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Violence on the Rise in BOP Facilities by Brandon Sample Killings, assaults and other acts of violence are becoming more widespread in the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), as the prison population increases and staff-to-prisoner ratios decline. Fifteen prisoner-on-prisoner BOP homicides occurred in 2008 compared with 12 in 2007. Serious …
Vodak v. City of Chicago, IL, Motion for Stay of Execution, Police Excessive Force, 2009 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION KEVIN VODAK, et al, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs, …
Article • July 15, 2009 • from PLN July, 2009
Prisoner’s Right to Mail Announcement of Peaceful Demon-stration Trumps Purported Prison Security Claims by Marvin Mentor On October 21, 2008, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California upheld a state prisoner’s First Amendment right to send mail after his letters to several media agencies were blocked by …
Strip-Searched Iowa Bush Protesters Awarded Damages at Trial, Re-Trial by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 4, 2008, a federal jury in Iowa awarded $750,000 to two political protesters who were arrested at the direction of the Secret Service, taken to jail and unlawfully strip-searched. After the court ordered …
Massachusetts Prisoner Awarded $550,307 in Attorney Fees and Costs in Unsanitary Conditions Case by On December 30, 2008, a Massachusetts state court awarded a former prisoner $547,566 in attorney fees and $2,741 in costs and litigation expenses in a civil rights action in which the plaintiffs were awarded only nominal …
Article • July 15, 2009
Prison Officials Entitled to Make Medical Decisions for Delusional Prisoner by California’s Fifth Appellate District has held that a court’s decision to grant prison administrators authorization to consent to medical treatment on a prisoner’s behalf was proper. The decision to grant a prison doctor’s petition under Probate Code section 3201 …
Adams v. CCA, CO, Plf Mot to Strike Def Govt Immunity, Prison Riot, 2009 DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF CROWLEY, STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: Sixteenth Judicial District Court Crowley County Courthouse 110 E. 6th Street, Room 303 Ordway, Colorado 81063 Telephone 719-267-4468 ▲COURT USE ONLY ▲ Plaintiffs: VANCE A. ADAMS …
Cheney and Gonzales Indicted in Connection with Private Prison in Texas by Matthew Clarke Cheney and Gonzales Indicted in Connection with Private Prison in Texas by Matt Clarke On November 17, 2008, a Texas grand jury returned an indictment against then-Vice President Richard B. Cheney and former U.S. Attorney General …
Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009
Florida Jail Supervisor Disciplined for Using Prisoner Labor for Brother’s Political Campaign by A supervisor at Florida’s Broward County Jail has been disciplined for using prisoner labor and county property to assist his brother’s political campaign. Sgt. Alan Rainey was assigned to oversee the county jail farm when his brother, …
Article • May 15, 2009 • from PLN May, 2009
Prisoners Used for 2008 Voter Registration, Election Campaigning by Last year, prisoners participating in a work release program were hired by Choices Group, a contractor, to register voters in Nevada. Residents of the Casa Grande Transitional Housing Facility in Las Vegas were used to canvass neighborhoods and sign up voters …
Article • May 15, 2009 • from PLN May, 2009
Mock Prison Disaster Program Discontinued; Mock Prison Riot Training Remains by Gary Hunter Mock Prison Disaster Program Discontinued; Mock Prison Riot Training Remains by Gary Hunter Practicing for prison riots has been big business in Moundsville, West Virginia for years. The West Virginia State Penitentiary in Moundsville gained notoriety in …
Article • May 15, 2009
Filed under: Organizing, Voting, Mandamus
14th Amendment Does not Limit Disenfranchisement to Only Felonies by California’s First District Court of Appeals has denied a petition that sought a mandate stating disenfranchisement is limited to only felonies at common law. The petition was based on section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution, …
Article • April 15, 2009
Filed under: Protests, Immigration, Media
VICTORY AT PASSAIC COUNTY JAIL by Flavia Alaya What Do We Do Now? Flavia Alaya Sunday night, January 8, the 2000 odd inmates of the County jail in Paterson NJ were in total lockdown. There’d apparently been a screaming melee involving a number of prisoners and guards during the day. …
Article • April 15, 2009
Florida Legislature Proposes Automatic Restoration of Felons’ Civil Rights by David Reutter by David M. Reutter “I believe in personal redemption, that people can learn from their mistakes, and that people who take those lessons to heart and apply them to their lives deserve a second chance," proclaims Florida Governor …
Article • April 15, 2009
$50,000 Settlement for Illegal Strip Search After Arrest at Bush Rally by Iowa’s State Appeal Board has settled a lawsuit claiming retired school teachers Alice McCabe and Christine Nelson were illegally strip searched after being arrested at a 2004 campaign stop by President Bush. The settlement of $50,000 comes in …
Motion To Amend Untimely In Washington DC Civil Case by A U.S. district court in Washington, D.C. held the Plaintiffs in a civil case against U.S. Marshals may not amend the complaint to insert named Marshals in their individual capacities. On September 27, 2002, Paul Bame, Gregory Keltner and Ivan …
Article • April 15, 2009
New York Civil Case Settled in 1977 by Simply Clarifying Rule by A U.S. district court in New York allowed the New York City Police Department (NYCPD) to settle a civil case in 1977 by stipulating and clarifying the NYCPD’s policy on bystanders remaining in the area of an arrest …
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
Illinois Governor Bases Prison Closure Decision on Politics by Derick Limberg Illinois Governor Bases Prison Closure Decision on Politics by Derick Limberg In the late 1990’s and early 2000’s, Illinois spent at least $17 million to transform the 137-year-old Pontiac Correctional Center (PCC) into a specialized facility to house the …
Colorado: When Suing Private Prison under Common Law Tort, Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies Not Required by Colorado: When Suing Private Prison under Common Law Tort, Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies Not Required The Colorado Court of Appeals held that prisoners in a private for-profit prison could sue the prison company, in …
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
Filed under: Organizing, Voting
Felony Disenfranchisement Reforms Restore Voting Rights to 760,000 by Mark Wilson Felony Disenfranchisement Reforms Restore Voting Rights to 760,000 by Mark Wilson Since 1997, 19 states have eased felony disenfranchisement laws and policies, resulting in the restoration of voting rights to at least 760,000 people, according to The Sentencing Project …
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