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Texas State Jails: Private Drug Counselors Ordered to Downplay Mental Illness by Matthew Clarke Former employees of Houston-based Turning Point, Inc., a private, for-profit company which contracted with Texas to provide substance abuse treatment in its state jail system, are revealing how supervisors pressured them to falsify Addiction Severity Index …
Federal Jury Awards $950,000 to Prisoners Beaten at L.A. County Jail by Derek Gilna As indicated by this month’s cover story, violence or the threat of violence has long been part of life for prisoners in Los Angeles County’s jail system. An incident that occurred in August 2008, however, demonstrated …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Former Prisoner Appointed to New York City Board of Correction by Gary Hunter Stanley Richards could be called the face of reform at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex. On May 27, 2015, Richards was appointed to the city’s Board of Correction by a unanimous vote. What makes his …
Jury Awards $40,000 to Transgender Prisoner Raped at Florida Jail by A Florida state court jury awarded $40,000 in a negligence action stemming from the rape of a male-to-female transgender pretrial detainee at the Orange County Jail (OCJ). Donald Brown, also known as Tori Tyrelle, was being held at OCJ …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Filed under: Overcrowding, Jail Specific
Judge Orders Ohio County to Cap Jail Population, Release Prisoners by Joe Watson A federal judge has decided the best way to solve the overcrowding problem at the Lucas County Jail in Toledo, Ohio is by simply enforcing the law. On November 5, 2014, U.S. District Court Judge James Carr …
Settlements in St. Louis Jail Detainee’s Heroin Withdrawal Death by David Reutter The City of St. Louis, Missouri and Correctional Medical Services (CMS, now Corizon Health) both agreed to pay settlements in a lawsuit filed by the estate of a jail detainee who died due to heroin withdrawal. Upon being …
Texas County Jail, Beset by Prisoner Deaths, has Highest Suicide Rate by Matthew Clarke A wrongful death suit filed by the parents of a 30-year-old Bexar County, Texas jail prisoner who died of a methadone overdose while in solitary confinement at the lock-up settled in February 2015 for $200,000, and …
Article • February 29, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Prison Ecology and the Water Crisis in Flint, Michigan by Panagioti Tsolkas “Here’s your water filtration system. By the way, you have a warrant for your arrest.” Jody Cramer, a former prisoner recently released from Michigan’s Genesee County Jail, said that was the story he heard from multiple other people …
Suicides, Poor Conditions at D.C. Jail Remain Critical Issues Despite Progress by Derek Gilna The February 8, 2015 suicide of a woman held at the Washington, D.C. Jail and a recent report that blasted the facility for “non-compliance with basic standards established by national corrections authorities” have once again focused …
From the Editor by Paul Wright One downside of publishing a magazine like Prison Legal News for 26 years is that in some respects we are not covering a one-off or isolated story but rather are reporting an ongoing and developing issue. This month’s cover story about the epic abuse, …
Brief • February 29, 2016
Topete v. County of San Bernardino, CA, Complaint, jail failure to protect health ADA, 2016 1 DONALD SPECTER (SBN 83925) KELLY KNAPP (SBN 252013) 2 PRISON LAW OFFICE 3 1917 Fifth Street Berkeley, California 94710 4 Telephone: (510) 280-2621 5 Fax: (510) 280-2704 dspecter@prisonlaw.com 6 kknapp@prisonlaw.com 7 8 9 Attorneys …
Brief • February 29, 2016
Horton v. Guzman, IL, Amended Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2016 Case: 1:16-cv-00741 Document #: 9 Filed: 02/29/16 Page 1 of 8 PageID #:54 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION WILLIAM HORTON, Plaintiff, Case No. 16-cv-0741 v. Judge John W. Darrah GERARDO GUZMAN, M.D., in his …
Publication • February 24, 2016
Jail Conditions - Inmate, Staff and Family Perspectives Report, Santa Clara Co CA, Moscone et al, 2016 Jail Conditions: Inmate, Staff & Family Perspectives Report to Santa Clara County Blue Ribbon Commission February 20, 2016 220 Montgomery St Suite 2100 San Francisco California 94104 Ph: (415) 362-3599 www.mosconelaw.com Table of …
Publication • February 24, 2016
Jail Conditions - Inmate, Staff and Family Perspectives Presentation, Santa Clara Co CA, Moscone et al, 2016 Jail Conditions: Inmate, Staff & Family Perspectives Report to Santa Clara County Blue Ribbon Commission Scott Emblidge & Jodie Smith Moscone Emblidge & Otis LLP WHAT WE WILL COVER • Interview Methodology • …
Publication • February 24, 2016
Daggett County UT Jail Inspection Report, USMS, 2007
Publication • February 24, 2016
Performance Audit - Jail Health Services Pharmacy, King Co WA, 2007 Metropolitan King County Council King County Auditor’s Office Cheryle A. Broom, King County Auditor King County Courthouse 516 Third Avenue, Room W1033 Seattle, WA 98104-3272 206.296.1655 Fax 206.296.0159 TTY 296-1024 www.metrokc.gov/auditor MEMORANDUM DATE: TO: FROM: SUBJECT: October 9, 2007 …
Garner v. Mohave County, AZ, Order, Jail Medical Care, Wrongful Death, 2016 Case 3:15-cv-08147-PGR Document 135 Filed 02/22/16 Page 1 of 6 1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 10 Joseph Garner, et al. Plaintiffs, 11 …
Brief • February 17, 2016
Carruthers v. Jenne, FL, Exhibit - Order Setting Evidentiary Hearing, Conditions of Confinement, 2016 Case 0:76-cv-06086-DMM Document 913-6 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/17/2016 Page 1 of 6 (Entered as document 746) UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT • SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA MIAMI DIVISION CASE NO. 76-6068-CIV-HOEVELER OLLIE CARRUTHERS, et al., Plaintiffs, …
Publication • February 16, 2016
Texas Jail Commission Audit, TX SAO, 2006 An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Commission on Jail Standards John Keel, CPA State Auditor May 25, 2006 Members of the Legislative Audit Committee: Five (83 percent) of the six performance measures audited for fiscal year 2005 and the first quarter …
Publication • February 16, 2016
Proceedings Annual Meeting, June 18, Chief Jail Inspectors Network, 2012 Chief Jail Inspector’s Network Proceedings of the Annual Meeting June 18-19, 2012 National Institute of Corrections Jails Division 14th Annual Chief Jail Inspector’s Network Meeting Record of Proceedings NIC Event # 12J2701 July 18-19, 2012 National Corrections Academy Aurora, Colorado …
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