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Article • August 4, 2016
New York Based Ex-Offender Assistance Program Sues Landlord for Discrimination by Gary Hunter On October 30, 2014 the Fortune Society filed suit in United States District Court for the Eastern District in Brooklyn alleging that a New York City apartment complex’s refusal to rent to ex-offenders amounts to racial discrimination …
Publication • August 4, 2016
Standards for the Prevention Detection Response and Monitoring of Sexual Abuse in Lockups, NPREC, 2008 STANDARDS FOR THE PREVENTION, DETECTION, RESPONSE, AND MONITORING OF SEXUAL ABUSE IN LOCKUPS STANDARDS FOR THE PREVENTION, DETECTION, RESPONSE, AND MONITORING OF SEXUAL ABUSE IN LOCKUPS PREFACE Ours has been a daunting task, albeit a …
Publication • August 4, 2016
Standards for the Prevention Detection Response and Monitoring of Sexual Abuse in Adult Prisons and Jails, NPREC, 2008 STANDARDS FOR THE PREVENTION, DETECTION, RESPONSE, AND MONITORING OF SEXUAL ABUSE IN ADULT PRISONS AND JAILS STANDARDS FOR THE PREVENTION, DETECTION, RESPONSE, AND MONITORING OF SEXUAL ABUSE IN ADULT PRISONS AND JAILS …
Hawaiian Prisoners’ Religious Freedom Lawsuit Certified as Class Action by Derek Gilna Native Hawaiians have a rich religious history, with elaborate rituals and sacred objects, which is a significant part of their culture.  Interference with the free exercise of these traditional religious practices at Saguaro Correctional Center in Arizona where …
Prisoner Settles with Federal Bureau of Prisons Over Civil Right Violations by Christopher Zoukis Lonnie Benefield, a prisoner housed at United States Penitentiary Florence, Colorado, settled his claim against the Federal Bureau of Prisons for $150.00. Benefield's suit was filed in March, 1998, and settled in June, 2002. The settlement …
Publication • August 3, 2016
Prison Rape Elimination Act – Implementation and Unresolved Issues, AUWCL, 2008 American University Washington College of Law Washington College of Law Research Paper No. 2008-49 THE PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT: IMPLEMENTATION AND UNRESOLVED ISSUES Brenda V. Smith This paper can be downloaded without charge from The Social Science Research Network …
Publication • August 3, 2016
Preliminary Report on Progress to Reduce Incidents of Sexual Misconduct (Prison Rape) in the Clark County Jails, Clark County Sheriff’s Office, 2008 Clark County Sheriff’s Office Preliminary Report on Progress to Reduce Incidents of Sexual Misconduct (Prison Rape) in the Clark County Jails OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF Table of Contents …
All Too Familiar – Sexual Abuse of Women in U.S. State Prisons, HRW, 1996 ALL TOO FAMILIAR Sexual Abuse of Women in U.S. State Prisons PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH REPORTS ON WOMEN==S HUMAN RIGHTS, THE U.S., AND PRISONS Selected Reports on Women==s Human Rights Shattered Lives: Sexual Violence during …
Report Reveals “Guaranteed Minimums” Drive ICE Detention by An updated report by Detention Watch Network (DWN), in cooperation with the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), has exposed the practice of “guaranteed minimum” bed quotas in detention facilities operated by or for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The term refers to …
Illinois DOC Settles Lawsuit Over Mental Health Treatment by Derek Gilna It took eight years but civil rights attorneys finally prevailed in a federal lawsuit against the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC), entering into a settlement that requires prison officials to provide 11,000 mentally ill state prisoners with adequate mental …
Advocates Want Private Prisons Subject to Open Records Laws by Joe Watson Government accountability advocates have called for private prison companies like Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and the GEO Group to be subject to open records laws – including the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) – to ensure …
Publication • August 2, 2016
National Standards to Prevent, Detect and Respond to Prison Rape, DOJ, 2012 The following is the text of the rule signed by the Attorney General on May 16, 2012, which has been sent to the Federal Register for publication. The Federal Register will update this document to include dates that …
Brief • August 1, 2016
Scott v. Pennsylvania DOC, PA, Settlement, Aphasia Disability Discrimination, 2017 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA DONALD SCOTT, Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 15-72 v. PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Defendant, SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS This Settlement Agreement and Release of All Claims …
Open Issues in Prison Cases, Northwestern School of Law, 2016 OPEN ISSUES IN PRISON CASES David M. Shapiro (david.shapiro@law.northwestern.edu) August 2016 This is a summary of “open” legal issues involving the rights of prisoners that will in some cases merit preservation with an eye toward further review. For many of …
Fictitious Name Proceeding Test Presents ‘Heavy Burden’ by A Michigan federal district court denied a motion to proceed under a fictitious name in a challenge to the residency restrictions in Michigan’s Sex Offender Registration Act. The Court noted that the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure each party must have his …
California Housing Classifications May Burden Religious Freedom, but Constitutional Liability Overcomes Burden by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held a prisoner stated a claim under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) that his classification as racially eligible to house with non-“Aryan” prisoners interfered with his religious …
Record of Abuse - Lawlessness in Border Patrol's Operations, ACLU, 2015 Record of Abuse Lawlessness and Impunity in Border Patrol’s Interior Enforcement Operations October 2015 The findings in this report are based on government records produced in ACLU Foundation of Arizona v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, No. 14 -02052 …
Publication • July 28, 2016
HRDC comment to EPA with 138 sign-ons, re environmental impacts on prisoners - July 2016 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS Renewing Comments Re: Prisoner Populations Letter in EJ 2020 Action Agenda Last year, in July 2015, HRDC’s Prison Ecology Project submitted a letter re: EPA’s Draft …
Brief • July 27, 2016
Ball v. Kasich, OH, Pltff Opp to MTD, ADA Violations, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION PHYLLIS BALL, et al., : Case No.: 2:16-cv-282 Plaintiffs, : Judge Sargus v. : Magistrate Judge Deavers JOHN KASICH, et al., : Defendants. : PLAINTIFFS’ RESPONSE IN …
Publication • July 26, 2016
Comments Re DOJ PREA Notice, Just Detention International, 2011 JUST DETENTION INTERNATIONAL RAPE IS NOT PART OF THE PENALTY Comments Submitted to the Department of Justice Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on National Standards to Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Prison Rape Docket No. OAG-131; AG Order No. 3244-2011 April 4, …
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