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Report Criticizes Conditions in U.S. Immigrant Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington by David Reutter Report Criticizes Conditions in U.S. Immigrant Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington by David M. Reutter Conditions at the federal immigration center in Tacoma, Washington, are substandard and not in compliance with national standards, “much less international …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
U.S. Homeland Security Illegally Drugged Immigrants for Deportation by Gary Hunter Until recently, immigrants destined for deportation due to their illegal residency status in the United States faced the possibility of being drugged before leaving. Since 2003, there have been more than 250 cases where psychotropic drugs were inappropriately administered …
Article • January 15, 2009
Illegal Alien Not Required to Submit Dual Parole Plans in California by California's First District Court of Appeals has held that a prisoner is not required to prepare a parole plan for both California and a country he will be deported to if there is a conclusive presumption that he …
$1.5 Million Settlement Provided to Immigrant Prisoner Who Lost Leg in Colorado Jail by David Reutter $1.5 Million Settlement Provided to Immigrant Prisoner Who Lost Leg in Colorado Jail by David M. Reutter The insurance company for Colorado’s Park County Jail has agreed to settle a former prisoner’s medical neglect …
Article • September 15, 2008
Filed under: Immigration, News
Winning the Fight of Our Lives: Immigrant Rights and Prison-Industrial Complex by By Subhash Kateel Published on: October 01, 2008 If the immigrant rights movement doesn't understand raids, detention, and deportation in the context of the greater prison-industrial complex, and organize accordingly, we will lose the fight of our lives …
Burgeoning Immigration Detainee Population Stresses ICE by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Bush administration’s hard-nosed approach to immigration enforcement has caused an explosion in the immigrant detainee population, which has grown from a daily average of 19,600 in 2005 to 29,700 in 2007. This increase parallels a rise in …
Failure to Treat Immigrant Detainee’s Fatal Penile Cancer Ruled “Beyond Cruel” by John Dannenberg Failure to Treat Immigrant Detainee’s Fatal Penile Cancer Ruled “Beyond Cruel” by John E. Dannenberg A U.S. District Court (C.D. Cal.) has ruled that the repeated failure of U.S. immigration authorities over an eleven-month period to …
Former Immigration Detainee Awarded $100,001 Against CSC/Esmor, Plus $137,808 in Attorney’s Fees and Expenses by A federal jury has awarded a former detainee $100,001 against a private company that operated a New Jersey detention center for the U.S. government. The jury found for the plaintiff on her negligent supervision and …
Article • August 15, 2008
Citizenship Not Required for Damages Award by The court erroneously instructed the jury that the plaintiff had to be an American citizen to recover; the court vacates the jury verdict to avoid the "appearance of prejudice." However, the court directs entry of judgment as a matter of law against the …
Deported Plaintiff Can Be Deposed Telephonically, Dismissal Denied by The plaintiff sued under the Federal Tort Claims Act alleging that INS agents beat him up. He was subsequently deported and forbidden to return to the United States. The government moved to dismiss on the ground that he didn't show up …
Article • August 15, 2008
Exclusion of Prisoners With Immigration Detainees from BOP Drug Treatment Program Upheld by The Bureau of Prisons had authority to promulgate a program statement that denied prisoners with immigration detainers lodged against them the ability to participate in a drug and alcohol treatment program that could result in sentence reduction. …
Federal Prisoner Facing Deportation Has No Right to Rehabilitative Programs by Hector Jimenez, a federal prisoner facing deportation when his prison sentence was completed, filed suit in U.S. district court under 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241 and 2255, claiming that his equal protection rights were violated when prison officials denied him …
Fifth Circuit Upholds Convictions of Three INS Officers by The Fifth Circuit has upheld the convictions and sentences of three Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) deportation officers for excessive use of force and deliberate indifference to the serious medical needs of a prisoner. Richard Gonzales, Louis Gomez and Carlos Reyna …
Article • August 15, 2008
Catalyst Theory Doesn’t Apply to EAJA by Mirta Morillo-Cedron and other immigrants (plaintiffs) applied for U.S. citizenship, but the District Director for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (Director) didn’t act on their applications. The plaintiffs sued to compel action in federal district court. Before the court ruled, the Director …
Article • August 15, 2008
Habeas Release Granted to Immigration Detainee After 3 Year Wait for Removal Proceedings by Morocco citizen Mourad Madrane petitioned pro se for a writ of habeas corpus to end his prolonged detention while awaiting deportation proceedings following his aggravated felony convictions for various access device fraud charges. The writ was …
Peruvian National’s Extradition Ordered for Killing Innocent Children, Civilians by The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) appealed a 2005 U.S. District Court ruling that prevented the extradition of Peruvian national Wilmer Ordinola. The DOJ argued that his heinous crimes against innocent children and civilians did not fall under the political …
Article • August 15, 2008 • from PLN August, 2008
United Kingdom Creates Foreigner Only Prisons by David Reutter In mid-2007, the United Kingdom (UK) designated two detention facilities to be occupied solely by foreign national prisoners. If the plan is successful, the government intends to expand the practice beyond the Bullwood Hall and Canterbury prisons. The move comes as …
PLRA Applies to Immigration Detainee’s Conditions Suit by The plaintiff is an INS detainee. The court says that his failure to exhaust administrative remedies pursuant to the PLRA is sufficient reason to dismiss, contrary to other courts that have held immigration detainees not to be prisoners under the PLRA. The …
Colorado County Sheriff, Jail Nurse Liable For Detainee's Leg Amputation, Illness by Park County (Colorado) Jail detainee and Mexico citizen Moises Reyes brought § 1983 and state law action against the Park County Board of County Commissioners (BCC), Sheriff Fred Wegener, Captain Monte Gore and nurse Vickie Paulsen after losing …
Illinois Jail Detainee's Death Related Medical Documents Ordered Disclosed by Abdelkadir Belbachir brought federal and state action against McHenry County (Illinois) in 2006 after his cousin, Hassiba Belbachir, died in the county jail. He motioned to compel documents declared exempt under the peer review privilege (privilege) of the State Medical …
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