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One Guard killed, Sixteen Staff and Three Prisoners Injured in Mississippi Private Prison Riot

Article • September 9, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Rebellion, Failure to Protect (General), Immigration, Failure to Protect (Staff)

One Guard killed, Sixteen Staff and Three Prisoners Injured in Mississippi Private Prison Riot by Matthew Clarke On May 20, 2012, violence erupted at a 2,567-bed private prison near Natchez, Mississippi which is operated by the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). The Adams County Corrections Center (ACCC) houses low-security adult …

Corizon Sued Over Death of Prisoner in St. Louis Jail

Article • September 9, 2016

Filed under: Corizon, Jail Misconduct, HIV/AIDS, Systemic Medical Neglect, Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Diabetes, Misdiagnosis, Failure to Treat, Malpractice, Jail Specific, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Corizon Sued Over Death of Prisoner in St. Louis Jail by Matthew Clarke The St. Louis Lawyer's Group is helping the family of a man who died five days after arriving at the St. Louis Justice Center sue the jail's private medical services provider, Corizon. The suit alleges denial of …

Supreme Court Holds Securing Injunction Justifies Award of Attorney's Fees

Article • September 9, 2016

Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards

Supreme Court Holds Securing Injunction Justifies Award of Attorney's Fees by Matthew Clarke On November 5, 2012, the Supreme Court of the United States held that a plaintiff in a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 who secured a permanent injunction, but not nominal damages, was a …

GA: Calls for Better Prenatal Care in Jails After Pregnant Mom Loses Baby

Article • September 9, 2016

Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Jail Specific, Restraints, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Mothers in Prison, Children of Prisoners

GA: Calls for Better Prenatal Care in Jails After Pregnant Mom Loses Baby by A recent lawsuit filed against Clayton County, Georgia, and Sheriff Kem Kimbrough has prompted human rights organizations and Georgia lawmakers to clamor for set guidelines for county jails across the state regarding the proper treatment of …

Prison Seminary Program Expands with $2M Donation

Article • September 9, 2016

Filed under: Prisoner Privileges, Religious Freedom, Religious Practices, Clergy

Prison Seminary Program Expands with $2M Donation by For those who believe religion can lower recidivism, a college-level seminary curriculum launched in California's prisons is a godsend. The Urban Ministry Institute (UMI) began as an experiment at the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco, about an hour southeast of Los Angeles, …

Tribal Police Accused of Brutality, Corruption on S. Dakota Reservation

Article • September 9, 2016

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Racial Discrimination, Native American, Racial Profiling

Tribal Police Accused of Brutality, Corruption on S. Dakota Reservation by The Trail of Tears goes on. It still winds its way through dilapidated villages on reservations across the United States, starved of resources and pockmarked by dysfunction. Nearly two centuries since indigenous Americans were uprooted and driven west, the …

Utah: Prisoners' Education Should Be Cheaper, Take Less Time, Report Says

Article • September 9, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Audits, Cost of Prison Systems, Education, Education (Juveniles)

Utah: Prisoners' Education Should Be Cheaper, Take Less Time, Report Says by Secondary education classes for state prisoners in Utah are wasting tax dollars and, more importantly, the time that prisoners are serving, according to an August 2012 legislative report by the state's auditor general, Utah lawmakers wanted to know …

Report Finds Systemic Waste, Unproven Programming in New Mexico's Prisons 825 words

Article • September 9, 2016

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Staffing

Report Finds Systemic Waste, Unproven Programming in New Mexico's Prisons 825 words 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 …

First Circuit Holds RLUIPA Does Not Provide Relief from Transfer to Remote Prison Where Opportunities for Religious Exercise Are Limited

Article • September 9, 2016

Filed under: Rural Prisons, RLUIPA, Religious Freedom, Religious Practices

First Circuit Holds RLUIPA Does Not Provide Relief from Transfer to Remote Prison Where Opportunities for Religious Exercise Are Limited by The First Circuit has held that the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act ("RLUIPA"), 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000cc et seg., does not provide a basis for relief where …

GAO Report finds Federal Prison Overcrowding Accelerates

Article • September 9, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Audits, Cost of Prison Systems, Failure to Protect (General), Overcrowding, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Collateral consequences of prison, Failure to Protect (Juveniles), Failure to Protect (Staff)

GAO Report finds Federal Prison Overcrowding Accelerates by Derek Gilna A General Accounting Office study of the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) that analyzed prisoner population from fiscal years 2006 through 2011, has shown that overcrowding in BOP prisons at all levels of security is increasing and has resulted in …

Senator McConnell's Message to Unicor: Back Off

Article • September 9, 2016

Filed under: Prison Industries, Prison Labor, Fair Labor Standards Act

Senator McConnell's Message to Unicor: Back Off by Derek Gilna When one of the most powerful United States Senators makes a suggestion, even a federal bureaucracy takes notice. Kurt Wilson, an executive with American Apparel, Inc., an Alabama company that makes military uniforms, and Michael Marsh of Kentucky-based Ashland Sales …

Federal Death Penalty Case in Georgia Unravels, Triggering Investigation of Prosecutors

Article • September 9, 2016

Filed under: Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Malicious Prosecution, Prosecutors, Death Penalty/Death Row, Death Penalty

Federal Death Penalty Case in Georgia Unravels, Triggering Investigation of Prosecutors by Derek Gilna A rare federal death penalty case in Georgia failed, costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars, and derailed the careers of two federal prosecutors, both of whom are no longer employed by the U.S. Attorney's Office …

Justice Department Impedes Release of "Legally Innocent" Prisoners

Article • September 9, 2016

Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Government Misconduct, Release and Reentry, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Overdetention

Justice Department Impedes Release of "Legally Innocent" Prisoners by Derek Gilna Despite several recent high-profile cases where the U.S. Justice Department has urged the release of prisoners who all parties agreed were "legally innocent, dozens more remain behind bars.in North Carolina. The cases arise in instances where men were imprisoned …

4th Circuit Overturns Dismissal of Adam Walsh Civil Commitment Case

Article • September 9, 2016

Filed under: Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Appeals, Civil Commitment

4th Circuit Overturns Dismissal of Adam Walsh Civil Commitment Case by Derek Gilna The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed the dismissal of the Adam Walsh case against Walter Wooden, finding that the application of that Act to the defendant did not violate the Due Process and Equal Protection …

BOP Grievance System Can Foster "Compliance or Defiance"

Article • September 9, 2016

Filed under: Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Grievances

BOP Grievance System Can Foster "Compliance or Defiance" by Derek Gilna The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) first instituted the prisoner grievance system (IR) in 1974, and since that time it appears to have become an important tool to defuse prisoner complaints about the BOP and its procedures. A new …

Minnesota State Prisoners Gain Access to Email

Article • September 9, 2016

Filed under: Mail, Internet

Minnesota State Prisoners Gain Access to Email by Derek Gilna A modified email system has been established by Minnesota prison system to allow state prisoners to receive, but not send emails to approve outside parties. This week the state began allowing all in state prisons to receive printed emails sent …

9th Circuit: "Adam Walsh" Detention Doesn't toll Supervised Release Term

Article • September 9, 2016

Filed under: Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Release and Reentry, Parole, Parole Conditions, Sex Offender Treatment, Civil Commitment

9th Circuit: "Adam Walsh" Detention Doesn't toll Supervised Release Term by Derek Gilna The 9th Circuit has ruled that the period of time spent in civil confinement under the Adam Walsh Act did not constitute "imprisonment" and that a defendant's period of supervised release continues to run during that time. …

Citizen's Wrongful Detention suit against ICE 'reinstated by Second Circuit

Article • September 9, 2016

Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment, Immigration, Sovereign Immunity

Citizen's Wrongful Detention suit against ICE 'reinstated by Second Circuit by Derek Gilna Viterbo Liranzo was a U.S. citizen through section 321 of the Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA), which conferred derivative citizenship on children of U.S. citizens, even though neither parent nor the child requested it. Liranzo was unaware …

Rudd v. City of Jonesboro, AR, Opinion and Order, Suicide in Police Car, 2016

Brief • September 9, 2016

Filed under: Eighth Amendment, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Fourth Amendment, rights, Fourth Amendment

Rudd v. City of Jonesboro, AR, Opinion and Order, Suicide in Police Car, 2016

Saylor v. Regal Cinemas, MD, Order Partial MSJ - Forceful Removal of Customer by Deputies Leads to Death, 2016

Brief • September 9, 2016

Filed under: Disabled Prisoners, Wrongful Death, Negligence/Reckless Endangerment

Saylor v. Regal Cinemas, MD, Order Partial MSJ - Forceful Removal of Customer by Deputies Leads to Death, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND THE ESTATE OF ROBERT ETHAN SAYLOR et al. * * * * * * * v. REGAL CINEMAS, INC. et …