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Article • January 7, 2016
High Speed Car Chases Kill Thousands; Injure Tens of Thousands More by Since 1979 over 5,000 deaths and tens of thousands of drivers, passengers and innocent bystanders have been injured as a result of police car chases in the US. Most of these chases begin as routine minor infractions. On …
Article • January 7, 2016
Polk County Florida Juvenile Prison Conditions Corizon Treatment Held Constitutional by On March 15, 2012, suit was brought against Grady Judd, Sheriff of Polk County, Florida and the jail’s health care provider Corizon Health Inc. for violating the constitutional rights of its juvenile prisoners. Plaintiffs filed for class certification, temporary …
Article • January 7, 2016
New Pennsylvania Legislation Sucker Punches Inmate Speech by Linn Washington Jr. Law Shreds Rights by: Linn Washington Jr. The serious injustice endured by Pennsylvania prison inmate Lorenzo ‘Cat’ Johnson, detailed yesterday in Part I of this series [1], is the subject of a website and numerous other postings on the Internet. …
Article • January 6, 2016
Filed under: Crime, Statistics/Trends
Sentencing Project Highlights U.S. Incarceration Fascination by Derek Gilna According to a new Sentencing Project study, vividly set forth in a series of graphs and tables, from the 1920’s to the late 1970’s, the total number of people incarcerated in the United States never exceeded 200,000. However, in 2012 the …
GAO Recommends Changes in ICE Collection of Sex Abuse Data by Derek Gilna A new General Accounting Office (GAO) Report has called into question the Completeness of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) collection of data regarding sexual abuse and assault incidents in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention …
Article • January 6, 2016
Filed under: Police Chases
$350,000 Settlement in Police Unit Accident by The County of Los Angeles paid $350,000 to settle a lawsuit stemming from a December 6, 2009 accident between a sheriff’s patrol cruiser and a truck at an intersection.  Both parties contend the other caused the accident by entering the intersection against a …
Article • January 6, 2016
$270,000 Settlement in False Arrest and Excessive Force by Los Angeles Deputies by Los Angeles County paid $270,000 to settle a lawsuit that alleged sheriff’s deputies unlawfully arrested and used excessive force on Ricky Allen on September 25, 2013. As deputies attempted to contact Allen as he came out of …
Article • January 6, 2016
Filed under: Police Misconduct
80 NYPD and FDNY Retirees Indicted in 106-Defendant SSDI Fraud Indictment by Christopher Zoukis One hundred and six defendants -- including at least 80 retired officers from the New York City Police Department, New York City Fire Department, and New York Department of Corrections -- were indicted January 7, 2014, …
Article • January 6, 2016
Ex-Prisoner Receives $75,000 for Severed Fingertip by Lonnie Burton A New York Court of Claims judge awarded a former prisoner $75,000 in damages after finding the defendant, the State of New York, 100% responsible for his severed fingertip.  While incarcerated at the Marcy Correctional Facility near Utica, NY in January …
Article • January 1, 2016 • from PLN January, 2016
Two Suicides at Privately-operated Pennsylvania Facility by Officials in Delaware County, Pennsylvania have been tight-lipped about the recent suicides of two prisoners at the George W. Hill Correctional Facility, fearing wrongful death lawsuits. On May 26, 2015, Janene Wallace, 35, hung herself using her bra while serving time for a …
Article • January 1, 2016 • from PLN January, 2016
Denver Wins Sexual Harassment Suit Filed by Former Jail Captain; Tenth Circuit Affirms by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 29, 2014, a Colorado federal jury found in favor of the City of Denver in a lawsuit brought by a former jail captain who was allegedly sexually harassed by …
Article • January 1, 2016 • from PLN January, 2016
Filed under: Wrongful Death
Numerous Deaths at Nevada Prison Raise Questions, Concerns by Christopher Zoukis The ACLU and relatives of Nevada prisoners have raised concerns in the wake of numerous deaths at one state prison, including four in a span of less than one month in 2013. Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC) officials said …
Article • January 1, 2016 • from PLN January, 2016
Ohio Prisoner’s Estate Awarded $350,000 by Derek Gilna The estate of Brandon Copas, a 27-year-old prisoner serving a nine-year sentence for aggravated vehicular homicide at the Warren Correctional Institution in Lebanon, Ohio, was awarded $350,000 in damages for the negligent medical care that Copas received after he was assaulted by …
Article • January 1, 2016 • from PLN January, 2016
$183,000 in Settlements for Sexually Abused Pennsylvania Prisoners by David Reutter Pennsylvania prison officials have paid a total of $183,000 to settle lawsuits brought by three prisoners who alleged that guards at State Correctional Institution (SCI) Pittsburgh physically and sexually abused them. One of the federal civil rights actions was …
Article • January 1, 2016 • from PLN January, 2016
Filed under: Prison Labor, Food, Computers
Oklahoma Prisoners Develop Software which Could Save the State Millions by Christopher Zoukis Oklahoma legislators have estimated the state could save upwards of $20 million annually if a computer software program developed by two prisoners at the medium-security Joseph Harp Correctional Center is expanded statewide. Authorities said the facility began …
Article • January 1, 2016 • from PLN January, 2016
Conn. Guard Gets 90 Days, Probation for Sex with Prisoner by Conn. Guard Gets 90 Days, Probation for Sex with Prisoner On September 1, 2015, Jeff Bromley, 47, a guard at the Janet S. York Correctional Institution in Niantic, Connecticut, pleaded no contest and was sentenced to 90 days in …
Colorado Court Finds Book Limitation Policy Violates Prisoner’s Religious Rights, but Case Reversed on Appeal by David Reutter A federal district court held that a Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) policy which limits prisoners in administrative segregation to having no more than two personal books at a time violates the …
Article • January 1, 2016 • from PLN January, 2016
Family of Prisoner Who Died from Allergic Reaction Settles Lawsuit for $2.4 Million by Christopher Zoukis The family of a 22-year-old prisoner who died from a food allergy while he was held at the Snohomish County, Washington jail has settled a lawsuit against the facility, but an attorney for the …
Article • January 1, 2016 • from PLN January, 2016
Federal Court Certifies Class-action for Thousands of Detroit Prisoners, Enters Default Judgment by Derek Gilna U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Ludington certified a § 1983 class-action lawsuit affecting tens of thousands of people arrested and detained by the City of Detroit, and appointed a noted prisoners’ rights law firm in …
Article • January 1, 2016 • from PLN January, 2016
Are We There Yet? The Promise, Perils and Politics of Penal Reform by Marie Gottschalk Fifteen years ago, mass imprisonment was largely an invisible issue in the United States. Since then, criticism of the country’s extraordinary incarceration rate has become widespread across the political spectrum. The huge prison buildup of …
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