WI Parole Board's Labeling Necrophiliac a Sex Offender Doesn't Violate the U.S. Constitution by WI Parole Board's Labeling Necrophiliac a Sex Offender Doesn't Violate the U.S. Constitution Richard Grennier, a Wisconsin state prisoner, killed a teenage hitchhiker and raped and mutilated her body in 1973. He's been in prison ever …
Burden of Proof in Retaliatory Transfer Suit Discussed by The plaintiff alleged he was transferred in retaliation for his winning one lawsuit and testifying in another prisoner's suit against an officer. Under the Federal Rules' notice pleading standard, the plaintiff stated a claim. Stating a claim requires only the "bare …
Prison Psychologist Not Liable for Failing to Treat Suicidal, Feces Eating Prisoner by Prison Psychologist Not Liable for Failing to Treat Suicidal, Feces Eating Prisoner The plaintiff sued a prison psychologist. The defendant did not argue that the plaintiff did not have a serious mental illness. A legitimate risk of …
Mentally Ill WI Prisoner Sues over Control Unit Conditions by The plaintiff raised various constitutional claims, discussed below, and moved for class certification. The court denies it because the case is pro se and absent class members are "entitled at least to the assurance of competent representation afforded by licensed …
Seventh Circuit Discusses Injury in Court Access Suits by The plaintiff, seeking post-conviction relief, was held in a jail whose law library he deemed inadequate, and he was not able to obtain disbursement forms to buy legal materials because he did not provide prison officials with the reason for his …
Lawsuit Filed Over Health Care at Wisconsin Women’s Prison, More Possible by Michael Rigby Lawsuit Filed Over Health Care at Wisconsin Women's Prison, More Possible by Michael Rigby The medical, dental, and mental health care provided to female prisoners at the Taycheedah Correctional Institution in Fon du Lac, Wisconsin, is …
Wisconsin “Boondoggled” Into Buying Broken Down New Private Prison by Wisconsin "Boondoggled" Into Buying Broken Down New Private Prison After buying a private prison for $87.1 million, the Wisconsin Legislature is crying foul upon discovering the Stanley prison violates electrical, plumbing, and safety codes that will cost $5 million to …
Wrongfully Imprisoned Wisconsin Man Awarded $400,000, Now Accused of Murder by Michael Rigby On February 14, 2006, a Wisconsin man who spent 18 years in prison for a rape he didnt commit settled his lawsuit against Manitowoc County for $400,000. Hell likely use the money to defend himself against a …
Wisconsin Prison Psychiatrists License Suspended After Prisoners Death by Gary Hunter Wisconsin Prison Psychiatrists License Suspended After Prisoners Death by Gary Hunter Yoges Pareek, had his medical license suspended by the Wisconsin Examining Board in October 2005. Pareek is a former psychiatrist at the Waupun Correctional Institution (WCT). He was …
Wisconsin Halfway House Overbills BOP; Fired Whistle blower Settles For $435,000 by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Federal jurors found that Rock Valley Community Programs (RVCP) in Janesville, Wisconsin and its chief executive officer, Irwin McHugh, had submitted false claims for reimbursement to the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). …
Freedom From Religion Foundation Inc. v. Gonzales, Complaint, Taxpayer Money for Religious Institutions, 2006 FFRF v. Gonzales Page 1 of 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION, INC.; ANNE NICOL GAYLOR; ANNIE LAURIE GAYLOR; and DAN BARKER, Plaintiffs, v. (Case No. 06 C 0244 …
Freedom From Religion Foundation Inc. v. Gonzales, Article on FFRF Website, Cancellation of "Single-Faith" Programming, 2006 Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. WELCOME Home ABOUT FFRF Our Purposes Getting Acquainted Contact Us Legal Accomplishments PUBLICATIONS Freethought Today Books Brochures & Nontracts NEWS FFRF News Releases Freethought Radio Media Coverage Freethought of …
Years Long Pattern of Medical Neglect Defeats Summary Judgment by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a prisoner's claim showing years of failure to adequately treat a medical problem is sufficient to defeat summary judgment. This civil rights action was filed …
$75,000 Settlement for Untreated Wisconsin Methadone Patient by Michael Rigby Outagamie County, Wisconsin, has agreed to pay $75,000 to a man whose withdrawal from methadone went untreated at the county jail. Richard Foelker was participating in a methadone treatment program for heroin addiction when he checked himself into the Outagamie …
Transgender Wisconsin Prisoners Continue Hormone Treatment Despite Law by Michael Rigby On January 25, 2006, a federal court in Wisconsin issued an emergency injunction to prevent the state from discontinuing hormone therapy for three transgender prisoners, despite a new state law banning the therapy. In January 2006 the Wisconsin legislature …
Freedom From Religion Foundation Inc. v. Chao, 7th Circuit, Opinion Denying Rehearing, 2006 Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. v. Chao, 447 F.3d 988 (2006) 447 F.3d 988 United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Elaine L. CHAO, Secretary of Department of …
Fair Labor Standards Acts Minimum Wage Provision Not Applicable to Private Prisons by Fair Labor Standards Acts Minimum Wage Provision Not Applicable to Private Prisons The Seventh Circuit Appeals Court affirmed a lower courts decision that held prisoners are not entitled to the minimum wage provision of the Fair Labor …
Wisconsin Prison Employee Raped By Prisoner Awarded $366,000 by On April 8, 2005, a federal jury awarded $366,000 to a Wisconsin prison employee who was raped by a prisoner. The 51-year-old female plaintiff, a non-security employee of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections was raped by a knife-wielding prisoner on December …
Seventh Circuit Reverses Judgment on Denial of Methadone by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court's grant of summary judgment to jail officials on claims of denial of methadone and inadequate medical care. On April 27, 2000, Richard Foelker reported to the Outagamie County, Wisconsin, Jail to …
Prisoners Labor at Wisconsin Wal-Mart Site by by Michael Rigby Wal-Mart is using prison labor to build a new distribution center in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Local residents have expressed safety concerns and also worry that lower paid prisoners are siphoning jobs away from the community. Prisoners working at the Wal-Mart …
