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Corruption and Violence Plague South Africa’s Post-Apartheid Prisons by Gary Hunter Corruption and Violence Plague South Africa's Post-Apartheid Prisons by Gary Hunter Corruption plagues South African (SA) prisons at every level as prisoners suffer violence and torture from both prisoners and warders alike. Former high court judge Thabani Jali was …
Chicago Juvenile Detention Center Workers Resist Court-Ordered Reforms by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg In June 1999, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) won a suit against Chicago?s Cook County to abate unconstitutionally sordid, unsafe and abusive conditions at its Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (JTDC), conditions that had been …
Article • April 15, 2007 • from PLN April, 2007
California Prisoner Fed Finger Settles with Florida Food Manufacturer by On January 31, 2006, a Florida food company reached a confidential settlement agreement with a California state prisoner who found a three-quarter inch long human finger tip in one of the company?s prepackaged meals. While confined in isolation at California?s …
Reflections on Katrina’s First Year: The Story of Chaos and Continuing Abuse in One of America’s Worst Justice Systems by Bob Williams Reflections on Katrina's First Year: The Story of Chaos and Continuing Abuse in One of America's Worst Justice Systems by Bob Williams As America reflected on Hurricane Katrina's …
Article • April 15, 2007 • from PLN April, 2007
Alabama Transfers Prisoners to Louisiana Rather Than Use In-State Prison by Gary Hunter Overcrowded prisons in Alabama almost landed state prison commissioner Richard Allen in jail. Under current state law the DOC has thirty days to pick up prisoners from county jails once they?ve been convicted. But the prison population …
Article • April 15, 2007 • from PLN April, 2007
California Corrections Standards Authority Chided by Inspector General for Failure to Develop Prison Guard Selection and Training Standards by Marvin Mentor The California Inspector General (IG) reviewed progress in October, 2006 on his seven earlier (2005) recommendations to the 19-member Corrections Standards Authority pertaining to development of selection and training …
Brief • April 5, 2007
Jama et al v. Esmor Correctional Services, NJ, Deposition - DeLand, immigration beating, 2006 Case 2:97-cv-03093-DRD-MAS Document 431-5 Filed 04/05/07 Page 1 of 137 PageID: 5542 EXHIBIT 2 Case 2:97-cv-03093-DRD-MAS Document 431-5 Filed 04/05/07 Page 2 of 137 PageID: 5543 Page 1 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 FOR THE …
Brief • April 5, 2007
Jama et al v. Esmor Correctional Services, NJ, Certificate in Support of Plf Mot to Preclude DeLand Testimony, immigration beating, 2007 Case 2:97-cv-03093-DRD-MAS Document 431-2 Filed 04/05/07 Page 1 of 3 PageID: 5368 Mary Beth Hogan, Esq. Drew M. Dorman, Esq. Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 919 Third Avenue New York, …
Brief • April 5, 2007
Jama et al v. Esmor Correctional Services, NJ, Memo Supporting Plf Mot to Preclude Expert Testimony, immigration beating, 2007 Case 2:97-cv-03093-DRD-MAS Document 431-1 Filed 04/05/07 Page 1 of 45 PageID: 5374 Mary Beth Hogan, Esq. Drew M. Dorman, Esq. Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 919 Third Avenue New York, New York …
Brief • April 5, 2007
Jama v. INS, NJ, Mtn. to Preclude Expert Testimony, Torture at INS Facilities, 2007 Case 2:97-cv-03093-DRD-MAS Document 431 Filed 04/05/07 Page 1 of 2 PageID: 5679 Case 2:97-cv-03093-DRD-MAS Document 431 Filed 04/05/07 Page 2 of 2 PageID: 5680
Stutes v. Tipton et al, VT, Complaint, CCA restraint segregation, 2007 DocUrTIPOt...P° 1 „Filed QV. base 13.1 HICT or H0-7 FH r .r.1 DISTrI&F COURT 711 0 7MAR 30 U STA - FOR THE ".01S CT OF VERIviONT E No. ,.t i . - 6 Kirk STUTES, Plaintiff -uu 11 …
Brief • March 23, 2007
Turay, et al. v. Richards, et al., WA, Civil Commitment Case, Order Ending Injunction, 2007 Case 2:91-cv-00664-RSM Document 2120 Filed 03/23/2007 Page 1 of 9 1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 6 7 RICHARD TURAY, et al., 8 9 10 11 …
“To Get Stuff and Sell It for As Much As We Can Get”: Federal Prison Industries and Electronics Recycling by Aaron Shuman "To Get Stuff and Sell It for As Much As We Can Get": Federal Prison Industries and Electronics Recycling by Aaron Shuman In recent months, UNICOR Recycling has …
Article • March 15, 2007 • from PLN March, 2007
California DOC Wage Audit: Guards Overcharged State $12 Million for Union Business Leave by Marvin Mentor California?s Office of the Inspector General (OIG), the state Legislature?s watchdog over prison operations, reviewed guards? use of leave for union-related business and found that California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) accounting controls …
Hawaii Settles DOJ Suit Over Unconstitutional Juvenile Facility by The State of Hawaii settled a suit brought by the United States government, resolving a suit over unconstitutional conditions of confinement at the Hawaii Youth Corrections Facility (HYCF) in Kailua, Hawaii. On August 16, 2004, the United States Department of Justice …
Article • March 15, 2007 • from PLN March, 2007
California DOC Federal Receiver Is Granted First Waiver of State Law by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The federal court Receiver for healthcare in California state prisons (see: PLN, Mar. 2006, p.1, Federal Court Seizes California Prisons? Medical Care; Appoints Receiver With Unprecedented Powers) surmounted his first statutory bureaucratic …
Grievances Must Identify Defendants Later Sued by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed in part and reversed in part an Ohio federal district court?s dismissal of a prisoner?s complaint for failure to comply with the exhaustion requirement of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA). Christopher Bell, a prisoner …
Wyoming Federal Court Awards Attorney $18,000 for Compliance Monitoring by Michael Rigby On March 9, 2006, the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming awarded $16,200.50 in enhanced fees plus $2,105.28 in costs to an attorney for time spent monitoring compliance with remedial measures at the Carbon County (Wyoming) …
Article • March 15, 2007 • from PLN March, 2007
Three Work-Release Van Drivers Escape from Arkansas Prison; Practice Discontinued by Gary Hunter Two prisoners escaped from Arkansas? Benton Unit prison on July 9, 2006. Tab Delancey and Clifton Sanders were drivers in the prison?s work-release program. Arkansas was one of the few states that, until recently, allowed unsupervised prisoners …
Hawaii Juvenile Gay Bashing Enjoined by A federal court in Hawaii issued a preliminary injunction, prohibiting harassment, abuse, discrimination and isolation of juvenile detainees who are, or are perceived to be, lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender (LGBT). The Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility (HYCF) is a secure juvenile detention facility ?existing …
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