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Study Argues that Conjugal Visits Can Reduce Number of Prison Rapes

Article • August 26, 2016

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Statistics/Trends, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Extended Family Visiting

Study Argues that Conjugal Visits Can Reduce Number of Prison Rapes by Researchers at Florida International University contend that states where sexual intercourse between prisoners and their visiting spouses is allowed have fewer rapes and sexual assaults than states where conjugal visits are prohibited, El controversial finding that disputes the …

New York Prison Towns Frustrated Over Lost Funds After Governor Closes Facilities

Article • August 26, 2016

Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems

New York Prison Towns Frustrated Over Lost Funds After Governor Closes Facilities by The upstate New York region of Mohawk Valley lost a major source of revenue in the summer of 2011 after Governor Andrew Cuomo announced he was shutting down prisons in several counties and putting the properties up …

Medical Study Reports Taser Shock May Cause Fatal Heart Rhythm Disruption

Article • August 26, 2016

Filed under: Cardiovascular, Stun Guns/Tasers

Medical Study Reports Taser Shock May Cause Fatal Heart Rhythm Disruption by Matthew Clarke In an article published by the American Heart Association, a study of eight cases of people who lost consciousness immediately after being shocked by a TASER X26--the most common electronic control device (ECD) used by police, …

MN Judge Sends HIV-Positive Prisoner to Psych Hospital, Blasts System that Jails Mentally Ill

Article • August 26, 2016

Filed under: Prison Reform, HIV/AIDS, Failure to Protect (General), Judiciary, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Failure to Protect (Staff)

MN Judge Sends HIV-Positive Prisoner to Psych Hospital, Blasts System that Jails Mentally Ill by A Minnesota judge in April 2012 blamed political indifference for a justice system that warehouses the mentally-ill in county jails and ultimately led to a guard's death 10 weeks after he fought with a schizophrenic …

GAO Study: Federal Grants Bypass Indigent Defense In Favor of Law Enforcement

Article • August 26, 2016

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Statistics/Trends, Indigent Defense, Due Process

GAO Study: Federal Grants Bypass Indigent Defense In Favor of Law Enforcement by A report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) confirms what most criminal defendants too poor to pay for an attorney already assumed: While hundreds of millions in federal tax dollars support prosecutors and law enforcement every year. …

Grenier v. Semple, CT, Class Action Complaint, Prisoner Exposure to Gas,

Brief • August 26, 2016

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General), Toxic Fumes/Chemicals, Constitution, U.S., Constitution, state

Grenier v. Semple, CT, Class Action Complaint, Prisoner Exposure to Gas, Case 3:16-cv-01465-AVC Document 1 Filed 08/26/16 Page 1 of 36 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT LEE GRENIER; TAVORUS FLUKER; ANTHONY ROGERS; THOMAS MARRA; LAWRENCE TOWNSEND; TERRENCE EASTON; LAMONT SAMUEL; IAN COOKE; and J. MICHAEL FARREN on behalf …

Stoces v. Obaisi, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2016

Brief • August 26, 2016

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Systemic Medical Neglect, Gastrointestinal, Failure to Treat, Deliberate Indifference

Stoces v. Obaisi, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2016 Case 3:15-cv-00277-GCS Document 56 Filed 08/26/16 Page 1 of 9 Page ID #259 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS ROBERT STOCES, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) SALEH OBAISI M.D., JILL WAHL M.D., ) DENNIS LARSON, …

Toxic Sweat Shops - How UNICOR Prison Recycling Harms Workers, Communities, the Environment, and the Recycling Industry, CEH, 2006

Publication • August 26, 2016

Filed under: Work, Prison Industries

Toxic Sweat Shops - How UNICOR Prison Recycling Harms Workers, Communities, the Environment, and the Recycling Industry, CEH, 2006 TOXIC SWEATSHOPS: How UNICOR Prison Recycling Harms Workers, Communities, the Environment, and the Recycling Industry Center for Environmental Health Prison Activist Resource Center Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition Computer TakeBack Campaign October …

Supplemental HRDC Comment to the CFPB re Arbitration Agreements - Aug. 2016

Publication • August 26, 2016

Filed under: Money/Property, Telephones, HRDC Publications

Supplemental HRDC Comment to the CFPB re Arbitration Agreements - Aug. 2016 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS August 26, 2016 Submitted via Email and Postal Mail Monica Jackson Office of the Executive Secretary Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 1700 G Street NW Washington, D.C. 20552 Re: Supplemental …

Arizona Prison Conditions Unconstitutional Alleges ACLU Class-Action Federal Lawsuit

Article • August 25, 2016

Filed under: Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect, Dental Care, Conditions of Confinement, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Arizona Prison Conditions Unconstitutional Alleges ACLU Class-Action Federal Lawsuit by Matthew Clarke On March 6, 2012, the Phoenix-based Arizona Center for Disability Law (ACDL) and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Arizona (Arizona ACLU) with the assistance of the Berkeley, California-based Prison Law Office, filed a 42 U.S.C. § …

Nevada Public Records Act Requires State to Provide Log of Basic Information About Withheld Information

Article • August 25, 2016

Filed under: Disclosure of Records, Public Records, Public Records Act

Nevada Public Records Act Requires State to Provide Log of Basic Information About Withheld Information by In a unanimous opinion, the Nevada Supreme Court has held that, as a general matter, the state's Public Records Act ("PRA") requires a state entity withholding requested records to provide the requesting party with …

Illinois Woman Wins Suit Over Illegal Strip Search

Article • August 25, 2016

Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Strip Searches, Jail Specific

Illinois Woman Wins Suit Over Illegal Strip Search by On June 8, 2012, a federal jury found that an Illinois woman had been strip searched by Edgar County Jail staff without probable cause. According to court documents, Angelina Cianfaglione was in her vehicle with her minor son at a McDonald's …

El Paso County Settles Ex-Prisoner's Disabilities Suit for $6,650

Article • August 25, 2016

Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Deaf Prisoners, Jail Specific, Americans with Disabilities Act, Interpreters, Due Process

El Paso County Settles Ex-Prisoner's Disabilities Suit for $6,650 by Matthew Clarke On June 26, 2012, representatives of the County of El Paso, Texas signed a settlement in a suit brought by a deaf former jail prisoner over the lack of accommodations for disabled prisoners at the El Paso County …

Illinois Wrongful Conviction Suit Settled for $5 Million

Article • August 25, 2016

Filed under: Wrongful Conviction

Illinois Wrongful Conviction Suit Settled for $5 Million by Matthew Clarke In June 2012, the Village of Woodridge, Illinois, and several of its police officers settled a case brought by a man who bad been wrongfully convicted of rape due to the suppression and fabrication of evidence twenty years earlier. …

Los Angeles County Settles Minor's Attempted Suicide Claim for $161,000

Article • August 25, 2016

Filed under: Suicides, Juveniles, Failure to Protect (Juveniles), Juvenile Prisons

Los Angeles County Settles Minor's Attempted Suicide Claim for $161,000 by On May 14, 2012, the Counsel General of the County of Los Angeles, California recommended settlement of a lawsuit filed by a minor who was seriously injured jumping from the second level of a structure while in county custody. …

Settlement and $325,000 Attorney Fee Award in Suit over Jail Conditions at Passaic County Jail

Article • August 25, 2016

Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Eighth Amendment, Jail Specific, Settlements

Settlement and $325,000 Attorney Fee Award in Suit over Jail Conditions at Passaic County Jail by Matthew Clarke On February 23, 2012, the American Civil liberties Union (ACLU) and Seton Ha].] University School of Law's Center for Social Justice (CSJ) announced the preliminary settlement of a federal class-action civil-rights lawsuit …

Court's Expert Says Medical Care at Idaho Prison is Unconstitutional

Article • August 25, 2016

Filed under: Medical, Failure to Treat, Eighth Amendment

Court's Expert Says Medical Care at Idaho Prison is Unconstitutional by Matthew Clarke On March 19, 2012, a federal court in Idaho unsealed a report by court-appointed special master and expert on prison health care, Dr. Marc Stern which the state had attempted to suppress. In the February 2, 2012, …

Colorado Parole Officer Allegedly Forges Documents to Increase Incarceration

Article • August 25, 2016

Filed under: Parole Board Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Parole

Colorado Parole Officer Allegedly Forges Documents to Increase Incarceration by According to a report by the Inspector General's Office (IG) of the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC), a parole officer may have changed the arrest dates on documents to keep people arrested on parole violation warrants locked up longer than …

Settlement Prohibits Lengthy Segregation of Mentally-Ill Massachusetts Prisoners, Awards $1,250,000 in Attorney Fees

Article • August 25, 2016

Filed under: Prison Reform, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Settlement Prohibits Lengthy Segregation of Mentally-Ill Massachusetts Prisoners, Awards $1,250,000 in Attorney Fees by Matthew Clarke On April 12, 2012, a Massachusetts federal court entered an order approving a private settlement agreement between the Massachusetts Department of Correction (DOC) and the Boston-based Disability Law Center (DLC) which prohibits lengthy segregation …

Texas Correctional Industries Gives Prisoners Work Skills

Article • August 25, 2016

Filed under: Prison Industries, Prison Labor

Texas Correctional Industries Gives Prisoners Work Skills by With factories employing 5,200 prisoners at 37 Texas prisons, Texas Correctional Industries (TCI) is a large operation. It is also a diversified operation with furniture factories, computer repair facilities, soap and detergent factories, metal fabrication facilities, boot and shoe manufacturing plants, sign …