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Article • September 15, 2007 • from PLN September, 2007
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 …
Management & Training Corp. Struggles to Maintain Market Share by Gary Hunter For-profit private prison operator Management & Training Corporation (MTC) has recently lost lucrative contracts to run prisons in the United States and Canada. While the private prison industry is dominated by industry giants Corrections Corporation of America, Geo …
Adams v. CCA, CO, Appeal Brief, prison riot, 2007 Certification of Word Count: 9,474 COURT OF APPEALS, STATE OF COLORADO rd 2 East 14 th Avenue, 3 Floor Denver, CO 80203 Appeal from order entered by Judge Michael Schiferl, Crowley County District COUlt, 2005CV60 Plaintiffs-Appellants: Vance A. Adams,et. a1. Defendants-Appellees: …
Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007
Maryland Restores Voting Rights to 50,000 Felons by Annapolis, MD - Governor Martin O?Malley on April 24, 2007, signed legislation re-enfranchising more than 50,000 Maryland residents who have completed their felony sentences of prison, parole, and probation. O?Malley?s support of the ?Voting Registration Protection Act? ends the state?s draconian lifetime …
Diabetic ND Prisoner's Forced Medical Treatment Upheld by North Dakota State Penitentiary prisoner August T. Vogel, who is serving a 90-year sentence for first degree murder, refused medical monitoring and treatment for his diabetes after he was removed from work release, lost his job and was denied a parole board …
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Organizing, Hunger Strikes
Hunger Striking GA Prisoner Has Right to Privacy to Refuse Forced Feeding. by Anthony Prevatte, a prisoner at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center in Butts, Georgia, began a hunger strike on October 29, 1981 and on November 21 refused to allows doctors to examine him. Prevatte's hunger strike was …
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Organizing, Hunger Strikes
Hunger Striking NY Prisoner May Be Force Fed to Prevent Suicide by Attica Correctional Facility prisoner Mark David Chapman, who is serving 20 years to life for murdering John Lennon, appealed an order allowing prison officials to take all steps necessary to force-feed Chapman in order to sustain his life. …
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Organizing, Voting
Equal Protection Clause Not Violated By Disenfranchisement of Ex-Felons by The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the disenfranchisement of ex- felons did not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution. Three ex-prisoners, who had completed their sentences and were off parole, brought a class action suit on behalf …
Prison Disciplinary Board Members Not Entitled to Absolute Immunity by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that prison disciplinary board members were entitled only to qualified immunity, not absolute immunity, in a civil rights suit; that the amount of compensatory damage award did not warrant interference …
Unidentified Prisoner Informant's Testimony Not Substantial Evidence by The New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, ordered a prisoner's disciplinary record expunged because the hearing officer's finding of guilt was not supported by substantial evidence. Kenneth Gaston, a New York state prisoner, was charged with organizing a food strike …
Article • May 15, 2007
Florida Felon Disenfranchisement Found Constitutional by The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida has ruled that a 135-year old state law that bans ex-felons from voting is not unconstitutional. Thomas Johnson, a former prisoner from New York now residing in Florida, filed a class action lawsuit …
Norris-LaGuardia Act Trumps State Common Law by The United States Supreme Court held that only when the level of proof in §6 of the Norris-LaGuardia Act is reached can damages for interference be awarded. Paul Gibs filed a federal action against a labor union, The United Mine Workers of America …
Article • May 15, 2007
First Circuit Holds Higher Standard for Prison Riot Claims by The U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals, affirming the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, upheld dismissal of a former prisoner's complaint against Puerto Rican prison officials arising from an injury the prisoner received when guards tried …
Oregon Protesters Awarded $845,000 in Excessive Force Actions by The City of Portland, Oregon has paid $300,000 in damages and $545,000 in attorney's fees to twelve protesters who brought excessive force actions against the Portland Police Bureau. On August 22, 2002, President Bush visited Portland. As a Republican fundraiser was …
Incentive Awards Disallowed, County Intervention Denied in Prison Riot Settlement by Incentive Awards Disallowed, County Intervention Denied in Prison Riot Settlement The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals disallowed named plaintiffs from receiving so-called "incentive awards" for their roles in the litigation and settlement of a suit against Ohio prison …
$3,500 Paid for Injuries Sustained in WA Prison Riot by Reginald Halsell, a McNeil Island prisoner, filed suit in Washington's Pierce County Superior Court alleging negligent supervision on September 5, 1995, that resulted in riot that caused death to one prisoner and unspecified serious injuries to Halsell. On September 7, …
Article • May 15, 2007
Ban on Public Speaking While Masked Held Unconstitutional by The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted declaratory relief and a permanent injunction on behalf of the American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan against the New York Police Department (NYPD) and the City of New …
Article • May 15, 2007
Criminal Contempt Requires Criminal Procedure Rights by The U.S. Supreme Court held that imposing a criminal contempt fine without benefit of a jury trial is unconstitutional. The International Union and the United Mine Workers of America (petitioners) were enjoined from collectively conducting unlawful strike related activities against the Clinchfield Coal …
Article • May 15, 2007
W.VA Prisoner Forced to Receive Medical Treatment to Prevent Death, But Have Right to Refuse Treatment When Death is Inevitable by W.VA Prisoner Forced to Receive Medical Treatment to Prevent Death, But Have Right to Refuse Treatment When Death is Inevitable The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals held that …
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