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Abu Ghraib Abuses Not Covered by Insurance Policy by The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a Virginia federal district court’s order that held an insurance policy obtained by a company who was sued for detainee torture in Iraq has no duty to defend the company because the events …
Consent Judgment Entered in Connecticut Prison Conditions Case by On October 17, 1989, a consent judgment was entered resolving various claims regarding the constitutionality of living conditions at the Connecticut Correctional Institution at Somers. The settlement requires the defendants to (1) eliminate housing in a barbershop and card room; (2) …
$9,000 Award for Hawaiian Prisoners Bitten By Dogs at Oklahoma CCA Prison by On October 31, 2008, a Hawaiian state court awarded $3,000 each in damages to three Hawaiian prisoners who were bitten by dogs while incarcerated at a private prison in Oklahoma. Jonathan K. Lum, John Daffron and Frank …
NIC Report: Wisconsin Jails Racist and Dangerous by Gary Hunter On January 31, 2008, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) issued a 139-page report detailing numerous flaws in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin jail system. The Milwaukee House of Correction (HOC), the Community Corrections Center (CCC) and the County Jail Facility (CJF) …
$1 Million Awarded to Innocent Victim of Police Dog Attack by Washington state resident Ken Rogers was awarded $1.05 million by a federal jury after a police dog attacked him while sleeping on July 13, 2003. Kennewick city police were chasing a suspect utilizing a K 9 police dog. The …
Article • July 15, 2008
Filed under: Excessive Force, Dogs
Washington Prisoner Settles Suit for $5,000 After Being Attacked by Police Dog by Kirk Rishor, a Washington state prisoner, sued the Franklin County Sheriff and Pasco City police in state court after he was bitten by a police dog they sicced on him when he refuse to go to his …
Publication • 2008
K9 Officer's Legal Handbook Drug Detector and Patrol Dog Testimony Ken Wallenstine 2008 K9 OFFICER'S LEGAL HANDBOOK Chapter 10 • Handlers must be paid for reasonably necessary canine home care. DRUG DETECTOR AND PATROL DOG TESTIMONY §9-7 • Commuting time is generally not compensable time. • Training time is compensable …
GAO Audit: Alien Detention Facilities Suffer Continuing Deficiencies by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg An often overlooked segment of the nation's prison population, alien detainees, was the subject of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) audit between May 2006 and May 2007. While the largest problem noted was limited access …
Article • May 15, 2007
Secretary Error Allows for Late California Tort Claim by California's Third Appellate District has held that a trial court abused its discretion in denying a prisoner's motion for leave to file a late government tort claim. Before the Court was the appeal of Manuel Renteria, who sought to pursue a …
$2,220,000 Settlement To Missouri Prisoners Formerly Housed In Texas by Over seven hundred Missouri state prisoners, who were formerly housed as part of a bed-sharing program in Texas prison facilities from January 1, 1995, through December 31, 1997, filed a Federal class action civil rights complaint regarding conditions of confinement …
Article • May 15, 2007
FL Cops Sic Dog On Suspect; Court Remits Damage Award by On January 29, 2003, Broward County sheriff's deputies went to an apartment in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to arrest Henry Lafavors. Deputy Olarte entered the apartment and deployed a police dog to subdue Lafavors, who sustained numerous dog bites. He …
Abu Ghraib: Enduring Symbol of Hated Regimes by Matthew T. Clarke Abu Ghraib, a 280-acre prison complex located 20 miles west of Baghdad, is a well known symbol to the Iraqi people. Abu Ghraib holds about 3,500 of the approximately 10,500 prisoners held by American forces in Iraq. All prisoners …
Article • April 15, 2006 • from PLN April, 2006
L.A. County Jail Gets $20,000 from State for Pruno-Sniffing Dogs; Inmate Welfare Funds Tapped to Mai by L.A. County Jail Gets $20,000 from State for Pruno-Sniffing Dogs; Inmate Welfare Funds Tapped to Maintain Program On September 30, 2005, the Los Angeles (L.A.) County Board of Supervisors approved a Sheriffs funding …
Abu Ghraib's Stain on Military Medicine by Steven Miles by Steven H. Miles, MD This article examines the relationship of military medical personnel to abuses of detainees at Abu Ghraib and other detention centers in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay. It is based on testimony before the US Senate and …
Detainees Positive Response, FBI, 2004 | Detainees Positive Responses 1. W . SUMMARY CODED CATEGO ares OF JUSTIFICATION CATEGORIES INFORMATIONWITHHELI! S ' l f I INFORlV_1ATION_ Category Category."b! ! AGENCY PERSONNEL RULES AND PRACTICES b! !-1 Internal FBITelephone Numbers. ' Category h! ! CLEARLY UNWARRANTED PERSONAL i g INVASION OF …
Article • March 15, 2000 • from PLN March, 2000
Third Circuit Evenly Split on PLRA Attorney Fee Cap by Circuit has barely upheld the constitutionallity of the Attorney Fee Cap Provision of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(d). Michael Collins brought suit alleging the defendants violated his constitutional rights when he was attacked by a …
Missouri Proposes $2.2 Million Settlement by On June 25, 1999, the state of Missouri filed a proposed $2.2 million settlement in U.S. District Court that would dispose of 32 lawsuits filed in state and federal courts by 700 - 2,100 Missouri prisoners abused in Texas jails. The lawsuits stem partly …
No Qualified Immunity for Texas Sheriff and CCRI Guards Who Abused Missouri Prisoners by by Matthew Clarke Afederal district court in Texas has ruled that prisoners who were kicked, bitten by dogs, shocked, and subjected to a public strip and body cavity search by untrained, improperly supervised private guards during …
'Training Video' Reveals Beatings in Texas Rent-A-Jail by The state of Missouri was swift to react to the explosive national news coverage resulting from the release of a video tape showing Missouri prisoners being kicked and beaten during a "shake down" at a Texas Rent-A-Jail. The state of Missouri announced …
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