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$25,000 Award to Utah Muslim Prisoner Attacked by Death Row Prisoner Following 9/11 by A Utah federal jury awarded $25,000 to a Muslim prisoner who claimed guards set him up for a beating following the 9/11 guerrilla attacks. The oddest part of the situation is the prisoner was beat by …
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
New York’s Correction Law § 24 Held Unconstitutional by US Supreme Court by Brandon Sample New York’s Correction Law § 24 Held Unconstitutional by US Supreme Court by Brandon Sample New York’s Correction Law § 24, which prevents prisoners from bringing 42 U.S.C. § 1983 actions for damages against prison …
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
FBI And States Expand Collection Of DNA To The Innocent by Brandon Sample DNA collection is expanding to individuals arrested or detained as state and federal law enforcement officials seek to solve more crimes. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) joined 15 states in April 2009 that collect DNA from …
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
Filed under: Voting, News, State Legislation
Washington States Passes New Law for Automatic Restoration of Voting Rights by Eric Nygren Governor Christine Gregoire has signed into law a bill that reforms Washington’s convoluted system for restoring voting rights. The measure will restore the right to vote automatically to citizens who have come out of the criminal …
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
Sheriff and Guards Indicted: Sex, Misconduct and Contraband Scandal at Texas Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 27, 2009, a grand jury in Montague County, Texas returned a 106-count indictment against former Sheriff Bill Keating and ten jail guards, four prisoners and two other people in connection …
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
Philadelphia Tax Break for Hiring Ex-Prisoners a Bust by Giving employers a $10,000 tax break to hire ex-offenders was a good idea. At least until the Philadelphia City Council ruined it. While running for mayor of Philadelphia, Michael Nutter proposed a new way to cut crime: Help ex-cons get jobs …
California: Parole Board’s Policy Barring Friendly Oral Witness Testimony At Lifer Hearings Ruled An “Underground Regulation” by Marvin Mentor The California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) struck down the unwritten policy of the California Board of Parole Hearings (BPH) that denied all requests for friendly oral witness testimony at lifer …
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
U.S. Supreme Court Recedes from Saucier’s Mandatory Provisions for Determining Qualified Immunity Claims by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The U.S. Supreme Court has retreated from a mandatory procedural practice for resolving government officials’ qualified immunity claims, leaving it to the discretion of lower courts as to which prong …
$3.75 Million Settlement for Orange County, California, Jail Detainee Severely Beaten by Prisoners by After suffering severe brain damage while confined at an Orange County Jail in California, Fernando Ramirez, represented by attorneys Mark W. Eisenberg of Newport Beach and Jerry N. Gans of Santa Ana, sued the County, the …
Violence on the Rise in Arizona Prisons by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The level of violence in Arizona prisons is increasing – at least that is the conclusion to be drawn from recent reports. In 2008 alone there were four homicides in the state’s prison system, and with …
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
Maryland Prisoners Receive Kosher Food by Brandon Sample Beginning on April 9, 2009, The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) started providing kosher meals to state prisoners with religious dietary needs. The decision to provide kosher food came after a meeting between the Secretary of the DPSCS …
Article • September 15, 2009
$2,000 Settlement in Vehicle Damage Claim by Washington State’s King County has paid $1,960.37 to settle the claim of PHH Arval Vehicle Management Services. On December 10, 2007, PHH’s driver was going through an intersection when a county-owned vehicle pulling a trailer, driven by Patti Porter, attempted to pass and …
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
From the Bottom of the Heap: The Autobiography of Black Panther Robert Hillary King, Oakland, CA: PM Press (2009) $24.95 hardback, 217 pages by Mel Motel Book review by Mel Motel Robert Hillary King writes like he speaks. I had the honor of spending some time with the only freed …
Article • September 15, 2009
$2,500 Settlement for Jail’s Failure to Treat Broken Hand by Washington State’s King County Jail has paid Edward D. Bland $2,500 to settle a claim that the Jail failed to treat his broken right hand. Upon booking on March 9, 2004, a jail nurse examined Bland’s hand, which was as …
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
Filed under: Medical, Medication, Skin
Oklahoma Prisoner Awarded $65,000 for Inadequate MSRA Care by Brandon Sample On March 12, 2009, Chief U.S. District Judge Claire Eagan entered judgment in the amount of $65,000 against an Oklahoma state prison Health Services Administrator (HSA) accused of failing to provide a prisoner adequate medical treatment. While incarcerated at …
Article • September 15, 2009
$2,824.70 Settlement in Lost Property by Washington State’s King County Jail has paid $2,824.70 to settle the lost property claim of James B. Trapp, who entered the jail on November 30, 2001. The jail lost his driver’s license, personal and work keys, a chain and cross, pants, sweatshirt, shirt, hat, …
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
Sixth Circuit Overturns $625,000 Verdict for Ohio Prisoner Sexually Abused by Guard by Brandon Sample In what one judge described as a “legal travesty,” on March 13, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit overturned a jury verdict in favor of a prisoner who had been sexually …
Article • September 15, 2009
3 Days Illegal Imprisonment Nets $5,500 by Washington’s King County paid $5,500 to settle a claim that a probation officer was negligent in her duties, causing the claimant, Lolita Urie, to be improperly and illegally arrested. When Urie timely appeared for a probation appointment with King County Probation Officer Nancy …
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
$1 Million Settlement in Santa Clara, California Jail Suicide by California’s Santa Clara County paid $1 million to the estate of a mentally ill prisoner who committed suicide at the Santa Clara County Jail (SCCJ). The estate’s federal civil rights complaint claimed jail officials failed to provide necessary medical treatment …
Article • September 15, 2009
$3,300 Settlement for Cruel and Unusual Punishment by Jail Guards by Washington State’s King County Jail paid $3,298.53 to settle the claim of James D. Wilks, who alleged that he was subject to cruel and unusual punishment in January and February 2002. The complaint alleges that Wilks was not treated …
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