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Article • March 15, 2013
Dismissal of Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Legal Mail Claim Reversed by The Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the grant of summary judgment to officials at Pennsylvania’s State Correctional Institution at Smithfield (SCI) in a civil rights action claiming they engaged in a pattern or practice of opening a prisoner’s legal mail …
Article • March 15, 2013
Filed under: Family, Fathers in Prison
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Clarifies Incarcerated Parents’ Rights by The Pennsylvania Supreme Court entered orders in two separate cases that affect the rights of incarcerated parents. The first reiterates the principle that a parent’s incarceration, standing alone, cannot constitute proper grounds for the termination of his or her parental rights. The …
Article • March 15, 2013
Filed under: Media, Censorship
NAACP Sues over Censorship of Criminal Justice Reform Ad by The NAACP has partnered with the ACLU of Pennsylvania to sue the city of Philadelphia, charging its rejection of an advertisement promoting criminal justice reform to appear at the Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) violates the First Amendment. The ad was …
Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania v. Wetzel, PA, Complaint, Solitary Confinement of Mentally Ill, 2013 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA : DISABILITY RIGHTS NETWORK OF : PENNSYLVANIA, : : Plaintiff, : : v. : Civil Action No. ______ : JOHN WETZEL, in his …
Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013
In Memory of Jon E. Yount (1938-2012) by Peter Wagner Sometime in the early morning of April 26, 2012, in his cell in a remote Pennsylvania prison, a 74-year-old jailhouse lawyer serving a life sentence hung himself. He was a quiet man who avoided taking credit for his work, so …
Brief • February 13, 2013
McCallion v. Ames, PA, Complait, Guard Excessive Force, 2013 Case 1:13-cv-00050-SPB Document 1 Filed 02/13/13 Page 1 of 9 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA JEROME McCALLION, Plaintiff, v. BRIAN AMES, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 50 Erie Civil …
Brief • February 13, 2013
Johnson v. Medlock, Complaint, Wrongful Death, Medical - Failure to Treat, 2009 Case 1:13-cv-00050-SPB Document 1 Filed 02/13/13 Page 1 of 9 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA JEROME McCALLION, Plaintiff, v. BRIAN AMES, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Brief • January 16, 2013
Filed under: Videotaping, False Arrest
Montgomery v. Philadelphia, PA, Complaint, False Arrest for Recording Police, 2013
Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013
Pennsylvania: Former BOP Warden Pleads Guilty to Cover-up by Troy Levi, the former warden of Federal Detention Center (FDC) Philadelphia, was indicted by a federal grand jury on September 13, 2011. Levi, 49, was charged with multiple counts of obstruction of justice, witness tampering and making false statements to federal …
Brief • January 1, 2013
Jackson v. City of Pittsburg, PA, Voire Dire Questions,2013 PLAINTIFFS' PROPOSED VOIR DIRE QUESTIONS This is a serious case involving a number of issues on which people hold deep and strong beliefs, including but not limited to, the use of profane language, excessive force by police, and retaliation for the …
Buccini v Northampton, PA, Complaint, Guard Beating Deaf Prisoner, 2012 Case 5:12-cv-07039-MSG Document 1 Filed 12/17/12 Page 1 of 16 Case 5:12-cv-07039-MSG Document 1 Filed 12/17/12 Page 2 of 16 Case 5:12-cv-07039-MSG Document 1 Filed 12/17/12 Page 3 of 16 Case 5:12-cv-07039-MSG Document 1 Filed 12/17/12 Page 4 of 16 …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Philadelphia Women Prisoners Sue for Being Housed with a Man by Four women have sued the City and County of Philadelphia, its prison system, several of its divisions and officials, and Prison Health Services (PHS, now known as Corizon) for forcing them to share a jail cell with a man …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
States Create Special Commissions to Study Flat-Fee Indigent Defense by Joe Watson Some states may soon be doing more to guarantee the Sixth Amendment right to counsel for indigent criminal defend-ants. Special commissions have been convened in Nevada, Idaho, Michigan and Pennsylvania to investigate how flat-fee contracts with private defense …
Pennsylvania Jail Major Pleads Guilty to Beating Prisoner After Escape Attempt by On October 29, 2011, James M. Donis, 50, who had been major of the guards and the fourth-highest-ranking official at the Allegheny County Jail in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was fired from his $68,631-a-year position. He had worked at the …
Pennsylvania Guards Charged with Physical, Sexual Abuse of Prisoners by A Pennsylvania state prison guard was arrested on September 27, 2011 and charged with 89 counts of physically and sexually abusing prisoners at State Correctional Institution (SCI) Pittsburgh. Seven other guards were initially suspended, and three face related charges. Before …
Brief • October 12, 2012
Galarza v. Szalczyk, PA, Settlement - Allentown, ICE Detention US Citizen, 2012 JOINT TORTFEASOR RELEASE AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESElNTS, that the undersigned, ERNESTO GALARZA (hereinafter "RELEASqR") intending to be legally bound, for and in consideration of the full sum of T1"'ENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($25,000.00) …
PHS Hit with $312,000 Verdict for Inadequate Care of Pennsylvania Prisoner by PHS Hit with $312,000 Verdict for Inadequate Care of Pennsylvania Prisoner On February 17, 2012, a Pennsylvania state jury slapped Prison Health Services (PHS) with a $400,000 verdict for inadequate medical care of a prisoner at State Correctional …
U.S. Supreme Court Holds AG Rules Required Before SORNA Sex Offender Law is Applied Retroactively by Derek Gilna On January 23, 2012 the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 7-2 decision written by Justice Stephen Breyer, reversed the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, which had held that the federal Sex Offender …
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
Tainted Chicken Sickens Hundreds of Prisoners, Staff at Pennsylvania BOP Facility by In late June 2011, around 320 prisoners and employees at USP Canaan in Pennsylvania, north of Philadelphia, became sick due to salmonella poisoning after eating “tainted chicken” used to make fajitas. Four prisoners were ill enough to require …
Richardson v. Kane, PA, Amended Complaint - Prison Special Management Unit Conditions,2012 - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - -- -- - -- - - -- - - -- - - - - - - - - - Case 3:11-cv-02266-WJN-DB Document 21 Filed …
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