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Article • November 15, 2005 • from PLN November, 2005
Higher Property Tax Collections Permit 25% Growth Of Los Angeles County Jail Capacity by by John E. Dannenberg A six percent increase in property tax collections due to soaring real estate prices will add an estimated $150 million to Los Angeles County coffers in the coming year. County supervisors have …
Brief • November 7, 2005
Long v Finn, CA, Amended Complaint, medical neglect 2005 Case 2:04-cv-00881-DFL-EFB 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SACRAMENTO 17 ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) CLAUDE FINN, CHIEF WARDEN, ) S. R. MOORE, CHIEF DEPUTY ) WARDEN, R. FLORES, CORRECTION) …
Publication • November 4, 2005
Staff Safety Evaluation, California State Prison Solano, 2005 CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION Corrections Standards Authority G.'.).~:.:. 600 Bercut Drive. 8urte A : ~ .~~..:t.-::: ~ .. Sacramento, California 95814 . www.csa.ca.gov .~. ..= ~ .' d II II II II II II -II II TABLE OF CONTENTS i'\ …
Bringing Down The Brotherhood by by Alan Prendergast Inside the feds' war on the deadliest prison gang: 16 murders. 21 death-penalty cases. Snitches galore. A wide red line runs across the floor of the visiting room like a clown's grin, separating the guard post and the civilian exit from the …
California County Jail Quietly Settles by Substandard Healthcare Suit For $1.75 Million Santa Clara County, California has quietly paid a settlement of $1.75 million to settle a federal claim by county jail healthcare workers about being retaliated against and demoted for having complained about substandard healthcare practices they observed in …
Article • October 15, 2005 • from PLN October, 2005
Filed under: PLRA, Injunctions (PLRA)
PLRA Attorney Fee-Award Criteria "Directly Incurred" and "Degree Of Success" Explained by PLRA Attorney Fee-Award Criteria "Directly Incurred" and "Degree Of Success" Explained by John E. Dannenberg After a successful jailhouse lawyer retaliation suit (see: PLN, March 2003, p.20, $90,169 Plus Injunction In California Retaliation Suit), California prison official defendants …
Sexual Predator Civil Commitment Detainee May Not Be Housed In Punitive Segregation by by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that a California sexual predator civil commitment detainee, while awaiting commitment proceedings, is entitled to conditions of confinement that are not punitive. Oscar Jones was …
Article • October 15, 2005 • from PLN October, 2005
California Family Visiting Appeal Denied by The California Court of Appeal affirmed the denial of a state prisoner's quest for injunctive and declaratory relief that would have invalidated the 1996 amendments to the Department of Corrections' (CDC) family [overnight] visiting rules excluding him from participation. The case had received much …
Article • October 15, 2005 • from PLN October, 2005
California Lifer Claims Parole by Chair Fisher Is Biased While most of California's lifers face a mere 99% chance of being denied parole, murderer Linda Ricchio's odds appear far worse. Her victim, Ronald Ruse, was the brother of newly appointed (and confirmed) Board of Prison Terms (BPT) Commissioner Susan Fisher. …
Article • October 15, 2005 • from PLN October, 2005
Accounting Errors Plagued California Criminal Justice Agency by A defunct California agency charged with distributing grant money for crime prevention and victim aid may have cost the state millions in federal funds due to poor accounting practices, state auditors said on February 2, 2005. Lawmakers knew something was wrong at …
Article • October 15, 2005 • from PLN October, 2005
Parole Officers Not Absolutely Immune For Conduct Distinct From Parole Decisions by by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that California Department of Corrections (CDC) parole officers were not absolutely immune from suit by a former prisoner who alleged he was re-incarcerated because the officers …
Article • October 15, 2005
California Restitution Fine Collection Rate Raised to 33% by California Restitution Fine Collection Rate Raised To 33% The California Department of Corrections (CDC) increased the percentage it collects from deposits to prisoner trust accounts to pay unpaid restitution fines from 22% to 33%, effective July 1, 2003. Deductions will further …
Article • October 15, 2005
California Auditor: Prison Industries Loses Money and Fails to Demonstrate Rehabilitative Success by by Marvin Mentor The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's (CDCR) Prison Industry Authority (PIA) loses money in 20 of 28 enterprises it operates in CDCR prisons, provides rehabilitative work for a declining number of prisoners in …
Article • October 15, 2005
California Limits Participants for Extended Family Visits by The California Supreme Court held that only family members as defined in Title 15, § 3174., California Administrative Code (CAC) are eligible for "extended family visits." A San Quentin prisoner serving a life sentence was denied "extended family visitation' with a woman …
Private Prison Contractor Donates $10,000 to Governor's Fund; Gets $20 Million California Contract Two Months Later by Private Prison Contractor Donates $10,000 to Governor's Fund; Gets $20 Million California Contract Two Months Later With the appearance of a stunning return on investment, GEO Group, a Florida-based private prison contractor, won …
Private Prison Firm Donates $53,000 to California's Governor Schwarzenegger by Private Prison Firm Donates $53,000 To California's Governor Schwarzenegger by Marvin Mentor Newly-elected Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who boasted during his campaign that he "couldn't be bought," accepted $53,000 in November, 2003 from Wackenhut Corrections Corp., a Boca Raton, Florida-based private …
Article • October 15, 2005
Prior Sex Offense Plea Qualifies For California Sexually Violent Predator Civil Commitment by The San Joaquin County California District Attorney requested review by the State Supreme Court of an appellate decision that State prisoner Norman Yartz's first sex offense conviction in 1978 could not be used to support his civil …
California Guards Union Intimidates Prison Staff For Infracting Guard Misconduct by California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) local chapter president Chris Trott, of Calipatria State Prison in Imperial, admitted his union placed a rat trap on the prison CCPOA bulletin board in an intimidating retort to three union members having …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
Rehabilitated California Ex-Cons Have No Privacy Protection From Media Productions Based Upon Public by Rehabilitated California Ex-Cons Have No Privacy Protection From Media Productions Based Upon Public Court Records by John E. Dannenberg The California State Supreme Court, reversing its 33 year old precedent, held that privacy rights of a …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
Filed under: Medical, Skin
Antibiotic Resistant Staph Infections Continue to Plague Prisons, Jails by Michael Rigby Antibiotic Resistant Staph Infections Continue to Plague Prisons, Jails by Michael Rigby Chelsea Johnson, 30, said it began as a small pimple that formed on her right cheek shortly after she arrived at the Orange County Jail in …
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