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Article • May 15, 2012
Human Rights Watch Report Faults ICE for Improper Treatment of Mentally Disabled Aliens by Derek Gilna By Derek Gilna A 2010 study by Human Rights Watch highlights abuses suffered by mentally disabled aliens, both legal and illegal. According to Human Rights Watch, "Every year, several hundred thousand people in the …
Article • May 15, 2012
Federal Court Certifies Class in Lawsuit Challenging Adequacy of Safeguards Provided To Mentally Incompetent Aliens in Immigration Proceedings by In November 2011, the Honorable Dolly M. Gee, U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California, certified a class in a suit alleging a systemic failure on the part of …
Article • May 15, 2012
California Immigrant Shackling Case Certified as Class Action by A California federal court granted class certification in a case challenging a blanket policy and practice of shackling civil immigration detainees who appear in immigration court. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) "have implemented …
Brief • May 7, 2012
Gas Drilling Awareness v. Powers, PA, Amended Complaint, Activists Tagged 'Terrorists' - 2012 Case 1:10-cv-01997-WWC Document 73 Filed 05/07/12 Page 1 of 44 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA GAS DRILLING AWARENESS COALITION : : : Plaintiff, : : vs. : CIVIL ACTION : JAMES F. POWERS, JR., …
Doe v. Neveleff, TX, 2nd Amended Complaint, ICE Detainee Sexual Abuse, 2011 Case 1:11-cv-00907-LY Document 122 Filed 05/05/12 Page 1 of 88 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AUSTIN DIVISION SARAH DOE; KIMBERLY DOE; RAQUEL DOE; ANNA ROE; BETH ROE; CONSTANCE ROE; EMILY ROE; AND GEORGINA …
Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012
Connecticut District Court Finds ICE Agents Not Shielded from Bivens Liability; Suit Settles for $350,000 by Derek Gilna In a lawsuit brought by the Yale Law Clinic on behalf of Hispanics swept up in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid in New Haven in June 2007, the U.S. District …
Rumsfeld, Military Officials Immune from Suit by Foreign Nationals Alleging Torture on Foreign Soil by Michael Brodheim by Mike Brodheim On June 21, 2011, a divided D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment of a district court that dismissed claims for damages and declaratory relief brought by nine foreign …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
Exec with GEO Group, which Operates Immigration Detention Facilities, Intimidates Immigrant In-Law by Thomas M. Wierdsma is the Senior Vice President for Project Development at The GEO Group, Inc., a Boca Raton, Florida-based company that, according to its 2010 annual report, operates “a broad range of correctional and detention facilities …
Haitian Prison Conditions Deteriorate in Aftermath of Massive Earthquake by Holly S. Cooper by Holly Cooper On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the island nation of Haiti. Well-known are the catastrophic numbers of victims left in its wake, leaving hundreds of thousands of people entombed in rubble …
Article • February 15, 2012
PLN Exclusive! Exec with GEO Group Informs Daughter-in-Law He will Report Her to Immigration Authorities by PLN Exclusive! Exec with GEO Group, which Operates ICE Facilities, Informs Daughter-in-Law He will Report Her to Immigration Authorities Thomas M. Wierdsma is the Senior Vice President for Project Development at The GEO Group, …
$180,000 Settlement Reached in a False Imprisonment Suit against Private Security Contractor by A $180,000 settlement was reached in a suit against U.S. Protect, a private security corporation under federal contract to oversee security at the border crossing in San Ysidro, California. On November 3, 2006, Maria Quinones, who is …
Business is Booming for Prison Profiteers by James Kilgore Private corrections company The GEO Group celebrated the holiday season by opening a new 1,500-bed prison in Milledgeville, Georgia on December 12, 2011. The $80 million facility is expected to generate approximately $28 million in annual revenues. Though GEO (formerly Wackenhut …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Oregon Discontinues Failed Prisoner Deportation Program by Oregon’s expedited deportation program, touted as saving $2.1 million by transferring about 200 illegal immigrant prisoners to federal custody for early deportation, came up $1.9 million short, causing state officials to kill the program. According to the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC), 1,289 …
Brief • February 7, 2012
Hernandez v. U.S. Customs & Border Protection Agency, LA, Order re Atty Fees, FOIA Request re Immigration Raid, 2012 Case 2:10-cv-04602-CJB-DEK Document 66 Filed 02/07/12 Page 1 of 47 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA JOAQUIN NAVARRO HERNANDEZ CIVIL ACTION VERSUS NO: 10-4602 UNITED STATES CUSTOMS AND BORDER …
Russian Prison Officials Sentenced for Torture and Rape of Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In March 2011, Lt. Colonel Vyacheslav Tippel, former head of the prison department for the St. Petersburg region in Russia, received a seven-year sentence for ordering the rape and torture of a prisoner. Six …
Article • January 15, 2012 • from PLN January, 2012
Filed under: International, Immigration
Oregon Discontinues Failed Prisoner Deportation Program by Oregon’s expedited deportation program, touted as saving $2.1 million by transferring about 200 illegal immigrant prisoners to federal custody for early deportation, came up $1.9 million short, causing state officials to kill the program. According to the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC), 1,289 …
Article • December 15, 2011 • from PLN December, 2011
Immigrants Have Special Sixth Amendment Rights But Limited Time to Enforce Them by Holly S. Cooper by Holly S. Cooper & Anel Carrasco In negotiating plea bargains for immigrants, many defense lawyers forget to focus on the primary goal for their clients – staying in the United States. While no …
Article • December 15, 2011 • from PLN December, 2011
Prisoners Shot and Killed During Egyptian Revolution; 23,000 Escape by Egyptian officials reported in January 2011 that thousands of prisoners clashed with guards and staged mass escapes during nationwide protests that were part of the revolutionary movement known as Arab Spring. The officials acknowledged that a number of prisoners were …
Federal District Court Slams Bureau of Prisons in FOIA Suit by Brandon Sample U.S. Magistrate Judge Janice M. Stewart has denied summary judgment to the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) in a suit filed under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) seeking copies of contracts between the BOP and private …
Report Highlights Dual Loyalties in Immigration Detention Health Care by A recent report by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) focuses on the “dual loyalties” that medical professionals face when providing health care to detainees in the U.S. immigration system. The March 28, 2011 report highlights the conflicts that arise when …
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