SOW QUESTION JURY TRIAL DEMEND DEFENDANT LARRY CRAWFORD DEFENDANT DAVE DORMINE DEFENDANT WENDELL ENLOE DEFENDANT JAY CASSADY DEFENDANT BRAD …
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