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Adams v. CCA, CO, Demand Letter, public records indigents right to review depositions, 2010 lS~H JONES, SKELTON & HOCHULI, ~L. C. 290t NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE DANIEL P. STRUCK SUITE 800 TELEPHONE: 16021263·7323 PHOENIX. ARIZONA 85012 FAX: 1602l20D·7Bl1 PHONE: 1602126'·1700 E·MAIL: DSTRUCK@JSHFIRM.CDM FAX: 16021651·7599 W_Y"W_,~J_;-"fIRM:~!!M. RACHEL LOVE TELEPHONE: 16D21263-1726 FAX: (602l2lJO-7857 …
Article • July 15, 2010 • from PLN July, 2010
Florida’s Civil Rights Restoration Process Insufficiently Funded by David Reutter by David M. Reutter With Florida continuing to face budget shortfalls due to the economic crisis, Governor Charlie Crist is looking for ways to slash government spending. However, his efforts are drawing fire from those who question cutting the budget …
Article • July 15, 2010
Topless Protesters Get $150,000 Settlement by On October 29, 2008, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) agreed to settle a false arrest suit for $150,000. The suit, filed by Sheba Love and Sherry Glaser, members of Breasts Not Bombs, alleged that Love and Glaser were unlawfully arrested for protesting topless in …
New Details Regarding Race Riot at USP Florence by Brandon Sample More details have emerged about the April 2008 race riot that occurred at the United States Penitentiary (USP) in Florence, Colorado, as prisoners who participated in the violent disturbance have pleaded guilty after being criminally charged. The riot started …
Report on Prison Privatization Plagued with Political Connections, Conflicts of Interest, Faulty Data by On May 21, 2010, the Private Corrections Institute, a non-profit citizen watchdog group that opposes prison privatization, issued a statement sharply criticizing a joint report by the Reason Foundation, a California-based libertarian think-tank that promotes the …
Adams v. CCA, CO, Plf 4th Supplemental Disclosures, Disclosures Medical Record, 2010 DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF CROWLEY, STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: Sixteenth Judicial District Court Crowley County Courthouse I IO E. 6th Street, Room 303 Ordway, Colorado 81063 Telephone 719-267-4468 .COURT USE ONLY. Plaintiffs: VANCE A. ADAMS et. al. …
Aging Prisoners, Increasing Costs, and Geriatric Release, VERA, 2010 It’s About Time Aging Prisoners, Increasing Costs, and Geriatric Release CENTER on Sentencing and Corrections APRIL 2010 istockphoto.com/mrrabbit2502 Tina Chiu Executive Summary As harsher policies have led to longer prison sentences, often with a limited possibility of parole, correctional facilities throughout …
Iraq: Unrest at Abu Ghraib as Camp Bucca Closes by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In September 2009 the U.S. military closed Camp Bucca in Iraq, once its largest detention facility, and the prison at Abu Ghraib experienced a two-day uprising. Camp Bucca cost the U.S. $50 million to build …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Food Problems Contribute to Riot at Kentucky Prison by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A major riot at Kentucky’s Northpoint Training Center on August 21, 2009 resulted in 16 injuries and the destruction of several buildings critical to the prison’s operation. The riot was the second serious incident at …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Swine Flu Scare Leads to Unrest at Overcrowded Massachusetts Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 5, 2009, prisoners at the Middlesex County Jail in Cambridge, Massachusetts staged a disturbance after 11 prisoners and 2 guards presented flu-like symptoms and the hospital discharge papers for one prisoner indicated …
Tear Gas: Chemical Cops Tear Gas and Pepper Spray Can be Deadly by Terry J. Allen Tear Gas: Chemical Cops Tear Gas and Pepper Spray Can be Deadly by Terry J. Allen, In These Times, May 29, 2000 The tons of tear gas and pepper spray munitions Seattle police used …
Article • March 15, 2010 • from PLN March, 2010
California Prison Erupts, Hundreds Hurt in Riot, Multiple Causes Cited by On August 8, 2009, just days after a three-judge federal panel ruled that California’s prison system was dangerously overcrowded, a major riot erupted at the California Institution for Men at Chino, a prison about 40 miles east of Los …
Freedom Forum CEO Charles Overby’s Dark History with Corrections Corporation of America by Beau Hodai Charles L. Overby is a man who leads dual lives; a man who has each foot planted firmly in two very different worlds. In one world he is a champion of the free press. In …
Denial of Medical Care Causes Two Riots at GEO Group Texas Prison by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 12, 2008, a riot erupted at the GEO Group-run Reeves County Detention Center (RCDC) in Pecos, Texas, which houses federal immigration detainees. The uprising was triggered by the death of …
Brief • January 25, 2010
Vodak et al v. City of Chicago et al, IL, Plf Objection to Def Bill of Costs, police protest settlements, 2009 Order Form (01/2005) Case 1:03-cv-02463 Document 608-1 Filed 01/25/10 Page 1 of 4 United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois Name of Assigned Judge or Magistrate Judge Virginia …
Lack of Exercise Claim Survives Motion to Dismiss, but not Summary Judgment by U.S. District Judge William Q. Hayes has denied a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismissed filed by California prison officials in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging Eighth Amendment violations. Gregory Norwood, a California prisoner, alleged that …
Article • December 15, 2009
Filed under: Organizing, Voting, Mandamus
Disenfranchisement Permitted By 14th Amendment Not Limited To Felonies At Common Law by The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution permits states to deny felons and prisoners the right to vote, regardless of whether their offenses were felony offenses at common law, the Court of Appeal of California, First Appellate …
Article • December 15, 2009
Washington State Community Custody Term Must Be Served in Community by Division Two of the Washington State Court of Appeals has held that a sex offender who served an excessive sentence is not entitled to credit for the illegal time served toward his community custody term. Cliff Alan Jones pled …
4,000 Kenyan Death Sentences Commuted to Life by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 3, 2009, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki announced that he had commuted the death sentences of all 4,000 prisoners on Kenya’s death row to life in prison. Explaining his rationale for this action, Kibaki said an …
LULAC Returns CCA Donation by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke As the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) prepared for a June 20, 2009 protest in Williamson County, Texas outside the T. Don Hutto Family Residential Facility, a secure immigration detention center run by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), …
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