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Cause of Action for Shaming Sex Therapy May Not Accrue Until after Release from Prison by On August 29, 2017, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held “it may be reasonable for an incarcerated individual who is told she must resurface past sexual trauma to overcome them to rely on …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Mentally Incompetent Detainees Stuck in California Jails Spark Class-action Lawsuit, Fines by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis California county jails are facing lawsuits and court-imposed fines over their handling of detainees who have been determined incompetent to stand trial due to mental illness. In Ventura County, the families of mentally …
Lawsuit Over Rikers Island Suicide Settles for $380,000 by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In July 2017, the family of a man who killed himself while in custody at the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City agreed to settle their wrongful death suit for $380,000. Aris Hiraldo, a …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Crisis in Maryland as Mentally Incompetent Defendants Languish in County Jails by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis When criminal defendants are found mentally incompetent to stand trial, a judge typically orders their transfer to a psychiatric hospital for treatment to restore competency. But many states struggle with a shortage of …
While in Custody: The Fight to Stop Jail Deaths in Washington State by Ciara O’Rourke When a prisoner dies in Washington state, the question of who is to blame often goes unaddressed. Meet the families, and their lawyers, who want answers. by Ciara O’Rourke, Seattle Met Stephanie Deal wanted her mom …
Spies v. El Dorado County, CA, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2018 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS This Settlement Agreement and Release of All Claims ("Agreement") is made between LAWRENCE SPIES, SR. (through LINDA SPIES, BRIAN SPIES, STEPHANIE SPIES, and THERESA SPIES pursuant to the Court's Order ECF No. 98), …
Rasho v. Walker, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2018 I r CONFIDENTIAL FULL AND FINAL RELEASE-SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT Plaintiff, ASHOOR RAS HO, filed a Section 1983 claim alleging violations of his Constitutional rights as relates to his incarceration at the Pontiac Correctional Center. Said claims are more particularly described in a lawsuit …
Publication • 2018
Filed under: Jail Specific, Suicides
Journal of Health and Justice, the Validity of Open-Source Data When Assessing Jail Suicides, 2018 Thomas et al. Health and Justice (2018) 6:11 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-018-0069-2 Health and Justice RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access The validity of open-source data when assessing jail suicides Amanda L. Thomas* , Jacqueline Scott and Jeff Mellow Abstract …
Assessing the Real Risk of Sexually Violent Predators: Doctor Padilla's Dangerous Data, Tamara Rice Lave and Franklin E. Zimring, 2018 ASSESSING THE REAL RISK OF SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS: DOCTOR PADILLA’S DANGEROUS DATA Tamara Rice Lave* and Franklin E. Zimring** ABSTRACT This Article uses internal memoranda and emails to describe the …
Publication • 2018
Corrections-Based Responses to the Opioid Epidemic, Vera Institute of Justice, 2018 March 2018 Corrections-Based Responses to the Opioid Epidemic: Lessons from New York State’s Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Program Vedan Anthony-North, Leah G. Pope, Stephanie Pottinger, and Isaac Sederbaum From the Director The numbers behind America’s current opioid crisis …
Vera Institute of Justice--The New Dynamics of Mass Incarceration Report, 2018 The New Dynamics of Mass Incarceration Jacob Kang-Brown, Oliver Hinds, Jasmine Heiss, and Olive Lu June 2018 From The Director The turn of the century marked a new direction for the nation’s prisons and jails: after three decades of …
Families Against Mandatory Minimums: Everywhere and Nowhere -- Compassionate Release in the States, 2018 Everywhere and Nowhere Compassionate Release in the States By Mary Price June 2018 1 About the Author Mary Price is general counsel of Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM). She directs the FAMM Litigation Project and advocates …
Collins v. San Diego County, CA, Complaint, Brain Damage after Arrest, 2018 OR.3INAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 F D Ctok of IheL E Soul,/ Cowl Robert F. Vaage, Esq. (SBN 106437) Elizabeth H. Teixeira, Esq. (SBN 259788) LAW OFFICES OF ROBERT VAAGE 110 West A Street, Suite 1075 …
Publication • May 11, 2018
U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons' Transgender Offender Manual, 2018 U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons CHANGE OPI: NUMBER: DATE: NOTICE RSD/WSP 5200.04 CN-1 May 11, 2018 Transgender Offender Manual Approved: Mark S. Inch Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons This Change Notice (CN) implements the following …
Boozer v. Waltman, PA, Verdict, Wrongful Arrest, 2018 Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County Trial Division - Civil TRIAL WORK SHEET I ·- Judge's I.D.: judge's Name: SEAN F KENNEDY Case Type: BOOZER VS OFFICER RYAN WALTMAN BADGE I NO. 7564 ET AL I I ~-=-----_:_: J511 Caption: jcomt …
Wrongful Death Case Against New York Jail Settles for $101,500 by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Lucky Lee Wilkins, Jr., who suffered from depression, committed suicide while in the custody of the Schenectady County jail in New York on May 28, 2014. His family filed suit alleging civil rights violations, …
Article • May 9, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Confusion Over Insanity Defense Leads One Jury to Issue Two Verdicts in Triple Murder by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A jury’s decision that a defendant on trial for murder was mentally ill but should go to prison led a judge to initially withhold judgment in the case. Dan Popp, …
Varney v. Montgomery County Board of Commissioners, OH, Complaint and Jury Demand, Prisoner Mistreatment, 2018 Case: 3:18-cv-00155-TMR-MJN Doc #: 1 Filed: 05/09/18 Page: 1 of 14 PAGEID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO WESTERN DIVISION AT DAYTON TONYA R. VARNEY 238 Orth Drive New Carlisle, OH …
Oregon Sex Offenders Get LWOP, Not Treatment by “This bill will finally get at protecting our community from the most dangerous of sexual criminals,” said Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney, testifying in support of legislation he co-­sponsored to enact a “two strikes and you’re out” law for repeat sex offenders. …
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