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Article • August 24, 2016
Illinois Prisoner Receives $12 Million Jury Award in Medical Neglect Suit by Matthew Clarke On January 18, 2013, an Illinois federal jury awarded an Illinois prisoner $12 Million against an Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) Correctional Medical Technician (CMT) who failed to provide him his anti-seizure medication which allowed him …
Los Angeles County Settles Prisoner's Medical Care Suit for $5 Million by On January 22, 2012, the County of Los Angeles, California settled a former jail prisoner's suit for over $5,000,000. The suit alleged that negligent medical care in the county jail injured the prisoner's unborn son. Karen Works, a …
Article • August 24, 2016
Iowa's Governor Commutes Juvenile Life-Without-parole Sentences to 60 Years Flat by Matthew Clarke In a controversial reaction to a recent Supreme Court ruling declaring mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juveniles unconstitutional, Iowa Governor Terry Branstad commuted the sentences of the 38 Iowa juvenile who had been sentenced to life without parole …
Article • August 23, 2016
$400,000 Award against PHS in Pennsylvania Prisoner's Medical Negligence Suit by On February 17, 2012, a Pennsylvania jury awarded a former prisoner 8400,000 in a suit over medical negligence resulting in serious injury to him. Derrick Jones was a Pennsylvania state prisoner incarcerated at SCI Albion on March 12, 2006, when …
Article • August 23, 2016
Filed under: Voting
Florida’s Felon Disenfranchisement “Mess” by David Reutter Since George W. Bush won the 2000 presidential election by prevailing in Florida by a razor-thin margin of 537 votes, intense scrutiny has been focused on Florida’s election laws and procedures.  Civil rights activist have kept the focus on the disenfranchisement of felons, …
Article • August 23, 2016
Filed under: Civil Commitment
New York Governor Pataki Institutes Lawless Civil Commitment by Matthew T. Clarke On September 12, 2005, New York Governor George Pataki issued an executive order instructing state officials to confine sex offenders after their sentences were over. Pataki has introduced civil commitment laws in the state legislature since 1998. Typically, …
Article • August 23, 2016
Report On Arizona Hostage Crisis May Never Be Released by Michael Rigby A report on the 2004 hostage crisis at the Arizona Prison Complex-Lewis took hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars and more than three months to produce. But thanks to partisan politics and bureaucratic infighting, the report may never …
9-11 Detainees' Illegal Detention Claims Dismissed, Prisoner Abuse Claims Remain by Matthew Clarke In a 99-page, unpublished opinion dated June 14, 2006, New York federal district judge John Gleeson dismissed the illegal detention claims by eight ex-prisoners arrested in a post-9-11 sweep of illegal immigrants. He refused to dismiss their …
Article • August 23, 2016
Welcome to America by Alan Prendergast He came looking for work. A week in the Park County Jail changed everything. Here is something Moises Carranza-Reyes wants you to know right off: He has never been charged with a crime, in this country or in his native Mexico. Yes, he did …
Article • August 23, 2016
Supreme Court Refuses to Address Vienna Convention Issue by On May 23, 2005, the U. S. Supreme Court dismissed the case of a Mexican citizen claiming denial of his Vienna Convention right to consular notification and seeking to enforce a recent World Court decision against the United States on the …
Article • August 23, 2016
Federal Jury Awards $45,001 to Maryland Prisoner Assaulted By Guards by Michael Rigby On October 22, 2004, a federal jury awarded a Maryland state prisoner $45,001 in damages after concluding that Institution (WCI) guards violated his civil rights by beating him while he was handcuffed. The jury found guards Gary …
Article • August 23, 2016
Nothing's 'Nonprofit' About Groups Running N.J.'s Broken Halfway Houses by After years of high rates of escapes, poor supervision and rumors of sweetheart deals between politicians and private companies, the curtain is finally being pulled back on New Jersey's halfway houses. A New York Times investigation last year concluded that …
Article • August 23, 2016
Report: BOP Acts as Jailer and Judge in 'Compassionate Release' Requests by In refusing to petition courts on behalf of prisoners who should be considered for what's known as "compassionate release," the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is usurping the decision-making power of judges, argues a recent report released by …
Article • August 23, 2016
Veterans' Programs, Services Cropping Up in Courts and Prisons by Certain offenders with addictions or mental illnesses across the U.S. increasingly find themselves in treatment programs and on community supervision instead of behind bars. And of those incarcerated, they're sent to sparkling new prison units and jails where they can …
Tattoo Artist Dies in California Jail Detox Cell by Since the for-profit California Forensic Medical Group (CFMC) took over healthcare at the Santa Cruz County Jail last year, the medical staff has been forcing police to take more injured suspects to the hospital before they get booked, likely because the potential …
Article • August 23, 2016
Washington State Undersheriff Gets 5 Months in Prison for Stealing $67K in Bail by Claims of compulsive tendencies and poor physical health don't often help criminal defendants trying to mitigate their prison sentences. Consider Carole Lepiane, the former undersheriff for Walla Walla County, Wash., the predictable exception. Lepiane, 58, using …
Deaths at Louisville Jail Prompt Investigations, Corizon Changes by Five of eight prisoner deaths since 2011 at the Metro Corrections jail in Louisville, Ky., are currently under investigation, all of them involving allegations against private healthcare contractor Corizon Inc. that it pro­vides inadequate treatment to maintain its revenues. Investigations into …
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Spurs Re-Training of Syracuse, N.Y. Jail Guards by In the wake of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by a former prisoner's widow, guards at the Onondaga County Justice Center Jail in Syracuse, N.Y., have purportedly been re-trained in the humane treatment of prisoners with drug abuse and …
Article • August 23, 2016
Jail Employees Steal from Prisoner Fund in Small-Town Maine by After stealing more than $7,200 from a so-called "inmate benefits account," a county jail employee in small-town Maine snitched on a co-worker and implicated his boss in the scam before finally resigning himself. Capt. Robert Gross, 62, filed his letter …
Ohio's Prisons Grow More Violent, Especially Toward Guards, Report Says by Prisoners in Ohio are reportedly sending each other to the infirmary less often, but according to the state's Department of Rehabilitation & Correction (DRC), they are increasingly assaulting prison guards to the point of serious injury. In a newly-released …
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