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Article • May 12, 2016
New Ohio Jail Regulations Limit Prisoners to Shower Every Other Day, Two Meals a Day on Weekends by Christopher Zoukis An Ohio regulatory panel imposed new standards for the 90 full-service jails in the state, which detain some 20,000 prisoners in the state's county and municipal jails. On April 15, …
Article • May 12, 2016
Former NJ Prosecutor Disbarred After Imprisonment by Christopher Zoukis A former Essex County (NJ) prosecutor and municipal judge has been barred from practicing law by the State Supreme Court.  Clifford Minor, 68, who in 2011 was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment in the United States District Court for the District …
Article • May 12, 2016
Maine Legislators Not Informed Of Murder At Secure Mental Health Unit Occurring Before Funding Vote by Christopher Zoukis Members of the Maine Legislature voted to enlarge the Mental Health Unit at Maine State Prison's Supermax facility last August, doubling its size to 32 beds.  What they did not know when …
USP Allenwood Prisoner Wins Over $775,000 in Deliberate Indifference Claim by Christopher Zoukis Nunzio DeCarlo, a federal prisoner serving a 20-year sentence at the United States Penitentiary Allenwood, Pennsylvania for racketeering prevailed on a deliberate indifference and medical neglect claim against the United States of America. He was awarded over …
U.S. District Court Judge Awards Prisoner $1 in FCI Phoenix Retaliation Suit by Christopher Zoukis Federal District Court Judge Earl H. Carroll found that prisoner Nancy Ann Blum was retaliated against by Federal Correctional Institution Phoenix Warden C. E. Floyd and awarded her $1.00. Blum, a prisoner at the women's …
Article • May 12, 2016
Prisoner Settles for $10,000 in Slip and Fall at FCI Elkton by Christopher Zoukis William L. Bonhart, a federal prisoner housed at Federal Correctional Institution Elkton, Ohio settled his negligence claim related to a slip and fall on the stairs of his housing unit. According to Bonhart's complaint, filed on …
Prison Guard Re-Hired by Bureau of Prisons After Discriminatory Firing by Christopher Zoukis Connie L. Thomas, a prison guard at Federal Correctional Institution Bastrop, Texas, agreed to settle her Title VII Civil Rights Act Lawsuit for discrimination on the basis of sex against the Federal Bureau of Prisons. She had …
Memphis Police Officer Settles Negligence Suit Against USA by Christopher Zoukis City of Memphis Police Department officer Michael Cockerell and the United States of America agreed to settle a negligence claim brought by Cockerell relating to an obstacle course accident in April, 1998 at a Federal Bureau of Prisons training …
Federal Prisoner Awarded $7,500 After Beating by Goon Squad by Christopher Zoukis Marion Bryant, Jr., a federal prisoner housed at the medium-security Federal Correctional Institution Florence, Colorado, received $7,500.00 in a lawsuit for damages against several prison officials who allegedly assaulted him on two occasions in October, 1995. In the …
FCI Phoenix Physician's Assistant Settles EEOC Discrimination Claim by Christopher Zoukis Cynthia O. Sumayo settled an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) racial discrimination claim against the Federal Bureau of Prisons on March 21, 2001. Sumayo agreed to accept back pay for 21 days, to remain resigned from her position as …
FCI Bastrop Prison Guard Settles EEOC Racial Discrimination Suit Against DOJ by Christopher Zoukis Charles Drew Quarles, a veteran prison guard stationed at Federal Correctional Institution Bastrop, Texas settled his claim for racial discrimination with the Department of Justice in April, 2002. Mr. Quarles agreed to accept the restoration of …
Cook Supervisor at FCI Petersburg Settles Racial Discrimination Complaint by Christopher Zoukis Cleaster Williams, a long-time employee of the Federal Bureau of Prisons at Federal Correctional Institution Petersburg Low, Virginia, settled his racial discrimination suit against the Bureau in May, 2000. Williams alleged that he was subject to racial discrimination …
Clinical Psychologist Wins Discrimination Suit Against Bureau of Prisons by Christopher Zoukis Corine Zupanick, a clinical psychologist employed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons at Federal Correctional Institution Three Rivers, Texas, won her discrimination suit on appeal to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Zupanick claimed that she was discriminated …
Bureau of Prisons Correctional Counselor Settles Wrongful Termination Action by Christopher Zoukis James Beverly, a correctional counselor stationed at the low-security Federal Correctional Institution Petersburg, Virginia settled his appeal to the federal Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) for wrongful termination. According to his appeal to the MSPB, Beverly was terminated …
Arbitrator Reverses USP Leavenworth Correctional Counselor's AWOL Designation by Christopher Zoukis On November 24, 2000, United States Penitentiary Leavenworth Correctional Counselor Scott Booth decided to take the day off. He had been told by his supervisor, Mark Sedillo, that the 24th would be designated as a "liberal leave day," for …
Article • May 5, 2016 • from PLN May, 2016
UK Supreme Court Rules Against Unlawful Use of Solitary Confinement by Christopher Zoukis On July 29, 2015, the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court unanimously ruled against prison officials in an action brought by prisoners Kamal Bourgass and Tanvir Hussain concerning their prolonged solitary confinement. According to British laws related to solitary, …
Article • May 5, 2016 • from PLN May, 2016
Corrections Agencies Use Obamacare to Pay for Prisoners’ Medical Care by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis and Matt Clarke The Affordable Care Act (ACA), President Obama’s signature piece of legislation, has resulted in an unintended windfall: a means to shift the cost of expensive hospital care for state and local …
Article • May 5, 2016 • from PLN May, 2016
Delaware Supreme Court Suspends Prosecutor for Misconduct by Christopher Zoukis On July 27, 2015, the Delaware Supreme Court suspended Deputy Attorney General R. David Favata for six months and a day, for prosecutorial misconduct involving the capital case of McCoy v. State, 112 A.3d 239 (Del. 2015). The case was …
Article • May 5, 2016 • from PLN May, 2016
Report Documents U.S. Recidivism Rates for Federal Prisoners by Christopher Zoukis The U.S. Sentencing Commission (USSC), an independent agency within the judicial branch which writes federal sentencing guidelines and studies federal crime and sentencing policies, released a major new study in March 2016 titled “Recidivism Among Federal Offenders: A Comprehensive Overview.” …
Idaho Prison Population Drops, Out-of-State Prisoners Re-turned by Christopher Zoukis In a positive sign of declining prison populations, on February 10, 2016, Idaho Department of Correction Director Kevin H. Kempf announced that all 173 state prisoners remaining at the Kit Carson Correctional Center, a Colorado facility operated by Corrections Corporation …
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