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Ninth Circuit: Failure to Timely Set Fractured Thumb is Actionable by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg A California prisoner who severely fractured his right thumb when falling from an upper bunk stated sufficient facts to assert an Eighth Amendment claim for deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs, as …
Article • April 15, 2007 • from PLN April, 2007
Sensitive Illinois DOC Personnel Records Compromised by The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) recently mishandled personnel information on ?virtually all? of its 13,500 employees. Additionally, the Department of Transportation lost data on 40 of its employees. An angry public employees? union demanded to know when the breach occurred, what had …
Expungement, Not Rehearing, Mandated in Colorado Disciplinary Reversals by Bob Williams In an unpublished opinion, the Colorado Court of Appeals has held that expungement of a prisoner?s disciplinary record, not a rehearing, is an appropriate remedy when reversed on administrative or judicial review. Colorado prisoner Lewis Simpson was convicted of …
Article • April 15, 2007 • from PLN April, 2007
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief: by Brazil: On September 12, 2006, Colonel Ubiritan Guimaraes, a former military police commander who in 1992 oversaw the storming of the Carandiru prison in which 111 prisoners were murdered by police, was found dead in his Sao Paulo apartment of a single gunshot wound to his …
Article • April 15, 2007 • from PLN April, 2007
Los Angeles County Sheriff Immune from Suit on Jail Housing Policies by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The California Court of Appeal held that the Los Angeles (L.A.) County Sheriff was immune from suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for injuries suffered by a prisoner who claimed his suffering …
Article • April 15, 2007 • from PLN April, 2007
California-Based Mental Health Systems, Inc.Fails 23 Audits by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg San Diego, California-based nonprofit addict-counseling firm Mental Health Systems, Inc. (MHS) may have been making a profit on its annual revenues of $65 million, after all. In May 2006, the San Diego County Health and Human …
Reflections on Katrina’s First Year: The Story of Chaos and Continuing Abuse in One of America’s Worst Justice Systems by Bob Williams Reflections on Katrina's First Year: The Story of Chaos and Continuing Abuse in One of America's Worst Justice Systems by Bob Williams As America reflected on Hurricane Katrina's …
Article • April 15, 2007 • from PLN April, 2007
From the Editor by Paul Wright This year?s matching grant fundraiser went well and raised a total of $17,994.69. Prisoners donated over $1,000 of this amount. We would like to thank everyone who donated to the fundraiser. Fundraiser donations are making possible the revamping of PLN?s website to be more …
Mentally Ill Connecticut Prisoner Assaulted by Guard Awarded $250,000, Plus $121,384.80 in Fees by On March 3, 2006, a federal jury in Connecticut awarded $250,000 to a mentally ill state prisoner who was beaten by a high-ranking prison guard at the Northern Correctional Institution. According to his amended complaint, Duane …
Article • April 15, 2007 • from PLN April, 2007
California DOC Stipulates to Providing Comprehensive Dental Care Program by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg In settlement of a federal class action lawsuit on December 15, 2005, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) agreed to provide dental care for all prisoners as set forth in a new …
Article • April 15, 2007 • from PLN April, 2007
PLN Sues Dallas County Jail for Censorship by On February 26, 2007, Prison Legal News filed suit against the Dallas County Jail in Dallas, Texas, challenging the jail?s total ban on magazines and newspapers. PLN claims the policy, which took effect on March 31, 2006, violates the publication?s right to …
Two Registered Sex Offenders Murdered in Maine by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke A violent criminal predator used Maine's sex offender registry web site to identify two sex offenders so he could murder them. Stephen A. Marshall, 20, of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, used his laptop to methodically …
Article • April 15, 2007 • from PLN April, 2007
Filed under: Reviews, Sentencing, Parole
Does Parole Work? Apparently Not. by More than 774,000 men and women were on some form of community supervision in 2003, up 74.5 percent from 197,000 in 1980. According to a March 2005 study of the Urban Institute, however, ?parole supervision has little effect on re-arrest rates of released prisoners?. …
Article • April 15, 2007 • from PLN April, 2007
Two Victories in New York’s Struggle Against Unjust Telephone Contract by Rachel Meeropol Two Victories in New York's Struggle Against Unjust Telephone Contract by Annette Dickerson, Rachel Meeropol, and Lauren Melodia Families of those incarcerated by New York State finally won some justice this winter in their fight against a …
Article • April 15, 2007 • from PLN April, 2007
Early Release Debacle Prompts Nevada Prison Director’s Resignation by Matthew Clarke Early Release Debacle Prompts Nevada Prison Director's Resignation by Matthew T. Clarke Jackie Crawford, director of the Nevada state prison system since May 2000, announced her resignation from the $116,000-a-year position on September 15, 2005. The announcement cited health …
California DOC Substance-Abuse Contractor Audits Reveal $5 Million in Overcharges by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg California?s Inspector General (IG), the state?s overseer of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), discovered $5 million in past overcharges from three substance-abuse treatment contractors, plus $258,250 in overstated expenses and …
Article • April 15, 2007 • from PLN April, 2007
Alabama Transfers Prisoners to Louisiana Rather Than Use In-State Prison by Gary Hunter Overcrowded prisons in Alabama almost landed state prison commissioner Richard Allen in jail. Under current state law the DOC has thirty days to pick up prisoners from county jails once they?ve been convicted. But the prison population …
Article • April 15, 2007 • from PLN April, 2007
Pennsylvania County Pays U.S. INS $16 Million for Detainee Housing Overcharges by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On October 25, 2006, York County, Pennsylvania agreed to pay the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS) $16 million to settle a dispute over alleged overcharges for INS detainees who were housed …
Article • April 15, 2007 • from PLN April, 2007
Prisoners In 13 States Allowed Work-Access To Social Security Numbers by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The U.S. Office of the Inspector General (OIG) reported that prisoners in thirteen states had access to Social Security numbers (SSNs) during the course of their prison employment. Following a nationwide survey, the …
Article • April 15, 2007 • from PLN April, 2007
Filed under: Excessive Force, Restraints
Deaths In Alabama Jail Prompt Changes by Gary Hunter Two people died in less than 90 days in Alabama’s Baldwin County Corrections Center. On May 30, 2006, at 11:30 p.m., Ross Paul Yates was found slumped over and unresponsive, in his cell, his hands cuffed behind him to a restraint …
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