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Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006
New York Prisoner Awarded $25,000 For Assault by On April 12, 2005, a Bronx, New York, jury awarded $25,000 to a man who was severely beaten by other prisoners in the mental health section of the Rikers Island jail complex. The 18-year-old plaintiff was imprisoned at Rikers Island for a …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
North Carolina Prison Audit Finds Industry Excesses,Overpaid Guards, More by Michael Rigby The North Carolina Department of Corrections prison industries program routinely violates state purchasing guidelines and lacks adequate internal controls, a state audit has confirmed. The audit, released on October 19, 2005, also found that guards were sometimes overpaid, …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
Audit of Californias Failed Intermediate-Parole-Sanctions Program Blames Lack of Benchmarks And D by Audit of Californias Failed Intermediate-Parole-Sanctions Program Blames Lack of Benchmarks And Data Analysis The California State Auditor issued a stinging 58 page report in November 2005 that squarely fixed the blame for the purported failure of the …
$20,500 New Hampshire Jail Award Upheld for False Disciplinary Charges by The First Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a jurys award of $20,500 to a pretrial detainee in a civil rights action, alleging denial of due process from the filing of false disciplinary charges. Jason Surprenant was a pretrial …
Michigan Youth Prison Closed But Problems Continue by Michael Rigby During its six years of operation, the Michigan Youth Correctional Facility has been criticized over abuse, suicide attempts, and a policy of filling beds at the maximum-security prison with low level offenders. But even after its closure, the privately run …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
Maryland ALJ Faults Arbitrary Transfer/Medical Order Violation by A Maryland Administration Law Judge (ALJ) held that the Maryland Division of Correction (MDOC) violated a Settlement Agreement and acted arbitrarily, capriciously and in violation of law by transferring a prisoner. The ALJ also found the refusal to provide ordered medical devices …
SJ Reversed on Delaware Detainee Triple-Celling Claim; Due Process, Not Eighth Amendment Controls by The Third Circuit Court of Appeals held that a Delaware District Court improperly analyzed a conditions of confinement claim brought by pre-trial detainees under the Eighth Amendment, rather than the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth …
GAO: Private Contractors Perform Poorly At Overseas Military Prisons by Matthew T. Clarke A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released April 29, 2005, criticized the militarys poor management of private contractors in Iraq and put partial blame for the Abu Ghraib prison scandal on private contractors and their poor management. …
Publication • 2006
Litigating Civil Rights Violations by For-Profit Prisons, Trine, 2006 LITIGATING CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BY FOR-PROFIT PRIVATE PRISONS By Bill Trine 1 Introduction Civil rights litigation against the for-profit prison industry is relatively new because oftherebirth of privately owned and operated prisons. Although the law governing Section 1983 civil rights litigation …
Grenning v. Bisson, WA, Complaint, Retaliation, 2006 Case 3:06-cv-05298-RJB Document 9 Case 3:06-cv-05298-RJB-JKA Document 1-2 Filed 07/20/06 Page 1 of 25 Filed 05/30/2006 Page 1 of 25 11111111111111111 1111111111111111111111111111 11111111111111111111111111111111111 ll(i·CV·0529H-( 'MI' _ _ _ _ RECEiVED o MAY 30 ZOOS CLfRK U.t>. UI~;., ';ic..: r CUUHT WEST£RN DISTRICT OF …
Buddhist Prisoner Properly Denied Vegan Diet Under First Amendment; Case Remanded for RLUIPA Claim by David Reutter The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a prisoners First Amendment religious exercise right to practice Mahayana Buddhism was not violated by prison officials refusal to provide a vegan diet. The …
Scandal, Suicides, Corruption and Abuse Abound at New York Citys Rikers Island Jail by Gary Hunter Scandal, Suicides, Corruption and Abuse Abound at New York Citys Rikers Island Jail by Gary Hunter When Rikers Island was purchased in 1884 it was only 87 acres. The city of New York made …
Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006
Fall Escapes Plague Local, State Agencies in Houston Area by by Michael Rigby During a two week period in late 2005, prisoners in the Houston area escaped from all levels of custody. One prisoner escaped from the city jail, another vanished from the back of a prison van, and a …
Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006
Nearly 7 Million Under Correctional Supervision In U.S. by Michael Rigby At yearend 2004, nearly 7 million adults were in prison, on parole, or on probation in the U.S.--2.5 million more than in 1990--according to a study by the Bureau of Justice Statistics released on November 2, 2005. Put another …
Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006
West Virginia Prisoner Sued By Victims Mother Following $50,000 Award by West Virginia Prisoner Sued By Victims Mother Following $50,000 Award On August 16, 2005, state prisoner Mark Allen Harris was awarded $50,000 for facial injuries he sustained when he fell out of a jail van. Two days - later, …
Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006
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Robots Package Medications for Jails by In a 21st Century move designed to both save $1 million per year and improve the accuracy of drug dispensing in county jails, Contra Costa County, California has hired robots to replace pharmacists and nurses in the packaging and dispensing of medications to prisoners …
$150,000 Paid to Indiana Juvenile Jail Detainee for Sexual Assault by Following an Indiana federal district courts denial of summary judgment to the Marion County Sheriff, the Sheriff settled the matter by giving $150,000 to a pretrial juvenile detainee that was raped in the Marion County Jail (MCJ). Seventeen-year-old Ryan …
Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006
U.S. Prison Population Hits Nearly 2.3 Million In 2004 by Michael Rigby The U.S. reached a new milestone in 2004: the imprisonment of nearly 2.3 million citizens, according to a report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) released in October 2005. On December 31, 2004, 2,267,787 men, women, and …
Downey v. CCA, VT, Settlement, guard prisoner assault, 2006 LYPIN 7 THOMAS 8c MIHALICH, P.C. ATTORNEYS AT LAW BARBARA R. BLACKMAN STEVEN C. COLLIER RIETRO J. LYNN JENNIFER G. MIHALICH MATTHEW A. SIEI3E1HEATHER E. THOMAS JEFFREY S. MARLIN May 12, 2006 Devin McLaughlin, Esq. Langrock Sperry & Wool LLP P.O. …
King v. Walker, Il, Parole Revocation Hearings, Class Cert Order, 2006 Case 1:06-cv-00204 Document 48 Filed 05/08/2006 Page 1 of 25 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION CHARLES KING, ANDRE BROWN, CHOIKE HILL, THOMAS GILBERT, NELSON MUNIZ, ANTHONY SMITH, and ANDRE McGREGG, …
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