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Article • October 19, 2015
$975,000 for Prison Clinic Error to Prisoner’s Estate by $975,000 for Prison Clinic Error to Prisoner’s Estate The Big Sandy Federal Prison settled for $975,000 in August 2012 with the estate of prisoner Timothy Bell before a magistrate judge. A prison doctor, in July 2008, ordered that a “Priority!!!” biopsy …
Article • October 19, 2015
Filed under: Appeals, Death Row
Oklahoma Death Row Prisoners Lose Appeal by Oklahoma Death Row Prisoners Lose Appeal The Oklahoma Supreme Court, on April 23, 2014, affirmed in part, reversed in part, and dissolved a stay of execution shielding two condemned prisoners from a death by lethal injection sentence. Appellants Clayton Lockett and Charles Warner …
Article • October 19, 2015
Warden’s Overtime Reduction Plan Backfires by David Reutter Warden’s Overtime Reduction Plan Backfires by David Reutter Pennsylvania’s Monroe County Correctional Facility (MCCF) has been financially burdened in recent years by overtime pay to guards. To reduce that drain on resources, MCCF’s warden entered negotiations with the guards’ union with a …
Article • October 19, 2015
Former Montana Jail Guard Exposes Culture of Prisoner Abuse by Joe Watson Former Montana Jail Guard Exposes Culture of Prisoner Abuse by Joe Watson The departure of a career Missoula County, Montana jail guard has exposed multiple allegations of excessive force against prisoners under the direction of one out-of-control supervisor …
Article • October 19, 2015
Pennsylvania Prisoner Loses Hepatitis C Deliberate Indifference Suit by Pennsylvania Prisoner Loses Hepatitis C Deliberate Indifference Suit Before a magistrate for the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on December 9, 2013, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections’ officials and medical staff prevailed on several fronts in separate …
Article • October 19, 2015
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Holds Forcible Medication for Death Row Prisoner Unauthorized by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Holds Forcible Medication for Death Row Prisoner Unauthorized On September 11, 2013, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held that a trial court lacked authority under the competency-to-be-executed statute, Texas Code …
Article • October 19, 2015
Settlement Requires Michigan Jail to Provide Recreation and Equal Treatment by David Reutter Settlement Requires Michigan Jail to Provide Recreation and Equal Treatment by David Reutter The Isabella County Correctional Facility (ICCF) agreed to provide prisoners out-of-cell recreation time as part of the settlement agreement of a civil suit brought …
Article • October 16, 2015
“Pocket Parks” Push Sex Offenders Out of Town by Matthew Clarke “Pocket Parks” Push Sex Offenders Out of Town by Matt Clarke The latest strategy of residents and politicians attempting to drive registered sex offenders (RSOs) out of residential neighborhoods is to create tiny “pocket parks” in residential neighborhoods. One …
Article • October 16, 2015
Study Finds Prison Education Beneficial to Utah Prisoners and Taxpayers by Joe Watson Study Finds Prison Education Beneficial to Utah Prisoners and Taxpayers by Joe Watson When Utah prisoners get an education behind bars that they can use to find work upon their release, good things happen, according to a …
Four Alabama Guards Receive Prison Sentences for Beating Prisoner to Death by David Reutter Four Alabama Guards Receive Prison Sentences for Beating Prisoner to Death by David Reutter An Alabama federal district court sentenced four state prison guards to prison for their actions in the beating death of a prisoner …
Article • October 16, 2015
Nevada Jury Improperly Shown “GUILTY” Stamped Booking Photo by Nevada Jury Improperly Shown “GUILTY” Stamped Booking Photo On November 27, 2013, the Nevada Supreme Court reversed a Las Vegas man’s 2011 convictions and remanded the case for a new trial, holding that a PowerPoint slide showing his face with the …
Article • October 16, 2015
Iran Orders Execution Survivor Hospitalized and Re-Hanged Once Well Enough by Mark Wilson Iran Orders Execution Survivor Hospitalized and Re-Hanged Once Well Enough by Mark Wilson “The horrific prospect of this man facing a second hanging, after having gone through the whole ordeal already once, merely underlines the cruelty and …
Article • October 16, 2015
PETA Backs Buddhist Prisoner’s Fish-Free Campaign in Connecticut by Mark Wilson PETA Backs Buddhist Prisoner’s Fish-Free Campaign in Connecticut by Mark Wilson “Clearly fish is meat,” said Jeff Kerr, an attorney for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). “They have thoughts. They have interests. They have a central …
Article • October 16, 2015
Supreme Court Upholds Virginia FOIA's Exclusion of Non-Virginians by Matthew Clarke Supreme Court Upholds Virginia FOIA's Exclusion of Non-Virginians by Matt Clarke On April 29, 2014, the Supreme Court of the United States held that the provision of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) providing that "all public records …
Article • October 16, 2015
94% Increase in Elderly Prisoners Fuels Medical Care Cost Spike by 52% by Mark Wilson 94% Increase in Elderly Prisoners Fuels Medical Care Cost Spike by 52% by Mark Wilson According to a report by The Pew Charitable Trust, healthcare costs increased by an average of 52 percent in 42 …
Report Says Prison Privatization Expanding Internationally by Joe Watson A recent report from The Sentencing Project, based in Washington, D.C., concludes that the mass-privatization of American prisons has encouraged, not deterred, many countries—including the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Brazil—to hand over the responsibility of its prisoners to for-profit companies. …
Article • October 16, 2015
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Smoking
Florida Smoking Ban Scaled Back as Black-Market for Cigarettes Grows by Florida Smoking Ban Scaled Back as Black-Market for Cigarettes Grows by David Reutter The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) has partially reversed it blanket ban on tobacco products, allowing prisoners at work release centers to possess up to 10 …
Article • October 16, 2015
Federal Court Releases County Commissioner Convicted of Fraud by David Reutter Federal Court Releases County Commissioner Convicted of Fraud by David Reutter Citing “age (87) and deteriorating health,” an Alabama federal district court reduced the prison sentence of a former county commissioner convicted of corruption. The court reduced the sentence …
Article • October 16, 2015
Phoenix Jail Prisoners Victims in Fake Illness Scam by Matthew Clarke Phoenix Jail Prisoners Victims in Fake Illness Scam by Matt Clarke Margarita Zaragoza was in the process of bonding out her former cellmate using her car as collateral when she found out the truth—she had been had. And Zaragoza …
Article • October 16, 2015
New Orleans’ Effort to Vacate Consent Decree Fails by David Reutter New Orleans’ Effort to Vacate Consent Decree Fails by David M. Reutter The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a Louisiana federal district court’s order denying the City of New Orleans’ (City) motion to vacate a consent decree related …
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