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Restraint Chair Deaths, Abuses Prompt Questions, Criticism and Lawsuits by Joe Watson Like another jail detainee more than seven years before him, Joshua Grose died while strapped into a restraint chair at the York County Detention Center in South Carolina. In the early morning hours of October 12, 2013, following …
Will Ohio’s Prison Watchdog Agency be Silenced? by On May 25, 2016, Joanna Saul, 33, the executive director of Ohio’s Correctional Institution Inspection Committee (CIIC), was forced to resign due to infighting between the bipartisan prison watchdog agency, Republican legislators and Governor John Kasich. Saul first touched a nerve when …
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
New Jersey Prison Phone Class-action Suit Against Global Tel*Link Continues by Derek Gilna A New Jersey federal district court denied a motion to dismiss filed by prison telecom giant Global Tel*Link (GTL) and its subsidiary DSI-ITI in a class-action lawsuit alleging predatory practices in providing phone service to New Jersey …
Advocates Want Private Prisons Subject to Open Records Laws by Joe Watson Government accountability advocates have called for private prison companies like Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and the GEO Group to be subject to open records laws – including the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) – to ensure …
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
New York Federal Judge Challenges Collateral Consequences by In a move The New York Times called “striking,” and Gabriel J. Chin, a professor at the University of California, Davis School of Law said was “groundbreaking,” U.S. District Court Judge Frederic Block sentenced a young woman in a drug case to …
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
The Mirage of Justice by by Chris Hedges, Truthdig If you are poor, you will almost never go to trial – instead you will be forced to accept a plea deal offered by government prosecutors. If you are poor, the word of the police, who are not averse to fabricating or …
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
Seventh Circuit Reverses Denial of Prisoner’s Claim for Failure to Detach Portion of Administrative Form by Derek Gilna Charles Donelson was a prisoner in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) when he was charged with disciplinary infractions for two incidents involving the same guard. Donelson denied that …
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
California: Ninth Circuit Reverses Finding that Props 9 and 89 are Unconstitutional by Derek Gilna In February 2014, following a bench trial, U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence K. Karlton found that two California laws created as a result of state ballot initiatives “retrospectively increased punishments, in violation of the ex …
Oklahoma Jail Detainee Handcuffed, Pepper-sprayed and Choked to Death by Caddo County District Attorney Jason Hicks cited his interpretation of the state’s open records law as justification for withholding reports and video footage documenting the death of Darius Robinson at the county lockup in the rural town of Anadarko, Oklahoma. …
From the Editor by Paul Wright The Campaign for Prison Phone Justice, co-founded by the Human Rights Defense Center, has led the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to curb some of the more egregious abuses of the prison telecom industry. It has also helped focus increased attention from all sources, including …
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Arkansas: Two guards were placed on paid leave after they shot and killed prisoner Christopher Wilson during an April 7, 2016 escape attempt from the Varner Unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction. According to DOC spokesperson Solomon Graves, “Officers gave [Wilson] a demand to cease …
Publication • August 2, 2016
National Standards to Prevent, Detect and Respond to Prison Rape, DOJ, 2012 The following is the text of the rule signed by the Attorney General on May 16, 2012, which has been sent to the Federal Register for publication. The Federal Register will update this document to include dates that …
Semelbauer et al v. Muskegon Co, MI, Plf Reply BiS, jail gender discrimination 8th Am, 2016 Case 1:14-cv-01245-JTN ECF No. 105 filed 08/02/16 PageID.2008 Page 1 of 17 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION MICHELLE SEMELBAUER, PAULETTE BOSCH, DENISE VOS, CRISA BROWN, …
Publication • August 2, 2016
Report on Arpaio Racial Discrimination - United States' Investigation ofthe Maricopa County Sheriffs Office, DOJ, 2011 u. S. Department of Justice Civil Rights.Division -------------_. Assistant Auomey Ge1U!ral Washington, D.C. 20530 December 15, 2011 Mr. Bill Montgomery County Attorney Maricopa County 301 West Jefferson Street Phoenix, AZ 85003 Re: United States' …
Publication • August 2, 2016
Filed under: CONMED
Coos County Sheriff's Office Contract Summary With Conmed -9th Amendment, 2016
Publication • August 2, 2016
Memo Appointing Gov. Nixon to Act as Public Defender, Missouri State Public Defender Office of the Director, 2016 MISSOURI STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR August 2, 2016 The Honorable Jay Nixon Governor of Missouri P.O. Box 720 Jefferson City, Missouri 65102 Dear Governor Nixon: Seven years ago, your …
Article • August 1, 2016
EEOC Finds White Male BOP Guard Discriminated Against in Promotion Denial by An Administrative Law Judge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission found The Bureau of Prisons discriminated against Samuel M. Rissitelli, Jr., “on the basis of his gender (“Male”) and race (“White”)” when he “was not selected for the …
Due Process Triggered by Seizure from Home to Prison Confinement by In affirming a grant of summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds, The Sixth Circuit Court of appeals held that for purposes of due process and unreasonable seizure protections, home confinement differs materially from in prison confinement.  Because that right …
Article • August 1, 2016
Filed under: Court Access
Dismissal of Some Defendants in Civil Case Not Final Order by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held it does not have jurisdiction over an appeal challenging the dismissal of some, but not all, defendants in a civil proceeding. Michigan prisoner Michael A. Kitchen filed a civil rights action against …
Discriminatory Firing of BOP Results in Jury Verdict, Settlement of $280,000 by A California federal jury found the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) liable for discrimination against a former investigative lieutenant.  The parties eventually settled the matter for $280,000. Isaac A. Asberry, a black male, worked for over 17 years at …
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