Arizona DOC Faces Lawsuit Over Inadequate Medical Care by Joe Watson There are cuts to health care and there are health care cuts. At least one Arizona prisoner has personal knowledge of the unfortunate difference. Prisoners and their advocates have accused the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) of being so …
Gawlick v. State of AZ, AZ, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2012 FILED PINAL COUNlY SUPERIOR COURT CHAD A. ROCHE 4 5 AUG 17 2012 RECEI\/ED SLOMA LAW GROUP 1 5010 East Shea Blvd., Suite A-106 2 Scottsdale, Arizona 85254 Telephone: (602) 494-0556 3 Facsimile: (602) 494-0621 AUG 2 3 2012 · …
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Study Reveals High Rates of Sexually-Transmitted Diseases at Maricopa County, Arizona Jails by A joint study by the Arizona Arrestee Reporting Information Network and Arizona State University’s Center for Violence Prevention and Community Safety, released in June 2011, found high rates of sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs) among prisoners in Maricopa County’s …
Private Prison Industry Exerts Political Influence in Arizona by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and other state policymakers have been criticized for their close connections with private prison companies, including Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest for-profit prison firm. Brewer’s senior political advisor and 2010 campaign manager, Chuck Coughlin, …
$1 Million Settlement in Maricopa County, Arizona Jail Prisoner’s Beating Death by The Board of Supervisors for Maricopa County, Arizona has agreed to pay $1 million to the family of a man who was beaten to death by guards at the Maricopa County Jail (MCJ). Juan Farias Mendoza was in …
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Arizona Jails Refuse to Incarcerate Some Offenders by In 2007, Glendale, Arizona resident Robert Ortis, 41, had an appetizer and a few drinks at a business lunch. Driving from the lunch to his nephew’s house, he began to feel weak and turned red. He recognized a high blood pressure event …
Fernandez v. City of Phoenix, AZ, Order Denying Mot to Stay, Police Shooting Wrongful Death, 2012 Case 2:11-cv-02001-FJM Document 62 Filed 05/29/12 Page 1 of 3 1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 10 11 12 …
Ninth Circuit Holds Phoenix New Times Executives May Sue Special Prosecutor over Improper Arrests; Prosecutor Disbarred by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 9, 2011, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that executives with the Phoenix New Times, an alternative weekly publication, could sue a special prosecutor who …
Arizona DOC Makes Visitors Pay for Prison Maintenance, Repairs by Joe Watson Two lawsuits have challenged the Arizona Department of Corrections’ newly-adopted policies of imposing a background check fee on prison visitors and deducting a fee from deposits made into prisoners’ accounts. On July 20, 2011, Arizona began charging visitors …
Arizona Privatizes Health Care in State Prison System by On April 27, 2011, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed into law House Bill 2154, which resulted in the privatization of medical care for prisoners in the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC). The move comes three years after ADC’s food services were …
Death Caused by Speeding Arizona Cop Nets $1.35 Million by Tempe, Arizona officials paid $1.35 million to settle a suit brought by the parents of a college student who was killed in a collision with a police officer. At 2 a.m. on November 26, 2005, Tempe police officer William Cullins …
ICE Deportation Officer Busted in Drug Smuggling Ring by On October 19, 2011 United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation officer Jason Alistair Lowery, 34, led state and federal agents on a high speed chase through the Arizona desert as he tossed bails of marijuana out of his government …
Maricopa County Settles Illegal Immigration Detention Suit for $200,000 by On February 11, 2009, Julian Mora, 68, a legal permanent U.S. resident, and his son Julio, 28, a U.S. citizen, were stopped on a public street in Phoenix, AZ, pulled from their truck, handcuffed with zip-ties and taken to an …
Federal Court Certifies Class in Lawsuit Challenging Adequacy of Safeguards Provided To Mentally Incompetent Aliens in Immigration Proceedings by In November 2011, the Honorable Dolly M. Gee, U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California, certified a class in a suit alleging a systemic failure on the part of …
Fernandez v. City of Phoenix, AZ, Plff's Response to Motion, Police Shooting Wrongful Death, 2012 Case 2:11-cv-02001-FJM Document 57 Filed 05/14/12 Page 1 of 6 1 Sabinus A. Megwa (SBA #011266) The Megwa Law Office 2 6811 South Central Avenue Phoenix, Arizona 85042 3 Tel: (602) 243-6151 Email: megwalaw@qwestoffice.net 4 …
Arizona Governor Cleans House, Restocks Clemency Board with Cronies and Hardliners by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer doesn't like making public decisions on the commutation of prison sentences. Or maybe she simply doesn't like justifying them. In April 2012, Brewer—the Republican who boisterously defended the since-disproven legality of SB1070, and later …
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