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Modification of Consent Decree Denied

Article • June 15, 1994 • from PLN June, 1994

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Overcrowding, Consent Decrees

Modification of Consent Decree Denied by In 1971 jail detainees of the Suffolk County Jail in Massachusetts filed suit concerning unconstitutional conditions at the jail. In 1979 the prisoners and sheriff entered into a consent decree which forbade the double-celling of jail prisoners. In 1989 a new jail was built …

Lifers Vote in General Election

Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994

Filed under: Organizing, Voting

Lifers Vote in General Election by The Lifers' Group, Inc. of Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk, succeeded in providing all of the nearly 1,300 prisoners there the opportunity to register and vote in the 1993 November General Election. The group's leaders presented a petition to the Norfolk Town Clerk with …

Torres v. Dubois, MA, Complaint, Control Unit Conditions, 1994

Brief • January 18, 1994

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement

Torres v. Dubois, MA, Complaint, Control Unit Conditions, 1994 COMMON1. EALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Suffolk, ss. Superior Court Civil Action No. Victor Torres, Corey Glover, Mark MacDougall, Michael Leoney, Basil Williams, William Dinkins, William Robinson and Keith Parkinson, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Larry E. …

Bar on Access to Court Records Struck Down

Article • October 15, 1993 • from PLN October, 1993

Filed under: Disclosure of Records, Media

Bar on Access to Court Records Struck Down by The Massachusetts legislature passed the Criminal Offender Record Information System (CORI) which changed the conditions by which the public gained access to court records in the state criminal justice system. The state courts used this law to prohibit unrestricted access to …

Murderer Fired From Prison Job

Article • October 15, 1993 • from PLN October, 1993

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Crime/Demographics, Prison/Jail Murders, Staffing, Guard Brutality/Beatings

Murderer Fired From Prison Job by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Massachusetts is currently being ruled by the Republican Weld administration. Governor Weld was elected to office on a "tough on crime" platform. Weld is himself a former federal prosecutor. Among his more interesting campaign promises were those to restore …

Disciplinary Isolation Triggers Due Process

Article • August 15, 1993 • from PLN August, 1993

Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Liberty Interests, Sanctions (Disciplinary Hearings), Notice of Hearing, Written Findings

Disciplinary Isolation Triggers Due Process by Prisoners suffered a violation of their due process rights when they were ordered into disciplinary isolation with out the notice and hearing procedures outlines in Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539 (1974), the Massachusetts Supreme Court held. The less demanding procedures prescribed in Hewitt …

DOC Must Provide Involuntarily Committed With Treatment

Article • August 15, 1992 • from PLN August, 1992

Filed under: Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Strip Searches, Overcrowding, Restraints, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Civil Commitment

DOC Must Provide Involuntarily Committed With Treatment by Robert Cameron was convicted of rape in Massachusetts and because of prior sex offenses was found to be a "sexually dangerous" person and involuntarily committed to a treatment center operated by the Massachusetts DOC and Dept. of Mental Health. Cameron filed suit …

Mass. Corrections Policy "Disaster" Says Task Force

Article • August 15, 1991 • from PLN August, 1991

Filed under: News, State Legislation

Mass. Corrections Policy "Disaster" Says Task Force by Mass. Corrections Policy "disaster" Says Task Force Emphasizing that state spending on prisons has skyrocketed while taxpayer confidence in the level of public safety has plummeted, a joint Task Force of the Boston Bar Association and the Crime and Justice Foundation has …

Prisoner Assaulted by Guard

Article • February 15, 1991 • from PLN February, 1991

Filed under: Threats by Staff, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Damages

Prisoner Assaulted by Guard by Prisoner Assaulted By Guard A prison employee was held liable for $1,000 after sticking the barrel of his revolver in the inmate's mouth and cocking the trigger. The prisoner had sought damages for assault in a federal civil rights suit against the prison employee. He …

Blaney v. Commissioner of Corrections, MA, Amended Agreement for Judgment, Protective Custody Case, 1980

Brief • June 1, 1980

Filed under: Protective Custody

Blaney v. Commissioner of Corrections, MA, Amended Agreement for Judgment, Protective Custody Case, 1980 Blaney v. Commissioner of Corrections PC-MA-009-002 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS SUFFOLK, SS, SUPREME! JUDICIAL COURT NO, J-74-89 CR (Protective Custody Cast's) STEPHEN F. BLANUY, JR. , et ;il., Class Plaintiffs, COMMISSIONER Or CORRECTION, et al. ( Defendants(This …

Prison Legal News v. Clarke, Complaint, Massachussetts DOC Approved Vendor Censorship 2008

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Prison Legal News v. Clarke, Complaint, Massachussetts DOC Approved Vendor Censorship 2008 Case 1:08-cv-10677 Document 1 Filed 04/23/2008 Page 1 of 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS __________________________________________ ) PRISON LEGAL NEWS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) Civil Action No. v. ) ) HAROLD CLARKE, in …

Prison Legal News v. Clarke, Massachussetts DOC Censorship Settlement, 2009

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Prison Legal News v. Clarke, Massachussetts DOC Censorship Settlement, 2009 05/12/2003 PAGE LEGAL 5177277403 15:14 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT This SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT is entered into by and bet.'een PRISON LEGAL NEWS ("PLN") and the MF.SSACHUSETTS DEP7IRTMENT OF CORRECTION (" DEPARTMENT"), on behalf of itself and HAROLD OLARKE, JAMES BENDER, JOHN ~lARSHALL, WHEREAS, …

MA Contract Request for Responses 2005

Kickback publication

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

MA Contract Request for Responses 2005 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Correction Request for Responses for an Secure Inmate Calling System & Related Services DOC File No. lOOO-Phone2006 July 11,2005 RFR for a Secure Inmate Calling System & Related Services DOC File Number 1000-Phone2006 2005 July 11, Table of …

MA Contract with GTL Complete Proposal 2005

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

MA Contract with GTL Complete Proposal 2005 LAZERPHONE INMATE TELEPHONE SYSTEM PROPOSAL FOR The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Corrections Request for Responses (RFR) Secure Inmate Calling System & Related Services DOC File No. lOOO-Phone2006 Submitted by: Global Tel*Unk 2~G9t;ameron Mobile, Ala~~tJ1a 36607 Street September 14,2005 Contact: Jim Beamer ,;:t. …

MA- Appeal and Letter to MA Dept. of Telecommunications & Cable

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

MA- Appeal and Letter to MA Dept. of Telecommunications & Cable

MA Global Tel Link Phone Rates 2010

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

MA Global Tel Link Phone Rates 2010 MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION PLEASE POST: Global Tel Link (GTL) Calling Rates To: Inmate Population, Families & Friends of Inmates Inmate Domestic Debit and Collect Calling Rates Massachusetts Department of Correction Effective October, 2010 Billing Cycle MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION INMATE CALLING RATES …

MA Contract GTL Response to Request for Proposal -- Part 2 -- 2005

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

MA Contract GTL Response to Request for Proposal -- Part 2 -- 2005 --_._--" --_. -------_._-- - - - , - - - - - - - 5.3.5 The inmate telephone instrument must be compact in design. The Bidder must include photographs of the proposed inmate telephones in its response. …

MA Contract with GTL Amendments 1-4 Including Renewals to 2013

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

MA Contract with GTL Amendments 1-4 Including Renewals to 2013 FIRST AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT FOR A SECURE INMATE CALLING SYSTEM AND RELATED SERVICES DOC FILE NO.1000-PHONE2006 C THIS FIRST AMENDMENTTO CONTRACT FOR A SECURE INMATE CALLING S'JlEM RELATED SERVICES, DOC File No. 1000-Phone2006, dated ~I , 2007 ("Amendment"), amends and …

MA Phone Kickbacks 2009-2012

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Filed under: Telephones

MA Phone Kickbacks 2009-2012 FY 2009 INMATE TELEPHONE CALLING COMMISSIONS GTL Commission Commission Period June-08 July-08 August-08 September-08 October-08 November-08 December-08 January-09 February-09 March-09 April-09 May-09 total Adjustments Total Deposit Comments $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ 166,981.24 157,751.82 168,707.57 161,162.43 161,795.96 165,619.51 169,253.12 …

MA Contract with GTL including RFP 2006-2010

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

MA Contract with GTL including RFP 2006-2010 Global TeJ*Unk 2609 Cameron Street MobHe, Alabama 36607 Tel 2514794500 Tel. Fax 800 489 4500 251 4734588 Web www.globalteUink.com September 14,2006 Mr. Peter V. Macchi Director of Administration SelVices The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Corrections 50 Maple Street, Suite 3 Milford, MA …