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New York’s Prison System Infested With Drugs by David Reutter New York's Prison System Infested With Drugs by David M. Reutter The most glaring result of America's war on drugs has been the explosion of the nation?s prison population. Over 75 percent of all prisoners are either doing time for …
$400,000 Wrongful Death Settlement After San Diego Jailers Hog-Tied Prisoner by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The County of San Diego, California agreed in September 2006 to pay $400,000 to settle an excessive-force wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the family of a prisoner who died on February 2, 2001 in …
Michigan Prisoner Assaulted By Jailers Awarded $2,000 by Michael Rigby On June 9, 2006, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan awarded $2,000 to a prisoner who was beaten by jailers in the Macomb County Jail. While imprisoned at the jail on October 27, 2004, plaintiff William …
Virginia Guard Hazed By Coworkers Awarded $25,001 by Michael Rigby On March 1, 2006, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia awarded $25,001 to a prison guard who was subjected to a humiliating hazing ritual by his coworkers. Guard Terry Givens was promoted to …
California Sheriffs Authority to Fire Rogue Guard is Validated by Marvin Mentor California Sheriff's Authority to Fire Rogue Guard is Validated by Marvin Mentor The California Court of Appeal held that the San Diego County Civil Service Commission abused its discretion when it overturned the Sheriff's firing of a deputy …
Prisoner Dies in Custody of Washington Jailers by Gary Hunter Eight Spokane County Jail guards were placed on paid administrative leave while investigators probed the death of a prisoner under their care, but they werent suspended for long. All were back at work within two weeks. Benites Salmon Sichiro, 39, …
Taser: The "Less Lethal" Weapon with a Fatal Attraction to Prisoners by John Dannenberg Taser: The "Less Lethal" Weapon with a Fatal Attraction to Prisoners by John E. Dannenberg Extensive medical evidence strongly supports the Taser devices will not cause lasting aftereffects or fatality. Taser International literature Tasers, fifty-thousand volt …
Attempted Arrest of Federal Prison Guards in Florida Turns Deadly by Michael Rigby The events of June 21, 2006, were so outrageous they seemed impossible (except, of course, to the regular readers of Prison Legal News). That day, two people were killed and a third was wounded when a prison …
Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006
Delaware Law: Punishing Prisoners for Reporting Sexual Abuse by Guards by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In July 1980, the state of Delaware criminalized all sex in its prisons. Critics cry that the law requires a prisoner to be convicted even when the sex is non-consensual, preventing prisoners from …
California Guard Convicted of Abetting Prison Gang by A twenty-year veteran California state prison guard was convicted on February 14, 2006 in Los Angeles U.S. District Court of federal charges of participating in a corrupt organizations conspiracy, violent crimes in the aid of racketeering, and deprivation of rights under color …
Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006
Texas Prisoner Gets 40 Years For Cellphone; Guards Get Probation by Michael Rigby In April 2006 a Texas prisoner was sentenced to 40 years in prison for possessing a contraband cell phone--8 years more than the 32-year sentence he was already serving for auto theft. The sentence, the longest anyone …
Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006
Iowa Prisoners Settle Sexual Abuse Lawsuits For $160,000 by Iowa taxpayers and former state prison guard Kenneth Parrot will pay a combined total of $160,000 to three women whom Parrot sexually abused, according to the terms of a December, 2005 settlement agreement. One of the victims, Melissa Henderson, says the …
Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006
Audit Reveals California DOC Employees Illegally Received Holiday Pay for Scheduled Days Off by The California State Auditor found that Sierra Conservation Center (SCC) State Prison management permitted exempt health and social services professional employees to accrue holiday credits when a holiday fell on a scheduled day off, notwithstanding that …
For-Profit Transportation Companies: Taking Prisoners, and the Public, for a Ride by Alex Friedmann According to the latest report from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, as of June 2005 approximately 2.2 million people were incarcerated in prisons and jails nationwide not including immigration detention centers and …
CSC Alien Abuse Class Action Settled for $2.5 Million by On August 10, 2005, a federal court in New Jersey approved a settlement in Brown v. Esmor Correctional Services Inc., USDC No. 98-1282 (DNJ). Esmor Correctional Services Inc. (Esmor) later known as Correctional Services Corporation (CSC), agreed to pay the …
Lujan v. CCA, CO, Deposition - Crouse, Negligence Mass Riot, 2006 Lujan v. Corrections Corporation of America Leland Brent Crouse 3 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO I NDE X EXAMINATION OF LELAND BRENT CROUSE August 16. 2006 Case No. 06-CV-00054-REB-CBS VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION OF: August …
U.S. v. Schultz, CO, Order, Guard Misconduct, 2006 Case 1:00-cr-00481-WYD Document 1679 Filed 08/24/06 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 9 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Judge Wiley Y. Daniel Criminal Action No. 00-CR-00481-WYD UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. ROD SCHULTZ, Defendants. ORDER THIS …
Problems Continue In Maryland Prisons and Jails by Michael Rigby A battle is raging in Maryland over how best to improve prison safety. Some advocate hiring more guards and medical personnel. Others want to expand prisoner rehabilitation services. Neither side seems to be considering the possibility that both are needed. …
CCA Florida Jail Operations: An Experiment in Mismanagement by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After being in business for twenty-three years, one would think that Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) would have refined the art of running prisons and jails. Yet an examination of CCA's three jails in Florida …
Youth Dies in Florida Boot Camp; Cause of Death Questioned by David Reutter by David M. Reutter For the fifth time in five years a juvenile has died in a Florida boot camp. A videotape of 14-year-old Martin Lee Anderson being counseled at a Bay County boot camp facility in …
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