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Incident Report - Lee Adjustment Center, CCA, 2004 PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL FORM 5-IA REVISED: 12/01/02 CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA INCIDENT REPORT INCIDENT NUMBER:04-i205-245-I DATE OF INCIDENT:September 14.2004 I. Type of Incident: PRIORITY I q q q q Death - any person Escape Rape (forced sexual assault) Inmate disturbance (major property …
Illinois: Prisoner Wins Settlement from Cook County Sheriff on Battery Claim by Derek Gilna Illinois’ Cook County Jail is widely considered to be one of the most dangerous correctional facilities in the nation. An antiquated jail lacking many of the updated security features found in other jails, it is riddled …
California: Settlement in Race-based Prison Lockdown Suit; $2.375 Million in Fees and Costs by Lonnie Burton On July 21, 2014, a California federal judge approved class-action status in a lawsuit filed by state prisoners challenging the statewide practice of race-based prison lockdowns. U.S. District Court Judge Troy L. Nunley of …
Prison: America’s Most Vile Export? by Baz Dreisinger Prison: America’s Most Vile Export? The U.S. incarceration problem is now the world’s to solve. by Baz Dreisinger Behind the bars of a prison in Brazil, the federal agent on duty sidled up to me. “You’re getting a good report, yes?” he …
Article • October 28, 2015
$12,000 Settlement for California Prisoner in Equal Treatment Suit by $12,000 Settlement for California Prisoner in Equal Treatment Suit In the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, prisoner Steven D. Brooks settled, in June 2013, for $12,000 his §1983 civil rights claim alleging violation of his …
Inside America’s Toughest Federal Prison by Mark Binelli Inside America’s Toughest Federal Prison by Mark Binelli, New York Times Magazine For years, conditions inside the United States’ only federal supermax facility were largely a mystery. But a landmark lawsuit is finally revealing the harsh world within. In prison, Rodney Jones told …
Semelbauer et al v. Muskegon Co, MI, Plf BiO to Def Mot PSJ, jail gender discrimination 8th Am, 2015 Case 1:14-cv-01245-JTN Doc #49 Filed 07/01/15 Page 1 of 32 Page ID#1350 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION MICHELLE SEMELBAUER, et al., PAULETTE …
McKibben v. McMahon, CA, Second Amended Complaint, LGBT Wrongful Treatment, 2015 Case 5:14-cv-02171-JGB-SP Document 37 Filed 05/20/15 Page 1 of 65 Page ID #:385 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Barrett S. Litt, SBN 45527 E-Mail: blitt@kmbllaw.com David S. McLane, SBN …
Lawsuits Over Riot at CCA Prison in Colorado Settle for $600,000 by Derek Gilna Lawsuits Over Riot at CCA Prison in Colorado Settle for $600,000 by Derek Gilna Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), confronted with the prospect of a jury trial scheduled to last 25 weeks on the claims of …
Article • January 10, 2015 • from PLN January, 2015
The Globalization of Supermax Prisons, edited by Jeffrey Ian Ross (Rutgers University Press, 2013). 240 pages, $28.95 paperback by Gary Hunter The Globalization of Supermax Prisons, edited by Jeffrey Ian Ross (Rutgers University Press, 2013). 240 pages, $28.95 paperback Book review by Gary Hunter "Zero tolerance” is a phrase that …
Semelbauer v. Muskegon County, MI, Complaint, 2014 Case 1:14-cv-01245 Doc #1 Filed 12/04/14 Page 1 of 42 Page ID#1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION MICHELLE SEMELBAUER, PAULETTE BOSCH, DENISE VOS, CRISA BROWN, LATRECE BAKER, TAMMY SPEERS, LONDORA KITCHENS, and STASHIA COLLINS, …
Article • October 23, 2014
North Carolina’s Prisoners on Eighth Month of Lockdown and Counting by David Reutter Prisoners in the close custody unit at North Carolina’s Scotland Correctional Institution (SCI) have been on indefinite lockdown since December 28, 2013. Prison officials contend the lockdown is in response to security needs, but the circumstances make …
Article • July 9, 2014 • from PLN July, 2014
Flimsy Reasons for Prolonged, Frequent Lockdowns State Eighth Amendment Claim by David Reutter Flimsy Reasons for Prolonged, Frequent Lockdowns State Eighth Amendment Claim by David Reutter The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that an Illinois prisoner’s complaint that frequent lockdowns for substantial periods of time deprived him of …
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Brief • May 15, 2013
Mitchell v Cate, CA, Declaration in Support of Plt Mot, race-based lockdown, 2013 Case 2:08-cv-01196-TLN-EFB Document 189 Filed 05/15/13 Page 1 of 70 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 PRISON LAW OFFICE DONALD SPECTER (SBN 83925) WARREN E. GEORGE (SBN 53588) REBEKAH EVENSON (SBN 207825) 1917 Fifth Street Berkeley, …
Article • April 15, 2013
10th Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Oklahoma Conditions-of-Confinement § 1983 Lawsuit by 10th Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Oklahoma Conditions-of-Confinement § 1983 Lawsuit In an unpublished order, the Tenth Circuit has affirmed the dismissal of a pro se civil rights complaint alleging that the conditions of confinement during a 7.5-week lockdown in …
Tennessee DOC Accused of Covering Up Violent Incidents by Alex Friedmann As previously reported in Prison Legal News, the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) has been experiencing higher levels of prisoner-on-prisoner and prisoner-on-staff violence since Commissioner Derrick Schofield was appointed in January 2011. The increased violence coincides with a number …
Report Cites Rising Violence, Other Problems at Illinois Maximum-Security Prison by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A report by the John Howard Association of Illinois (JHA) found that overcrowding and understaffing at the Menard Correctional Center (Menard) has resulted in an “alarming” increase in staff and prisoner assaults. Opened …
Article • September 15, 2012 • from PLN September, 2012
$93,000 Settlement for Georgia State Prisoners Beaten by Guards by The Georgia Department of Corrections has paid $93,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed by four state prisoners who were subjected to retaliatory beatings by guards at Hays State Prison. At approximately 2:00 p.m. on August 12, 2010, the plaintiff …
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
Ninth Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to California Prison Officials for Denial of Outdoor Exercise During Lengthy Lock-down by On March 17, 2011, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted qualified immunity to California prison officials who had denied a prisoner outdoor exercise during a 15-month lockdown precipitated by a “particularly …
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