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Oregon Jail Deaths Linked to Deficient Care, Misconduct

Article • August 15, 2011

Filed under: Medical Misconduct, Cardiovascular, Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Oregon Jail Deaths Linked to Deficient Care, Misconduct by Mark Wilson By Mark Wilson In a March 13, 2008 report, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office concluded that at least two prisoners at the Multnomah County Detention Center (MCDC) – Oregon’s largest jail – died of inadequate medical care and …

Oregon Jail Pneumonia Death Lawsuit Settles for $905,000

Article • August 15, 2011 • from PLN August, 2011

Filed under: Medical, Respiratory, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Oregon Jail Pneumonia Death Lawsuit Settles for $905,000 by Mark Wilson The estate of a woman who died of pneumonia at the Multnomah County Detention Center (MCDC) in Portland, Oregon has agreed to settle a federal wrongful death suit for $905,000. Homeless heroin addict Holly Jean Casey, 36, was arrested …

Coos County Sheriff's Office Contract Summary With Conmed, 2011

Publication • August 8, 2011

Filed under: CONMED

Coos County Sheriff's Office Contract Summary With Conmed, 2011 COOS COUNn' CLERK AUG 16 2011 COOS COUNTY FILING COVER SHEET bl,3 'f'.. I ILL TO: Coos County Clerk's Office FROM: Coos County Sheriff's Office BY_ _ _-+DEPUn' Please file the attached document in the selected category indicated in the box …

Ninth Circuit Applies Houston Mailbox Rule to § 1983 Actions

Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011

Filed under: Limitations, Mail, Legal Mail

Ninth Circuit Applies Houston Mailbox Rule to § 1983 Actions by Ninth Circuit Applies Houston Mailbox Rule to § 1983 Actions The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has joined nine other Circuits in holding that the prison mailbox rule set forth in Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266 (1988) applies …

Ninth Circuit Rejects Challenge to BOP’s Implementation of Second Chance Act

Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011

Filed under: Classification, Work Release, Federal Legislation

Ninth Circuit Rejects Challenge to BOP’s Implementation of Second Chance Act by On December 6, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled against federal prisoners who argued that the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) was not properly implementing the Second Chance Act (SCA), a law designed …

Oregon Parole Board Improperly Excluded Witnesses at Revocation Hearing

Article • April 15, 2011 • from PLN April, 2011

Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Witnesses (Disciplinary Hearings), Parole

Oregon Parole Board Improperly Excluded Witnesses at Revocation Hearing by The Oregon Supreme Court, sitting en banc, held that the Oregon Board of Parole (Board) had improperly deprived a parolee of his right to call witnesses at a revocation hearing. Parolee Thomas Edward O’Hara was arrested on March 9, 2005 …

Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Habeas Petition That Sought to Ensure Reduction In Supervised Release Term Based on Arrington Decision

Article • April 15, 2011

Filed under: Sentencing, Good Time, Habeas Corpus

Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Habeas Petition That Sought to Ensure Reduction In Supervised Release Term Based on Arrington Decision by A Federal District court properly dismissed a federal habeas petition as moot that sought additional relief based on the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Arrington v. Daniels, 516 F. 3d …

Federal BOP’s Exclusions from Early Release Incentive for Substance Abuse Program Completion Struck Down

Article • March 15, 2011 • from PLN March, 2011

Filed under: Good Time, Habeas Corpus, Administrative Procedures Act (Federal), Mental Health, Drug Treatment/Rehab

Federal BOP’s Exclusions from Early Release Incentive for Substance Abuse Program Completion Struck Down by by Stephen G. Yagman The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has invalidated the federal Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) policy statement, 28 C.F.R. § 550.58(a)(1)(iv)(2000), see 65 Fed.Reg. 80745-01 (Dec. 22, 2000), that denies prisoners …

Condemned Oregon Prisoner Launches Organ Donation Campaign

Article • March 15, 2011

Filed under: Medical, Transplants

Condemned Oregon Prisoner Launches Organ Donation Campaign by Christian Longo murdered his wife and three young children, stuffed their bodies in suitcases and sleeping bags and tossed them into the ocean off the Oregon coast in December 2001. Afterward he attended an office pizza party then fled for the sunny …

Oregon Mental Patient Dead for Hours Feet from Nurse’s Station; Investigations Reveal Deficient Care and Superintendent Forced Out

Article • March 15, 2011

Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Staffing, Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Oregon Mental Patient Dead for Hours Feet from Nurse’s Station; Investigations Reveal Deficient Care and Superintendent Forced Out by In 2008, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) threatened to sue Oregon over abysmal conditions and patient care at the Oregon State Hospital (OSH), where the classic “One Flew Over …

Schlossberg v. Solesbee, OR, 1st Amended Complaint, Illegal Seizure of Camera, 2011

Brief • March 2, 2011

Filed under: Property

Schlossberg v. Solesbee, OR, 1st Amended Complaint, Illegal Seizure of Camera, 2011 Lauren C. Regan (OSB#97087) Civil Liberties Defense Center 259 East 5th Avenue, Suite 300-A Eugene, Oregon 97401 Ph: 541.687.9180 Fax: 541.686.2137 Email: lregan@cldc.org LEAD ATTORNEY Marianne Dugan (OSB#93256) 259 E. 5th Ave., Suite 200-D Eugene, OR 97401 Ph: …

Oregon Jail Guard Latest to be Indicted for Sexual Misconduct

Article • January 15, 2011 • from PLN January, 2011

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution

Oregon Jail Guard Latest to be Indicted for Sexual Misconduct by Mark Wilson On May 13, 2010, Oregon jail guard Darin L. Fox was charged with having sexual contact with female prisoners. He was arrested and booked into the Clackamas County Jail, where he had worked since 1998. He was …

Oregon Prisoner Holds Counselor Hostage, Gets New 68-Month Sentence

Article • January 15, 2011 • from PLN January, 2011

Filed under: Criminal Prosecution, Guards/Staff, Assaults on Staff

Oregon Prisoner Holds Counselor Hostage, Gets New 68-Month Sentence by On May 11, 2010, an Oregon state prisoner was convicted of kidnapping and sentenced to an additional 68 months for holding a prison counselor hostage. John Anthony Brown, 42, was confined at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility (CCCF), the Oregon …

Budget Deficits Lead to Fewer Supermax Beds

Article • January 15, 2011 • from PLN January, 2011

Filed under: Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement

Budget Deficits Lead to Fewer Supermax Beds by Mark Wilson Throughout the 1990s, “Supermax” prisons and control units – commonly called Security Housing Units (SHUs) or Intensive Management Units (IMUs) – sprang up across the nation. Between 1995 and 2000 the general prison population increased by 28 percent, but according …

Oregon Federal Halfway House Director Removed Due to Embezzlement

Article • January 15, 2011 • from PLN January, 2011

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Jail Misconduct

Oregon Federal Halfway House Director Removed Due to Embezzlement by Mark Wilson The executive director of a non-profit transition center for federal prisoners was fired after allegations of embezzlement surfaced in June 2010. The Oregon Halfway House (OHH) is a 75-bed transition center for federal prisoners located in Portland, Oregon. …

Suspected Norovirus Strikes Oregon Women’s Prison

Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010

Filed under: Medical, Contagious Disease -- Misc.

Suspected Norovirus Strikes Oregon Women’s Prison by At least two dozen female prisoners in Oregon were overcome by flu-like symptoms, causing prison officials to quarantine their unit and cancel visitation. On May 12, 2010, Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) officials isolated all of the women in a minimum-security unit of …

Oregon Jail Beating Nets $500 Jury Award Plus $27,500 in Attorney Fees

Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010

Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Malicious Prosecution, Guard Brutality/Beatings

Oregon Jail Beating Nets $500 Jury Award Plus $27,500 in Attorney Fees by Mark Wilson In December 2009, a federal jury in Portland, Oregon awarded a hearing-impaired jail prisoner $500 for a beating inflicted by guards during the booking process. The defendants also paid attorney’s fees of $27,500. On September …

Oregon: Prosecutors, Victims Kill Money-Saving Increased Sentence Reduction Law

Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010

Filed under: Lobbying, Sentencing, Good Time, State Legislation

Oregon: Prosecutors, Victims Kill Money-Saving Increased Sentence Reduction Law by Mark Wilson In a controversial move touted as saving Oregon an estimated $6 million, in June 2009 the state legislature passed a bill that increased earned time sentence reductions for non-violent offenders by an additional 10 percent. Just seven months …

Sex Scandal Rocks Oregon’s “Camp Cupcake” Women’s Prison – Again

Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct

Sex Scandal Rocks Oregon’s “Camp Cupcake” Women’s Prison – Again by Mark Wilson On March 25, 2008, an Oregon prisoner we’ll call “Jane” reported to work in the physical plant of the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility (CCCF). Her boss, Paul W. Golden, was a civilian ground crew supervisor employed at …

Wish You Were Here! Jails Adopt Postcard-Only Mail Policies

Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010

Filed under: Mail, Mail Regulations

Wish You Were Here! Jails Adopt Postcard-Only Mail Policies by By January 2010, 13 of Oregon’s 36 counties had implemented policies that limit incoming and outgoing mail at county jails to postcards. Ten other counties plan to adopt similar rules in the future. The postcard-only policy is a national trend …