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Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017
Filed under: Medical Misconduct
New Hampshire Jail Doctor Suspended Pending Misconduct Hearing by In April 2016, New Hampshire’s Board of Medicine suspended the license of a doctor who treated prisoners at the Valley Street Jail in Hillsborough County. The suspension followed allegations of professional misconduct. Dr. Matthew J. Masewic worked part time at the …
Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017
Vigilantes Assault, Rob and Murder Registered Sex Offenders by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke As repeatedly reported in Prison Legal News, for over a decade registered sex offenders have been targeted by vigilantes and assaulted, robbed and murdered due to their past crimes. And as noted in this issue’s cover …
Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017
$49,500 Settlement in New Jersey Jail Beating Suit by A mentally ill former New Jersey prisoner and Salem County officials agreed on March 4, 2016 to settle a lawsuit that alleged guards at the Salem County Jail beat him to the point where he had to be hospitalized. Harold Jones, …
Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Prosecutor’s Investigation Results in Release of Illinois Prisoner Convicted in 1957 Cold Case by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Jack Daniel McCullough, a 76-year-old veteran and former police officer, was convicted in 2012 of the 1957 abduction and murder of a young girl in perhaps the oldest cold case in …
CCA Prison Caught Recording Attorney-Client Meetings, Sharing Videos with Prosecutors by In March 2017, Special Master David R. Cohen filed a request with the U.S. District Court in Kansas, seeking to enlarge his investigation into whether the Leavenworth Detention Center (LDC) and the private contractor that operates the facility, Corrections …
Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017
Quickest Path to Reducing Pretrial Incarceration? Eliminate Money Bail by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna According to the non-partisan Prison Policy Initiative (PPI), the fastest way to reduce the number of pretrial detainees held in local jails is simple: Eliminate or reduce the use of money bail. In a money …
$200,000 Settlement Over Oklahoma Jail Prisoner’s Death by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A $200,000 settlement in a lawsuit filed over the death of a mentally ill Oklahoma jail prisoner emphasizes what Oklahoma sheriffs have been saying for years: they are ill prepared to deal with the rapidly increasing number …
Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017
Texas Prison System Bans Social Media for Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) added a rule to the April 2016 version of its Offender Handbook that bars prisoners from using any form of social media. Rule 111.N.4 states that “Offenders are prohibited …
Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017
Report Says Private Prison Companies Increase Recidivism by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In June 2016, In the Public Interest (ITPI), a non-partisan public policy group, published a report titled “How Private Prison Companies Increase Recidivism,” based upon the fact that for-profit prisons rely upon incarceration to generate revenue – …
Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017
After Fourteen Years, BOP Settles Prison Legal News FOIA Suit for $420,000 by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna When Congress passed the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, the theory was that it would inject some needed transparency into the federal government and make it easier for …
NCCHC Adopts New Solitary Confinement Standards by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Based on recent studies showing the adverse mental health effects of solitary confinement, the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC) adopted new standards for solitary in a report and position statement released April 10, 2016. The report …
Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017
U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Colorado’s Attempt to Keep Funds from Exonerated Prisoners by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On April 19, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court struck a powerful blow for the rights of exonerated prisoners when it reversed a decision of the Colorado Supreme Court that would have allowed …
Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017
Out of Prison, Uncovered by Beth Schwartzapfel Medicaid for ex-prisoners saves money and lives, but millions are released without it. by Beth Schwartzapfel and Jay Hancock Before he went to prison, Ernest killed his 2-year-old daughter in the grip of a psychotic delusion. When the Indiana Department of Correction released …
Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017
Fourth Circuit: IFRP Challenges Cognizable Under § 2241 by The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held in December 2015 that a federal habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 is the proper means for a federal prisoner to challenge their obligation to make restitution payments through the Bureau of …
Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017
From the Editor by Paul Wright This issue marks the 27th anniversary of Prison Legal News and our parent organization, the Human Rights Defense Center. When I first started publishing PLN from my prison cell in Clallam Bay, Washington in 1990, I didn’t think I would still be doing so …
Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017
Filed under: Staffing, Staff Training
Healthcare and Handcuffs: BOP Assigns Medical Staff to Security Positions by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), facing chronic guard shortages, has resorted to either paying overtime to officers who work additional shifts or assigning nurses and other healthcare staff to security positions. In the …
Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by News in Brief Argentina: Ten years ago, Gabriel Herrera was serving time for fraud and robbery when he murdered his then-wife, Veronica Castro, during a conjugal visit. On January 5, 2017, Herrera killed his current girlfriend, Andrea Neri, 19, in a similar fashion during a visit …
Sharbaugh v. Beaudry, FL, Order re Motion to Compel, Wrongful Death Failure to Protect, 2017 Case 3:16-cv-00126-MCR-EMT Document 90 Filed 05/05/17 Page 1 of 11 Page 1 of 11 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA PENSACOLA DIVISION RUSSELL K. SHARBAUGH, as the Personal Representative …
Sharbaugh v. Beaudry, FL, Order re Staying Discovery, Wrongful Death Failure to Protect, 2017 Case 3:16-cv-00126-MCR-EMT Document 93 Filed 05/05/17 Page 1 of 1 Page 1 of 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA PENSACOLA DIVISION RUSSELL K SHARBAUGH, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 3:16cv126-MCR-EMT JOHN C BEAUDRY, et …
Dittimus-Bey v. Taylor, NJ, Consent Decree, Jail Conditions, 2017 Case 1:05-cv-00063-JBS-JS Document 215-2 Filed 05/15/17 Page 2 of 15 PageID: 3760 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY CORRI DITTIMUS BEY, MEL VIN CLARK, MARK ELLIOTT and DONALD RUDD on behalf of themselves and all others similarly …
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