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Kickback publication • August 14, 2019
NJ DOC Inmate Telephone Rates 2019 8/14/2019 Select Language NJDOC Inmate Telephone System Information Translate Powered by (After making a selection translation will being. This may take a few seconds) AgriIndustries Home Inmate Telephone System Information About Us Frequently Asked Questions Contact Us Escapes Offender Search Engine Offender Visit Restrictions …
Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
New Jersey Jail to Pay $1.2 Million for Strip Searching Detainees by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Richard Wright and April Wedding were awarded $10,000 each as representatives in a class-action suit filed against Ocean County, New Jersey for its practice of strip searching everyone booked into the …
Publication • July 3, 2019
HRDC comment on prison visitation rule change in New Jersey Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS July 3, 2019 Kathleen Cullen Administrative Rules Unit Office of the Commissioner P.O. Box 863 Trenton, New Jersey 08625 Re: Proposal Number: PRN 2019-051 Dear Ms. Cullen, The Human Rights Defense …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
New Jersey Federal Court Approves $1.5 Million Jail Strip-Search Settlement by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell On January 31, 2019, U.S. District Court Judge Noel L. Hillman approved a $1.5 million class-action settlement in a case against Burlington County, New Jersey, where hundreds of people were improperly strip-searched at the …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
Federal Judge Holds Bivens Not Applicable to Prison Workplace Discrimination Claims by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Refusing to extend Bivens to cover a prison workplace discrimination claim, last year the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey held that a remedy for such a claim would have …
Publication • July 1, 2019
Issue #9 From The Inside Out, Prison Watch, 2019 89 Market Street, 6th Floor | Newark, NJ 07102 | 973-643-1924 “FROM THE INSIDE OUT” This report was created by Program Director Bonnie Kerness (973-410-3978/ ​bkerness@afsc.org​), Interns Yajedah (Jada) West and Demecis Matias, and with further assistance from Ojore Lutalo. Both …
San Francisco Joins National Push to Abolish Youth Prisons by Ella Fassler by Ella Fassler, Truthout, June 3, 2019 It’s happening in Minneapolis. New Jersey. Arkansas. Upstate New York. Durango, Colorado. One by one, juvenile prisons are closing, or are slated to close, in response to child abuse reports, sustained …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
New Jersey Women’s Prison Again Under Investigation for Staff Sexual Abuse by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss In April 2019, an eighth guard at New Jersey’s Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women (EMCF) was arrested and charged with official misconduct and criminal sexual conduct. Ciera Roddy, 32, faces …
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Filed under: Strip Searches, Settlements
New Jersey County Pays $1,975,000 to Settle Suit Over Unlawful Strip Searches by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Ocean County, New Jersey has agreed to pay $1.975 million to settle a class-action lawsuit, where the class was defined as “All persons who were admitted into the Ocean County Correctional Facility …
Publication • 2019
New Jersey - disapproved publications list (2019) NEW JERSEY DOC DISAPPROVED PUBLICATIONS LIST - JUNE 2019 101 t hings t o do with M ac Metal Binding and Cheese 30/40 Plus ALL ISSUES 33 St ratigies of wa r 48 laws of Power Absolute Green La ntern Absolutely Evereything WWE …
Third Circuit: Placement on a Rehire List Not a Protected Interest by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss In a precedent-setting case, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that there is not a constitutionally protected property interest for civil service employees in New Jersey to …
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
New Jersey Prisoner Who Suggested Date to Nurse Has Disciplinary Action Reversed by In an unpublished ruling, the Appellate Division of New Jersey’s Superior Court reversed a disciplinary action against a prisoner who had contacted a prison nurse to suggest a date. Shakey Norman was found guilty by a disciplinary …
Brief • April 30, 2019
Bizzarro Et Al v. Ocean County, NJ, Strip Search, Settlement OCN L 001644-17 04/30/2019 Pg 1 of 5 Trans ID: LCV2019756506 Carl D. Poplar, Esquire 241211967 1010 Kings Highway S. Building One Cherry Hill, NJ 08034 Phone: 856.216.9979 856.216.9970 Fax: WILLIAM RIBACK, LLC William Riback, Esquire 1101 N. Kings Highway …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Middlesex County, New Jersey Settles Solitary Confinement Suit by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell In September 2018, Middlesex County, New Jersey agreed to settle a civil rights lawsuit and give prisoners held in a secure housing unit more freedom.  “It’s no longer possible to lock someone in solitary confinement and …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Filed under: Sexual Assault, Settlements
New Jersey DOC Settles Sexual Abuse Suit, but More Cases are Pending by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The New Jersey Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to settle a federal complaint that alleged multiple civil rights violations at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women. That same facility, located in …
Article • February 15, 2019
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault
Former New Jersey Prison Guard, Accused of Abusing Female Prisoners, Settles Lawsuit for $75,000 by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Former New Jersey Correctional Officer Erick Melgar, accused by 16 women prisoners at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility in Hunterdon County of both physical and sexual misconduct from 2008 to …
Kickback publication • January 16, 2019
Filed under: Telephones
New Jersey No Kickbacks (2016) CHAPTER 37 AN ACT concerning inmate telephone charges and supplementing Title 30 of the Revised Statutes. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: C.30:4-8.11 “Private correctional facility” defined. 1. For the purposes of this act, “private correctional …
Article • December 5, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018
New Jersey Federal Court Certifies Class-Action Suit Against Global*Tel Link by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey has certified a class-action lawsuit against Global Tel*Link (GTL), one of the nation’s largest prison telecom companies. According to the court, the plaintiffs – …
Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
New Jersey County Pays $95,000 to Female Lawyer “Wanded” Between Legs at Jail by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Bonita Bourke is a 56-year-old attorney and former president of the Warren County, New Jersey Bar Association. She regularly visits clients at the Sussex County jail, and as with all visitors …
Article • September 10, 2018
$280,000 settlement after family files wrongful death suit against New Jersey jail, health providers by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss A civil action lawsuit was filed against Burlington County Jail (DCJ), CFG Health Systems, Corizon Health, Inc. and others on behalf of Jerome Iozzia after he died due to improper …
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