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Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Flight From California Parole Agents' Attempted Arrest Constitutes Felony Escape by The California Court of Appeal held that a parolee who fled an attempted arrest by his parole agent was a prisoner" nonetheless and that his actions supported his later conviction of felony escape. Parolee Aaron Nicholson unknowingly had a …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Los Angeles County Pays $32,500 To Settle Public Defender's Legal Malpractice by by John E. Dannenberg On November 8, 2004, the Los Angeles County, California Claims Board granted authority of $32,500 to settle a claim by a prisoner for legal malpractice on the part of the Public Defender, wherein the …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Ohio Prisoner Awarded $500 For Lost Property by The Ohio Court of Claims awarded $500 to a prisoner who claimed prison personnel lost various items of property when he was transferred. Thomas Pasco, an Ohio state prisoner, was transferred from the Ohio State Penitentiary (OSP) to the Belmont Correctional Institution …
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California State Auditor Criticizes Prison Outside-Hospital Contract Costs by In a detailed 98 page report to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the California Legislature, the California State Auditor criticized the California Department of Corrections' (CDC) lax management of contract outside-hospital medical services for CDC prisoners. The July 27, 2004 report observed …
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Colorado Settles Mail Censorship Lawsuit with Due Process Guarantees by by Bob Williams Guaranteeing due process, training, and a centralized review committee for appeals, the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) has settled a 2000 lawsuit brought by publishers and prisoners challenging a system-wide practice of unconstitutional censorship. The 42 U.S.C. …
Chicago Jail Still Rife With Prisoner Abuse, Crimes By Guards by Chicago Jail Still Rife With Prisoner Abuse, Crimes By Guards by Matthew T. Clarke The Cook County Jail in Chicago, Illinois, remains the scene of controversy involving beatings of prisoners, stealing of drugs held for evidence, and guards having …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
President Bush Signs Mentally Ill Offender Treatment And Crime Reduction Act Of 2004 by President Bush Signs Mentally Ill Offender Treatment And Crime Reduction Act Of 2004 by Michael Rigby On October 30, 2004, George W. Bush signed into law the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Prison Health Issues Affect Public by by Michael Rigby Experts have long known that prisons are incubators for disease. Some diseases such as H.I.V. and hepatitis C are by some estimates ten times more common in prison than in the general population [PLN, June 2003, p.10]. Yet the health care …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Georgia Sheriffs Illegally Profit From Captive Workforce by by Michael Rigby The great thing about being a county's top lawman is having a cadre of free labor for your own personal use. Or so many Georgia sheriffs think. Although it is a felony under state law to use prisoner labor …
Federal Court Orders Independent Evaluation, Training And Credentialling Of All California Prison Healthcare Practitioners by John E Dannenberg Under pressure from U.S. District Judge Thelton E. Henderson, who earlier in 2004 threatened wholesale federal court takeover of the California Department of Corrections (CDC), the CDC stipulated to an order aimed …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
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News in Brief by Paul Wright News in Brief: Arkansas: In April, 2005, an unidentified sergeant was fired by the state DOC after the February, 2005, death of Wrightsville Unit prisoner Victor Wright, 28, while on a work detail. Wright complained to the sergeant that he was not feeling well …
Washington DOC Fined $22,503 For Fuel Spill by The Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC) has been fined $22,503 for polluting the environment with thousands of gallons of diesel fuel, the Tacoma News Tribune reported on September 3, 2004. In October 2002, 6,100 gallons of diesel fuel were spilled at the …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Court Discusses Deliberative Process Privilege by In two separate rulings, a southern district of New York federal district court has expounded upon the deliberative process privilege, which is a sub-species" of the work product doctrine. This action was filed by the Administration of the Estate of Ralph Joseph Tortorici, who …
Fifth Circuit Reinstates Texas Prisoner's Property Confiscation/Retaliation Suit by by Matthew T. Clarke The Fifth Circuit court of appeals issued an opinion vacating the district court's dismissal of a prisoner's suit alleging prison officials confiscated his property in retaliation for his criticism of the prison. Billy Fredrick Allen, a Texas …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Sixth Circuit Clarifies "Verifying Medical Evidence" Requirement Of Napier by Sixth Circuit Clarifies "Verifying Medical Evidence" Requirement Of Napier The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that when a prisoner's medical malady is so obviously serious that even a layman would easily recognize the need for medical attention, …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Guantánamo: What the World Should Know by Jules Siegel Guantánamo: What the World Should Know By Michael Ratner and Ellen Ray Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 184 pages Review by Jules Siegel We have by now all seen much of this material before, but reading it all in one piece, told …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
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News in Brief by News in Brief: California: In February, 2005, police arrested Glen Westberg, 35, in Redwood City, for violating his parole conditions for his child molestation conviction. Westberg used the state's internet registry of sex offenders to contact other child molesters he found attractive and solicit them for …
PHS Responsible For Deaths Of New York Prisoners by by Michael Rigby Prison Health Services (PHS) has killed another patient. According to a highly critical 10-page report released by the New York State Commission of Correction on June 23, 2004, the 2001 death of Brian Tetrault, a prisoner in the …
Veteran California Prison Official Promoted Despite Checkered Past; Folsom Lieutenant Fired After Be by Veteran California Prison Official Promoted Despite Checkered Past; Folsom Lieutenant Fired After Being Convicted Of Lying In June, 2004, Jonathan L. Cobbs was promoted to the $97,000/yr. Chief Deputy Warden position at the California Correctional Institution …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Battle Over Judicial Secrecy Continues by by Michael Rigby As the trend towards secrecy in the U.S. judiciary continues to grow, so does the constitutional debate over such practices as sealing cases, hiding proceedings, and conducting clandestine searches. Recent decisions by the D.C. and Second Circuits have been favorable, but …
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