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$2,500 in D.C. Prisoner’s Eighth Amendment Suit

Article • March 15, 2011

Filed under: Retaliation, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Retaliatory Transfers, Gastrointestinal, Strip Searches

Central Facility in Lorton, Virginia in March, 2001. On March 1, Cornell received a hemorrhoidectemy to remove hemorrhoids from his anal tract. He was scheduled for a follow up surgical clinic visit ...

Italy Begins Conjugal Visits  in Prison “Sex Rooms”

Article • June 1, 2025 • from PLN June, 2025

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement

Italy Begins Conjugal Visits  in Prison “Sex Rooms” by Joining other western European nations, Italy began permitting prisoners to have conjugal visits on April 18, 2025. Officials did ...

Free! Family Survival Guide Information and Resources for Families of Prisoners 2009

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Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Resources

was created by incarcerated artists and provided to us for use by The Prisons Foundation. To learn more about this organization and the artists who created these pieces, visit: www.prisonsfoundation.org ...

ICE Detention Standards Compliance Audit - Carver County Jail, Chaska, MN, ICE, 2014

Publication • June 2, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Audits, Immigration

............................................................30 Use of Force .......................................................................................................................31 Visitation ...

ICE Detention Standards Compliance Audit - El Centro Service Processing Center, El Centro, CA, ICE, 2008

Publication • June 2, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Audits, Immigration

. ACCEPTABLE 2. DEFICIENT 3. AT-RISK 4. REPEAT FINDING 5. NOT APPLICABLE LEGAL ACCESS STANDARDS 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Access to Legal Materials Group Presentations on Legal Rights Visitation ...

ICE Detention Standards Compliance Audit - Freeborn County Adult Detention Center, Albert Lea, MN, ICE, 2009

Publication • June 2, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Audits, Immigration

............................................................................................................. . Access to Telephones ......................................................................................................... . Visitation ...

ICE Detention Standards Compliance Audit - Otero County Processing Center, Chaparral, NM, ICE, 2010

Publication • June 2, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Audits, Immigration

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Center for Constitutional Rights Re Bop Docket No. 1148-p Communications Management Units Comments(2) 2010

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Filed under: Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement

-hour visit per month, with immediate family only. These visits must be non-contact in nature. At almost all federal prisons, prisoners may receive visits on any weekday evening or weekend with anyone ...

Thomas v. Brierly-481 F.2d 660 (3rd Cir. 1973)

Case • 1973

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d). [17] The Complaint alleges a violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983,*fn1 resulting from the denial in July 1972 to plaintiff, a state prisoner, of the privilege to visit ...

Racial Violence in California Lockups

Article • April 15, 1997 • from PLN April, 1997

Filed under: Gang Policies, Racial Discrimination, Prison Rebellion, Excessive Force, Shootings

and Southern California Mexicans," said the wife of a prisoner who was visiting at the time the riot started. "It wasn't a big secret (that a fight was coming)." She said an announcement came over the public ...

Law Against Love

Article • February 15, 1997 • from PLN January, 1997

Filed under: Political Prisoners, Family, Marriage

of human rights -- the right to visit with his wife, May 13th, 1985 bombing survivor and ex-political prisoner, Ramona Africa. Chuck, a veteran of the August 8th, 1978 police-MOVE confrontation who, like ...

Florida Prison Canteen Operators Offices Raided

Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006

Filed under: Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Contractor Misconduct, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution

Enforcement raided the office of American Institutional Services (AIS) on June 7, 2006 and seized the companys business records. AIS ran weekend visiting park canteens within the Florida Department ...

79 Day Indiana Death Row Lockdown Upheld

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Prison/Common Area Searches, Prison/Jail Murders, Conditions of Confinement, Food, Sanitation, Lockdowns, Death Row, Denial of Religious Services

, and locking a housing unit down after an inmate is murdered by others on the unit is reasonably related to it. "A permanent ban on religious services and visits by religious counselors might violate the First ...

New York City Pays $280,000 to Settle Suit after Visitor Assaulted by Jail Guards

Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Gay/Lesbian, Visiting

City to visit his same-sex domestic partner, identified as P.F. Hamm and P.F., who planned to get married, hugged and kissed at the start of their visit just as other couples did, then held hands above ...

No Presumption of Collateral Consequences from California Disciplinary Proceeding

Article • January 15, 2004 • from PLN January, 2004

Filed under: Disciplinary Litigation, Sanctions (Disciplinary Hearings), Escapes, Habeas Corpus, International Law, Visiting, Extended Family Visiting

rules. Wilson was then permitted to marry, but was denied family (overnight) visits based on escape/security concerns. Later, these visits were denied because visiting regulations had been amended ...

Texas Parole Officials Caught Lying to Federal Court With Impunity

Article • March 15, 2009 • from PLN March, 2009

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, DOC/BOP misconduct, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Attorney Misconduct, Parole, Parole Conditions, Fathers in Prison

prevented him from living with his wife and son or even visiting his son without the supervision of a person unanimously approved by the local parole panel. At the time, Subsection I of the PD/POP authorized ...

IL Clinton County - ICS contract amendment #1 2017-2026

Kickback publication • July 17, 2019

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Telephone Monitoring

agree as follows: Whereas, the •tn!tial Tenn" of the Agreement, excluding renewals, was through March 31, 2023; and Whereas the parties wish to amend the Agreement to add a Video Visitation System ...

Indiana Control Unit Prisoners File Suit and Strike

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

Filed under: Hunger Strikes, Eighth Amendment, Exposure to Cold, Clothing, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Telephone Access, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Visiting, Attorney Visits

total submission of the prisoners to state power. Prisoners are denied telephone and visiting privileges for the first 90 days, then allowed 1 visit and 1 call every 30 days. Prisoners are not allowed ...

Colorado DOC s Medical Oversight Found Remiss

Article • April 15, 2006 • from PLN April, 2006

Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect, Medical Expenses, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

accountable for prior authorization, (4) improve concurrent reviews and discharge planning, (5) ensure the contractor is conducting retrospective reviews, (6) review emergency visit claims, and (7) ensure ...

Chappell v. McKane-1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 36181 (10th Cir. 1997)

Case • 1997

42 U.S.C. § 1983. He alleged that his right to due process was violated when he was placed in administrative segregation for an extended term without a hearing and when his visitation privileges were ...