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Juvenile Sexual Assault Victims of Dr. William Ayres: The Forgotten Victims by Victoria Balfour In 1983, a troubled 14-year-old boy named Richard S. ran away from his group home in San Mateo, California. Richard – who never knew his father and whose mother died when he was a small child …
Allegheny County Reaches $2.09 Million Settlement for Prisoner’s Death by A $2.09 million settlement was reached in a lawsuit stemming from the death of a prisoner who was denied medical care at Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County Jail. Derek E. Black, 28, was involved in an April 16, 2012 altercation with another …
Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016
North Carolina Prisoners and Former Employees Describe “Boom-Boom Room” by Inside the Lumberton Correctional Institution, a medium-security prison near Fayetteville, North Carolina, there is said to be an isolated office known as the “boom-boom room.” There, according to prisoners and former staff members alike, unlucky prisoners were taken by guards …
Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016
Sexual Assault Victim Awarded $1.5 Million in Lawsuit against Illinois Prison Guard by Christopher Zoukis A longtime Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) guard was ordered to pay $1.5 million to a female prisoner he had raped, though he did not face criminal charges for the assault. Timothy Ware, 40, a …
Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016
Appeal Doesn’t Stay ODOC’s “Second Look” Release Plan Obligation by Mark Wilson The en banc Oregon Supreme Court held on October 22, 2015 that appealing a trial court order conditionally releasing a juvenile murderer who had served half his minimum sentence did not relieve prison officials of their statutory obligation …
Jail Prisoner’s Death Results in $1 Million Judgment against Texas County by Matthew Clarke On October 22, 2015, a federal jury awarded $1 million to the survivors and estate of a prisoner who died in a Texas jail, finding jail employees were deliberately indifferent to his medical needs. Terry Lynn …
Mentally Ill Oregon Prisoner’s Wrongful Death Suit Settles for $7.4 Million by Mark Wilson The family of a mentally ill Oregon prisoner who died due to complications from an untreated broken neck received $7.4 million to settle their claims. In 2012, the Lane County Jail (LCJ) in Eugene, Oregon entered …
Publication • September 1, 2016
The CalGang Criminal Intelligence System, CA State Auditor, 2015 August 2016 The CalGang Criminal Intelligence System As the Result of Its Weak Oversight Structure, It Contains Questionable Information That May Violate Individuals’ Privacy Rights Report 2015-130 COMMITMENT INTEGRITY LEADERSHIP The first five copies of each California State Auditor report are …
Publication • September 1, 2016
Whistleblower Investigation Report - Department of Corrections, WA SAO, 2016 Whistleblower Investigation Report Department of Corrections Published August 15, 2016 Report No. 1017272 Washington State Auditor’s Office August 15, 2016 Dick Morgan, Acting Secretary Department of Corrections Report on Whistleblower Investigation Attached is the official report on Whistleblower Case No. …
Publication • September 1, 2016
Addressing Sexual Offenses and Misconduct by Law Enforcement, IACP, 2011 Addressing Sexual Offenses and Misconduct by Law Enforcement: Executive Guide Table of Contents Professor Roger Goldman Saint Louis University School of Law Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …
Publication • September 1, 2016
Assurance of Discontinuance - Correctional Medical Care, OAG, 2014 ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK In the Matter of CORRECTIONAL MEDICAL CARE, INC. Assurance No.: 13-495 ASSURANCE OF DISCONTINUANCE PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE LAW SECTION 63, SUBDIVISION 15 Pursuant to the provisions of the New York State Executive Law …
Publication • September 1, 2016
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Review of the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Release Preparation Program, OAG, 2016 Office of the Inspector General U.S.ce Depof artthe mentInsp of Justice Offi ector General U.S. Department of Justice Review of the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Release Preparation Program Evaluation and Inspections Division 16-07 August 2016 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY During …
Report Finds Systemic Waste, Unproven Programming in New Mexico's Prisons by A New Mexico legislative committee is perplexed by the state's $2-million giveaway to GEO Group, since the Florida-based private-prison company has cut staff at one prison but continues to charge New Mexico's Corrections Department (NMCD) as if it's still …
Article • August 26, 2016
GAO Study: Federal Grants Bypass Indigent Defense In Favor of Law Enforcement by A report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) confirms what most criminal defendants too poor to pay for an attorney already assumed: While hundreds of millions in federal tax dollars support prosecutors and law enforcement every year. …
Article • August 25, 2016
Illinois Woman Wins Suit Over Illegal Strip Search by On June 8, 2012, a federal jury found that an Illinois woman had been strip searched by Edgar County Jail staff without probable cause. According to court documents, Angelina Cianfaglione was in her vehicle with her minor son at a McDonald's …
El Paso County Settles Ex-Prisoner's Disabilities Suit for $6,650 by Matthew Clarke On June 26, 2012, representatives of the County of El Paso, Texas signed a settlement in a suit brought by a deaf former jail prisoner over the lack of accommodations for disabled prisoners at the El Paso County …
Article • August 25, 2016
Settlement and $325,000 Attorney Fee Award in Suit over Jail Conditions at Passaic County Jail by Matthew Clarke On February 23, 2012, the American Civil liberties Union (ACLU) and Seton Ha].] University School of Law's Center for Social Justice (CSJ) announced the preliminary settlement of a federal class-action civil-rights lawsuit …
Article • August 25, 2016
Colorado Parole Officer Allegedly Forges Documents to Increase Incarceration by According to a report by the Inspector General's Office (IG) of the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC), a parole officer may have changed the arrest dates on documents to keep people arrested on parole violation warrants locked up longer than …
Article • August 25, 2016
Oregon Guard Fellatio Nets Probation, Prosecutor Blames Victim by On September 25, 2012, a former Oregon jail guard was sentenced to just two years of probation for sexually abusing a female prisoner. Prosecutors defend the light sentence by blaming the victim. As we've previously reported, guard Eddie James Miller's 21-year …
Article • August 25, 2016
Assaultive Oregon Jail Guard Quits for Prisoner-Lover by "I crushed a dude's eye socket from repeatedly punching him in it, then I charged him with menacing and harassment," bragged Oregon jail guard David B. Thompson in one of more than 1,700 internet gaming site postings in eight months while at …
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