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Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
First Circuit Reverses Finding that Sexual Interest in Adolescents Not Disorder Warranting Civil Commitment by Brandon Sample On June 4, 2009, U.S. District Court Judge Joseph L. Tauro ordered the release of a federal prisoner the government had sought to civilly commit as a sexually dangerous person. In ordering the …
ACLU Investigates Prisoners’ Deaths at Puerto Rican Prison by Derek Gilna An investigative report released by the Puerto Rico chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in July 2010, concerning the Guerrero Correctional Institution in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, found that 53 prisoners had died during a six-year period from …
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
Virginia DOC Settles Censorship Suit Over The Final Call by The Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a prisoner at Red Onion State Prison over the rejection of numerous issues of The Final Call, a newspaper of the Nation of Islam. Kelvin Brown …
Eighth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity for Guards Accused of Deliberate Indifference; $5.2 Million Verdict, $450,000 Settlement on Remand by Brandon Sample On August 20, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed a district court’s denial of qualified immunity to six Garland County Adult Detention …
Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Insider Makes Misconduct Allegations; Resignations Result by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 17, 2010, Frank D. Munnell, Deputy Chief and Patrol Bureau Commander at the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO), sent a 63-page memorandum to Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The memo, which was made public …
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News In Brief: by Arkansas: During a search for contraband at the Greene County Jail, three guards and a sheriff’s deputy were locked in a cell by prisoner Jacob Rodden. The October 10, 2010 incident occurred after Rodden ran out of the cell, closed the door behind the guards who …
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
Releasees from Rural Michigan Jail Frighten Neighbors on Long Walk Home by The remoteness of Michigan’s Ottawa County Jail is leaving released prisoners who have no transportation with no choice but to walk home. Consequently, local residents who live on the county roads that the releasees must travel are scared. …
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
Hopes Dashed for Criminal Defendants Facing Deportation in Virginia by Derek Gilna In an interesting development resulting from the case of Padilla v. Kentucky, 130 S.Ct. 1473 (2010) [PLN, Aug. 2010, p.11], a General District Court in Loudoun County, Virginia reopened four cases involving defendants who said they would not …
Uproar Over Background Checks for BP Oil Spill Workers Following Rape Allegation Against Sex Offender by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A brouhaha has erupted in Mississippi after an unregistered sex offender, who was working on the BP oil spill cleanup, was charged with raping a co-worker. The uproar …
Family of California Immigration Prisoner Who Died Due to Untreated Cancer Gets $3.68 Million by Brandon Sample The family of an illegal immigrant who died from untreated penile cancer was awarded $1.73 million in damages against state prison officials by a Los Angeles County Superior Court jury on November 10, …
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
Filed under: Fire Hazards, News
Dozens of Israeli Prison Guards Die in Fire by At least 37 prison guards died in a forest fire in Israel in December 2010. The guards were on their way to help evacuate prisoners – including Palestinian prisoners – at the Damon jail when they were killed. The guards were …
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
Six Florida Jail Staff Arrested in Contraband Smuggling Probe by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An on-going investigation into contraband smuggling at Florida’s Broward County Jail in Fort Lauderdale has resulted in the arrest of five guards and a contract nurse. Following months of witness interviews and a review …
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
Filed under: Organizing, Voting
Fifth Circuit Holds Mississippi Felons May Not Vote in Presidential Elections by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that there was no exception to the disenfranchisement of felons in Mississippi state law that would allow them to vote in presidential elections. Assisted by the American Civil Liberties Union, Jerry …
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
The Incarceration Capital of the U.S. by Jordan Flaherty A Struggle Over the Size of New Orleans’ Jail Could Define the City’s Future by Jordan Flaherty New Orleans’ criminal justice system is at a crossroads. A new mayor and police chief say they want to make major changes, and the …
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
U.S. Admits Infecting Prisoners, Mentally Ill Patients in Guatemala in 1940s by Derek Gilna The United States’ relationship with the Central American nation of Guatemala probably hit a new low in October 2010 with the revelation that as part of U.S. medical studies conducted over sixty years ago in Guatemala, …
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
Los Angeles County Approves $444,000 in Settlements for Sexual Assaults by County Employees by On September 29, 2010, the Office of the County Counsel (OCC) for Los Angeles County, California recommended a $199,000 settlement of a claim alleging that a Los Angeles County Probation Department employee had sexually assaulted a …
Article • May 15, 2011
Requests to BOP by Sentencing Judge not Reviewable on Appeal by Federal criminal defendants may not appeal requests made by district judges to the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit decided October 26, 2009. Jerry Hebert pled guilty to bank robbery. At his …
THE ANATOMY OF A POST-TASERING DEATH by Lynn Wilson By Lynne Wilson The Government of British Columbia’s independent inquiry into the circumstances surrounding Robert Dziekansi’s death on October 14, 2007 is the most comprehensive and illuminating investigation conducted to date into the dangerousness of Tasers or “conducted energy devices or …
Article • May 15, 2011
Florida Supreme Court Clarifies Harmless Error Test by Florida’s Supreme Court has held that when applying the harmless error analysis, it is not an “overwhelming evidence test.” The focus of the test is “the effect of the error on the trier of fact. The question is whether there is a …
Article • May 15, 2011
Sacramento County Agrees to Pay $9,500 to Settle False Arrest/Imprisonment Suit by In 2005, the County of Sacramento agreed to pay $9,500 to settle a false arrest/imprisonment suit. Daniel Genzoli was arrested after his fingerprints allegedly matched up with prints taken from a business that was burglarized. It turned out …
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