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Article • December 15, 2007
Off Duty CA Jail Guard Acted Under Color of State Law by Saying He Was a Cop by On July 30, 2001, Thomas Anderson accidentally rear-ended Charles Warner's vehicle. Warner, a Mendocino County Jail Guard, went to Anderson's car and assaulted him. When a crowd gathered, Warner ordered people to …
Arizona Jail Sex Results in Charges for Guards, Prisoner by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Sexual relationships involving guards and prisoners in Arizona jails have resulted in criminal charges on both sides of the bars. An investigation at the Yuma County Jail snared three guards and four female prisoners. …
Article • December 15, 2007 • from PLN December, 2007
Former Florida Prison Officials Sentenced to Federal Prison by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Former Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) Secretary James Crosby and his protégé, Allen Clark, have been sentenced to federal prison terms for accepting kickbacks from profits generated from prison visiting park canteens. PLN has previously …
Article • December 15, 2007 • from PLN December, 2007
Sudden Rise in New Jersey Prison Guard Firings by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The number of New Jersey state prison system employees terminated for disciplinary reasons rose from 33 in 2005 to 69 in 2006. 52 of the 2006 firings are final; 17 are on appeal. The reasons for …
Article • December 15, 2007 • from PLN December, 2007
FBI Investigates Arkansas Guard Violence by In June 2006, the FBI began a civil rights investigation into a prisoner's beating administered by guards at the Maximum Security Unit in Tucker, Arkansas. The investigation, surprisingly, was requested by prison officials. The officials were investigating an incident that occurred in the prison's …
Article • December 15, 2007
Eye Loss from Guard Assault Nets $162,500 For DC Prisoner by A District of Columbia (DC) prisoner who lost an eye when a guard beat him, was awarded $162,500. Mr. Quander, a 39-year-old black prisoner was beaten with a radio by a Hispanic prison guard. Quander's left eye was damaged …
Article • December 15, 2007
Texas Prison Guard’s Convictions Upheld Again by Texas Prison Guard's Convictions Upheld Again The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (CCA) upheld the conviction and sentence of a Texas prison guard for sexual assault and impersonating a police officer. This was the second time the CCA reviewed this case. In 1997, …
MDC Brooklyn: Sex Scandal and 11 Staff Indicted for Beating Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 12, 2007, eleven guards at the federal Bureau of Prison's Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, New York " including a captain and three lieutenants" were indicted for abusing prisoners. At …
Rikers Island Diapered Mentally Ill in Segregation by Prison officials in New York City have been charged in a lawsuit filed upon behalf of four mentally ill prisoners with depriving those prisoners of their basic human rights and placing them in diapers while in isolated segregation. The prisoners, who were …
Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
Utah DOC Audit: Ingrained Staff Cronyism Stymies Workplace Effectiveness by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg A December 2006 state audit of the Utah Department of Corrections (UDC) found that entrenched upper management personnel lacked vision and innovation, while they selectively allowed punishable staff "indiscretions" to be swept under the …
Jail Bait - Phoenix New Times article about prisoner badly beaten in Sheriff Arpaio's jail by Robert Nelson Jail Bait A prisoner was nearly beaten to death behind bars for a crime he didn't commit. Was he set up by Sheriff Joe's henchmen? By Robert Nelson Published: December 26, 2002 …
Jailhouse Justice: Phoenix New Times article on failure to protect at Sheriff Arpaio's jail by Robert Nelson Jailhouse Justice: New evidence suggests Sheriff Joe's running his empire as if it were a Mexican prison By Robert Nelson Published: January 23, 2003 If new information in an inmate-beating case is any …
Tenth Circuit Upholds BOP Guard’s Abuse Convictions by Tenth Circuit Upholds BOP Guard's Abuse Convictions The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions and sentences of three former prison guards for beating prisoners at the United States Penitentiary in Florence, Colorado, (USP-Florence). As we've previously reported, in 1997, the …
Article • October 15, 2007 • from PLN October, 2007
Massachusetts Guard Accused of Throwing Feces Entitled to Workman’s Compensation by Massachusetts Guard Accused of Throwing Feces Entitled to Workman's Compensation A former Massachusetts prison guard accused of putting feces in a prisoner's cell is entitled to workman's compensation for emotional distress, the state Department of Industrial Accidents Reviewing Board …
Article • October 15, 2007
The Cost of Cruelty - $9 million verdict for prisoner's death at Sheriff Arpaio's Maricopa Co. jail by John Dougherty The Cost of Cruelty A federal jury returned a $9 million verdict against Maricopa County in still another jailhouse death By John Dougherty Published: March 30, 2006 A federal jury …
Little State, Big Problems: Maine’s Prison Crisis Continues Unabated by Lance Tapley Little State, Big Problems: Maine?s Prison Crisis Continues Unabated by Lance Tapley Only big prison systems mistreat prisoners, right? Only prison systems where racism, right-wing tough-on-crime attitudes, or prison-industrial-complex power have full reign, like in California or Texas, …
Sexual Abuse of Women in United States Prisons: A Modern Corollary of Slavery by Brenda Smith Sexual abuse of women in United States prisons: a modern corollary of slavery. Fordham Urban Law Journal January 1, 2006 January 1, 2006 HEADLINE: Sexual abuse of women in United States prisons: a modern …
Gannet New Jersey’s Witch Hunt for Public Employees with Criminal Records by Matthew Clarke Gannet New Jersey's Witch Hunt for Public Employees with Criminal Records by Matthew T. Clarke The media in New Jersey, spearheaded by Gannett New Jersey publications, has embarked on a campaign to root out public employees …
20 Florida Prison Officials Fired or Suspended After Prisoner Beating, Party by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Continuing his quest to clean up the chronically corrupt Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC), Secretary James McDonough fired or suspended at least 20 officials at Hendry Correctional Institution (HCI) for actions related …
Six Florida Federal Prison Guards Convicted, Sentenced On Rape and Corruption Charges by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke Five former prison guards convicted in federal court on criminal charges stemming from a sex-for-contraband scandal at the Federal Correctional Institute (FCI) in Tallahassee, Florida have been sentenced; four received prison …
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