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Brief • July 20, 2004
Waterman v. McGuire, KS, Memorandum and Order, Mail Censorship, 2004 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS ) CRAIG E. WATERMAN, ) Plaintiff, v. COMMANDANT, United States Disciplinary Barracks, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) CIVIL ACTION No. 03-3415-CM ) ) ) ) …
Brief • July 19, 2004
Women Prisoners v Dc Consent Mot to Dismiss Class Action Conditions of Confinement 2004 Case 1:93-cv-02052-JLG Document 348 Filed 07/19/2004 Page 1 of 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WOMEN PRISONERS OF THE DISTRICT OF ) ) COLUMBIA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS, !!. al., ) Plain~, ) …
Brief • July 19, 2004
Evans v Maricopa County Az First Amended Complaint Blind Prisoner Guard Beating 2004 I \. .~ ,,'~~l" lJ. J{t. ,,\\' ,~ \::[:\" Ci,X , I 1 Micha 1C. Manning (#016255) 2 Sean B. Berberian (#020775) Lesli E. O'Hara (#005923) 3 ST 4 6 1850 North Central venue, Suite 2100 Pho …
Fifth Circuit Vacates $70,000 Award Against Texas Prison Officials by Michael Rigby The United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated and remanded the jury verdict in a Texas prisoner's failure-to-protect suit because the prisoner had not provided evidence supporting a jury finding of deliberate indifference against prison officials. …
No Summary Judgment for Ohio Guards Who Used Excessive Force, Case Loses At Trial by No Summary Judgment for Ohio Guards Who Used Excessive Force, Case Loses At Trial The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed a district court's grant of summary judgment favoring certain prison guards …
Article • July 15, 2004 • from PLN July, 2004
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News in Brief by California: On April 11, 2004, Matthew Jacquot, 28, a guard at the Orange County jail, was arrested in San Diego on felony vandalism, battery and being under the influence charges after he ran into a Seven Eleven store, broke doors, ripped out a sink and overturned …
Article • July 15, 2004 • from PLN July, 2004
Michigan Grievances Exhausted Upon Fair Notice of Claim by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a district court erred when it found that a Michigan prisoner failed to exhaust available administrative remedies and dismissed his § 1983 action on that basis. Michigan prisoner Ronnie Burton brought suit against …
Abu Ghraib, USA by Anne-Marie Cusac When I first saw the photo, taken at the Abu Ghraib prison, of a hooded and robed figure strung with electrical wiring, I thought of the Sacramento, California, city jail. When I heard that dogs had been used to intimidate and bite at least …
Article • July 15, 2004 • from PLN July, 2004
From the Editor by Paul Wright The month of June saw the media and the Bush administration in a massive love fest over the death of Ronald Reagan. While it is generally considered bad form to speak poorly of the dead, like much of American domestic and foreign policy, there …
Article • July 15, 2004 • from PLN July, 2004
Thirty Three Years after Attica: Many more Blacks in prison, but not as guards by Peter Wagner by Peter Wagner and Rose Heyer In September 1971, thousands of prisoners at Attica prison in rural New York State rebelled, taking control of D-yard. Sixty-three percent of the prisoners were Black or …
Article • July 15, 2004 • from PLN July, 2004
Washington DOC Fined $60,000 for Bogus Water Pollution Reports by The Washington State Department of Ecology (DOE) has fined the state Department of Corrections (DOC) $60,000 for falsifying water pollution reports. The fine was levied after the DOE discovered that officials at the McNeil Island Correction Center (MICC) near Steilacoom, …
Is It Criminal to Be a Muslim Civilian or Military Prison Chaplain? by by Matthew T. Clarke It may not yet be criminal to be a Muslim prison chaplain, but they are certainly being singled out and subjected to a heightened level of scrutiny in the New York, federal and …
Article • July 15, 2004 • from PLN July, 2004
Supreme Court Holds Guantanamo Detainees Can Challenge Detention by On November 10, 2003, the U.S Su-preme Court agreed to consider whether 16 detainees who are suspected of al-Qaeda or Taliban connections can challenge their detention in U.S. courts. The court will not decide whether the detention of the two Britons, …
Virginia Prison Drives Women to Depression and Suicide by Gary Hunter Overwhelming depression drove Shawana West to hang herself when she learned that she was being placed in the Structured Living Unit (SLU) at Virginia's Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women. While the attempt was unsuccessful it did not fail to …
Article • July 15, 2004 • from PLN July, 2004
California Agrees to Provide Kosher Prison Diet Program by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The California Department of Corrections settled a prisoner civil rights complaint on November 12, 2003 by agreeing to accord approved kosher-observant Jewish prisoners a Kosher Diet Program (Program). The Program provides guidelines for foods …
Tennessee Prison Audit Blasts DOC, CCA and CMS by Michael Rigby A Tennessee Department of Corrections (TDOC) performance audit for the years 1997-2002, released by the state comptroller's office in September 2003, reveals problems with prison staffing, pre-release preparation, and numerous instances of contract violations by private prison contractors. A …
Oklahoma Man Misidentified as Pedophile Awarded $3.7 Million by Michael Rigby Oklahoma Man Misidentified As Pedophile Awarded $3.7 Million by Michael Rigby A jury has awarded $3.7 million in damages to an Oklahoma man who was falsely labeled a sexual predator after NewsOK.com, a Web site operated jointly by The …
Overcrowding Forces Alabama Prisoners Into Private Prison Web by Gary Hunter Court orders have forced Alabama to reduce the number of prisoners in its county jails and send half of its prison population to two other states. Until recently the Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) had crammed 28,000 prisoners into …
Arizona Prisoners Seize Tower; State Officials Point Fingers by Michael Rigby On February 1, 2004, the longest prison hostage drama in U.S. history ended peacefully as two Arizona prisoners released their final hostage, descended from their surveillance tower stronghold, and surrendered to an army of state and local police ringing …
Article • July 15, 2004 • from PLN July, 2004
BJS Looks at Probation, Parole in 2002 by By the end of 2002, more than 6.7 million adults were incarcerated, on probation, or parole. This amounts to 3.1% of all adults in the United States, or about 1 in every 32 U.S. adults under correctional supervision. This is according to …
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