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Three Americans Convicted of Running Sham Military Jail in Afghanistan by Three Americans Convicted of Running Sham Military Jail in Afghanistan by Matthew T. Clarke Three Americans, led by ex-special forces soldier Jonathan Keith Idema, 48, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, have been convicted of running an unauthorized jail in Kabul …
Texas "Gang Expert" Indicted for Sex Assaults by On June 17, 2004, top Texas prison administrator Salvador "Sammy" Buentello was indicted on felony charges that he sexually assaulted three female employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). A week earlier Buentello had been indicted on four misdemeanor charges …
Article • January 15, 2005 • from PLN January, 2005
Ex-Rikers Island Chief Indicted by Anthony Serra, formerly the second in command at the New York City Department of Corrections (DOC), has been indicted for felony grand larceny and 145 counts of misdemeanor violations of the Conflict of Interest Law. He faces up to 15 years in prison for the …
Article • December 15, 2004 • from PLN December, 2004
BOP Fires Prison Guard Accused of Rape, Attempted Murder by BOP Fires Prison Guard Accused Of Rape, Attempted Murder A federal prison guard charged with the kidnapping, rape, and attempted murder of an 18-year-old woman has been fired from the Federal Correctional Institution in Sheridan, Oregon. Robert James Stamper Jr.'s …
Guards Fornicate, Sell Drugs in Pennsylvania Jails by Guards Fornicate, Sell Drugs In Pennsylvania Jails The Allegheny County Jail in Pennsylvania is a den of perversion and sexual predation. To date, eleven guards have been ordered to stand trial on charges they sexually assaulted female prisoners at the jail. The …
Article • December 15, 2004 • from PLN December, 2004
Arrestee Cannot Be Charged With Bringing Drugs Into Jail by The Ohio Second District Court of Appeals has held that an arrestee cannot be charged with knowingly conveying drugs onto the grounds of a detention facility. Stephen Sowry was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. A pat-down …
Cowboy Justice: BOP Guards Convicted by Alan Pendergast by Alan Prendergast The seven men sat around the defense table Tuesday afternoon, June 24, 2003, murmuring quietly to each other and exchanging hearty good-luck handshakes with their attorneys. The tension was thick, anticipation high. Shortly after 4 p.m., the jurors filed …
Texas Prison Guard's Sentence for Rape Reinstated by Texas Prison Guard's Sentence For Rape Reinstated The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has reinstated the sentence of a Texas prison guard who had impersonated a police officer, using a fake badge to coerce women into sex acts. Charles Melvin Page, a …
Former Illinois Governor Indicted on Federal Charges by Former Illinois governor and Nobel Peace Prize nominee George Ryan was indicted December 17, 2003, on federal charges of racketeering, mail and tax fraud, and lying to investigators. Federal prosecutors allege that Ryan and his political bedfellows treated state employees and the …
Hearsay Testimony of Prison Officials Found Inadmissible in Criminal Prosecution and Probation Revocation by Hearsay Testimony of Prison Officials Found Inadmissible in Criminal Prosecution and Probation Revocation The Third Circuit Court of Appeals held that prison officials' testimony in the prosecution of a prisoner was inadmissible hearsay and that it …
Washington Persistent Prison Misbehavior Statute Upheld by Division II of the Washington State Court of Appeals (Division II) has upheld RCW 9.94.070. The statute makes persistent "serious" prison misbehavior a Class C felony. Joseph Simmons was a Washington State prisoner serving time at the McNeil Island Correction Center situated near …
Article • August 15, 2004 • from PLN August, 2004
Illinois Appeals Court Overturns Warden's Reckless Homicide Convictions by Illinois Appeals Court Overturns Warden's Reckless Homicide Convictions by Matthew T. Clarke Near midnight on the night of Octo-ber 14, 2000, a state-owned car driven by William Barham, Warden of the Shawnee Correctional Center, spun off a road and down an …
Is It Criminal to Be a Muslim Civilian or Military Prison Chaplain? by by Matthew T. Clarke It may not yet be criminal to be a Muslim prison chaplain, but they are certainly being singled out and subjected to a heightened level of scrutiny in the New York, federal and …
Arizona Prisoners Seize Tower; State Officials Point Fingers by Michael Rigby On February 1, 2004, the longest prison hostage drama in U.S. history ended peacefully as two Arizona prisoners released their final hostage, descended from their surveillance tower stronghold, and surrendered to an army of state and local police ringing …
Texas Jury Awards BOP Prisoner $4 Million for Rape by Guard by Alex Coolman DNA evidence and a powerful will to fight helped former federal Texas prisoner Marilyn Shirley win a sexual assault conAviction and a $4 million civil decision against a guard who raped her while she was being …
Article • July 15, 2004 • from PLN July, 2004
Warden Sentenced for Stealing Dali Painting From Rikers Island Jail by by Matthew T. Clarke A former Rikers Island deputy warden was sentenced to 1 to 3 years in prison after admitting that he, a former assistant deputy warden, and two former guards stole a rare Salvador Dali painting valued …
Qualified Immunity Test Hinges Upon SHU Sentence Imposed, Not SHU Time Served by The Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that the amount of time a prisoner is sentenced to a Special Housing Unit (SHU) rather than the amount actually served is the determining factor to make a qualified immunity …
Article • July 15, 2004 • from PLN July, 2004
Oregon Trial in Prison Did Not Violate Constitution by Oregon Trial in Prison Did Not Violate Constitution In two opinions issued the same day, the Oregon Court of Appeals held that holding criminal trials of prisoners in a courtroom inside a prison did not violate the Oregon or United States …
Jury Finds for Corcoran Guards in Prisoner Rape Suit by Paige Welch On Tuesday, October 21, 2003, a jury found four employees at California State Prison, Corcoran not responsible for the rape of prisoner Eddie Webb Dillard by a fellow prisoner. The verdict was read by District Judge Anthony W. …
$1.4 Million Awarded in Kansas Prisoner Death by In August, 2003 a State Jury in Leavenworth County, Kansas, awarded the son of a Kansas State prisoner who was killed after being stabbed by another prisoner on August 8, 2000, $1.4 million. Donald R. Grisham was stabbed on his 27th birthday …
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