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Article • December 15, 2003
Audit Finds Colorado DOC Loses Large Quantities of Drugs by by Matthew T. Clarke A $436,484 shortage in the Colorado Department of Corrections's pharmacy budget in 2003 prompted an internal audit. The audit found that close to a half-million dollars worth of drugs have been lost by the prison system. …
Article • December 15, 2003
Sovereign Immunity No Bar to BOP Prisoners' Eighth Amendment Mandamus Suit by The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a federal prisoner's mandamus action alleging an Eighth Amendment violation is not barred by the doctrine of sovereign immunity. This action was brought by Bureau of Prisons (BOP) prisoner …
Article • December 15, 2003
Court Upholds Prison Library Purge of Titillating Material by Court Upholds Prison Library Purge of Titillating Material The plaintiff challenged the censorship of "the 'Paper Wings' line of books, an adult-fiction serial" after exhausting. During discovery, he said that he had found similar material in the prison library. Prison officials …
Article • December 15, 2003
Filed under: Media
Tennessee Prisoner Libel Proof by The Tennessee Court of Appeals held that a prisoner's conviction resulting in incarceration for 99 years renders any reputation he may have virtually valueless," and that he was, in the eyes of the law, libel proof." This action was filed by a prisoner convicted of …
Article • December 15, 2003
Australia Fined $42,500 for Prisoner Work Injury by Australia's Department of Justice was fined $42,500 and ordered to pay $4,870 in costs after pleading guilty to violating the Occupational Health and Safety Act, causing a prisoner severe injury. Maximum security prisoner Justin Adams had three fingers amputated and his right …
Virginia: Stun Gun Implicated In Death, CMS Implicated In Coverup by by Michael Rigby Documents filed as part of a $204 million lawsuit directly, contradict the Virginia Department of Correction's (DOC) initial assertion that a stun gun played no role in the death of Lawrence James Frazier, and may implicate …
Guards Abusing Prisoners in Boston Leads to Jury Awards and Disciplinary Action by by Matthew T. Clarke Widespread reports of guards having sex with, raping, and beating prisoners in Suffolk County (MA) jails have led to the indictment of guards, firing of guards, disciplinary action against-guards, and jury awards against …
Article • December 15, 2003
Uncooperative Prisoner Removed From Disciplinary Hearing by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a state prisoner who is recalcitrant to disciplinary hearing formalities may be removed from a prison disciplinary hearing without violating his rights. Freddie Battle, a Florida state prisoner, was found to be in possession of …
BOP Proper Defendant in Work Release Change Suit under ADA by The plaintiffs are criminal defendants who received judicial recommendations that they serve their sentences in a community corrections center, but were denied such placement pursuant to the Department of Justice's abruptly announced change of policy barring it except for …
Article • December 15, 2003
Number of Presidential Pardons Declining by Michael Rigby In spite of a rising number of requests, presidential pardons have become virtually non-existent under the George W. Bush administration. During his first two years in office Bush neither granted any pardons nor commuted any sentences. On December 23, 2002, Bush finally …
Article • December 15, 2003
Filed under: Police, False Arrest
Arrest Without Probable Cause Suit Settled Against New Jersey Police Department by Arrest Without Probable Cause Suit Settled Against New Jersey Police Department Oki Dzivenu, an African-American male, entered into a settlement with the Borough of Paramus (New Jersey), its police department and employees thereof on his behalf in the …
Brief • December 15, 2003
Pln v Simmons Us 10th Circuit Aclu Amicus Brief Re Kdoc Censorship Dec 2003 Case Nos. 03-3229, 03-3230, and 03-3227 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT PRISON LEGAL NEWS, INC., Plaintiff/Appellant, vs. CHARLES SIMMONS, Defendant!Appellee. * KRIS ZIMMERMAN, Plaintiff/Appellant, vs. CHARLES SIMMONS et. aI, Defendants/Appellee. …
Brief • December 15, 2003
Hudson v. McNesby, FL, Appellant Brief - Reverse MSJ, Police Shooting, 2003 Case No. 03-15565C IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT DONALD HUDSON, Administrator of the Estate of MARVIN JUAN HUDSON, Deceased as Administrator and on behalf of SHONDRANIQUE J.M. HUDSON, an Infant, and ERNEST …
Brief • December 12, 2003
Ziemba v. Armstrong, CT, Beatings, 2003, Complaint UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT ) ) ) V. ) ) JOHN ARMSTRONG, GIOVANNY GOMEZ, ) SEBASTIAN MANGIAFICO, DENNIS ) OLGLESBY, MARGARET CLARK AND ) REGINALD MACALLISTER ) DUANE ZIEMBA CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:98CV2344 (JDH)(HBF) DECEMBER 12, 2003 AMENDED COMPLAINT FACTS …
Brief • December 11, 2003
Kleinman v. Multnomah County, Complaint, Destruction of Evidence, 2003 1 2 3 4 Steven J. Sherlag Attorney at Law OSB 93103 ssherlag@easystreet.com 400 S.W. Sixth Avenue, Suite 600 Portland, Oregon 97204 (503) 227-5200 Facsimile (503) 224-3203 5 6 Attorney for Plaintiff 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 …
Filing • December 10, 2003
PLN v. Hood, et al., CO, Complaint, censorship, 2003
Brief • December 10, 2003
PLN v. Hood, et al., CO, Complaint, censorship, 2003
Brief • December 9, 2003
Green v Dc Complaint Slip and Fall Burns 2003 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE ( DISTRIC~ OF COLUMBIA Civil Division DELROY GREEN I Central Treatment Facility 111901 ESt, SE II Washington DC 20003 Plaintiff, I v. I 03-0009733 THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA A Municipal Corporation 441 Fourth Street, NW Washington, DC …
Bloated Prison Budget Fuels California's Degenerative Incarceration Spiral by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg California's $5.3 billion prison spending plan was shaved only a miniscule $35 million in the August 2, 2003 $100 billion annual state budget - a "budget" that is admittedly $38.2 billion out of balance …
Article • November 15, 2003 • from PLN November, 2003
From the Editor by Paul Wright SouthLand Prison News was a bi-monthly magazine published by Virginia prisoner Joseph Houck. In August, 2003, they published their last issue after almost five years of publishing. I am saddened at their passing as it illustrates the ongoing problems of the prison press in …
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