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Louisiana Guards' Conviction Upheld in Prisoner's Beating by A jury's conviction of three guards at the Louisianan State Penitentiary at Angola in the assault and beating of prisoner Raymond Jackson has been affirmed by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Sergeant Harrison Daniels was convicted in the assault, and denying …
Article • August 15, 2003 • from PLN August, 2003
From the Editor by Paul Wright This month we continue our coverage of the hepatitis C (HCV) epidemic sweeping through American prisons with little or no treatment for the afflicted. The public health consequences of this and many other diseases that have historically festered in American prisons and jails before …
California Prison Policy Restricting Book Orders Enjoined by The US District Court (ND Calif.) issued a permanent injunction against officials at the maximum security Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) that terminated their policy requiring vendors who shipped books, periodicals, magazines or calendars to PBSP prisoners to use a prison-supplied shipping …
Massachusetts Jury Awards $175,000 to Beaten Ex-Prisoner by On August 28, 2002, a Worcester (MA) Superior Court jury awarded $175,000 to a former Massachusetts state prisoner who sued the Department of Correction (DOC). The jury also found that the DOC negligently hired and supervised a guard with a known propensity …
Article • August 15, 2003 • from PLN August, 2003
900 British Prisoners Freed Following Court Ruling by On July 26, 2002, nine hundred prisoners in England and Wales had to be set free after the European Court of Human rights unanimously ruled that extending prisoners' imprisonment for disciplinary violations without allowing them legal representation violated Article 6 of the …
Sexual Harassment Scandal Rocks Connecticut DOC by by Matthew T. Clarke The Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) has been rocked by allegations of sexual harassment, sexual abuse, and illegal sex between guards and prisoners. The scandal began on August 8, 2002, when 15 female guards filed two separate federal class-action …
Brief • August 15, 2003
Harvin v Dc Judgment Minor Strip Search 2003 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ANGELA HARVIN, as next friend of JOSEPH BENNETT, ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) v. ) ) ) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Defendants. Civil Action No. 02-729 (JGP) ECF ) ) ) AMENDED …
Brief • August 7, 2003
Gronquist v Doc Wa Def Response to Complaint to Show Cause Re Public Disclosure Public Record Act 2003 .'. CLERK'S OFFICE COpy ,.... -- .- The Honorable Jerome 1. Leveque Hearing Date: August 14, 2003 Hearing Time: 9:30 a.m. Hearing Location: TELEPHONIC - Defendants shall initiate call 2 3 4 …
Brief • August 5, 2003
Leblanc v Tdcj Settlement 2003 No. 0084586 KEITHA LEBLANC Plaintiff, v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, ET. AL., Defendant. § § § § § § § § IN THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW NUMBER ONE OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS COMPLETE RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF J …
Brief • July 21, 2003
Green v State of Ohio Oh Judgement Entry and Order 2003
Brief • July 17, 2003
Thiel v. Wi Dhfs, Wi, Order, Civil Commitment, 2003 STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT BRANCH 12 DANE COUNTY DENNIS THIEL, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 00 CV 2745 THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, ET AL., Defendants. ORDER AND JUDGMENT I. INTRODUCTION The Defendants, the Wisconsin Department of Health …
Brief • July 17, 2003
Gregory v. City of Louisville, KY, Katsaris Deposition Pt II, 2003 Katsaris Deposition, Part 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE DIVISION CASE NO. 3:01-CV-535-R WILLIAM THOMAS GREGORY, Plaintiff, vs. VOLUME 1 PAGES 1 - 208 CITY OF LOUISVILLE, et al, Defendants. ______________________________ DEPOSITION OF: W. KEN …
Article • July 15, 2003 • from PLN July, 2003
Beaten Philadelphia Prisoner Gets $125,000, Two Guards and Warden Get Time by by Matthew T. Clarke On May 1, 2002, two guards and an assistant warden were convicted in federal court of charges relating to the beating of a Philadelphia prisoner. In the latest of a series of settlements for …
Veterans' Disability Check Unlawfully Seized to Pay State Restitution Fine by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Third Circuit US Court of Appeals held that a New Jersey statute providing for seizure of a prisoner's federal veterans' disability benefits check to pay a state restitution fine was void …
Dallas Police Convicted of Framing Drug Defendants, DA Refuses to Help Innocent Prisoners by by Matthew T. Clarke In April, 2000, former Dallas police officers Quentis Roper and Daniel Maples were convicted of extorting more than $125,000 from drug dealers and illegal immigrants and falsifying evidence against those who refused …
California Prison Guards' Attorneys Convicted in Dog Mauling by Marvin Mentor On March 21, 2002, a San Francisco, California husband and wife attorney team, Robert Noel and Marjorie Knoller, who for years had defended prison guards at maximum security Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP), were themselves convicted of manslaughter when …
Article • July 15, 2003 • from PLN July, 2003
Kansas Tobacco Smuggling Conviction Upheld by The Kansas Supreme Court upheld Audra Watson's conviction for smuggling tobacco into the county jail in Pratt County, Kansas. That court rejected Watson's argument that the statute under which she was convicted, KSA § 21-3826, was unconstitutionally vague and could not be applied to …
Article • July 15, 2003 • from PLN July, 2003
From the Editor by Paul Wright As PLN goes into its fourteenth publishing year, we have expanded our size to 40 pages to bring readers more information about prison and jail issues than ever before. Despite a prison and jail population at an all time high of more than two …
Mississippi Pays $6 Million for Empty Prison Bunks by Mississippi Pays $6 Million For Empty Prison Bunks by Matthew T. Clarke In a highly politicized move, the Mississippi Legislature passed a budget paying Wackenhut Corporation (WC) and Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) millions of dollars for unneeded private prison bunks, …
Article • July 15, 2003 • from PLN July, 2003
Over 100 Prisoners Exonerated Through DNA, Government Cuts Funding by Rex Bagley Bruce Godschalk became a free man on February 14, 2002,after fifteen years of incarceration for a crime he refused to admit to. In May, 1987 he was convicted in Philadelphia for the rape of two women and indecent …
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