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Ohio Supreme Court Rejects Union's Challenge to Prison Privatization by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 11, 2016, the Ohio Supreme Court rejected the Ohio Civil Service Employees Association's (OCSEA) challenge to the statute allowing for the private operation or sale of certain Ohio state prisons. In doing so, …
Political Contributions Drove Juvenile Prison Privatization by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Florida is moving to privatize all of its state-run juvenile detention centers. The move comes despite allegations of abuse at two of the state’s private juvenile detention centers. “These programs offer unique services and facilities that should …
Article • December 28, 2017
Connecticut Supreme Court: Death Penalty Abolition is Retroactive by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 12, 2015, the Supreme Court of Connecticut ruled that to execute a person following the state legislature's prospective abolition of the death penalty would violate the state constitution's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. …
Florida Legislator Tackles Abuse of Juvenile Prisoners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Florida legislator who was disturbed by publicized accounts of violence being inflicted on the state’s juvenile prison is using his experience as an auditor to get to the bottom of the problem and recommend change.  …
Jasmine Still v. El Paso County, CO, Complaint, Wrongful Imprisonment, 2017 Case 1:17-cv-02656-KLM Document 10 Filed 12/28/17 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 19 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 17-cv-02656-KLM Jasmine Still, Plaintiff, v. El Paso County, Colorado, Defendant. ______________________________________________________________________________ FIRST AMENDED …
Brzowski v. Sigler, 7th Circuit, Court Order, Improper Sentencing, 2017 Case: 1:17-cv-09339C!ocument#: 1-1 Filed: 12/28/17Page 1 of 1 PagelD#:11 Case:16-2107 Document:16 Filed:0lJ12/2017 Pages:l .3llnften jhttes drourtof 1\ppettls , For the Seventh Circuit ~hicago, Illinois 60604 January 12,2017 Before ILANADIAMONDROVNER,CircuitJudge No.16-2107 WALTERJ.BRZOWSKI, Petitio11er-Appelln11t, Appeal from the United States District Court for …
Brzowski v. Sigler, IL, Complaint, Wrongful Imprisonment, 2017 Case: 1:17-cv-09339 Document #: 1 Filed: 12/28/17 Page 1 of 10 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION WALTER BRZOWSKI ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF ) CORRECTIONS, …
Article • December 27, 2017
BOP Agrees to Pay Attorney's Fees in Failed Attempt to Stop Construction of Private Prison in Pennsylvania by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The federal Bureau of Prisons agreed via stipulation to pay the attorney's fees and costs of the plaintiff who sued to stop construction of a private prison …
Article • December 27, 2017
Nebraska Seeking $26,700 Refund for Illegal Execution Drugs it Never Received by In April 2015, the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (UCS) paid a "pharmaceutical company" located in India $26,700 for 1,000 vials, each containing 1 gram of the execution drug sodium thiopental. It never received the vials. On January …
Article • December 27, 2017
Filed under: Strip Searches
$70,000 Settlement to Female Prison Visitor Who Was Strip-Searched by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, along with the Massachusetts Department of Corrections, Superintendent of the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center (SBCC) Anthony Mendonsa and SBCC prison guards Jonathan W. Thomas, Carlos M. Goden, Jr., Mark A. Verdini and …
Article • December 27, 2017
Kansas Supreme Court: Fees for Habeas Action Filed by Committed Sex Offenders to be Paid by County by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Supreme Court of Kansas has ruled that any filing fees associated with state habeas corpus actions brought by civilly committed sex offenders must be paid by …
Article • December 27, 2017
Reversed by Supreme Court, Eighth Circuit Remands Prisoner Grooming Case Back to District Court by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Arkansas state prisoner Larry Jones desired to grow a beard, as his religion required. Arkansas prison officials, citing an Arkansas Department of Corrections (ADC) policy disallowing beards, said no. Jones …
Article • December 27, 2017
Fifth Circuit Gives Pass to Texas Jail in Suit Over Prisoner Death by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis On November 23, 2004, Wilbert Lee Henson was arrested for an outstanding warrant related to a driving with a suspended license charge, and was booked into the Wichita County jail. Six days …
Sixth Circuit: Jail Guard's Criticism of Sheriff was Protected Speech by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Joseph Boulton, a jail guard at the Genesee County, Michigan jail, lost his claim alleging unconstitutional retaliation for protected speech on July 29, 2015. During union arbitration proceedings, Boulton testified that Sheriff Christopher Swanson …
Article • December 27, 2017
Eleventh Circuit Defers to Alabama DOC on Short Hair Requirement by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled against a class of prisoners who challenged the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) hair-length policy as a violation of the Religious Land Use …
Article • December 27, 2017
Eighth Circuit: Prior Convictions Not Relevant to Escape by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Leonard Lester Slaughter III was serving a 115-month sentence at a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility when he escaped. After pleading guilty to the escape, the District Court concluded that two prior convictions were not "relevant …
Article • December 27, 2017
Third Circuit Denies Prisoner's Due Process Claim, Upholds Retaliation Claim by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has denied a parolable prisoner's due process claim, but upheld his claim of retaliation by a prison guard. The prisoner, Phillip Lee Fantone, was …
Article • December 27, 2017
$34,000 Settles Nevada Prisoner's Suit by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals dismissed an appeal filed by a Nevada state prisoner as moot after it ruled he had settled his case following judgment. The judgment marked a third win for this prison rights litigant, …
Article • December 27, 2017
Filed under: Food, Religious Diet
Indiana DOC Must Offer Passover Diet by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton The Indiana Department of Corrections (IDOC) agreed after being sued to provide a Passover diet to a prisoner who was denied the meals under a prison policy that said prisoners not on a kosher diet the remainder of …
Article • December 27, 2017
Filed under: Overdetention, Immigration
$10,000 Settlement to Citizen Detained by ICE by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton   In 2007 the United States of America agreed to pay $10,000 to man who was illegally detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents for three days in early 2006 on the mistaken belief the man was …
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