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Doing Borrowed Time: The High Cost of Back-Door Prison Finance by Kevin Pranis Much public attention has been devoted in recent years to the “industrial” side of the prison boom, from the fortunes of private prison operators to the profits generated by telecommunications companies from lucrative phone contracts. Less attention …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Arkansas Woman Left in Cell for Four Days Without Food or Water by Arkansas Woman Left in Cell for Four Days Without Food or Water In March 2008, a woman was locked in a small courthouse holding cell without food or water for four days after an Arkansas bailiff forgot …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Monitor’s Second and Third Reports Find Medical Care From CMS for Delaware Prisoners Still Lacking by David Reutter Monitor’s Second and Third Reports Find Medical Care From CMS for Delaware Prisoners Still Lacking by David M. Reutter Despite a monitor to provide oversight, Correctional Medical Services (CMS) continues to suffer …
Private Prisons a Public Disgrace in Texas by Gary Hunter So much human feces covered the floors of a GEO Group-run juvenile prison in Coke County, Texas that departing inspectors stopped outside to wipe their shoes in the grass. The Coke County Juvenile Justice Center was in such bad shape …
Massachusetts Jail Conditions Unconstitutional Says U.S. Department of Justice by Gary Hunter A report released by the U.S. Justice Department (USJD), on May 1, 2008, concluded that conditions in the Worcester County Jail and House of Correction (HOC) in Massachusetts violated the constitutional rights of prisoners in its custody. The …
$13.5 Million Florida Jail Strip Search Settlement by Florida’s Broward County Sheriff’s Office has agreed to pay $13.5 million to settle a lawsuit claiming it illegally strip searched prisoners charged with minor offenses. The settlement ends a class action filed in state court in 2002. Under the settlement, each class …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Alabama Federal Court Awards $538,178 in Attorney Fees and Expenses for Women Prison Conditions Litigation by Alabama Federal Court Awards $538,178 in Attorney Fees and Expenses for Women Prison Conditions Litigation On August 31, 2007, an Alabama federal court awarded $484,406.35 in attorney fees and $53,771.79 in expenses to prisoners …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Hawaii Prisoner Awarded $20,000 in Slip and Fall Lawsuit by A Hawaii State Court has awarded a prisoner$20,000 for injuries incurred in a negligence claim stemming from a slip and fall, incident. While imprisoned at the Halawa High Security Facility on January 26, 2006, Joseph Sampiao was walking down the …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Florida Imposes Broad Budget Cuts, but Prison Officials Increase Pay Through Double-Dipping by David Reutter Florida Imposes Broad Budget Cuts, but Prison Officials Increase Pay Through Double-Dipping by David M. Reutter While the State of Florida has to contend with across-the-board budget cuts due to a financial shortfall caused by …
Neal et al v. Michigan DOC, MI, Jury Verdict, sexually hostile prison guard sexual misconduct, 2008 NEAL, et a/., vs. MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., Case No. 96-6986-CZ JURY VERDICT FORM· VIVIAN AROUSELL 1. Was plaintiff subject to unwelcome sexual conduct or communication? j Yes No If your answer …
Martinez v. Garcia, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2008 Case: 1:08-cv-02601 Document #: 47 Filed: 11/07/08 Page 1 of 19 PageID #:336 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION JOHN MARTINEZ, Case No.: 08CV2601 Plaintiff, Judge Shadur Magistrate Judge Cole V. TAMMY GARCIA, DR. PARTHASARATHI GHOSH, DR. LATANYA …
Brief • October 17, 2008
Manning v. State of Washington, WA, Judgment, poor medical care infection, 2008
Trifecta for Michigan DOC: Three Reports Find Deficient Prison Medical Care by David Reutter Trifecta for Michigan DOC: Three Reports Find Deficient Prison Medical Care by David M. Reutter From the advent of federal oversight of medical services for Michigan prisoners, the focus has been on three Michigan Dept. of …
Article • October 15, 2008
Torture Taxi: On the Trail of the CIA’s Rendition Flights, 
by Trevor Paglen and A.C. Thompson. 
Melville House Publishing, 205 pages, $23.00 by David Preston Torture Taxi: On the Trail of the CIA’s Rendition Flights, ?by Trevor Paglen and A.C. Thompson. ?Melville House Publishing, 205 pages, $23.00 Reviewed by David …
Gay and Lesbian Prisoners: Recent Developments and a Call for More Research by Zachary Wolfe, Esq. by Zachary Wolfe, Esq.1 This is an interesting time in the changing legal landscape relating to gay and lesbian prisoners, but public and scholarly attention is lacking. Rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered …
Michigan Jail Pays $145,000 for Vindictively Exhibiting Naked Detainees in Segregation Cell by Michigan Jail Pays $145,000 for Vindictively Exhibiting Naked Detainees in Segregation Cell Four former male and female pre-trial detainees sued the Saginaw County, Michigan jail for an outrageous disciplinary policy that forced them to sit in a …
Harris County, Texas Sends 600 Jail Prisoners to Private Pen in Louisiana by Harris County, Texas Sends 600 Jail Prisoners to Private Pen in Louisiana In December 2007, Harris County, Texas officials announced they were sending an additional 200 jail prisoners – 180 of them women – to a privately-run …
$204,856 in Attorney’s Fees and Costs Awarded in Nebraska Kosher Diet and Muslim Prayer Case by Brandon Sample $204,856 in Attorney’s Fees and Costs Awarded in Nebraska Kosher Diet and Muslim Prayer Case by Brandon Sample On May 5, 2008, Joseph F. Batallion, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court …
Segregated Massachusetts Nation of Islam Prisoners Entitled to Halal Menu and Jum’ah Prayers; $237,299.25 in Attorney Fees Awarded by The U.S. District Court for Massachusetts granted declaratory relief to two maximum-security Nation of Islam (NOI) prisoners who had sued for a Halal (Muslim religious dietary) menu and participation in daily …
PHS Wins Quadriplegic Prisoner’s Negligence Suit, Jail Settles for $100,000 by PHS Wins Quadriplegic Prisoner’s Negligence Suit, Jail Settles for $100,000 On February 14, 2008, a Florida jury found that Prison Health Services (PHS) was not negligent in misdiagnosing a jail prisoner’s broken neck, which left him a permanent quadriplegic. …
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