New York Federal District Court Allows Prisoner’s § 1983 Action to Proceed by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A New York state prisoner’s civil rights case proceeded to trial in federal district court after the judge denied the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision’s motion for summary …
New York City Council Passes Ordinance to Make All Jail Phone Calls Free by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On July 18, 2018 the New York City Council passed Introduction No. 741-A, which ended the practice of telecom companies profiting from providing phone services for prisoners at inflated rates. Instead, …
Former Prisoner, Jailhouse Lawyer Mujahid Farid Has Died by Laura Whitehorn by Laura Whitehorn This issue of Prison Legal News is dedicated to Mujahid Farid. Farid, 69, who died of cancer on November 20, 2018 in the Bronx, New York, often said he was only one of many people who …
Santiago v. Fischer, NY, Motion for Summary Judgment, False Arrest, 2018 Case 1:12-cv-02137-KAM-ST Document 119 Filed 11/14/18 Page 1 of 2 PageID #: 1896 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ------------------------------------------------------------------x JESUS SANTIAGO, Plaintiff, -againstBRIAN FISCHER, individually and as Commissioner of the New York State Department of …
New York’s Prison-to-Shelter Pipeline is Poor Option for Parolees by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Released from prison, many New York parolees – instead of getting back on their feet through re-entry programs – are heading to homeless shelters in New York City. Of approximately 9,300 prisoners paroled from state …
D.K. V. Teams, NY, Order, Physical Abuse-Disabled, 2018 Case 1:16-cv-03246-PAE Document 354 Filed 10/31/18 Page 1 of 3 USDCSDNY DOC UMENT ELECTRONICALLY FILED DOC#: ------- -UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FILED: DATE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ------ D.K., by her Guardian L.K.; Z.O., by her Guardian B.M.; and 8.R., by …
New York: $100,000 to Settle Suit over Rape of Trans Prisoner Held in Men’s Prison by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a male-to-female transgender prisoner who was raped while housed …
Black Liberation Army Members Convicted of Murdering Cops Granted Parole by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Herman Bell served 46 years behind bars in New York. The 70-year-old was convicted of the 1971 murders of two NYPD officers, and received a sentence of 25 years to life. Denied parole on …
D.K. V. Teams, NY, Contempt Order, Physical Abuse-Disabled, 2018 Case 1:16-cv-03246-PAE Document 329 Filed 09/24/18 Page 1 of 3 Case 1:16-cv-03246-PAE-DCF Document 326-1 Filed 09/ UNITED STA TES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK D.K., by her Guardian L.K.; Z.O., by her Guardian B.M.; and B.R., by her Guardian …
PrimeCare Medical of New York Inc., Re: Proposal for Comprehensive Services - Putnam County, 2018 Putnam County Correctional Facility Inmate Health Care Services RFP – 7-18 Table of Contents ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF RFP ................................................... 3 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM ........................................................................................... 4 COMPANY PROFILE .................................................................................................................. 5 PRIOR EXPERIENCE …
NYSBA Electronic Coursebook - FOIL 2018 I N E W Y O R K S TAT E B A R A S S O C I AT I O N NYSBACLE CLE Course Materials Note: Complete course materials are also distributed in electronic pdf format online in advance of the …
Hamm v. City of New York, et al., anti-gay attack on jail visitor, settlement, 2018 Case 1:15-cv-06238-JPO Document 92 Filed 09/10/18 Page 1 of 6 UNITED STATES DISTRJCT COURT SOUTHER.N DISTRICT OF NEW YORK x Thomas Hamm, STIPULATIONAND onnnn op Dls'iltrssAl Plaintiff, l5 Civ.06238 (JPO) (SDA) -against- The City of …
Rikers Island Beat Down Suit Settles for $165,000, but Victim Won’t See a Penny by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis On October 30, 2012, several guards at the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City used batons to beat handcuffed prisoner Gabino Genao, 31, into unconsciousness. In the wake …
Spinelli v. City of New York et al, Settlement, Rikers CO Sexual Abuse, 2018 UNITEDSTATESDISTRICTCOURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFNEWYORK KELLY SPD^ELLI, Plaintiff, STIPULATION OF SETTLEMENT 17 Civ. 7680 (JPO) -against- THECFTYOFNEWYORK,THENEWYORKCITY DEPARTMENTOFCORAECTION,NEWYORKCITY CORRECTIONSCOMMISSIONERJOSEPHPONTE, WDIVIDUALLYANDINHIS OFFICIALCAPACITy, NEWYORKCITYCORRECTIONSOFFICERSTEVEN SANTIAGO, INDIVIDUALLYAND INfflS OFFICIAL C^PACHY,NEWYORKCUT CORRECTIONSOFFICER NANA OSEI, DSTDFVIDUALLYAND IN fflS OFFICIAL CAPACITYANDNEWYORKCORRECTIONSOFFICER DAVID JOHNSON,INDIVIDUALLYAND …
Hill et al. v. County of Montgomery, N.Y., class action, failure to provide nutritional sustenance, 2018 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK PERRY HILL and JAMES ROGERS, both individually and on behalf of a class of others similarly situated, 9:14-cv-00933 (BKS/DJS) Plaintiffs, v. COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY, MICHAEL …
D.K. V. Teams, NY, Order to Show Cause, Physical Abuse-Disabled, 2018 Case 1:16-cv-03246-PAE Document 308 Filed 08/20/18 Page 1 of 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK D.K., by her Guardian L.K.; Z.O., by her Guardian B.M.; and B.R., by her Guardian C.R., Plaintiffs, No. 16 Civ. …
D.K. V. Teams, NY, Memorandum of Law, Physical Abuse-Disabled, 2018 Case 1:16-cv-03246-PAE Document 310 Filed 08/20/18 Page 1 of 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK D.K., by her Guardian L.K.; Z.O., by her Guardian B.M.; and B.R., by her Guardian C.R., Plaintiffs, No. 16 Civ. 03246 …
Previous NY Escapee Fails to Negotiate Privileges in Exchange for Revealing Security Flaws by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna New York state prisoner David Sweat became famous – or rather infamous – when he and fellow prisoner Richard W. Matt escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York …
New York State Parole Board - Failures in Staffing and Performance - A Report by the Parole Preparation Project and The Release Aging People in Prison Campaign, 2018 New York State Parole Board: Failures A Report and in by the Staffing and Performance Parole Preparation Project The Release Aging People …
