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Hallett v. Stewart, Wa, Women's Medical Class Action, sanctions.motion, 2002
Brief • 2002
Hallett v. Stewart, Wa, Women's Medical Class Action, sanctions.motion, 2002 1 THE HONORABLE FRANKLIN D. BURGESS THE HONORABLE MONICA J. BENTON 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 8 9 10 SHANNON HALLETT, et al., 11 Plaintiffs, 12 13 vs. BELINDA …
Condes v. Evercom Systems, Ca, Complaint, Phone Rates, 2002
Brief • 2002
Filed under: Telephones
Condes v. Evercom Systems, Ca, Complaint, Phone Rates, 2002 06/18/2004 FRI 10:17 FAX 415 675 2961 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ALLURED LAW OFFICE LAW OFFICES OF EDWARD C. CASEY, JR. EDWARD C. CASEY, JR. (State Bar #123702) 2100 Lakeshore Avenue, Suite A …
Cunningham v Dc Release Guard Assault 2002
Brief • 2002
Cunningham v Dc Release Guard Assault 2002 RELEASE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, Warren Cunningham, DCDC No (SSN: DOB 3/14/73 residing at D.C. Jail, 1901 D Street, SE, Washington, DC 20003 , for consideration of the sum of Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000.00), lawful money of the United …
Billington v Smith Id Plf Amicus Brief Excessive Force 2002.pdf
Brief • 2002
Billington v Smith Id Plf Amicus Brief Excessive Force 2002.pdf Nos. 00-36062 and 00-36075 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT _____________________ PATRICIA BILLINGTON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DAVID SMITH, et al., Defendants-Appellants. __________________ ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF IDAHO Docket …
Federal Bureau of Prisons, Management of Construction Contracts, 2002
Publication • 2002
Filed under: Contractor Misconduct
Federal Bureau of Prisons, Management of Construction Contracts, 2002 FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS MANAGEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Federal Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) mission is to protect society by confining offenders in the controlled environments of prisons and community-based facilities that are safe, humane, and appropriately secure. The …
Placement of Homeless Persons with Severe Mental Illness in Supportive Housing, University of Pennsylvania, 2002
Publication • 2002
Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Mental Health, Civil Commitment, housing, halfway houses
Placement of Homeless Persons with Severe Mental Illness in Supportive Housing, University of Pennsylvania, 2002 Culhane.qxd 5/28/02 10:26 AM Page 107 · Housing Policy Debate Volume 13, Issue 1 © Fannie Mae Foundation 2002. All Rights Reserved. 107 107 Public Service Reductions Associated with Placement of Homeless Persons with Severe …
Benjamin v Fraser Ny Carr Writ Order 2002
Brief • May 27, 2002
Benjamin v Fraser Ny Carr Writ Order 2002 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -------------------------------------------------------: JAMES BENJAMIN, et al., : Plaintiffs, : against: WILLIAM J. FRASER, et al., : Defendants, : and related cases. -------------------------------------------------------: TO: 75 Civ. 3073 (HB) WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM FOR …
Wagner v Dc Complaint Jail Field Trip Strip Search 2002
Brief • May 16, 2002
Wagner v Dc Complaint Jail Field Trip Strip Search 2002 Case 1:02-cv-00965-JGP Document 1 Filed 05/16/02 Page 1 of 28 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Civil Division ) STEPHANIE M. WAGNER 5023 Fitch Place, NE Washington, D.C. 20019, ) ) ) ) MARCUS BRADLEY, a minor, …
Tenth Circuit Discusses Religious Rights in BOP
Article • May 15, 2002 • from PLN May, 2002
Filed under: Injunctions, Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's, Federal Statutory Law, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, RLUIPA, Qualified Immunity, Clergy
Tenth Circuit Discusses Religious Rights in BOP by Yu Kikumura is a federal political prisoner and member of the Japanese Red Army, who has been greatly harassed by authorities during his incarceration. His religious practices mix Buddhism and Christianity. Beginning in 1997, Kikumura tried to obtain pastoral visits from Reverend …
Ohio Prison Supervisors Possibly Liable for Employing Known Racist Guard
Article • May 15, 2002 • from PLN May, 2002
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Racial Discrimination, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Supervisory Liability
Ohio Prison Supervisors Possibly Liable for Employing Known Racist Guard by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court's grant of summary judgment to Ohio prison officials and remanded for trial a case involving alleged official indifference to the actions of a known racist guard. The appeals …
Eighth Amendment Challenge to California Integrated Yard Policy Is Triable
Article • May 15, 2002 • from PLN May, 2002
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Gang Policies, Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General), Appeals, Qualified Immunity
Eighth Amendment Challenge to California Integrated Yard Policy Is Triable by Marvin Mentor In a California prisoner suit claiming cruel and unusual punishment for the prison's "integrated yard" policy, the Ninth Circuit US Court of Appeals ruled that the factual question presented could proceed to trial, thus rejecting prison defendants' …
County Supervisors Liable for Indemnifications
Article • May 15, 2002 • from PLN May, 2002
Filed under: Police Misconduct, Damages, Immunity/Liability, Municipal Liability, Legislative Immunity
County Supervisors Liable for Indemnifications by John E Dannenberg County Supervisors Liable For Indemnifications by John E. Dannenberg The Los Angeles (LA), California County Board of Supervisors made official decisions, and thus a policy, to indemnify their county sheriffs so as to willfully (i.e., in bad faith) protect the sheriffs …
Cold, Vermin and Sewage in New York Prison May Violate Eighth Amendment
Article • May 15, 2002 • from PLN May, 2002
Filed under: Hunger Strikes, Informants (Disciplinary Hearings), Standard of Proof, Conditions of Confinement, Exposure to Cold, Sewage, Sanitation, Vermin
Cold, Vermin and Sewage in New York Prison May Violate Eighth Amendment by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg A New York state prisoner who had been subjected to inhumane and unsanitary living conditions was found by the Second Circuit US Court of Appeals to have stated a claim …
News in Brief
Article • May 15, 2002 • from PLN May, 2002
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by California: On December 12, 2001, Don Lanier Jr., 34, a guard at the Wasco State Prison and a karate instructor, was sentenced to nine months in the Kern county jail after pleading guilty to unlawful intercourse with a minor. The charges stem from Lanier having consensual …
Bailing Out the Private Prison Industry
Article • May 15, 2002 • from PLN May, 2002
Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Financing, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Prison Rebellion, Immigration, Federal Legislation
Bailing Out the Private Prison Industry by Judith Greene The private-prison industry is in trouble. For close to a decade, its business boomed and its stock prices soared because state legislators across the country thought they could look both tough on crime and fiscally conservative if they contracted with private …
Hawaiian Women Prisoners File Suit Over Sex Abuse, Torture in Oklahoma Private Prison
Article • May 15, 2002 • from PLN May, 2002
Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Dominion Group, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Abortion
Hawaiian Women Prisoners File Suit Over Sex Abuse, Torture in Oklahoma Private Prison by Lonnie Burton When the State of Hawaii opted in 1998 to send its female prisoners to a privately run Oklahoma prison, it had no idea what was in store for these women. What ensued over the …
Suicides, Staff Negligence Plague Private Arkansas Juvenile Prison
Article • May 15, 2002 • from PLN May, 2002
Filed under: Private Prisons, Cornell Corrections, Fire Hazards, Staffing, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides
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 …
From the Editor
Article • May 15, 2002 • from PLN May, 2002
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to PLN 's 12th anniversary issue. PLN first started publishing in 1990 and this marks 12 years and 144 consecutive issues. PLN is the longest publishing independent, prisoner-produced magazine in U.S. history. While we have had our ups and downs over the years …
Failure to Timely Pay Filing Fee Dismissal Reversed
Article • May 15, 2002 • from PLN May, 2002
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Filing Fees, Sanctions
Failure to Timely Pay Filing Fee Dismissal Reversed by The Court of Appeals for the Seventh circuit held that a district court erred when it dismissed a prisoner's suit for failure to pay the filing fee in a timely manner. Bernard Beyer, a Wisconsin prisoner held in a private prison …
U.S. Cited for Human Rights Violations
Article • May 15, 2002 • from PLN May, 2002
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Police Misconduct, Racial Discrimination, Chain Gangs, Stun Guns/Tasers, Restraints, International Law, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement
U.S. Cited for Human Rights Violations by Gary Hunter ( On May 15, 2001, at a human rights conference in Geneva, the United States was denounced for its inhumane and discriminatory practices. Amnesty International and the U.N. Committee Against Torture cited the U.S. for oppressive tactics by both public law …
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