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Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Massachusetts: Guards Suspended, Accused of Threatening to Kill Escaped Prisoner in Scheme to Generate Overtime by Two Massachusetts Department of Correction (DOC) officers were suspended in May 2011, one with pay, in connection with anonymous, threatening phone calls made to a hospital where a critically wounded prisoner was being held, …
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
Ohio Prisoner Escape and Hostage-Taking Results in Lawsuit Against CCA, Settlement by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) has agreed to a confidential settlement in a negligence suit following an escape from one of the company’s private prisons. On April 2, 2007, prisoner Billy Jack Fitzmorris, held at the CCA-run Northeast …
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
Texas Jail Guards Smuggle Contraband in Tacos, Ramen Noodles by When Bexar County jail guard Alfred Casas, 32, agreed to bring some tacos to prisoner Jacob Keller in violation of jail rules, he probably didn’t think much of it. That changed when the tacos contained hacksaw blades intended for use …
The Sun Never Sets On Torture in American Military Prisons by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke PLN has reported extensively on some of the issues surrounding the treatment of prisoners in the American military prisons which were set up to hold people suspected of committing or supporting terrorism. This …
Article • August 15, 2011
Widow of Slain Fulton County Judge Settles Lawsuit for $5.2 Million by David Reutter By David M. Reutter Georgia’s Fulton County has agreed to pay the widow of slain judge Rowland Barnes $5.2 million. Barnes was killed by Brian Nichols, who went on a killing rampage in March 2005 at …
Article • May 15, 2011
Mistaken Release Still Escape If You Do Not Turn Yourself In by The federal escape statute applies to prisoners who fail to turn themselves in after being mistakenly released, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit decided December 27, 2010. Lonzell Gowdy was mistakenly released by Alabama prison …
Article • May 15, 2011
Missouri Escape Rule Bars Post-Conviction and Habeas Corpus Filing by Missouri state prisoner Alan Echols appealed his federal habeas corpus denial after being denied state post-conviction relief based on Missouri's escape rule, which bars the review of post-conviction claims from prisoners who escape from incarceration. The denial was upheld by …
Prison Pays: Geo Corp Profits from Half-Way House Murder and Mayhem in Texas by Craig Malisow Despite a history of abuse and bad conditions, private-prison corporation GEO Group keeps getting contracts in Texas by Craig Malisow Anthony Ferrell left the Ben A. Reid halfway house in northeast Houston on October …
Article • April 15, 2011
Georgia Detainee's False Imprisonment Conviction Reversed Due to Lack of Evidence by The Georgia Court of Appeals reversed the false imprisonment conviction of three detainees because the evidence presented at their trial was insufficient to support their convictions. On November 5, 2006, Reheim Jaahad Shearin, Tyrone Caruthers, Jason Tyrone Dellemar …
Report Faults Private Prison Company for Deadly Arizona Prison Break by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 19, 2010, the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) issued a report concerning the July 30 escape of three prisoners from a privately-operated prison in Kingman, Arizona. The report was highly critical of …
Article • February 15, 2011 • from PLN February, 2011
Habeas Hints: The Year in Review by Kent A. Russell by Kent Russell, Blaire Russell & Chandra Russell This column provides “habeas hints” to prisoners who are considering or handling habeas corpus petitions as their own attorneys (“in pro per”). The focus of the column is on habeas corpus under …
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
Wheelchair-bound Texas Escapee Produces Pistol, Commandeers Transport Van by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On November 30, 2009, a maximum-security Texas state prisoner who was shackled to a wheelchair in the back of a transport van while being transferred between prisons pulled out a pistol, commandeered the van, handcuffed the …
Washington DOC Pays $3,275,000 to Family of Deputy Killed by Former Prisoner by In September 2009, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to settle a wrongful death suit filed by the family of a King County deputy who was murdered by a recently-released prisoner. On December 2, 2006, while …
Publication • June 22, 2010
Filed under: Escapes
Oregon Prison Escape Report, 2010 SRCI Escape Review June 22, 2010 ,• On June 21-23, 2010, an audit team consisting ofPaula Myers, Superintendent CRCI/SFFC, Jeri Taylor, Assistant Superintendent of Security/TRCI, Brandon Kelly, Institution_Security Manage1'lOSCI, Ken Neff, Operations Manager/PRCF and Melissa Premo, Transport Manager conducted a review of the physicnl security …
Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Escapes
Being in Unauthorized Jail Area Without Escape Intent Not a Crime in Indiana by The Indiana Court of Appeals held that when prisoners “have no intent or plan to flee from detention in the penal facility in which they are confined, they cannot be guilty of the crime of escape …
Murphy v. Lockhart, MI, Complaint, escape retaliation religious rights mail telephone family segregation, 2010 2:10-cv-11676-DML-LJM Doc # 1 Filed 04/26/10 Pg 1 of 81 Pg ID 1 2:10-cv-11676-DML-LJM Doc # 1 Filed 04/26/10 Pg 2 of 81 Pg ID 2 2:10-cv-11676-DML-LJM Doc # 1 Filed 04/26/10 Pg 3 of 81 …
Article • January 15, 2010
Escapees Retain No Privacy Right From Searches by Prison escapees enjoy no Fourth Amendment right to privacy, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit decided February 26, 2009. Dan Ward was mistakenly released by state authorities after receiving a ten year sentence for being a felon-in-possession of a …
Florida Law Enforcement Officials on the Wrong Side of the Law by David Reutter by David M. Reutter “We’re a law-respecting, law-abiding community. ... We teach our children to respect and look up to men and women who wear badges, and that’s the way it oughta be,” said Florida state …
Pennsylvania Jail Mired in Scandal ... Again by by David M. Reutter With the suspension of two top officials at the Monroe County Correctional Facility (MCCF) in Snydersville, Pennsylvania, efforts to turn the jail around have hit yet another stumbling block. The February 27, 2009 suspensions – and later resignations …
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
Third Circuit Upholds Pennsylvania DOC Policy Requiring Control Number for Legal Mail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Finding that no legitimate penological interest existed to support a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PDOC) policy that requires a PDOC-issued control number on correspondence for it to qualify as legal mail, …
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