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Substandard Pretrial Confinement Conditions Justify Downward Sentence Variance by by David M. Reutter A New Jersey federal district court has granted a downward variance to a federal prisoner’s sentence on the grounds that to do otherwise, when considering the pretrial conditions of confinement, would constitute excessive punishment. The court’s ruling …
Article • January 15, 2009
Florida Lethal Injection Methods Revised by Florida State death row prisoner Ian Lightbourne challenged the State's lethal injection procedures after the improper implementation of an execution. Revisions were made to the methods used and the petition was dismissed. The duration of the "botched" execution of Angel Diaz in 2006 was …
Washington DOC Denied Qualified Immunity In Prisoner Beating by The Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) motioned for summary judgment dismissal in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action brought by a state prisoner who was beaten at the Clallam Bay Corrections Center (CBCC) in 2002. The motion was granted in …
Article • January 15, 2009
Florida Lethal Injection Methods Revised by Florida State death row prisoner Ian Lightbourne challenged the State's lethal injection procedures after the improper implementation of an execution. Revisions were made to the methods used and the petition was dismissed. The duration of the "botched" execution of Angel Diaz in 2006 was …
Kenneth H v. State of New York, NY, Decision, Rikers inmate-inmate rape PTSD protective custody homosexual, 2008 01/09/2009 " 11:18 ~~jr-mt~J 10 STATE OF NEW YORK· PAGE DIVIS/Lon 12129258774 01 5)1" RECEIVED JUN 2 3 • COURT OF CLAIMS KENNETH H.\ Clalm,nt, DECISION "vTHE STATE OF NEW YORK, Claim No. …
Brief • January 9, 2009
Filed under: Food, Jail Specific
Maynor v. Morgan County, AL, Ruling, jail food, 2009 Case 5:01-cv-00851-UWC Document 94 Filed 01/09/2009 FILED Page 1 of 5 2009 Jan-09 AM 10:47 U.S. DISTRICT COURT N.D. OF ALABAMA IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA NORTHEASTERN DIVISION ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) …
Thomas v. McNeil, FL, Order, Chemical Agents on Prisoners, 2009 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION JEREMIAH THOMAS, KELVIN FRAZIER, REGINALD WILLIAMS, PAUL ECHOLS, MICHAEL McKINNEY, CHARLES MORGAN1 and ANTONIO WARD, Plaintiffs, vs. Case No. 3:04-cv-917-J-32JRK WALTER McNEIL and RANDALL BRYANT, in their official capacities, Defendants. …
Brief • January 8, 2009
Filed under: Food, Jail Specific
Maynor v. Morgan County, AL, Findings of Fact, jail food, 2009 Case 5:01-cv-00851-UWC Document 92 Filed 01/08/2009 FILED Page 1 of 6 2009 Jan-08 PM 10:23 U.S. DISTRICT COURT N.D. OF ALABAMA IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA NORTHEASTERN DIVISION ) ) ) ) …
Brief • January 1, 2009
Rosen v. New York, NY, Pltff Motion, Opp to MSJ, 2009 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ------------------------------------------------------------------------X JESSE ROSEN, Plaintiff, -againstTHE CITY O FNBEW YORK, NEW YORK CITY HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORPORATION, PRISON HEALTH SERVICES, INC., MARTIN F. HORN, Commisioner of the New York City of …
$2.75 Million Verdict in Dehydrated Michigan Prisoner’s Death by A Michigan federal jury awarded $2.75 million to a prisoner’s estate in a case claiming deliberate indifference to serious medical needs. The prisoner, Jeffrey Clark, was having mental health problems and died due to the effects of dehydration and inhumanely hot …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
StopMax: The Fight Against Supermax Prisons Heats Up by Jessica Pupovac “When I left Angola,” says Robert King Wilkerson, who spent 29 years in solitary confinement in Louisiana’s notorious Angola State Penitentiary for a crime he was later found innocent of, “I said, ‘I may be free of Angola, but …
NIC Report: Wisconsin Jails Racist and Dangerous by Gary Hunter On January 31, 2008, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) issued a 139-page report detailing numerous flaws in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin jail system. The Milwaukee House of Correction (HOC), the Community Corrections Center (CCC) and the County Jail Facility (CJF) …
California DOC Settles Sadistic, Hate-Motivated, Three-Year Starvation Death Of Sikh Prisoner For $1 Million by Marvin Mentor California DOC Settles Sadistic, Hate-Motivated, Three-Year Starvation Death Of Sikh Prisoner For $1 Million by Marvin Mentor The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) settled a lawsuit brought by the survivors of …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Prison Population Continues Exponential Growth by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Two reports by the Department of Justice‘s Bureau of Justice Statistics examined the growth rate of America’s jails and prisons, which are burgeoning at a yearly pace of 2%. That growth resulted in an all-time record of 2.3 …
Landmark 1980 California Death Row Federal Consent Decree Partially Terminated Under PLRA by John Dannenberg Landmark 1980 California Death Row Federal Consent Decree Partially Terminated Under PLRA by John E. Dannenberg A landmark 1980 federal consent decree that covers all manner of living conditions for San Quentin State Prison’s death …
$1.5 Million Settlement Provided to Immigrant Prisoner Who Lost Leg in Colorado Jail by David Reutter $1.5 Million Settlement Provided to Immigrant Prisoner Who Lost Leg in Colorado Jail by David M. Reutter The insurance company for Colorado’s Park County Jail has agreed to settle a former prisoner’s medical neglect …
New Jersey Fires 52 Prison Guards in 2007 by Gary Hunter Guards in New Jersey prisons have been found guilty of everything from smuggling drugs and cell phones to simply failing to show up for work. From 2005 to 2007, the New Jersey Department of Corrections (DOC) had to fire …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Tenth Circuit: Procedural Defense to Federal Prisoner’s ETS Suit Fails on Inadequate Grievance Record-Keeping by John Dannenberg Tenth Circuit: Procedural Defense to Federal Prisoner’s ETS Suit Fails on Inadequate Grievance Record-Keeping by John E. Dannenberg The Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals reversed a summary judgment order in a federal …
Buford-Lewis v. Marion County, IN, Settlement, jail conditions, 2008 Case 1:07-cv-00527-SEB-DML Document 58 Filed 12/01/2008 Page 1 of 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION ANTHONY BUFORD-LEWIS, III, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MARION COUNTY, INDIANA, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. …
Publication • November 18, 2008
Private Audit of Orange County Jails, OCJAP, 2008 November 18, 2008 CROUTaSrD. CROUTaSrDA CRIMINAL JUSTICE CONSULTANTS, INC. Orange County Jail Assessment Project Crout & Sida Criminal Justice Consultants www.crout-sida-consulting.com Preface The Jail Security and Staffing Assessments (OCJAP) project began in July 2008 and encompassed a comprehensive assessment of one of …
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