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Article • August 29, 2017 • from PLN September, 2017
Ohio State Criminal Convictions Threatened by Evidence Technician’s Misconduct by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Recent court filings make it clear that G. Michele Yezzo, an evidence technician for 33 years with the Ohio Attorney General’s Office’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI), had a long history of behavioral problems that …
Deaths at North Carolina Jail Due to Lack of Medical, Mental Health Care by The deaths of four pre-trial detainees at the Durham County Jail in North Carolina are under investigation. Over the past 16 years, 10 other prisoners have died at the facility. Officials are remaining mum, referring questions …
Article • August 29, 2017 • from PLN September, 2017
Filed under: Immigration, Juveniles
Federal Judge Claims Three-year-olds Can Understand Immigration Law by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In a deposition taken in a federal lawsuit challenging the lack of legal representation for children in deportation hearings, a longtime immigration judge caused the Justice Department to distance itself from his claim that he had …
Article • August 29, 2017 • from PLN September, 2017
Leader of Fraudulent Scheme Targeting Prisoners Convicted, Sent to Prison by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Qadir Shabazz, aka Deangelo Moore, aka Deangelo Muhammad, a 41-year-old Atlanta man, was convicted in January 2016 of charges related to a fraudulent scheme that sold false hope to prisoners and stole millions from …
Article • August 29, 2017 • from PLN September, 2017
Pretrial Diversion: Pay Not to Stay (in Jail) by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis As government authorities come to grips with the massive and costly incarceration problem in the United States, efforts to find alternatives to expensive prison and jail sentences are underway. Pretrial diversion, an old favorite, is once …
Article • August 29, 2017 • from PLN September, 2017
Brennan Center Asks: “How Many Americans Are Unnecessarily Incarcerated?” by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna After three years of research, the highly-respected, non-partisan Brennan Center for Justice at New York University’s School of Law published an extensive report in December 2016 which concluded that while “mass incarceration has emerged as …
Article • August 29, 2017 • from PLN September, 2017
Surgeon General’s Report: Substance Abuse Continues to Grow in America by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A new report from the federal government documents what many already know: that the problem of substance abuse addiction continues to expand, now affecting an estimated 20.8 million Americans. That’s more than the total …
Article • August 29, 2017 • from PLN September, 2017
Filed under: Habeas Corpus
California Damage Suit Improperly Treated as Habeas Petition by The California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, reversed a lower court’s orders treating a prisoner’s damages action as a habeas corpus petition and then denying relief. California prisoner Ernest L. Cox filed a civil suit in state court against various …
Article • August 29, 2017 • from PLN September, 2017
New York Parole Board Repeatedly Held in Contempt; One Case Reversed on Appeal by In May 2016, the New York Supreme Court in Dutchess County held the State Parole Board (the Board) in contempt for failing to follow a court order governing a parole review. New York state prisoner John …
Article • August 29, 2017 • from PLN September, 2017
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
Los Angeles County Jail Faces Lawsuit Over Censorship of PLN by On July 5, 2017, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), which publishes Prison Legal News, filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Jail alleging civil rights violations. The jail holds the largest number of pre-trial detainees in the …
Article • August 29, 2017 • from PLN September, 2017
Re-entry Program for Federal Prisoners on Supervised Release Has Low Participation by The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania is trying to beef up its Court-Assisted Re-entry Program (CARE), which is available to federal prisoners placed on supervised release after they serve their prison term. The program’s …
Article • August 29, 2017 • from PLN September, 2017
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright The past 40 years have seen a massive rise in the use of solitary confinement throughout the United States as a means of psychological torture to destroy people. As federal courts enjoined official means of physical torture (prisoners were being flogged …
Article • August 29, 2017 • from PLN September, 2017
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alaska: A former prison guard convicted of smuggling drugs into the Goose Creek Correctional Center was sentenced on April 24, 2017 to eight months in federal prison. Adam Jason Spindler, 33, pleaded guilty to one count each of drug conspiracy and possession of controlled substances with …
Neuroth v. Mendocino County, CA, Deposition of Jay Chapman, Wrongful Death, 2017 NEUROTH v. COUNTY OF MENDOCINO A. JAY CHAPMAN, M.D., 8/29/2017 Page 1 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 4 5 JAMES NEUROTH, Individually and as Successor in Interest of Decedent STEVEN KELLOGG NEUROTH, …
State of Illinois v. City of Chicago, IL, Complaint, Police Department Reform, 2017 Case: 1:17-cv-06260 Document #: 1 Filed: 08/29/17 Page 1 of 35 PageID #:1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 17-cv-6260 CITY OF CHICAGO, Defendant. …
Brief • August 29, 2017
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Harlan v. Corizon Health, Inc., et al., NM, Amended Complaint, Medical Malpractice, 2017 FILED IN MY OFFICE DISTRICT COURT CLERK 8/29/2017 11 :46:28 AM STEPHEN T. PACHECO Angelica Gonzalez Centurion 000032 STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT TIMOTHY HARLAN, Plaintiff, vs. Cause No. D-101-CV-2017-02436 …
Brief • August 28, 2017
Strong v. Tessmann, IL, Settlement, Wrongful Conviction, 2017 Resolution 17 - A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND MUTUAL RELEASE OF THE LITIGATION ENTITLED JASON STRONG V. TESSMANN ET AL. CASE NO. 16 CV 4885 WHEREAS, the Village of Barrington Hills (hereinafter the “Village”) is a named …
Coward v. Robinson, VA, Judgment, 5 Percenters Religious Freedom, 2017 Case 1:10-cv-00147-LMB-MSN Document 237 Filed 08/28/17 Page 1 of 1 PageID# 2656 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Alexandria Division Kalvin Donnell Coward, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, …
Brief • August 28, 2017
Gaskill v. County Board of Commissioners, NM, Settlement, Unlawful Arrest, 2017
Estate of Dennis Choquette v. Corrections Corporation of America, CO, Settlement, Wrongful Death Diabetes Neglect, 2017 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT and RELEASE ~ This Settlement Agreement and Release (this "Agreement'1 is entered into this2Z day of ~u~s± 2017, between the Colorado Department of Corrections ("CDOC") and the Estate {;Deis Choquette ("Estate"). The …
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