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Article • June 11, 2015
Filed under: Religious Diet
U.K. Ministry of Justice Announces Finding Pork DNA in Halal Prison Foods by Matthew Clarke U.K. Ministry of Justice Announces Finding Pork DNA in Halal Prison Foods By Matt Clarke In February 2013, the U.K.’s Department of Justice issued an apology and suspended a prison meat supplier after traces of …
Article • June 11, 2015
Texas, Amidst Budget Crisis, May Not Renew Some Private Prison Contracts by Matthew Clarke Texas, Amidst Budget Crisis, May Not Renew Some Private Prison Contracts By Matt Clarke John Whitmire, D-Houston, the chairman of the state Senate’s Criminal Justice Committee wants to cut the cost of incarcerating Texas prisoners and …
Article • June 11, 2015
$200,000 Verdict in Shackling of Tennessee Prisoner in Labor Overturned by Sixth Circuit by $200,000 Verdict in Shackling of Tennessee Prisoner in Labor Overturned by Sixth Circuit The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed the grant of summary judgment to a woman who was shackled to a hospital bed …
Article • June 11, 2015
Ohio’s Prisons Grow Less Violent Despite More Assaults on Guards by Ohio’s Prisons Grow Less Violent Despite More Assaults on Guards Officials with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) say changes in the state’s prison management system are responsible for an overall decline in assaults against prison guards …
Article • June 11, 2015
$175,000 Settlement in Excessive Force Suit by Los Angeles Deputies by $175,000 Settlement in Excessive Force Suit by Los Angeles Deputies The County of Los Angeles paid $175,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging excessive force by deputies upon a prisoner. Alejandro Alarcon was arrested in the early morning hours on …
Article • June 11, 2015
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Exonerated Ohio Man Dies Four Years after Release from Serving 26 years by Exonerated Ohio Man Dies Four Years after Release from Serving 26 years Just four years after his exoneration in a robbery and murder that he did not commit, Timothy Howard, 53, died of a heart attack. Howard …
Article • June 11, 2015
Filed under: Classification, Escapes
Escapee from Federal Prison Camp is not a “Non-Secure” Facility for Purposes of Sentence Reduction by Escapee from Federal Prison Camp is not a “Non-Secure” Facility for Purposes of Sentence Reduction On July 10, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that a prisoner who escaped …
Article • June 11, 2015
Eighth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Iowa Prisoner's Failure-to-Protect Suit by Eighth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Iowa Prisoner's Failure-to-Protect Suit On August 18, 2014, the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed an Iowa district court order which found for the defendants in a lawsuit brought by a prisoner alleging cruel …
Article • June 11, 2015
Disruptive Oregon Criminal Defendant Properly Denied Self-Representation by Disruptive Oregon Criminal Defendant Properly Denied Self-Representation On August 13, 2014, the Oregon Court of Appeals held that a trial court properly refused to allow a disruptive criminal defendant to represent himself at trial. The court erred, however, in doubling its twelve …
Article • June 11, 2015
Filed under: Exercise
$1,000 Judgment for New Mexico Prisoner Denied Recreation for 120 Days by $1,000 Judgment for New Mexico Prisoner Denied Recreation for 120 Days The United States District Court for the District of New Mexico awarded a state prisoner a $1,000 judgment in a lawsuit that alleged Eighth Amendment violations for …
Article • June 10, 2015
Filed under: Parole, Probation
Ninth Circuit: Early Termination of Federal Supervised Release Does Not Require Showing of Undue Hardship by Ninth Circuit: Early Termination of Federal Supervised Release Does Not Require Showing of Undue Hardship The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has reversed a District Court ruling denying a defendant’s …
Article • June 10, 2015
Delaware Prison Officials Not Entitled to Summary Judgment on Excessive Force Claim by Delaware Prison Officials Not Entitled to Summary Judgment on Excessive Force Claim The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed an order of a district court granting summary judgment for prison official accused of violating a pretrial …
Article • June 10, 2015
Supreme Court Grants Habeas for Defense Counsel's Failure to Investigate Mitigating Circumstance in Murder Case by Supreme Court Grants Habeas for Defense Counsel's Failure to Investigate Mitigating Circumstance in Murder Case On November 30, 2009 U.S. Supreme Court reversed the Florida Supreme Court decision that discounted Counsel's failure to conduct …
Article • June 10, 2015
Convicted Bail Bondsman Assists FBI to Remove District Judges from the Bench by Convicted Bail Bondsman Assists FBI to Remove District Judges from the Bench On August 28, 2006, U.S. District Judge George P. Kazen sentenced former Gretna, Louisiana bail bondsman Louis Marcotte to 38 months in prison and ordered …
Article • June 10, 2015
Contempt Adjudication is Not Conviction of Offense for Purposes of Oregon Criminal Record Law by Contempt Adjudication is Not Conviction of Offense for Purposes of Oregon Criminal Record Law On October 9, 2013, the Oregon Court of Appeals held that contempt of court adjudication is not the conviction of an …
Article • June 10, 2015
Pennsylvania Officer’s Widow Receives $5 Million Settlement for Accidental Shooting Death by Pennsylvania Officer’s Widow Receives $5 Million Settlement for Accidental Shooting Death In November 10, 2009, the City of Easton agreed to pay $5 million to Carin Sollman, the widow of Officer Jesse Sollman. After the 2005 accidental shooting …
Article • June 10, 2015
$20,000 Settlement in CCA’s Failure to Treat Tennessee Prisoner’s Ankle Injury by $20,000 Settlement in CCA’s Failure to Treat Tennessee Prisoner’s Ankle Injury Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $20,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging It failed to provide proper medical care for a prisoner at the Metro-Davidson County Detention …
CCA Pays $6,000 Settlement in Dangerous Conditions Causing Tennessee Prisoner’s Slip and Fall by CCA Pays $6,000 Settlement in Dangerous Conditions Causing Tennessee Prisoner’s Slip and Fall Corrections Corporation of America paid $6,184.71 to settle a claim brought by Metro-Davidson County Detention Facility prisoner James A. Reese, who alleged negligence …
CCA Pays $400,000 in Suicide Death of Tennessee Juvenile by CCA Pays $400,000 in Suicide Death of Tennessee Juvenile Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $400,000 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of a juvenile who committed suicide at the Shelby Training Center in Tennessee. The …
CCA Pays $120,000 in Stabbing Death of Tennessee Prison Counselor by CCA Pays $120,000 in Stabbing Death of Tennessee Prison Counselor Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $120,000 to settle a lawsuit in the stabbing death of one of its employees, Delbert Steed, at Hardeman County Correctional Facility in Tennessee. …
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