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Media Tip Cast Light on Medical Neglect as Prisoner Starved by David Reutter Absent a tip to the Associated Press, the death of a prisoner at Kentucky State Prison would have remained shrouded in darkness. The tip led to an investigation that uncovered lapses in medical care as the prisoner …
Article • August 10, 2016
Louisiana Prisoner Phone Charge Scandal Pushed to Closed Door Session by The Louisiana Public Service Commission (PSC) voted to keep the discussion about fines for companies that illegally placed surcharge fees on prisoner telephones behind closed doors. City Tele Coin serves about 30 parish and municipal jails around Louisiana. In …
Article • August 10, 2016
Jail Called to Scrutinize Detox Procedure in Wake of Increased Deaths by David Reutter The second death in six months of a pre-trial detainee at Pennsylvania’s Buck County prison has raised questions about its detox procedures. The scrutiny of such procedures should be a focal point for jail administrators throughout …
Article • August 10, 2016
Georgia Law Giving More Power and Secrecy to Private Probation Companies Vetoed by David Reutter Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal vetoed a bill that would have expanded the powers of private probation companies and shrouded their activities in secrecy. House Bill 837 was introduced shortly after lawsuits were filed in Richmond …
Florida Sheriff Tosses Private Health Administrator from Jail Overnight Job by David Reutter An administrator for Armor Correction Health Services, Inc., was forced out of his position by Florida’s Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri. The administrator, Lewis Hays, was involved in the death of Allen Hicks, Sr. 51, who died …
Federal Detention Center in Chicago Agrees to $1 Million Wrongful Death Settlement by Derek Gilna For over ten years defense attorneys and their clients in Chicago have complained about the quality of medical treatment for prisoners at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC), Chicago, located in a decaying 28-story high rise …
Article • August 10, 2016
Guards Outnumber Prisoners, Still Paid Overtime at Illinois Supermax by Prison officials at the Tamms Correctional Center in southern Illinois, which includes the state's only supermax prison, are having a hard time explaining how staff racked up $884,000 in overtime between November 2011 and November 2012 when the facility’s guard-to-prisoner …
Article • August 10, 2016
Prisoner at Manhattan Detention Complex Wins Excessive Force Award from New York by Derek Gilna Plaintiff Wilfred Rosado brought a 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 lawsuit against the City of New York for excessive force used against her at the Manhattan Detention Complex (MDC) in 2010.  After several failed settlement attempts, …
Article • August 10, 2016
Use of Death Penalty Trending Downwards by In its year-end report, the Washington, D.C., based Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) reported that there were 43 executions and 78 new death sentences in 2012, continuing a generally downward trend that began in the mid-1990s. As of April 1, 2012, there were …
Article • August 10, 2016
Filed under: Corrections Audits, Medical
Delaware Prisoner Health Care Finally Meets Constitutional Standards by David Reutter The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has released the Delaware Department of Correction (DDOC) from the terms of an amended memorandum of agreement (AMOA) on prisoner medical and mental health care. The DOJ and DDOC reached the original memorandum …
60% of Louisiana Prison Doctors Disciplined by Medical Board by Matthew Clarke Of the fifteen physicians employed by the Louisiana prison system, nine have received medical board disciplinary sanctions. Of those nine, two have served time in federal prison, five are on probation, two have their practice limited to "institutional …
Gender Outlaws: Transgender Prisoners Face Discrimination, Harassment and Abuse by by Emily Alpert, Oakland, California In Idaho, prisoner Linda Patricia Thompson wanted a transfer to a women's prison. A male-to-female transgender woman, or MTF, she had been living as a woman for several years, had changed her name legally, and …
Publication • August 10, 2016
One Dollar Per Day: The Slaving Wages of Immigration Jail Work Programs, Stevens, 2011 ONE DOLLAR PER DAY: THE SLAVING WAGES OF IMMIGRATION JAIL WORK PROGRAMS A History and Legal Analysis, 1943 - present Jacqueline Stevens, Professor Political Science and Legal Studies Advisory Board Director, Deportation Research Clinic Buffett Center …
Publication • August 10, 2016
Legal Guide for INS Detainees, American Bar Association, (undated) Defending Liberty Pursuing Justice A LEGAL GUIDE FOR INS DETAINEES: ACTIONS BROUGHT AGAINST INS OR OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS FOR PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE OR LOSS American Bar Association Commission on Immigration Policy, Practice, and Pro Bono 740 15th Street, …
Frost v. AZ, AZ, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2016 Page 1 of 5 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS Pamela Frost and Jim Eugene Frost ("Releasors"), hereby enter into this Settlement Agreement and Release of all Claims ("Settlement Agreement") with the State of Arizona and all of its past, present, …
Publication • August 10, 2016
Report on Torture and Treatment at Guantanamo Bay Cuba, Center for Constitutional Rights, 2006 Center for Constitutional Rights 666 Broadway, 7th Floor New York, NY 10012 Phone: (212) 614-6464 Fax: (212) 614-6499 E-Mail: info@ccr-ny.org REPORT ON TORTURE AND CRUEL, INHUMAN, AND DEGRADING TREATMENT OF PRISONERS AT GUANTÁNAMO BAY, CUBA July …
Locked Up Alone - Detention Conditions and Mental Health at Guantanamo, Human Rights Watch, 2008 United States/Counterterrorism H U M A N Locked Up Alone R I G H T S Detention Conditions and Mental Health at Guantanamo W A T C H Locked Up Alone Detention Conditions and Mental …
Brief • August 10, 2016
Gangwal v. Folster, PA, Motion to Stay Deadlines, Excessive Force Leg Sweep, 2016 Case 1:14-cv-02002-JEJ-SES Document 44 Filed 08/10/16 Page 1 of 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA SUDHIR GANGWAL, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No.: 1:14-cv-02002-JEJ-SES (Filed: October 16, 2014) District Judge: John …
Publication • August 10, 2016
Filed under: Private Prisons
Responding to the Growth of the Private Prison Industry in the United States, NCCD, 2011 October 2011 NCCD National Council on Crime and Delinquency Responding to the Growth of the Private Prison Industry in the United States Christopher Hartney Caroline Glesmann October 21, 2011 Submitted to the Public Welfare Foundation …
Publication • August 10, 2016
Filed under: Sexual Assault
Deterring Staff Sexual Abuse of Federal Inmates, DOJ OIG, 2005 U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General Deterring Staff Sexual Abuse of Federal Inmates Office of the Inspector General April 2005 I. Introduction The Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is responsible for investigating allegations …
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