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Private Prison Corporation Can Be Sued in Bivens Action: Supreme Court Grants Review by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Holding that a private corporation acting under color of federal authority may be sued under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 US 388, …
Article • July 15, 2001 • from PLN July, 2001
Washington Prisoners' Out-of-State Transfer Upheld by The Washington Supreme Court held that the Department of Corrections (DOC) possessed statutory authority to transfer nearly 400 prisoners to an outofstate, private prison. In March of 1999, DOC transferred 254 prisoners to the Correctional Services Corporation run Crowley County Correctional Facility in Olney …
Article • July 15, 2001 • from PLN July, 2001
Filed under: Furloughs, Medical, Dental Care
Detainee Entitled to Dental Care by Detainee Entitled To Dental Care A New York federal district Court ruled the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) must provide detainee Melvin Lloyd Richards immediate dental care or release him. Richards was remanded to custody after convicted by a jury on January 17, 2000. Thereafter, …
$1.4 Million Awarded to Raped Alaska Women Prisoners by $1.4 Million Awarded To Raped Alaska Women Prisoners On January 22, 2001 an Anchorage, Alaska superior court jury awarded nearly $1.4 million to five women in a civil action arising from their being sexually assaulted by a guard at an Anchorage …
Guards Use Shotguns to Control Riot by Guards Use Shotguns To Control Riot Guards used shotguns loaded with rubber pellets to break up a riot at Wallens Ridge Prison in Virginia. On Sunday December 3rd, in a deliberate violation of prison procedure, prisoners returning from lunch left the sidewalk and …
Warden Fired over Riot at New Mexico CCA Prison by Warden Fired Over Riot at New Mexico CCA Prison Corrections Corporation of America officials fired the warden and chief of security at the Torrence County (New Mexico) Detention Facility just three weeks after a November 11, 2000 prisoner uprising involving …
Welfare Retaliation Suit Reinstated by Walter Friedl, a New York state prisoner, filed a §1983 action complaining that New York City and State officials had improperly revoked his work release program and reincarcerated him because he applied for welfare benefits. The City of New York settled for $20,000 while the …
Maynor v. Morgan County, AL, Complaint, Inmate Funds Misappropriation, 2001 Case 5:01-cv-00851-AKK Document 1 Filed 04/05/01 Page 1 of 17 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA C. / "~i - 3 i.. ; ~·: NORTHERN DMSION JOHNNY MAYNOR, Anthony Murphree, Christopher Nichols, Yvette Barbee, …
Riot at CCA Prison Hospitalizes 15 Guards by Gary Hunter A minor riot on July 15 2000, left fifteen guards and one prisoner injured at the North Fork Correctional Facility in Sayre, Oklahoma. Six guards were sent to area hospitals where they were treated for minor cuts and bruises. One …
Lorton Conditions Unconstitutional by A federal district court for the District of Columbia held that a prisoner stated claims for an assortment of constitutional injuries and a violation of the Lorton Act. The defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint or, in the alternative, for summary judgment was denied in part. …
Colorado Prisoner Challenges 'Sex Offender' Label by The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a Colorado prisoner's classification as a "sex offender" is subject to due process considerations. In 1985, the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) modified its Administrative Regulation governing classification to include a Sex Offender Component in …
Article • January 15, 2001 • from PLN January, 2001
NY Prisoners Have Liberty Interest in Work Release by Ronald Young NY Prisoners Have Liberty Interest In Work Release by Ronald Young A federal district court for the Eastern District of New York held that the failure of the state to provide a prisoner with 24 hour's notice of a …
Article • December 15, 2000 • from PLN December, 2000
Family Impact of Out of State Transfers Immaterial by The court of appeals for the Seventh circuit held that no due process right of minor children was violated when their imprisoned mother was transferred to a federal prison in West Virginia from a Wisconsin prison. Carin Froehlich is a Wisconsin …
CMS Fined Nearly $1 Million in Virginia by Dan Pens Correctional Medical Services (CMS) contracts with the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) to provide medical care to some of its 30,000 prisoners. In a 13-month period starting in January 1999 the VDOC levied nearly $1 million in fines against CMS …
Stun Gun Death in VA Prison by After being electrocuted repeatedly by a stun gun, Lawrence James Frazier was strapped to a bed where he lapsed into a coma and never recovered. During a struggle with guards, Frazier was electrocuted 3 times by an Ultron II stun device that delivers …
Wackenhut Wracked by Sexual Abuse Scandals by Ronald Young Wackenhut Wracked By Sexual Abuse Scandals by Ron Young After a decade as a leading operator of corporate-owned prisons, Wackenhut Corrections has become a prisoner of its own problems. In New Mexico, a 500-page legislative report written by five consultants calls …
Sixth Circuit Orders Retrial of Retaliation Suit by by Matthew T. Clarke The Sixth Circuit court of appeals has ordered the retrial of a lawsuit by the surviving mother of a deceased ex-prisoner against a guard who allegedly retaliated against her son because the mother requested the guard's name and …
Liberty Interest In New York Work Release by Ronald Young By Ronald Young The court of appeals for the Second circuit held that a prisoner has a protected liberty interest in her continued participation in a work release program, and entitled to a hearing which states the reason for her …
Arizona Jury Acquits CCA Escapees by Two Alaska state prisoners on trial for a 1996 escape from a private prison were acquitted by an Arizona jury. The prosecution was undoubtedly stunned by the verdict in what was considered to be an open and shut case. However, the prosecutor in the …
Article • July 15, 2000 • from PLN July, 2000
Private Prison Contract May be Invalid by Private Prison Contract May Be Invalid The Colorado state court of appeals remanded a case to the trial court for a determination of the validity of a private prison contract. The court implied that the contract may be invalid but failed to indicate …
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