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Who’s Monitoring Prison Medical Contract Requirements in New Jersey? No One by David Reutter Who's Monitoring Prison Medical Contract Requirements in New Jersey? No One by David Reutter PLN subscribers often read reports about the effects of privatized prisoner health care and the spread of privatization to prison and jail …
Brief • March 10, 2008
Hartley v. Brady, FL, Pltff Proposed Jury Instructions, Verdict Form (2008) Case 3:05-cv-00515-VMC-MCR Document 98 Filed 03/10/2008 Page 1 of 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION ERIC C. HARTLEY, Plaintiff, vs. Case No. 3:05-cv-515-J-33-MCR BRADFORD BRADY and DAVID LOVE, Defendants. / PLAINTIFF’S PROPOSED JURY INSTRUCTIONS …
Brief • March 6, 2008
Riker v. Gibbons, NV, Complaint Class Action Declaratory and Injunctive Relief, medical conditions, 2008 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Amy Fettig (pro hac vice pending) Margaret Winter (pro hac vice pending) THE NATIONAL PRISON PROJECT OF THE ACLU FOUNDATION, INC. 915 15th …
Scandal Rocks Texas Youth Commission; Youths Molested by School Supervisors by Gary Hunter During the 2006 elections, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott ran television ads touting the capture of the state's 500th Internet child predator. Shortly after elected lawmakers convened in 2007 they went to work on a bill that …
Los Angeles Settles County Jail Murder Suit For $1 Million by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On August 14, 2007, Los Angeles County settled a lawsuit brought by the family of a mentally ill prisoner who was stomped to death in a holding cell by two prisoners, while guards …
Independent Monitor Issues First Report on Delaware Health Care by by David M. Reutter Joshua W. Martin III, the Independent Monitor who is overseeing an agreement between the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Delaware Department of Corrections (DDOC), has issued his first semi-annual report. The agreement with the …
Alabama Prisons Sell Land to Finance Prison Building, Repair by In July 2007, Alabama Governor Bob Riley announced a plan to sell approximately 6,000 acres of state prison land to finance the construction of new prison beds and make needed repairs to existing facilities. The extra bed space would enable …
Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
New York Prisoner Awarded $4,250 for Knee Injury While Shackled by On March 19, 2007, a court of claims in Rochester, New York, award $4,250 to a state prisoner who fell and injured his knee while walking to a transport van in leg shackles. State prisoner Earl Martin, 54, fell …
BOP Removes Religious Books; Capitulates After Public Outrage, Lawsuit by In June 2007, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) began removing thousands of religious books from its prison chapels. The purge of religious literature, which occurred nationwide, was part of a long-delayed post-September 11 directive intended to prevent radical Islamic …
Second Circuit Rejects New York’s Interlocutory Appeal of Prisoner's $7.65 Million Failure-to-Protect Jury Verdict by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals rejected a belated attempt by the New York Department of Corrections (NYDOC) to invoke a claim of qualified immunity to thwart a …
Brief • February 1, 2008
USA v. Burge, IL, Indictment, Police Torture, 2008 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ) ) ) ) ) v. JON BURGE Violations: Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1512(c)(2) and 1621(1) COUNT ONE The SPECIAL FEBRUARY 2008-2 GRAND JURY charges: 1. …
Tennessee Prisoners Must Verify Truth of Petitions for Relief from Sentences by Daryl Holton and Paul Reid, Tennessee state prisoners, were sentenced to death on murder convictions. Neither appealed. Later, acting as "next friend," others filed petitions for relief on their behalf, claiming they were mentally incompetent. The petitions weren't …
Relief for Unconstitutional Mississippi Death Row Conditions Affirmed on Appeal by Bob Williams By Bob Williams The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has affirmed most of the sweeping reforms to be implemented at the Mississippi State Penitentiary (MSP), Unit 32-C, Death Row. After several death row …
Article • January 15, 2008
SJ Reversed on Massachusetts Religious Diet Claims; MA Constitution Affords Greater Protections than U.S. Constitution by In a unanimous decision, Massachusetts' highest court reversed summary judgment on Muslim prisoners' claims that they were denied halal meat, which is required by their faith. Muslim prisoners Rashard Rasheed and Nathaniel Bilal Ahmad …
Article • January 15, 2008
Prisoner's History of Protection and Notice of Danger Defeats Summary Judgment by The New York Court of Claims has denied prison officials' motion for summary judgment in a case alleging failure to protect. The plaintiff in this action, Clifford J. Faust, had been transported to four different prisons to protect …
Article • January 15, 2008
Guards’ Failure to Enforce Prison No-Smoking Policy May Violate 8th Amendment by Guards' Failure to Enforce Prison No-Smoking Policy May Violate 8th Amendment Dwayne Manning, a federal prisoner, was exposed to cigarette smoke when prison guards didn't enforce the prison's no-smoking policy. He developed medical problems and sued the guards …
Article • January 15, 2008
Police Test Scores Disclosure Ordered Under Pennsylvania's Right to Know Law by Pennsylvania newspaper The Times Leader (TTL), a division of Cypress Media, Inc., appealed the dismissal of its action to compel the production of records regarding the test results of police candidates on the list for the City of …
MA Prison Conditions Might Amount to Cruel and Unusual Punishment by Richard Smith, a Massachusetts state prison at MCI-Concord, sued prison officials after being disciplined for fighting. He sued numerous guards and administrators in state court alleging a multitude of constitutional and statutory violations. Among them was a claim that …
The Poisoned Pen of Fort Lyon Prison by Alan Prendergast Bought by the state for a dollar, Fort Lyon is rich in history, asbestos, sick prisoners and trouble. by Alan Prendergast History Lesson #1 In 1829, William Bent headed west to join his older brother in the fur business. William …
Food Deprivation & Pink Clothing Imposed for Violating South Carolina Prison Rules by David Reutter by David M. Reutter South Carolina?s Commissioner of Corrections, Jon Ozmint, has embraced hardcore disciplinary methods to deal with prisoners who violate prison rules. Such punishments include depriving prisoners of food and requiring them to …
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