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Summary Judgment Denied in Virginia Strip Cell Suit by A Virginia Federal District Court denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment in a prisoner’s lawsuit alleging use of excessive force and cruel and unusual conditions. Ray L. Holley, a prisoner at Red Onion State Prison in Virginia, on September 29, 2007, …
No Hearing Required for Oregon IMU Confinement by In a unanimous decision, the Oregon Supreme Court has held that state prisoners are not entitled to a hearing when they are confined in the Intensive Management Unit (IMU). The Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) operates two IMUs to segregate “prisoners who …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
$21 Million Jury Award for Illinois Wrongful Conviction by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In June 2009, an Illinois federal jury awarded $21 million to a former prisoner who served 11-1/2 years for a murder he didn’t commit. The basis of the claim was that Chicago police detective Reynaldo …
Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009
Perpetrators and Enablers of Torture in the US by Corey Weinstein by Corey Weinstein, MD, CCHP During the past 25 years I’ve spent a lot of time with survivors of torture, men and women enduring long term solitary confinement in California’s prisons. They are the most urgent victims of US …
$500,000 Settlement for Fatal Beating of Phoenix Jail Prisoner by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 3, 2009, the Maricopa County (Arizona) Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 to settle for $500,000 a lawsuit brought by survivors of a man beat to death in the Fourth Avenue Jail of the …
Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009
Los Angeles County Agrees to Pay $7,000,000 to Beaten Juvenile Prisoner by On March 27, 2009, Los Angeles County agreed to pay $7,000,000 to a youth that was severely beaten at the Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall (Nidorf) in Sylmar, California after the youth was pressured, but refused, to join …
Violence on the Rise in BOP Facilities by Brandon Sample Killings, assaults and other acts of violence are becoming more widespread in the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), as the prison population increases and staff-to-prisoner ratios decline. Fifteen prisoner-on-prisoner BOP homicides occurred in 2008 compared with 12 in 2007. Serious …
Causal Link Established by Prison Officials’ Failure to Protect Prisoner from Specific Threats by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that two Florida prison officials could be held liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for failure to act upon a prisoner’s request for protection when he specified the nature …
Former California DOC Worker Kept Confidential Prison Gang Files at Home by A former typist for the California Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) was convicted of having confidential prison gang files in her Sacramento home. The files also included the names and social security numbers of 5,500 state employees. …
Article • May 15, 2009 • from PLN May, 2009
New York Prisoner Receives $3,732 for Medical Neglect/Lost Property Claim by New York Prisoner Receives $3,732 for Medical Neglect/Lost Property Claim A New York Court of Claims awarded a prisoner $3,500 for medical neglect by prison medical officials’ failure to treat the prisoner’s deviated septum for 20 months. The prisoner …
Ninth Circuit: Former Gang Member Entitled to Jury Trial in § 1983 Jail Guard Retaliation Suit by Ninth Circuit: Former Gang Member Entitled to Jury Trial in § 1983 Jail Guard Retaliation Suit The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that a prisoner’s lawsuit against the Los Angeles County …
Corruption in Orange County, CA Sheriff’s Department Revealed; Sheriff Resigns, Convicted on Criminal Charges by Marvin Mentor Corruption in Orange County, CA Sheriff’s Department Revealed; Sheriff Resigns, Convicted on Criminal Charges by Marvin Mentor Former Orange County, California Sheriff Michael S. Carona and many of his staff at the Theo …
Cook County Jail Conditions Unconstitutional, Charges Department of Justice by David Reutter Cook County Jail Conditions Unconstitutional, Charges Department of Justice by David M. Reutter On July 11, 2008, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division issued a letter to officials at Illinois’ Cook County Jail (CCJ) which found …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
Los Angeles County Settles For $900,000 After Unattended Prisoner Savagely Beaten By Violent Jail Gang by Los Angeles County Settles For $900,000 After Unattended Prisoner Savagely Beaten By Violent Jail Gang Los Angeles County paid $900,000 to settle the civil rights complaint brought by the parents of a 41-year-old man …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Identity of Prisoner Who Smuggled Gun into New Jersey Facility Revealed by Appeals Court by Gary Hunter Identity of Prisoner Who Smuggled Gun into New Jersey Facility Revealed by Appeals Court by Gary Hunter A prisoner accused of smuggling a gun into a New Jersey prison two years ago was …
Protective Custody Injunction Available Remedy Absent Injury by The plaintiff alleged that he was in danger from a gang he had left and that, although he is currently in protective custody, he had been repeatedly placed in general population. He sought damages and an injunction against transfer to general population. …
California Prison Gang Information Ruled Confidential by Arturo Losoya and Robert Aguirre, California state prisoners, sought discovery in their state court criminal trials of investigatory security files on gang activity. The trial court ordered prison officials to produce the information, and the Department of Corrections (DOC) appealed. On appeal: the …
Article • August 15, 2008 • from PLN August, 2008
Los Angeles County Pays $40,000 Damages to Assaulted Prisoner Informant Witness by The County of Los Angeles, California paid $40,000 to a prisoner who was badly beaten in the county jail upon returning from court, by friends of the defendant he had just testified against in a murder trial. In …
Oklahoma Pays $844,000 for Comprehensive Performance Audit of DOC by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 4, 2008, MGT of America, Inc. released a performance audit of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (DOC). The 285-page report cost $844,000 and provided several clues as to how the prison system could …
More Prisoners Murdered in Texas Federal Prisons by Gary Hunter Until February 13, 2008, Ronald Joseph, 29, was serving time at a federal penitentiary in Beaumont, Texas for firearm and drug-related convictions. On that date he was found dead in his cell; a preliminary autopsy report indicated he had been …
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