Madoff Fraud Bankrupts JEHT Foundation, Hurts Criminal Justice Reform Efforts by Matthew Clarke Madoff Fraud Bankrupts JEHT Foundation, Hurts Criminal Justice Reform Efforts by Matt Clarke Wall Street mogul Bernard Madoff’s $50 billion Ponzi scheme has led to the closure of a New York-based charity devoted to reducing the booming …
New York Jury Awards $1,400,006 to Former Prisoner for Beating by Guards; Punitive Damages Later Reduced by David Reutter New York Jury Awards $1,400,006 to Former Prisoner for Beating by Guards; Punitive Damages Later Reduced by David M. Reutter A New York federal jury awarded $1,400,006 to a former prisoner …
Malik v. Ayers, NY, Complaint, Assault by Guard, 2009 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ----------------------------X SULTAN MALIK, Plaintiff, COMPLAINT -againstCRAIG L. SKELLY, RANDY BANKS, SHAWN D. PIERSON, TIMOTHY J. HABLE, JOEL R. AYERS, SEAN F. DAVIS and DAVID NAPOLI, JURY TRIAL DEMANDED Defendants. ----------- ----------------- X …
Sexual Abuse by Prison and Jail Staff Proves Persistent, Pandemic by Gary Hunter Sexual assault, rape, indecency, deviance. These terms represent reprehensible behavior in our society. They also represent recurring themes in our nation’s prisons – not only by prisoners, but also by guards and other staff members. PLN’s August …
New York Prisoner Receives $3,732 for Medical Neglect/Lost Property Claim by New York Prisoner Receives $3,732 for Medical Neglect/Lost Property Claim A New York Court of Claims awarded a prisoner $3,500 for medical neglect by prison medical officials’ failure to treat the prisoner’s deviated septum for 20 months. The prisoner …
Four BOP Guards Sentenced To Prison For Beating, Cover-Up by Four BOP Guards Sentenced To Prison For Beating, Cover-Up U.S. District Judge Carol B. Ann has ordered four former Bureau of Prisons (BOP) guards to serve time for the beating of a prisoner and subsequent cover-up. Jaime Toro and Glenn …
Second Circuit Holds Vienna Convention Does Not Confer Individual Rights On Foreign Nationals by On April 24, 2008, the Second Circuit affirmed a New York district court's decision to dismiss a $1 million complaint filed by a Dominican foreign national, Ricardo A. De Los Santos Mora. The complaint stems from …
$95,000 Awarded After NY Court Officers Fail to Transmit Protective Custody Order to DOC and Rape Occurs by The Supreme Court of New York held that the Court of Claims erred when it dismissed a prisoner’s damages claim for injuries suffered when he was not placed in protective custody as …
New York Jury Dismisses Secondhand Smoke Claim by On May 9, 2008, a New York jury unanimously ruled in favor of the City in a claim filed in 2001 by 78-year-old Raymond Marques, known as "Spanish Raymond" in his heyday as the alleged chief of the Spanish Harlem numbers racket …
Meadors v. Ulster County, NY, Complaint, Corrections Officers' Hostile Work Environment, 2009 Case 1:09-cv-00550-FJS-RFT Document 1 Filed 05/11/09 Page 1 of 39 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -------------------------------------------------------------------------)( PATRICIA MEADORS, ANN MARIE LEGG, NANCY REYES,and PATRICIA WATSON, Plaintiffs, -against- COMPLAINT Docket No.: ULSTER COUNTY, PAUL J. …
VICTORY AT PASSAIC COUNTY JAIL by Flavia Alaya What Do We Do Now? Flavia Alaya Sunday night, January 8, the 2000 odd inmates of the County jail in Paterson NJ were in total lockdown. There’d apparently been a screaming melee involving a number of prisoners and guards during the day. …
Court Orders Disclosure of Medical Records; Reverses Itself Next Day by U.S. District Judge Gary L. Sharpe ordered the release of medical records of 30 prisoners to class counsel in a civil rights action challenging the adequacy of care provided to HIV positive New York prisoners after the prisoners objected …
New York Civil Case Settled in 1977 by Simply Clarifying Rule by A U.S. district court in New York allowed the New York City Police Department (NYCPD) to settle a civil case in 1977 by stipulating and clarifying the NYCPD’s policy on bystanders remaining in the area of an arrest …
NY DOC - Inmate Grievance Program and Revisions STATE OF NEW YORK TITLE REVISION NOTICE ( NO 4040 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES Inmate Grievance Program DATE REVISES DIR# 4040 Dtd. 07/12/2006 04/09/2009 REFERENCES (Include but are not limited to) Correction Law, Section 139 9 NYCRR Part 7695 Added new material …
Audit Faults New York Prison Oversight by Mark Wilson The New York State Commission of Correction (SCOC) is failing to fulfill its prison and jail oversight duties, according to an audit released on August 25, 2008 by the State Comptroller. SCOC is responsible for overseeing New York’s 69 adult prisons, …
Dead Bodies at “Bodies” Exhibit May Be Executed Chinese Prisoners by Gary Hunter Dead Bodies at “Bodies” Exhibit May Be Executed Chinese Prisoners by Gary Hunter In 1977, German anatomist Gunther von Hagens developed a technique called plastination. The process involves slicing open human cadavers, exposing or extracting the internal …
Deceased New York Prisoner Wins Barber/Cosmetology Licensing For Ex-Cons by Three years after his death, ex-con Marc LaCloche won his long-fought case to permit ex-cons in New York state the right to gain barber and cosmetology licenses. LaCloche, after an 11-year stint in New York prison, sought to make a …
N.Y. Affirms Multiple Accumulating DOC Disciplinary Proceedings For Same Incident by New York State prisoner Derek Josey sought review of an intermediate appellate court ruling allowing the Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) to punish him multiple times for the same incident. New York’s highest court ruled that res judicata did …
N.Y. Corrections Veteran Awarded $150,000 For Retaliation by New York State guard Patricia Luca brought 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against Nassau County, it's police and sheriff's departments, Civil Service Commission and various individuals. She alleged gender discrimination and retaliation for having filed a sexual harassment complaint. Luca was awarded …
N.Y. Guards Remain In Nassau Correction Center Kitchens by The Nassau County (New York) Sheriff Officer's Association, Inc. (SOA) appealed their preliminary injunction denial allowing civilian workers and supervisors to replace guards at the Nassau County Correction Center (NCCC). The denial was reversed. The SOA filed suit after kitchen workers …
