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Brief • December 13, 2017
Manning v Powers PI Order 2017 Case 2:17-cv-07832-DDP-GJS Document 47 Filed 12/13/17 Page 1 of 17 Page ID #:445 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 11 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 12 13 SHERMAN MANNING, an individual, 14 Plaintiff, 15 16 17 18 …
Brief • December 13, 2017
James v. LaCroix, LA, Settlement, SHU Understaffing, 2017 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERNDISTRICT OF LOUISIANA ALEXANDRIA DIVISION Rashod L. James, Plaintiff v. Officer Lacroix, M.D. Carvajal, and the United States, Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Civil Action No. 16CV00138 STIPULATION …
Publication • December 13, 2017
Solitary at Southport (Correctional Association of New York) Solitary at Southport SOLITARY AT SOUTHPORT A 2017 Report based upon the Correctional Association’s Visits, Data Analysis, & First-Hand Accounts of the Torture of Solitary Confinement from One of New York’s Supermax Prisons 1 Solitary at Southport “Caging animals for years is …
Publication • December 13, 2017
Filed under: Prison Reform
Continued Action Needed to Address Incarceration Challenges and Offendors' Reentry United States Government Accountability Office Testimony Before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:00 a.m. ET Wednesday, December 13, 2017 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Continued Action Needed to Address Incarceration Challenges …
Article • December 12, 2017
Filed under: War on Terror, Terrorism
Fourth Circuit Allows Abu Ghraib Torture Suit to Move Forward by Christopher Zoukis The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has reversed a district court's ruling that a war crimes lawsuit brought by Iraqi nationals allegedly tortured by military contractors in 2003 and 2004 cannot go forward. …
Article • December 12, 2017
New York Top Court Invalidates Local Laws Restricting Sex Offender Residency by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis The New York Court of Appeals has ruled that efforts by local governments to restrict where sex offenders may reside in New York are preempted by state law, rendering them invalid. The court …
Article • December 12, 2017
Injunction Requiring Kosher Diet in Florida Prisons Vacated by Eleventh Circuit by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis In an unusual opinion based on an issue completely missed by the parties, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has vacated an injunction that required the State of Florida …
Article • December 12, 2017
Seventh Circuit: Falsely Accused Man, Conviction Expunged, Cannot Sue Anonymously by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has ruled that a man who was falsely accused of a crime and later had his record expunged cannot sue for malicious prosecution anonymously. …
Article • December 12, 2017
Filed under: Food
New Food Vendor, Same Old Problems in Michigan Prisons by David Reutter A new food contractor maintained relative peace for the first few months, but in the face of poor meals, Michigan prisoners have staged a protest. As PLN reported, the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) was forced in 2015 …
Article • December 12, 2017
Filed under: Probation
Vermont Supreme Court: Miranda Warning Not Necessary When Probation Officer Questions Probationer about Criminal Activity by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis The Vermont Supreme Court has ruled that a person on "furlough," a heightened version of parole in Vermont, has no right to a Miranda warning prior to questioning by …
Article • December 12, 2017
Filed under: Corizon, Medical
Health Care Crisis Declared at Florida Women’s Reception Center; Voids Contract by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Florida’s Correctional Medical Authority (CMA) declared a health care emergency at the Florida Women’s Reception Center (FWRC).  The crisis at FWRC is just another red flag since Florida officials privatized it in …
Article • December 12, 2017
Filed under: Bail, Bail Bonds
Efforts to End “Scourge of Money Bail” Meeting with Success by David Reutter By David M. Reutter The initiative by Equal Justice Under Law to end the incarceration pending trial of persons too poor to post bail is reaping positive outcomes.  Each day, there are about 500,00 human beings who …
Brief • December 12, 2017
Choquette v. DuVall, WA, Report-Recommendation, Medication Revoked, 2017 Case 3:15-cv-05838-BHS-JRC Document 108 Filed 12/12/17 Page 1 of 18 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 8 9 10 ETIENNE L. CHOQUETTE, Plaintiff, 11 12 13 14 CASE NO. 3:15-cv-05838-BHS-JRC REPORT …
Silverman v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Request for Dismissal, Sexual Harassment, 2017 "- ... ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY (Name, State Bar number, a n d ~ } : W. SMITH .....GREGORY DIANA WANG WELLS FOR COURT USE ONLY {SBN 134385) (SBN 284215)/LEILA K. AL FAIZ (SBN 284309} LAW …
Article • December 11, 2017
Man Wrongly Imprisoned on Death Row for 28 Years May Sue Ohio by Dale Johnston was convicted of murdering his stepdaughter and her boyfriend and sentenced to death. The decision of a three-judge panel in 1984 was based in part on testimony from a hypnotized witness. He always denied having …
Article • December 11, 2017
Congress Exempts from Taxation Awards to Wrongfully Convicted by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Congress has passed the wrongful Conviction Tax Act of 2015 with votes from both sides of the aisle, exempting the damage awarded granted the wrongfully convicted from federal tax liability.   According to the Innocence Project, a …
Article • December 11, 2017
Private Prison Profits Drive Increase in Immigrant Detentions by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Although most of the discussion in the past several months has been the continuing decrease in the number of prisoners in the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to slightly more than 200,000, the Department of Homeland …
Article • December 11, 2017
Fifth Circuit Allows Intervention by Sierra Club in Reverse FOIA Suit by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has allowed Sierra Club to intervene in a reverse Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) records request lawsuit. The dispute stemmed from FOIA requests …
Article • December 11, 2017
Florida Supreme Court Speaks Out of Both Sides of Mouth in Prisoner Sanction Case by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis The Florida Supreme Court has issued an unusual opinion in which it simultaneously sanctioned a prisoner for too many filings and pointed out that the prisoner may be serving an …
Article • December 11, 2017
BOP Prison Guard's 30 Day Suspension for Biting Inmate Reversed in Arbitration by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis The 30-day suspension of Kenneth O. Davis for biting a prisoner was overturned by federal arbitrator Michael L. Allen on December 12, 2002. Davis, a senior officer specialist (prison guard), was working …
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