Arizona Prison Guard Awarded $750,000 for False Sexual Misconduct Allegations by On March 26, 2007, an Arizona jury awarded $750,000 to an Arizona prison guard who claimed a state investigator knowingly withheld evidence exonerating him of alleged malfeasance and sexual misconduct. A female state prisoner accused the plaintiff, a 31-year-old …
Math-challenged Sheriff Joe Arpaio can't account for the $41 million he's cost taxpayers by From the beak of The Bird to the ear of Stephen Lemons Published: January 10, 2008 Nothing makes this mallard madder than Tyra Banks after someone's said her booty's too big than having the truth-twisters over …
Colorado Farms Out Prisoners to Replace Immigrant Farm Workers by Colorado is renting its prisoners to local farmers to replace migrant agricultural workers - mostly Mexican and Central American - who have been scared away by the state's restrictive immigration laws. In 2006, the Colorado legislature passed what it trumpeted …
BOP Must Grant Juveniles Time Served Credits by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) erred in refusing to credit a juvenile offender with 35 months he spent in presentence custody. On June 17, 2001, Jonah R., a juvenile, was arrested after shooting …
Taser Shareholders Accept $20 Million in Security Fraud Action Pending Court Approval by On August 9, 2006, Taser International, Inc. (Taser) proposed $20 million in company stock, cash and insurance proceeds to settle shareholder class action and derivative suits pending in the U.S. District Court for Arizona and derivative suits …
Arizona Law Requires Ineligible Prisoners to Fund Transition Programs by The Arizona Legislature has enacted a law that requires prisoners to pay five percent of their earnings to fund re-entry transition programs. The pay deduction applies to prisoners who are ineligible to participate in such programs because of their crimes. …
Arizona Jail Sex Results in Charges for Guards, Prisoner by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Sexual relationships involving guards and prisoners in Arizona jails have resulted in criminal charges on both sides of the bars. An investigation at the Yuma County Jail snared three guards and four female prisoners. …
Arizona Applies PLRA to State Court § 1983 Suits by by Bob Williams Relying on the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) language providing no action shall be brought without exhaustion of remedies, and upon Congress' desire that federal rights laws be applied uniformly within each state, the Arizona court of …
AZ Prisoner's Denial of Transfer to Release Center by Changing His Sex-Offense Treatment Rating Satisfies Due Process by Tony Luca, an Arizona prisoner, was denied transfer to a correctional release center after prison guards changed his sex-offender treatment rating to one not eligible for transfer to a release center. He …
Arizona and Indiana Prisoner Uprising at GEO-Run Prison in Indiana by by Matt Clarke On April 24, 2007, about 500 Arizona and Illinois prisoners at a privately-run facility owned by the Indiana Department of Corrections (IDOC) participated in an uprising. The prison is operated by the Boca Raton, Florida-based GEO …
Outlaw Joe - Phoenix New Times article on political schemes involving Sheriff Joe Arpaio by John Dougherty Outlaw Joe One of Arpaio's own deputies testifies about how the MCSO smeared Dan Saban. By John Dougherty Published: July 22, 2004 From here on out, 72-year-old Joe Arpaio isn't the Maricopa County …
Jail Bait - Phoenix New Times article about prisoner badly beaten in Sheriff Arpaio's jail by Robert Nelson Jail Bait A prisoner was nearly beaten to death behind bars for a crime he didn't commit. Was he set up by Sheriff Joe's henchmen? By Robert Nelson Published: December 26, 2002 …
Sheriff Joe's Real Estate Game - Phoenix New Times article about Sheriff Arpaio's questionable real estate holdings by John Dougherty Sheriff Joe's Real Estate Game Arpaio's invested $690,000 in cash in two commercial properties since 1995. Some other investment records are sealed. By John Dougherty Published: July 1, 2004 How's …
False Positive - Phoenix New Times article on retaliation at Sheriff Arpaio's jail by Robert Nelson False Positive Is Joe Arpaio up to his same old dirty tricks? This time, a man's life may be at stake. By Robert Nelson Published: February 19, 2004 Jim Cozzolino wasn't afraid of serving …
Jailhouse Justice: Phoenix New Times article on failure to protect at Sheriff Arpaio's jail by Robert Nelson Jailhouse Justice: New evidence suggests Sheriff Joe's running his empire as if it were a Mexican prison By Robert Nelson Published: January 23, 2003 If new information in an inmate-beating case is any …
Breathtaking Abuse of the Constitution - Sheriff Arpaio's assault on the First Amendment by Michael Lacey Breathtaking Abuse of the Constitution Joe Arpaio, Andy Thomas and Dennis Wilenchik hit New Times with grand jury subpoenas By Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin Published: October 18, 2007 This newspaper and its editorial …
Below the Belt - Phoenix New Times article on Sheriff Arpaio's smear campaign against political opponent by Paul Rubin By Paul Rubin, Phoenix New Times It came as little surprise to most people in the know that Buckeye Police Chief Dan Saban lost his recent defamation trial against Sheriff Joe Arpaio …
Boob's Tube - Phoenix New Times article about Sheriff Arpaio's attack on political opponent by Paul Rubin Boob's Tube Here's how publicity hound Joe Arpaio used a TV station to try to destroy rival Dan Saban with a bogus rape claim By Paul Rubin Published: January 25, 2007 On the …
The Cost of Cruelty - $9 million verdict for prisoner's death at Sheriff Arpaio's Maricopa Co. jail by John Dougherty The Cost of Cruelty A federal jury returned a $9 million verdict against Maricopa County in still another jailhouse death By John Dougherty Published: March 30, 2006 A federal jury …
Histrionics Lesson - Phoenix New Times article on Public Records suit against Sheriff Arpaio by John Dougherty Histrionics Lesson Again, a judge bends over and allows Sheriff Joe Arpaio to sneer at Arizona's public records law By John Dougherty Published: August 11, 2005 Superior Court Judge Michael D. Jones should …
