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Denial of Qualified Immunity Requires Detailed Order by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals remanded an Arkansas federal district court’s order denying US. Marshals qualified immunity on summary judgment. At issue was a lawsuit brought by James Clayton Solomon, who was transferred from the Oklahoma City Federal Transfer Center to …
California Housing Classifications May Burden Religious Freedom, but Constitutional Liability Overcomes Burden by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held a prisoner stated a claim under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) that his classification as racially eligible to house with non-“Aryan” prisoners interfered with his religious …
Aging, Sick and Incarcerated: The Need for Compassionate Release by Victoria Law By Victoria Law, Truthout.org Mary Ziman already had debilitating fibromyalgia and, unable to work, was on permanent disability. Then she was arrested and sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute marijuana, methamphetamine and cocaine, charges she says …
Publication • June 13, 2016
Post-Dukes cases certifying classes of persons in prisons, jails, Post-Dukes, 2016 Post-Dukes cases certifying classes of persons in prisons, jails, and other institutional settings First Circuit Gordon v. Johnson, 300 F.R.D. 28 (D. Mass. 2014) Reid v. Donelan, 297 F.R.D. 185 (D. Mass. 2014) Kenneth R. ex rel. Tri-County CAP, …
No Place for Old Men by Texas prisons are filling up with the old and the ill — at enormous expense. by Dick J. Reavis, Texas Observer Benito Alonzo is a short, 140-pound 80-year-old. His quiet-spoken manner, drooping jowls and gray hair, trimmed in a buzz, give him the appearance …
Louisiana Parish Saddled With Large Jail, Large Costs by Matthew Clarke Before he pleaded guilty to taking bribes and illegally spending around $150,000 of his campaign money, resulting in a 46-month federal prison sentence in 2013, former Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana Sheriff Jiff Hingle may have started his parish on a …
Publication • 2016
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Santa Clara County Office of the Sheriff-Jail Classification System Evaluation, 2016 Institute Santa Clara County Office of the Sheriff Custody Bureau Jail Classification System Evaluation Prepared by James Austin Robin Allen August 2016 Introduction The Santa Clara County Office of the Sheriff Custody Bureau operates one of the largest jail …
Publication • May 26, 2016
Letter to CCA re Renewal of Otter Creek contract and transfer of HI inmates, KY DOC, July 24, 2009
Article • May 13, 2016
Florida Prison’s “Widespread Retaliation” Against Writ Writers Claim Proceeds Forward by David Reutter The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a grant of summary judgment in a prisoner’s civil rights action alleging the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) has a widespread practice and custom of transferring prisoners in retaliation for …
Article • May 5, 2016 • from PLN May, 2016
Prisoners in Chicago Learn Skills, Improve Neighborhoods by Demolishing Vacant Homes by Gary Hunter Cook County, Illinois has become the first county in the nation to employ a new, double-edged strategy to attack neighborhood blight and train jail prisoners for productive employment following their release, by using prisoner labor to …
Idaho Prison Population Drops, Out-of-State Prisoners Re-turned by Christopher Zoukis In a positive sign of declining prison populations, on February 10, 2016, Idaho Department of Correction Director Kevin H. Kempf announced that all 173 state prisoners remaining at the Kit Carson Correctional Center, a Colorado facility operated by Corrections Corporation …
Publication • March 9, 2016
BOP Compassionate Release Program, OIG, 2013 U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General Evaluation and Inspections Division The Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Compassionate Release Program April 2013 I-2013-006 EXECUTIVE DIGEST In the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, Congress authorized the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) …
Article • March 7, 2016
Tulare County, California Settles Prisoner Suicide Case for $1 Million by Derek Gilna Mario Lopez, Jr., according to his attorney's federal civil rights complaint filed by his family in 2011 after his suicide in the Tulare County, California jail, "was a mentally ill man who had suffered for many years …
Article • March 7, 2016
New Report Details California Counties’ “AB 109” Correctional Priorities by Derek Gilna A new report issued by Stanford University explores how California Assembly Bill 109 (AB 109), also known as the “realignment bill,” has shifted control of local correction activities to county agencies from the state.  Funded by state block …
Article • March 7, 2016
California Counties Say Jail Space is Lacking Because Of Red Tape, Recession by Joe Watson Bureaucratic hurdles and the Great Recession are being blamed for a purportedly dire lack of jail space in California, where the state's "realignment" law has forced overcrowded prisons to transfer low-level offenders to the custody …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Tennessee: Theft, Misconduct Charges Pending Against Former Jail Supervisor, Son by David Reutter A father and son have been charged with misconduct and theft for inappropriate conduct with prisoners and double-billing supervision over a work crew from a Tennessee jail. According to Police Chief Mark Sirois, the Johnson City Police …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Federal Prisoner Wins $300,000 Judgment on Medical Negligence Claim by Derek Gilna Federal prisoner Michael Patrick Giambalvo won a judgment against the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) in a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) action alleging medical negligence. The award by West Virginia U.S. District Court Judge Michael Siebert was for …
Sexual Harassment, Abuse Alleged at Oklahoma Halfway House for Women by Joe Watson Ownership of a privately-operated Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) halfway house near Tulsa has changed hands in the midst of at least two lawsuits and possible criminal charges stemming from allegations that the owner of a sandwich …
Publication • February 24, 2016
Memo to Commissioner on Lee Riot, CCA, 2004 Memorandum To: JohnRees,Commissioner From: PattiR. Webb,Warden Date: October 4,2004 Subject: CriticalIlrcidentReview Re: LeeAdjustmentCenter Ms' GeorgiaDunn, Mr. Don Bottom, and myself were directedto review the Critical Incident that occurredat Lee AdjustmentCenteron Septemb er 14, 2004. We agreedon two days, Septernber27ft and286. We met …
Senate Letter to Director of FBOP re relocation of female inmates Danbury FCI, US Senate, 2013 tinitnl �tatrs �rnatr WASHINGTON. DC 20510 October 4, 2013 The Honorable Charles E. Samuels, Jr. Director Federal Bureau of Prisons 320 First Street NW Washington, DC 20534 Dear Director Samuels: Thank you for your …
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