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Good v City of Irving Tx Complaint Deliberate Indifference Wrongful Incarceration 2006
Brief • November 17, 2006
Good v City of Irving Tx Complaint Deliberate Indifference Wrongful Incarceration 2006 Case 3:06-cv-02133-K Document 1 DONALD WAYNE GOOD, Individual, Plaintiff, vs. THE CITY OF IRVING, TEXAS, IRVING POLICE DEPARTMENT, CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE CITY OF IRVING, individually and in his official capacity, and FRED CURTIS, individually and in …
Florida Utilities Commission v Evercom Fl Def Address Change Jail Phone Overcharge 2006.pdf
Brief • November 16, 2006
Filed under: Telephones
Florida Utilities Commission v Evercom Fl Def Address Change Jail Phone Overcharge 2006.pdf Page 1 of 1 Matilda Sanders From: Ann Bassett [abassett@lawfla.com] Sent: Thursday, November 16,2006 3:15 PM To: Filings@psc.state.fl.us Subject: Docket Nos. 050119-TP, 050125-TP, 060355-El, 060554-TL and 060614-TL Attachments: 2006-11-16, PDF of letter changing FRS address on dockets.pdf …
Ny v. Consilvio, Ny, Civil Commitment Ruling, Order, 2005
Brief • November 16, 2006
Ny v. Consilvio, Ny, Civil Commitment Ruling, Order, 2005
L.A. County Settles With Abused Quadriplegic Prisoner For $46,000
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
Filed under: Disabled Prisoners, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas
L.A. County Settles With Abused Quadriplegic Prisoner For $46,000 by In February 2004, prisoner Joseph Burriss became exasperated waiting to make a phone call from the Los Angeles County Jail. Burriss, a partial quadriplegic, maneuvered his wheelchair towards a deputy and made a disparaging racial remark. The deputy responded by …
Oregon Predatory Sex Offender Designation Order Reversed; Notice and Hearing Required in All Cases
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
Filed under: Discrimination, Sex Offender Registration
Oregon Predatory Sex Offender Designation Order Reversed; Notice and Hearing Required in All Cases by Oregon Predatory Sex Offender Designation Order Reversed; Notice and Hearing Required in All Cases The Oregon Supreme Court held that every offender facing a predatory sex offender designation under Oregon's community notification law is entitled …
New Jersey Appeals Court Upholds Statute Disenfranchising Felons
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
Filed under: Racial Discrimination, Organizing, Voting
New Jersey Appeals Court Upholds Statute Disenfranchising Felons by The Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, held that a state law prohibiting felons from voting while on parole or probation did not violate equal protection despite its disparate effect on minority voting power. Plaintiffs, the New Jersey National Association …
News in Brief:
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief: by Arkansas: On July 9, 2006, Rebecca Daniel, the former commissary manager at the Miller county jail was charged with sexually assaulting a male prisoner and giving him chewing tobacco. Prosecutors claim Daniel had sex with the prisoner in the back of the commissary and plied him …
Mentally Ill Arkansas Prisoners Removed From Supermax, CMS Contract Renewed
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
Filed under: Private Prisons, CMS, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)
Mentally Ill Arkansas Prisoners Removed From Supermax, CMS Contract Renewed by Michael Rigby On April 21, 2006, the Arkansas Board of Corrections approved a new policy designed to keep mentally ill prisoners out of sensory-deprived environments like the Varner Supermax Unit in Lincoln County. The Board also renewed the prison …
PHS Redux: Sued In A Dozen States, Contract Losses, Stock Plummets, Business Continues
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
Filed under: Private Prisons, Financing, Prison Health Services, EMSA, Contractor Misconduct, Medical Misconduct, HIV/AIDS, Medication, Systemic Medical Neglect, Injury -- Misc., Private Contractors, Skin, OB/GYN, Vision, Diabetes, Hepatitis, Discovery, Contractor Liability, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides
PHS Redux: Sued In A Dozen States, Contract Losses, Stock Plummets, Business Continues by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Prison Health Services (PHS), a subsidiary of America Service Group, Inc. (ASG), continues to face lawsuits and lose contracts for its deplorable record of prisoner health care gaffes in a …
Utah House of Refuge a House of Horrors
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
Filed under: Classification, Work Release, Contractor Misconduct, Prison Labor, Food, Clergy, Proselytizing
Utah House of Refuge a House of Horrors by Gary Hunter A Utah faith based halfway house for probationers, jail releasees and homeless men, called the House of Refuge, turned out to be a house of horrors for those who lived there. On February 2, 2006, state licensing officials shut …
From the Editor
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright By now subscribers should have received the annual PLN matching grant fundraiser. I hope that those who can afford to make a donation do so. While there are many worthy causes out there I think that PLN is one of the few where your …
Wisconsin Halfway House Overbills BOP; Fired Whistle blower Settles For $435,000
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
Filed under: Classification, Work Release, Contractor Misconduct, Retaliation against Staff, Drug Treatment/Rehab
Wisconsin Halfway House Overbills BOP; Fired Whistle blower Settles For $435,000 by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Federal jurors found that Rock Valley Community Programs (RVCP) in Janesville, Wisconsin and its chief executive officer, Irwin McHugh, had submitted false claims for reimbursement to the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). …
Floridas Civil Commitment Center Under Funded and Out-of-Control
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, DOC/BOP misconduct, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Whistleblowing, Prison Rebellion, Medication, Systemic Medical Neglect, Prison/Common Area Searches, Failure to Protect (General), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Mental Health, Sex Offender Treatment, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, Civil Commitment, State Legislation
Floridas Civil Commitment Center Under Funded and Out-of-Control by David Reutter Floridas Civil Commitment Center Under Funded and Out-of-Control by David M. Reutter When first created in 1999, Florida's Civil Commitment Center (FCCC) was hyped as a place to house sexually violent predators for protection of the public while providing …
California Guard Murdered By Prisoner; Investigative Reports Blame Gross Staff Incompetence
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Gang Policies, Prison/Jail Murders, Staffing, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Three Strikes, Death Penalty, Guards/Staff, Assaults on Staff, Guard Unions, Failure to Protect (Staff)
California Guard Murdered By Prisoner; Investigative Reports Blame Gross Staff Incompetence by Marvin Mentor A prison guard at the California Institution for Men (CIM) at Chino was stabbed to death in the Sycamore Hall housing unit on January 10, 2005 by an East Coast Crips gang-affiliated prisoner who had just …
South Carolina Prison Industries Program Implements Some Audit Recommendations
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries, Prison Labor
South Carolina Prison Industries Program Implements Some Audit Recommendations by Michael Rigby The South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) has implemented 5 of 13 recommendations made in an October 2003 report that criticized its Prison Industries Program (PIP), according to a May 2006 follow-up report. In its original report the …
California County Jail Settles Overdue Prisoner Hospital Bills For $1.5 Million
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
Filed under: Medical, Private Contractors, Medical Expenses
California County Jail Settles Overdue Prisoner Hospital Bills For $1.5 Million by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Settling a long-simmering dispute in billing rates for medical treatment of jail prisoners, San Diego County has agreed to pay $1.5 million to multiple hospitals for bills dating back over three years. …
Illinois Cook County Jail Embroiled in Shootings, Scandals and Escapes
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Prison Rebellion, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Escapes, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Suicides
Illinois Cook County Jail Embroiled in Shootings, Scandals and Escapes by by Gary Hunter Shootings, stabbings, suicides, a death and multiple escapes have turned the Cook County Jail in Chicago on its proverbial ear over the past year, in addition to misconduct by guards, a change in the jails leadership …
Colorado Expands Private Prisons While Fining CCA for Understaffing
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Contractor Misconduct, Staffing
Colorado Expands Private Prisons While Fining CCA for Understaffing by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke On June 28, 2006, Colorado assessed $126,000 in fines against Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) for persistently understaffing two Colorado private prisons. The Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC) also awarded contracts for new private …
$1,156,149 Awarded to Former Federal Prisoner for Failure to Diagnose and Treat Throat Cancer
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
Filed under: Medical, Cancer, ENT, Misdiagnosis, Damages, Federal Tort Claims Act
$1,156,149 Awarded to Former Federal Prisoner for Failure to Diagnose and Treat Throat Cancer by The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York on September 6, 2005, awarded $1,156,149 to former Bureau of Prisons (BOP) prisoner Hernando Lopez for failure to diagnose and treat throat cancer over …
Record $3.2 Million Settlement for Wrongfully Imprisoned Massachusetts Man
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
Filed under: Police Misconduct, Crime Labs, Sentencing, Wrongful Conviction
Record $3.2 Million Settlement for Wrongfully Imprisoned Massachusetts Man by Michael Rigby The City of Boston, Massachusetts, has agreed to pay $3.2 million to a man who spent 10 ½ years in prison for a rape he did not commit. The March 2006 settlement is believed to be the largest …
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