$15,000 Award for New York Prisoner in Medical Negligence Case by A New York Court of Claims awarded $15,000 to a prisoner after a nurse failed to timely diagnose and treat his heart attack. While running to first base during a softball game on May 25, 2011, Shawangunk Correctional Facility …
New York Issues New Solitary Confinement Rules for Local Jails Amid Lawsuits, $5 Million Settlement by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis On October 17, 2017, the New York Commission of Correction issued new rules governing the treatment of prisoners held in solitary confinement in local jails. The rules came in …
New York Law Gives Reformed Offenders an Opportunity to Seal Convictions by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A 2017 New York law, CPL 160.59, gives certain nonviolent offenders an opportunity to have their state convictions sealed, according to attorneys Ed Kratt and Frank Rothman. One of their clients, Joel Figueroa, …
The Osborne Association Report, May, 2018, The High Costs of Low Risk - The Crisis of America’s Aging Prison Population The High Costs of Low Risk: The Crisis of America’s Aging Prison Population The Osborne Association May 2018 Executive Summary Executive Summary During the past four decades, we have experienced …
Spinelli v. City of New York et al, NY, Amended Complaint, Rikers, Sexual Abuse, 2018 Case 1:17-cv-07680-JPO Document 34 Filed 05/03/18 Page 1 of 19 Case 1:17-cv-07680-JPO Document 34 Filed 05/03/18 Page 2 of 19 Case 1:17-cv-07680-JPO Document 34 Filed 05/03/18 Page 3 of 19 Case 1:17-cv-07680-JPO Document 34 Filed …
Hincapie v. City of New York, NY, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2018 Case 1:18-cv-03432-PAC Document 1 Filed 04/19/18 Page 1 of 38 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ x JOHNNY HINCAPIE, Plaintiff, -againstCITY OF NEW YORK; Detective CARLOS GONZALEZ; Detective DONALD CASEY; Detective JAMES CHRISTIE; Detective MICHAEL …
Double Punishment: After Prison, Moms Face Legal Battles to Reunite With Kids by Victoria Law by Victoria Law, Truthout | Report This story is the first in a new Truthout series, Severed Ties: The Human Toll of Prisons. This series will dive deeply into the impact of incarceration on families, loved …
New York to Spend $7.3 Million on College Programs for Prisoners by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has long advocated for more higher education programs in New York state prisons. His plans have drawn criticism from conservatives who take issue with the use of public funds …
Tablets and E-messaging Services Expand in Prisons and Jails, as do Fees by Matthew Clarke, Edward Lyon by Matt Clarke and Ed Lyon Global Tel*Link (GTL), one of the largest prison and jail phone service providers in the United States, has steadily expanded into other services that target corrections agencies. …
Prisons and Jails Impose More Restrictions on Mail, Visits to Curtail Contraband by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Citing a need to stop the smuggling of drugs and other contraband, some prisons and jails have placed new and stringent restrictions on both prisoner mail and visitation. Beginning in April 2017, …
New York: Former Rikers Guard Gets 30 Years for Civil Rights Violations, Conspiracy by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin PLN has previously reported on the December 2016 conviction of former Rikers Island jail complex guard Brian Coll, 47, for his role in the 2012 death of detainee Ronald Spear. In …
Solitary Troubles, Cardozo School of Law, 2018 Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law · Yeshiva University Jacob Burns Institute for Advanced Legal Studies February 20, 2018 Faculty Research Paper No. 536 Solitary Troubles Forthcoming 93 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 927 Alexander A. Reinert Professor of Law Cardozo Law School 55 …
Report - the Most Problematic Local Correction Facilities of NY State THE WORST OFFENDERS REPORT: THE MOST PROBLEMATIC LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES OF NEW YORK STATE February 2018 Thomas A. Beilein Chairman Thomas J. Loughren Commissioner Allen Riley Commissioner 80 South Swan Street, 12th Floor, Albany, New York 12210 │ 518-485-2346 …
FOIL Exemption Applies to Civil and Criminal Law Enforcement by David Reutter by David Reutters A New York appellate court held that the New York State Education Department correctly redacted or exempted public records compiled for auditing special education costs because they were compiled for civil law enforcement purposes. The …
Tardik v. City of New York, NY, Memo in Opp. to Def's Motion in Limine, Seizure in Police Custody, 2018 Case 1:13-cv-04056-KMW-KNF Document 260 Filed 02/06/18 Page 1 of 34 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ------------------------------------------------------------MARY M. TARDIF, Plaintiff, 13-civ-4056 (KMW)(KNF) -againstCITY OF NEW YORK, NEW …
New York: Prison Disciplinary Witness Request Improperly Denied by The New York Supreme Court’s Appellate Division has held that a prison disciplinary hearing officer improperly denied a prisoner’s request to call witnesses. As such, the court remanded the case for a new disciplinary hearing. Based upon confidential information, New York …
$7.9 Million Award Against New York County and Medical Contractor in Jail Suicide Case by A New York federal jury awarded $7.9 million to the estate of Bartholomew Ryan, 32, who committed suicide at the Nassau County Jail. The jury found the county and its medical contractor, Armor Correctional Health …
Less is More in New York: An Examination of the Impact of State Parole Violations on Prison and Jail Populations, Columbia University Justice Lab, 2018 Shaping Justice for the Future Research Brief Less is More in New York: An Examination of the Impact of State Parole Violations on Prison and …
US v. Tigano, Opinion, Sixth Amendment, 2018 15-3073 United States of America v. Tigano 28 15‐3073 United States of America v. Tigano UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT ____________________ August Term, 2017 (Argued: October 12, 2017 Decided: January 23, 2018) Docket No. 15‐3073 ____________________ UNITED STATES OF …
New York: Inhumanity in the Guise of Education at Rikers Island Jail by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The New York City Board of Correction (BOC), which provides oversight of the city’s jails, has approved the use of controversial “restraint desks” for violent prisoners aged 18 to 21 held at …
