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Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Filed under: Private Prisons, Financing
Indian Country Gets Stimulus Money ... to Build More Jails by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The U.S. Department of Justice, through the Obama administration’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, has brought stimulus money to Indian reservations – awarding $224 million to build and renovate tribal jails. The funding …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Three Prisoners Raped at Oklahoma Governor’s Mansion by In October 2009, news agencies reported that three female prisoners had claimed they were raped by employees at the Oklahoma Governor’s mansion. A three-month investigation by the Oklahoma Dept. of Corrections (ODOC) concluded the head chef and groundskeeper at the mansion had …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Washington DOC Agrees to Settle Inadequate Medical Care Suit for $55,000 by The State of Washington has agreed to settle a prisoner suit alleging deliberately indifferent medical care. The suit, filed in 2006, took almost two years to resolve. Richard Hibdon sued the Stafford Creek Corrections Center, a Washington Department …
New Mexico Prisoner Vindicates Native American Religious Rights with Injunction, Fees and Damages by A New Mexico prisoner has prevailed in a religious freedom case that vindicated his right to practice his Native American beliefs. The lawsuit resulted in a settlement in April 2009 that specified the religious practices prison …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Florida County Jail Discontinues Medical Co-Pay Policy by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Saying it was “not even worth it” to collect an $8 medical co-payment from prisoners seeking medical care, Florida’s Pinellas County Sheriff Jim Coats has abolished the practice at his jail. In these tough economic times …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Iowa Good Time Statute Violates Ex Post Facto Clause by Brandon Sample A 2005 amendment to Iowa’s good time statute making participation in a sex offender treatment program (SOTP) a prerequisite to earning good time may not be applied to sex offenders convicted before the amendment’s effective date, the Supreme …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Over 10 Million in Prison Worldwide by David Reutter by David M. Reutter There are more than 10.65 million people in prisons worldwide. That figure includes 850,000 in “administrative detention” in China. Almost half of all prisoners are held in only three countries: Russia, China and the United States. Those …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief: by Arkansas: On February 22, 2010, Little Rock attorney Jack Kearney, a former director of the Arkansas Ethics Commission, was arrested and charged with furnishing $1,300 in cash to a Pulaski County jail prisoner. A Sheriff’s report stated the unnamed prisoner was discovered with the contraband cash …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
California: Demand for Speedy Trial Applies to Probation Violation Detainers by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg In two rulings in the same case, the California Court of Appeal distinguished the speedy trial rights versus the waiver-of-appearance rights of state prisoners who are facing detainers for probation violations. Although California …
Tear Gas: Chemical Cops Tear Gas and Pepper Spray Can be Deadly by Terry J. Allen Tear Gas: Chemical Cops Tear Gas and Pepper Spray Can be Deadly by Terry J. Allen, In These Times, May 29, 2000 The tons of tear gas and pepper spray munitions Seattle police used …
Article • April 15, 2010
The Big Three Chemical Weapons by Terry J. Allen by Terry Allen Each of the three chemical weapons used by the Seattle police—CN and CS tear gases and pepper spray—carries risks. The danger depends not only on how and on whom the weapons are used, but on the particular strength …
The Prison Industries Enhancement Certification Program: Why Everyone Should be Concerned by Bob Sloan From the late 19th century into the depression years, Americans struggled economically. For the man and woman on the street to the businesses, companies and manufacturers vainly trying to keep their enterprises afloat, those were difficult …
Article • March 15, 2010 • from PLN March, 2010
From the Editor by Paul Wright The big news this month is that Prison Legal News is closing its Seattle office and consolidating its operations on the east coast in Vermont. We have had our Seattle office in 1996 and since 2004 have maintained offices in both Seattle and Vermont. …
First Circuit Upholds $101,750,000 in Damage Awards in FBI Misconduct Case by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 27, 2009, the First Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an almost $102 million judgment in a lawsuit filed against the federal government after the FBI helped an informant secure the convictions …
Less Than Equal: State officials, including prejudiced human-rights commissioners, block Prisoner complaints by Lance Tapley This story has a bias. It’s in favor of human rights for all people. So if you think it’s proper for prison guards to call African-American prisoners “niggers” and gay prisoners “fags,” then this story …
Article • March 15, 2010 • from PLN March, 2010
Prison Labor Bails Out State and County Budgets by Gary Hunter Across the nation, state and local governments are facing gaping holes in their budgets. As a result many are turning to cheap or free prison labor, and in some cases prisoners have taken the place of free-world citizens laid …
Article • March 15, 2010 • from PLN March, 2010
All Eyes On the Court: An Interview with Attorney and Federal Court Monitor Fred Cohen by Todd Matthews Most people familiar with prisoners’ rights issues know attorney Fred Cohen as an advocate for juvenile prisoners and prisoners with mental health issues. They have also seen his byline in the Correctional …
Cook County Strip, Body Cavity Searches Held Unconstitutional; Other Suits Pending by Brandon Sample On February 23, 2009, U.S. District Court Judge Matthew F. Kennelly granted partial summary judgment to the plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit challenging certain strip and visual body cavity searches conducted at Illinois’ Cook County …
Article • March 15, 2010 • from PLN March, 2010
California Cuts Funding for Prop 36 Drug Treatment Programs by Michael Brodheim In an effort to trim a $26.3 billion budget deficit, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger slashed $90 million from a diversion program designed to offer certain non-violent drug offenders the opportunity to participate in substance abuse treatment instead of …
Conviction of CIA Contractor Who Fatally Beat Afghan Detainee Upheld on Appeal by On August 10, 2009, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of a CIA contractor who beat to death a detainee at a U.S. military outpost in Afghanistan. The contractor’s sentence was reversed due to …
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