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St. Louis Lockups Violate Constitutional Rights, ACLU Asserts by Mark Wilson A troubling investigative report by the American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri (ACLU-EM) has exposed a culture of abuse, corruption and cover-ups at the City Justice Center and the Medium Security Institution in St. Louis (CJC/MSI). The most …
Article • January 15, 2011 • from PLN January, 2011
Mentally Ill Prisoner Terrorized, Forced to Wear Pink Underwear by Arizona Jailers by In the world of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, safety and security demand that male prisoners wear pink underwear. Indeed, this is so important to Arpaio and his staff that detainees who refuse to change into pink …
Article • January 15, 2011 • from PLN January, 2011
Oregon Federal Halfway House Director Removed Due to Embezzlement by Mark Wilson The executive director of a non-profit transition center for federal prisoners was fired after allegations of embezzlement surfaced in June 2010. The Oregon Halfway House (OHH) is a 75-bed transition center for federal prisoners located in Portland, Oregon. …
Brief • January 5, 2011
Willis v. Vasquez, CA, 4th Amended Complaint, Brutal Beating by Jail Guard Gang, 2011 1 Sonia M. Mercado (SBN: 117069) SONIA MERCADO & ASSOCIATES 2 5711 W. Slauson Avenue, Suite 100 Culver City, California 90230 3 Tel: 310-410-2981 - Fax: 310-410-2957 E-mail: Soniamer2002@yahoo.com 4 Counsel for Plaintiff Tyler H. Willis …
Virginia Grand Jury Finds Misconduct at County Jail by Michael Brodheim The findings of a Virginia grand jury convened in September 2007 to investigate “conditions that involve or tend to promote criminal activity” at the Henry County Jail were released to the public on February 1, 2010. After interviewing current …
Taser Timeout by Kelly Virella In 2005, the sheriff of Kankakee County, Illinois discovered the alchemy necessary to turn the financial burden of operating jails into a financial boon. He rented to other agencies—including Cook County Jail—as many of his 668 beds as possible. Running a jail—particularly, leasing the beds—is …
Pryor v. Wayne County, MI, Affidavit - Eiser, MDOC jail inmate assault, 2010 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION 2 3 4 EDWARD PRYOR, 5 6 7 8 Plaintiff, vs. WAYNE COUNTY, and WAYNE COUNTY SHERIFF’S COMMANDER JEROME PANACKIA, et al. …
Thou Shalt Not: Sexual Misconduct by Prison and Jail Chaplains by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Traditionally, the role of a chaplain in the correctional setting is to serve as a spiritual advisor to prisoners and help them meet the requirements of their religious faiths. Equally traditionally, chaplains have …
Prisoner’s Homicide at Maryland Jail Not Prosecuted by Gary Hunter Ronnie White’s death by strangulation will go unpunished. On June 2, 2009, almost a year after White died amid a flurry of controversy at the Prince George’s County Correctional Center in Maryland, state’s attorney Glenn F. Ivey announced there was …
Problems Persist at Privately-Operated Rhode Island Jail by Justin Miller On June 30, 2009, a former employee at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility, a privately-operated jail near Providence, Rhode Island, pleaded guilty to lying to federal officials about sexual misconduct involving an immigration detainee, marking yet another embarrassing problem …
California County Jail Settles Wrongful Death Suit for $600,000 by In December 2009, the Board of San Joaquin County, California approved a $600,000 settlement to resolve a federal lawsuit filed by the family of a 71-year-old man who died of a heart attack following his release from jail. On March …
Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010
California Jail Detainee Attacked by Cellmate, Family Accepts $1.85 Million by Michael Brodheim The family of Jimmy Haws has settled a federal lawsuit against Monterey County and county officials for $1.85 million, two years after initiating litigation following an assault against Haws who, while a pretrial detainee at a jail …
Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010
Oregon Youth Authority Warden Gives Agency a Black Eye by A “rising star” at the Oregon Youth Authority (OYA) pleaded guilty to six criminal offenses and was sentenced to four months in jail, probation and 160 hours of community service, and ordered to pay $11,500 in restitution. He gave OYA …
Juvenile Abused at D.C. Jail Settles for $31,000 Plus Attorney Fees by On December 19, 2002, a juvenile abused while on a field trip at a District of Columbia jail settled her federal 42 U.S.C. § 1983 lawsuit for $31,000. In addition, attorney fees were awarded by the U.S. District …
Appalling Prison and Jail Food Leaves Prisoners Hungry for Justice by David Reutter by David M. Reutter, Gary Hunter & Brandon Sample Prison food. The very words conjure images of unidentifiable mystery meat, chili-mac, watery oatmeal and creamed chipped beef – the latter being commonly, though not very appetizingly, known …
The Maricopa Courthouse WAR by Terry Carter Posted Apr 1, 2010 4:45 AM CDT On Dec. 21, in the afternoon sunshine that passes for winter in Phoenix, several hundred well-dressed protesters—most of them lawyers—gathered on the Maricopa County courthouse plaza. Summoned by an e-mail from a local lawyer, they brought …
New Orleans Jail Conditions Found Unconstitutional by Jimmy Franks In June, August and November 2008, the Orleans Parish Prison (OPP) in New Orleans, Louisiana was the target of a U.S. Department of Justice investigation conducted by the agency’s Civil Rights Division. Under the auspices of the Civil Rights of Institutionalized …
Article • March 15, 2010 • from PLN March, 2010
South Carolina Prisoner Does Easy Time by Gary Hunter South Carolina state prisoner Kevin Bell, 42, breezed through the last six years of his sentence with the help of local law enforcement officials. In 1996, Bell began serving a 13-year prison term for cocaine trafficking. Six years later he was …
Article • February 15, 2010 • from PLN February, 2010
Special Treatment for Jewish Prisoners, Rappers Leads to Employee Discipline, Resignations at New York Jails by Gary Hunter Five corrections employees at the Manhattan Detention Complex in New York City, also called “the Tombs,” were disciplined after it was learned that the jail chaplain in charge of Jewish affairs threw …
U.S. DOJ Calls Houston Jail Unconstitutional, Prisoner Death Rate Alarming by Gary Hunter As a follow-up to PLN’s October 2009 cover story, this article examines in greater detail findings by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) related to conditions at the Harris County jail in Houston, Texas. From 2001 through …
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