Washington State Opens Environmentally-Friendly Control Unit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In October 2007, the Monroe Correctional Complex (MCC), Washington State's largest prison, opened the first prison building in Washington State to be certified as "green" by the U.S. Green Building Council. The unit, a new segregation building with …
Manning v. State of Washington, WA, Order granting Def SJ, poor medical care infection, 2008 Case 3:07-cv-05420-FDB Document 44 Filed 04/08/2008 Page 1 of 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 7 8 CHARLES MANNING, an individual, 9 Plaintiff, 10 …
AT&T Settlement Includes Fines, Reimbursement for Overcharging Recipients of Phone Calls From Washington Prisoners by Michael Rigby AT&T Settlement Includes Fines, Reimbursement for Overcharging Recipients of Phone Calls From Washington Prisoners by Michael Rigby Telephone service provider AT&T has agreed to reimburse the families and friends of Washington prisoners who …
Cheaper than Chimpanzees: Expanding the Use of Prisoners in Medical Experiments by Greg Dober by Gregory Dober "It is the duty of the doctor to remain the protector of the life and health of that person on whom clinical research is being carried out." Declaration of Helsinki In June 2006, …
Federal Court Grants Class Certification to Disabled Washington Prisoners by On August 10, 2007, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington granted class certification to a group of disabled prisoners who were not allowed to participate in work release programs due to their disabilities. Plaintiff Rickey Peralez …
Death Sentence: The Feds Throw the Book at King County'sJail as Prisoner Fatalities Skyrocket by Rick Anderson Death Sentence: The Feds Throw the Book at King County's Jail as Prisoner Fatalities Skyrocket by Rick Anderson A few months after two prisoners in the downtown King County Jail in Seattle, Washington …
Washington State: No Restoration of Felon Voting Rights Until Fines and Restitution are Paid by On July 26, 2007, a majority of the Washington State Supreme Court held that pursuant to state law, felons must first pay all court-imposed fines and restitution before their voting rights are restored. A strong …
WA Prisoners Entitled to Minimal Due Process Before Risk Level Demotion by Division 1 of the Washington Court of Appeals has ruled that the State Department of Corrections (DOC) must afford minimal due process to prisoners whose risk assessment levels it intends to demote. In 2000, Dion Xavier Adams, a …
Ninth Circuit Holds Washington DOC Immune From Suit for Denial of Community Custody Early Release by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that the Secretary of the Washington State Department of Corrections (WDOC) was qualifiedly immune from suit by prisoners who claimed …
Washington Strip Search Statute Narrowly Construed; Inapplicable to Arrestees Confined Pending Release by The Washington State Court of Appeals held that state law does not authorize the automatic strip search of arrestees in custody who are pending release on bail or personal recognizance. Abra Plemmons was charged in Pierce County, …
Trial Court Lacks Authority to Deny Washington Earned Credits by The Washington State Supreme Court, sitting en banc, held that the trial court has no authority to restrict the grant of earned early release time credits. Brenda Louise West robbed a motel. "In exchange for a reduction of the charge …
Early Release Credit Not Available to Prisoners with ‘Crimes Against Persons’ Convictions by Early Release Credit Not Available to Prisoners with "Crimes Against Persons" Convictions While incarcerated, former Washington State prisoner Roosevelt Silas claimed a constitutional violation for equal treatment under the law when his application for a newly-enacted 50% …
Washington Pays $665,000 to Prisoner Injured In Racially Motivated Attack by On May 30, 2007, the State of Washington agreed to pay $635,000 to a black prisoner who was injured in an attack by white prisoners. The white prisoners were members of a ?Security Threat Group?. The plaintiff was also …
Prisoner’s Rights Profile: John Midgley by Todd Matthews Prisoner's Rights Profile: John Midgley An interview with Washington social justice attorney John Midgley by Todd Matthews "The most important thing about prison work is it's fundamentally about human rights," says John Midgley, a Seattle attorney who has worked in the fields …
Heck Applies to Suits Over Seized Property by Heck v. Humphrey applies to pending criminal cases as well as to convictions, so a plaintiff's 1983 claim arising from the seizure of property on which a dismissed criminal case was based does not accrue until the dismissal. A claim of sale …
Prison Drinking Water and Wastewater Pollution Threaten Environmental Safety Nationwide by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Aging infrastructure concerns are not limited to America's highways, bridges and dams. Today, crumbling, overcrowded prisons and jails nationwide are bursting at the seams -- literally -- leaking environmentally dangerous effluents not just …
Overcrowded Washington DOC’s Solution: Ship ’Em Out of State by David Reutter Overcrowded Washington DOC's Solution: Ship ?Em Out of State by David M. Reutter Overcrowding is pinching the Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC). To alleviate that problem, the department ordered less than 100 community supervision violators released without a …
Washington’s Criminal Justice System Racially Biased; Voting Rights Act Claim Fails Anyway by Washington's Criminal Justice System Racially Biased; Voting Rights Act Claim Fails Anyway Despite finding that Washington state's criminal justice system is racially biased, a federal district court has held that the state's felon disenfranchisement law does not …
Forced Work in Dangerous Washington Prison Job Conditions States Eighth Amendment Claim by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that known dangerous prison working conditions can give rise to an Eighth Amendment cruel and unusual punishment claim, even where the prisoner ?volunteered? …
Barnes v. Sackman, WA, Response to Motion to Exclude Expert Testimony, Police Practices, 2007 Hon. Thomas S. Zilly 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 MAIKOIYO ALLEY-BARNES, Plaintiff, v. …
