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Armor Correctional Health Services: A New Company Blossoming with Political Payback by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A recently-formed Florida prison healthcare corporation is blossoming with new contracts from county sheriffs who decided to change bidding requirements and in one case eliminate cost as a consideration. The company, Coconut …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
Ohio Awards $662,000 to Man Wrongly Imprisoned for Rape by The State of Ohio has agreed to pay Nathaniel Lewis, 28, $662,000 for the five years he spent in prison before his conviction was overturned by a federal appeals court in 2002. While a freshman at the University of Akron …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
Canadian Prison Sanctioned Skin-Art Saving Society Health Problems by Gary Hunter Six Canadian prisons are paying prisoner tattoo-artists to ply their trade. The experimental government training program was initiated as an attempt to reduce the spread of infectious diseases. Legal tattooing ensures equipment will be sterile and sanitary. Connie Johannson, …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
Korean Company Employing Prisoners Receives Coveted Quality Award by A South Korean company employing 70 prisoners at Jeonju Prison to build precision automobile airbag parts won the Single Parts Per Million certificate of quality from the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Small and Medium Business Association. The …
California DOC Drug Program Funds Squandered by Marvin Mentor Five California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) employees, testifying under subpoena at a February 27, 2006 State Senate Government Oversight Committee hearing, revealed the use-it-or-lose-it practice of spending hundreds of thousands of dollars allotted to prisoner drug treatment programs on …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
North Carolina Prisoner Taps Jails Bank Account for $120,000 by A former prisoner of North Carolinas Durham County Jail (DCJ) managed to bilk the jails prisoner account for over $120,000. After serving 69 days at DCJ, Keith Edward Wright, 34, was issued a check for the balance of the money …
Survivors of Texas Jail Suicidee Win $516,000 Against Phone Provider by Matthew T. Clarke The mother and son of a prisoner who committed suicide by hanging himself from a telephone in his jail cell won a lawsuit against the phone provider. On appeal, the award was upheld, but some of …
Muslim Prisoner Attacked by Other Muslims May Sue Prison for Failure to Protect by Marvin Mentor The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that a California Muslim prisoner who was attacked by fellow Muslims stated two Eighth Amendment claims against prison officials by alleging that (1) they failed to …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
Alabama Sheriff Charged With Raiding Jail Food Fund by Mobile County, Alabama, Sheriff Jack Tilman has been charged with theft and violation of the public officials ethical laws for allegedly taking for personal use funds allocated by the state to feed jail prisoners. Alabama paid Tilman $1.75 per day to …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
EMSA Negligent In Florida Jail Prisoners Death, County Pays $65,000 by Michael Rigby EMSA Negligent In Florida Jail Prisoners Death, County Pays $65,000 by Michael Rigby On April 1, 2005, a jury in the 19th Circuit Court of St. Lucie County, Florida, found EMSA Correctional Care negligent but not liable …
$790,000 Settlement In Ulcer Death of Georgia Jail Prisoner by In November 2005, Dekalb County, Georgia, a private medical provider, and a local hospital agreed to pay a combined total of $790,000 to settle with the widow of a prisoner who died from a perforated ulcer. While imprisoned in the …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
Tolling Provision Appeals to NY Personal Injury Action by The New York Court Of Appeals held that the year-and-90-day period contained in General Municipal Law § 50-; is a statute of limitations (to which the tolling provision of CPLR § 205[a] applies) rather than a condition precedent to suit. On …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
No Qualified Immunity for Failure to Perform Timely Liver Biopsy by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a ruling by the U.S. District Court (N.D. Cal.) that the failure of a prison health care manager to provide a Hepatitis-C positive (HCV+) …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
Florida District Court Awards Federal Prisoner $829.65 for Lost Property by The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, Tallahassee Division, has awarded a federal prisoner $829.65 for lost property. Plaintiff Iris Pereira sued the United States seeking compensation for several items of personal property lost during her …
Brief • August 14, 2006
Estate of Cross v Santa Cruz Ca Jail Restraint Chair Wrongful Death Complaint 2006 Case 5:06-cv-04891-RS 1 2 3 4 Document 1 Filed 08/14/2006 Andrew C. Schwartz (State Bar No. 64578) CASPER, MEADOWS, SCHWARTZ & COOK A Professional Corporation 2121 North California Blvd., Suite 1020 Walnut Creek, California 94596 Telephone: …
In-the-News Article • August 13, 2006
"The Outside Story" - New York Review of Books write-up on PLN / Paul Wright Aug. 13, 2006 Articles about PLN New York Review of Books "The Outside Story" - New York Review of Books write-up on PLN / Paul Wright The Outside Story An ex-con's legal magazine fights for …
Brief • August 10, 2006
Freedom From Religion v Cca Nm Order Po Denied Faith Based Segregation Pods 2006 Case 1:05-cv-01168-RLP-KBM Document 49 Filed 08/10/06 Page 1 of 18 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION, INC., PAUL WEINBAUM, DR. MARTIN J. BOYD, and JESSE V. …
Brief • August 8, 2006
Jones v County of Sacramento Ca Complaint Jail Guard Assault 2006 . .•:.... 5=. r) FORf:!yrrO' t-· R~ ~r-.ID r) ~.' ., J ATIORNEY OR PARTY. WITHOUT ATIORNEY (No1Tl1J ~fddf'o"): TELEPHONE NO; _ Jonathan B. Paul, SBN ~ J..r.:t. Moreno & Rivera, LLP 1451 River Park Drive. Suite 145 Sacramento, …
Brief • August 8, 2006
Jones v County of Sacramento Ca Release Jail Guard Assault 2006 GLOBAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS This Global Settlement Agreement and Release of All Claims ("Agreement") is made and entered· into by and between ELL JONES (hereinafter "JONES"), the COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO (hereinafter "COUNTY"), and DEPUTY TOM …
Brief • August 8, 2006
Aclu v. Taylor, Complaint, De, Foia, 2006 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF DELAWARE, Plaintiff, v STANLEYW. TAYLOR, JR, in his official capacity as the COMMISSIONER OF THE DELAWARE DEPARTMENI OF CORRECTION, Defendant. ) ) ) …
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