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Third Circuit Vacates Summary Judgment on SHU Strip Search Claims

Article • August 30, 2017 • from PLN September, 2017

Filed under: Body Cavity Searches, Summary Judgment

Third Circuit Vacates Summary Judgment on SHU Strip Search Claims by The Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed a summary judgment order in favor of prison officials who subjected prisoners in segregation to visual body-cavity searches three times a day. While confined in a Secured Housing Unit (SHU) …

DE DOC GTL Contract 2015-2018

Kickback publication • August 22, 2017

Filed under: Telephones

DE DOC GTL Contract 2015-2018 Contract Number DT115001-INMT_PBLC Title; Inmate & Public Coin Telephone Services THIS AGREEMENT, made and executed in duplicate, shall be effective this^ day of July. 2015. BY AND BETWEEN Global Tel*Link CorpoFation 12021 Sunset Hills Road, Suite 100 Resfon, VA 20190 (Hereinafter designated as "Contractor^, party …

DE DOC GTL Amendment 1

Kickback publication • August 22, 2017

Filed under: Telephones

DE DOC GTL Amendment 1 March 17, 2015 TO: ALL FROM: CARMEN HERRERA IT PROCUREMENT OFFICER SUBJECT: #DTI15001-INMT_PBLC INMATE RATES AND CHARGES Contract Start and End Dates: 7/21/2015- 6/30/2018 Awarded Vendor: Global Tel*Link NEW RATES: 3/17/2016-6/30/2016 Rate Per Minute * Collect Local Intralata Interlata Interstate $0.060 $0.060 $0.060 $0.060 Prepaid …

Landmark Settlement in Lawsuit Challenging Solitary Confinement in Delaware

Article • June 30, 2017 • from PLN July, 2017

Filed under: Eighth Amendment, Toilets, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Landmark Settlement in Lawsuit Challenging Solitary Confinement in Delaware by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A game-changing settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit over the treatment of prisoners held in solitary confinement in Delaware state prisons. The suit, filed on August 6, 2015 by the Community Legal Aid …

Governor of the State of Delaware - Independent Review of Security Issues at the James T. Vaugn CC, 2017

Publication • 2017

Filed under: Corrections Audits, Prison Rebellion, Systemic Medical Neglect, Staffing, Grievances

Governor of the State of Delaware - Independent Review of Security Issues at the James T. Vaugn CC, 2017 Final Report: Independent Review of Security Issues at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center Requested by the Honorable John C. Carney, Jr., Governor of the State of Delaware on February 14, …

Delaware Rates May and July 2017

Kickback publication • May 8, 2017

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

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Delaware Supreme Court Strikes Down Death Penalty, Following Hurst Decision

Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017

Filed under: Death Penalty

Delaware Supreme Court Strikes Down Death Penalty, Following Hurst Decision by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On August 2, 2016, the Delaware Supreme Court, in Rauf v. State of Delaware, struck down the state’s death penalty in a closely-watched decision. Benjamin Rauf was charged with first-degree felony murder, and the …

Delaware Supreme Court Declares Death Penalty Retroactively Unconstitutional

Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017

Filed under: Death Penalty, State Legislation

Delaware Supreme Court Declares Death Penalty Retroactively Unconstitutional by On December 15, 2016, Delaware’s Supreme Court issued a unanimous 15-page decision that held the unconstitutionality of the state’s death penalty statute should be applied retroactively to prisoners previously sentenced to death. [Also, see p. 54.] While the ruling only mentioned …

Delaware Prisoners Demand Education, Rehabilitation

Article • March 10, 2017 • from PLN March, 2017

Filed under: Prison Rebellion, Education, Rehabilitation/Recidivism

Delaware Prisoners Demand Education, Rehabilitation by Monte McCoin At 1:59 p.m. on February 1, 2017, the tip line rang in the newsroom at Delaware’s largest paper. Reporters from The News Journal were the first members of the media to hear about a disturbance and hostage situation at the James T. …

Smith v. State of Delaware, DE, Opinion on Mot for Prelim Injunct, Compliance with Mental Health Settlement, 2017

Brief • February 21, 2017

Filed under: Americans with Disabilities Act, Mental Health

Smith v. State of Delaware, DE, Opinion on Mot for Prelim Injunct, Compliance with Mental Health Settlement, 2017 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE EVERETT E. SMITH, Plaintiff, Civ. No. 16-503-LPS v. STATE OF DELAWARE, Defendant. Everett E. Smith, Howard R. Young Correctional Institution, Wilmington, …

Delaware: Prisoners Have No Right of Access to Certain DOC Policies; Court Rules Statute Denying Access Constitutional

Article • September 7, 2016

Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Notice of Rules, Disclosure of Records, Local Rules, Public Records

Delaware: Prisoners Have No Right of Access to Certain DOC Policies; Court Rules Statute Denying Access Constitutional by Lonnie Burton On May 25, 2016, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware upheld the constitutionality of a state statute which prohibits the Department of Correction (DOC) from providing certain …

Community Legal Aid Society v. Couple, DE, Agreement and Order, Mental Illness and Solitary Confinement, 2016

Brief • September 1, 2016

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Community Legal Aid Society v. Couple, DE, Agreement and Order, Mental Illness and Solitary Confinement, 2016 Case 1:15-cv-00688-GMS Document 40 Filed 09/01/16 Page 1 of 17 PageID #: 290 Case 1:15-cv-00688-GMS Document 38 Filed 08/31/16 Page 1of31 PagelD #: 258 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF …

United States v. State of Delaware, DE, Exhibits, Compliance with Settlement Agreement, 2016

Brief • August 31, 2016

Filed under: Americans with Disabilities Act, Mental Health

United States v. State of Delaware, DE, Exhibits, Compliance with Settlement Agreement, 2016 Case 1:15-cv-00688-GMS Document 38 Filed 08/31/16 Page 18 of 31 PageID #: 275 EXHIBIT A Case 1:15-cv-00688-GMS Document 38 Filed 08/31/16 Page 19 of 31 PageID #: 276 Attachment #2 Disciplinary Mental Health Assessment Form DISCIPLlNARY Case …

Report of the Independent Monitor of the Amended MoA between the DOJ and Delaware DOC, DE Prison Monitor, 2010

Publication • August 23, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Audits, Medical

Report of the Independent Monitor of the Amended MoA between the DOJ and Delaware DOC, DE Prison Monitor, 2010 Potter PII Anderson ~Corroon UP REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT MONITOR OF THE AMENDED MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THE STATE OF DELAWARE REGARDING THE JAMES …

Report of the Independent Monitor of the Amended MoA between the DOJ and Delaware DOC, DE Prison Monitor, 2009

Publication • August 23, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Audits, Medical

Report of the Independent Monitor of the Amended MoA between the DOJ and Delaware DOC, DE Prison Monitor, 2009 Potter PII Anderson ~Corroon UP FIFTH SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT MONITOR OF THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THE STATE OF DELAWARE REGARDING THE …

After Sex Scandal, Delaware DOC Closes Ineffective Boot Camp

Article • August 10, 2016

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Corrections Audits, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Failure to Protect (Juveniles), Juvenile Prisons

After Sex Scandal, Delaware DOC Closes Ineffective Boot Camp by Joe Watson It took a prison guard’s compulsive sexual behavior to draw the critical eye of Delaware corrections officials to a boot camp program intended for troubled youth, and subsequently shut it down. The Sussex Boot Camp, which opened in …

Delaware Prisoner Health Care Finally Meets Constitutional Standards

Article • August 10, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Audits, Medical

Delaware Prisoner Health Care Finally Meets Constitutional Standards by David Reutter The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has released the Delaware Department of Correction (DDOC) from the terms of an amended memorandum of agreement (AMOA) on prisoner medical and mental health care. The DOJ and DDOC reached the original memorandum …

Race and Incarceration in Delaware: A Preliminary Consideration, Eichler, 2003

Publication • August 9, 2016

Filed under: Discrimination, Racial Discrimination, Racial Profiling

Race and Incarceration in Delaware: A Preliminary Consideration, Eichler, 2003 Raaccee aan nd d IIn nccaarrcceerraattiioon n R nD Deellaaw waarree:: iiAn Preliminary Consideration A Preliminary Consideration by Thomas by P. Eichler Thomas P. Eichler Published by Delaware Center for Justice and Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League The production and printing …

Delaware Supreme Court Suspends Prosecutor for Misconduct

Article • May 5, 2016 • from PLN May, 2016

Filed under: Counsel, Attorney Misconduct

Delaware Supreme Court Suspends Prosecutor for Misconduct by Christopher Zoukis On July 27, 2015, the Delaware Supreme Court suspended Deputy Attorney General R. David Favata for six months and a day, for prosecutorial misconduct involving the capital case of McCoy v. State, 112 A.3d 239 (Del. 2015). The case was …

Delaware Prisoners Sue DOC Alleging Sexual Assaults by Prison Doctor

Article • May 5, 2016 • from PLN May, 2016

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Correctional Healthcare Solutions, Guard Misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Malpractice

Delaware Prisoners Sue DOC Alleging Sexual Assaults by Prison Doctor by Christopher Zoukis In a case of alleged staff misconduct at a Delaware prison, nine prisoners filed suit in Sussex County Superior Court alleging that a former prison doctor sexually assaulted them on numerous occasions. The prisoners’ lawsuit claims that …