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Brief • October 5, 2016
New York v. Armor Correctional Health Services, NY, Settlement, Health Care Misconduct, 2016 INDEX NO. 450835/2016 FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 10/05/2016 12:30 PM NYSCEF DOC. NO. 141 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 10/05/2016 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK NEW YORK COUNTY PRESENT: 32 PART BLUTH, ARLENE P. ARLENE P. …
Brief • October 5, 2016
Llamas v. DuPage County, IL, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2016 Case: 1:16-cv-09501 Document #: 1 Filed: 10/05/16 Page 1 of 4 PageID #:1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION CHRYSTIL LLAMAS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) No. 16-cv-9501 ) vs. ) Judge ) Magistrate Judge DUPAGE …
Brief • October 4, 2016
USA v. Barnes, OK, Indictment, Wrongful Death Diabetes, 2016 Case 5:16-cr-00185-F Document 1 Filed 10/04/16 Page 1 of 4 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FO WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA f^lLED OCT 0 4 2016 CARMELITA REEDER SHINN. CLERK -.DEPUTY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, No. -vs- WAYNE BARNES, CR …
Apples-to-Fish: Public and Private Prison Cost Comparisons by Alex Friedmann by Alex Friedmann* It sounds like such a simple question: do private prisons save money? The answer, however, is dependent on a number of factors – including how “saving money” is defined. Consider that in 2013, the nation’s largest for-profit …
U.S. Department of Justice Finds Fault with Privatized Federal Prisons by Christopher Zoukis Privately-operated federal prisons, also known as contract prisons, have more violence, use-of-force incidents and contraband seizures than facilities run by the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), among other findings in an August 2016 report by the U.S. …
Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016
Alabama Public Service Commission Enacts Prison, Jail Phone Reforms by David Reutter Over the past several years, the Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) has issued a series of orders that revise an October 2013 order related to rule changes for Inmate Calling Services (ICS). The PSC issued its most recent …
Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016
Supreme Court: Sixth Amendment Prevents Pretrial Seizure of Untainted Assets by Derek Gilna On March 30, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a lower court ruling that had permitted the federal government’s pretrial seizure of a criminal defendant’s untainted assets. Sila Luis, charged with health care fraud, possessed approximately $2 …
Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016
New York Prisoner Exonerated after Serving 25 Years by On March 10, 2016, Andre Hatchett, 49, became the 19th person exonerated since Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson strengthened a conviction review unit when he took office in 2014. Hatchett had been convicted of second degree murder for the 1991 death …
Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016
Oregon Federal Court Denies Motion to Dismiss Release Debit Card Suit by Derek Gilna On August 25, 2016, a federal district court in Oregon denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by former prisoner Danica Love Brown, who had filed a class-action complaint naming Stored Value Cards, Inc. d/b/a …
Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016
DOJ Gives $179.7 Million to State Law Enforcement in FY 2016 Grant Funding by Derek Gilna When the Consolidated Appropriations Act was enacted by Congress in 2005, the U.S. economy was growing, tax collections were rising and law enforcement’s gravy train of funding was gaining momentum. Although more recently the …
Studies Suggest Parental Incarceration is More Damaging to Children than Death of a Parent by Christopher Zoukis A study published in the September 2014 issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior found much higher rates of significant health and behavioral problems among children of incarcerated parents as opposed …
Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016
Filed under: Reviews, Habeas Corpus
Book Review: The Habeas Citebook: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel (2nd Edition) by Christopher Zoukis The Habeas Citebook: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel (2nd Edition), by Brandon Sample and Alissa Hull (PLN Publishing, 2016). 275 pages, $49.95 (softcover) Book review by Christopher Zoukis The much-anticipated second edition of The Habeas Citebook: Ineffective …
CCA Prison Not Reporting Valley Fever Cases among Hawaii Prisoners by Coccidioidomycosis is the medical term for valley fever, an airborne fungal disease that led to more than 5,600 reported infections in Arizona in 2014; the disease is also prevalent in some areas of California. PLN has previously reported on …
Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016
Merger of Prisoner Transport Companies Delayed after Objections Filed by Derek Gilna Prisoner Transportation Services, also known as PTS of America, LLC, bills itself as the “largest prisoner extradition company and one of the largest national transporters of detainees” in the United States. The firm, headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, was …
Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016
Oregon Post-conviction Judgment Violates State Law by Mark Wilson Last year the Oregon Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s judgment denying a prisoner’s collateral appeal, because the judgment violated state law. Following the direct appeal of a conviction and sentence to the Court of Appeals and state Supreme Court, …
Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016
Sixth Circuit Vacates Denial of Qualified Immunity; Each Defendant’s Conduct Must be Individually Evaluated by Mark Wilson The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a district court’s denial of qualified immunity because an individualized inquiry into the defendants’ role during an illegal body cavity search was not conducted. Felix …
Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016
U.S. Office of Special Counsel Assists BOP Whistleblowers by Derek Gilna The federal Bureau of Prisons’ culture of retaliation against whistleblowers appears to be alive and well, at least in the case of Linda Thomas, a BOP employee who was punished for revealing the unearned compensation of her superior. When …
Chicago Police Detective Accused of Brutality Used Similar Techniques at Guantanamo by Derek Gilna In an ironic twist of fate, a former Chicago police detective accused of acts of brutality against suspects in police custody has been cited for using similar tactics at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, …
Conservatives Try to Co-opt Criminal Justice Reform by Matthew Clarke After decades of driving prison expansion by espousing tough-on-crime sentencing laws, advocating for policies to lock up criminals and throw away the key, and exploiting the public’s fear of crime, conservative lawmakers have finally discovered criminal justice reform. Like European …
Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016
There is Talk of Prison Reform, but for the 150,000 People in Prison for Life, There is No Reform on the Horizon by Life and life without parole sentencing, like mass incarceration itself, needs a reexamination. by Kali Holloway, AlterNet Almost 160,000 prisoners are currently serving life sentences in the United …
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