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CCA Pays House Majority Leader’s Personal Charity $100,000 by By Matthew T. Clarke In August, 2004, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) gave House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, (R) Sugar Land, Texas, a check for $100,000 for his DeLay Foundation for Kids during a Lexington, Kentucky, political fund raiser for DeLay’s …
Uprising by Vermont Prisoners Damages CCA Prison in Kentucky by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke On September 14, 2004, a prisoner uprising rocked the 816-bed, 88-acre Lee Adjustment Center (LAC), a private prison owned and operated by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) in Lee County, Kentucky. The Prison LAC …
Delaware Prisoner Killed In Hostage Standoff, Counselor Raped by By Michael Rigby On July 12, 2004, Scott A. Miller, a Delaware prisoner serving a 699-year sentence for rape, assault and kidnapping, was shot to death by a prison guard at the Delaware Correctional Center. The shooting ended a 6 ½ …
Lucasville: The Untold Story of a Prison Uprising by Karen Thimmes By Staughton Lynd; Temple University Press, 2004; soft cover, 244 pages. $16.95 Reviewed by Karen G. Thimmes Death Row in Ohio is located at Mansfield Correctional Institution, a stone's throw from the fabled Mansfield Penitentiary, where much of the …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
Filed under: Organizing, Voting
New York's Felon Disenfranchisement Law Not Saved By Federal Voting Rights Act by John E Dannenberg New York's Felon Disenfranchisement Law Not Saved By Federal Voting Rights Act by John E. Dannenberg The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that New York Election Law § 5-106, which disenfranchises [i.e., …
Brief • February 8, 2005
Cruz v. CCA, VT, Complaint, Lee Riot assault, 2005 02/0842005 15:53 FAX 515 355 I 7333 JOB MASTER LaJUU4/UUU I STATE OF VE ' ONT ADDISON COUNTY, SS. CONCEPCION L. CRUZ, Plaintiff, Superior Court Docket No. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Defendant. COMPLAINT NOW COMES Plaintiff Concepcion L. Cruz, by and …
Baker v. CCA, VT, Complaint, Lee riot guard beating, 2005 W011 02,08/2005 15:50 FAX 615 366 7333 JOB MASTER STATE OF VE ' ONT ADDISON COUNTY, SS. GENE BAXER, Plaintiff, Superior Court Docket No. V. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Defendant COMPLAINT NOW COMES Plaintiff Gene Baker, by and through his …
Cruz v. CCA, VT, Complaint, Lee riot guard beating, 2005 02/0842005 15:53 FAX 515 355 I 7333 JOB MASTER LaJUU4/UUU I STATE OF VE ' ONT ADDISON COUNTY, SS. CONCEPCION L. CRUZ, Plaintiff, Superior Court Docket No. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Defendant. COMPLAINT NOW COMES Plaintiff Concepcion L. Cruz, by …
Brief • February 4, 2005
Filed under: Voting
Muntaqim v. Coombe, NY, Amicus Brief - Center for Constitutional Rights, Voting, 2005 01-7260 IN THE United States Court of Appeals FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT ________________________ JALIL ABDUL MUNTAQIM, a/k/a ANTHONY BOTTOM, Plaintiff — Appellant, — v. — PHILLIP COOMBE, ANTHONY ANNUCCI, LOUIS F. MANN, Defendants — Appellees. ______ ON …
Uprisings at CCA Prisons Reveal Weaknesses in Out-of-State Imprisonment Policies by by Matthew T. Clarke States strapped by tight budgets and pressed by a swell of prisoners are faced with the Hobson's choice of releasing prisoners early to ease overcrowding or building prisons they can ill afford to construct and …
Colorado DOC Report: CCA At Fault for Crowley Uprising by by Matthew T. Clarke On October 12, 2004, the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC) issued an extensive, 179-page After Action Report on the July 20, 2004, riot at the Crowley County Correctional Facility (CCCF) which is run by Corrections Corporation …
Nevada Prisoner Killed in Rec Yard Riot by Nevada Prisoner Killed In Rec Yard Riot On July 13, 2004, racial tension at the High Desert State Prison in southern Nevada erupted into a deadly riot. The fighting, reportedly between Blacks and Hispanics on the rock-strewn recreation yard, left one prisoner …
Article • November 15, 2004 • from PLN November, 2004
Filed under: Editorials, Organizing
From the Editor by Paul Wright As this issue of PLN goes to press the 2004 presidential election is over. Regardless of who won, the need for PLN and the news and work we do will remain and undoubtedly increase given that both major party presidential candidates promise more repression …
Prisons, Profits and Prophets by Bill Berkowitz The nation's largest private prison corporation is joining forces with conservative faith-based ministries by Bill Berkowitz In an era where the Bush Administration touts faith-based organizations as engines of individual and social transformation, and is actively recruiting and funding religious organizations to deliver …
Article • November 15, 2004 • from PLN November, 2004
Challenge To Washington Felon Disenfranchisement Scheme Remanded For Racial Bias Test by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that the broader "totality of the circumstances" standard must be used rather than just a narrower statistical burden when testing for racial bias …
Article • November 15, 2004 • from PLN November, 2004
Prison Town Legislators Represent Prisoners' Interests? Not Quite by Peter Wagner On June 7, 2004, talks between the New York State Senate and the Assembly on how to best reform the draconian Rockefeller Drug Laws broke down. Publicly, the dispute is over ideological disagreements, but an obscure Census quirk that …
California Private Prison Uprisings Kill 2, Injure 66 by Marvin Mentor Interracial prison riots occurred on October 27 and December 3, 2003 in two southern California privately-contracted minimum security prisons. Because California private prison contractors have no weapons not even pepper spray the riots continued for up to 90 minutes …
Article • August 15, 2004 • from PLN August, 2004
Florida's Felon Disenfranchisement Law Under Spotlight by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Since the 2000 presidential election, Florida's voting laws have been under scrutiny. One of the issues being debated is Florida's constitutional provision that permanently disenfranchises felons. When Florida gave blacks the right to vote as a condition …
Adams v. CCA, CO, Exhibits Part 1 Plfs Interviews, Prisoner Riot, 2004 EXHIBIT C_ Part one PARTIAL LIST OIG/CCA INTERVIEWS OF PLAINTIFFS Name Bate Number Sean Andrews Kevin Drum Tommy Romero Carl Yens Jared Adams Oto Fanoali (Fanoali Oto) Roy Gibbens Jay Silva Gerard Glieforst Jeremy Willison Brian Skinner Robert …
No Summary Judgment for Ohio Guards Who Used Excessive Force, Case Loses At Trial by No Summary Judgment for Ohio Guards Who Used Excessive Force, Case Loses At Trial The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed a district court's grant of summary judgment favoring certain prison guards …
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