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Son of Illinois Congressman Fired, Charged With Raping Prisoners by On September 10, 2007, the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) fired Jeffery M. Rush, son of U.S. Rep. Bobby L. Rush (D-IL). Jeffrey Rush, 42, who was employed as an assistant supervisor at the Fox Valley Adult Transition Center in …
Article • June 15, 2008 • from PLN June, 2008
Federal Jury Convicts California DOC Guards on Assault and Conspiracy Charges; Judge Tosses Verdict by Last September, a federal grand jury delivered an indictment against California prison guard Hector Flores on allegations that he helped cover-up an unjustified use of force on two prisoners at the California Institution for Men …
Internal Affairs Reports Available to Maryland Criminal Defendant; 2 Prong Test Discussed by Maryland’s Special Court of Appeals has held that a criminal defendant is entitled to disclosure of a detective’s Internal Affairs Division (IAD) filed, but held the Court must review that file to determine what must be disclosed. …
My Space Becomes “No Space” for Online Sex Offenders by David Reutter My Space Becomes "No Space" for Online Sex Offenders by David M. Reutter After online social networking giant MySpace.com, under pressure, disclosed on July 24, 2007 that it had purged 29,000 sex offender profiles from its website, state …
$2 Million Confidential Settlement In CCA Prisoner’s 2004 Beating Death Revealed by Alex Friedmann $2 Million Confidential Settlement In CCA Prisoner's 2004 Beating Death Revealed by Alex Friedmann PLN has previously reported on the death of Estelle Richardson, a mentally ill prisoner who died at the CCA-operated Metro-Davidson County Detention …
Washington Jail Prisoners Suffer from Overcrowding, Abusive Guards, Inadequate Health Care and Indifferent Politicians by Roger Smith Since the mid-1990s, Washington State jail populations have increased exponentially. Obsolete facilities built decades ago to hold a handful of prisoners are now packed like sardine tins, with as many prisoners sleeping on …
Article • May 15, 2008 • from PLN May, 2008
Alabama Parole Board Employee Pleads Guilty to Misuse of Computer Information by On June 15, 2007, Stacey Bell, 31, formerly an administrative assistant to the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles, pleaded guilty in Elmore County District Court to violating the Alabama Computer Crime Act, § 13A-8-102. She was given …
Court Upholds Photocopying of Jail Prisoner’s Mail, Suppression Denied by Court Upholds Photocopying of Jail Prisoner's Mail, Suppression Denied The detained criminal defendant had an expectation of privacy in his non-legal mail that he may assert by moving to suppress evidence in his prosecution. Although applicable regulations permit prison authorities …
Article • May 15, 2008
Sender’s Right to Privacy in Mail Ends at Delivery by Sender's Right to Privacy in Mail Ends at Delivery Letters are generally protected by an expectation of privacy, but the sender's expectation ordinarily terminates upon delivery. At 1228: "Because Defendant sent the letters to an inmate at a correctional facility, …
$200,000 Settlement for Negligent Medical Care/ Treatment of Federal Prisoner by The Bureau of Prisons has agreed to pay Beatrice Codianni-Robles, a prisoner at the Federal Correctional Institute in Danbury, Connecticut, $200,000 to settle a federal tort claims suit. After concluding a job on the prison yard on September 12, …
Article • May 15, 2008
Fines for Consent Decree Non-Compliance are Criminal, Require Jury Trial by The district court fined D.C. $5.1 million for noncompliance with a consent decree governing treatment of the mentally retarded, which requires placement in community institutions and payment of vendors within 30 days following submission of acceptable vouchers. The nonpayment …
Article • April 15, 2008 • from PLN April, 2008
Florida Woman Sentenced to Probation for Unauthorized Practice of Law by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Florida court has sentenced civil rights activist Nancy Jo Grant to 15 years probation, with no possibility of early termination, for practicing law without a license. Grant, 55, was also ordered to …
Oregon Sheriff Sentenced to Jail/Sex-Offender Registration by On August 28, 2007, the former sheriff of Curry County Oregon, was sentenced to one year in jail and ordered to register as a sex offender, for groping three female county employees. Mark Metcalf spent nearly 25 years in law enforcement. He was …
Article • March 15, 2008 • from PLN March, 2008
Love, Sex and Violence KO Oregon Deputies, Jailers and Prison Guards by On August 16, 2007, in separate incidents, two Clackamas County, Oregon sheriff?s deputies were arrested on job-related criminal offenses. Deputy Bryan Lavigne, 36, used excessive force on a juvenile by strangling him during an arrest on July 15, …
San Antonio Sheriff Pleads No Contest to Corruption Charges, Resigns by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In August 2007, Bexar County, Texas Sheriff Ralph Lopez, 71, was indicted on three felony counts involving corruption. Lopez tendered his resignation on September 1, 2007, and two days later pleaded no contest to …
Scandal Rocks Texas Youth Commission; Youths Molested by School Supervisors by Gary Hunter During the 2006 elections, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott ran television ads touting the capture of the state's 500th Internet child predator. Shortly after elected lawmakers convened in 2007 they went to work on a bill that …
Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
Louisiana Work-Release Prisoners Used by Sheriff in Chop Shop by Gary Hunter In February 2005, Louisiana sheriff Ronald ?Gun? Ficklin was indicted on 22 counts of conspiracy, trafficking in motor vehicles with removed or altered Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs), removing or altering VINs, aiding and abetting the possession of a …
Broward County, FL Sheriff Resigns, Pleads Guilty to Federal Corruption Charges by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Facing an imminent federal grand jury indictment, Florida?s Broward County Sheriff Ken Jenne took preemptive action by agreeing to plead to lesser charges and resign as Sheriff. PLN has previously reported the …
First Circuit Upholds Ex-Boston Guard’s 46-Month Prisoner-Abuse Sentence by Matthew Clarke First Circuit Upholds Ex-Boston Guard's 46-Month Prisoner-Abuse Sentence by Matthew T. Clarke The First Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a 46-month prison sentence imposed on a former guard at the Nassau Street Jail in Boston, Massachusetts for beating …
Article • January 15, 2008
Parolee's Conviction Reversed for Illegal Probation Search by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a parolee's conviction for possessing a gun because the warrantless probation search was unconstitutional and subsequent incriminating statements were inadmissible under the "fruit of the poisoned tree" doctrine. Curtis Ray Howard was convicted of …
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