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Article • August 22, 2016
$350,000 Settlement in Florida Prisoner’s Negligence Claim, Failure to Correct Dangerous Condition by The Geo Group, Inc., Florida Correctional Finance Corporation, South Bay Correctional Facilities Financing Corporation and the Florida Department of Corrections paid $35,000 to settle a prisoner’s negligence claim. The settlement came in a lawsuit filed by prisoner …
Article • August 22, 2016
Dismissal of Prisoner 1983 for “Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies” Denied by Derek Gilna Trevor Griffith, a prisoner in the New York Department of Correctional Services (DOCS), had filed a 42 U.S.C.A. Section 1983 Civil Rights case against the DOCS alleging mistreatment while he was in the Special Housing Unit …
Article • August 22, 2016
Department of Justice Expands Definition of Rape to "Ensure Justice" by Derek Gilna The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has broadened the definition of rape, first established in 1927, to include "penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration …
Article • August 22, 2016
Filed under: Parole, Parole Conditions
D.C. Circuit Rejects Ex Post Facto Challenge to Application of Parole Regulations by On August 6, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit affirmed a denial of habeas relief to a prisoner who claimed that the U.S. Parole Commission violated the Ex Post Facto Clause in denying …
Article • August 19, 2016
Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct
Corruption in New Jersey DOC by A guard and business owner were indicted on multiple corruption charges in January 2009 concerning more than $230,000 in alarm contracts awarded by the New Jersey Department of Corrections (NJDOC).             Guard Frederick Armstrong and business owner Paul Kerth were accused of soliciting contractors …
Article • August 19, 2016
Contractor Slow-Plays Nevada DOC for Cheap Prison Labor by After a deadbeat Las Vegas steel contractor lied about paying his bill for cheap prison labor, Nevada legislators called his bluff.             Randy Bulloch, the president of Alpine Steel, told a state committee on Sept. 28, 2012 that he'd just secured …
Article • August 19, 2016
California: Sacramento County Shells Out $4,100 to Settle Unlawful Strip Search Claim by In January 2005, 3.5 years after being subjected to a strip search by deputies in Sacramento County Jail, Douzetta Hale was paid $4,096.69 in settlement of the claim for damages she had filed against the County of …
Article • August 19, 2016
Filed under: Prison Labor
Arkansas Prisons: Opening their Gates for Business by Two businesses are thriving thanks to its use of prisoner slave labor. On the bright side, the program is helping some prisoners financially.             Since 2007, the Private Industry Enhancement (PIE) program has allowed two manufacturers, Glove Corp (GC) and electronics manufacturer …
$1,000,000 Settlement in Vermont Child Abuse Case by A $1,000,000 settlement was awarded in a case against school officials for failing to report the abuse of a student.             The negligence suit was filed in 2009, years after the abuse had occurred. The suit was based on a rare law …
$7,000 Reached in Taser Use on Disabled Vermont Man by Police by A $7,000.00 settlement was reached between Vermont State Police and the family of a mentally disabled man.             Timothy Bernier, 23, of Coventry, Vermont, suffers from Down’s syndrome, as well as other physical and mental disabilities. He was …
Article • August 19, 2016
Filed under: Police Misconduct
$32.75 Million Ends Two Chicago Police Misconduct Cases by On January 16, 2013, the Chicago City Council agreed to pay out $32.75 million to settle two police misconduct cases.             One week before the case was set for trial, the City Council agreed to pay $22.5 million — the largest …
Article • August 19, 2016
$10 Million Settlement Reached in Seattle Police Excessive Force Suit by A $10 million settlement was reached between King County and the family of Christopher Sean Harris in an excessive force suit.             The case arose in May 2009 when Harris was wrongfully identified as a suspect in an assault …
Article • August 19, 2016
Filed under: Eighth Amendment
7th Circuit: Minimal Use of Force Not An Eight Amendment Violation by Wisconsin prisoner Juan Guitron alleged that a prison guard bent and injured his wrist. Following a preliminary screening required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, the district court dismissed the complaint and the 7th Circuit affirmed.             While prison …
Oregon Widow Seeks $533,000 for Jailed Husband's Death by The widow of a man who died in an Oregon jail when he was deprived of his heart medication, is seeking at least $533,000 in damages against the County. Ray Miller, 53, was arrested in Portland, Oregon, on August 4, 2010, …
Article • August 19, 2016
Filed under: Sentencing, Juveniles
Oregon Prosecutor Curtails Adult Prosecution & Mandatory Sentencing of "Superpredators" by Twenty-one years after Oregon first enacted a harsh mandatory sentencing law, requiring automatic adult prosecution of juveniles as young as 15 years old, prosecutors in Oregon's largest county recently announced a policy of declining to prosecute some juveniles as …
Article • August 19, 2016
Oregon Jail Provides "Sub-Optimal" Mental Health Treatment by Mental health services for prisoners in the Multnomah County, Oregon, jail system are inadequate, a 2015 Corrections Grand Jury found. Under Oregon law, a Corrections Grand Jury may be impaneled to inspect jail and prison conditions. The Grand Jury then issues a …
Article • August 19, 2016
Oregon Deputy Arrests Innocent Man to Protect Family; County Pays $12,000 to Settle by "This incident is the most egregious abuse of power I have ever seen," said attorney Edie Rogoway, who represented an Oregon man who was arrested for reporting criminal activity of relatives of the responding deputy. The …
Article • August 19, 2016
Oregon Blacks Imprisoned Seven Times Rate of Whites by African Americans are six times more likely than whites to be in the Multnomah County, Oregon jail, according to a recently released study. They are also 4.1 times more likely to be prosecuted, 4.4 times more likely to be convicted, and …
Article • August 19, 2016
Oregon African American Incarceration Far Exceeds National Average by Oregon ranks seventh in the nation in the disproportionate number of incarcerated African Americans, far outpacing the national average according to a recently released report of The Sentencing Project, in Washington, D.C. Less than 2 percent of Oregonians are African American, …
Article • August 19, 2016
Ninth Circuit: California Personnel Board Decision Not Issue Preclusive by On September 14, 2015, the Ninth Circuit court of appeals held that decisions of the California State Personnel Board did not have an issue preclusive effect in a federal lawsuit based upon the same claims of retaliation for whistleblowing. David …
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