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Article • November 15, 2005 • from PLN November, 2005
New York Prisoner Awarded $195,000 for Hand, Knee Injury by On October 6, 2004, a court of claims in White Plains, New York, awarded $195,000 to a state prisoner who fell in the shower, injuring her hand, and knee. While imprisoned at the Taconic Correctional Facility, prisoner Juliann Gibson slipped …
Virginia Federal Court: Over 47 Hours in by Virginia Federal Court: Over 47 Hours in Five-Point Restraint Unconstitutional by Matthew T. Clarke A federal court in Virginia held that prison officials violated a prisoner's constitutional rights when they strapped his ankles, wrists and chest to a bed for over 67 …
Publication • November 4, 2005
Staff Safety Evaluation, California State Prison Solano, 2005 CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION Corrections Standards Authority G.'.).~:.:. 600 Bercut Drive. 8urte A : ~ .~~..:t.-::: ~ .. Sacramento, California 95814 . www.csa.ca.gov .~. ..= ~ .' d II II II II II II -II II TABLE OF CONTENTS i'\ …
Problems Mount In Maryland Prisons by by Michael Rigby Even as the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) reels amid mounting criticism over pervasive violence, inadequate medical care, overcrowding, understaffing, and other systemic deficiencies, new tremors continue to rattle the division. Eight guards accused of beating a …
California County Jail Quietly Settles by Substandard Healthcare Suit For $1.75 Million Santa Clara County, California has quietly paid a settlement of $1.75 million to settle a federal claim by county jail healthcare workers about being retaliated against and demoted for having complained about substandard healthcare practices they observed in …
Guards Rape, Sexually Harass and Smuggle at Colorado Prisons by by Matthew T. Clarke There are new troubles at several prisons in Colorado. At a 250-bed GRW-run private prison in Brush, a tiny town 91 miles northwest of Denver, the newly-resigned ex-warden and two guards have been indicted in relation …
Article • October 15, 2005 • from PLN October, 2005
Oklahoma Civil Action Timely by Under Mailbox Rule The Oklahoma Court of Appeals held that the prison mailbox rule applies to prisoner filings of civil actions. It also held that the trial court violated District Court rule 13(f) when it ruled on a summary judgment motion without giving the prisoner …
Sexual Predator Civil Commitment Detainee May Not Be Housed In Punitive Segregation by by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that a California sexual predator civil commitment detainee, while awaiting commitment proceedings, is entitled to conditions of confinement that are not punitive. Oscar Jones was …
Article • October 15, 2005 • from PLN October, 2005
Illinois Jail Conditions Suit Nets $150,000 Attorney Fee Award by An Illinois Federal District Court has awarded attorneys representing prisoners at the Winnebago County Jail (WCJ) $150,000 in attorney fees and costs. This class action suit alleged the conditions at WCJ were unconstitutionally deficient in numerous respects. The suit alleged …
Prisoners Faced Violent Hazing In Troubled Pennsylvania Jail by by Michael Rigby At least 50 prisoners entering Pennsylvania's Somerset County Jail over a 2-year period were beaten as part of a violent hazing ritual that went unchecked by jail authorities. This combined with serious overcrowding and a history of poor …
Dismissal of Failure to Protect Claim Reversed; No Showing Necessary to Survive Rule 12(b)(6) Dism by Dismissal of Failure to Protect Claim Reversed; No Showing Necessary to Survive Rule 12(b)(6) Dismissal The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court's dismissal of a civil committee's failure to protect and …
New Zealand Court of Appeals Upholds Prisoner's Conditions-of-Confinement Award by On September 11, 2005, the New Zealand Court of Appeals upheld and increased the award of compensation to a prisoner for having been held in unlawful conditions of confinement. Christopher Taunoa, a New Zealand prisoner who is serving a life …
Article • October 15, 2005
Seventh Circuit Reverses Indemnification for Guard's Abuse; Jury Awards $400,000 in Damages Against by Seventh Circuit Reverses Indemnification for Guard's Abuse; Jury Awards $400,000 in Damages Against Guard The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court's order granting indemnification against Macon County, Illinois. The court found that a …
Sexual and Physical Abuse at Florida Girl's Prison Under Investigation by By David Reutter In June, 2003, The State Attorney for Florida's Palm Beach County initiated a grand jury investigation into sexual assaults and physical abuse at the State's only maximum security prison for girls. In April, 2000, the Florida …
Florida Juvenile Justice: Check Private "Employee's" Records? What a Concept by Florida Juvenile Justice: Check Private "Employee's" Records? What a Concept By David M. Reutter Guards employed by private contractors that operate Florida juvenile justice programs earn some of the lowest wages in the nation. The result is high turnover, …
Article • October 15, 2005
$175,000 Award in Chicago Jail Failure to Protect Case by While held at Illinois' Cook County Jail, Stanley Davis Jones was beaten by two fellow prisoners in March 1999. He suffered a dislocated shoulder and broken wrist from the attack, which he alleged was caused by jail officials' failure to …
Grand Jury Finds Criminal Conduct In Chicago Jail Prisoner Abuse Scandal by Matthew T. Clarke As previously reported in PLN, the Cook County Jail has been the scene of controversy involving the wanton beating of prisoners by an elite squad of guards known as the SORT team. [PLN Feb. 2004, …
Wilson v. Hampton County, SC, Amended Complaint, Protection against Danger, 2005 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA BEAUFORT DIVISION Civil Action No. 9:05-1777-PMD Brenda Wilson, Plaintiff ) ) ) v. ) Hampton County, ) Tonda Smith, Felsiha Mixson ) Illlya Odom, Diane Jamison ) Individually …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
Do You Like Adventure? Prisons for Iraq by by Silja J.A. Talvi DynCorp International, a subsidiary of Computer Sciences Corporation, was in heavy recruit-ment mode at the Winter, 2005 ACA Conference. The Dawn of Liberty," blared one flyer. Join Us in the Fight for Freedom EVERYWHERE. To get current and …
What's Wrong With the ACA? by Elizabeth Alexander The American Correctional Association (ACA) is the largest and best-known organization of prison and jail staff in the country. It offers higher education programs designed to train prison industry professionals and, like a traditional professional association, it certifies persons as members in …
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