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Article • May 15, 2009 • from PLN May, 2009
Mock Prison Disaster Program Discontinued; Mock Prison Riot Training Remains by Gary Hunter Mock Prison Disaster Program Discontinued; Mock Prison Riot Training Remains by Gary Hunter Practicing for prison riots has been big business in Moundsville, West Virginia for years. The West Virginia State Penitentiary in Moundsville gained notoriety in …
Colorado: When Suing Private Prison under Common Law Tort, Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies Not Required by Colorado: When Suing Private Prison under Common Law Tort, Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies Not Required The Colorado Court of Appeals held that prisoners in a private for-profit prison could sue the prison company, in …
Article • March 15, 2009 • from PLN March, 2009
$295,000 Award to Wisconsin Prisoner in Moldy Mattress Case Reduced by Court by On September 17, 2008, a Wisconsin federal jury awarded a prisoner $295,000 for violation of his constitutional rights. Specifically, the jury found that state prisoner Reggie Townsend was “denied the minimal civilized measure of life’s necessities.” After …
Violence at Oklahoma Prisons Leaves Two Dead, Twenty-Five Injured by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 19, 2008, at approximately 12:30 p.m., a fight broke out between Native American and black prisoners at the Oklahoma State Reformatory (OSR) in Granite. When the skirmish ended five minutes later, two prisoners …
Article • August 15, 2008
Brain Damage, Blindness from California Prison Shooting Nets $2 Million Settlement by A California prisoner who was shot during a prison disturbance was paid $2 million to settle his suit. On August 28, 1993, 37-year-old Kenneth Newton was confined at California’s Chuckwalla Valley State Prison, when a disturbance erupted on …
BOP Prisoner States FTCA Claim for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Stemming from Burning Prison by The plaintiff sustained carbon monoxide poisoning while locked down during a fire started during a riot. The Clinical Director ordered that he remain in the prison medical facility rather than be sent to a hospital. Six …
Oklahoma Pays $844,000 for Comprehensive Performance Audit of DOC by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 4, 2008, MGT of America, Inc. released a performance audit of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (DOC). The 285-page report cost $844,000 and provided several clues as to how the prison system could …
More Prisoners Murdered in Texas Federal Prisons by Gary Hunter Until February 13, 2008, Ronald Joseph, 29, was serving time at a federal penitentiary in Beaumont, Texas for firearm and drug-related convictions. On that date he was found dead in his cell; a preliminary autopsy report indicated he had been …
Article • July 15, 2008
Bruise from Push by New York Prison Guard Nets $100 by A New York prisoner who struck his face on a doorjamb when a guard pushed him through a doorway was awarded $100. New York prisoner Andrew Harvey was on the recreation yard at Watertown Correctional Facility when a riot …
Article • July 15, 2008
New Mexico AG's Complete Privilege Request Denied Regarding Riot Report Disclosure by The New Mexico State Attorney General (AG) motioned to prevent discovery disclosure of evidence and communications after a riot investigation. The court granted the AG executive privilege only but ordered judicial inspection to determine the appropriate disclosure. Numerous …
Article • June 15, 2008
Injuries While Attempting to Flee New York Prison Riot Net $132,000 by A New York prisoner who was seriously injured during a riot was awarded $132,000 by the New York Court of Claims. On August 27, 1989, Ronald Duglan, a prisoner at New York’s Cayuga Correctional Facility, was caught in …
Montana Guards' Disciplinary Sanctions and Names Held Disclosable by Several guards at the Montana State Prison were disciplined for their behavior during a riot in which several prisoners in protective custody were killed. Numerous newspapers' requests for a copy of the report outlining the guards' discipline was granted, but the …
Summer of Discontent by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Underlying the purported societal goal of prisoner rehabilitation lurks the reality of what impedes it: systemic violence that defines the adversarial relationship between all men and women behind bars, prisoners and guards alike. Driven by racial animus, drugs, anger, gang …
Riots at CCA Prisons Reveal Weaknesses in Out-of-State Imprisonment Policies by Matthew T. Clarke By Matthew T. Clarke States, strapped by tight budgets and pressed by swelling prison populations, are faced with the Hobson's choice of releasing prisoners early to ease overcrowding or building prisons they can ill afford to …
Ingram v. Turner et al, TN, Amended Complaint, riot snitching assault ad seg retaliation 8th Am, 2008 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0186 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0187 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0188 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0189 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0190 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0191 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0192 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0193 CCA-AF …
Article • April 15, 2008 • from PLN April, 2008
Jail Uprisings in Oklahoma and Arkansas by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke June 2007 saw three disturbances at two jails in Oklahoma and Arkansas. The Pittsburg County, Oklahoma jail was built in 1974 and designed to hold 64 prisoners. On June 26, 2007 almost 100 were packed into the facility. …
Article • April 15, 2008 • from PLN April, 2008
Uprising at GEO Group Illinois Jail by On June 1, 2007, forty-six prisoners at the Tri-County Justice and Detention Center in Ullin, Illinois were involved in an hour-long riot. The 226-bed jail is owned by Pulaski County but operated by Florida-based GEO Group, formerly known as Wackenhut. The disturbance began …
Videotape Confidentiality Claim Requires Specifics of Reasoning for Review by A New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, has held that a generalized confidentiality assertion by the Department of Corrections (DOC) was improper, and the DOC must present sufficient evidence to enable the court to review its confidentiality claim. The ruling …
Article • January 15, 2008
Conflicting State Statutes Require Reversal of Massachusetts Riot Convictions by Defendant Randall Spearin and co defendant Gualter M. Camara, both Massachusetts State prisoners, appealed their convictions from a 2001 uprising at the Bristol County House of Corrections (Bristol), where they were incarcerated and led a riot. When they filed an …
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