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State Auditor Finds Vermont Sex Offender Registry Unreliable
Article • May 15, 2011 • from PLN May, 2011
Filed under: Discrimination, Sex Offender Registration, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Databases
State Auditor Finds Vermont Sex Offender Registry Unreliable by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 25, 2010, the Vermont State Auditor released a report entitled Sex Offender Registry: Accuracy Could be Significantly Improved. As the title implies, the auditors found critical or significant errors in 79% of the community-based …
Sovereign Immunity Waived in Suicide Suit Under Vermont Tort Claims Act
Article • April 15, 2011
Filed under: Sovereign Immunity, Mental Health, Suicides
Sovereign Immunity Waived in Suicide Suit Under Vermont Tort Claims Act by The Vermont Tort Claims Act (VTCA) waives the sovereign immunity of the state of Vermont in suits challenging a prison’s failure to prevent suicide, the Supreme Court held on April 18, 1996. The estate of Rose Ann LaPlant …
Disability Rights Vermont Report Faults Staff for Disabled Prisoner’s Death
Article • February 15, 2011 • from PLN February, 2011
Filed under: Private Prisons, Prison Health Services, Private Contractors, Drug Overdose, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Disability Rights Vermont Report Faults Staff for Disabled Prisoner’s Death by In June 2010, the advocacy group Disability Rights Vermont (DRV) released a report faulting the staff of the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility (CRCF) in South Burlington, Vermont in connection with the death of a disabled prisoner. Michael Crosby, 49, …
PLN v. Prison Health Services, VT, Complaint, Disclosure Public Records, 2010
Brief • August 23, 2010
Filed under: Disclosure of Records, Public Records, PLN Litigation, Public Records Act, PLN related
PLN v. Prison Health Services, VT, Complaint, Disclosure Public Records, 2010 STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT WASHINGTON UNIT CIVIL DIVISION Docket No. PRISON LEGAL NEWS Plaintiff v. PRISON HEALTH SERVICES, INC. Defendant Complaint and Petition for Declaratory Judgment and Permanent Injunctive Relief, with Supporting Memorandum of Law COMES NOW Plaintiff, …
Prison Legal News v. PHS, VT, Complaint, public records, 2010
Brief • August 23, 2010
Filed under: Public Records, PLN Litigation, PLN related
Prison Legal News v. PHS, VT, Complaint, public records, 2010 STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT WASHINGTON UNIT CIVIL DIVISION Docket No. PRISON LEGAL NEWS Plaintiff v. PRISON HEALTH SERVICES, INC. Defendant Complaint and Petition for Declaratory Judgment and Permanent Injunctive Relief, with Supporting Memorandum of Law COMES NOW Plaintiff, by …
Dying in Cell 40: Vermont’s Flawed Contract and Prison Health Service’s Drive for Profit Lead to Prisoner’s Death
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Filed under: Private Prisons, Prison Health Services, Medication, Systemic Medical Neglect, Private Contractors, Medical Records, Failure to Treat, Food, Staffing, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Dying in Cell 40: Vermont’s Flawed Contract and Prison Health Service’s Drive for Profit Lead to Prisoner’s Death by Terry J. Allen Ashley Ellis’ misdemeanor arrest turned into a death sentence. Her crime was careless and negligent operation of a motor vehicle. On Aug. 16, 2009, less than two days …
Glover v. CCA, VT, Release and Settlement, 2010
Brief • March 16, 2010
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Wrongful Death
Glover v. CCA, VT, Release and Settlement, 2010 LAN CROCK SPERRY & WOOL, LLP MIDDLEBURY BURLINGTON ATTORNEYS AT LAW Peter F. Langrock Ellen Mercer Fallon William B. Miller, Jr. James W. Swift Emily J. Joselson Mitchell L. Pearl Kevin E. Brown Frank H. Langrock Beth Robinson. F. Rendol Barlow Devin …
Vermont Supreme Court: “Nutraloaf” Diet Is Punishment that Requires Hearing
Article • August 15, 2009 • from PLN August, 2009
Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Liberty Interests, Sanctions (Disciplinary Hearings), Food
Vermont Supreme Court: “Nutraloaf” Diet Is Punishment that Requires Hearing by On March 13, 2009, the Vermont Supreme Court held that placing a prisoner on a “Nutraloaf” and water diet constitutes punishment that requires a hearing before the punitive diet is imposed. William Borden, Richard Pahl and Brian Pelletier, Vermont …
Ashcroft, Justice Department Campaign to Expand Capital Punishment
Article • January 15, 2009
Filed under: Death Penalty/Death Row, Death Penalty
Ashcroft, Justice Department Campaign to Expand Capital Punishment by by Michael Rigby During his four years as head of the U.S. Justice Department, Attorney General John Ashcroft has led a sinister campaign to force the federal death penalty in states that have either abolished capital punishment or rarely impose it. …
Vermont Orders Privacy vs. Public Interest Balancing In DOC Superintendent's Performance Evaluation Public Disclosure Request
Article • January 15, 2009
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Disclosure of Records
Vermont Orders Privacy vs. Public Interest Balancing In DOC Superintendent's Performance Evaluation Public Disclosure Request by Bob Williams By Bob Williams The Vermont Supreme Court has ordered a lower court to balance the privacy interests of Vermont Department of Corrections (VDOC) Superintendent Kathleen Lanman, of the Northern State Correctional Facility …
Vermont Orders Privacy vs. Public Interest Balancing In DOC Superintendent's Performance Evaluation Public Disclosure Request
Article • January 15, 2009
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Disclosure of Records
Vermont Orders Privacy vs. Public Interest Balancing In DOC Superintendent's Performance Evaluation Public Disclosure Request by Bob Williams By Bob Williams The Vermont Supreme Court has ordered a lower court to balance the privacy interests of Vermont Department of Corrections (VDOC) Superintendent Kathleen Lanman, of the Northern State Correctional Facility …
Vermont DOC Settles Religious Practice Denial Suit For $25,000
Article • August 15, 2008 • from PLN August, 2008
Filed under: Religious Freedom, Religious Diet, Religious Practices
Vermont DOC Settles Religious Practice Denial Suit For $25,000 by The Vermont Department of Corrections (VDOC) settled a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by a former prisoner claiming he had been denied traditional food for Jewish holidays that had been donated by an outside philanthropic organization. Gordon Bock, 53, was incarcerated …
Vermont Prisons Subject to Human Rights Commission Jurisdiction
Article • June 15, 2008 • from PLN June, 2008
Filed under: Discrimination, Disabled Prisoners, State Law Claims, Americans with Disabilities Act, State Legislation
Vermont Prisons Subject to Human Rights Commission Jurisdiction by The Vermont Supreme Court has held that the Vermont Fair Housing and Public Accommodations Act (The Act) applies to state prisons. That holding affirmed an order by the Washington Superior Court denying the Vermont Department of Corrections’ (VDOC) motion to quash …
Administrative Errors and Poor PHS Medical Care Precede Chronically Ill Vermont Prisoner's Death
Article • April 15, 2008 • from PLN April, 2008
Filed under: Prison Health Services, Medication, Cardiovascular, Medical Records, Sentencing, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Administrative Errors and Poor PHS Medical Care Precede Chronically Ill Vermont Prisoner's Death by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Report by the Vermont Protection and Advocacy System (VP & A) has found breakdowns by staff of the Vermont Department of Corrections (VDOC) in its furlough procedure and troubling …
Vermont DOC: Nations Biggest Prison Dispenser of Psychotropic Medication
Article • January 15, 2008 • from PLN January, 2008
Filed under: Medical, Medication
Vermont DOC: Nations Biggest Prison Dispenser of Psychotropic Medication by Vermont DOC: Nations Biggest Prison Dispenser of Psychotropic Medication It is not questioned by those familiar with the population of America's prisoner system that prisons have become the main provider of mental health services since the nation dismantled its psychiatric …
Nichols v. Prison Health Services, VT, Release, Wrongful Death, 2007
Brief • November 30, 2007
Filed under: Wrongful Death
Nichols v. Prison Health Services, VT, Release, Wrongful Death, 2007 GENERAL RELEASE For and in consideration of the sum of Thirty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and noll 00 ($32,500.00), lawful money of the United States, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned Eva Nichols, Administratrix of the Estate …
20 Florida Prison Officials Fired or Suspended After Prisoner Beating, Party
Article • September 15, 2007 • from PLN September, 2007
Filed under: Classification, Out of State Transfers, Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Criminal Prosecution, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Clergy
20 Florida Prison Officials Fired or Suspended After Prisoner Beating, Party by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Continuing his quest to clean up the chronically corrupt Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC), Secretary James McDonough fired or suspended at least 20 officials at Hendry Correctional Institution (HCI) for actions related …
Pratt v. Hofmann, VT, Settlement, extended solitary confinement, 2007
Brief • July 18, 2007
Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement
Pratt v. Hofmann, VT, Settlement, extended solitary confinement, 2007 07/19/2007 13:43 FAX W/10/20 7 15: 50 2403742f MIHALICH IJ 002/002 PAGE 02 GENERAL REL E I, Leo Pratt, for and In consideration of the expungement of a Disciplinary Report issued against me arising from events of September 14, 2004 and …
Goodnow v. Hoffman, VT, Release Medical Treatment, Neglect, 2007
Brief • June 1, 2007
Filed under: Settlements
Goodnow v. Hoffman, VT, Release Medical Treatment, Neglect, 2007 GENERAL RELEASE For and in consideration of the sum of Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars and nol100 ($25,000.00), lawful money of the United States, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned Peter Goodnow does for himself and his heirs, executors, administrators, …
No Right To Notification Within 30 Days Of Disciplinary Appeal
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Disciplinary Appeals, Prompt Hearings
No Right To Notification Within 30 Days Of Disciplinary Appeal by Michael Loveland, a prisoner at the Newport Correctional Facility (NCF), appealed a disciplinary decision to the Orleans Superior Court after the superintendent, Kathleen Lanman, failed to respond to his disciplinary appeal within 30 days of the date the appeal …
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