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Article • December 15, 2005 • from PLN December, 2005
Former California Warden Allegedly by Former California Warden Allegedly Assaults News Reporter The former warden of Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP), Anthony Lamarque, allegedly swung a cane at Sacramento News and Review reporter Stephen James and then pinned him against a wall, when Lamarque apparently objected to being photographed at …
Article • November 15, 2005 • from PLN November, 2005
California Prison Gang Linked to Guards and Mexican Drug Cartel by A barber shop in National City, California was allegedly the war room" connecting the statewide Mexican Mafia gang (Eme) to the underworld Arellano Felix drug cartel in nearby Mexico, according to investigators from the California Department of Corrections (CDC). …
Rising Deaths and Violence Among Problems In Illinois Prisons, Jails by by Michael Rigby Imprisonment in Illinois is becoming more perilous, according to the John Howard Association, a Chicago-based nonprofit group that monitors prisons and jails. Between August 2003 and May 2004, according to the association, several state prisoners died …
Oklahoma Prisons Suffer Crisis of Violence and Mismanagement by by Matthew T. Clarke 2005 has turned out to be a violent year in Oklahoma prisons. Between January and July, 2005, the prisons in Oklahoma suffered multiple riots, multiple murders of prisoners, and extensive probes of drug running. The stage for …
Problems Mount In Maryland Prisons by by Michael Rigby Even as the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) reels amid mounting criticism over pervasive violence, inadequate medical care, overcrowding, understaffing, and other systemic deficiencies, new tremors continue to rattle the division. Eight guards accused of beating a …
Bringing Down The Brotherhood by by Alan Prendergast Inside the feds' war on the deadliest prison gang: 16 murders. 21 death-penalty cases. Snitches galore. A wide red line runs across the floor of the visiting room like a clown's grin, separating the guard post and the civilian exit from the …
Guards Rape, Sexually Harass and Smuggle at Colorado Prisons by by Matthew T. Clarke There are new troubles at several prisons in Colorado. At a 250-bed GRW-run private prison in Brush, a tiny town 91 miles northwest of Denver, the newly-resigned ex-warden and two guards have been indicted in relation …
Suit Implicates Washington DOC In Near-Fatal Collision, Drug Use Suspected by Michael Rigby A woman critically injured in a collision caused by an employee of the Washington prison system--reassigned to his home because of suspected drug use--has sued the state Department of Corrections (DOC) for endangering the public. Barbara Starkel …
Article • October 15, 2005
Seventh Circuit Reverses Indemnification for Guard's Abuse; Jury Awards $400,000 in Damages Against by Seventh Circuit Reverses Indemnification for Guard's Abuse; Jury Awards $400,000 in Damages Against Guard The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court's order granting indemnification against Macon County, Illinois. The court found that a …
Florida Juvenile Justice: Check Private "Employee's" Records? What a Concept by Florida Juvenile Justice: Check Private "Employee's" Records? What a Concept By David M. Reutter Guards employed by private contractors that operate Florida juvenile justice programs earn some of the lowest wages in the nation. The result is high turnover, …
Article • October 15, 2005
Cameron County, Texas, Jail Guards Indicted for Drug Smuggling, Theft, Sexual Misconduct by by Michael Rigby The problems began almost as soon as the Cameron County Jail system's newly built Carrizales-Rucker Detention Center opened in the summer of 2002. Just months after the $19 million maximum security jail began operations …
Grand Jury Finds Criminal Conduct In Chicago Jail Prisoner Abuse Scandal by Matthew T. Clarke As previously reported in PLN, the Cook County Jail has been the scene of controversy involving the wanton beating of prisoners by an elite squad of guards known as the SORT team. [PLN Feb. 2004, …
USP Beaumont, Texas: Murder and Mayhem in the Thunder Dome by Leah Caldwell Located in East Texas, the Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) at Beaumont is made up of a trio of federal prisons that are home to 5,667 prisoners. These prisons are run by the Bureau of Prisons, which is …
Sanchez v. MTC, NM, Amended Complaint, PNA neglect misconduct drug withdrawal jail inmate suicide, 2005 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO LUCILLE SANCHEZ, Individually and as Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF JUAN IGNACIO SANCHEZ, Deceased, and FELIMON SANCHEZ, Plaintiffs, vs. No. CV 05-784 …
CCA Finally Loses Contract at Mismanaged Tulsa Jail by by Matthew T. Clarke For years the Sheriff of Tulsa County, Oklahoma, Stanley Glanz, has been telling anyone who would listen that he, not CCA, should be running the county jail. Now, after five years of CCA mismanagement, he may finally …
Pennsylvania Jail Prisoner Settles Use-Of-Force Suit For $15,000 by On January 3, 2005, a Pennsylvania prisoner settled his claims of excessive use of force and deliberate indifference against Lackawanna County Prison officials for $15,000. According to the complaint, plaintiff Mario Ludovici was arrested on October 13, 2001, on a warrant …
Michigan Guard Who Procured Hit On Prisoner Must Pay $200,000 Damages by by Marvin Mentor A Michigan federal jury returned verdicts of $75,000 in compensatory damages and $125,000 in punitive damages against a Michigan state prison guard who paid one prisoner six cigarettes to viciously pummel another. Michigan prisoner Barton …
California Prison Guard Gets Time For Setting Up Prisoner Beating by On February 17, 2005, a former guard at Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP), who set up a gang -initiated attack on a prisoner, was sentenced in Monterey Superior Court to two years and eight months in state prison. On …
Colorado Teenagers Raped By Guards Settle For $165,000 Each by Michael Rigby In August 2004, two teenage girls raped by guards at a Colorado juvenile prison settled their lawsuits for $165,000 apiece. Both girls had been imprisoned at the Youthful Offender System (YOS), which is operated by the Colorado Department …
Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005
Contraband Cell Phones On The Rise In U.S. Prisons by Though drugs and weapons have long been a bane to prison officials everywhere, prisons around the country and the world are now experiencing a new contraband problem: cellular telephones. Texas prison officials learned how serious the problem was during a …
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