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New York Prisoner Informant Awarded $7.65 Million In Failure-To-Protect Suit by Michael Rigby On May 3, 2004, a federal jury in Manhattan awarded $7.65 million to a New York prisoner who was nearly killed when another prisoner attacked him with a razor. The plaintiff had alleged in his civil rights …
Article • December 15, 2004 • from PLN December, 2004
Prisoner Lawsuits Not Subject to Heightened Pleading Standard in Seventh Circuit by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a prisoner's complaint need only state the prisoner's legal claim together with some indication of the time and place: detailed facts need not be supplied. Brian K. Thomson, an Illinois …
A Death in Custody: Massachusetts DOC Wracked by Scandal by Peter Costanza On August 23, 2003, the 26 men in Unit J-1 at SBCC, a "supermax" prison in Shirley, Massachusetts, were finishing lunch. It was just before noon. There was one guard in the unit, a prison guard named David …
Indiana Jail Held in Contempt, Sanctions Imposed by An Indiana federal district court held that the sheriff of Marion County was in contempt of court for failing to comply with the court's previous orders relating to conditions at the County's jail. While the court held that punitive sanctions would not …
Article • November 15, 2004 • from PLN November, 2004
Study Shows Boot Camps Are a Failure by Study Shows Boot Camps are a Failure A June 2003 study published by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), a division of the U.S. Department of Justice, shows that boot camps are failures in reducing recidivism and prison populations. In the late …
New York Prisoners Win Injury Awards, Lack of Expert Testimony Detrimental by Michael Rigby New York Prisoners Win Injury Awards, Lack Of Expert Testimony Detrimental by Michael Rigby In two separate cases, New York courts of claims awarded $3,500 to prisoners pursuing pro se personal injury claims against the state. …
Brief • October 15, 2004
Terrell v. District of Columbia, DC, Complaint, Prisoner Stabbing, 2004 ORiG'~lAL SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Civil Division .. ROBERT TERRELL #08266-007 - FCI Petersburg P.O. Box 1000 Petersburg, VA 23804 Plaintiff v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Serve: Darlene Fields Office of Attorney General 441 4th Street, N.W. Washington, …
Article • September 15, 2004 • from PLN September, 2004
Four Prisoners Injured in Shooting at Washington D.C. Jail by Four prisoners were injured in a shooting in the maximum security section of the Washington D.C. jail just after 2 p.m. on December 20, 2003. The shooting appeared to be a prisoner-on-prisoner assault, said Corrections Department spokesman Darryl J. Madden. …
Washington Jail Settles Conditions Lawsuit by On October 6, 2003 officials in Jefferson County, Washington settled a class action lawsuit filed by a Jefferson County Jail prisoner. The suit alleged inhumane living conditions and resulted in sweeping changes in jail policy. On February 25, 2002 Shawn Orndorff, a prisoner at …
Article • September 15, 2004 • from PLN September, 2004
Prison Guards With Criminal Records Work in Texas Prison by Gary Hunter Over ten percent of the guards at the Lyncher State Jail, near Houston Texas, are convicted felons themselves. Houston television station. KPRC uncovered court files showing that about thirty of the guards had served time. Some are repeat …
Texas Boot Camp Denied Immunity for Ignoring Serious Medical Needs by Texas Boot Camp Denied Immunity for Ignoring Serious Medical Needs The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a district court's denial of official immunity for boot camp operators who were negligent and deliberately indifferent to a …
Montana BMPs Are Cruel and Unusual Punishment by Mark Wilson The Montana Supreme Court held that the use of Behavior Modification Plans (BMPs) and the living conditions of A-Block (Max) at the Montana State Penitentiary (MSP) constituted "an affront to the inviolable right of human dignity possessed by [prisoners] and …
Article • August 15, 2004 • from PLN August, 2004
Local Officials Tell Prisoners: "You don't live here" by Peter Wagner Many prison town officials are quick to claim prisoners as residents when the Census Bureau comes to town, but prisoners report that this is the only time these officials are so welcoming. The Census Bureau counts the nation's mostly …
No Qualified Immunity for Florida Jail Guards in Prisoner Murder by The U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in a case involving a Florida pre-trial detainee's death at the hands of a mentally ill co-prisoner, affirmed denial of qualified immunity to two guards at the North Broward Detention Center (NBDC) …
No Qualified Immunity for Prison Officials on Tobacco Smoke Complaints by No Qualified Immunity for Prison Officials on Tobacco Smoke Complaints The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a district court's denial of summary judgment and qualified immunity for the Delaware prison guards who exposed a prisoner …
Adams v. CCA, CO, Exhibits Part 1 Plfs Interviews, Prisoner Riot, 2004 EXHIBIT C_ Part one PARTIAL LIST OIG/CCA INTERVIEWS OF PLAINTIFFS Name Bate Number Sean Andrews Kevin Drum Tommy Romero Carl Yens Jared Adams Oto Fanoali (Fanoali Oto) Roy Gibbens Jay Silva Gerard Glieforst Jeremy Willison Brian Skinner Robert …
Brief • July 28, 2004
Filed under: Eighth Amendment
Anthony v Martinez, TX, TDCJ Verdict, 8th Amendment violation, 2004 ----------- -- --.' -.' ... ~ , Case 5:03-cv-00053-JWP Document 119 Filed 07/28/2004 ...... Filed Page 1 of 2 -=r{ 215/.:2..001 a;rm iOiStJct Court UNITED STATES DIS'1'RICT COURT Western District of WESTERH DISTRICT OF TEXAS By --------r'-~ SAN ANTONIO DIVISION …
Fifth Circuit Vacates $70,000 Award Against Texas Prison Officials by Michael Rigby The United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated and remanded the jury verdict in a Texas prisoner's failure-to-protect suit because the prisoner had not provided evidence supporting a jury finding of deliberate indifference against prison officials. …
Article • July 15, 2004 • from PLN July, 2004
Thirty Three Years after Attica: Many more Blacks in prison, but not as guards by Peter Wagner by Peter Wagner and Rose Heyer In September 1971, thousands of prisoners at Attica prison in rural New York State rebelled, taking control of D-yard. Sixty-three percent of the prisoners were Black or …
Article • July 15, 2004 • from PLN July, 2004
Washington DOC Fined $60,000 for Bogus Water Pollution Reports by The Washington State Department of Ecology (DOE) has fined the state Department of Corrections (DOC) $60,000 for falsifying water pollution reports. The fine was levied after the DOE discovered that officials at the McNeil Island Correction Center (MICC) near Steilacoom, …
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