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Article • July 15, 2011
Federal Magistrate Judge May Conduct Voir Dire without Defendant’s Personal Consent, Supreme Court Holds by A federal magistrate judge may conduct voir dire in a criminal case upon consent of a defendant’s attorney. No personal consent by a defendant is necessary, the Supreme Court decided May 12, 2008. Homero Gonzalez …
Article • July 15, 2011
$11,000 Settlement Reached in Sacramento County Wrongful Arrest Suit by On January 5, 2005, a settlement was reached in a complaint filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Sacramento County and various County law enforcement officials alleging 4th and 14th Amendment civil rights violations, as well as penal and …
Article • July 15, 2011
TDCJ Blamed for Wrongful Death by On November 8, 2001, Attorney Bobby R. Taylor, with the Law Offices of Bobby R. Taylor in Austin, Texas, filed a civil action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983 and 1988 against a number of Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) officials and …
Article • July 15, 2011
TDCJ Guards Accused of Attacking Handicapped Prisoner by On June 11, 2001, Texas prisoner Santiago Elizalde, Jr., filed a complaint under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the Warden, an Ad. Seg. Major and two prison guards at the Telford Unit where he was housed. His complaint alleged the two guards attacked …
Article • July 15, 2011
TDCJ Guards Accused of Unprovoked Beating by On November 16, 2001, Texas prisoner Nigel Edwards filed a § 1983 civil action against David Campos and Ronnie Martinez, prison guards for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Edwards accused the guards of excessive force in an unprovoked attack upon him while …
Deficient Medical Care Leads to Preventable Death of Seattle, Washington Jail Prisoner by The State of Washington’s Medical Quality Assurance Commission (MQAC) has charged a former King County jail doctor with providing substandard care. According to a statement of charges filed on December 29, 2010, Dr. Anthony Rains engaged in …
Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011
In-Prison Filmmaker Prepares Next Release by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Compact video cameras smuggled into prison have allowed New Jersey prisoner Omar Broadway to become an amateur documentarian of life behind bars. His first video, taken inside a New Jersey state facility in 2004, has been turned into …
U.S. Department of Justice Report Puts Price Tag on Preventing Prison Rape by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 18, 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released a report on the estimated fiscal impact of the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) standards that had been proposed by the …
Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011
Pennsylvania DOC Agrees to Comply with Clean Air Act at Four Prisons by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A settlement agreement to remedy violations of the federal Clean Air Act at four Pennsylvania state prisons was announced on January 4, 2011. The settlement between the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections …
Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011
Georgia: Child Support Contempt Findings Create Debtor’s Prisons by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Great Recession has put millions of Americans out of work, which has caused more people than usual to become delinquent on their child support obligations and other debts. Many courts, especially those in Georgia …
Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011
Former Deputy Sheriff Gets LWOP for Murder of California Prison Guard by Former Sacramento County Sheriff’s Deputy Chu Vue, 45, was sentenced on November 30, 2010 to life in prison without the possibility of parole for his role in the October 2008 murder of 39-year-old California state prison guard Steve …
Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011
$16 Million Federal Jury Award in Texas Jail Beating Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 12, 2011, a federal jury in Beaumont, Texas found in favor of a former Jefferson County prisoner who was beaten by jail employees during the intake process. The jury awarded over $16 …
Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011
Florida Pre-Release Officer’s Federal Convictions Affirmed by In a January 13, 2011 ruling, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the criminal convictions of Florida pre-trial release officer Shynita Townsend for taking bribes to allow a releasee greater freedom. The appellate court’s decision affirmed Townsend’s convictions for knowingly and corruptly …
Baltimore Jail’s Warden, Seven Guards Suspended Pending Excessive Force Investigation by Pending an investigation into an alleged use of excessive force involving a female detainee, the warden and seven guards at the Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center (BCBIC) have been suspended. The detainee, a 26-year-old woman who faced minor …
Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011
Seventh Circuit Finds Appeal is Timely Despite E-Filing Error by On May 3, 2010, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a Wisconsin prisoner’s appeal was timely even though it was filed past the deadline due to an electronic filing error. Scot Vince, a longtime informant for Rock County, …
Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Low Rates in Michigan DOC Phone Contract Demonstrate Actual Cost of Prison Phone Services by Alex Friedmann PLN’s April 2011 cover story detailed the results of our comprehensive multi-year research project on prison phone services, including a state-by-state comparison of prison phone rates, commission (kickback) percentages, and the amounts of …
Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011
Filed under: Visiting, Fathers in Prison
Ninth Circuit: Prison Visitation Privileges May be Temporarily Restricted for Legitimate Penological Reasons by Holding that the temporary suspension of a prisoner’s visiting privileges with his minor children due to an alleged rule infraction did not violate any clearly established constitutional right of which a reasonable prison official would have …
Anti-Private Prison Group Rips Revolving Door for Federal Employees After CCA Hires Former BOP Director by On June 1, 2011, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest for-profit private prison company, announced its most recent acquisition: Former federal Bureau of Prisons director Harley G. Lappin, who was hired by …
Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011
State Audit Finds Maryland Prison Employees Misused Funds in Prisoner Accounts by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke State lawmakers have registered outrage after a state audit, released in October 2010, revealed that employees of the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Corrections (DPSC) at five finance offices in the Baltimore …
Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011
New York Parolee Detained Without Hearing; City Not Entitled to Summary Judgment by Mark Wilson The Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s dismissal of a parolee’s wrongful imprisonment claims, holding that the defendant, New York City, was not entitled to summary judgment. On December 13, 2001, Keith …
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