Distortion of Justice How the Inability to Pay Bail Affects Case Outcomes, Stevenson, 2016 Distortion of Justice: How the Inability to Pay Bail Affects Case Outcomes Megan Stevenson∗† May 2, 2016 Abstract Instrumenting for detention status with the bail-setting propensities of rotating magistrates I find that pretrial detention leads to …
INS Detention Standards Compliance Audit - Montgomery County Correctional Facility, Norristown, PA, 2004 Detention Standards Implementation Initiative ABA Commission on Immigration Facility Name: Montgomery County Correctional Facility, Norristown, PA Date of Tour: 2004 Tour • .IlI.l.2 "On regular business days, legal visitation may proceed through a scheduled meal period" and …
INS Detention Standards Compliance Audit - Berks County Prison, Leesport, PA, 2004 Detention Standards Implementation Initiative ABA Commission on Immigration Facility Name: Berks County Prison, PA Date of Tour: July 15, 2004 Tour participants: (b)(6) (b)(6) ICE Standard Visitation III.1.2 “In such cases [where legal visits continue through meals], …
INS Detention Standards Compliance Audit - Berks County Prison, Leesport, PA, 2007 September 7, 2007 MEMORANDUM To: John P. Torres, Director, Office of Detention and Removal, Immigration and Customs Enforcement From: American Bar Association Delegation to the Berks County Prison Copy to: Subject: b6 ABA Commission on Immigration Report on …
INS Detention Standards Compliance Audit - Pike County Jail, Lords Valley, PA, 2007 53rd at Third 885 Third Avenue New York, New York 10022-4834 Tel: +1.212.906.1200 Fax: +1.212.751.4864 www.lw.com FIRM / AFFILIATE OFFICES Barcelona MEMORANDUM January 10, 2008 To: From: Copies to: Subject: New Jersey Brussels New York Chicago Northern …
INS Detention Standards Compliance Audit - York County Prison, York, PA, 2004 Detention Standards Implementation Initiative ABA Commission on Immigration Facility Name: York County Prison Facility (YCP); York, Pennsylvania Date of Tour: summer aSSOClaIeS ICE Standard ICE Standard Delegation Observation Source Visitation (Standard 17) 111.1, § 14 - "INS shall …
INS Detention Standards Compliance Audit - York County Prison, York, PA, 2006 MEMORANDUM DATE September 21, 2006 TO John P. Torres, Acting Director, Office of Detention and Removal, Immigration and Customs Enforcement FROM American Bar Association Delegation to the York County Prison Facility 1 COPIES TO b6 , ABA Commission …
Joyce v. County of Lackawanna, PA, Amended Complaint, Retaliation for Overtime Disabilities, 2016 Case 3:16-cv-00279-RDM Document 17 Filed 05/26/16 Page 1 of 50 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA CIVIL ACTION NO.: 16-cv-002 79-UN 4 ALLEN P. JOYCE, ANTHONY P. MARIANO, WILLIAM FERRARIO, JEREMY …
DOJ Closing Letter to PA DOC re Use of Solitary Confinement on Prisoners with Mental Illness or Intellectual Disabilities, April 14, 2016 U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Assistant Attorney General Washington, D.C. 20530 APR 14 2016 The Honorable Tom Wolf Office of the Governor 225 Main Capitol Building …
Proposals Aim to End Debtor’s Prison in Pennsylvania by David Reutter Pennsylvania courts are frequently imprisoning people who are unable to pay fines. Proposed rule changes aim to end debtor’s prisons, but the real problem may be a lack of oversight for the local courts that oversee such cases. Ann …
USP Allenwood Prisoner Wins Over $775,000 in Deliberate Indifference Claim by Christopher Zoukis Nunzio DeCarlo, a federal prisoner serving a 20-year sentence at the United States Penitentiary Allenwood, Pennsylvania for racketeering prevailed on a deliberate indifference and medical neglect claim against the United States of America. He was awarded over …
Bletz v. Corrie, PA, Complaint, 4th Am police dog shooting, 2016 Case 1:16-cv-00717-YK Document 1 Filed 04/29/16 Page 1 of 14 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA JEFFREY W. BLETZ, personally, and as the guardian of DJF, a minor, and LINDSEY J. BLETZ, Plaintiffs, …
Federal Lawsuit Claims Negligence Caused Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Heroin Overdose Death by Christopher Zoukis A federal lawsuit alleges that officials at the Schuylkill County Prison in Pennsylvania were negligent in the 2013 death of a prisoner from an accidental drug overdose. The suit, filed on March 24, 2015, came almost a …
Nealman v. Laughlin, PA, Memorandum on Motions, Medical Negligence and Wrongful Death from Suicide, 2016 Case 1:15-cv-01579-CCC Document 47 Filed 08/31/16 Page 1 of 34 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA TAWNA Z. NEALMAN, as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Benjamin Shelley …
$100,000 Award to Pennsylvania Prisoner Denied Dental Care by A Pennsylvania federal jury awarded $100,000 to a prisoner who was denied treatment for a “rotten molar” while at the Washington County Correctional Facility (WCCF). Upon his February 6, 2009 intake at WCCF, Joseph Consonery informed a nurse that he had …
$25,000 Settlement for Pennsylvania Prisoner Injured in Work Squad by A $25,000 settlement was reached in a lawsuit by a former Pennsylvania prisoner who was injured using a jackhammer on a work squad. Jeffrey Thomas was a prisoner at the work camp of the State Correctional Institution – Rockview on …
Sopinski v. Lackawanna County, PA, Complaint, Retaliation for Overtime, 2016 Case 3:16-cv-00466-RDM Document 1 Filed 03/17/16 Page 1 of 13 The Employment Law Firm Cynthia L. Pollick. LLM l.D. No.: 83826 363 Laurel Street Pittston, PA 18640 (570) 654-9675 Attorney for Plaintiff IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE …
Chimenti, et al. v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al., PA, Memorandum, Class Action, Deficient Hepatitis C Treatment, 2016 Case 2:15-cv-03333-JP Document 26 Filed 03/21/16 Page 1 of 41 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA SALVATORE CHIMENTI, ET AL. v. PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, …
