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Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Ordered to Pay Prisoner $500 For Misconduct by Michael Rigby On April 6, 2005, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas levied a $500 sanction award against two Assistant U.S. Attorneys for their unethical, unprofessional, and dishonest conduct in a prisoner …
Nevada Summary Judgment for Non-Exhaustion Reversed by The Nevada Supreme Court reversed a lower court's grant of summary judgment on a former prisoner's suit for failing to exhaust administrative remedies. Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC) prisoner George Simmons was brutally beaten by another prisoner on April 14, 1997. He sustained …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
Widespread Prisoner Labor Abuse Requires Reform by Gary Hunter Lonoke Mayor Thomas Privett and police Chief Jay Campbell were caught abusing the state's prisoner work program. Arkansas Department of Corrections requested, in early August 2005, that the program be suspended after learning that state prisoners had been used to repair …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
New York Strip-Search Suit Settled for $1.7 Million by A federal class action suit, challenging a New York jail's blanket misdemeanor strip-search policy has been settled for $1,783,670.20. Timothy Maneely brought suit in federal court, challenging the City of Newburgh, New York policy of strip searching all arrestees without reasonable …
CCA Fineable in New Contracts With Colorado and Hawaii by Matthew T. Clarke Corrections Corporation of America has signed new contracts with Colorado and Hawaii which, for the first time, include the possibility of the states imposing liquidated damages if CCA fails to provide the contracted services. The provisions resulted …
Kentucky County Jail Settles Lawsuit Alleging Overcrowded Conditions by Michael Rigby On November 30, 2005, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky tentatively approved the settlement of a class action lawsuit alleging unconstitutionally overcrowded conditions at the Campbell County Jail in Newport, Kentucky. Built in 1991, the …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
Virginia Sheriffs Pay for Christian Ministries by Michael Rigby Several Virginia sheriffs have used public money to pay for services from Christian groups that minister to prisoners, the Virginia-Pilot reported on March 2, 2006. The payments have drawn criticism from some watchdog groups that advocate for a strong separation of …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
$75,000 Settlement for Untreated Wisconsin Methadone Patient by Michael Rigby Outagamie County, Wisconsin, has agreed to pay $75,000 to a man whose withdrawal from methadone went untreated at the county jail. Richard Foelker was participating in a methadone treatment program for heroin addiction when he checked himself into the Outagamie …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
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Washington DOC Settles Mail Censorship Suit with PLN for $442,500 in Fees and Damages by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg As previously reported in PLN, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed the U.S. District Court ruling (Prison Legal News v. Lehman, 272 F.Supp.2d 1151 (W.D. Wash. 2003); …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
Virginia Prisoners Challenge Grooming Policy Under RLUIPA by Get in a fight behind bars and in most states, youll serve somewhere between a few days or months in segregation. Refusal to cut your hair in Virginia and youll be segregated until you comply. In 1999 the Virginia Department of Corrections …
Sexually Abused Texas Prisoner Loses Federal Lawsuit, Returns To Prison by Michael Rigby Roderick Keith Johnson, a prisoner who garnered national attention with allegations that Texas prison officials allowed him to be bought and sold as a sex slave, has lost his federal lawsuit against the Texas Department of Criminal …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
Florida County Bucks Paying $300,000 in Prisoner Medical Bills by Florida's Brevard County has been sued by three local hospitals seeking payment for medical care rendered to prisoners who incurred injuries during their arrests. The County refused to pay, arguing the detainees technically were not in custody at the time …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
Asthmatic South Carolina Prisoner Awarded $3,200 on ETS Claim by A federal court in South Carolina found that prison officials were deliberately indifferent to an asthmatic prisoner's medical condition by exposing him to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), from February 1999 to November, 2001. The court awarded $3,200, or $100 a …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
FL Work Releasees Reporting to Work Late Doesnt Amount to Escape by FL Work Releasees Reporting to Work Late Doesn't Amount to Escape Leon Williams, a prisoner in a state work release center, left the center to walk to work but was 90 minutes late getting there. When he arrived …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
Delaware Legislature Rejects Bill Upgrading Prison Health Care by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After a public outcry condemned the health care services provided to prisoners held by the Delaware Department of Corrections, (DDOC) the Delaware Legislature has passed a bill that provides an inflation adjustment for services and …
Brief • September 14, 2006
Decosta v Medina County Oh Release and Settlement 2006 Jail Sex Abuse 2006 RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS This Release and Settlement Agreement entered into this 1tf..ij.. day of September, 2006 by and between Tammy DeCosta (hereinafter "Plaintiff') and Medina County, Sheriff Neil F. Hassinger, Officer Melissa Smith, Officer …
Brief • September 14, 2006
Nichols v Prison Health Services Vt Complaint Wrongful Death 2006 ( . STATE OF VERMONT RUTLAND COUNTY, SS. EV A NICHOLS AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT C. NICHOLS, Plaintiff, v. Superior Court Docket No. STATE OF VERMONT, PRISON HEALTH SERVICES, INC., AND DON DOE(S) AND PAUL POE(S) IN …
Brief • September 13, 2006
Prison Legal News v Lappin, DC, Stip and Order - Atty Fees, BOP public records, 2006 Case 1:05-cv-01812-RBW Document 26 Filed 09/13/2006 Page 1 of 2 Case 1:05-cv-01812-RBW Document 26 Filed 09/13/2006 Page 2 of 2
Brief • September 12, 2006
Westefer v. Snyder, IL, Order Granting Class Certification, ad seg placement, 2006 Case 3:00-cv-00162-GPM-DGW Document 156 Filed 09/12/2006 Page 1 of 25 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS ROBERT WESTEFER, et al., Plaintiffs, vs. DONALD SNYDER, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) …
Brief • September 9, 2006
Anderson v Fenty Dc Jail Overcrowding Plts Sj Ex 5 2006
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