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Former New Hampshire Deputy Forced Non Compensated Labor On Prisoners by Bob Williams By: Bob Williams Portsmouth, New Hampshire former deputy sheriff Matthew Ejma received 200 hours of community service and a $2,500 fine after using Portsmouth Jail work release prisoners for his personal gain. The prisoners were never compensated …
Article • January 15, 2009
Virginia Guard Injured in Prison Transport Van Accident Settles for $200,000 by A Virginia State jury awarded $250,000 to a guard who was injured while driving a prisoner transport van. While transporting several prisoners, the van driven by guard Ralph P. Tolbert was hit by a car that drove out …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
New Zealand Prisoners Building Copiers for Canon by New Zealand prisoners will soon begin working on photocopiers at two prisons. According to New Zealand Department of Corrections (NZDOC) Minister Phil Goff, Canon New Zealand (CNZ) will initially employ a total of 15 prisoners at Rimutaka Prison and Auckland region Women’s …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Helping Ex-Prisoners Find Jobs Has Become Important to the Government, Finally by Derick Limberg Helping Ex-Prisoners Find Jobs Has Become Important to the Government, Finally by Derick Limberg The federal government and some cities are making an effort to help ex-cons receive job training and get hired. Besides tax incentives, …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
South Dakota Guard Liable for Prisoner’s Electrocution Death by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a prison work crew guard was not entitled to qualified immunity in an Eighth Amendment suit alleging he failed to protect a prisoner from death by electrocution due to a downed power …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Paying Texas Prisoners Undermines Outside Businesses by Gary Hunter Breaking with its longstanding tradition of using prison slave labor, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is paying certain prisoners, on several units, for working in industry programs. The upside is that some prisoners are being compensated for their labor …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
$145,000 Awarded to New York Prisoner Who Falls While Cutting Wet Grass by $145,000 Awarded to New York Prisoner Who Falls While Cutting Wet Grass A New York Court of Claims has awarded $145,000 in damages to a prisoner who slipped and fell on wet grass while mowing a hilly …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
$305,021 Awarded to Missouri Prisoner Struck by Tree; State Legislature Takes Note by Brandon Sample $305,021 Awarded to Missouri Prisoner Struck by Tree; State Legislature Takes Note by Brandon Sample A Missouri prisoner was awarded $305,021 after being struck by a tree. In February 2000, Hortense Cain, a female prisoner …
Millions Paid in Mississippi Jail Deaths; Ten Guards Sentenced for Abuses; Corruption Continues by Bob Williams “The house always wins,” Warden Don Cabana proclaimed to the Sun Herald, a Mississippi newspaper, in July 2007. However, Harrison County, home of the Harrison County Adult Detention Center (ADC), has agreed to pay …
Article • September 15, 2008 • from PLN September, 2008
California “Restitution Center” Prisoner’s Suit for Underpayment Certified as Class Action by Marvin Mentor A prisoner housed at a “restitution center” who spent two years working in the community sued the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) for failure to reimburse her work-related expenses per state statute, or to …
Dunlap v. Ozmint, et al., S.C., employee retaliation complaint, 2008 3:08-cv-02911-JFA Date Filed 08/20/2008 Entry Number 1 Page 1 of 5 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA COLUMBIA DIVISION Linda J. Dunlap, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) Jon E. Ozmint and …
Article • August 15, 2008
Washington Prisoner Gets nearly $10,000 for Work Detail Injury by David Wolfrum, a Washington state prisoner, was closing the doors on a semi-trailer at the McNeil Island Correction Center when the brakes failed, causing the truck to roll backward, pinning Wolfrum against a loading dock. He sued in state court, …
Article • August 15, 2008
Disabled Kansas Prisoners Forced Labor Claim Dismissed by The plaintiff, who had had heart bypass surgery and was on medical restrictions, was ordered to sand baseboard. He complained and the doctor said it was all right. He did the work, reported chest pains, and was taken to the clinic where …
Article • August 15, 2008
Ninth Circuit Upholds BOP IFRP Program by The federal prisons' Inmate Financial Responsibility Program, which provides for development of a plan for inmates to pay obligations such as court-ordered assessments, restitution, and fines, with deprivation of privileges and preferred housing as a sanction for noncompliance, does not improperly intrude on …
State Officials Not Liable for Heat Stroke Death of 12 Year Old Boy by State Officials Not Liable for Heat Stroke Deaht of 12 Year Old Boy This is the case of Andrew Lemoine, the 12-year-old boy on antipsychotic medications who died of heat stroke after being made to build …
Claim Exhausted When Prison Rules in Favor of Prisoner by The plaintiff complained of improper discipline and retaliatory reclassification and transfer At 506: "The violation of a constitutionally protected right is a sufficient injury for purposes of standing." The defendants had argued that the plaintiff lacked standing because he didn't …
Federal Prisoner Facing Deportation Has No Right to Rehabilitative Programs by Hector Jimenez, a federal prisoner facing deportation when his prison sentence was completed, filed suit in U.S. district court under 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241 and 2255, claiming that his equal protection rights were violated when prison officials denied him …
Article • August 15, 2008
Colorado Community Corrections Confinees Eligible for Workers' Compensation by A Colorado court of appeals held that a community corrections program (CCP) is not a jail or prison, and therefore workers' compensation benefits should not be suspended for prisoners participating in CCPs. Hilario Vasquez, a participant in a Colorado CCP, was …
Wisconsin Pretrial Detainee's Free Speech Complaint Proceeds Over Denial of Books by Alfred Riley, a Wisconsin state detainee patient at the Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center (SRSTC), a sex offender civil commitment facility, filed a lawsuit against the State, SRSTC and various other entities alleging federal and state law violations. …
No Liability for Prison Killing by Mass Murderer by The decedent was brutally murdered by another prisoner who had previously murdered his two sons, his girlfriend, and a prostitute, who had a non-trivial disciplinary record, and who had written a letter to the warden from segregation describing himself as homicidal …
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