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Publication • November 7, 2013
Testimony of Shay re Sexual Victimization of Gay Prisoners to Review Panel on Prison Rape 2013 Testimony Submitted to the Review Panel on Prison Rape Sexual Victimization of Jail Inmates with Non-Heterosexual Orientations Giovanna Shay, Professor of Law Western New England University School of Law gshay@law.wne.edu November 7, 2013 I …
Article • October 15, 2013 • from PLN October, 2013
Widespread Sexual Abuse Alleged at Alabama Women’s Prison by On March 4, 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division launched a formal inquiry into widespread sexual abuse of female prisoners by male guards at the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka, Alabama. The investigation was opened following …
J.U. V. GEO Group, NM, Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2013 Case 1:13-cv-00968-KBM-LAM Document 1 Filed 10/07/13 Page 1 of 24 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO J.U. and R.S., Plaintiffs, v. THE GEO GROUP, Inc.; CORIZON, Inc.; WARDEN ERASMO BRAVO, in his individual and official …
Brief • September 16, 2013
J.O. (Oates) v. Dorsey, NM, Prelim. Settlement Agreement, Forced to Strip at Gunpoint Group Punishment, 2013 Case 1:11-cv-00254-MCA-GBW Document 139 Filed 09/16/13 Page 1 of 28 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO J.O. and ROBERT SALAZAR on behalf of themselves and a Class of …
Prison Rape Elimination Act Standards Finally in Effect, but Will They be Effective? by Alex Friedmann "Sexual abuse is not an inevitable feature of incarceration. Leadership matters because corrections administrators can create a culture within facilities that promotes safety instead of one that tolerates abuse." – National Prison Rape Elimination …
Prisoners Raped and Sexually Abused While PREA Standards Pending by As described in this issue’s cover story, in May 2012 the U.S. Department of Justice issued a final rule adopting national standards pursuant to the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). The rule was published in the Federal Register and became …
Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013
Seventh Circuit Retires “De Minimis” Standard for Use of Physical Force by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court’s application of a “de minimis harm” standard in dismissing a Wisconsin detainee’s claim that he was sexually groped. In April 2008, James Washington, Jr. was a pretrial …
Article • August 15, 2013
A Federal Prisoner Found Guilty of Making False Statements by A federal jury convicted a prisoner of making false statements against guards at a federal prison in Florida. A jury in the U.S. District Court in Miami, Florida, convicted Dalin Pico Rodriguez under Title 18, U.S.C., Section 1001 of two …
Former Mississippi Mayor Sent to Prison by A federal judge in Mississippi has sentenced William Grady Sims, 61, the former mayor of Walnut Grove who also served as warden of a privately-operated correctional facility, to 7 months in federal prison for telling a prisoner to lie to investigators about a …
Oklahoma Prison Employees Disciplined by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke An investigation by the Tulsa World newspaper revealed that more than 130 disciplinary actions were taken against Oklahoma Department of Corrections (DOC) employees at men's prisons from 2009 through mid-2011. Most of the disciplined employees received a few days suspension …
Congress Amends PLRA Physical Injury Requirement for Sexual Abuse Cases by John Boston The federal Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was renewed and broadened in February 2013, after much controversy involving Republican opposition to provisions extending certain of the statute's protections to LGBT persons, Native Americans living on reservations and …
Brief • July 13, 2013
Hayes v. Two Bridges Regional Jail, ME, Complaint, Jail Assault, 2013 Case 2:13-cv-00288-NT Document 2-2 Filed 07/31/13 Page 1 of 10 STATE OF MAINE LINCOLN, ss SUPERIOR COURT WISCASSET PageID #: 6 UIr,e^^ MY 3 0 1 2O CIVIL ACTION DOCKET NO. CV-13- AMANDA HAYES, Plainti ff V. COMPLAINT TWO …
Washington Lawyer's Committee - Guide to the Grievance Process for Sexual Abuse, 2013 A PRISONER’S GUIDE TO THE GRIEVANCE PROCESS FOR SEXUAL ABUSE This Guide has been created by the D.C. Prisoners’ Project of the Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs. It was last updated in June …
National Standards re Prison/Jail Response to Sexual Assault LAS Prisoners' Rights Project 2013 A SUMMARY OF THE NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR THE DETECTION, PREVENTION, REDUCTION AND PUNISHMENT OF PRISON RAPE FOR ADULT PRISONS & JAILS Prisoners’ Rights Project Legal Aid Society 199 Water Street New York, N.Y. 10038 (212) 577-3530 A …
Pennsylvania: No Prison Time for Guards Convicted of Abusing Prisoners by Christopher Zoukis A former Pennsylvania prison guard who was convicted on 27 counts of abusing prisoners will serve no prison time of his own, after a state court sentenced him to five years’ probation and six months on house …
Oregon Jail Guard Gets Three Years for Sex with Prisoner by An Oregon jail guard has been sentenced to three years in prison for having a 19-month sexual relationship with a female prisoner. Mark W. Samuels, 54, was employed by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office as a guard at the …
Brief • April 24, 2013
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault
Amador v. Galbreath, NY, Default Judgment for Pltf., Guard Sexual Assault of Prisoner, 2013 Case 6:10-cv-06702-JWF Document 407 Filed 04/24/13 Page 1 of 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK _______________________________________________ LUCY AMADOR, a/k/a LUCY TASAMA, Plaintiff, ORDER 10-CV-6702L v. SERGEANT MICHAEL GALBREATH, Defendant. ________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION Plaintiff, …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
More Oregon Prison Employees Accused of Sexual Abuse by As previously reported in PLN, between 2006 and 2009, employees at Oregon’s only women’s prison were charged with sexually abusing more than a dozen female prisoners. [See: PLN, Nov. 2010, p.18; July 2009, p.47]. The abuse continues unabated, with at least …
Former California Deputy Sheriff Maintains Clean Record Despite Recent and Past Sexual Misconduct Allegations by A 60-year-old former Nevada County, California deputy sheriff who was caught in a hotel room with a male prisoner will not face charges or discipline for sexual misconduct. As a Nevada County deputy in October …
Article • April 15, 2013
Sixth Circuit Upholds Kentucky Sex Abuse Case Dismissal; Case Filed Outside 1-Year Limitation Period by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a Kentucky woman's suit alleging that her probation officer sexually assaulted her. The court found that a one-year statute of limitations applied, and she filed …
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