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Virginia Prison Minister Indicted on Sex Charges; Ministries Under Fire by Gary Hunter Toney Leon McDonald, an ex-sheriff?s deputy and now ex-prison minister, was arrested on May 17, 2006 on four counts of sexual misconduct with a 23-year-old female prisoner. After posting a $25,000 bond, McDonald surrendered to authorities a …
Violence from Racial Tension and Overcrowding Pervades California Jails, Spreads to Prisons by Marvin Mentor by Marvin Mentor Los Angeles (L.A.) County jail prisoners have been locked in interracial gang-controlled violence for the past year, and the unrest has spread to other jails and into California state prisons as prisoners …
Michigan Prisoner Assaulted By Jailers Awarded $2,000 by Michael Rigby On June 9, 2006, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan awarded $2,000 to a prisoner who was beaten by jailers in the Macomb County Jail. While imprisoned at the jail on October 27, 2004, plaintiff William …
Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006
Hate-Filled Religious Fanatics Find a Home in Kansas Corrections by Alex Friedmann Hate is a strong word. Many prison employees and DOC officials are contemptuous of or indifferent to the prisoners in their custody. Detention facility staff are sometimes negligent, retaliatory and even abusive,(1) but they seldom display a fanatical …
Illinois Cook County Jail Embroiled in Shootings, Scandals and Escapes by by Gary Hunter Shootings, stabbings, suicides, a death and multiple escapes have turned the Cook County Jail in Chicago on its proverbial ear over the past year, in addition to misconduct by guards, a change in the jails leadership …
Prisoner Dies in Custody of Washington Jailers by Gary Hunter Eight Spokane County Jail guards were placed on paid administrative leave while investigators probed the death of a prisoner under their care, but they werent suspended for long. All were back at work within two weeks. Benites Salmon Sichiro, 39, …
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
Georgia Sheriff Indicted on Corruption Charges, Pleads Guilty by Gary Hunter Coffee County Sheriff Rob Smith was indicted on March 20, 2006 on eight counts of abuse of office. Three counts charged Smith with using prisoner labor to construct campaign election signs. The charges also included two counts of violation …
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
Corruption in Arpaio's Office: AZ County Continues Paying Convicted Sheriffs Sgt. by Gary Hunter Corruption in Arpaios Office: AZ County Continues Paying Convicted Sheriffs Sgt. by Gary Hunter On August 2, 2005, Maricopa County Sheriff's Sgt. Leo Richard Driving Hawk, Sr. pleaded guilty in Federal District Court in connection with …
Board of Commissioners Clears PHS In Three Leon County (Florida) Jail Deaths by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg After three jail deaths between May 2003 and October 2004, the Leon County Board of Commissioners met to consider the Sheriff's reports on the three deaths and any implications regarding the …
District of Columbia Jail Pays $14 Million For Over-Detentions and Strip Searches by Bob Williams While denying a pattern and practice of over-detentions and strip searches, the District of Columbia (the District) has agreed to pay $12 million to settle a class-action lawsuit plus an additional $2 million in additional …
Arkansas Mayor, Sheriff, Wife Jailed for Burglary, Drugs, Sex and More by Gary Hunter On February 6, 2006, just weeks after Lonoke Arkansas Mayor Thomas Privett, 68, and Sheriff Jay Campbell, 46, admitted to a state monitoring committee that they had illegally used state prisoners for personal benefit, the two …
Brownsville Texas Border Corruption Continues by Gary Hunter Coronado Cantu took over the Cameron County Sheriff's office in January 2001. He took up residence inside the Texas jail in June 2005. Cantu was charged with heading a crime ring that included drug trafficking, extortion and prostitution of female prisoners. Animo …
U.S. Government Settles 9-11 Detainee Abuse Suit for $300,000 by Matthew T. Clarke In a document filed February 27, 2006, the U.S. government agreed to pay an Egyptian who was caught up in the post-9-11 sweep and detained for a year at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) $300,000 to …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
Widespread Prisoner Labor Abuse Requires Reform by Gary Hunter Lonoke Mayor Thomas Privett and police Chief Jay Campbell were caught abusing the state's prisoner work program. Arkansas Department of Corrections requested, in early August 2005, that the program be suspended after learning that state prisoners had been used to repair …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
Virginia Sheriffs Pay for Christian Ministries by Michael Rigby Several Virginia sheriffs have used public money to pay for services from Christian groups that minister to prisoners, the Virginia-Pilot reported on March 2, 2006. The payments have drawn criticism from some watchdog groups that advocate for a strong separation of …
Armor Correctional Health Services: A New Company Blossoming with Political Payback by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A recently-formed Florida prison healthcare corporation is blossoming with new contracts from county sheriffs who decided to change bidding requirements and in one case eliminate cost as a consideration. The company, Coconut …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
Alabama Sheriff Charged With Raiding Jail Food Fund by Mobile County, Alabama, Sheriff Jack Tilman has been charged with theft and violation of the public officials ethical laws for allegedly taking for personal use funds allocated by the state to feed jail prisoners. Alabama paid Tilman $1.75 per day to …
Youth Dies in Florida Boot Camp; Cause of Death Questioned by David Reutter by David M. Reutter For the fifth time in five years a juvenile has died in a Florida boot camp. A videotape of 14-year-old Martin Lee Anderson being counseled at a Bay County boot camp facility in …
Scandal, Suicides, Corruption and Abuse Abound at New York Citys Rikers Island Jail by Gary Hunter Scandal, Suicides, Corruption and Abuse Abound at New York Citys Rikers Island Jail by Gary Hunter When Rikers Island was purchased in 1884 it was only 87 acres. The city of New York made …
New York Brutality Settlement Affecting Twenty Two Prisoners, Fourteen Units Settles for $2.2 Millio by Gary Hunter New York Brutality Settlement Affecting Twenty Two Prisoners, Fourteen Units Settles for $2.2 Million by Gary Hunter Settlement of a 4-year-old lawsuit, between brutalized prisoners and the guards who attacked them, was achieved …
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