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Article • November 15, 2013 • from PLN November, 2013
Texas Judges Rarely Disciplined, Seldom Publicly by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In 2009, former Harris County, Texas state district judge Woodrow “Woody” Densen was caught on surveillance video keying a neighbor’s car, causing significant damage. The video received widespread media coverage. He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of …
Article • October 15, 2013 • from PLN October, 2013
Declining Prison Populations Leave Towns with Empty Jails, Debt by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Several Texas towns are bemoaning their bad business decision to enter into the for-profit incarceration industry as the bottom began dropping out of that market 5 or 6 years ago. Over a two-decade boom …
Article • October 15, 2013 • from PLN October, 2013
Filed under: Work, Prison Labor
Texas Prison Burials Surprisingly Well Done by If a Texas state prisoner dies or is executed, relatives or friends can pick up the body. If they don’t, he or she is buried in the largest prison graveyard in the United States – the Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery in Huntsville, Texas. …
Mantano v. Orange County, TX, Complaint, Mental Patient Dehydrates and Dies in Jail Segregation, 2013 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS BEAUMONT DIVISION JOSHUA MONTANO, DANIEL MONTANO, KAYLYNN MONTANO, MARIA MONTANO, BONNIE WALLACE AS NEXT FRIEND OF M.A.C., A MINOR, AND JOSHUA MONTANO AS THE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF …
Filing • September 30, 2013
Filed under: Injunctions
Prison Legal News v. Sheriff Betterton & Upshur County, TX, Order Granting in Part Preliminary Injunction 2013 Case 2:12-cv-00699-JRG Document 59 Filed 09/30/13 Page 1 of 15 PageID #: 810 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS MARSHALL DIVISION PRISON LEGAL NEWS, Plaintiff, v. ANTHONY …
Publication • September 30, 2013
Filed under: Public Defenders
Evaluation of Harris County TX Pub. Defender Justice Center 2013 Improving Indigent Defense: Evaluation of the Harris County Public Defender S ep t emb er 3 0 , 2 0 13 Dr. Tony Fabelo Carl Reynolds Jessica Tyler Prepared by the Council of State Governments Justice Center, with the support …
Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013
Employee Disciplinary Problems Persist at Houston Jails by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Misconduct by employees in the Harris County jail system in Houston, Texas remains persistent and problematic. A Houston Chronicle review of employee disciplinary actions from 2008 through 2010 found there was an average of 67 disciplinary cases …
Brief • August 19, 2013
Steward v. Perry, TX, Interim Settlement, Institutionalization of Individuals with Developmental Disabilities, 2013
Fifth Circuit Says Private Prisons Liable Under Section 1983 by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that private prison-management corporations and their employees may be sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. “Billy Rosborough is a prisoner of the Bradford State Jail, a Texas prison owned and operated by…Management and …
Article • August 15, 2013
Texas Lie Detectors Go Without Effective Regulation by Texas polygraph examiners are not subject to effective regulation, according to a recent report by the Sunset Advisory Commission, which reports to the Texas Legislature. Passing a lie-detector test can be crucial to getting or keeping a job. Key to ensuring the …
Article • August 15, 2013 • from PLN August, 2013
Fifth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of PLN's Censorship Suit Against TDCJ by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In a rare litigation loss for Prison Legal News, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's (TDCJ) censorship of books distributed by …
Article • August 15, 2013 • from PLN August, 2013
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Venue
Trial Held in Texas Prison Courtroom Not Open to the Public by The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has ruled that a plea hearing in a criminal case held in a prison chapel was not open to the public, and thus violated the defendant's Sixth Amendment rights. Conrad Lilly, a …
Article • August 15, 2013 • from PLN August, 2013
Filed under: Media
Blowup at KPFT Radio's "Prison Show" in Texas by Blowup at KPFT Radio's "Prison Show" in Texas David Babb, the host of Houston Pacifica Foundation radio station KPFT's well-known "Prison Show," resigned in protest of the station management's decision to prohibit him from having former radio talk show host Jon …
Brief • August 9, 2013
Appell v. Stewart, TX, Settlement, Jail Suicide, 2013 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND MUTUAL RELEASE WHEREAS, on or about November 8, 2012, Shirley Appell, individually and as heit'at law and the representative of the Estate of Shawn Appell (hereinafter "Plaintiff' or "Appell") brought suit against Donny Stewart and Scottie Scoggins, in their …
Article • July 13, 2013
Thirteen CEC Employees Indicted for Smuggling at Texas Private Prison by Matthew Clarke By Matthew Clarke On January 30, 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it had arrested twelve guards and a cook who were employed by private prison company Community Education Centers (CEC) at the Ector County …
Article • July 13, 2013
Newest Texas Criminal Justice Lobbyist is Powerful Texas Business Group by Matthew Clarke By Matt Clarke The most powerful business group in Texas, the Texas Association of Businesses (TAB) has announced its intention to influence the future course of criminal justice reform in Texas. TAB president Bill Hammond said TAB …
Filing • July 8, 2013
Filed under: Complaints
Prison Legal News v. Sheriff Bob Holder, Comal County, Complaint 2013 Case 5:13-cv-00591 Document 1 Filed 07/08/13 Page 1 of 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS SAN ANTONIO DIVISION PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, § § § PLAINTIFF § v. § …
Brief • June 18, 2013
Appell v. Stewart, TX, SJ Motion, Jail Suicide, 2013 Case 1:12-cv-01027-SS Document 30 Filed 06/18/13 Page 1 of 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AUSTIN DIVISION SHIRLEY APPELL, individually and as heir at law and the representative of the Estate of Shawn Appell, PLAINTIFF v. DONNY STEWART, …
Prison Legal News Files Public Records Suit Against CCA in Texas by In a lawsuit filed in state court on May 1, 2013, Prison Legal News, represented by the Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP), alleges that Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) is concealing information about CCA-run correctional facilities by failing …
Brief • June 10, 2013
Dobbs v. Farrell, TX, Settlement, Roadside Body Cavity Search, 2013 In the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas Dallas Division Angel Dobbs, et al. PlaintitTs. v. David Farrell, el at, Defendants. § § § § § § § Civil Action No. 3:12-cv-05141-L .Jury Compromise and Settlement …
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