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Standing Up to Corruption by Stephen James Prison Systems co-workers Joe Reynoso and Dave Lewis both were called heroes by their peers. One was an investigator digging into prison crime, and one was accused of a crime. Guess which one was supported by the guards union. In her letter supporting …
Crimes of the Heart: Incarceration Collusion by Bob Williams by Bob Williams & G.A.Bowers What would a woman do for her man? Run a frontend loader through a jail wall? Drive her lover out of prison in a food service truck? Murder witnesses? Smuggle in guns and drugs? Melt her …
Brief • June 21, 2006
Filed under: Guard Misconduct
Madrid v. Tilton, CA, Special Masters Report on Administrative Discipline, guard misconduct, 2006 2 3 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 5 ) ) ) Plaintiffs ) ) ) v. ) ) ) ) JAMES E. TILTON et aI., ) ) Defendants, -----------) …
Torture in Maine Prison by Lance Tapley Torture in Maine Prison by Lance Tapley The mission of the Maine State Prison is to provide a safe, secure, and humane correctional environment for the incarcerated offender. Five hollering guards wearing helmets, face shields, and full body armor charge into a mentally …
Hawaii Guard Given Probation for Prisoners Death by Gary Hunter Hawaii Guard Given Probation for Prisoners Death by Gary Hunter Brian Freitas, a former guard was sentenced to one year probation for his part in the death of Antonio Revera, a prisoner at Halawa prison in Hawaii. Revera was beaten …
California Guards Lose Appeals On Federal Conspiracy Conviction, Bail; Still Free by Two former California prison guards, who were convicted in federal court of conspiracy to violate the constitutional rights (18 U.S.C. § 241) of Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) prisoners, lost both the appeals of their convictions of denial …
New York Brutality Settlement Affecting Twenty Two Prisoners, Fourteen Units Settles for $2.2 Millio by Gary Hunter New York Brutality Settlement Affecting Twenty Two Prisoners, Fourteen Units Settles for $2.2 Million by Gary Hunter Settlement of a 4-year-old lawsuit, between brutalized prisoners and the guards who attacked them, was achieved …
Downey v. CCA, VT, Settlement, guard prisoner assault, 2006 LYPIN 7 THOMAS 8c MIHALICH, P.C. ATTORNEYS AT LAW BARBARA R. BLACKMAN STEVEN C. COLLIER RIETRO J. LYNN JENNIFER G. MIHALICH MATTHEW A. SIEI3E1HEATHER E. THOMAS JEFFREY S. MARLIN May 12, 2006 Devin McLaughlin, Esq. Langrock Sperry & Wool LLP P.O. …
Georgia Prisons: A Blight On The Peach State by Michael Rigby During the Civil War, General William Tecumseh Shermans devastating march through the South was a blight on Georgia and all who lived there. Today, the safety of many Georgians particularly the 50,000 confined in the states 37 prisons is …
Cell-Block Beatdown: Do Boston Prisoners Have Any Chance of Holding Abusive Prison Guards Responsible? Signs Are Not Promising by David S. Bernstein Cell-Block Beatdown: Do Boston Prisoners Have Any Chance of Holding Abusive Prison Guards Responsible? Signs Are Not Promising by David S. Bernstein Stories about prison guards beating up …
Article • April 15, 2006 • from PLN April, 2006
Severely Beaten L.A. County Jail Prisoner Wins Only $5,000 by A Los Angeles (L.A.) County, California jail prisoner who was severely beaten by three other prisoners on three occasions sued for deliberate indifference in failing to protect him. On August 3, 2005, after a five day trial and seven hours …
Prisoner Suit Alleging Sexual Assault By Colorado Sheriffs Staff Reinstated by Prisoner Suit Alleging Sexual Assault By Colorado Sheriffs Staff Reinstated by John E. Dannenberg Reversing the U.S. District Court (D. Colo.), the Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that a review of the record showed that female prisoners …
Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006
Former Riker's Island Head Goes to Prison by Matthew T. Clarke In March 2005, Anthony Serra, formerly the second-in-command of the New York City corrections department and top official at Rikers Island Jail, pleaded guilty to state and federal charges. He was subsequently sentenced to a year in prison. As …
Article • February 15, 2006 • from PLN February, 2006
Low Pay Drives Tennessee Guards to Smuggle Drugs, Contraband into Prisons by Tennessee lawmakers are complaining that their prison guards are helping to drugs and other contraband into the state's prisons. They specifically are bemoaning that those guards are being allowed to quit or resign without facing criminal prosecution when …
California and Connecticut Reinstate Jobs of Fired Guards by In a process fabled for reinstating 6070% of the jobs of fired prison guards, a unanimous California State Personnel Board (SPB) ordered the positions of six previously dismissed Youth Authority guards restored with full back pay. And in a strikingly similar …
Arkansas Considers Prison Rape Law, Problems Evident by by Michael Rigby Nearly two years after the Prison Rape Elimination Act, (PREA) passed unopposed in the U.S. House and Senate, an attitude of indifference and skepticism surrounding prison sexual assaults still permeates the Arkansas Department of Corrections (ADC). Signed into law …
Article • February 15, 2006 • from PLN February, 2006
If the Shoe Fits: Did Colorado Prison Officials Look the Other Way While a Guard's Fetish Turned Vio by Alan Pendergast If the Shoe Fits: Did Colorado Prison Officials Look the Other Way While a Guard's Fetish Turned Violent? by Alan Prendergast Suppose that you're the warden of a women's …
Incompetence, Brutality and Scandal Infest Tennessee Prisons and Jails by by Michael Rigby Tennessee isn't known for its huge prison system, like Texas or California. Nor is the state's capital city, Nashville, recognized for massively overcrowded jails such as the ones in Los Angeles or New York City. But one …
Michigan's Dirty Little Secret: Sexual Abuse of Female Prisoners Pervasive, Ongoing by by Michael Rigby Despite reports of sexual abuse dating back 20 years ... despite a tumultuous decade of lawsuits that cost millions of taxpayer dollars ... and despite a promise by state officials to implement sweeping reforms, the …
Suspicious Deaths And Beatings Allegations Still Plague Santa Clara County, California Jail by by Marvin Mentor Seven prisoner deaths and numerous reported police beatings between October 2004 and April 2005 at the Santa Clara County (SCC), California jail have local civil rights watchers calling for a grand jury investigation. Similar …
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