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Houston Police Department Conducted Blood Draw Training on Prisoners by Greg Dober In 2009, to expedite DWI arrests, the Houston Police Department sent seven officers to Lone Star College to be trained as certified phlebotomists. A phlebotomist is a qualified medical technician who draws a person’s blood. During the course …
Article • July 15, 2010 • from PLN July, 2010
DNA Exonerations in Georgia Result in Disparate Compensation Awards by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The disparity in compensation awards for prisoners exonerated by DNA evidence in Georgia demonstrates the need for evenhanded compensation laws. Five wrongly convicted prisoners, Clarence Harrison, Robert Clark, Douglas Echols, Samuel Scott and Willie …
Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $5,000 to a Prisoner Who Was Harassed for Filing a Grievance by On May 23, 2007, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $5,000 to a prisoner who was harassed after filing a complaint. Vicki Cole was strip-searched by one guard in violation …
City of Flint Settles Mass Arrest and Strip Search Suit for $900,000.00 by On December 14, 2009, the City of Flint agreed to pay $900,000 to more than 100 young men and women who were detained, charged with a crime, strip searched, and, in some cases, body cavity searched for …
Publication • June 30, 2010
Asset Forfeiture Handbook, ICE, 2010 Department of Homeland Security Homeland Security Investigations Asset Forfeiture Handbook HSI HB 10-04 June 30, 2010 OFFICIAL USE ONLY Foreword The Asset Forfeiture Handbook provides a uniform source of national policies, procedures, responsibilities, guidelines, and controls to be followed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
Brief • June 16, 2010
Creamer v. Ryan, AZ, Settlement, Disciplinary Hearing, 2015 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release ("Settlement Agreement;') is entered into, on, by. and among lVlATTHEW CREAMER, individually (the "Plaintiff'), former Arizona Department of Corrections ("ADe") inmate#~and the STATE OF ARIZONA (the ··State'') on behalf of current or former …
Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010
$315,000 Settlement in Illegal Arizona Police Strip Search by The City of Scottsdale, Arizona paid $315,000 to settle a lawsuit claiming that a police officer illegally strip searched a citizen after responding to a 911 call. When Heather Tonarelli, 19, and her friend Chris Smith heard loud knocks on Tonarelli’s …
Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010
50,000 Illinois Felons Released Without DNA Collection by Approximately 50,000 felons have been released from Illinois prisons and discharged from probation supervision without having their DNA collected, state officials acknowledged in September 2009. Illinois law requires all felons sentenced on or after August 22, 2002 to provide a DNA sample. …
Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010
Sixth Circuit: Shy Bladder Suit Returned to District Court by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part the dismissal of a prisoner’s lawsuit alleging violations under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Danny Ray Meeks, a …
Florida Prisoner Exonerated by DNA After Serving 35 Years by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After 35 years of proclaiming his innocence for the kidnapping and rape of a 9-year-old boy, James Bain, 54, was finally proven innocent and released from a Florida prison on December 17, 2009. Of …
John Henry Knows His Gun, et al. v. Corrections Corp. of America, Crossroads Correctional, MT, settlement, discrimination against Native American prisoners, 2010 GENERAL RELEASE RELEASORS: JOHN HENRY KNOWS HIS GUN, DEE CHANCE WHITE HIP, DARRYL LEWIS FROST, JASON JAY CHIEFSTICK, BRIAN ANTHONY JOHNSTON, EDWARD STAMPER, WILLIAM GOPHER, ALLEN POTTER RELEASEES: …
Judge Slams Bureau for Inmate's Solitary Lockup, Daily Business Review, 2010 JUSTICE WATCH John Pacenti JUDGE SLAMS BUREAU FOR INMATE'S SOLITARY LOCKUP N icole Defontes pulled her life back together in dramatic fashion after serving 41/2 years in federal prison for participating in a cocaine deal with her then-boyfriend. But …
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
Gloucester County, New Jersey Settles Jail Strip Search Class Action for $4 Million by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 14, 2009, the parties in a class action lawsuit against Gloucester County, New Jersey over the county jail’s strip search policies filed a settlement agreement in federal district court …
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
17,698 DNA Profiles Missing from Wisconsin Database by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In September 2009, Wisconsin officials discovered that the profiles of 17,698 convicted felons were missing from the state’s DNA database. An investigation into Milwaukee serial killer suspect Walter E. Ellis revealed that his DNA was not in …
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
Ion Spectrometry Scans Resume at BOP Facilities by The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has restarted its ion spectrometry program. In April 2008, the BOP suspended the use of all its ion spectrometry machines to screen prison visitors for drugs after lawsuits and complaints cast doubt on the reliability of …
Article • May 15, 2010
District of Columbia to Pay $150,000 for Violation of Minor's Rights by On April 17, 2002, Washington, D.C. attorney Nina Kraut filed suit against the District of Columbia (D.C.) and others alleging Constitutional and Civil Rights violations. The action was brought by Angela Harvin on behalf of her 14-year-o1d son, …
Utah Sex Offender Registration Injunction Vacated by On August 20, 2009, a Utah federal court lifted the injunction it had previously issued against the Utah sex offender registry requiring registered sex offenders to register their internet names and passwords. John Doe is the pseudonym for a man who was convicted …
Washington State DNA Collection Fee Affirmed on Appeal by On October 15, 2008, Brandy Brewster of Washington State was convicted by a jury for possession of cocaine, for which she was arrested almost two years previously on November 15, 2006. At her sentencing on December 8, 2008, Ms. Brewster was …
"Mere Propinquity" Not Sufficient Probable Cause for Search of Home by "Mere Propinquity" Not sufficient Probable Cause for Search of Home On March 22, 2006, a Sheriff’s Deputy was shot and killed while conducting a traffic stop in Bernalillo County, New Mexico. The search for the primary suspect in the …
Seventh Circuit Reverses Class Certification in Cook County Jail Case by On September 8, 2008, the Seventh Circuit court of appeals reversed an Illinois federal district court's class certification in a suit over delay in the release of an arrestee while family members were attempting to post bond. Robert Harper …
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