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Article • July 15, 2001 • from PLN July, 2001
Filed under: Work, Workplace Injury, Damages
New York Prisoner Wins $7,200 in Negligence Suit by New York Prisoner Wins $7,200 In Negligence Suit On January 31, 2000, the Court of Claims in Binghamton, New York awarded $7,200 in damages to Kenneth Edmonds, who was injured in an accident while he was working on a prison work …
Court to Determine if Louisiana Must Treat Male and Female Prisoners Equally by The court of appeals for the Fifth Circuit has held that the issue of whether Louisiana violated the Equal Protection Clause by treating female prisoners more favorable than male prisoners cannot be resolved at the motion to …
Article • July 15, 2001 • from PLN July, 2001
$9.5 Million Awarded in Prisoner Van Fire Death by $9.5 Million Awarded In Prisoner Van Fire Death In late February 2001, Kathryn Catalano received a $9.5 million jury award in a Tennessee U.S. District Court. She sued after her father died in an extradition van fire. Federal Extradition Agency (FEA) …
Trial Required in Arizona Uprising Suit by The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court decision granting summary judgment to prison officials in a case involving the treatment of prisoners following a prison uprising. In 1995 the Graham Unit of the Arizona State Prison in Safford, …
New York City Settles Black Panther Frame Up Suit for $890,000 by Roger Smith On December 5, 2000, New York City officials agreed to settle Dhoruba alMujahid bin Wahad's wrongful imprisonment suit for $490,000 in damages, costs, and attorney fees. Wahad, a former Black Panther leader, was convicted of attempted …
$1.4 Million Awarded to Raped Alaska Women Prisoners by $1.4 Million Awarded To Raped Alaska Women Prisoners On January 22, 2001 an Anchorage, Alaska superior court jury awarded nearly $1.4 million to five women in a civil action arising from their being sexually assaulted by a guard at an Anchorage …
Article • July 15, 2001 • from PLN July, 2001
Kansas Conditional Release Is Mandatory by Kansas Conditional Release is Mandatory The Kansas state court of appeals held that the parole hoard could not rescind parole revocation and convert it to a conditional release revocation. The court also held that the retroactive application of a rule governing withholding of good …
Brief • July 10, 2001
Filed under: Medical
Mitchell v. US, MO, Complaint, Deficient Medical Care, 2001
Lifton v. City of Vacaville, CA, Trial Transcript, Police Deadly Force, 2001 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 1 ~. .•.... ~ FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 2 -"i~ ,·t,l.;'~: 3 ---000--- BEFORE THE HONORABLE DAVID F. LEVI, JUDGE 4 5 ---000--- 6 7 REBECCA LIFTON, et al. Plaintiffs, …
Brief • June 20, 2001
Barham v. Pierce County, WA, Claim, ADA Discrimination Firing, 2001 Ulj/l\J/.':J1 . TUr; lJ:Jkt ~::>J·/}JOt.U1J to"Ju'. ' ~vv"- . -' RECEIVED ~.O·-"IM . ol1"o~ K, CLAIM FOR DAMAGES r~ R'&wAnut: ~ ~ 'PIERC~1G.0UNTY RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT Jl.lfJ 2 \l '}ilO' ~ JUN 202001 955 Tacoma Avenue SOuth, Suite 303 Tacoma, …
Women Behind Bars by Silja JA Talvi It's the kind of statistic that deserves repeated mention: America's prisons and jails now hold just under two million persons, or 1 in every 142 U.S. residents. To put America's incarceration rates into perspective, it's worth bearing in mind from 1990 to 2000, …
Article • June 15, 2001 • from PLN June, 2001
From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN. Right now we are still focused on getting our publishing schedule back on track so that readers receive their issue around the beginning of the issue's calender date. We expect to be back on schedule by July. As …
Strikes Sweep Bolivian Prisons as Promise of Freedom Fades by Julia Lutsky In celebration of Jubilee 2000, Roman Catholic Pope John Paul asked the nations of the world to pardon crimes and free prisoners where possible. Bolivia responded with Law 2098 "to celebrate the coming of the third millennium by …
Article • June 15, 2001 • from PLN June, 2001
Custodial Rape of Female Prisoners Widespread in U.S. by Roger Smith Custodial Rape Of Female Prisoners Widespread In U.S. by Roger Smith American jail and prison officials sexually molest hundreds, and possibly thousands of women prisoners each year. According to a March 2001 report by Amnesty International USA, over 1,000 …
Article • June 15, 2001 • from PLN June, 2001
Wrongfully Convicted Ohio Man Receives $250,000 Award by On January 11, 2001, a Columbus, Ohio man who spent nearly six years in prison for three rapes he did not commit was awarded almost $250,000 in damages by the Ohio Court of Claims. Walter D. Smith, 43, was released from the …
Federal Court Partially Terminates New York Jail Consent Decree Relief by by Matthew T. Clarke A federal district court in New York has terminated consent decree relief for New York City Jail prisoners with respect to restrictive housing due process, prisoner correspondence, and law libraries, while leaving intact the consent …
ADA Settlement at Washington Special Commitment Center by Hank Balson By Hank Balson In December 2000, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) and the Washington Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) settled a lawsuit brought by seven disabled residents of the Washington Special Commitment Center (SCC), the state's civil …
Article • June 15, 2001 • from PLN June, 2001
Texas Prisoners Have Thirty Days to Sue Following Resolution of Grievance by An appeals court in Texas has held that Texas prisoners have only 30 days to file a lawsuit after resolution of their administrative grievance. Failure to do so results in dismissal of the suit. Richard James Randle, a …
Article • June 15, 2001 • from PLN June, 2001
Prisoners of the Census by Tracy Huling Record numbers of urban people of color are now in prisons in rural areas _ where the census counts them as residents. Result? The prisoners' `share' of federal funds pegged to population counts will go to their keepers' hometowns. Since April Fool's Day, …
Leave to Amend Complaint Wrongly Denied by In a brief ruling, the court of appeals for the Eighth circuit held that a district court erred in dismissing a prisoner's lawsuit without giving him leave to add a retaliation claim to the complaint. Jeffrey Williams, an Iowa state prisoner, was transferred …
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