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Kentucky Prisoners Entitled to Review of Audio Recordings at Disciplinary Hearing
Article • February 8, 2017 • from PLN February, 2017
Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Hearing Officers, False Charges (Disciplinary Hearings), Evidence, Administrative Exhaustion, Due Process
Kentucky Prisoners Entitled to Review of Audio Recordings at Disciplinary Hearing by A Kentucky Court of Appeals held on February 26, 2016 that prisoners have a due process right to request the review of audio recordings at a prison disciplinary hearing. Proceeding pro se, Kentucky state prisoner Sammy F. Mobley, …
Seventh Circuit Reinstates Illinois Jail Prisoner’s Failure-to-Protect Suit
Article • February 8, 2017 • from PLN February, 2017
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, HIV/AIDS, Injury -- Misc., Medical Records, Failure to Protect (General), Disclosure of Records, Discovery, Staff Training
Seventh Circuit Reinstates Illinois Jail Prisoner’s Failure-to-Protect Suit by In a September 16, 2015 ruling, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a district court had improperly dismissed an Illinois jail prisoner’s failure-to-protect lawsuit based on his refusal to sign a medical release form. Mario Reyes was a pretrial …
Michigan: Class-action Suit Alleges Systematic Deficiencies in Prison Dental Care
Article • February 7, 2017 • from PLN February, 2017
Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Dental Care, Class Certification
Michigan: Class-action Suit Alleges Systematic Deficiencies in Prison Dental Care by A Michigan federal district court has allowed portions of a lawsuit challenging the adequacy of dental care provided to state prisoners to proceed. Michigan prisoners Robert Johannes, Michael Woroniecki, Phillip Turner and Roger Stephenson alleged the dental care they …
$5,000 Settlement for Prison Interfering with California Prisoner's Mail
Article • February 7, 2017
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Settlements, Mail, Publications/Books, Mail Regulations, Due Process, Legal Mail
$5,000 Settlement for Prison Interfering with California Prisoner's Mail by In November 2015, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) settled for $5,000 a federal civil rights action brought by CDCR prisoner Sherman Manning alleging interference with Manning's mail and retaliation for his publication of books critical of the CDCR. Manning …
American Society for Testing and Minerals v. Public Resource Inc, DC, Memorandum Opinion, 2017
Brief • February 2, 2017
Filed under: Summary Judgment
American Society for Testing and Minerals v. Public Resource Inc, DC, Memorandum Opinion, 2017 Case 1:13-cv-01215-TSC Document 175 Filed 02/02/17 Page 1 of 55 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. PUBLIC.RESOURCE.ORG, INC., Defendant. AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION, …
Harris v. City of Chicago, IL, Response to Mot to Bar Def Expert, Wrongful Conviction, 2017
Brief • January 30, 2017
Filed under: Expert Witnesses, Accidents, Children of Prisoners
Harris v. City of Chicago, IL, Response to Mot to Bar Def Expert, Wrongful Conviction, 2017 Case: 1:14-cv-04391 Document #: 250 Filed: 01/30/17 Page 1 of 8 PageID #:5995 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION NICOLE HARRIS Plaintiff, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, …
The First Year - Building Bridges Between FOIA Requesters and Federal Agencies, OIG, 2011
Publication • January 26, 2017
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Public Records, Freedom of Information Act
The First Year - Building Bridges Between FOIA Requesters and Federal Agencies, OIG, 2011 Office of Government Information Services The First Year Building Bridges Between FOIA Requesters and Federal Agencies March 2011 Cover: Sipapu Bridge, White Canyon, Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah, May 1972 (NARA 412-DA-2446) Office of Government Information …
Anthony v. State of Wash, WA, Complaint for Personal Injuries, Failure to Protect and Supervise Inmates, 2017
Brief • January 19, 2017
Filed under: Grievances
Anthony v. State of Wash, WA, Complaint for Personal Injuries, Failure to Protect and Supervise Inmates, 2017 1 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF THURSTON 7 8 ANTHONY B. D., No. 9 Plaintiff, COMPLAINT FOR PERSONAL …
Culture of Abuse and Corruption Plagues Jail in Denver, Colorado
Article • January 10, 2017 • from PLN January, 2017
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Police Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Corrections Audits, Racial Discrimination, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Retaliatory Segregation, Failure to Treat, Drug Overdose, Retaliatory Discipline, Interpreters (Disciplinary Hearings), Prison/Jail Murders, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing, Jail Specific, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Restraints, Witnesses, Wrongful Release, Overdetention, Interpreters, Failure to Train/Supervise, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, Guards/Staff, Failure to Protect (Staff), Staff Training, Racial Profiling
Culture of Abuse and Corruption Plagues Jail in Denver, Colorado by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton, Matt Clarke, David Reutter, Christopher Zoukis When Jamal Hunter was arrested in April 2011 on three misdemeanor charges, he had no idea what was in store for him during his stay at the Denver …
New York: Nearly $10 Million in Settlements Over Denial of Medical Care at Rikers Island
Article • January 10, 2017 • from PLN January, 2017
Filed under: Failure to Treat, Failure to Protect (General), Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)
New York: Nearly $10 Million in Settlements Over Denial of Medical Care at Rikers Island by On November 13, 2015, the City of New York entered into a $3.8 million settlement in a lawsuit brought by the estate of a Rikers Island prisoner who swallowed caustic chemicals and died due …
Merits Ruling on Procedurally Flawed Grievance Satisfies PLRA
Article • January 10, 2017 • from PLN January, 2017
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Judicial Misconduct, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Failure to Treat, PLRA, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Frivolous Litigation (PLRA), Grievances
Merits Ruling on Procedurally Flawed Grievance Satisfies PLRA by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that district courts may not enforce a prison’s procedural rule to find a failure to exhaust administrative remedies after prison officials declined to enforce the rule themselves. The Court also found the district …
California County Settles Class-action Lawsuit Over Jail Medical and Mental Health Care
Article • January 10, 2017 • from PLN January, 2017
Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Medication, Failure to Treat, Food, Water, Jail Specific, Settlements, Failure to Train/Supervise, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)
California County Settles Class-action Lawsuit Over Jail Medical and Mental Health Care by Matthew Clarke In November 2015, Riverside County, California agreed to settle a federal class-action civil rights suit brought by current and former county jail prisoners who alleged violations of their constitutional right to adequate medical and mental …
Too Little, Too Late: Prosecutor Remorseful for Sending Innocent Man to Death Row
Article • January 10, 2017 • from PLN January, 2017
Filed under: Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Racial Discrimination, Prosecutors, Juries, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Death Penalty/Death Row, Death Penalty, Death Row, Racial Profiling
Too Little, Too Late: Prosecutor Remorseful for Sending Innocent Man to Death Row by David Reutter The district attorney who prosecuted Glenn Ford, a Louisiana man exonerated after spending 30 years on death row, called capital punishment “an abomination that continues to scar the fibers of this society.” That statement …
Kentrell v. Cain, LA, Memorandum, 2017
Brief • January 6, 2017
Filed under: Expert Witnesses
Kentrell v. Cain, LA, Memorandum, 2017 Case 3:15-cv-00318-BAJ-RLB Document 192-1 01/06/17 Page 1 of 21 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA JOSEPH LEWIS, JR., KENTRELL PARKER, FARRELL SAMPIER, REGINALD GEORGE, JOHN TONUBBEE, OTTO BARRERA, CLYDE CARTER, CEDRIC EVANS, EDWARD GIOVANNI, RICKY D. DAVIS, LIONEL TOLBERT, and RUFUS WHITE, …
Harris v. City of Chicago, IL, Motion to Bar Def Expert, Wrongful Conviction, 2017
Brief • January 6, 2017
Filed under: Expert Witnesses, Wrongful Conviction, Accidents, Children of Prisoners
Harris v. City of Chicago, IL, Motion to Bar Def Expert, Wrongful Conviction, 2017 Case: 1:14-cv-04391 Document #: 213 Filed: 01/06/17 Page 1 of 13 PageID #:3892 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION NICOLE HARRIS, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Exonerated Ohio Prisoner’s Claim for Improperly Released Medical Record to Proceed
Article • January 3, 2017
Filed under: Medical Records, Settlements, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Bankruptcy, Privacy Act
Exonerated Ohio Prisoner’s Claim for Improperly Released Medical Record to Proceed by An Ohio Court of Appeals held a trial court improperly granted summary judgment to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) in a lawsuit claiming invasion of privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The suit was …
Young v. Chicago, IL, Order, Produce IPRA Documents,2017
Brief • January 3, 2017
Filed under: Appointment of Counsel, Discovery, Fourth Amendment, rights, Fourteenth Amendment, rights
Young v. Chicago, IL, Order, Produce IPRA Documents,2017 Case: 1:13-cv-05651 Document #: 179 Filed: 01/03/17 Page 1 of 24 PageID #:1111 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION LaSHAWNDA YOUNG, Individually, and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Divonte Young, ) ) ) ) …
Shackled to Debt, Harvard Kennedy School-National Institute of Justice, 2017
Publication • January 1, 2017
Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems, Costs, Bill of Costs, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
Shackled to Debt, Harvard Kennedy School-National Institute of Justice, 2017 New Thinking in Community Corrections VE RI TAS JANUARY 2017 • NO. 4 HARVARD Kennedy School Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management Shackled to Debt: Criminal Justice Financial Obligations and the Barriers to Re-Entry They Create Karin D. Martin, …
California’s Historic Corrections Reforms, PPIC, 2016
Publication • December 30, 2016
Filed under: Prison Reform, Crime/Demographics, Statistics/Trends, Census, Cost of Prison Systems, Overcrowding, Release and Reentry, Costs, Sentencing, Three Strikes, Collateral consequences of prison, Alternative Sentencing
California’s Historic Corrections Reforms, PPIC, 2016 California’s Historic Corrections Reforms September 2016 Magnus Lofstrom, Mia Bird, and Brandon Martin PPIC.ORG © 2016 Public Policy Institute of California. PPIC is a public charity. It does not take or support positions on any ballot measures or on any local, state, or federal …
CCA response to AP records request re staffing 2016, CCA, April 5, 2016
Publication • December 30, 2016
Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Staffing, Disclosure of Records, Public Records, Freedom of Information Act, Media
CCA response to AP records request re staffing 2016, CCA, April 5, 2016 5 April 2016 Requester Travis Loller The Associated Press 1207 18th Ave. South, Suite 261A Nashville, TN 37212 Log Number 201600094 Please see the following response to a public records request sent to Steve Groom, General Counsel, …
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