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Solitary Confinement Survivor's Manual for Women

Publication • January 1, 2019

Filed under: Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement

. We must eliminate solitary confinement, torture, and the use of devices of torture. We must support a vigorous monitoring of police, the court, and prison systems with a national review process. We ...

Doe v. Ward-282 F.Supp.2d 323 (W.D.PA 2003)

Case • 2003

. For example, "this general reduction accounts for time spent litigating wholly or partially unsuccessful claims that are related to the litigation of the successful claims." Id. (citation omitted ...

Banks v. Beard-399 F.3d 134 (3rd Cir. 2005)

Case • 2005

of prison administration and reform," and should therefore give significant deference to prison officials in interpreting and implementing regulations,*fn6 the Court was not relinquishing the policing ...

Chisolm v. McManimon-275 F.3d 315 (3rd Cir. 2001)

Case • 2001

, September 10, 1994, while driving in Mercer County, New Jersey, Ronald Chisolm, a deaf person who communicates primarily through American Sign Language (ASL), was stopped by officers of the Princeton Police ...

Charlie H. v. Whitman-213 F.R.D. 240 (D.N.J. 2003)

Case • 2003

Jersey statutes allow disclosure of DYFS information only to specified individuals, specifically, professionals who are conducting research in the field or police officers investigating a child abuse ...

Williams v. Potter-316 F.Supp.2d 1122 (D.Kan. 2004)

Case • 2004

") with the USPS ("Complaint No. 1085-94") alleging discrimination on account of race (black), color (brown), national origin (African-American) and sex (female). Williams Dep. 113-14; Williams Dep. Ex. 4. On March ...

Bozeman v. Orum-199 F.Supp.2d 1216 (M.D.Ala. 2002)

Case • 2002

or deposition of the party against whom offered or by that party's written admission, without accounting for the nonproduction of the original."). As to the completeness requirement, it seems antithetical ...

PHS Redux: Sued In A Dozen States, Contract Losses, Stock Plummets, Business Continues

Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006

Filed under: Private Prisons, Financing, Prison Health Services, EMSA, Contractor Misconduct, Medical Misconduct, HIV/AIDS, Medication, Systemic Medical Neglect, Injury -- Misc., Private Contractors, Skin, OB/GYN, Vision, Diabetes, Hepatitis, Discovery, Contractor Liability, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides

Rights, fought for disclosure and accountability. In May 2005, ADOC put its foot down. It annulled $1.2 million in payments on PHSs $143 million, three-year contract because the company had not provided ...

PHS Redux: Sued In A Dozen States, Contract Losses, Stock Plummets, Business Continues

Article • December 15, 2003

Filed under: Prison Health Services, Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect, OB/GYN, Stroke, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

, fought for disclosure and accountability. In May 2005, ADOC put its foot down. It annulled $1.2 million in payments on PHS's $143 million, three-year contract because the company had not provided enough ...

Sherbert v. Verner-374 U.S. 398, 83 S.Ct. 1790, 10 L. Ed. 2d 965 (196

Case • 1963

to work on Sunday on account of conscientious . . . objections he or she shall not jeopardize his or her seniority by such refusal or be discriminated against in any other manner." S. C. Code, ? 64-4 ...

In re Dyer-143 Wn.2d 384, 20 P.3d 907 (2001)

Case • 2001

. Burlington N., Inc. v. Wash. Utils. & Transp. Comm'n, 93 Wn.2d 398, 410, 609 P.2d 1375 (1980). The act of mandamus compels performance of a duty, but cannot lie to control discretion. Benedict v. Bd. of Police ...

Not So Securus

Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016

Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Attorney Client, Attorney Calls, Telephone Monitoring

to authorized users – among them corrections workers, police investigators and prosecutors. Law enforcement personnel are particularly important to the company: Securus promises it can provide recordings ...

Cotton v. FL DOC, FL, Motion to Dismis Opposition Credibility, Kosher Diet, 2002

Brief • November 22, 2002

Filed under: Religious Diet

. The assertion that Defendants have taken kosher dietary laws into account in giving instruction for food preparation. Id. at 15. 1 Moreover, the timing of Plaintiff’s request for a kosher diet and when he first ...

Osterback v. Moore, Complaint, Fl, Control Unit Conditions, 2003

Brief • 2003

been placed on psychotropic medications on account of that behavior. 147. Plaintiff Peri has gone on several hunger strikes to protest Close Management conditions. 148. Although Plaintiff Peri has ...

Baer v. Neal, IN, Opinion, Death Penalty, Habeas,2018

Brief • January 11, 2018

Filed under: Habeas Corpus, Death Penalty/Death Row

dollars, and some decorative stones, Baer then left the apart‐ ment. He cleaned himself up, changed his shirt, and returned to work. When he was arrested as a suspect and police asked if he committed ...

Center for Legal Advocacy v. Bicha, CO, Mot to Dismiss, Jail Mental Health, 2016

Brief • July 28, 2016

Filed under: Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

in the defense or prevent the defendant from having a rational and factual understanding of the criminal proceedings. (e) "Collateral Materials" means the relevant police incident reports and the charging ...

Sleigh v Phs Vt Def Mot to Dismiss Records Request 2010

Brief • 2010

accountability, is preserved." Memphis Publishing, 87 S.W.3d at 77 (emphasis added). "[T]he public's fundamental right to scrutinize the performance of public services and the expenditure of public funds should ...

PLN quoted in article on Angola prison rodeo

In-the-News Article • June 28, 2016

on the backend, so you're creating a bottleneck." That prisons are crowded is not news. Neither is the overrepresentation of incarcerated people of color. Black men and women account for 37.6 ...

Cripa Baltimore Md Investigation Findings 8-7-06

Publication

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, DOJ CRIPA Actions

level of youth violence. 2 Performance-based Standards for Youth Correction and Detention Facilities is a self-improvement and accountability system used in 31 states and the District of Columbia ...

Congressional Research Service American War Casualties 2009

Publication

Filed under: Military

the Revolutionary War and the present, it was the Civil War that produced the most American fatalities, when Union statistics and Confederate estimates are taken into account. • World War II was the first war ...