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Article • May 15, 2007
Idaho Shaving Rule Infraction Against Prisoner with Brain Problem Vacated by The plaintiff, who suffers from a neurological disorder causing jerking and shaking, declined to shave because doing so with a razor blade endangered his safety (he had already cut himself trying to do so), and they wouldn't let him …
New Jersey Auditor: Life Skills Academy Prison Contract Improperly Monitored by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke A report by the New Jersey State Auditor released in July 2005, finds that the $1.5 million Life Skills Academy (LSA) contract was not properly monitored by prison system officials. The problems included …
Article • May 15, 2007 • from PLN May, 2007
Jail Chaplains Scrutinized for Affairs with Female Prisoners by Two county jail chaplains in different states are being accused by female prisoners of seeking sex from them while in custody. When she was held in Indiana?s Morgan County Jail, Susan L. Robbins, 38, was involved in the jail?s GED program. …
Punishment for Prisoner with Medical Reason not to Shave States Claim by The court of appeals for the Fifth circuit held that the district court erred when it dismissed as frivolous a Florida prisoner's suit that he was punished by prison officials for having a beard. Prisoner claimed he had …
Article • May 15, 2007
Arizona Internet Ban Permanently Enjoined by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On May 19, 2003, the U.S. District Court (D. Ariz.) granted summary judgment, permanently enjoining enforcement of Arizona House Bill 2376 (HB 2376), a 2002 state statute that had made it a misdemeanor for Arizona Department of …
Article • May 15, 2007
Washington Good Time Policy Violates Ex Post Facto Clause by Division 1 of the Washington State Court of Appeals (Div. 1) has held that a state Department of Corrections (DOC) policy may not be used to deprive prisoners convicted before it was enacted of earned time for not participating in …
South Dakota Prisoners' Dismissed Access to Courts Claims Partly Reversed by The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has partly reversed the dismissal of South Dakota prisoners' claims that the South Dakota Department of Corrections (SDDC) and officials of the South Dakota State Penitentiary (SDSP) engaged in policies and practices …
Article • May 15, 2007
Compensatory Damages Not Allowed for Value of Violated Rights by The U.S. Supreme Court reversed the Sixth Circuit's affirmation of a district court's award of compensatory damages. A Michigan public school teacher brought suit against a school district under 42 U.S.C. §1983 upon suspension for his teaching methods. A jury …
Article • May 15, 2007
Prisoner's Haircut Raises Constitutional & Discovery Issues by Prisoner's Haircut Raises Constitutional & Discovery Issues The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the District Court's decision to allow defendants' second motion for summary judgment after their first motion was denied. Mark Lee Pollock sought to enjoin prison officials from cutting …
Article • May 15, 2007
New York Prison Beard Ban Unconstitutional, Enforcement Enjoined by The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York held that a New York Department of Corrections rule banning beards longer than one inch was unconstitutional as it applied to an Orthodox Jewish prisoner and enjoined the Department …
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Of Prison Teacher Taken Hostage Settled for $1.3 Million by Wrongful Death Lawsuit Of Prison Teacher Taken Hostage Settled for $1.3 Million Kevin Taylor, husband and Administrator of his deceased wife Beverly's estate, a former teacher at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, settled a State Court civil …
Article • May 15, 2007
Segregation Conditions at Atlanta Federal Penitentiary Not Unconstitutional by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court's order holding the conditions of confinement in the segregation building at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary were not unconstitutional. This action was brought by two prisoners at the Penitentiary and certified as …
Article • May 15, 2007
Time Frame to Re-Apply for California Rehabilitation Certificate Begins on Denial Date by Time Frame to Re-Apply for California Rehabilitation Certificate Begins on Denial Date In a case of first impression, the California Appellate Court held the waiting period to re-apply for a certificate of rehabilitation by ex felons commences …
Yale University Divests CCA Stock Following Student and PLN Protests by According to a May 12, 2006 Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Farallon Capital Management LLC, a hedge fund that handles part of Yale University's $12 billion endowment, has sold all of its shares in Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), …
Article • March 15, 2007 • from PLN March, 2007
Filed under: Prisoner Privileges, Art
Prisoners Sell Art Through Prison Art Gallery by Nancy Hochman Creating art can expand our human experience and help us grow. For prisoners, having contact with the outside world is crucial because many are in a place where educational programs, letters or visits are rare or non-existent. The Prisons Foundation …
California Inspector General Assesses DOC’s Compliance With Past Audit Recommendations by John Dannenberg California Inspector General Assesses DOC's Compliance With Past Audit Recommendations by John E. Dannenberg California's Inspector General (IG), Matthew Cate, who has oversight responsibility over the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), issued an exhaustive 363 …
Article • March 15, 2007 • from PLN March, 2007
New Jersey Phone Rates Out of Control by Gary Hunter Two calls a week from her incarcerated son costs Marjorie Arniotis over $150 per month. Lorraine Green pays around $200 a month to talk to her imprisoned son and was paying more until one of her sons was acquitted in …
Osterback v. McDonough, FL, Def's Findings of Fact, 8th Am segregation, 2007 Case 3:04-cv-00210-HLA-MCR Document 841 Filed 02/27/2007 Page 1 of 71 U.S. DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Jacksonville Division MARK OSTERBACK, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Case no. 3:04-CV-210-J-25MCR JAMES MCDONOUGH , et al., Defendants. ________________________________/ DEFENDANTS’ PROPOSED FINDINGS …
Florida Boot Camps a Bust, Replaced by Less Fatal Programs by Gary Hunter A study of the Pinellas County, Florida boot camp for juveniles, requested by Sheriff Jim Coats, found the program to be a phenomenal failure. The study's results, reported in March 2006, revealed that 90 percent of boot …
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
Ex-Con Denied Admission To AZ Bar by The Arizona Supreme Court has upheld the State Committee on Character and Fitness (Committee) denial of a convicted murderer's application for admission to the State Bar. James Hamm served over 17 years in the Arizona prison system for a first degree murder he …
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