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Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Indiana Prisoner Receives $200,000 in Excessive Force Case by Indiana Prisoner Receives $200,000 in Excessive Force Case An Indiana federal jury has awarded a state prisoner $200,000 for a guard’s use of excessive force. The claim arose from an incident that occurred at the Wabash Correctional Facility on April 21, …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Indiana DOC Policy Banning Group Worship by Odinists Enjoined by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On June 19, 2008, a U.S. District Court held that the Indiana Department of Corrections (IDOC) failed to meet its burden of proving that a blanket ban on group worship by Odinists was the …
Landmark 1980 California Death Row Federal Consent Decree Partially Terminated Under PLRA by John Dannenberg Landmark 1980 California Death Row Federal Consent Decree Partially Terminated Under PLRA by John E. Dannenberg A landmark 1980 federal consent decree that covers all manner of living conditions for San Quentin State Prison’s death …
BOP Agrees to Pay $90,000 in Attorney’s Fees and Costs in Suit Over Constitutionality of Byline Regulation by BOP Agrees to Pay $90,000 in Attorney’s Fees and Costs in Suit Over Constitutionality of Byline Regulation On December 17, 2007, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) agreed to pay $90,000 in attorney’s …
Colorado DOC Pays $60,000 Settlement for Suicide of Former Prisoner Who Was Sexually Abused by Guard by John Dannenberg Colorado DOC Pays $60,000 Settlement for Suicide of Former Prisoner Who Was Sexually Abused by Guard by John E. Dannenberg The Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) settled a lawsuit brought by …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Filed under: Reviews, Court Access
Self-Help Legal Guides, Publisher, Rosemary Steele; 104 pages, Softbound by David Reutter Self-Help Legal Guides, Publisher, Rosemary Steele; 104 pages, Softbound Reviewed by David M. Reutter Every prisoner has a legal problem. Solving that problem is very difficult, especially if the prisoner is in confinement. With the goal of creating …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Sexual Abuse and Violence in Texas Prisons Eclipses National Average by Gary Hunter Citing figures issued by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) a preliminary report by the Stop Prisoner Rape (SPR) initiative shows that Texas has five of the nation’s ten worst prisons for reported sexual violence. [SPR has …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
$2.75 Million Settlement in New York Prisoner’s Loss of Sight Claim by The New York State Department of Correctional Services has agreed to pay $2.75 million to a prisoner who lost her eyesight due to deficient medical care by prison doctors. The July 2007 settlement came in the civil rights …
$1.5 Million Settlement Provided to Immigrant Prisoner Who Lost Leg in Colorado Jail by David Reutter $1.5 Million Settlement Provided to Immigrant Prisoner Who Lost Leg in Colorado Jail by David M. Reutter The insurance company for Colorado’s Park County Jail has agreed to settle a former prisoner’s medical neglect …
New Jersey Fires 52 Prison Guards in 2007 by Gary Hunter Guards in New Jersey prisons have been found guilty of everything from smuggling drugs and cell phones to simply failing to show up for work. From 2005 to 2007, the New Jersey Department of Corrections (DOC) had to fire …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
GEO Group Consultant Civilly Charged With Insider Trading by The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a civil action that alleges a consultant for private prisoner operator the GEO Group used information obtained through his contracts to engage in insider trading. Zachariah P. Zachariah, a prominent cardiologist and Republican …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
$4.45 Million Verdict in Meningitis Death of Cook County Jail Prisoner by David Reutter $4.45 Million Verdict in Meningitis Death of Cook County Jail Prisoner by David M. Reutter An Illinois federal jury awarded $4.45 million to the mother of a prisoner who died at the Cook County Jail. The …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Use of Lethal Injection by Brandon Sample On April 16, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court held that Kentucky’s lethal injection protocol does not violate the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against “cruel and unusual punishment.” Kentucky state prisoners Ralph Baze and Thomas Bowling were each convicted of double …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Helping Ex-Prisoners Find Jobs Has Become Important to the Government, Finally by Derick Limberg Helping Ex-Prisoners Find Jobs Has Become Important to the Government, Finally by Derick Limberg The federal government and some cities are making an effort to help ex-cons receive job training and get hired. Besides tax incentives, …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Exonerated Florida Man Receives $1.25 Million by Exonerated Florida Man Receives $1.25 Million Florida Gov. Charlie Crist signed an executive order on May 6, 2008, that awards Alan Crotzer $1.25 million for the 24 years he spent in prison for a rape and kidnapping conviction he did not commit. Crotzer …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Oregon Guards Wrongly Fired Win $1,000,000 by Russell Rice and Larry Lytle, both career employees of the Oregon state Department of Corrections, were fired by Superintendent Frank Thomas of the Santiam Correctional Institute in early 2004. Both had long histories of exemplary performance. But they formally complained that Thomas, who …
Pennsylvania Jail Rebuffs Calls for Independent Review of Abuse Claims by Pennsylvania Jail Rebuffs Calls for Independent Review of Abuse Claims by David M. Reutter Jails and prisons are often located in areas hidden from public view, and as a result often become extremely insular. Those who work within such …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
$290,000 Award for New York Prisoner’s Slip and Fall on Ice by On December 4, 2007, a New York Court of Claims awarded a former prisoner $290,000 for injuries he received when he slipped and fell on ice at a New York state prison. In January 2001, Gene Sullivan was …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Filed under: Attorneys, Attorney Client
Strip Search Policy E-mails Were Attorney-Client Communications, but Privilege Is Waived by Strip Search Policy E-mails Were Attorney-Client Communications, but Privilege Is Waived The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has granted a writ of mandamus, directing a lower court to vacate an order compelling production of communications protected …
Florida Jail Supervisors Investigated in Fraudulent Overtime Scheme by Florida Jail Supervisors Investigated in Fraudulent Overtime Scheme An investigation at Florida’s West Palm Beach County Jail has revealed that top-ranked officials used their positions to obtain fraudulent overtime payments. What started as an internal investigation into a deputy’s complaint has …
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