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Prison Legal News v. Columbia County, Complaint 2012
Filing • January 13, 2012
Filed under: Complaints
Prison Legal News v. Columbia County, Complaint 2012 Case 3:12-cv-00071-SI 1 Document 1 4 Katherine C. Chamberlain, OSB# 042580 5 MacDonald Hoague & Bayless 705 Second Avenue, Suite 1500 Seattle, Washington 98104-1745 206-622-1604 7 Page ID#: 1 Marc D. Blackman, OSB # 730338 3 6 Page 1 of 24 marc~ransomblackman.com …
Oregon Rethinking Criminal Justice Policies to Avoid Fiscal Crisis
Article • December 15, 2011 • from PLN December, 2011
Filed under: Statistics/Trends, Overcrowding, Staffing, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Sentencing
Oregon Rethinking Criminal Justice Policies to Avoid Fiscal Crisis by Oregon is one of ten states in “financial peril,” according to a November 2009 report by The Pew Center on the States. Thanks in large part to the state’s criminal justice policies of the last 20 years, Oregon faces an …
Federal District Court Slams Bureau of Prisons in FOIA Suit
Article • December 15, 2011 • from PLN December, 2011
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Freedom of Information Act, International, Immigration
Federal District Court Slams Bureau of Prisons in FOIA Suit by Brandon Sample U.S. Magistrate Judge Janice M. Stewart has denied summary judgment to the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) in a suit filed under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) seeking copies of contracts between the BOP and private …
BOP Evidence-Handling “Grave Miscarriage of Justice”; Charges Dismissed by Federal Judge
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Evidence, Civil Procedure, Discovery
BOP Evidence-Handling “Grave Miscarriage of Justice”; Charges Dismissed by Federal Judge by On March 18, 2011, a federal judge in Oregon dismissed criminal charges against a federal prisoner due to mishandling of evidence by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP). In August 2009, BOP prisoner Jose Sanchez-Arce, 32, and another …
Oregon Jail Suicides Lead Grand Juries to Fault Prevention Efforts, Staff Training
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
Filed under: Mental Health, Suicides
Oregon Jail Suicides Lead Grand Juries to Fault Prevention Efforts, Staff Training by Mark Wilson A January 3, 2011 grand jury report found that suicide prevention was a major concern at the Multnomah County Detention Center (MCDC) in Portland, Oregon. Seventeen days later that finding was tragically underscored by the …
$330,000 Settlement in Oregon Excessive Force / Unlawful Entry and Search Claim
Article • November 15, 2011
Filed under: Searches, Police Searches, Excessive Force (Police)
$330,000 Settlement in Oregon Excessive Force / Unlawful Entry and Search Claim by A $330,000 settlement was reached between an Oregon family and the law enforcement personnel and government entities responsible for the excessive force used against them during an unlawful entry and search of the family’s home. The Kim …
Former Oregon Prison Guard Loses Wrongful Termination Suit
Article • November 15, 2011
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Discrimination, Racial Discrimination, Employee Litigation
Former Oregon Prison Guard Loses Wrongful Termination Suit by On March 10, 2011, a state court jury returned a verdict against a state hospital worker, formerly a prison guard, who alleged his termination was improperly based on race, not because he had been caught having sex in a cemetery while …
Mentally Ill Oregon Prisoner Pleads Guilty to Death Threats against President
Article • November 15, 2011
Filed under: Criminal Prosecution, Mental Health
Mentally Ill Oregon Prisoner Pleads Guilty to Death Threats against President by A mentally ill Oregon prisoner pleaded guilty to threatening President Barack Obama. In August 2007, David Earl Anderson, a white separatist, was sentenced to prison for identity theft, supplying contraband and using a minor in a drug offense, …
Two Oregon Cops Terminated for Child Sex Abuse
Article • November 15, 2011
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Police Misconduct
Two Oregon Cops Terminated for Child Sex Abuse by On April 1, 2011, a 21-year veteran of the Lane County Sheriffs Office in Eugene, Oregon submitted his resignation in lieu of being terminated for sexually abusing two minors. He also forfeited his law enforcement certification, barring future employment as a …
Barrett v. Williams et al, OR, Complaint, ODOC NM prisoner to prisoner mail policy, 2011
Brief • November 10, 2011
Filed under: Mail Regulations
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Louisiana Sex Offender Agrees to Surgical Castration
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Filed under: Discrimination, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Sex Offender Treatment, Civil Commitment
Louisiana Sex Offender Agrees to Surgical Castration by David Reutter What should be done with sex offenders who are not prison guards, cops or priests is an emotionally-charged issue. Most states have adopted some form of civil commitment, but others have adopted the more drastic option of chemical and surgical …
Oregon Aggravated Murder Statute Creates Liberty Interest
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Filed under: Liberty Interests, Sentencing, Parole
Oregon Aggravated Murder Statute Creates Liberty Interest by Mark Wilson The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that Oregon’s aggravated murder statute creates a protected liberty interest in parole eligibility. In 1982, Oregon state prisoner Douglas Miller was convicted of aggravated murder and sentenced to life imprisonment with a …
Budget Cuts Threaten Oregon Juvenile Offenders
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Filed under: Juveniles, Education (Juveniles), Juvenile Prisons
Budget Cuts Threaten Oregon Juvenile Offenders by Even in the face of a $3.5 billion shortfall in the 2011-2013 biennial budget cycle which began on July 1, 2011, Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber refused to touch the $1.5 billion budget of the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC). Instead he turned his …
Fugitive Oregon DOC Food Manager Getting Homesick in Iran
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Filed under: Criminal Prosecution, Conditions of Confinement, Food
Fugitive Oregon DOC Food Manager Getting Homesick in Iran by “I would love to come back to my country ... but unfortunately they want to fry me for my mistake,” wrote international fugitive and former Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) Food Service Administrator Farhad (“Fred”) Monem, in emails sent to …
Oregon Juvenile Who Attempted Suicide Settles Negligence Suit for $192,500
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Filed under: Skeletal Injury, Brain Injury, Mental Health, Suicides, Failure to Protect (Juveniles), Juvenile Prisons
Oregon Juvenile Who Attempted Suicide Settles Negligence Suit for $192,500 by An Oregon juvenile offender has settled a negligence suit against county officials for $192,500. In June 2010, Michael J. Stephens, 16, was detained at Lane County’s John Serbu Youth Campus in Eugene, Oregon. He was on suicide watch due …
Sexual Misconduct Topples Two Oregon Prosecutors
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Filed under: Staff-Staff Assault, Staff-Staff Harassment, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution
Sexual Misconduct Topples Two Oregon Prosecutors by The elected District Attorney of a small Oregon county lost his job after being accused of using his office for sexual misconduct and then trying to cover it up. In August 2010, a female employee of the Umatilla County District Attorney’s office, Dawn …
Oregon Prison Guard Guilty of Contraband Smuggling
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution
Oregon Prison Guard Guilty of Contraband Smuggling by On March 21, 2011, former Oregon prison guard Tara Martinmaas, 34, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of supplying contraband. She was sentenced to a two-year term of probation and ordered to pay over $1,500 in fees and have no contact with …
Oregon Settles Prisoner’s Heart Failure Medical Mistreatment Case for $390,000
Article • September 15, 2011 • from PLN September, 2011
Filed under: Medical, Medication, Cardiovascular, Surgery, Misdiagnosis, Malpractice
Oregon Settles Prisoner’s Heart Failure Medical Mistreatment Case for $390,000 by Mark Wilson “This poor woman had two valves diseased, both of them stressing her heart out, giving her heart failure,” said Dr. Sanjiv Kaul, head of cardiovascular medicine at Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU), speaking of Katherine Anderson, a …
Extra Earned Time Sentence Reductions Save Oregon $25 Million
Article • September 15, 2011 • from PLN September, 2011
Filed under: Sentencing, Good Time, Parole
Extra Earned Time Sentence Reductions Save Oregon $25 Million by Early prison releases saved Oregon at least $25 million in 2009, according to an audit report by the Secretary of State’s office released in December 2010. On November 1, 1989, Oregon replaced its indeterminate parole matrix sentencing system with a …
Sexual Misconduct Nets Oregon Jailer 20 Days
Article • August 15, 2011
Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Criminal Prosecution
Sexual Misconduct Nets Oregon Jailer 20 Days by Mark Wilson By Mark Wilson An Oregon jail guard was sentenced to 20 days in jail and 18 months of bench probation for sexually abusing three female detainees. As we’ve previously reported, on May 13, 2010, Clackamas County, Oregon Jail Deputy Darin …
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