Arizona Prisoner, Abandoned in Outdoor Cage, Bakes to Death by Gary Hunter On May 19, 2009, Arizona state prisoner Marcia Powell, 48, collapsed after being left in an unshaded outdoor chain-link cage for four hours under a scorching summer sun. She later died. Temperatures at the Arizona State Prison Complex-Perryville …
District Court May Order Martinez Report, Ninth Circuit Holds by A federal district court has the discretion to order the preparation of a Martinez report, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decide. Robert Tuzon, an Arizona prisoner, sued various state prison officials alleging that (1) staff had …
Federal Court Awards $1.47 Million in Attorney Fees and Costs against Sheriff Arpaio by Last May, PLN reported that a U.S. District Court in Arizona had found that jails in Maricopa County, managed by Sheriff Joe Arpaio, continued to violate the civil rights of pretrial detainees. That ruling came in …
Judge Approves Sherriff Arpaio’s Draconian Postcard-Only Mail Policy by On September 24, 2009, U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell entered summary judgment for Sheriff Joe Arpaio on a First Amendment challenge to a mail policy prohibiting prisoners from receiving incoming letters. Due to a purported rise in contraband coming through …
Goins v. Aguilar, AZ, Complaint, Conditions of Confinement, 2009 Gdkffi#§f ½UiW Document 1 Filed 12/22/09 p aae 1 0 f 2 5· Case FILED RECEIVED 2 BY LODGED COPY DEC 2 2 2009. 2 CLERK U S DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF ARIZONA DEPUTY City, Stale, Zip Code in dismissal of …
Arizona Jury Awards $125,000 to Family of Sudanese Killed By DPS Officer by In March 2009, an Arizona jury awarded $125,000 to the family of a former "lost boy" from Sudan who was brought to the United States as a teenage refugee and shot to death by a Department of …
Experts Designated and Defendants Ordered to Give Plaintiffs' Attorneys Access to Jails and Records in Maricopa County Jail Medical Suit by On January 28, 2009, a Phoenix federal judge appointed experts to evaluate medical and mental health care in the Maricopa County, Arizona jails, and assist in developing a remedial …
Arizona Jail’s Medical Failures Due to Inadequate Record Keeping, Understaffing by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Medical care for approximately 10,000 prisoners in the Maricopa County jail system is an abject failure. That may explain why the Arizona county, which is the fourth largest in the nation, has had to …
Sexton v. Richards, AZ, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2009 Doc ume nt 1 Cas e Joel B. Robbins, Esq. (011065) Ann e E. Findling, Esq. (010871) 1 2 p.l.l.c. ROBBINS & CUR TIN , . 6 301 Eas t Bethany Home Road, Suite B-1 00 · Pho enix ,Ari zon …
$500,000 Settlement for Fatal Beating of Phoenix Jail Prisoner by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 3, 2009, the Maricopa County (Arizona) Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 to settle for $500,000 a lawsuit brought by survivors of a man beat to death in the Fourth Avenue Jail of the …
Violence on the Rise in Arizona Prisons by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The level of violence in Arizona prisons is increasing – at least that is the conclusion to be drawn from recent reports. In 2008 alone there were four homicides in the state’s prison system, and with …
Arizona DOC May Be Held Accountable for Not Protecting Prisoners from Asbestos by A federal magistrate judge in Arizona has recommended denying a motion for summary judgment filed by the State of Arizona in a lawsuit brought by a group of current and former prisoners. The suit was filed after …
AZ Sheriff Joe Arpaio Loses Three Public Records Cases by by Matt Clarke The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) and Sheriff Joe Arpaio have lost three public records cases in the Arizona Court of Appeals, including one where they were ordered to pay over $25,000 in attorney fees. The first …
University of Arizona Releases Report on Women Immigration Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In January 2009, the Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SWIRW) and the Bacon Immigration Law and Policy Program of the University of Arizona published a report on women held in Arizona immigration prisons. It …
Santa Cruz County, Arizona Pays $3 Million in Strip Search Suit by Jimmy Franks On November 25, 2008, following two days of negotiation mediated by retired Pima County, Arizona Superior Court Judge, Honorable Lawrence Fleishman, the parties involved in a Class Action complaint regarding unconstitutional strip searches reached a satisfactory …
No Damage Award for Emotional Injury Where Underlying Harm is De Minimis by The U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona has granted in part and denied in part a summary judgment motion filed by the Durango Jail in a civil rights action challenging unsanitary conditions. Aaron Wittkamper sued …
Sexual Abuse by Prison and Jail Staff Proves Persistent, Pandemic by Gary Hunter Sexual assault, rape, indecency, deviance. These terms represent reprehensible behavior in our society. They also represent recurring themes in our nation’s prisons – not only by prisoners, but also by guards and other staff members. PLN’s August …
Conditions in Maricopa County, Arizona Jails Still Unconstitutional by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On October 22, 2008, U.S. District Court Judge Neil V. Wake issued an 83-page order with findings of facts and conclusions of law in a long-running civil rights lawsuit against Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio …
Graves v Arpaio, AZ, Order Motion for Atty Fees, jail conditions ACLU, 2009 Case 2:77-cv-00479-NVW 1 Document 1799 Filed 04/20/2009 Page 1 of 23 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 10 Fred Graves, Isaac Popoca, on …
