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Article • February 8, 2017 • from PLN February, 2017
Hawaii: Prison Subcontractor under Scrutiny by Louis Berger, a New Jersey-based engineering firm, was tapped as a subcontractor for the construction of a prison to replace the dilapidated Oahu Community Correctional Center (OCCC), despite having a checkered history of legal troubles and accusations of fraud and corrupt practices. The improprieties …
Brief • February 8, 2017
Pederson v. County of Plumas, CA, Order on Consent Decree, Conditions at Jail, 2017 Case 2:89-cv-01659-KJN Document 85 Filed 02/08/17 Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 PEDERSON, et al., 12 13 …
Hood v. Global Tel Link, MS, Complaint, Bribery and Conspiracy, 2017 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RANKIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI fE ~ l lE r FEB -8 2017 JIM HOOD, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF MI~SISSIPPI, ex rel. THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, Plaintiff, rnn' t1J' v. CIVIL ACTION NO.: ---'/_r_-_;;z_--"-']_ …
Brief • February 8, 2017
Montoya v. Board of County Commissioners of the County of Rio Arriba, NM, Settlement Agreement, Sexual Assault, 2017 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE_IN FULL FOR THE SOLE AND ONLY CONSIDERATION OF Fifteen Thousand 00/ 100 16,000.00), Rhiannon Montoya (Releasor) forever releases and discharges Rio Arriba County, the Board of County Commissioners …
Brief • February 8, 2017
Sutton v. City of Yonkers, NY, Legal Aid Society Amicus Curiae Brief, Legal Fees, 2017 Criminal Defense Practice 199 Water Street New York, NY 10038 T (212) 577-3530 F (212) 509-8433 www.legal-aid.org February 8, 2017 Blaine (Fin) V. Fogg President Seymour W. James, Jr. Attorney-in-Chief VIA HAND DELIVERY Justine M. …
Texas: “San Antonio Four” Exonerated after Two Decades by In 1997, Elizabeth Ramirez, Kristie Mayhugh, Cassandra Rivera and Anna Vasquez were convicted of sexually assaulting two young girls. The women came to be known as the “San Antonio Four.” With help from the Innocence Project of Texas, all four were …
Five Wrongfully Convicted North Carolina Men Receive Almost $8 Million by David Reutter Five former prisoners who were wrongfully convicted in a home invasion murder have received settlements and compensation totaling nearly $8 million following a botched investigation and misconduct by the sheriff’s office in Buncombe County, North Carolina. Three …
Legacy of Mass Incarceration: Parental Incarceration Impacts One in Fourteen Children by Christopher Zoukis A recent study by the research firm Child Trends revealed a stunning consequence of our nation’s policy and practice of mass incarceration: one out of every fourteen children in the U.S. has a parent who is …
Fourth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of FTCA Failure-to-Protect Suit by Matthew Clarke On December 29, 2015, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a lawsuit alleging federal prison officials had failed to properly search prisoners who were placed in a recreation cage where they assaulted and repeatedly stabbed …
Prisoner Deaths, Labor Conflicts Precipitate Loss of CA County Corizon Contract by Derek Gilna In August 2016, the Alameda County, California Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to end its ties with Corizon Health, Inc., and awarded a contract for county jail medical services to California Forensic Medical Group (CFMG). The …
Article • February 7, 2017 • from PLN February, 2017
Michigan: Class-action Suit Alleges Systematic Deficiencies in Prison Dental Care by A Michigan federal district court has allowed portions of a lawsuit challenging the adequacy of dental care provided to state prisoners to proceed. Michigan prisoners Robert Johannes, Michael Woroniecki, Phillip Turner and Roger Stephenson alleged the dental care they …
Pennsylvania: $99,000 Settlement for 22 Years in Solitary Confinement by David Reutter A Pennsylvania federal district court held that general issues of material fact required a jury to determine whether a prisoner’s Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated when he was held in solitary confinement for over 22 years. …
From the Editor by Paul Wright Since we started publishing PLN in 1990, the injustices of the parole system, or that of never-ending punishment and sentences without end, has been an enduring theme. In the 1970s it was prisoners’ rights activists and advocates who called for an end to parole …
Article • February 7, 2017 • from PLN February, 2017
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Afghanistan: On August 8, 2016, Robert Langdon, a 44-year-old Australian security contractor, became the last Western prisoner to leave an Afghan prison filled with Al Qaeda and Taliban members. U.S. lawyer Kimberly Motley took Langdon’s case pro bono in 2013 and worked diligently to secure his …
$5,000 Settlement for Prison Interfering with California Prisoner's Mail by In November 2015, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) settled for $5,000 a federal civil rights action brought by CDCR prisoner Sherman Manning alleging interference with Manning's mail and retaliation for his publication of books critical of the CDCR. Manning …
J.M.M. v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Settlement, Assault on Juvenile, 2017 SETTLEMENT AND RELEASE AGREEMENT This SETILEMENT AND RELEASE AGREEMENT (hereinafter "AGREEMENT'') is made by and between Plaintiff (DOB: by and through his Guardian Ad Litem, Orlanda Cruz, an individual, and his agents, attorneys, parents, representatives, successors and assigns …
Brief • February 7, 2017
Filed under: Attorney Client
Allen v. Edwards, LA, Burochowitz Repor, 2017 AFFIDAVIT OF ROBERT C. BORUCHOWITZ Table of Contents I. Assignment ..........................................................................................................................1 II. Background and Qualifications............................................................................................2 III. Summary of Opinions ..........................................................................................................6 IV. Constitutional Mandates Require That Effective Representation Be Provided to Indigent Defendants at All Important Stages of a Criminal Proceeding .............................8 V. Pervasive …
Gatlin v. Corizon, NM, Settlement, Sexual Assault, 2017 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE This SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE ("Agreement") is entered into by Jason T. Gatlin ("Plaintiff' or "Releasor"), the GEO Group, Inc. (hereinafter "GEO") and Corizon, LLC flea Corizon, Inc. (hereinafter known as "Corizon"). Corizon & GEO explicitly includes …
Publication • February 6, 2017
Congressional Letter to Acting General Counsel, Congress of the United States, 2017 <!Longrenn of tl1e11tniteil~tate.n l!lilun~in911111, ii(!! 20515 Febniary6, 2017 Mr. Brendan Carr Acting General Counsel Federal Comm1111ications Commission 445 12th Street SW \Vashlngton, DC 20554-0004 Mr. Carr: We are writing to express our concerns regardir~ recent press reports that …
November v. Chesterfield County, VA, Complaint,Taser Burn and Injury, 2017 Case 3:17-cv-00113-JAG Document 1 Filed 02/05/17 Page 1 of 83 PageID# 1 PARTIALLY FILED UNDER SEAL (CONTAINS REDACTIONS) (SEE ACCOMPANYING MOTION TO SEAL) UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Richmond Division MILES ZACKERY-COLE NOVEMBER and KIM …
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