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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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Divided Ninth Circuit Holds Prison Officials Entitled to Qualified Immunity for Prolonged Deprivation of Outdoor Exercise by A divided Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that California prison officials were entitled to qualified immunity for denying outdoor exercise to prisoners during extended lockdowns, when the lockdowns were precipitated by assaults …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Colorado Officials Increasingly Rely on Lockdowns to Manage Prison Violence by Michael Brodheim According to statistics released by Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) Director Ari Zavaras in a briefing to state lawmakers in February 2009, state prisons saw an increase in levels of violence among prisoners in fiscal year 2007-08 …
Problems at Washington’s Civil Commitment Center Continue by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 30, 2008, Paepaega Matautia, Jr., 39, a mail room guard at the Special Commitment Center (SCC) for sex offenders on McNeil Island in Washington state, was arrested on federal charges of attempting to possess and …
Hawaii to Remove Prisoners from CCA Facility Over Abuse Charges by Ian Urbina Hawaii prison officials said Tuesday that all of the state’s 168 female inmates at a privately run Kentucky prison will be removed by the end of September because of charges of sexual abuse by guards. Forty inmates …
Aramark Discontinues, Loses Prison Food Service Contracts by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The corporate philosophy of cutting corners to enhance profits is catching up with Aramark Correctional Services, causing the company to lose prison and jail food service contracts and putting other contracts in jeopardy. Aramark has discontinued …
Violence on the Rise in Arizona Prisons by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The level of violence in Arizona prisons is increasing – at least that is the conclusion to be drawn from recent reports. In 2008 alone there were four homicides in the state’s prison system, and with …
Adams v. CCA, CO, Plf Res to Def Res to Mot to Strike injuries, 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: …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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