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Corcoran Prison Sex, Lies, and Videotape by Willie Wisely by W. Wisely Iheard yelling and screaming. I heard batons hitting," Connie Foster told California lawmakers at a joint legislative hearing into brutality at Corcoran prison July 28, 1998. Foster, who worked at the prison from 1987 to 1996, spoke quietly …
Amnesty International Seeks Human Rights Abuse Info by Amnesty International Seeks Human Rights Abuse Info Amnesty International (A.I.) is working on a comprehensive report on human rights in the United States, inclusive of prisons, jails, and immigration detention centers. The primary purpose of this report is to document where there …
An End to Silence by Paul Wright An End to Silence: Women Prisoners' Handbook on Identifying and Addressing Sexual Misconduct is a 67 page booklet published by the National Women's Law Center. The booklet is designed for women prisoners, their advocates, prison officials and attorneys. It contains chapters on recognizing …
Sexual History Evidence Limited in Rape Suit by Afederal district court in New Mexico held that private prison officials were limited in what questions they could elicit about a prison rape victim's sexual history. Tanya Giron is a prisoner who was forcibly raped by private prison guard Danny Tor2ez while …
Article • April 15, 1998 • from PLN April, 1998
$450,000 Award in Sexual Assault Case Not Excessive by The court of appeals for the second circuit held that a $250,000 compensatory damage award against a county jail security director for sexually abusing a prisoner was not excessive. However, the court held that the $500,000 punitive damage award was, reducing …
$1.1 Million Award in Sexual Assault by The court of appeals for the fifth circuit held that recovery under the Texas Tort Claims Act is authorized for the negligent failure to prevent an intentional tort by a government employee. The court affirmed the judgment below and a $1.1 million damage …
Article • March 15, 1998 • from PLN March, 1998
West Virginia Jailers Sentenced to Prison by Former Grant County, West Virginia, sheriff John Leatherman, 39, was sentenced October 14, 1997, to six years in the state penitentiary on a civil rights count and one year in the county jail on a battery count. Leatherman pleaded no contest in a …
Lucas v. White, CA, Settlement Agreement, Abuse of Inmates, 1998 i v. White • • • • • • • ! ! • H • H PC-CA-009-001 1 2 3 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 6 7 ROBIN LUCAS, ET AL., Plaintiffs, 8 …
The Abuse of U.S. Women Prisoners by Julia Lutsky It is really like this dirty little secret that everyone in corrections knows about and doesn't want to talk about. It is a huge problem." The words are those of Brenda Smith, senior counsel of the National Women's Law Center quoted …
Private Transportation Firms Take Prisoners for a Ride by Alex Friedmann by Alex Friedmann Many of the hundred-thousand-plus prisoners of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) are familiar with the BOP's buses that shuttle convicts around the country. The federal government also maintains a fleet of a dozen planes designated …
Fifth Circuit Reverses Scott by The court of appeals for the fifth circuit, sitting en banc, reversed its prior holding in Scott v. Moore, 85 F.3d 230 (5th Cir. 1996) [PLN, June, 1997] that inadequate jail staffing violated the due process rights of a woman detainee who was repeatedly raped …
Sexual Abuse by Guard Nets New York Jail Prisoner $750,000 by A federal district court in New York found sufficient evidence to support a finding that a guard sexually abused a county prisoner; that such acts violated due process; that the guard was not entitled to qualified immunity; that state …
Article • October 15, 1997 • from PLN October, 1997
U.S. Sues Prisons in Arizona and Michigan by In February 1997, the Justice Department filed separate lawsuits in U.S. District Court in Phoenix and Detroit alleging that state-run prisons in Michigan and Arizona fail to protect female prisoners from sexual assaults committed by prison guards and staff. At the Arizona …
Article • August 15, 1997 • from PLN August, 1997
Con Artist Dupes 'America's Toughest Sheriff' by Sheriff Joe Arpaio who touts himself as "America's toughest sheriff" is apparently not America's smartest sheriff. Reputed flimflam man David Michael Pecard, 34, wooed his way into the sheriff's heart with empty promises of helicopters, tents and other military surplus. Pecard, an army …
Lucas v. White, CA, Amended Complaint, Abuse of Inmates, 1997 1 ROSEN, BIEN & ASARO MICHAEL W. BIEN - 096891 155 Montgomery Street, 8th Floor San Francisco, California 94104 Telephone (415) 433-6830 2 3 4 LAW OFFICES OF GERI L. GREEN GERI L. GREEN - 127709 368 Hayes Street San …
Article • May 15, 1997 • from PLN May, 1997
Texas Prisoners Get Second-Rate Doctors by Texas prisons have become a refuge for several doctors with troubled pasts. The Dallas Morning News identified eight physicians working in state prisons after having been disciplined by medical review boards. The state of Michigan in June 1990 revoked Dr. Robert A. Komer's medical …
Impregnated Arkansas Prisoner Wins Suit by An Arkansas state prisoner was awarded $120,000 after a jury heard her claim that she was impregnated by one guard and sexually harassed by another. The federal court jury found that Laura Berry's constitutional rights were violated by former guard Randall Reed and former …
Inadequate Jail Staffing Violates Due Process by The court of appeals for the fifth circuit held that a jail staffing practice that allowed a lone male guard to oversee female detainees could be held to violate due process after a woman detainee was raped by a guard. The court held …
Lucas v. White, CA, Complaint, Abuse of Inmates, 1996 1 2 ROSEN, BIEN & ASARO MICHAEL W. BIEN - 096891 DONNA PETRINE - 154833 M.J. TONY PAIKEDAY - 176051 155 Montgomery Street, 8th Floor San Francisco, California 94104 Telephone (415) 433-6830 3 4 5 LAW OFFICES OF GERI L. GREEN …
Article • May 15, 1996 • from PLN May, 1996
Bad Apples in Florida DOC by Kenneth Smith, fired from four separate Florida prisons, exemplifies a problem the Florida DOC has: keeping "bad apples" out of the barrel. Smith was fired from prisons for repeatedly violating prison rules, drunken driving, and a criminal conviction for resisting arrest, yet always managed …
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