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Largest Oregon Jail a Cesspool of Misconduct and Mismanagement, Report Finds; Sheriff Faulted and Under Fire by Mark Wilson On November 1, 2006, the Multnomah County District Attorney?s (DA?s) Office in Portland, Oregon released a blistering 63-page report that found systemic, shocking problems in the state?s largest jail system. ?Conservative? …
Audit Reveals Continuing “State of Chaos” at Hawaii Youth Prison by Audit Reveals Continuing "State of Chaos" at Hawaii Youth Prison The Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility (HYCF) is in non-compliance with most of the American Correctional Association (ACA) "Standards for Juvenile Correction Facilities," according to a 2007 security audit. HYCF, …
Article • January 15, 2008 • from PLN January, 2008
Oklahoma Jail Dodges $700,000 in Fines by Gary Hunter On November 28, 2006, the Bryan County Jail in Oklahoma was fined $15,000 by a local judge for health inspection violations. Both the district attorney and jail officials were elated with the ruling. The reason they were happy was because the …
$195,000 Paid to Family of Slain Florida Prison Guard by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) has agreed to pay $195,000 to the family of murdered prison guard Darla Kay Lathrem, 38. PLN previously reported the incident. [See: PLN, April 2006, p.42]. Lathrem was …
Prisoner’s Oral Complaints Worthy of First Amendment Protection; by Prisoner's Oral Complaints Worthy of First Amendment Protection;  $1 in Damages and $1.50 in Fees Awarded The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a prisoner's oral complaints about matters of "public concern" that are designed to "urge a change …
Washington Pays $665,000 to Prisoner Injured In Racially Motivated Attack by On May 30, 2007, the State of Washington agreed to pay $635,000 to a black prisoner who was injured in an attack by white prisoners. The white prisoners were members of a ?Security Threat Group?. The plaintiff was also …
Article • January 15, 2008 • from PLN January, 2008
Alabama Corrections Commissioner’s Contempt Order Upheld by Alabama Corrections Commissioner's Contempt Order Upheld Alabama's Supreme Court has affirmed a Montgomery County Circuit Court's order holding Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) Commissioner Richard Allen in contempt, with the threat of jail time. The order stemmed from a lawsuit filed by counties …
Article • January 15, 2008 • from PLN January, 2008
California Prison Guards Lose Unlimited “Time Bank” For On-The Job Union Business by Marvin Mentor California Prison Guards Lose Unlimited "Time Bank" For On-The Job Union Business by Marvin Mentor The California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) lost its bid to undo a cap on its contract provision permitting rank-and-file …
Article • January 15, 2008 • from PLN January, 2008
Lawsuit Against WI Supermax Settled for $475,000; General Population Prisoners Fill Beds by In January 2007, Wisconsin officials settled a federal lawsuit filed by a prisoner at the state?s former Supermax facility at Boscobel, now called the Wisconsin Secure Program Facility (WSPF). Canyon Thixton, who arrived at the maximum security …
Article • January 15, 2008 • from PLN January, 2008
New York City Settles Prisoner-On-Prisoner Assault for $180,000 by On October 23, 2006, the City of New York agreed to pay $180,000 to a prisoner who suffered facial injuries as the result of an attack by another prisoner. City prisoner Ivan Miller, 34, claimed that on June 30, 1998, while …
Article • January 15, 2008 • from PLN January, 2008
Hawaii Youth Prison Financial Audit Finds Excessive Overtime/Leave Abuses by A 2007 financial audit of the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility (HYCF) found significant overtime costs and sick leave among guards, with 35 percent of gross compensation being earned through overtime pay in fiscal year 2004-2005. Intense scrutiny of HYCF, the …
Brief • January 10, 2008
Jones v. Hayman, NJ, BiS Plf Mot for PI, Women Prisoners Conditions Suit, 2008
Brief • December 20, 2007
Thompson v. Hamilton Co and CCA, TN, Settlement, inmate forced to assault other inmate, 2007 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0014 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0015 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0016 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0017 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0018
Pennsylvania County Jail System Overcrowded, Under-Regulated by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Almost everyone with experience on the incarceration side of America's criminal justice system will tell you they would rather do time in prison than in a jail. The primary reason is that the overall conditions of confinement …
California DOC Settles With Mistreated Diabetic Prisoner For $600,000 by The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) settled with a prisoner who had sued for failure to properly treat his diabetic condition that eventually resulted in blindness and amputations. The $600,000 settlement included attorney fees and costs. When Daniel …
Article • December 15, 2007 • from PLN December, 2007
Pennsylvania Jail Prisoner Assaulted With Hot Water Awarded $50,000 by On December 15, 2006, a federal court awarded $50,000 to a prisoner who was burned with hot water by another prisoner while in a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, jail. Peter Muse claimed that on April 23, 2004, while he slept, another prisoner …
Dallas, Texas, Jail Pays $950,000 for Neglecting Mentally Ill Prisoners by Michael Rigby On February 20, 2007, the Dallas County, Texas, Jail agreed to pay $950,000 for its negligent mistreatment of three mentally ill individuals, one of whom died, while imprisoned at the jail awaiting competency hearings. In 2004, James …
Public, Private Prison Escapes in Ohio by Gary Hunter On May 11, 2006, Ohio state prisoner Marrion P. Smith was shot in the head by prison guard Gary Myers during a foiled escape attempt. Smith had been transported from the Mansfield Correctional Institution to the Ohio State University Medical Center, …
Public Has Right to Investigative Reports from Wyoming Prisons by A Wyoming federal district court has held that the public has a right and responsibility to review investigative reports of incidents at the Wyoming Sate Prison (WSP). The Court's ruling comes in a class action suit initiated by WSP prisoner …
Warrantless Arrest Warrants Prompt Probable Cause Hearing, Abused Innocent Detainee Prevails by Mistakenly accused Chicago resident Joseph Lopez was arrested with probable cause after a witness identified him in a shooting that killed a 12 year old boy. After the actual murderer confessed, Lopez filed suit for constitutional violations. The …
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