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Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
CDCR Pays $12,000 to Settle California Prisoner’s Pro Se Caging Suit by As part of a settlement agreement, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) agreed to pay $12,000 to prisoner Bobby James Williams to settle a lawsuit Williams filed in 2005. Williams claimed that the CDCR had violated …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Settlement in New York City Jail Mental Health Services Case Still Alive by On June 28, 2011, the New York Court of Appeals held that a motion to extend the obligations of New York City officials to provide mental health services to jail prisoners was timely because it was filed …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
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Texas Prisoner on Idaho Presidential Primary Ballot in 2008 by Mark Wilson During the 2008 Democratic primary election, Idaho voters had three choices for president: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and Keith Russell Judd. At the time, Judd was serving time at the Beaumont Federal Correctional Institution in Texas on a …
Audit Recommends Cost-Saving Measures for Minnesota Sex Offender Program by A March 2011 report by Minnesota’s Office of the Legislative Auditor (OLA) found that while civilly committing sex offenders increases public safety, the prohibitive costs associated with administering the Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP) could be reduced by, among other …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Washington DOC Employee Faces Ethics Complaint for Running Non-Profits on State Time Using State Resources by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In 2005, Washington Department of Corrections Secretary Harold Clarke reprimanded DOC employee Belinda D. Stewart for selling Avon products to her co-workers at the Purdy women’s prison after she …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
BOP Settles Prisoner Rape Suit for $625,000 by Brandon Sample The federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has agreed to pay $625,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a prisoner who was raped by a guard at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, New York. In the early hours of …
Videotaped Assault at Idaho CCA Prison Sparks FBI Investigation by Mark Wilson Guards at a private prison in Idaho looked on, but did not intervene, as a prisoner was beaten into a coma. Video footage of the January 2010 incident has sparked an FBI investigation into civil rights violations at …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Texas Towns Saddled with Empty, Expensive Privatized Prisons and Jails by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In July 2011, anyone with at least $5 million to spare was invited to bid on a 373-bed, state-of-the-art, turn-key minimum-security prison on 30 acres of land in the cotton-farming town of Littlefield, Texas. …
Homeless New Mexico Sex Offender Arrested for Moving Out of Dumpster by Charles Mader, a registered sex offender, was homeless when he was released from jail, so he listed a dumpster at an intersection in Albuquerque, New Mexico as his residence. That was fine with authorities. However, after Mader moved …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Massachusetts: Guards Suspended, Accused of Threatening to Kill Escaped Prisoner in Scheme to Generate Overtime by Two Massachusetts Department of Correction (DOC) officers were suspended in May 2011, one with pay, in connection with anonymous, threatening phone calls made to a hospital where a critically wounded prisoner was being held, …
Article • February 15, 2012
California: $5,000 Settlement in Wrongful Imprisonment by California’s County of Sacramento paid $5,000 to settle the wrongful imprisonment claim of Robert B. Weber, who was arrested on February 1, 2004 on suspicion of driving under the influence. At the jail, a computer error indicated “no bond, 30 day immediate confinement.” …
Article • February 15, 2012
California Prisoner Settles Medical Indifference Claim for $8,500 by by Mark Wilson California prison officials have paid a prisoner $8,500 to settle his claims of deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs. On or about January 4, 2001, California state prisoner Kelvin Carver Johnson was confined at CSP-Solano. While eating …
Article • February 15, 2012
PLN Exclusive! Exec with GEO Group Informs Daughter-in-Law He will Report Her to Immigration Authorities by PLN Exclusive! Exec with GEO Group, which Operates ICE Facilities, Informs Daughter-in-Law He will Report Her to Immigration Authorities Thomas M. Wierdsma is the Senior Vice President for Project Development at The GEO Group, …
Article • February 15, 2012
PLRA Limits Attorney Fee Award to $7,500; Prisoner Required to Pay Part of Fees by Brandon Sample On December 17, 2007, U.S. District Court Judge James K. Singleton, Jr. awarded $7,500 in attorney fees following a jury verdict that found New York prison officials had violated the First Amendment in …
California Prison Sexual Harassment Case Settles for $210,000 by Mark Wilson The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has paid a former contract employee $210,000 to settle her claims of sexual harassment, discrimination and retaliation. Lakesha Jones worked as a registry Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) for the CDCR from …
Article • February 15, 2012
$115,000 Settlement in BOP Excessive Use of Restraints Suit by Brandon Sample The federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has agreed to pay $115,000 to resolve an excessive force lawsuit against five BOP employees. While incarcerated at the U.S. Penitentiary (USP) in Lee, Virginia, Michael Montgomery was placed in four-point restraints …
Article • February 15, 2012
U.S. Supreme Court Limits Edwards Rule by Brandon Sample In Edwards v. Arizona, 451 U.S. 477 (1981), the Supreme Court held that statements made to police during an interrogation following a request for counsel are presumed invalid. The so-called Edwards rule was designed to protect the safeguards afforded by Miranda …
Article • February 15, 2012
9th Circuit: Appeals Court Lacks Jurisdiction over Non-Final Order For New Parole Hearing by The Ninth Circuit has held that it lacks jurisdiction to hear an appeal of a district court order instructing California's Board of Parole Hearings (Board) to conduct a new parole hearing, where that order, because it …
Article • February 15, 2012
9th Circuit: Equitable Estoppel Applies Where Fraudulent Concealment by Police Thwarts Filing of Claim within Statute of Limitations Period by The Ninth Circuit has held that the doctrine of equitable estoppel can save a claim brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against an otherwise-applicable statute of limitations bar, where although …
Article • February 15, 2012
$8,000 Settlement in Washington DOC False Imprisonment Suit by An $8,000 settlement was reached in a false imprisonment claim against the State of Washington. Duane A. Cooper had been sentenced to a 60 month sentence for a class C felony on April 4, 1996. On May 14, 2002, Cooper was …
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