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Article • September 15, 2008 • from PLN September, 2008
Minnesota Sheriff Profited from Jail Breakfast Scam by Minnesota Sheriff Profited from Jail Breakfast Scam In October 2007, Hubbard County, Minnesota officials announced they had reached a settlement with Sheriff Gary Mills. For eight years, Mills had practiced an archaic tradition of providing breakfast for the county jail’s prisoners and …
Millions Paid in Mississippi Jail Deaths; Ten Guards Sentenced for Abuses; Corruption Continues by Bob Williams “The house always wins,” Warden Don Cabana proclaimed to the Sun Herald, a Mississippi newspaper, in July 2007. However, Harrison County, home of the Harrison County Adult Detention Center (ADC), has agreed to pay …
Whistle-blowing California Sheriff’s Deputy Settles Retaliation Suit For $150,000 by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Butte County, California officials settled a decade-old $1.2 million lawsuit brought by a former county jail deputy who blew the whistle on a jailhouse beating of a child molester ordered by three other deputies, …
Indicted California Sheriff Resigns to Fight Federal Corruption Charges by Orange County, California Sheriff Michael Carona, 52, resigned his post on January 14, 2008 to fight corruption charges. As a result of his leaving office he became eligible to receive pro bono legal assistance from a Los Angeles-based law firm …
Grand Jury Report, Four Nebraska Jail Guards Indicted in Prisoner’s Death by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Finding there was probable cause that four guards at Nebraska’s Omaha Police Detention Unit (OPDU) failed to render medical care to a prisoner which contributed to his death, a Douglas County grand …
Georgia Sheriff, Judges, Other Officials Face Misconduct, Criminal Charges by David Reutter In November 2007 a federal grand jury issued an indictment charging Clinch County, Georgia Sheriff Winston C. Peterson, 62, with perjury, using forced prisoner labor and extorting former jail prisoners. Peterson’s indictment marked the second time in the …
Brown v. Nashua, NH, Complaint, jail wrongful death medical neglect, 2008 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ----------------------------------------------------------------------X MAUREEN P. BROWN, as Administrator of the ) Estate of CATHERINE A. WADE, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ) vs. ) CITY OF NASHUA, NASHUA POLICE DEPARTMENT ) DETENTION SPECIALISTS …
Washington Jail Prisoners Suffer from Overcrowding, Abusive Guards, Inadequate Health Care and Indifferent Politicians by Roger Smith Since the mid-1990s, Washington State jail populations have increased exponentially. Obsolete facilities built decades ago to hold a handful of prisoners are now packed like sardine tins, with as many prisoners sleeping on …
Oregon Sheriff Sentenced to Jail/Sex-Offender Registration by On August 28, 2007, the former sheriff of Curry County Oregon, was sentenced to one year in jail and ordered to register as a sex offender, for groping three female county employees. Mark Metcalf spent nearly 25 years in law enforcement. He was …
Dennis the Menace by Arpaio's lawyer can't explain away his fudged résumé Phoenix New Times By Amy Silverman Published: December 27, 2007 On October 19, the day after New Times' owners were arrested, the county attorney very publicly fired special prosecutor Dennis Wilenchik. That same day, Bill French very quietly …
Head on a Skewer by Paul Rubin Joe Arpaio was so obsessed with getting a hard-charging New Times writer prosecuted that he badgered Andy Thomas into making a fool of himself Phoenix New Times By Paul Rubin Published: March 20, 2008 On May 2, 2005, a prosecutor and an investigator …
New Times files a prelude to a lawsuit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio by Stephen Lemons County Attorney Andy Thomas and a discredited ex-special prosecutor on behalf of its readers and the Constitution Phoenix New Times By Stephen Lemons Published: February 21, 2008 New Times submitted a formal Notice of Claim …
San Antonio Sheriff Pleads No Contest to Corruption Charges, Resigns by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In August 2007, Bexar County, Texas Sheriff Ralph Lopez, 71, was indicted on three felony counts involving corruption. Lopez tendered his resignation on September 1, 2007, and two days later pleaded no contest to …
Article • February 15, 2008
Math-challenged Sheriff Joe Arpaio can't account for the $41 million he's cost taxpayers by From the beak of The Bird to the ear of Stephen Lemons Published: January 10, 2008 Nothing makes this mallard madder than Tyra Banks after someone's said her booty's too big than having the truth-twisters over …
Death Sentence: The Feds Throw the Book at King County'sJail as Prisoner Fatalities Skyrocket by Rick Anderson Death Sentence: The Feds Throw the Book at King County's Jail as Prisoner Fatalities Skyrocket by Rick Anderson A few months after two prisoners in the downtown King County Jail in Seattle, Washington …
Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
Louisiana Work-Release Prisoners Used by Sheriff in Chop Shop by Gary Hunter In February 2005, Louisiana sheriff Ronald ?Gun? Ficklin was indicted on 22 counts of conspiracy, trafficking in motor vehicles with removed or altered Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs), removing or altering VINs, aiding and abetting the possession of a …
Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
Privately Run Seal Beach, California Jail Closed Following Checkered Past by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg With salacious tales of murderous and thieving former guards splashed across local headlines, Seal Beach, California officials shut down their privately-run jail on June 15, 2007. The city claimed that the jail?s for-profit …
Broward County, FL Sheriff Resigns, Pleads Guilty to Federal Corruption Charges by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Facing an imminent federal grand jury indictment, Florida?s Broward County Sheriff Ken Jenne took preemptive action by agreeing to plead to lesser charges and resign as Sheriff. PLN has previously reported the …
First Circuit Upholds Ex-Boston Guard’s 46-Month Prisoner-Abuse Sentence by Matthew Clarke First Circuit Upholds Ex-Boston Guard's 46-Month Prisoner-Abuse Sentence by Matthew T. Clarke The First Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a 46-month prison sentence imposed on a former guard at the Nassau Street Jail in Boston, Massachusetts for beating …
First Circuit Upholds $500,000 Award for Whistle-Blowing Boston Guard by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke On March 29, 2005, the First Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a $500,000 jury award in favor of a former guard at a Boston jail who was harassed by fellow guards after he reported …
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