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Violence on the Rise in Arizona Prisons by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The level of violence in Arizona prisons is increasing – at least that is the conclusion to be drawn from recent reports. In 2008 alone there were four homicides in the state’s prison system, and with …
Article • July 15, 2009 • from PLN July, 2009
Oregon Teenage Girls Stage Brazen Escape Attempt by A bold and bloody escape attempt from an Oregon lockup sent three guards to the hospital. In a stunning twist, the masterminds behind the well-planned, brazen attempt were not hardened criminals, but rather a group of eight teenage girls ranging from 13 …
Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009
Federal Prisoner Dies During Illicit Tryst With His Wife by Desmond A. Greene, a prisoner at the Big Sandy federal prison in Martin County, Kentucky, was in his bunk just after midnight on October 5, 2008. But at 1:12 a.m. his wife, Susan A. Witherspoon, was banging on the front …
Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009
Supreme Court Holds Failure to Report to Prison Not a Violent Felony Under ACCA by Supreme Court Holds Failure to Report to Prison Not a Violent Felony Under ACCA A defendant’s failure to surrender to serve a prison sentence is not a “violent felony” under the Armed Career Criminal Act …
Chesnut v. Corrections Corporation of America, TN, Complaint, CCA prisoner escapee shot police, 2009 IN THE ________ CIRCUIT COURT OF DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE MARK CHESNUT and MICHELLE CHESNUT, a husband and wife, ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) CORRECTIONS CORPORATION ) OF AMERICA d/b/a …
Prisoner’s Death, Abusive and Incompetent Guards Give Black Eye to Maryland Prisons & Jails by Gary Hunter Prisoner’s Death, Abusive and Incompetent Guards Give Black Eye to Maryland Prisons & Jails by Gary Hunter On June 27, 2008, Ronnie L. White, 19, was arrested for the death of Maryland State …
Article • April 15, 2009
Judge Excludes Evidence of Criminal Conduct in Prisoner Civil Rights Action by U.S. District Judge John E. Steele has granted a motion in limine in a civil rights action over the adequacy of medical care provided to a prisoner whose baby died at birth. Michelle Goebert sought to exclude evidence …
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
Taliban Break 870 Prisoners Out of Afghan Prison by Taliban Break 870 Prisoners Out of Afghan Prison On June 13, 2008, the Taliban staged a prison break in Kandahar, Afghanistan, releasing 870 of Sarposa Prison’s 1,000 prisoners, 390 of whom were members of the Taliban. The escape started with a …
Ohio Court Releases Prisoners from Private Jail to Protect Them by Ohio Court Releases Prisoners from Private Jail to Protect Them One thing about privately-operated jails and prisons is fairly consistent: They rarely function properly. A series of incidents at Ohio’s Columbiana County Jail, which is operated by CiviGenics, Inc. …
Torture at Angola Prison: President Obama promises to close Guantanamo, but a court proceeding in Louisiana exposes brutality closer to home by Jordan Flaherty Torture at Angola Prison: President Obama promises to close Guantanamo, but a court proceeding in Louisiana exposes brutality closer to home by Jordan Flaherty The torture …
Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
Washington State Deputy Sheriff Not Entitled to Quasi-Judicial Immunity by Washington State Deputy Sheriff Not Entitled to Quasi-Judicial Immunity The Washington Court of Appeals held that a deputy sheriff who was negligent in transporting a prisoner from court to jail was not entitled to quasi-judicial immunity. Anthony Reijm was taken …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
Michigan Escape is Not “Violent Felony” for ACCA Purposes by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a Michigan “failure to report” escape conviction was not a “violent felony” under 18 U.S.C. § 924, the Armed Career Criminals Act (ACCA). Anthony Collier was arrested by federal agents in …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Ex-Warden’s Wife Charged With Assisting Prison Escapee by Gary Hunter In April 2008, charges were filed against Bobbi Parker, 46, who is accused of hiding convicted killer Randolph Dial in her van and driving him out of the Oklahoma State Reformatory (OSR) on August 30, 1994. The pair remained missing …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Identity of Prisoner Who Smuggled Gun into New Jersey Facility Revealed by Appeals Court by Gary Hunter Identity of Prisoner Who Smuggled Gun into New Jersey Facility Revealed by Appeals Court by Gary Hunter A prisoner accused of smuggling a gun into a New Jersey prison two years ago was …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
New York Mail Rule Disciplinary Conviction Reversed by The Appellate Division, Fourth Department, of the New York Supreme Court has ordered the removal from a prisoner’s institutional record of a misbehavior report for failing to comply with correspondence rules. Curtis Davis, a prisoner at New York’s Attica prison, commenced an …
Article • September 15, 2008 • from PLN September, 2008
New Jersey Prisoners’ Jail Escape Leads to Firings and Suicide by Gary Hunter About an hour into his shift on December 15, 2007, Union County, New Jersey jail guard Rudolph Zurick discovered that prisoners Jose Espinosa and Otis Blunt were missing. Zurick immediately took steps to have the jail locked …
Sandin Inapplicable to Pretrial Detainees by Procedural Due Process--Disciplinary Proceedings (920): Sandin does not apply to detainees, who are entitled to procedural due process in disciplinary proceedings. Here there was some evidence because staff said the plaintiff had confessed. Procedural Due Process--Administrative Segregation (921): Placement of an escape risk in …
Article • August 15, 2008
Guard Aided Escape Results in Murder, Rape and Texas Federal Prisoner's Death Sentence by Federal prisoner Sherman Fields filed a direct appeal of his convictions and death sentence for murder and rape following his armed escape from the privately-operated McClennan County Detention Center (MCDC) in Waco, Texas. His convictions and …
Article • August 15, 2008
Inadequate Washington State Jury Instruction Regarding Reasonable Doubt Ruled Harmless Error by Washington State prisoner Bruce Bennett, Jr., sought review in 2006 of an appellate affirmation of his escape conviction. He claimed that an inadequate jury instruction led to his conviction. The court ruled the instruction harmless error. Bennett was …
Federal Escape Statute of Limitations Not Triggered Until Return to Custody by Naturalized U.S. citizen and federal prisoner Guillermo Gonzalez appealed his 2006 escape conviction, arguing that the district court failed to instruct the jury on the statute of limitations for escape. His conviction was affirmed. While serving an eight …
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