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System Examined in Death of Washington Prisoner by Angela Galloway By the time the guard helped him, the 32-year-old burglar's eyes and skin glowed yellow. Curled up on his metal bunk at McNeil Island Correctional Center, Phillip Montgomery's lanky, athletic body lay weak from days of pain and vomiting. A …
Alabama Jail Conditions Unconstitutional, County Liable by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Court of Appeals for the Elev-enth Circuit has held, in a case with protracted litigation resulting in three opinions of the Court, that the conditions of the Butler County Jail in Greenville, Alabama are so atrocious …
All California Prisoners Win Upgraded Medical Care by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On January 25, 2002, the California Department of Corrections (CDC) entered into a settlement in a class action lawsuit that will upgrade medical care for 157,000 prisoners at all 33 California state prisons. Following the …
Washington Prison Health Care Substandard by Angela Galloway When Leland Workman's heart faltered while he was imprisoned at McNeil Island Correction Center, the nurses couldn't find the IV equipment needed to ease his chest and arm pain. They couldn't find standing orders for managing emergencies when there's no doctor on …
Article • October 15, 2002 • from PLN October, 2002
Ohio Nearly Closes 100 Year Old Asylum/Prison by Gary Hunter In April 2002, state budget cuts threatened to force the closure of Orient Correctional Institution near Columbus Ohio. Orient originally opened as a mental asylum in 1902 and was converted to a prison in 1984. The closing would have relocated …
Boot Camp or Boot Hill? Troubled Teens Suffer From Too Much Tough Love by Roger Hummel Boot Camp Or Boot Hill? Troubled Teens Suffer From Too Much Tough Love by Roger Hummel On February 15, 2002, Charles Long II was arrested on murder and child abuse charges growing from the …
Audit Shows Folsom Prison Mismanaged by Gary Hunter In December 2001, the state inspector general concluded an excoriating audit of a city-run prison in Folsom, California. The audit was the result of a six-month investigation that met a great deal of resistance from Folsom officials. It "revealed deteriorating buildings, broken …
News in Brief by Roger Hummel Alaska: On April 11, 2002, Cynthia Cooper, the head prosecutor in the state attorney general's office, resigned after being judicially admonished for pursuing felony charges against a public defender who crashed his car into a light pole. Anchorage prosecutors had agreed to a misdemeanor …
Article • June 15, 2002 • from PLN June, 2002
California Guards Bust Budget by Willie Wisely by W. Wisely A report released November 27, 2001, by the Bureau of State Audits showed the California Department of Corrections (CDC) spent $87 million more than their annual budget allotted, according to the Sacramento Bee. That money was used to cover excessive …
Suicides, Staff Negligence Plague Private Arkansas Juvenile Prison by Lonnie Burton In October 2001, a just-completed state investigation concluded that Houston-based Cornell Company, the private firm that runs Arkansas's Alexander Youth Services Center, was negligent for failing to monitor an at-risk youth who committed suicide. The suicide was the second …
Wisconsin Medical Care Substandard, Even for Prisoners by Gary Hunter Michelle Greer had asthma, the operative word being had past tense. Her asthma no longer exists because Michelle Greer is dead. On February 29, 2000, at the Taycheedah Correctional Institution, she died of an asthma attack, suffocated by the apathy …
PLRA Constitutional, Most of Ruiz Relief Terminated in Texas Suit by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the constitutionality of the termination provisions of the PLRA, 18 U.S.C. § 3626. On remand, the district court terminated most of the relief previously ordered in the Ruiz case. This involves …
Article • January 15, 2002 • from PLN January, 2002
Ohio Eliminates Prison Oversight Committee; Reduces Prison Funding by Ronald Young The Ohio legislature reduced funding for the state prison system that will result in the elimination of 1,100 jobs within the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DORC). The May 2001 legislative action also eliminates a prison oversight committee. Ohio …
Philadelphia City Prison Fined $1 Million by The Commonwealth Court, Pennsylvania's intermediate appellate court, upheld a trial court order for the City of Philadelphia to pay more than $1 million in fines for failure to provide prisoners with sufficient clothing, laundry access, services, social workers, and vocational training. In 1971, …
Arizona CCA Prison Found 'In Turmoil' by Ronald Young Hawaii officials found a prison "in turmoil" while inspecting a Florence, Arizona prison where about 560 Hawaii prisoners are being warehoused. The prison is operated by Nashville based Corrections Corporation of America. An inspection of the prison conducted in April 2001 …
Article • December 15, 2001 • from PLN December, 2001
Staff Shortage in Nation's Prisons by Gary Hunter Across the nation, states are plagued by a shortage of prison guards. A decade of building prisons has created an industry that employs more people than General Electric, and costs taxpayers in excess of $40 billion a year. To fill the shortage …
Article • October 15, 2001 • from PLN October, 2001
The Connally Seven - A Texas Prison Escape and its Aftermath by Roger Hummel The John B. Connally State Prison is a 2,800-capacity maximum security facility for men. As part of Texas' $2 billion prison building frenzy of the 1990's, construction of the so-called "Michael prototype" unit was completed in …
Maynor v. Morgan County, AL, Consent Decree, Inmate Funds Misappropriation, 2001 Case 5:01-cv-00851-AKK Document 45 Filed 09/25/01 Page 1 of 18 F·- 11'··~ L::. ·-.. r·) IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA 01SEP25 PM 3: 32 NORTHEASTERN DMSION U.S. DiS: r.;~: N.O. OF AL …
Private Prison Woes in Ohio by Gary Hunter Less than two years after it opened, the second privately operated prison in the state of Ohio is already in trouble. CiviGenics, a private prison company out of Massachusetts, has succumbed to pressure applied by the state employees union. On January 10, …
Michigan DOC Sex Abuse Suit Nets Nearly $4 Million by Roger Smith On February 7, 2000, Michigan DOC officials agreed to settle a lawsuit with 32 women prisoners for $3,787,000 in damages, costs, and attorney fees. The women sued in a Michigan federal district court after being sexually abused by …
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