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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 …
Reach Out and Defraud Someone: Oregon Jail Prisoners Commit Phone Scams
Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Crime, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates
Reach Out and Defraud Someone: Oregon Jail Prisoners Commit Phone Scams by Mark Wilson A fifteen-minute collect call from the Multnomah County jail in Portland, Oregon costs $2.35, billed to the party who accepts the call. Between May 2006 and April 2009 those calls generated $3.5 million in revenue for …
Audit Finds Oregon Victims Denied Restitution; Prosecutors Largely to Blame
Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
Filed under: Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Money/Property, Restitution
Audit Finds Oregon Victims Denied Restitution; Prosecutors Largely to Blame by An audit by the Oregon Secretary of State, released in early 2010, found that crime victims are not getting restitution and prosecutors are largely to blame. The 2003 Oregon legislature required prosecutors to investigate and present evidence of economic …
$3.125 Million in Settlements in Oregon Prisoner’s Beating Death
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
Filed under: Private Contractors, Excessive Force, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Police, Excessive Force (Police)
$3.125 Million in Settlements in Oregon Prisoner’s Beating Death by On July 2, 2009, the estate and family of a mentally ill Oregon man who died in police custody settled claims against Multnomah County, a former deputy sheriff and jail nurses for $925,000. The case remained pending against the City …
Ninth Circuit Says Qualified Immunity Warranted for Comb-Binding Denial
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
Filed under: Court Access, Law Library Access/Adequacy, Qualified Immunity
Ninth Circuit Says Qualified Immunity Warranted for Comb-Binding Denial by Mark Wilson On December 2, 2009, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found that a prison librarian was entitled to qualified immunity for denying a prisoner’s request to comb-bind his legal papers. Oregon prisoner Frank Phillips intended to file a …
For Lease: Never-Used 525-Bed Oregon Jail, $45 Million or Best Offer
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
Filed under: Private Prisons, Financing, Rehabilitation/Recidivism
For Lease: Never-Used 525-Bed Oregon Jail, $45 Million or Best Offer by Mark Wilson A seemingly good idea before the housing market collapsed, the 525-bed, $58 million Wapato Jail has sat empty in Portland, Oregon since construction was completed in 2004. County taxpayers are paying approximately $5 million annually on …
Exhaustion Excused Where Warden Misled Prisoner During Grievance Process
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
Filed under: Strip Searches, PLRA, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA)
Exhaustion Excused Where Warden Misled Prisoner During Grievance Process by Brandon Sample Failure to exhaust administrative remedies may be excused when prison officials mislead a prisoner during the grievance process, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decided on January 11, 2010. In May 2002, prisoner Gerson Nunez …
Female Assistant Attorney General Pleads Guilty in Wife-Beating Case
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
Filed under: Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution
Female Assistant Attorney General Pleads Guilty in Wife-Beating Case by Mark Wilson An Oregon Assistant Attorney General (AAG) who defends against prisoners’ appeals in criminal cases was recently arrested for punching and strangling her wife; she entered treatment and pleaded guilty two weeks later. On February 12, 2010, AAG Susan …
Thou Shalt Not: Sexual Misconduct by Prison and Jail Chaplains
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Staff-Staff Assault, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Staff-Staff Harassment, Supervisor-Staff Harassment, Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Clergy, Failure to Protect (Juveniles), Juvenile Prisons
Thou Shalt Not: Sexual Misconduct by Prison and Jail Chaplains by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Traditionally, the role of a chaplain in the correctional setting is to serve as a spiritual advisor to prisoners and help them meet the requirements of their religious faiths. Equally traditionally, chaplains have …
Five Sentenced in Oregon Prison Food Bribery Scandal
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Crime
Five Sentenced in Oregon Prison Food Bribery Scandal by Mark Wilson Four men who paid Oregon’s prison food services administrator $1.2 million in bribes to obtain state contracts have been sentenced to 3 months in prison for their role in the worst corruption case in Oregon’s history. As previously reported …
Oregon Politician Visits Prison, Proposes Porn Ban
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Filed under: Elections, Mail, Sexually Explicit Materials
Oregon Politician Visits Prison, Proposes Porn Ban by Mark Wilson Oregon state representative Greg Smith is up for reelection, and thus looking for a way to win over voters. So why not drop in on an Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) facility and engage in some tough-on-crime prisoner-bashing? That’s likely …
Former Oregon Prison Guard, Accused of Contraband Smuggling and Sexual Misconduct, Files Suit Alleging Racism
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Racial Discrimination, Employee Litigation
Former Oregon Prison Guard, Accused of Contraband Smuggling and Sexual Misconduct, Files Suit Alleging Racism by Mark Wilson An ex-Oregon prison guard who resigned in 2007 was hired the following year as a “security technician” at the Oregon State Hospital (OSH). He was fired one month later after being accused …
Suit Filed for Oregon Jail Pneumonia Death
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Filed under: Medical, Respiratory, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Suit Filed for Oregon Jail Pneumonia Death by Holly Jean Casey, a homeless 36-year-old heroin addict, lived a rough life and died an agonizing death on the floor of an Oregon jail cell on January 4, 2008. The day before she died, Casey was on her way to the hospital …
Oregon Offers Early Release to Illegal Immigrants Who Consent to Deportation
Article • July 15, 2010 • from PLN July, 2010
Filed under: Sentencing, Immigration
Oregon Offers Early Release to Illegal Immigrants Who Consent to Deportation by Michael Brodheim Seeking to cut costs in the face of a recession that has forced many states to reconsider their criminal justice priorities, Oregon officials have signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s …
Oregon Prison Escape Report, 2010
Publication • June 22, 2010
Filed under: Escapes
Oregon Prison Escape Report, 2010 SRCI Escape Review June 22, 2010 ,• On June 21-23, 2010, an audit team consisting ofPaula Myers, Superintendent CRCI/SFFC, Jeri Taylor, Assistant Superintendent of Security/TRCI, Brandon Kelly, Institution_Security Manage1'lOSCI, Ken Neff, Operations Manager/PRCF and Melissa Premo, Transport Manager conducted a review of the physicnl security …
Oregon Prison Officials Treat Heart Failure with Antacid, Tylenol, Heat Pack
Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010
Filed under: Medical Misconduct, Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect, Cardiovascular, Misdiagnosis, Malpractice
Oregon Prison Officials Treat Heart Failure with Antacid, Tylenol, Heat Pack by Mark Wilson In May 2007, Katherine Anderson was sentenced to 26 months in prison for embezzling $2,400 from her employer, a non-profit agency. She was sent to Oregon’s Coffee Creek Correctional Facility (CCCF). The 31-year-old mother of four …
Oregon Youth Authority Warden Gives Agency a Black Eye
Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Work, Prison Labor, Juvenile Prisons
Oregon Youth Authority Warden Gives Agency a Black Eye by A “rising star” at the Oregon Youth Authority (OYA) pleaded guilty to six criminal offenses and was sentenced to four months in jail, probation and 160 hours of community service, and ordered to pay $11,500 in restitution. He gave OYA …
City of Salem Settles §1983 Suit for $105,000
Article • May 15, 2010
Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Blood, Excessive Force, Restraints, Settlements, Family Law, False Arrest
City of Salem Settles §1983 Suit for $105,000 by City of Salem Settles §1983 Suit for $105,000 The City of Salem, Oregon has agreed to settle a civil rights suit that raised a variety of different claims surrounding the arrest and detention of a family and their children. On February …
Prisoner Loses Excessive Force Case in 10 Minutes; Judge Deems Suit Frivolous, Orders $3,000 Paid to Defendants
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Filed under: Restraints, Civil Procedure, Frivolous Litigation, Costs
Prisoner Loses Excessive Force Case in 10 Minutes; Judge Deems Suit Frivolous, Orders $3,000 Paid to Defendants by Mark Wilson Christopher Bookhart had a fool for a client when he represented himself in an excessive force suit he filed against a guard at the Multnomah County Detention Center (MCDC) in …
Oregon Private Jail Guard is “Corrections Officer”; Prisoner’s Assault Conviction Upheld
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution
Oregon Private Jail Guard is “Corrections Officer”; Prisoner’s Assault Conviction Upheld by Mark Wilson The Oregon Court of Appeals affirmed a prisoner’s conviction for assaulting a guard at a private jail, finding that the guard was a “corrections officer” under state law. Oregon’s Supreme Court upheld the decision on review. …
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