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Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
Jury Awards Maryland Prison Guard $1.6 Million for Discrimination by Michael Rigby In July 2003, a federal jury in Maryland awarded a former prison guard $1.6 million for the discrimination and hostile work environment he endured while on the job at a Maryland prison. Mathen Chacko, a native of India, …
California Initial Cell Assignments By Race Upheld, U.S. Supreme Court Grants Review by John E Dannenberg California Initial Cell Assignments By Race Upheld, U.S. Supreme Court Grants Review by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the policy of the California Department of Corrections (CDC) …
BOP, FBI Investigations in Texas, Oregon, Arizona, and California Federal Prisons by Michael Rigby BOP, FBI Investigations in Texas, Oregon, Arizona, and California Federal Prisons by Michael Rigby Murder, riots, drug overdoses, and allegations of official corruption have prompted the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and the FBI to launch investigations …
Article • February 15, 2004 • from PLN February, 2004
Book Review: Inner Lives: Voices of African American Women in Prison by Silja JA Talvi by Paula C. Johnson, 339 pp. , New York Univiversity Press, 2003, hardcover Review by Silja J.A. Talvi Attention to African American women in prison is paid so rarely, and with so little depth, that …
CCA Abuse Goes Unpunished at New Jersey INS Detention Center by Mark Dow Maybe it was cynical courtroom theatre, or maybe the attorney for the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) believed it when he ridiculed the very idea that prison guards would retaliate against prisoners for conducting a hunger strike …
Federal Judge Strikes Down Iowa Prison's Faith-Based Rehabilitation Program by Michael Rigby A federal judge in Iowa has ruled that the state's partial funding of a Christian rehabilitation program is unconstitutional. In a 140-page opinion issued on June 2, 2006, U.S. District Judge Robert W. Pratt ordered the Iowa Department …
100+ Canadian Prisoners Attempt to Escape from Private Superjail; Racial Profiling Alleged by According to the Toronto Star, on September 20, 2002, more than a hundred prisoners at the privately-run Superjail in Penetanguishene, Ontario, used a battering ram to attempt an escape. According to the Ontario Provincial Police, the prisoners, …
Trial Required in Pennsylvania Guard Beating by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that summary judgment for defendant prison guards was inappropriate without a trial to develop the facts, in a case where a prisoner claimed he was viciously beaten by …
Eighth Circuit Affirms Damages Award, Discovery Sanctions, Fees in Missouri Pepper Spray Case by The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a jury verdict, damages awards, and discovery sanctions against Missouri Department of Corrections officials at the Potosi Correctional Center (PCC) in a case involving excessive force against PCC …
Article • September 15, 2003 • from PLN September, 2003
Texas Magistrate Suspended for Verbally Abusing Prisoners by Texas Magistrate Suspended For Verbally Abusing Prisoners by Matthew T. Clarke A Brazoria County, Texas, Justice of the Peace (JP) has been suspended pending the outcome of judicial misconduct proceedings, after he used profanity and racial slurs to verbally abuse prisoners in …
North Carolina Juvenile Prisons Plagued by Physical, Sexual Abuse, and Medical Neglect by Lonnie Burton North Carolina Juvenile Prisons Plagued by Physical, Sexual Abuse, and Medical Neglect by Lonnie Burton After four separate lawsuits were filed by prisoners serving sentences at two North Carolina juvenile facilities alleging a wide range …
The Crime of Being Poor by Paul Wright "The law in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets and to steal bread." _ Anatole France A central part of the mythology of the criminal justice system in …
Retaliatory Prisoner Transfer for Exercising First Amendment Rights is "Adverse Determination" Under the Privacy Act by Bob Williams Retaliatory Prisoner Transfer for Exercising First Amendment Rights is "Adverse Determination" Under the Privacy Act by Bob Williams The Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit has held that the reclassification and …
Ninth Circuit Reexamines Standards for Qualified Immunity at Summary Judgment Stage in California Shooting Case by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Amending its earlier decision at 240 F.3d 845 [PLN, June `01], the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit clarified the evaluation of qualified immunity claims …
Failure to Allege Imminent Threat Precludes Justification Defenses in BOP Weapons Prosecution by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that the district court did not error in excluding evidence or argument regarding affirmative defenses of necessity and duress in trials for prisoners' weapon possession. On May 18, 1999, Terry …
Murder, Mayhem, Corruption and Snitches: BOP Florence Exposed by Bob Williams Located in the gently rolling hills of Southern Colorado, dotted with juniper, poplar and cedar trees, Florence is a quiet, small town that was once a prison town without a prison. At just over 5,000 town residents, Florence shares …
New Jersey Jail Guards Awarded $1.2 Million Following Retaliation for Protesting Jail Conditions by On April 10, 2002, a federal jury in New Jersey awarded four Atlantic County Jail guards $300,000 each for retaliation taken against them after they publicly protested unsafe jail conditions. In May, 1997, Edward Clopp, Noriss …
California Three-Year Lockdown of "Southern Hispanics" Held Unconstitutional by Marvin Mentor California Three-Year Lockdown of "Southern Hispanics" Held Unconstitutional by Marvin Mentor A Del Monte County, California superior court ruled on December 10, 2002 that a three year lockdown of "Southern Hispanics" at maximum security Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) …
Tribal Funds Exempt from Washington LFO Seizures by In an unpublished order, a federal court in Washington granted a Native American prisoner's motion for summary judgment on the issue of liability of prison officials in seizing monthly tribal per capita allotments from his prison account to satisfy court-ordered legal financial …
Class Action Filed on Washington DOC Seizure of Tribal Funds by On March 29, 2002, a class action suit was filed in a Washington federal court on behalf of all Native American prisoners in the Washington prison system who have had tribal trust funds seized by the Washington Department of …
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