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Prisoners Exposed to Toxic Dust at UNICOR Recycling Factories by Brandon Sample Federal Prison Industries (FPI), the largest legal sweatshop in America, has jeopardized the lives and safety of untold numbers of prisoners and staff working in its recycling factories, according to a preliminary report in an investigation by the …
Allegations of Contraband Smuggling, Sex and Corruption at Texas Prison by Matthew Clarke Allegations of Contraband Smuggling, Sex and Corruption at Texas Prison by Matt Clarke The Inspector General’s office of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) has been investigating numerous cases of corruption at the 1,555-bed Terrell Unit …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
U.S. Homeland Security Illegally Drugged Immigrants for Deportation by Gary Hunter Until recently, immigrants destined for deportation due to their illegal residency status in the United States faced the possibility of being drugged before leaving. Since 2003, there have been more than 250 cases where psychotropic drugs were inappropriately administered …
Cook County Jail Conditions Unconstitutional, Charges Department of Justice by David Reutter Cook County Jail Conditions Unconstitutional, Charges Department of Justice by David M. Reutter On July 11, 2008, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division issued a letter to officials at Illinois’ Cook County Jail (CCJ) which found …
Violence and Corruption at Rikers Island; Called a “Battle Camp for Kids” by David Reutter Violence and Corruption at Rikers Island; Called a “Battle Camp for Kids” by David M. Reutter While there have been no escapes and only two suicides in the past year at New York City’s Rikers …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
Los Angeles County Settles For $900,000 After Unattended Prisoner Savagely Beaten By Violent Jail Gang by Los Angeles County Settles For $900,000 After Unattended Prisoner Savagely Beaten By Violent Jail Gang Los Angeles County paid $900,000 to settle the civil rights complaint brought by the parents of a 41-year-old man …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
PR Bonds Plummet in Harris County, Texas as Jail Overflows by Gary Hunter PR Bonds Plummet in Harris County, Texas as Jail Overflows by Gary Hunter Republican judges elected on promises to be tough on crime and the absence of federal oversight have been cited as two reasons why Houston, …
Nurse Pleads Guilty in Death of Florida Juvenile Prisoner by A former nurse at Florida’s Miami Regional Juvenile Detention Center has pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge of culpable negligence related to the death of a teenage prisoner. The guilty plea comes five years after the death of 17-year-old Omar …
Florida Prison Employees Awarded $630,000 for Subjection to Prisoner “Gunners” by Florida Prison Employees Awarded $630,000 for ?Subjection to Prisoner “Gunners” On May 15, 2008, a federal jury awarded $45,000 to each of 14 former female employees at Florida’s Martin Correctional Institution, finding the women had been subjected to lewd …
$170,000 Jury Verdict in Sacramento Jail Beating by $170,000 Jury Verdict in Sacramento Jail Beating In April 2008, a federal jury in Sacramento, California returned verdicts against five Sacramento County Jail deputies for beating a prisoner and denying him food and water for eight hours. Although the facts were contested, …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
Will California’s $11 Billion Prison Outlay Survive State Budget Cuts? by Marvin Mentor As California deals with a projected $28 billion budget shortfall over the next 18 months, it remains to be seen if the requisite two-thirds of the state legislature has the political courage to make cuts to the …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
PEW Report: 1 in 99 Adult Americans Behind Bars In 2007 by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The venerated PEW Center on the States reported in February 2008 that one in every 99.1 adult Americans was presently behind bars. For males between ages 20 and 34, the number is …
New Jersey Court Enters Preliminary Injunction Barring Women Prisoners at Men’s Prison by New Jersey Court Enters Preliminary Injunction Barring Women Prisoners at Men’s Prison A New Jersey Superior Court has issued a preliminary injunction that prohibits prison officials from transferring women prisoners to the New Jersey State Prison (NJSP), …
$1,100,000 Settlement in Juvenile Prisoner Suicide in Union County, New Jersey by $1,100,000 Settlement in Juvenile Prisoner Suicide in Union County, New Jersey On November 15, 2007, Union County settled a lawsuit over the suicide death of a juvenile prisoner at the 42-year-old Union County Juvenile Detention Center (JDC) in …
Article • January 15, 2009
Pennsylvania Prisoners Remain On Death Row After Death Sentences Vacated by Bob Williams By: Bob Williams Pennsylvania State death row prisoners appealed the dismissal of their 2005 § 1983 and mandamus complaint regarding restrictive confinement and the medical conditions it caused. Their death sentences were either vacated or overturned but …
Article • January 15, 2009
Ohio Reformatory Liable For Loss Of Prisoner's Property by Bob Williams Ohio State prisoner Harmony Love sought recovery of the value of personal items lost by the Ohio Reformatory for Women (ORW). The court awarded Love $511.62 and assessed court costs against the ORW. Love was incarcerated in the ORW …
Violence at Oklahoma Prisons Leaves Two Dead, Twenty-Five Injured by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 19, 2008, at approximately 12:30 p.m., a fight broke out between Native American and black prisoners at the Oklahoma State Reformatory (OSR) in Granite. When the skirmish ended five minutes later, two prisoners …
Arkansas Juvenile Center Continues Violating Rights Despite 2003 Court Enforceable Agreement by Bob Williams By Bob Williams Arkansas protection and advocacy group Disability Rights Center (DRC) reported on conditions at the Alexander Youth Services Center (Center) in 2006. The programs at the Center were determined inadequate and discriminatory in some …
§1915 "Three Strikes" Rule Precluding In Forma Pauperis Filing Not Unconstitutional by New York State pro se prisoner Wilfredo Polanco petitioned for leave to proceed in form pauperis (IFP) and for appointment of counsel to appeal the denial of IFP status in a lawsuit against the state's Department of Correctional …
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