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Article • May 9, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Filed under: Attorneys, Parole, News
Phony New York Lawyer Defrauds Prisoners, Sent to Prison by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Antonia Barrone of Albany, New York posed as an attorney from September 2012 to April 2017. She went by various male aliases, including Mario Vrendenburg, Antonio Barrone, Mario Stacchini, Mario Helems and Mark Vredenburg, and …
Article • May 9, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Filed under: Disciplinary Appeals
North Dakota: Altered Pencil in Prison Results in Weapon Possession Conviction by The North Dakota Supreme Court affirmed the conviction of Arthur Lee Crissler on a charge of possessing a weapon in a correctional facility. During a September 3, 2016 search of Crissler’s cellblock, a pencil wrapped in paper, thread …
Pro Se Rhode Island Prisoner Wins First Amendment Settlement by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Edward McCable, a Rhode Island prisoner housed in the High Security Center (HSC) at the state’s Adult Correctional Institution, successfully sued the Rhode Island Department of Corrections (RI DOC) for restricting his access to religious …
Article • May 9, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Filed under: Smoking, State Legislation
Oklahoma Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Lift Prison Smoking Ban by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin The Enid News & Eagle reported on February 23, 2018 that Oklahoma State Representative Rick West had introduced a bill to dismantle a six-year ban on cigarette sales and smoking inside state prisons. The measure, …
Major Wage Ratio Gap Between Executives, Employees at Private Prisons by Steve Horn by Steve Horn Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings reviewed by Prison Legal News show a major gap between the pay of private prison employees and the executives of those companies. And, according to a new report …
Article • May 9, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Former Michigan Prisoner Receives Over $817,000 for Wrongful Conviction by A Michigan man who was wrongfully convicted of rape has received $817,351 in compensation from the state. Quentin Carter was 16 when he was charged in September 1991 with raping a 10-year-old girl in Grand Rapids. The girl’s mother waited …
Virginia Federal Court Holds Nation of Gods and Earth is a Religion by A federal district court has ordered the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) to remove the security threat group designation from the Nation of Gods and Earth (NGE), “recognize it as a religion, and afford it the rights …
Article • May 9, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Dying Prisoner’s Complaint Alleged Claim for Failure to Treat Hepatitis C by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed the dismissal of a prisoner’s civil rights action that accused staff at Autry State Prison of denying him treatment for hepatitis C. Georgia state prisoner Blair Mitchell, who was serving …
Federal Lawsuit Filed Against Oklahoma Sheriffs – All of Them by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A federal lawsuit was filed in November 2017 against every sheriff in the state of Oklahoma, along with judges, court officials and the Oklahoma Sheriffs’ Association, challenging a scheme that turned unpaid court fees …
Article • May 9, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Ohio: $75,000 Settlement Reached after 60-Year-Old Woman Body Slammed by Jail Guard by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A federal lawsuit filed by an elderly woman who suffered injuries after being slammed to the floor by a jail guard has ended in a settlement, and the guard disciplined. Marsha Pate-Strickland …
Article • May 9, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Newspaper Investigation Reveals Significant Problem with Life Sentences in Arizona by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis An investigation by the Arizona Republic has exposed a serious problem with life sentences imposed by state courts throughout Arizona since 1994. In the 22 years between January 1994 and January 2016, 248 out …
California: Governor Signs Bill to Block Expansion of For-profit Detention Centers by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law in October 2017 that blocks the expansion of for-profit immigration detention facilities, demonstrating the state’s opposition to President Trump’s efforts to crack down on …
Article • May 9, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Washington Prisoner’s Negligence Suit Settles for $75,000 by Washington State’s Spokane County Jail reached a $75,000 settlement in a lawsuit that alleged guards failed to protect a prisoner from being assaulted by another prisoner. Justin T. Betts, 35, has a long history of mental illness and has been jailed more …
Article • May 9, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Justice Department Failing to Assess Prison Population Reduction, Clemency and Reentry Programs by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In a statement made to members of Congress on December 13, 2017, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported on the failure of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to properly implement recommendations …
Article • May 9, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Alabama: State Agencies Have Absolute Immunity in a Court of Law or Equity by The Supreme Court of Alabama held that state agencies can never be made a defendant in any court of law or equity. The ruling resulted after the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) filed a petition for …
Article • May 9, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Confusion Over Insanity Defense Leads One Jury to Issue Two Verdicts in Triple Murder by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A jury’s decision that a defendant on trial for murder was mentally ill but should go to prison led a judge to initially withhold judgment in the case. Dan Popp, …
$437,500 Settlement for Brutal Beating at Missouri Jail by A pretrial detainee who was brutally beaten without cause by guards at Missouri’s Jackson County Detention Center (JCDC) accepted $437,500 to settle his civil rights suit. James J. Ramirez was being held in the medical wing at JCDC after his arrest …
Article • May 9, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Filed under: Qualified Immunity
The “Qualified Immunity” Doctrine Needs to be Reexamined by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna According to criminal justice expert and University of Chicago professor William Baude, “The doctrine of qualified immunity prevents government agents from being held personally liable for constitutional violations unless the violation was of ‘clearly established law.’” …
FTCA Claims Survive; PREA Policy Defeats Discretionary Function Exception by Jeremy Pinson by Jeremy Pinson While confined at the U.S. Penitentiary in Pollock, Louisiana, federal prisoner Rashod L. James filed suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671-2680, against the United States and several prison employees – …
Article • May 9, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
$15,000 Award for New York Prisoner in Medical Negligence Case by A New York Court of Claims awarded $15,000 to a prisoner after a nurse failed to timely diagnose and treat his heart attack. While running to first base during a softball game on May 25, 2011, Shawangunk Correctional Facility …
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