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Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015
Filed under: Vision
California Pays $585,000 to Settle Suit by Prisoner Who Lost Eye Due to Poor Medical Care by Michael Brodheim California Pays $585,000 to Settle Suit by Prisoner Who Lost Eye Due to Poor Medical Care by Michael Brodheim California prison officials paid $585,000 to former prisoner Frank Lucero to settle …
Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015
Iowa DOC May Not Switch Administrative Law Judges in Mid-Disciplinary Process by Matthew Clarke Iowa DOC May Not Switch Administrative Law Judges in Mid-Disciplinary Process by Matt Clarke On August 20, 2014, a federal district court held that the Iowa Department of Corrections (DOC) had violated a prisoner’s due process …
Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
$1.56 Million Settlement for Texas Jail Death Due to Drug Withdrawal by Matthew Clarke $1.56 Million Settlement for Texas Jail Death Due to Drug Withdrawal by Matt Clarke One day before a trial was scheduled to begin in a Texas federal district court, Gregg County officials agreed to settle a …
Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015
The Wal-Mart Model: Not Just for Retail, Now It’s for Private Prisons Too! by Carl Takei The Wal-Mart Model: Not Just for Retail, Now It’s for Private Prisons Too! by Carl Takei The nation’s biggest and baddest for-profit prison company suddenly cares about halfway houses – so much so, that they want …
Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015
Fifth Circuit Reinstates Dallas County Jail Excessive Force Suit by Matthew Clarke Fifth Circuit Reinstates Dallas County Jail Excessive Force Suit by Matt Clarke On July 17, 2014, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by the widow of a former Texas prisoner alleging …
Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015
Prisoner Files Lawsuit after Being Pepper Sprayed in Restraint Chair by Derek Gilna Prisoner Files Lawsuit after Being Pepper Sprayed in Restraint Chair by Derek Gilna A Maine state prisoner who was pepper sprayed at close range after being placed in a restraint chair is suing the prison captain who …
Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015
$50,000 Settlement for Prisoner’s Suicide at Iowa County Jail by Gary Hunter $50,000 Settlement for Prisoner’s Suicide at Iowa County Jail by Gary Hunter Black Hawk County and NaphCare, Inc. have agreed to pay equal shares of a $50,000 settlement to the estate of a prisoner who hanged himself at …
Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015
Filed under: Police Misconduct
Maine Sheriff, Mired in Controversy, Defeated in Re-election Bid by Maine Sheriff, Mired in Controversy, Defeated in Re-election Bid The sheriff of Washington County, Maine has lost his bid for re-election following eight tumultuous years that left him beset with one highly-publicized incident after another. The Bangor Daily News reported …
Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015
Georgia Jail Pays $937,500 in Wrongful Death Settlement by Rodney Earl Graham, 30, died while in the custody of Georgia’s Douglas County jail on November 4, 2009. Arrested on a probation violation for possession of marijuana, he became seriously ill after about a week at the lock-up. Graham requested medical …
Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015
Former Prisoner Left Blind by Assault Obtains Reversal of FTCA Claim by David Reutter Former Prisoner Left Blind by Assault Obtains Reversal of FTCA Claim by David Reutter On August 11, 2014, the Seventh Circuit reversed the dismissal of a former prisoner’s Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) complaint alleging negligence …
Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015
Seventh Circuit Orders New Trial due to Shackling of Prisoner Plaintiff by Lonnie Burton Seventh Circuit Orders New Trial due to Shackling of Prisoner Plaintiff by Lonnie Burton On April 4, 2014, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals granted a new trial to a prisoner who had sued jail guards …
Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Filed under: Death Penalty
Pharmacist Associations Take Stand Against Death Penalty by Greg Dober Pharmacist Associations Take Stand Against Death Penalty by Greg Dober On March 2015, two professional associations that represent pharmacists urged their members to stop providing drugs used in executions. The International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists issued a statement to its …
Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015
Filed under: Telephone Rates
New Jersey, Ohio DOCs Significantly Reduce Phone Rates by New Jersey, Ohio DOCs Significantly Reduce Phone Rates According to an April 9, 2015 press release issued by New Jersey Advocates for Immigrant Detainees, LatinoJustice PRLDEF and the New York University School of Law Immigrant Rights Clinic, the New Jersey Department …
Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015
Filed under: Premises Liability
$7,500 Award for Ohio Prisoner in Slip and Fall Accident by David Reutter $7,500 Award for Ohio Prisoner in Slip and Fall Accident by David Reutter An Ohio Court of Claims awarded over $7,500 to a prisoner for injuries suffered from a slip and fall, after finding liability for negligence …
Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015
Exonerated Colorado Prisoner Receives $1.2 Million under New Compensation Law by Joe Watson Exonerated Colorado Prisoner Receives $1.2 Million under New Compensation Law by Joe Watson A man who spent over 17 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit became the first Colorado prisoner to receive damages from …
Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015
Accuracy of Widely-Used Polygraph Machine Under Fire by Derek Gilna In the hands of a skilled operator, such as the late John Reid of John E. Reid and Associates, one of the early pioneers in the lie detection field, the polygraph can be a useful tool. Reid, along with noted …
Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015
Filed under: Statistics/Trends
The Persistence of Mass Incarceration by James Kilgore The Persistence of Mass Incarceration by James Kilgore Over the last four years, “we have turned the corner” has become the dominant narrative on mass incarceration. The basis for this optimism appeared sound. From 2009-2012, total prisoner numbers were down nationally for …
Lifetime GPS Monitoring of Sex Offenders Upheld in South Carolina by Lonnie Burton Lifetime GPS Monitoring of Sex Offenders Upheld in South Carolina by Lonnie Burton South Carolina’s Supreme Court hasrejected a challenge to a state law that requires lifetime GPS monitoring of certain sex offenders who violate the terms …
Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015
Oregon Mental Patient’s Death Nets $1.4 Million by Mark Wilson Oregon Mental Patient’s Death Nets $1.4 Million by Mark Wilson The family of a man who died in his bed, just feet from a nurse’s station at the Oregon State Hospital (OSH), but whose body was not discovered for hours, …
Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015
Filed under: Parole
Oregon Parole Board Orders Must Explain Decisions, but Orders Defined to Include Administrative Review Responses by Mark Wilson Oregon Parole Board Orders Must Explain Decisions, but Orders Defined to Include Administrative Review Responses by Mark Wilson On September 18, 2014, the en banc Oregon Supreme Court held that a 1999 …
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