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Arizona Jail Prisoners Not Pretty in Pink

Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006

Filed under: Classification, Transfers, Clothing, International Law

Arizona Jail Prisoners Not Pretty in Pink by Gary Hunter Paraded in pink boxers, pink flip-flops and pink handcuffs more than 2,600 Arizona prisoners walked four blocks to new jail facilities in downtown Phoenix. Most moved from the Madison Street Jail, which closed for remodeling, to either the Towers Jail, …

South Carolina Jury Awards $28.5 Million For Diabetic Jail Prisoners Death

Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006

Filed under: Eastern Health Care Group, Medical, Diabetes, Damages, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

South Carolina Jury Awards $28.5 Million For Diabetic Jail Prisoners Death by South Carolina Jury Awards $28.5 Million For Diabetic Jail Prisoners Death A South Carolina jury has awarded $28.5 million to the family of a mentally ill diabetic man who died from insulin deficiency while imprisoned at the Sumter …

Seventh Circuit Reinstates $100,000 Award In Indiana Failure-To-Protect Suit

Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General), Jury Instructions

Seventh Circuit Reinstates $100,000 Award In Indiana Failure-To-Protect Suit by Michael Rigby The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated a prisoners $100,000 award against two Indiana prison employees, overturning a district courts reversal of the jury verdict. On September 9, 1998, Robert Pierson, 51, was attacked by fellow …

Political Patronage In Hiring Illinois Prison Wardens?

Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, DOC/BOP misconduct, Government Misconduct, Staffing

Political Patronage In Hiring Illinois Prison Wardens? by Julie Wilkerson was a Rend Lake College associate music professor and band director making under $40,000 annually when she was hired as an assistant warden at Indianas Big Muddy River Correctional Center at a salary of $65,000 a year. Two other newly-minted …

Texas Federal District Judge Throws Out VitaPro Convictions

Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Criminal Prosecution, Escapes, Food

Texas Federal District Judge Throws Out VitaPro Convictions by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke In another bizarre twist to an already bewildering prosecution history, on September 9, 2005, Texas federal district judge Lynn Hughes, by judicial fiat, acquitted Andy Collins, the former executive director of the Texas Department of …

Alabama Work-Release Prisoners Working But Not Getting Paid

Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006

Filed under: Work Release, Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, Prison Labor, Medical Expenses, Seizure of Prisoner Funds

Alabama Work-Release Prisoners Working But Not Getting Paid by Gary Hunter Prisoners in an Alabama work-release program have been working without getting paid. Problems have come mostly from prison employees who have hired prison workers then defaulted on their debt. Prisons located in Decatur, Birmingham and Loxley posed the greatest …

Sweetheart Deal For Pharmacy Supplying Saratoga County Jail

Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006

Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Medical, Medication, Private Contractors

Sweetheart Deal For Pharmacy Supplying Saratoga County Jail by OBriens Pharmacy in Ballston Springs has a pretty good deal in supplying the Saratoga County Jail in New York with prescription drugs for prisoners. The county, which paid OBriens $247,000 in FY 2004, has been paying the average wholesale price plus …

Illinois Prison Official, Parole Board Member Indicted For Corruption

Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Parole Board Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Criminal Prosecution

Illinois Prison Official, Parole Board Member Indicted For Corruption by On December 9, 2005, a Lee County, Illinois, grand jury returned indictments against former Illinois Department of Corrections official Ron Matrisciano and former Illinois Parole Board member Victor Brooks. Matrisciano was indicted for five counts of official misconduct and two …

Louisiana Work-Release Prisoners Used by Sheriff in Chop Shop

Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006

Filed under: Classification, Work Release, Retaliation against Staff, Whistleblowing, Prison Labor, Criminal Prosecution

Louisiana Work-Release Prisoners Used by Sheriff in Chop Shop by Gary Hunter Louisiana sheriff Ronald Gun Ficklin faces 22 counts on charges 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 firearm by a …

Wrongfully Convicted Texas Prisoner Finally Receives $118,000 in Compensation

Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Crime Labs, Sentencing, Wrongful Conviction

Wrongfully Convicted Texas Prisoner Finally Receives $118,000 in Compensation by Matthew T. Clarke In 1988, a 17-year-old Josiah Sutton was convicted in a Texas court of a rape he did not commit and sentenced to twenty-five years in prison. Sutton spent close to five years in prison before new DNA …

CONMED Not Using Licensed Nurses In Maryland Jail

Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006

Filed under: CONMED, Conditions of Confinement, Staffing

CONMED Not Using Licensed Nurses In Maryland Jail by Attempts to get jail medical services on the cheap may have backfired for Marylands Queen Anne County. CONMED, a private jail medical services company, has a contract to provide medical services at the countys 80-bed jail and 11 other Maryland jails. …

Los Angeles Jail Pays $375,000 To Assaulted Keep Away Prisoner

Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General), Informants (Failure to Protect)

Los Angeles Jail Pays $375,000 To Assaulted Keep Away Prisoner by Los Angeles Jail Pays $375,000 To Assaulted Keep Away Prisoner Los Angeles County, California, should pay $375,000 to a former prisoner who was severely beaten after being improperly celled with his assailant, the County Claims Board recommended on December …

Washington Ex-Cons Cant Be Denied Voting Rights Because of Unpaid LFOs

Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006

Filed under: Organizing, Voting, Injunctions

Washington Ex-Cons Cant Be Denied Voting Rights Because of Unpaid LFOs by Washington Ex-Cons Cant Be Denied Voting Rights Because of Unpaid LFOs On March 27, 2006, Judge Michael Spearman, of the Superior Court of King County, Washington held that withholding voting rights from released felons, solely because they owe …

New York Prisoner Awarded $25,000 For Assault

Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General)

New York Prisoner Awarded $25,000 For Assault by On April 12, 2005, a Bronx, New York, jury awarded $25,000 to a man who was severely beaten by other prisoners in the mental health section of the Rikers Island jail complex. The 18-year-old plaintiff was imprisoned at Rikers Island for a …

$232,700 in Attorney Fees Awarded In Colorado Censorship Settlement

Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006

Filed under: Attorney Fees (PLRA), Settlements, Mail, Publications/Books

$232,700 in Attorney Fees Awarded In Colorado Censorship Settlement by Bob Williams The United States District Court for the District of Colorado on April 26, 2005, awarded $232,700 in fees and costs after a Settlement Agreement was reached over the rejection of numerous magazines and books by the Colorado Department …

Ohio v Coday, Order, Oh, Head Lice-forced Grooming, 2006

Brief • July 14, 2006

Ohio v Coday, Order, Oh, Head Lice-forced Grooming, 2006 COpy IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS COUNTY OF SUMMIT r';l,:; :\1 ". i. ..... ;; ,- ,;r '('/,,/ ~ ~_~_I THE STATE OF OHI~rc1 .H!:t ! l} vs. nl 2: 56 ~ "I: j-"./ j I ) ! ':'r\ ) …

Wutc v At&t Wa Ord to Produce Records Over Billimg Collect Phone Calls From Correctional Facilities 2006

Brief • July 13, 2006

Filed under: Telephones

Wutc v At&t Wa Ord to Produce Records Over Billimg Collect Phone Calls From Correctional Facilities 2006 [Service Date July 13, 2006] BEFORE THE WASHINGTON STATE UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ) ) ) ) ) Complainant, ) ) v. ) ) AT&T COMMUNICATIONS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, INC., ) ) …

Talbow v Maricopa County Az Judgment Medical Negligence 2006

Brief • July 11, 2006

Talbow v Maricopa County Az Judgment Medical Negligence 2006 1 2 3 4 5 6 Joel B. Robbins, Esq. (011065) ROBBINS & CURTIN, pllc 301 E. Bethany Home, Suite B-100 Phoenix, Arizona 85012 Tel: 602-285-0100 Fax: 602-265-0267 Email: joel@robbinsandcurtin.com Attorneys for Plaintiffs 7 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE …

Heston v. City of Salinas, CA, Order denying Def MTD, police taser death cardiac arrest, 2006

Brief • July 11, 2006

Filed under: Cardiovascular, Stun Guns/Tasers, Police--Excessive Force

Heston v. City of Salinas, CA, Order denying Def MTD, police taser death cardiac arrest, 2006 Case 5:05-cv-03658-JW Document 36 Filed 07/11/2006 Page 1 of 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 For the Northern District of California United States District Court 9 10 IN THE UNITED STATES …

Green v. Berge, Wi Court Ruling 2006 Mail Censorship

Brief • July 6, 2006

Green v. Berge, Wi Court Ruling 2006 Mail Censorship STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COUIlfriSOf1 Legal ~E COUNTY BRANCH 13 STATE OF WISCONSIN ex reI. NORMAN C. GREEN, JR., MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER Plaintiff, v. GERALD A. BERGE, CAPT. LINJER, SGT. CARPENTER, and REV. OVERBO Case No. 02-CV-3480 Defendants. Plaintiff, Norman …