New York Prisoner Exonerated after Serving 25 Years by On March 10, 2016, Andre Hatchett, 49, became the 19th person exonerated since Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson strengthened a conviction review unit when he took office in 2014. Hatchett had been convicted of second degree murder for the 1991 death …
Class-action Suit Filed Against GEO Group for Violation of Job Applicants’ Rights by GEO Group and Accurate Background, Inc. have been sued in federal court in New York for violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) when conducting criminal background checks on GEO job applicants. The suit, filed on October …
Golding v. City of New York, NY, Opinion and Order, Upholding Expert Testimony, 2016 Case 1:15-cv-03498-ALC-SN Document 60 Filed 09/29/16 Page 1 of 8 Case 1:15-cv-03498-ALC-SN Document 60 Filed 09/29/16 Page 2 of 8 Case 1:15-cv-03498-ALC-SN Document 60 Filed 09/29/16 Page 3 of 8 Case 1:15-cv-03498-ALC-SN Document 60 Filed 09/29/16 …
V.W. v. Conway, NY, Complaint, Juvenile Solitary, 2016 Case 9:16-cv-01150-DNH-DEP Document 1 Filed 09/21/16 Page 1 of 42 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ---------------------------------------------------------------x V.W., a minor, by and through his parent : and natural guardian DERECK WILLIAMS; : R.C., a minor, by and through his …
Global Tel Link v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, DC, Amicus Brief for States of MN, IL, MA, NM, NY, WA, and DC, Telephone Contact During Incarceration, 2016 USCA Case #15-1461 Document #1636355 Filed: 09/19/2016 Page 1 of 27 NOT YET SCHEDULED FOR ORAL ARGUMENT No. 15-1461 …
Federal Prison Guard Receives $45,000 Settlement on Claim of Workplace Discrimination Due to Military Status by Lonnie Burton Matthew Tully worked as a prison guard at the Metropolitan Correctional Complex in New York (MCC-New York) City from 1998-2000. Tully had been a member of the United States Army and was …
The Bail Trap, The New York Times, 2016 9/12/2016 The Bail Trap The New York Times http://nyti.ms/1IJKXjS The Bail Trap Every year, thousands of innocent people are sent to jail only because they can’t afford to post bail, putting them at risk of losing their jobs, custody of their …
Citizen's Wrongful Detention suit against ICE 'reinstated by Second Circuit by Derek Gilna Viterbo Liranzo was a U.S. citizen through section 321 of the Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA), which conferred derivative citizenship on children of U.S. citizens, even though neither parent nor the child requested it. Liranzo was unaware …
New York Appeals Court Reduces $4M Jury Verdict in Police Excessive Force Case to $1.8M by Lonnie Burton On April 12, 2016, the First Judicial Department of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court awarded $1.8 million to a man for false arrest and malicious prosecution. A jury …
New York Local Governments’ Sex Offender Residency Restrictions Invalid by Matthew Clarke On February 17, 2015, the New York Court of Appeals held that sex offender residency restrictions enacted by local governments were invalid because the state had already created a comprehensive and detailed regulatory scheme. Michael Diack was convicted …
New York Dentist Sentenced to Jail for Upcoding Billing of Prisoner Care by An oral surgeon who had a contract to provide care to prisoners at 26 upstate New York prisons was sentenced to jail for stealing $14,000 from the state. Dr. Timothy O’Keefe was charged in May 2014 in …
Discrimination Complaint Against Bureau of Prisons Settled by Christopher Zoukis A discrimination complaint filed by a Mexican-American female employee of the Bureau of Prisons was settled in August 2001. Maria Elena Carnera, a Mexican-American woman, was employed as a prison guard at Metropolitan Correctional Center New York when she filed …
Taxpayer-funded Drug Rehab Empire Collapses under Lawsuits, Indictments by Joe Watson A purportedly non-profit organization run by a father-and-son team that operated methadone clinics and so-called “sober houses” across New York City faced indictments in October 2014 for stealing millions of dollars in public funds and fraudulent insurance claims. Alan …
Correctional Medical Care Illegally Practiced Medicine in New York by David Reutter The New York Attorney General found that Correctional Medical Care, Inc. (CMC) violated state law by engaging in the “corporate practice of medicine.” The finding resulted in a September 2014 settlement agreement that required the for-profit prison and …
New York City’s Rikers Island Jail Agrees to Federal Consent Decree, Reforms by Derek Gilna The Rikers Island jail complex in New York City is notorious for excessive use of force against prisoners. It has been sued dozens of times by prisoners, prisoners’ rights organizations and even the U.S. Department …
Hepatitis C Primary Care Practice Guideline, NY DCCS, 2016 New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Division of Health Services Hepatitis C Primary Care Practice Guideline INTRODUCTION These practice guidelines represent an approach to the current management of hepatitis C disease, consistent with community and FDA standards, and …
Assurance of Discontinuance - Correctional Medical Care, OAG, 2014 ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK In the Matter of CORRECTIONAL MEDICAL CARE, INC. Assurance No.: 13-495 ASSURANCE OF DISCONTINUANCE PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE LAW SECTION 63, SUBDIVISION 15 Pursuant to the provisions of the New York State Executive Law …
Brutality Case Summaries, PLS Plattsburgh Office, 1997 BRUTALITY CASE SUMMARIES for the PLATTSBURGH OFFICE of PRISONERS’ LEGAL SERVICES OF NEW YORK Prepared and compiled by Michael Cassidy, Managing Attorney for Litigation, Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York, 22 Broad Street, Plattsburgh, New York 12901 Revised, October 1997 1 I. Successful …
Shutting Down the Profiteers - Why and How the Department of Homeland Security Should Stop Using Private Prisons, ACLU, 2016 Tribute: The Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and WRP Staff SHUTTING DOWN THE PROFITEERS: Why and How the Department of Homeland Security Should Stop Using Private Prisons September 2016 1 …
New York Prison Towns Frustrated Over Lost Funds After Governor Closes Facilities by The upstate New York region of Mohawk Valley lost a major source of revenue in the summer of 2011 after Governor Andrew Cuomo announced he was shutting down prisons in several counties and putting the properties up …
