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Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016
Securus Settles Lawsuit Alleging Improper Recording of Privileged Prisoner Calls by by Jordan Smith, The Intercept Attorneys and advocates for people incarcerated in local jails in Austin, Texas have settled a federal lawsuit against telecommunications company Securus Technologies, with an agreement ostensibly designed to ensure that privileged legal communications between defense …
Fourth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Virginia Prisoner’s Religious Freedom Suit by The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a Virginia prisoner’s civil rights action that raised claims related to his religious practices and medical care. Prisoner Jesus Emmanuel Jehovah’s complaint alleged prison officials violated his free exercise …
Condoms Now Available to Prisoners in Three States by Joe Watson Legislation in California, signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown in September 2014, allows prisoners in the state’s 34 adult correctional facilities access to condoms. With the signing of Assembly Bill 999 – also known as the Prisoner Protections …
A Victory in the Fight to Stop Prisoner Rape by In 2012, Cornelius, a prisoner at a Florida state prison, wrote a letter to a nearby rape crisis center. Cornelius had been sexually assaulted multiple times while incarcerated. The first time was a gang rape that had happened 17 years …
Registered Sex Offenders Fall Victim to “Vigilante Justice” by According to prosecutors, an Anchorage man assaulted and robbed three men on Alaska’s sex offender registry, keeping a notebook that listed the names of his victims and the items he stole from them. Jason Christian Vukovich, 41, allegedly plotted the attacks …
Publication • September 1, 2016
Sexual Violence Data - Actions Needed to Improve Clarity and Address Differences Across Federal Data Collection Efforts, GAO, 2016 United States Government Accountability Office Report to the Ranking Member, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate July 2016 SEXUAL VIOLENCE DATA Actions Needed to …
Publication • September 1, 2016
The CalGang Criminal Intelligence System, CA State Auditor, 2015 August 2016 The CalGang Criminal Intelligence System As the Result of Its Weak Oversight Structure, It Contains Questionable Information That May Violate Individuals’ Privacy Rights Report 2015-130 COMMITMENT INTEGRITY LEADERSHIP The first five copies of each California State Auditor report are …
Publication • September 1, 2016
Filed under: RLUIPA
The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000, Fathi, 2007 The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 20001 David C. Fathi ACLU National Prison Project 915 15th St. N.W., 7th Floor Washington, DC 20005 (202) 548-6609 dfathi@npp-aclu.org Resources The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty maintains an …
Brief • August 31, 2016
United States v. State of Delaware, DE, Exhibits, Compliance with Settlement Agreement, 2016 Case 1:15-cv-00688-GMS Document 38 Filed 08/31/16 Page 18 of 31 PageID #: 275 EXHIBIT A Case 1:15-cv-00688-GMS Document 38 Filed 08/31/16 Page 19 of 31 PageID #: 276 Attachment #2 Disciplinary Mental Health Assessment Form DISCIPLlNARY Case …
PREA Review Panel: 'Cultural Change' Needed to Reduce Sexual Victimization in Prisons by Popular culture, as a recent federal report laments, continues to make jokes about sexual assaults in prison. But U.S. Department of Justice hearings on prison rape in the spring and fall of 2011 in Washington, D.C. produced …
Study Argues that Conjugal Visits Can Reduce Number of Prison Rapes by Researchers at Florida International University contend that states where sexual intercourse between prisoners and their visiting spouses is allowed have fewer rapes and sexual assaults than states where conjugal visits are prohibited, El controversial finding that disputes the …
El Paso County Settles Ex-Prisoner's Disabilities Suit for $6,650 by Matthew Clarke On June 26, 2012, representatives of the County of El Paso, Texas signed a settlement in a suit brought by a deaf former jail prisoner over the lack of accommodations for disabled prisoners at the El Paso County …
Article • August 25, 2016
BOP Admits to Email Destruction Policy; Discovery of Policy Compliance with FRA Allowed by A federal court in Oregon held that a party to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) action was entitled to discovery regarding the record retention/destruction policy of the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). In November 2008, …
Article • August 25, 2016
US District Court Orders Release of Records to Prisoner by In the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico, before U.S. Magistrate Lourdes A. Martinez, federal prisoner Anceso Rodrigo Aceves prevailed in his efforts to obtain certain prison records pertaining to himself. Defendants were officials of the …
Supermax Prisoner Denied FOIL and Privacy Requests by 10th Circuit by Derek Gilna Mark Jordan, a prisoner at the United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility (ADX), in Florence, Colorado, has been denied relief under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. Section 552, and the Privacy Act (PA), 5 …
Article • August 24, 2016
Sixth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity for Michigan DOC Officials by On February 6, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a denial of qualified immunity for three Michigan prison officials accused of violating the First Amendment and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalize Persons …
Residency Restrictions Cause Homelessness to Increase Among Registered Sex Offenders in Arizona by Matthew Clarke It is well known that restrictions on where registered sex offenders (RSOs) are permitted to reside in Miami resulted in the creation of an RSO camp under the Julia Tuttle Causeway. PLN recently reported that …
Fifth Circuit Reverses District Court's Denial of Appointment of Counsel by On March 6, 2009, Fifth Circuit reversed the district court's denial of appointment of counsel and upheld the dismissal of free exercise, equal protection and retaliation claims. Texas prisoner Willie Lee Garner filed a pro se lawsuit pursuant to …
Brief • August 22, 2016
New Mexico Foundation for Open Government v. Corizon Health, NM, Mot for Stay of Order, Records Request, 2016 FILED IN MY OFFICE DISTRICT COURT CLERK 8/22/2016 5:27:01 PM STEPHEN T. PACHECO Jorge Montes STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION FOR OPEN …
Tenorio v. San Miguel County Detention Center, NM, First Amended Complaint, Harassment, 2016 Case 1:15-cv-00349-LF-JHR Document 128 Filed 08/16/16 Page 1 of 24 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO ESTRELLA TENORIO, Plaintiff, v. Case No. SAN MIGUEL COUNTY DETENTION CENTER, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF …
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