Skip navigation

Search

5823 results
Page 50 of 292. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 ... 288 289 290 291 292 | Next »

Article • October 10, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
No-show Cops and Dysfunctional Courts Keep Cook County Jail Prisoners Waiting Years for a Trial by Spencer Woodman by Spencer Woodman, Chicago Reader June 25, 2012, was a terrible day for Jermaine Robinson. Overall, life was good – the 21-year-old Washington Park resident had been studying music management at Columbia …
Article • October 10, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
IRS Audit Prompts New Mexico County to Convert Bonds Used for ICE Facility by Joe Watson by Joe Watson An Internal Revenue Service audit of tax-free bonds used to develop an immigrant detention facility in New Mexico was closed once the bonds were converted to taxable status. Otero County issued …
Article • October 10, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
Corizon Loses Indiana DOC Medical Contract Amid Lawsuits by David Reutter by David Reutter In 2005, at the urging of then-Governor Mitch Daniels, the Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) awarded a contract to privatize medical care for prisoners. The winning bidder, Prison Health Services, merged in 2011 with Correctional Medical …
Article • October 10, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
Waging War on the Poor: Unpaid Fines Lead to Jail by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Stung by a series of lawsuits filed across the nation challenging the practice of jailing people unable to pay court fees and fines, Texas legislators passed a law that requires judges to offer community …
Article • October 9, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
TV Production Company has Friends in Low Places by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Lucky 8 TV is a production company that produces “Behind Bars: Rookie Year” – a reality show about first-time prison guards – and thus requires access to a prison for filming. What better way to gain …
DOJ Audit Rips Privately-operated Federal Facility; Trump Administration Presses Forward by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In December 2016, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), a watchdog agency within the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), issued an audit of the federal Bureau of Prisons’ contract with private prisoner company …
Florida Lawmaker Visits Prisons, Audits Private Prison Contracts by David Reutter by David Reutter In prison after prison across the state, over a period of two years, Florida state Representative David Richardson found that toilet paper, toothbrushes, toothpaste, pillows, sheets, shirts and soap were often withheld from prisoners, especially those in …
Article • October 9, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
Former Mississippi DOC Commissioner, Co-defendants Sentenced in Massive Bribery Scheme by In January 2017, U.S. District Court Judge Henry T. Wingate sentenced Sam Waggoner, 62, to five years in prison for his role in a bribery scheme involving Mississippi’s former corrections commissioner. The sentence also included two years of supervised …
Brief • October 6, 2017
Davis v. Krueger, IN, Complaint, Medical Negligence, 2017 Case 2:17-cv-00467-JMS-MPB Document 1 Filed 10/06/17 Page 1 of 11 PageID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION LEN DAVIS, ,,\'3.~(l,Li'.\Y_couRr VIY!SlOPi ' .. , U:> 17OCT -5 FM3: 35 ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, vs. JEFFREY …
Woodruff v. County of Sussex, NJ, Settlement, Jail Assault, 2017 GENERAL RELEASE THIS RELEASE (hereafter "Agreement") is made between Robert Woodruff ("Plaintiff'') and the County of Sussex, Michael F. Strada, Homer Wanamaker, and Leslie Port ("Defendants") (referred to collectively as the "Parties"). 1. Payment. Within thirty (30) business days of …
World Medical Association Declaration – WMA Declaration of Malta on Hunger Strikes, 2017 WMA DECLARATION OF MALTA ON HUNGER STRIKERS Adopted by the 43rd World Medical Assembly, St. Julians, Malta, November 1991 and editorially revised by the 44th World Medical Assembly, Marbella, Spain, September 1992 and revised by the 57th …
US Parole Activists Aim to Overhaul a Failing System by Jean Trounstine by Jean Trounstine, originally published September 30, 2017, Truthout.org. The United States has the shameful reputation of being the world's largest jailer, and as the Prison Policy Initiative reported in March, 2017, 2.3 million people are currently locked up in …
J.G. V. Arnott, MO, Judgement, Search of Transgender Woman in Jail, 2017 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI SOUTHERN DIVISION J.G., ) ) ) ) ) Case No.: 16-03347-CV-S-REL ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. JAMES ARNOTT, et al., Defendants. JUDGMENT Pursuant to Federal …
Brief • September 29, 2017
Kulbacki v. Boyd, IN, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2017 GENERAL RELEASE AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT 1. For payment to Marcin Kulbacki (the "undersigned") of Twenty Eight Thousand Dollars ($28,000), the undersigned completely releases, La Porte County and its Commissioners, La Porte County Sheriff John T. Boyd C'Sheriff Boyd"), Andrew L. Luse in …
Brief • September 28, 2017
Balla v. Idaho State Board, ID, Order, 2017 Case 1:81-cv-01165-BLW Document 1202 Filed 09/28/17 Page 1 of 69 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF IDAHO WALTER D. BALLA, et al., Case No. 1:81-cv-01165-BLW Plaintiffs, vs. IDAHO STATE BOARD OF CORRECTIONS, et al., ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING …
E.H. et al. v. Board of Commissioners of the County of Santa Fe et al., NM, Settlement, Sexual Assault, 2017
King v. Boyd, NC, Judgment, Staffer Forced Sex on Inmate, 2014 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA WESTERN DIVISION TIMOTHY ROYAL KING Plaintiff, ) ) ) vs. ) CHARIESSE BOYD, ) Defendant. JUDGMENT 5:13-CT-3290-BO ) Jury Verdict. This action was tried by a jury with the Honorable …
King v. Boyd, NC, Verdict, Staffer Forced Sex Inmate, 2017 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA WESTERN DIVISION No. 5:13-CT-03290-BO TIMOTHY ROYAL KING, Plaintiff, v. CHARIESSE BOYD, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) VERDICT FORM ISSUE ONE 1. Did …
Brief • September 20, 2017
Sledge v. Little, NC, Settlement, Wrongful Conviction, 2017 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHERN DIVISION Case No. 7:15-cv-00180-D JOSEPH SLEDGE, JR., ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ) v. ) PHILLIP LITTLE, in his individual ) capacity, EARL STORMS, in his official ) …
Brief • September 18, 2017
Rodriguez v. Providence Community Corrections, TN, Settlement, Private Probation, 2017 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release is entered into by named plaintiffs Cindy Rodriguez, Steven Gibbs, Paula Pullum, Yolanda Carney, Jacqueline Brinkley, Curtis Johnson, and Fred Robinson (“Named Plaintiffs”), defendant Rutherford County, Tennessee (“Rutherford County”), defendant Providence …
Page 50 of 292. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 ... 288 289 290 291 292 | Next »