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Denial of Disciplinary Nearing Witnesses Illegal; $250 Damages Awarded by The court of appeals for the Eighth circuit held that it violates due process for prison disciplinary hearing officers to refuse to call witnesses for the hearing. District court ruled in Iowa prisoner's favor and awarded $250 in damages where …
Qualified Immunity Defense Waived in Jail Suit by The court of appeals for the Fifth circuit held that Louisiana jail conditions were unconstitutional due to overcrowding, a lack of programs and no outdoor exercise for the prisoners. After a trial finding the defendants liable, the district court, sua sponte, raised …
Prison and CMS Liable for Prisoner's Asthma Death by The court of appeals for the Eleventh circuit held that Georgia prison officials were liable for a prisoner's death from asthma. The prison officials were deliberately indifferent to the prisoner's health and the prison lacked adequate medical facilities. That the Georgia …
Texas Attorney-Client Interference Damage and Fee Award Upheld by The court of appeals for the Fifth circuit upheld a damage award of $10, 231 plus unspecified attorney fees, when a Texas prison deliberately interfered with the right of prisoners and counsel to meet concerning prison conditions and post conviction relief …
Disciplinary Hearing Requires Fact Finding by The court of appeals for the Seventh circuit upheld the dismissal of an Illinois state prisoner's lawsuit over searches of his cell for refusing to pay a guard's extortion demand and that the guard planted false evidence in his cell as a result. The …
Article • May 15, 2007
FL Good Time Change Violates Ex Post Facto by The court of appeals for the Eleventh circuit affirmed a district court ruling granting habeas relief to Florida prisoners. After petitioners were convicted, the Florida legislature changed the good time scheme, to their detriment, and DOC applied the change retroactively to …
Segregation for Complaining about Jail Conditions Struck Down by Segregation for Complaining About Jail Conditions Struck Down The court of appeals for the Third circuit held that it is unconstitutional to place a jail prisoner in segregation, without a hearing, in retaliation for the prisoner complaining about conditions to the …
Retaliatory Beatings Violate First Amendment, Damages Awarded by Retaliatory Beatings violate First Amendment, Damages Awarded The court of appeals for the Second circuit held that a district court had improperly granted Judgment Notwithstanding the verdict to prisoner officials in a retaliation suit filed by New York state prisoners. Court also …
$7,500 for Failing to Protect Snitch by The court of appeals for the Seventh circuit affirmed a district court awarding an informant $7,500 in damages after he was assaulted by other prisoners. The prison failed to screen snitch's files. His files were not checked before being placed in Protective Custody, …
Article • May 15, 2007
Guards Liable for Failing to Protect Snitch by The court of appeals for the Seventh circuit held that a district court erred in dismissing an Illinois prisoner's suit that guards were deliberately indifferent to his safety when he was attacked by a cellmate in Protective Custody. Plaintiff had previously assisted …
Article • May 15, 2007
Governor Held in Contempt in RI Crowding Suit by A federal district court in Rhode Island held that the state's governor and director of prisons were in continuing contempt for failing to comply with previous orders to correct unconstitutional prison conditions. Court previously held that prisoners and detainees could not …
Liberty Interests for PC Prisoners Discussed by A federal district court in Missouri held that protective custody Colorado prisoners sent to Missouri to relieve overcrowding in their home state, had a due process liberty interest in being treated the same as general population prisoners in Colorado were. Prisoners alleged deprivations …
NJ Jail Held in Contempt by A federal district court in New Jersey held that the Essex county jail was in contempt for not complying with orders to limit overcrowding and give prisoners outdoor exercise. Court had previously found conditions were deplorable and ordered relief. Court sanctioned jail with $1,476,800.00 …
Informants Require Reliability Evaluation by A federal district court in New York held that an independent credibility assessment must be done before statements from confidential informants could be used in a prison disciplinary hearing. Plaintiff was infracted for stabbing another prisoner at Sing Sing prison. The only evidence against him …
Article • May 15, 2007
$210,000 Awarded in Tennessee Jail Heat Stroke Death by A federal district court in Tennessee awarded $100,000 in compensatory and 110,000 in punitive damages to the children of a prisoner who died of heat stroke in the Chattanooga jail in Tennessee. Court held that jail's failure to take remedial action …
Article • May 15, 2007
Atlanta Jail Conditions Unconstitutional by A federal district court in Georgia approved a consent decree against the Fulton county jail in Atlanta, GA, due to inhumane conditions. Court held that medical care was substandard, detainees were exposed to communicable diseases. Due to vermin infestation there was no clean place to …
Prison Officials Liable for Lack of Mental Health Care by A federal district court in mew York held that state prison officials were liable for a policy that housed mentally ill prisoners with those who were not. Officials were also liable, in this class action suit by women prisoners in …
Article • May 15, 2007
Jim Crow Segregation Laws Illegal by A three judge district court struck down as unconstitutional Georgia statutes requiring the racial segregation of state prisons and local jails. Court also held prisoners lacked standing to demand prisons and jails to hire black staff. Interesting historical description of Jim Crow prisons. See: …
Prisoner Organizers Transferred for Safety from Staff by The court of appeals for the Fifth circuit affirmed a district court injunction ordering two prisoner activists transferred to another prison for protection from prison staff. The plaintiffs were accused of inciting the burning of prison buildings and that their lives would …
Double Celling Unconstitutional by The court of appeals for the Third circuit affirmed a district court's order, at 719 F. Supp. 126 (WD PA 1989), which held that double celling in Pennsylvania prisons violated the Eighth amendment under a "totality of conditions" analysis. The overall prison conditions consisted of dilapidated, …
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