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Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
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 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 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 …
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
$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 …
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
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 …
Florida County Sued Over Refusing Sex Offender Home Weather Stripping by A Florida sex offender has sued Brevard Bounty for refusing to weatherize his home. The suit alleges the County has enacted a prerequisite that excludes persons with criminal convictions from receiving federal funds to perform energy savings and installation …
Private Geo Prison in Texas Rocked By Prisoner Abuse, Disturbance and Escape by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke Recently, the Newton County Correctional Center (NCCC), a private prison in Newton, Texas run by the Boca Raton, Florida-based Geo Group, has experienced several incidents involving the out-of-state Idaho prisoners housed …
Prisoner Dies in Custody of Washington Jailers by Gary Hunter Eight Spokane County Jail guards were placed on paid administrative leave while investigators probed the death of a prisoner under their care, but they werent suspended for long. All were back at work within two weeks. Benites Salmon Sichiro, 39, …
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
Georgia Sheriff Indicted on Corruption Charges, Pleads Guilty by Gary Hunter Coffee County Sheriff Rob Smith was indicted on March 20, 2006 on eight counts of abuse of office. Three counts charged Smith with using prisoner labor to construct campaign election signs. The charges also included two counts of violation …
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
U.S. Businesses Lobby Government to Curb Federal Prosecutors by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke U.S. businesses and Wall Street investment companies have begun a campaign to get the Justice Department to reign in federal prosecutors in business crime cases. The effort by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Securities Industry …
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
Corruption in Arpaio's Office: AZ County Continues Paying Convicted Sheriffs Sgt. by Gary Hunter Corruption in Arpaios Office: AZ County Continues Paying Convicted Sheriffs Sgt. by Gary Hunter On August 2, 2005, Maricopa County Sheriff's Sgt. Leo Richard Driving Hawk, Sr. pleaded guilty in Federal District Court in connection with …
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
Georgia Prison Guards Plead to Misdemeanors in Prisoner Beatings by Michael Rigby In mid-April 2006, seven Georgia prison guards were indicted by a Tantall County jury in connection with beatings of prisoners at the Rogers State Prison in Reidsville. As previously reported [see PLN, April 2006, p.1], Rogers is a …
Unique Texas Sexual Predator Civil Commitment Has Successes/Failures by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke Texas has a unique form of civil commitment for sexual predators which allows outpatient treatment and requires most of the civilly committed to live at a halfway house. A committed man's recent escape from a …
L.A. County Sheriff Settles Two Jail Excessive Force Suits For $135,000 by Los Angeles (L.A.) County settled two civil rights complaints arising from alleged excessive use of force on prisoners in the L.A. County Jail. In January 2005, Jerry Moreno, a prisoner at the Pitchess Detention Facility (North) was brandishing …
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
Supreme Court: No Exclusionary Rule for Vienna Convention Violations by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke On June 28, 2006, the Supreme Court held that violations of the Vienna Convention on Consular Notification (Convention) do not require exclusion of evidence from a criminal trial and are subject to procedural default …
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
Settlement Agreement Evicts Room and Board Fees From Georgia Jail by Michael Rigby The Sheriff of Clinch County, Georgia, has agreed to end a decades-long practice of charging pretrial detainees for room and board and to return $27,000 to those who paid the fees over a 4-year period. Also pursuant …
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
Ex-Con Denied Admission To AZ Bar by The Arizona Supreme Court has upheld the State Committee on Character and Fitness (Committee) denial of a convicted murderer's application for admission to the State Bar. James Hamm served over 17 years in the Arizona prison system for a first degree murder he …
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
$6,280,000 Settlement For Illegal California Juvenile Hall Strip Searches by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On July 10, 2006, the County of Sacramento, California agreed to pay $6,280,000 to the class of juvenile hall detainees who were illegally strip-searched between January 1, 1998 and October 1, 2004 at the …
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
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New York Parole Rates Plunge Under Governor Patakis Policy by New York Parole Rates Plunge Under Governor Patakis Policy by John E. Dannenberg The administration of Governor George Pataki has dramatically cut parole release rates for violent felons, especially those with A-1 crimes (e.g., murder, attempted murder, kidnapping, arson). Where …
Idaho Population Cap Upheld; $155,858.68 in Fees and Cost Awarded; 300+ Prisoners Shipped to Minn. C by Idaho Population Cap Upheld; $155,858.68 in Fees and Cost Awarded; 300+ Prisoners Shipped to Minn. CCA Facility A federal court in Idaho has refused to lift a 1987 population cap on four housing …
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