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Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
Texas Psychologist Who Approved Prisoners for Execution Receives Reprimand by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A Texas psychologist who used questionable methods to examine over a dozen Texas death row prisoners prior to their trials, and found them intellectually competent to face the death penalty, has been fined for using …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
California’s Race-Based Prison Lockdowns Targeted in Class-Action Lawsuit by The Prison Law Office (PLO) has teamed up with the San Francisco-based law firm of Bingham McCutchen, LLP to challenge the official policy of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to impose blanket race-based lockdowns in response to potential …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
California: Orange County Settles Suit Over Jail Detainee’s Death for $2.1 Million by Michael Brodheim by Mike Brodheim In April 2011, the family of a detainee who died while being restrained by Orange County jail guards agreed to settle a lawsuit against the county for $2.1 million. The April 1, …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
California: CDCR Releases 2011 Recidivism Report by On November 23, 2011, in the second in a series of annual reports designed to provide new insights to policy-makers and correctional stakeholders with respect to recidivism rates, the Office of Research of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) released its …
Missouri Federal Court Enjoins Denial of Housing Assistance to Sex Offender by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 14, 2011, a federal court in Missouri temporarily enjoined the Housing Authority of St. Louis County (HASLC) from denying housing assistance to a seriously ill man who had been convicted of …
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 • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
Nebraska Judge Dismisses Charges Against Omaha Jailers by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Douglas County, Nebraska District Court Judge Peter Bataillon has dismissed official misconduct charges against jailers who allegedly let a prisoner bleed to death while he begged for his life. Bataillon interpreted Jail Standards Board regulations as putting …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
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News in Brief by Alabama: In October 2011, Limestone County Sheriff Mike Blakely said he would not be rounding up sex offenders at Halloween to ensure they don’t hand out candy to children. He stated he didn’t have the authority and lacked the man-power to conduct such an operation, and …
California Prison System Settles Employee Lawsuit for $775,000; Second Suit Pending by California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) employees Edna Miller and Frances Mackey filed a civil lawsuit in state district court relating to alleged sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace in violation of the Fair Employment and …
Jury Awards $13,000 in Tennessee CCA False Imprisonment Suit by A Tennessee federal court awarded $13,000 to Samuel Key for civil rights violations resulting from his false imprisonment. The case began in 1987, when Key was convicted and sentenced to prison in Georgia. During that time, a phony escape charge …
California Syndicalism Statute Not an Act of Congress; Appeals Court Injunction Reversed by The U.S. Supreme Court determined that California Criminal Syndicalism statute stands short of an Act of Congress. John Harris was indicted in a California state court of violating California’s Criminal Syndicalism statute (see Cal. Penal code § …
Article • March 15, 2012
Tenth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of § 1983 Complaint Which Fails to Specifically Connect Defendants to Alleged Violations by Tenth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of § 1983 Complaint Which Fails to Specifically Connect Defendants to Alleged Violations In an unpublished decision, the Tenth Circuit has affirmed the dismissal without prejudice of a …
New Prison HIV Medication Rules Subject of Massachusetts Suit by Cost reduction is the “real reason” behind a new policy in Massachusetts prisons that prohibits prisoners from receiving their HIV medication through the Keep On Person (KOP) program, according to a federal civil rights lawsuit. Under the policy, HIV-positive prisoners …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
Federal Halfway House Director Embezzles $213,787 by Mark Wilson A former Oregon halfway house director who embezzled more than $213,000 from the federally-funded facility was arrested in Rhode Island after failing to appear, fleeing and attempting suicide. She later pleaded guilty and awaits sentencing. As previously reported in PLN, Laura …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
Empty Jail Beds Bankrupting Minnesota Counties by According to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports, violent and property crime rates have dropped steadily across the nation since at least 1992. Yet some states stubbornly insist on building prisons and jails they cannot afford to operate. Minnesota is just one recent example …
Maine Prison Warden’s Purchase of State Property Voided by Maine’s Attorney General has declared a real estate deal between the state and Maine State Prison Warden Patricia Barnhart and her partner, Sheehan Gallagher, void. The transaction involved three houses and about five acres of land near the prison. Barnhart was …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
$105,000 Settlement for Pennsylvania Jail Prisoner Assaulted by Tobacco Gang by Pennsylvania’s Northampton County agreed to pay $105,000 to a former prisoner on July 25, 2011 to settle a lawsuit alleging guards failed to protect him from other prisoners, some of whom were dealing tobacco with a guard’s help. Aristotle …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
Report Says Reentry Agencies Should Hire Former Prisoners by Joe Watson When released prisoners meet throngs of otherwise upstanding, Ivy League WASPs offering transitional assistance, it’s like getting a tune-up from a mechanic with clean fingernails. It simply doesn’t inspire much confidence in the work being done. Thus, a recent …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
South Carolina Crime Stoppers Snitch Line Scammed by Brandon Sample Most people are familiar with Crime Stoppers, the “snitch line” for individuals with information about crimes. Successful tips can result in benefits to the tipster – which can take the form of cash, leniency with a new case or a …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
Former Oregon Prison Nurse Pleads Guilty to Drug Charges by On May 3, 2011, a registered nurse formerly employed by the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) was arrested on misconduct and drug-related charges, according to the Oregon State Police (OSP). The previous month, a Washington County grand jury returned an …
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