News in Brief by Alabama: Two Alabama jail guards were arrested in just two months for allegedly smuggling cellphones to inmates. In February 2021, 27-year-old D’Mario Jones was fired and charged with two counts of promoting prison contraband at the Lee County Detention Center in Opelika where he worked. According …
Nielsen v. Shinn, AZ, Order Dismissing Complaint, For-Profit Prisons, 2021 Case 2:20-cv-01182-DLR-JZB Document 37 Filed 03/08/21 Page 1 of 26 1 MGD 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Jeffrey Nielsen, et al., 10 11 12 No. CV …
Nielsen v. Shinn, AZ, Order, Private Prisons, 2021 Case 2:20-cv-01182-DLR-JZB Document 37 Filed 03/08/21 Page 1 of 26 1 MGD 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Jeffrey Nielsen, et al., 10 11 12 No. CV 20-01182-PHX-DLR (JZB) …
Data: Families of Arizona Prison Guards Suffer High Rates of Domestic Violence by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon About 500 Arizona prison staff were arrested between 2015 and 2019, averaging around 100 per year. Drunken driving charges supposedly top the list of charges, which include sexual assault and human trafficking, …
News in Brief by Arizona: In January 2021, two women who worked at an Arizona state prison operated by Florida-based GEO Group pleaded guilty to having sex with inmates there. Melony Petrovffsky, 50, ran the commissary for the private contractor at a prison in Golden Valley, where she was allegedly …
Federal Judge Dismisses Arizona Woman’s Wrongful Conviction Suit by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen Ex-death-row prisoner Debra Milke’s civil suit against Arizona authorities claiming wrongful conviction was dismissed by a federal judge on October 29, 2020 because she repeatedly destroyed documents relevant to her case. Judge Roslyn Silver …
Arizona Grandmother Sues After Being Jailed and Forced to Drink From Toilet by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A 63-year-old grandmother filed a lawsuit on October 8, 2020 after she was arrested and jailed while having a mental health crisis. While jailed, she was forced into a restraint chair and …
Arizona Supreme Court Overturns Decision Allowing Special Master to Review Recordings of Jail Phone Calls to Attorney Alleged to be Privileged by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 9, 2020, the Supreme Court of Arizona held that a lower court could not appoint a special master to review the …
Parsons v. Shinn, AZ, order, conditions of confinement, 2021 Case 2:12-cv-00601-ROS Document 3861 Filed 02/24/21 Page 1 of 16 1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Victor Antonio Parsons, et al., Plaintiffs, 10 11 v. 12 …
Arizona Pays Prisoners Pennies on the Dollar to Fight Fires, All in the Name of Saving Money by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell When historic wildfires burned through Arizona in June 2020, two out of three of the firefighters who brought the blazes under control were state prisoners who were …
Ortiz v. Maricopa County, AZ, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2021 Case 2:20-cv-01746-SPL Document 33 Filed 01/07/21 Page 1 of 18 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 C. TONY PICCUTA (AZ SBN: 028444) SCOTTSDALE INJURY LAWYERS, LLC 8700 E. Pinnacle Peak Road, Suite 204 Scottsdale, Arizona 85255 Telephone: (480) 900-7390 …
McDaniel v. Fizer, et. al., AZ, Bar Complaint Response Confidentiality, 2021 HRNICEK LAW, PLLC 2028 W. EDGEMONT AVE. PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85009 480-269-9215 www.HrnicekLaw.com Michael J. Hrnicek, Esq. mhrnicek@hrniceklaw.com Presiding Disciplinary Judge Arizona State Bar 4201 N. 24th Street, Suite 100 Phoenix, Arizona 85016 Kelly Flood Arizona State Bar 4201 N. …
News in Brief by Alabama: On August 21, 2020, Sylvester Hartley became the seventh prisoner to die of complications from COVID-19 at Alabama’s St. Clair Correctional Facility, according to a report in the St. Clair News-Aegis. The 60-year-old, who was serving a life-without-parole sentence for three counts of first-degree kidnapping, …
Over Half the Prisoners Test Positive for COVID-19 at Arizona Prison by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 8, 2020, the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry (ADCRR) announced that 655 of the 1,066 prisoners held at the La Paz unit in the state prison complex in Yuma …
News in Brief by Alabama: Chanting “not one more,” about 30 carloads of protesters from “Alabamians Who Care” caravanned to the governor’s mansion in Montgomery on August 1, 2020, protesting a plan by Gov. Kay Ivey (R) to build three new “mega-prisons.” According to a report by Montgomery TV station …
Researchers, Prison Officials to Study Effects of Prison Violence Comprehensively by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A research team of internationally recognized prison experts from multiple academic institutions will be working with state prison officials from Arizona, Colorado, Massachusetts, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Texas to perform the most comprehensive study …
News in Brief by Alabama: The Birmingham News reported that an Alabama prison guard had been arrested for drug trafficking after a search of his vehicle when he arrived for work at the St. Clair County prison turned up 138 grams of methamphetamine and 16 grams of heroin. Ivan Caldwell, …
$70,000 Settlement in Private Firm’s Failure to Treat Arizona Prisoner’s Broken Wrist by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Corizon Health, Inc. agreed to pay $70,000 to settle a civil rights action alleging it failed to properly treat an Arizona prisoner’s wrist injury. Eric Kevin Pesqueira incurred a wrist injury …
Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio Loses Another Arizona Republican Primary by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The once self-styled “Toughest Sheriff in America” has lost a bid to reclaim the office of Maricopa County sheriff. He was defeated in the Arizona Republican primary on August 4, 2020. The controversial Joe Arpaio …
Gladney v. Shartle, AZ, Order, Failure to Protect - Sexual Assault, 2020 Case 4:17-cv-00427-DCB Document 146 Filed 10/26/20 Page 1 of 14 1 SH 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Edward J. Gladney, 10 11 12 No. …
