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$40.1 Million Verdict Against CSC in Texas Prisoner's Medical Neglect Death by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg A Tarrant County, Texas jury awarded $35 million for negligence in the death of a boot camp prisoner, plus $5.1 million in punitive damages, against Florida-based Correctional Services Corp. (CSC) and …
CCA Abuse Goes Unpunished at New Jersey INS Detention Center by Mark Dow Maybe it was cynical courtroom theatre, or maybe the attorney for the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) believed it when he ridiculed the very idea that prison guards would retaliate against prisoners for conducting a hunger strike …
Wisconsin Prisoners' Riot Charges Expunged From Records by The Wisconsin Court of Appeals has affirmed a circuit court's order overturning and expunging seven prisoners' disciplinary infractions for participating in a riot, barring future disciplinary action premised upon the riot, but allowing proceedings for future administrative confinement for involvement in the …
DeLay/TRMPAC Indictments Include Cornell Contributions by by Matthew T. Clarke On September 21, 2004, a Travis County, Texas, grand jury handed down 33 felony indictments against people and corporations associated with Republican U. S. House of Representatives Majority Leader Tom Delay and the Texans for a Republican Majority Political Action …
100+ Canadian Prisoners Attempt to Escape From Private Superjail by According to the Toronto Star, on September 20, 2002, more than a hundred prisoners at the privately-run Superjail in Penetanguishene, Ontario, attempted to escape using a battering ram. According to Ontario Provincial Police, the prisoners, who were armed with homemade …
Second Circuit Holds Confidential Informant's Reliability Alone Insufficient to Support Hearsay or Conclusionary Statements by David Reutter Second Circuit Holds Confidential Informant's Reliability Alone Insufficient to Support Hearsay or Conclusionary Statements By David M. Reutter The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has held that prison officials, in assessing the reliability …
Article • November 15, 2003 • from PLN November, 2003
Arizona Surcharge on Fines Upheld by Arizona Surcharge On Fines Upheld The Arizona Supreme Court recently upheld A.R.S. 16-954(C) which imposes a 10% surcharge on civil and criminal fines, with a portion of the proceeds to fund political campaigns. Steven May, an Arizona legislator, received a $27 parking ticket but …
Article • September 15, 2003 • from PLN September, 2003
Canadian Supreme Court Grants Prisoners Right to Vote by Lonnie Burton On November 3, 2002, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down a law that barred prisoners serving sentences of two years or more from voting in federal elections. In a sharply divided 5-4 decision, the Canadian high court held …
Ninth Circuit Reexamines Standards for Qualified Immunity at Summary Judgment Stage in California Shooting Case by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Amending its earlier decision at 240 F.3d 845 [PLN, June `01], the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit clarified the evaluation of qualified immunity claims …
Article • May 15, 2003 • from PLN May, 2003
No Escape: Male Rape in U.S. Prisons: A Human Rights Watch Report by Joanne Mariner by Alex Coolman Review by Alex Coolman In April of 2001, Human Rights Watch released a report called No Escape: Male Rape in U.S. Prison. The report, written by Joanne Mariner, contains dozens of first-hand …
Johnson v. CCA, TN, Complaint, inmate-inmate assault gang in ad seg, 2003 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0276 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0277 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0278 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0279 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0280 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0281 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0282 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0283 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0284 CCA-AF (6/2/14 …
Brief • April 13, 2003
Snyder v. Ross, IL, Answer, Hunger Strike over Denial of Muslim Diet, 2003 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ALEXANDER COUNTY, ILLINOIS People of the State of Illinois, ex rel. DONALD SNYDER, No. 03-MR-27 Plaintiff, v. TYSHAWN ROSS, Defendant. ANSWER, AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES, AND COUNTERCLAIM Defendant, Tyshawn Ross, …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2004
Filed under: Organizing, Voting
Florida's Rush to Disenfranchise Felons Before the 2004 Election by David Reutter By David M. Reutter After George W. Bush won Florida by 537 votes in the 2000 election, an uproar arose when it was learned that election supervisors, using a list compiled by an Atlanta firm, had mistakenly identified …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2004
Filed under: Organizing, Voting
Restoration of Voting Rights in Washington by Julya Hampton by Nancy Talner and Julya Hampton Are you registered to vote for the upcoming Presidential election? Even if you have a prior felony conviction, you may be eligible to register to vote in Washington. This article explains how ex-felons can get …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2004
Filed under: Prison Labor, Organizing, Voting
Democratic Organization Gives Some Felons Second Chance by America Coming Together (ACT)--a democratic group working to ensure that George W. Bush is not reelected--is employing felons to conduct door-to-door voter registration drives in Missouri, Florida, Ohio, and possibly 14 other states crucial to the November 2004 elections. ACT contends that …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2004
Filed under: Organizing, Voting
Florida DOC Ordered to Assist Felons Restore Their Voting Rights by David Reutter Florida DOC Ordered to Assist Felons Restore their Voting Rights by David M. Reutter A Florida circuit court has ordered the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) to assist ex-felons who did not receive help in the application …
California Three-Year Lockdown of "Southern Hispanics" Held Unconstitutional by Marvin Mentor California Three-Year Lockdown of "Southern Hispanics" Held Unconstitutional by Marvin Mentor A Del Monte County, California superior court ruled on December 10, 2002 that a three year lockdown of "Southern Hispanics" at maximum security Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) …
Article • February 15, 2003 • from PLN February, 2003
Summer Uprisings in Three Southern Jails by As temperatures rose last summer, so did tensions in some southern jails. Guards at the Craighead County jail in Jonesboro, Arkansas, used tear gas and stun guns to regain control of a cell block that housed 27 prisoners. Four prisoners received minor injuries …
7th Circuit: PLRA Exhaustion Requirements Retroactive; BOP Has Late Grievance Hardship Exception by The Seventh Circuit Court of Ap-peals held that the administrative exhaustion provisions of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) apply retroactively. In October 1995, federal prisoner Anthony McCoy was housed at the Federal Correctional Institution in Greenville, …
Article • November 15, 2002 • from PLN November, 2002
Prisoners, Politics, Money and the Census by Gary Hunter It's a standing joke that the Texas economy has been grounded in the 3 C's: cattle, crude, and convicts. But while Texas gets most of the publicity for its massive prison build-up, the human-warehousing trend is literally sweeping the countrysideand it …
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