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Arizona Boot Camp Director Convicted In Teen’s Death by On January 3, 2005, the founder of a tough-love boot camp in Arizona was convicted of reckless manslaughter in the 2001 death of a 14-year-old camper who collapsed under the relentless desert sun. On May 24, 2005, Long was sentenced to …
$1.45 Million To Be Paid In Death Of Florida Juvenile Prisoner by Michael Rigby The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) will pay $1.45 million to settle a federal lawsuit arising from the 2003 death of Omar Paisley at the Miami-Dade Regional Juvenile Detention Center, the Miami Herald reported on …
California Youth Authority Fires Six For Pummeling Prisoners And Filing False Reports by On September 10, 2004, six California Youth Authority (CYA) Correctional Counselors (guards) were fired for using excessive force" in beating two prisoners at a Stockton, California youth prison on January 20, 2004, and then falsifying the reports. …
Baker v State of California, CA, Complaint,youth guard beating, 2005 FEB-18-2005 FRI 02:09 PM CYA LEGAL OFFICE .. '---C;-'se 2:05-cv-00589-GEB-KJM Document 1-2 4 Laurence E. Drivon, S.B.N 46660 THE DRIVON LAW FIRM Davey L. Turner, SBN #196886 215 North San Joaquin Street Stockton, CA 95202 Telephone: (209) 644-1234 Fax: (209) …
Article • January 15, 2005 • from PLN January, 2005
Non-Contact Visits for Pennsylvania Sex Offenders Upheld by The Pennsylvania Court of Appeals held that a convicted sex offender confined at the State Correctional Institution at Waymart (SCI-Waymart) did not have a right to contact visits with minor children. Jeffrey Garber, a prisoner of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PDOC) …
Article • May 15, 2004 • from PLN May, 2004
Texas Probation Officer Charged With Having Juvenile Probationer's Baby by Gary Hunter Texas Probation Officer Charged With Having Juvenile Probationer's Baby by Gary Hunter Laura Hernandez, a 32 year old probation officer, was arrested October 30, 2003 when it was discovered that the father of her child was only 16 …
Article • February 15, 2004 • from PLN February, 2004
When Incarcerated Parents Lose Contact With Their Children by Denise Johnston When Incarcerated Parents Lose Contact with Their Children by Denise Johnston and Michael Carlin, Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents It is becoming increasingly common for incarcerated parents to lose contact with their children, or knowledge of their whereabouts, …
Article • December 15, 2003
Filed under: Juveniles, Juvenile Prisons
Prison Health Services: A Spotty Record of Health Care For Children in City Detention by By PAUL von ZIELBAUER It was early February 2000, and Judge Paula J. Hepner said she could hardly believe what a doctor in the city's juvenile justice system had done to the girl standing before …
Florida Juveniles Get Lost among Transfer Shuffle, Extending Stays in Wasting Money by Florida Juveniles Get Lost among Transfer Shuffle, Extending Stays in Wasting Money By David M. Reutter Florida's Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) regularly transfers its wards among several programs, resulting in extended terms of incarceration, which has …
Pratt v. DC, DC, Order, Jail Tour Youth Strip Search, 2003 I UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA VERNELL PRATT, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 01-1525 (JGP) ECF DISTRlCT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Defendants. ORDER ___Upon consideration of plaintiffs Consent Motion for Attorneys' Fees and …
Article • June 15, 2003 • from PLN June, 2003
Incarcerated Father Retains Child Visitation Rights by The Arizona Court of Appeals recently held that an incarcerated father had a right to visits with his infant daughter, absent proof that such visitation would harm the child. Michael M. is the father of Corianna M. Both Michael and Corianna's mother lost …
Article • May 15, 2003 • from PLN May, 2003
The Parents' Project: Parent-Child Prison Visitation Issues Raised by Bazzetta, et. al. v. McGinnis, et. al. by Denise Johnston by Denise Johnston & Michael Carlin In 1999, the Michigan Department of Corrections [MDOC] imposed a broad set of restrictions upon parent-child prison visitation. These restrictions included prohibition of visits to …
Pratt v. DC, DC,Memo Order of Judgment, Jail Tour Youth Strip Search, 2002 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA VERNELL PRATT, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Civil Action No. 01-1525 (JGP) ECF MEMORANDUM …
Article • November 15, 2002 • from PLN November, 2002
Michigan Visiting Ruling Upheld by In an opinion as strongly worded as the District Court opinion it reviewed, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a Federal District Court ruling striking down the Michigan Department of Corrections (DOC) severe visiting restrictions as unconstitutional. PLN reported the District Court decision …
Article • October 15, 2002 • from PLN October, 2002
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Juveniles
Guards at New York Juvenile Center Charged with Extortion by Two guards at the Nassau County Juvenile Detention Center in New York were arrested and charged with seconddegree grand larceny. The guards, Bobby Stewart and Sean Bourne, are accused of extorting "protection money" from the parents of boys at Nassau. …
CYA Suit Alleges Abuse of Juveniles by Anne Mania The California Youth Authority (CYA) houses 6,000 juvenile offenders and was once considered a model for juvenile justice in this country. However, after decades of declining funding and worsening conditions, the California Youth Authority has deteriorated to where severely mentally ill …
Article • August 15, 2002 • from PLN August, 2002
The Parents' Project by Denise Johnston by Denise Johnston and Michael Carlin According to the U.S. Department of Labor, more than 25% of the nation's adult population lives with a criminal record for a substantial portion of their lives. The majority of these adults are parents. The Center for Children …
Article • August 15, 2002 • from PLN August, 2002
Washington PDA May Be Used for Pre-Trial Discovery by The Washington State Supreme Court held that the Washington Public Disclosure Act (PDA) at RCW § 42.17 et seq, may be used as a pretrial discovery tool to obtain caserelated documents from agencies against whom parties are litigating civil cases. The …
Article • August 15, 2002 • from PLN August, 2002
Filed under: Editorials, Juveniles
From the Editor by Paul Wright 9-11 Immigration Detainees NJ Sex Offender Website Florida Guards Acquitted Parents' Project S.Ct. on Civil Commitment $3.5 Million Nevada Settlement Damages in Michigan Smoking Case Legal Mail Bans $2.8 Million TX Boot Camp Award Texas Guards California Parole News in Brief When people think …
Article • August 15, 2002 • from PLN August, 2002
Filed under: Suicides, Juveniles
Texas Juvenile Jail Suicide Settles for $100,000 by On October 5, 2001, the Denton County Juvenile Detention Center in Texas agreed to a pre lawsuit settlement of $100,000 in the suicide death of Seth Moss. Moss, 15, was being held in the Center as a runaway. Apparently Moss hung himself …
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