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Article • February 15, 2006 • from PLN February, 2006
Shackling of Women Prisoners During Labor and Delivery Ended In California by by John E. Dannenberg California's Governor Schwarzenegger improved health care for women prisoners by signing AB 478 into law, which makes it illegal to deny prenatal and postpartum care (to include basic dental cleaning) and bans shackling during …
Suspicious Deaths And Beatings Allegations Still Plague Santa Clara County, California Jail by by Marvin Mentor Seven prisoner deaths and numerous reported police beatings between October 2004 and April 2005 at the Santa Clara County (SCC), California jail have local civil rights watchers calling for a grand jury investigation. Similar …
Seventh Circuit Upholds $56.5 Million Jail Murder Verdict by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a $56.5 million jury verdict against former jail guards who murdered a pretrial detainee. This is the largest verdict for abuses against a single victim in an American jail/prison case that we are aware …
Article • December 15, 2005 • from PLN December, 2005
California Youth Prison Superintendent by California Youth Prison Superintendent Removed For Using Unreasonable Force The Superintendent of a California youth prison was permanently removed from his position for using unreasonable force against a ward, and then not reporting it. Steve Kruse, Superintendent at the N.A. Chaderjian Youth Correctional Facility in …
Article • November 15, 2005 • from PLN November, 2005
Supreme Court Holds Penalty Phase by Supreme Court Holds Penalty Phase Shackling Violates the Due Process In a 7-to-2 decision that Justices Thomas and Scalia criticized as shunning common sense and risk[ing] the lives of courtroom personnel, with little corresponding benefit to defendants," the United States Supreme Court held that …
Virginia Federal Court: Over 47 Hours in by Virginia Federal Court: Over 47 Hours in Five-Point Restraint Unconstitutional by Matthew T. Clarke A federal court in Virginia held that prison officials violated a prisoner's constitutional rights when they strapped his ankles, wrists and chest to a bed for over 67 …
Reliance Solely On Guard's Version of Incident Improper by In an unpublished decision, the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the summary judgment dismissal of a prisoner's civil rights action against Michigan prison guards holding that the district court had erroneously relied on the guards' version of disputed fats. …
Article • October 15, 2005
Many U.S. Prisoners Give Birth In Chains by Michael Rigby Childbirth is sacred in most cultures. But for many female prisoners in the U.S., the process can be cruel and degrading. According to a March 1, 2006, report by the human rights group Amnesty International U.S.A., 23 state prison systems …
Fatal Justice: The New Maryland by Michael Rigby It's a state already steeped in heritage--birthplace of The Star Spangled Banner, home to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, and site of the bloody Civil War battle at Antietam. But now Maryland is raising a new legacy: a system of dangerous …
Pennsylvania Jail Prisoner Settles Use-Of-Force Suit For $15,000 by On January 3, 2005, a Pennsylvania prisoner settled his claims of excessive use of force and deliberate indifference against Lackawanna County Prison officials for $15,000. According to the complaint, plaintiff Mario Ludovici was arrested on October 13, 2001, on a warrant …
Brain Dead California Prisoner Guarded Around The Clock by A California parole violator, who was declared brain dead from being shot in the head by a guard at 6,100 bed Wasco State Prison during a lounge-area fight, was guarded at a nearby Bakersfield hospital at a cost of $1,056/day in …
Ninth Circuit: Kicking Shackled Prisoner In Genitals Is Cruel And Unusual Punishment by When California Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) prisoner Christopher Watts filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against guards J. McKinney and S.J. Steinberg for kicking Watts in the genitals after an unsuccessful interrogation regarding PBSP guards …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Shocked and Stunned: The Growing Use of Tasers by Anne-Marie Cusac by Anne Marie Cusac High-powered tasers are the new fad in law enforcement. They are becoming ever more prevalent even as their safety is increasingly in question. The proliferation of tasers in police departments across the country has led …
Immigration Detainee Wins Appointed Counsel And New Trial In Brutality Suit Against CCA by by John E Dannenberg An immigration detainee of seven years, who had unsuccessfully sued his jailer, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and its employees for severely beating him during a medical emergency transport, was granted a …
Abu Ghraib's Stain on Military Medicine by Steven Miles by Steven H. Miles, MD This article examines the relationship of military medical personnel to abuses of detainees at Abu Ghraib and other detention centers in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay. It is based on testimony before the US Senate and …
Washington Jail Settles Wrongful Death Suit For $1.6 Million by Michael Rigby On October 12, 2004, Jefferson County, Washington, agreed to pay $1.6 million to settle a lawsuit arising from the wrongful death of Kevin Bledsoe in the Jefferson County Jail. The settlement is one of the largest ever for …
Death Exposes Inadequate Mental Health Care in Oregon Prisons by Mark Wilson On April 29, 2002, the tormented life of 45-year-old Oregon prisoner William Owens came to a tragic end in the Disciplinary Segregation Unit (DSU) of the Snake River Correctional Institution (SRCI). His death exposed numerous problems with the …
Untimely Grievances Satisfy PLRA; $70,000 Beating Verdict Upheld by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that even an untimely grievance satisfied the exhaustion requirement of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) so long as the prisoner goes through every step of the grievance process. In doing so, the court …
No Restraint, No Consequences: Privatizing Overseas Intelligence Extraction by by Matthew T. Clarke The Center for Constitutional Rights, a New York-based nonprofit legal center, helped Iraqi prisoners file a class-action lawsuit against private "interrogation services" contractors Titan Corporation and CACI International Incorporated alleging that Iraqi citizens being held without charges …
Connecticut Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit for $2.9 Million by Michael Rigby Connecticut Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit For $2.9 Million by Michael Rigby On April 4, 2002, the State of Connecticut agreed to settle for $2.9 million a lawsuit arising from the wrongful death of Timothy Perry, a mentally ill man …
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