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IPAS v. ID DOC, IN, Complaint, mentally ill prisoner segregation, 2008 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION ( INDIANA PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY SERVICES COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. COMMISSIONER, INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. MS � 1 : 08 -cv-1317-DFH-J …
Horton v. CCA, TN, Deposition - Perry, whistleblower mentally ill segregation negligence,2008 BRASWELL,HORTONV. CCA / DEPOOF PATRICKPERRY IN FOR - .-. I U PAGE 3 PAGE 1 SHEET 1 J IVHKI a of FRANK D. indiwidually, THE THE COURT DISTRTCT STATES DlSTRICT OF TENNESSEE UNITED MIDD]-E APPEARANCE 2 For the …
Massachusetts’ Mental Health Treatment Policies Prove Deadly for Public, Prisoners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter As America’s prisons continue their transformation into mental health institutions, little thought is given to mentally ill prisoners who languish within the harsh confines of prison environments with little if any treatment. That …
Article • September 15, 2008 • from PLN September, 2008
From the Editor by Paul Wright The link between solitary confinement and mental illness is well known, well documented and largely ignored by the prison officials and policy makers who decide to imprison tens of thousands of American prisoners in solitary confinement on any given day for months, years and …
Sandin Inapplicable to Pretrial Detainees by Procedural Due Process--Disciplinary Proceedings (920): Sandin does not apply to detainees, who are entitled to procedural due process in disciplinary proceedings. Here there was some evidence because staff said the plaintiff had confessed. Procedural Due Process--Administrative Segregation (921): Placement of an escape risk in …
Article • August 15, 2008
Obesity Upheld as Classification Criteria by The plaintiff's placement in administrative segregation and his transfer did not deny due process. Assuming he had a liberty interest in remaining in general population at the sending facility, he received due process under Helms v. Hewitt. Enhancing the level of his assaults for …
Claim Exhausted When Prison Rules in Favor of Prisoner by The plaintiff complained of improper discipline and retaliatory reclassification and transfer At 506: "The violation of a constitutionally protected right is a sufficient injury for purposes of standing." The defendants had argued that the plaintiff lacked standing because he didn't …
150 Days in Segregation for Civil Detainee Upheld by Eighth Circuit by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a civil detainee’s placement in isolation for 150 days was not a constitutional violation, considering the specific facts in this case. The ruling affirms a Minnesota federal district court’s …
Court Rejects Disciplinary Habeas on Merits, Despite Time Bar by The plaintiff's habeas challenge to a disciplinary proceeding is time-barred under AEDPA, since the proceeding was concluded in 1997 and the plaintiff missed the one-year grace period provided by the statute. The court finds no authority supporting a requirement that …
Class Certified in Conditions Suit at SD Juvenile Prison by Plaintiffs challenged conditions in a juvenile training school, including the use of mechanical restraints, strip searches by opposite sex guards, excessive force, arbitrary lockdown or isolation, lack of disciplinary due process, etc. The court certifies a class of a present …
Article • August 15, 2008
Nebraska Prisoner's Medical, Mental Suffering Resulting from Segregation Does Not Support Eighth Amendment Violation by Nebraska state prisoner Thomas Fleming brought a federal civil rights action in 2003 alleging violations related to conditions of confinement, due process, inadequate medical care, and inflicted dis-associative disorder. The district court dismissed his Eighth …
Townsend v. CCA, TN, Complaint, inmate murder in double cell segregation, 2008 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0201 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0202 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0203 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0204
Once Again, Former Florida DOC Secretary Faces Liability in Prisoner Beating; Case Settled for $400,000 by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that the former warden of the Florida State Prison (FSP) was not entitled to qualified immunity in a civil rights …
$250,000 Awarded To Virginia Guard After Stabbing By Prisoner Upheld by Virginia State pro se prisoner Lament Douglas appealed a prison guard's counterclaim grant and the dismissal of the denial of medical care allegations in a federal action resulting from a 1999 mutually injurious altercation. The judgment was affirmed. Douglas …
Court Denies BOP’s Dismissal Motion in Challenge of Ensign Amendment by A Colorado federal district court denied a motion to dismiss filed by the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) in a lawsuit alleging the “Ensign Amendment” violates the First Amendment, as does 28 C.F.R. §540.72, which implements that amendment. The Ensign …
Seventh Circuit: Wisconsin Supermax Conditions Unconstitutional by by John E. Dannenberg PLN has oft reported on the psychologically debilitating conditions at the Wisconsin Department of Corrections’ supermax prison at Boscobel. [See, e.g., PLN, April 2002, p.1, Barbaric Conditions at Wisconsin Supermax Result in PI to Transfer Mentally Ill Prisoners]. The …
Publication • 2008
Libro de Referencia Sobre Aislamiento Solitario Sharon Shalev 2008 LIBRO DE REFERENCIA SOBRE AISLAMIENTO SOLITARIO POR SHARON SHALEV WWW .SOLITARYCONFINEMENT .ORG © SHARON SHALEV 2008 Libro de referencia sobre aislamiento solitario Por Sharon Shalev Centre for Criminology University of Oxford Manor Road Building, Manor Road Oxford OX1 3UQ, UK Sharon.Shalev@solitaryconfinement.org …
Article • May 15, 2008
Massachusetts DOC Denial of Ramadan Food to Prisoner in Seg Upheld by In an earlier opinion, 44 F.Supp.2d 400 (D.Mass. 1999), the court denied summary judgment to defendants on the request of the Muslim plaintiff, serving 10 years in segregation, that he be provided cereal, peanut butter, etc., three days …
Alabama Female Guards Title VII Suit over Masturbating Prisoners Dismissed by Female prison guards employed in a male prison sued under Title VII, alleging that they had been subjected to a hostile work environment as a result of the "egregious acts" of the prisoners, condoned by the plaintiffs' superiors. (One …
Ingram v. Turner et al, TN, Amended Complaint, riot snitching assault ad seg retaliation 8th Am, 2008 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0186 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0187 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0188 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0189 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0190 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0191 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0192 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0193 CCA-AF …
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