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ID Twin Falls County - Pinnacle to Telmate contrate amendment #2 2014

Kickback publication • July 17, 2019

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Telephone Monitoring

ID Twin Falls County - Pinnacle to Telmate contrate amendment #2 2014 Q Telmate April 14, 2014 Sheriff Tom Carter Twin Falls County Sheriff's Adult Detention Facility 504 Gooding Street. Twin Falls, Idaho 8330 I Re: Amendment of Phone Call Rates, Phone Call Length, and Telmate Product Dear Sheriff Tom …

ID Twin Falls County - Pinnacle to Telmate contrate amendment #3 2016

Kickback publication • July 17, 2019

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Telephone Monitoring

ID Twin Falls County - Pinnacle to Telmate contrate amendment #3 2016 Third Amendment to Inmate Telecommunication Location Agreement Between Telmate LLC and Twin Falls County THIS THIRD AMENDMENT (hereinafter "Amendment") is made and entered into on June 17th, 2016 ("Effective Date") by and between Twin Falls County Sheriff's Adult …

ID Valley County - Securus Contract 2016-2017

Kickback publication • July 17, 2019

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Attorney Calls, Telephone Monitoring

ID Valley County - Securus Contract 2016-2017 ~· SECURusn · 1111 11,'\ :I~· Master Services Agreement Valley County Jail (ID) Thfs Master Services Agreement (thus "Agreement") 1s by and between Valley County Jail ('you· or ·customer") and Securus Technologies. Inc .. ('we." ·us." or "Provider"). This Agreement supersedes any and …

ID DOC - CenturyLink contract thru June 2020

Kickback publication • June 5, 2019

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Telephone Monitoring

ID DOC - CenturyLink contract thru June 2020

Idaho police officer decertifications

Publication • 2019

Filed under: Police Misconduct

Idaho police officer decertifications CURRENT LIST OF ALL IDAHO DECERTIFIED OFFICERS ***this list is inclusive for Patrol, Detention, Correction and Communication Officers** List date: 3/28/2017 js FIRST NAME James Michael Loren David Calvin John Glenn Terry Dennis Carl Dennis Robert John Leo Malcolm Juan Cordell Derris Douglas William Dan Jose …

Fuller v. Idaho Department of Corrections, ID, Amended Judgment, Workplace Harrassment, 2019

Brief • May 22, 2019

Filed under: Sexual Harassment, Title VII, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights

Fuller v. Idaho Department of Corrections, ID, Amended Judgment, Workplace Harrassment, 2019 Case 1:13-cv-00035-DCN Document 182 Filed 05/22/19 Page 1 of 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF IDAHO CYNTHIA FULLER, Case No. 1:13-cv-00035-DCN Plaintiff, AMENDED JUDGMENT v. STATE OF IDAHO, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, BRENT REINKE, in his …

Idaho Supreme Court Vacates Conviction After D.A. Seizes Jailed Defendant’s Legal Notes

Article • March 5, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Trials

Idaho Supreme Court Vacates Conviction After D.A. Seizes Jailed Defendant’s Legal Notes by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  On November 30, 2018, in a substitute opinion, the Supreme Court of Idaho held that a trial court erred when it required a defendant to show he was prejudiced when the prosecution …

Guards Face Federal Charges for Smuggling Drugs, Cell Phones Into Idaho Prisons

Article • January 8, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Guards/Staff, FBI

Guards Face Federal Charges for Smuggling Drugs, Cell Phones Into Idaho Prisons by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The FBI arrested seven people, including five Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC) guards, for conspiring to smuggle drugs, tobacco and cell phones into state prisons. In January 2017, an undercover FBI agent …

Assoc. of State Correctional Administration - Reforming Restrictive Housing - The 2018 ASCA-Liman Nationwide Survey of Time-in-Cell, 2018

Publication • October 1, 2018

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Eighth Amendment, Exercise, Lockdowns, Mental Health, Juveniles, Fourteenth Amendment, rights

Assoc. of State Correctional Administration - Reforming Restrictive Housing - The 2018 ASCA-Liman Nationwide Survey of Time-in-Cell, 2018 Reforming Restrictive Housing: The 2018 ASCA-Liman Nationwide Survey of Time-in-Cell Reforming Restrictive Housing: The 2018 ASCA-Liman Nationwide Survey of Time-in-Cell The Association of State Correctional Administrators The Liman Center for Public Interest …

JPay Vulnerability Exploited by Idaho Prisoners for $225,000 in Credits

Article • September 3, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018

Filed under: JPay, Inc., Money/Property

JPay Vulnerability Exploited by Idaho Prisoners for $225,000 in Credits by Steve Horn by Steve Horn In the realm of prisons and jails, many companies have positioned themselves to profit from mass incarceration. Few have done so in the area of prisoner communications with as much vigor as JPay, whose …

Idaho Prisoner Swallows Razor Blade to Force Corizon to Provide Medical Care

Article • July 1, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018

Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Gastrointestinal, Amputations, Failure to Treat

Idaho Prisoner Swallows Razor Blade to Force Corizon to Provide Medical Care by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin Jason Monteleone, with the Boise law firm of Johnson and Monteleone, called the medical neglect that his client, Gary L. Merchant, 65, received from Idaho’s prison medical care provider, Corizon Health, “egregious” …

Idaho DOC and Corizon Held in Contempt in Long-standing Lawsuit

Article • June 8, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018

Filed under: Corizon, Contempt (Civil Procedure)

Idaho DOC and Corizon Held in Contempt in Long-standing Lawsuit by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC) and its contracted private medical care provider, Corizon Health, were held in contempt of consent orders entered in 1984 and 2014 in a class-action suit. The original November …

In the Public Interest - An Examination of Private Financing for Correctional and Immigration Detention Facilities, 2018

Publication • June 1, 2018

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Staff Assault, Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Prison Industries, Workplace Injury, Work Conditions/Safety, Prison Gangs, Staffing, Security Systems, Guard Brutality/Beatings

In the Public Interest - An Examination of Private Financing for Correctional and Immigration Detention Facilities, 2018 An examination of private financing for correctional and immigration detention facilities Report · In the Public Interest · June 2018 While governments have traditionally used municipal bonds to finance the construction of correctional …

Idaho DOC Agrees to Provide Kosher Meals, Pay $93,000 Settlement

Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018

Filed under: Religious Diet

Idaho DOC Agrees to Provide Kosher Meals, Pay $93,000 Settlement by In August 2017, the Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC) agreed to provide kosher meals in state prisons to partially settle a lawsuit brought by four Jewish prisoners represented by the ACLU of Idaho. While the IDOC’s internal “Handbook for …

California Prisoners File Class-action Suit Seeking Hepatitis C Treatment

Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018

Filed under: Medication, Hepatitis, Failure to Treat, Class Certification

California Prisoners File Class-action Suit Seeking Hepatitis C Treatment by Greg Dober by Gregory Dober In 2013, the FDA approved two new life-saving hepatitis C (HCV) drugs known as simeprevir (brand named Olysio) and sofosbuvir (brand named Sovaldi). The drugs, a new class of medication called direct-acting antivirals (DAAs), were …

Idaho DOC Uses Prisoner Volunteers for Suicide Watches

Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018

Filed under: Suicides

Idaho DOC Uses Prisoner Volunteers for Suicide Watches by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Some prisoners in the Idaho Department of Correction (DOC) who exhibit suicidal tendencies end up with other prisoners as companions, charged with engaging with them and helping to prevent self-harm. The DOC has a population of …

State of Idaho v. Tryon, ID, Opinion, Criminal Procedure, 2018

Brief • March 2, 2018

Filed under: Appeals, Fourteenth Amendment, rights

State of Idaho v. Tryon, ID, Opinion, Criminal Procedure, 2018 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO Docket No. 44489 STATE OF IDAHO, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff-Respondent, v. GRACIE JEAN TRYON, Defendant-Appellant. Boise, January 2018 Term 2018 Opinion No. 16 …

State of Idaho v. Tryon, ID, Opinion, Right to Confront Witness, Controlled Substance Conviction, 2018

Brief • March 2, 2018

Filed under: Cross Examination, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, Insufficiency of the Evidence, Drug Laws/Offenses

State of Idaho v. Tryon, ID, Opinion, Right to Confront Witness, Controlled Substance Conviction, 2018 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO Docket No. 44489 STATE OF IDAHO, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff-Respondent, v. GRACIE JEAN TRYON, Defendant-Appellant. Boise, January 2018 …

State of Idaho v. Jaskowski, ID, Opinion, Suppression of Evidence During Probation, 2018

Brief • January 18, 2018

Filed under: DUI, Search and Seizure, Suppression, Evidence - Admissibility, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release

State of Idaho v. Jaskowski, ID, Opinion, Suppression of Evidence During Probation, 2018 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO Docket No. 44772 STATE OF IDAHO, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BRODY L. JASKOWSKI, Defendant-Respondent. Boise, December 2017 Term 2018 Opinion No. …

Idaho v. Austin, ID, Opinion, DUI, Expert Testimony, 2017

Brief • December 1, 2017

Filed under: DUI

Idaho v. Austin, ID, Opinion, DUI, Expert Testimony, 2017 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO Docket No. 44276 STATE OF IDAHO, ) ) Plaintiff-Respondent, ) ) v. ) ) JUSTIN KEITH AUSTIN, ) ) Defendant-Appellant. ) _______________________________________ ) Boise, December 2017 Term 2018 Opinion No. 20 Filed: …