Skip navigation

Search

765 results
Page 30 of 39. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 | Next »

Nine California Guards Fired For Prisoner Assaults by Nine guards at California's maximum security Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP), including some belonging to the Green Wall" satanic gang of rogue guards, were fired on November 8, 2004 as a disciplinary action for allegedly assaulting a prisoner and then conspiring to …
Concubine and Children Cannot Sue for Wrongful Death of Federal Prisoner by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a concubine and her children could not sue for damages resulting from the cancer death of federal prisoner Jose Miguel Ruiz. This action was brought under the Federal Tort …
California Corrections System Officially Declared Dysfunctional" - Redemption Doubtful by California Corrections System Officially Declared Dysfunctional" - Redemption Doubtful by Marvin Mentor Culminating a multi-year crescendo of criticism leveled at California's Corrections system from frustrated legislative, judicial and executive leaders, the Corrections Independent Review Panel (CIRP) recently tasked by Governor …
Article • March 15, 2005 • from PLN March, 2005
South Carolina Prison Officials Cheat Charity, Attempt Coverup by South Carolina Prison Officials Cheat Charity, Attempt Coverup by Michael Rigby Officials at South Carolina's Lieber Correctional Institution (LCI) were supposed to be supplying free prison labor to a charity that builds portable housing for the elderly. Instead, they were stealing …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
California Latino Gang Members Locked Down Over 20 Months; Narrow U.S. Attorney Criminal Review Finds "No Abuses" by California Latino Gang Members Locked Down Over 20 Months; Narrow U.S. Attorney Criminal Review Finds "No Abuses" Latino gang members at California's 124 year-old Folsom State Prison (FSP) were locked down for …
Government Says No Criminal Conduct in New Jersey Mass Prisoner Beating, But Jury Awards Abused Prisoner $19,000; Sexual Harassment Suit Settled for $250,000 by Government Says No Criminal Conduct in New Jersey Mass Prisoner Beating, But Jury Awards Abused Prisoner $19,000; Sexual Harassment Suit Settled for $250,000 by Matthew T. …
Texas "Gang Expert" Indicted for Sex Assaults by On June 17, 2004, top Texas prison administrator Salvador "Sammy" Buentello was indicted on felony charges that he sexually assaulted three female employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). A week earlier Buentello had been indicted on four misdemeanor charges …
Article • January 15, 2005 • from PLN January, 2005
Washington Prison's Water System and Meat Contaminated With Feces by Roger Smith On August 20, 2004, fecal coliform and E. coli were found in the water system at the McNeil Island Correction Center (MICC) near Steilacoom, Washington. E. coli was also found in about 6,000 pounds of ground beef produced …
Business as Usual by Todd Matthews Wackenhut further angered state officials by saying they must pay for the empty bed space at the Santa Rosa facility caused by transferring prisoners to the Virginia supermax. According to the state's contract, Wackenhut claimed, the state must pay as though the prison is …
Article • December 15, 2004 • from PLN December, 2004
Abuse, Torture and Rape Reported at Unlisted U.S.-Run Prisons in Iraq by Lisa Ashkenaz Croke Abuse, Torture and Rape Reported at Unlisted U.S.-run Prisons in Iraq by Lisa Ashkenaz Croke American legal investigators have discovered evidence of abuse, torture and rape throughout the US-run prison system in Iraq. A Michigan …
Article • December 15, 2004 • from PLN December, 2004
Private Capitol Punishment: The Florida Model by David Reutter by Ken Kopczynski, 111 pp. 2004, Authorhouse, softbound Reviewed by David M. Reutter As the prison industrial complex has expanded, the privatization of prisons has increased. The pages of PLN have chronicled the mental and physical abuse, as well as medical …
Article • December 15, 2004 • from PLN December, 2004
International Red Cross Suspects U.S. Hiding Foreign Detainees by The International Red Cross (IRC) said on July 13, 2004, that it suspects the United States is hiding foreign detainees in prisons throughout the world. According to Antonella Notari, spokeswoman for the International Committee of the Red Cross, terror suspects that …
Article • December 15, 2004 • from PLN December, 2004
Oklahoma Family Buries Wrong Man by An Oklahoma couple got a real shock upon returning home from a family funeral. They received a call from their son, Kevin Wyckoff, whom they believed they had just buried. "Hey Dad," Kevin, 23, said in his call from the Lexington Assessment and Reception …
A Death in Custody: Massachusetts DOC Wracked by Scandal by Peter Costanza On August 23, 2003, the 26 men in Unit J-1 at SBCC, a "supermax" prison in Shirley, Massachusetts, were finishing lunch. It was just before noon. There was one guard in the unit, a prison guard named David …
Cowboy Justice: BOP Guards Convicted by Alan Pendergast by Alan Prendergast The seven men sat around the defense table Tuesday afternoon, June 24, 2003, murmuring quietly to each other and exchanging hearty good-luck handshakes with their attorneys. The tension was thick, anticipation high. Shortly after 4 p.m., the jurors filed …
Iraqi Dungeons and Torture Chambers Under New, American Trained Management by Leah Caldwell Just a year ago, Attorney General John Ashcroft pointed to the Iraqi prison system as a shining example of the freedoms that the U.S. would bring to Iraq. He said, "Now, all Iraqis can taste liberty in …
Article • August 15, 2004 • from PLN August, 2004
Illinois Appeals Court Overturns Warden's Reckless Homicide Convictions by Illinois Appeals Court Overturns Warden's Reckless Homicide Convictions by Matthew T. Clarke Near midnight on the night of Octo-ber 14, 2000, a state-owned car driven by William Barham, Warden of the Shawnee Correctional Center, spun off a road and down an …
Article • July 15, 2004 • from PLN July, 2004
Washington DOC Fined $60,000 for Bogus Water Pollution Reports by The Washington State Department of Ecology (DOE) has fined the state Department of Corrections (DOC) $60,000 for falsifying water pollution reports. The fine was levied after the DOE discovered that officials at the McNeil Island Correction Center (MICC) near Steilacoom, …
Article • July 15, 2004 • from PLN July, 2004
Arizona Prison Director Has Poor Track Record by Michael Rigby A federal judge in Missouri has refused to accept sworn testimony from Arizona Department of Corrections (ADOC) Director Dora Schriro, adding yet another chapter to Schriro's continuing saga of security lapses, deceit, and disappearing evidence. Before signing on as director …
BOP, FBI Investigations in Texas, Oregon, Arizona, and California Federal Prisons by Michael Rigby BOP, FBI Investigations in Texas, Oregon, Arizona, and California Federal Prisons by Michael Rigby Murder, riots, drug overdoses, and allegations of official corruption have prompted the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and the FBI to launch investigations …
Page 30 of 39. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 | Next »