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Organizing for Freedom: Resistance at Angola State Penitentiary, Louisiana’s Last Slave Plantation by Jordan Flaherty Organizing for Freedom: Resistance at Angola State Penitentiary, Louisiana’s Last Slave Plantation by Jordan Flaherty At the heart of Louisiana’s prison system sits the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, a former slave plantation where little …
Second Circuit Recognizes Attorney-Client Privilege in Prisoner’s Journal in Prosecution of Rapist Guard by Second Circuit Recognizes Attorney-Client Privilege in Prisoner’s Journal in Prosecution of Rapist Guard The Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that a female prisoner did not waive attorney-client privilege with respect to certain writings in her …
Prisoner Transferred Under ICC May Sue Under Diversity Jurisdiction by On April 24, 2006, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a prisoner who had been transferred from Florida to Kansas may remain a citizen of Florida and still sue Kansas prison officials in federal court for violations of …
Kenneth H v. State of New York, NY, Decision, Rikers inmate-inmate rape PTSD protective custody homosexual, 2008 01/09/2009 " 11:18 ~~jr-mt~J 10 STATE OF NEW YORK· PAGE DIVIS/Lon 12129258774 01 5)1" RECEIVED JUN 2 3 • COURT OF CLAIMS KENNETH H.\ Clalm,nt, DECISION "vTHE STATE OF NEW YORK, Claim No. …
Smith v. Beck, NC, 2nd Amended Complaint, Sexual Assault & Retaliation by Prison Superintendent, 2008 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA CASE NO. I:08-CV-166-TDS-WWD S. SHANE SMITH, ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. ) THEODIS BECK, individually and in his official capacity as Secretary for …
Sentenced to rape: LGBT inmates face unusually high risk of sexual assault in prison by Meghann Myers Sentenced to rape LGBT inmates face unusually high risk of sexual assault in prison BY MEGHANN MYERS It's been 60 years since the United Nations General Assembly issued the Universal Declaration of Human …
Colorado DOC Pays $60,000 Settlement for Suicide of Former Prisoner Who Was Sexually Abused by Guard by John Dannenberg Colorado DOC Pays $60,000 Settlement for Suicide of Former Prisoner Who Was Sexually Abused by Guard by John E. Dannenberg The Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) settled a lawsuit brought by …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Sexual Abuse and Violence in Texas Prisons Eclipses National Average by Gary Hunter Citing figures issued by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) a preliminary report by the Stop Prisoner Rape (SPR) initiative shows that Texas has five of the nation’s ten worst prisons for reported sexual violence. [SPR has …
Pennsylvania Jail Rebuffs Calls for Independent Review of Abuse Claims by Pennsylvania Jail Rebuffs Calls for Independent Review of Abuse Claims by David M. Reutter Jails and prisons are often located in areas hidden from public view, and as a result often become extremely insular. Those who work within such …
Romance with Jail Guard Lands Sex Offender Back in Prison by Gary Hunter Once described as the most-watched prisoner in Texas, Wesley Wayne Miller has managed to make the news again. Miller, 45, is the state’s first prisoner to be committed under the Sexually Violent Predator Program. He was convicted …
Former Female Prisoners Settle Sexual Abuse Lawsuit in Virginia by State officials at Virginia’s Pocahontas Correctional Unit have reached a settlement agreement with nine former female prisoners who sued after being sexually abused by prison employees. The terms of the settlement, which was approved by the Governor’s office in July …
Neal et al v. Michigan DOC, MI, Jury Verdict, sexually hostile prison guard sexual misconduct, 2008 NEAL, et a/., vs. MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., Case No. 96-6986-CZ JURY VERDICT FORM· VIVIAN AROUSELL 1. Was plaintiff subject to unwelcome sexual conduct or communication? j Yes No If your answer …
Brief • November 5, 2008
S.R. v. United States, FL, Ruling, lesbian prisoner guard sexual abuse, 2007 Case 1:07-cv-20648-CMA Document 254 Entered on FLSD Docket 11/05/2008 Page 1 of 18 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA MIAMI DIVISION CASE NO. 07-20648-CIV-ALTONAGA S.R., Plaintiff, vs. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant. _______________________________/ ORDER By order …
Fondled Hawaiian Transexual Prisoner Awarded $817,500 in Damages and Attorney Fees by Matthew Clarke Fondled Hawaiian Transexual Prisoner Awarded $817,500 in Damages and Attorney Fees by Matt Clarke On March 18, 2008, Hawaiian First Circuit Court Judge Sabrina S. McKenna awarded a pre-operative transgendered prisoner who had been sexually abused …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
Ten Michigan Lawyers Honored For 8-Year Effort To Win $30 Million Damages For 10 Women Prisoners’ Sexual Abuse By Prison Guards by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Ten Michigan attorneys were awarded two different awards by two national attorney professional associations. The attorneys received the National Lawyers Guilds’ coveted …
Women Behind Bars: The Crisis of Women in the U.S. Prison System, by Silja Talvi ;Seal Press, 359 pp. $15.95 by Alexis Paige Women Behind Bars: The Crisis of Women in the U.S. Prison System, by Silja Talvi, Seal Press, 359 pp. $15.95 Reviewed by Alexis Paige Silja J.A. Talvi’s …
Millions Paid in Mississippi Jail Deaths; Ten Guards Sentenced for Abuses; Corruption Continues by Bob Williams “The house always wins,” Warden Don Cabana proclaimed to the Sun Herald, a Mississippi newspaper, in July 2007. However, Harrison County, home of the Harrison County Adult Detention Center (ADC), has agreed to pay …
Spokane Jail Prisoner Murdered in Cell, County Settles Lawsuit for $180,000 by The Spokane County, Washington, Commissioner has agreed to settle a civil rights action prosecuted by the family of a prisoner who was murdered by his cellmates at the Geiger Correction Center (Geiger) in Spokane County for $180,000. In …
Article • August 15, 2008
Grabbing Prisoner’s Buttocks Not Sexual Assault by Several civilian maintenance workers grabbed the plaintiff's buttocks briefly. This conduct did not violate the Eighth Amendment because there is no evidence that the plaintiff suffered anything more than a brief unwanted touch. The plaintiff submits no evidence except his own characterization to …
Article • August 15, 2008
Arizona Prisoner Wins $10,000 for Sexual Battery by Nurse by Leanna Johnson, a Pima County, Arizona prisoner, was subjected to a less than professional pelvic exam by a male nurse at the Pima County, Arizona jail. She sued in state court where the jury awarded her $10,000 in 2001. See: …
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