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WI ACLU Overview of Prisoners' First Amendment Rights by Larry Dupuis EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN BAR ASSOCIATION Pro Bono Continuing Legal Education Program Prisoner Litigation An Overview of Prisoners' First Amendment Rights March 29, 2007 Larry Dupuis, ACLU of Wisconsin Foundation IMPORTANT NOTE: This outline was prepared in March 2007. …
Article • December 15, 2007
Attica And Coxsackie Riot Tapes' Production Ordered To Media With Appropriate Redaction by The New York Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) appealed an Albany County Supreme Court judgment ordering the disclosure of tapes during uprisings at two correctional facilities. Disclosure was affirmed. The Buffalo Broadcasting Company, Inc., (Media) requested tapes …
Article • December 15, 2007
Deceased Prisoner's Medical Reports Ordered Disclosed To Commission Of Correction Chairman by Chairman of the New York Commission of Correction Alan Croce motioned to compel document production concerning a prisoner's death and treatment. County Department of Health Service Medical Director Jeanne Alicandro, M.D., had denied the request. The court ordered …
Article • December 15, 2007
New York School Construction Authority's Property Acquisition Details Ordered Disclosed by New York attorney Michael Greco petitioned for the disclosure of appraisal and settlement documents involving New York School Construction Authority (Authority) acquisitions. The Authority moved to dismiss but the court ordered the documents produced. The Authority took parcels of …
Article • December 15, 2007
Prisoners' Record Requests Enforceable Under U.S. Constitution and N.Y. Law by Erie County, New York, District Attorney Frank Clark appealed a State Supreme Court ruling granting prisoner Daryl Hillard disclosure of documents regarding his prosecution. The court affirmed the disclosure. Clark refused to produce the documents arguing that a prisoner's …
Article • December 15, 2007
Citizen Who Triggered Investigation Against Baltimore Police Refused Access To Report's Findings by Maryland citizen Kevin Briscoe appealed a 1993 court ruling denying the disclosure of investigative records initiated by his complaint against Baltimore police. The court affirmed nondisclosure because Briscoe was not the subject of the investigation. Briscoe and …
Article • December 15, 2007
Secretary Of Corrections And Parole Commission Chairman Can Release Statutorily Protected Prisoners' Records by Larry Justus of the General Assembly and Parole Commission Chairman (Chairman) Juanita Baker probed the North Carolina Attorney General's Office (AG) for protocol regarding the authority and release of parolee records. The AG instructed them that …
Article • December 15, 2007
In Forma Pauperis Status Does Not Waive Copying Fees When Requesting Records by Pro se Georgia State prisoner Embery McBride petitioned the Appellate Court to review a 1990 court ruling granting the Columbus, Georgia, police chief's (Chief) motion dismissing his action for the deliberate denial of documents. The court ruled …
Article • December 15, 2007
Georgia Sheriff Offers Requested Documents After Legal Action Initiated by Georgia attorney Bruce Millar appealed a 1999 state court denial of his motion for an injunction which would require document production for use in his client's federal suit. The court affirmed the denial because Millar was offered the documents after …
Arizona Jail Sex Results in Charges for Guards, Prisoner by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Sexual relationships involving guards and prisoners in Arizona jails have resulted in criminal charges on both sides of the bars. An investigation at the Yuma County Jail snared three guards and four female prisoners. …
California DOC Settles With Mistreated Diabetic Prisoner For $600,000 by The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) settled with a prisoner who had sued for failure to properly treat his diabetic condition that eventually resulted in blindness and amputations. The $600,000 settlement included attorney fees and costs. When Daniel …
Article • December 15, 2007 • from PLN December, 2007
Former Florida Prison Officials Sentenced to Federal Prison by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Former Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) Secretary James Crosby and his protégé, Allen Clark, have been sentenced to federal prison terms for accepting kickbacks from profits generated from prison visiting park canteens. PLN has previously …
Article • December 15, 2007 • from PLN December, 2007
Scottish Court Holds Prison Phone Call Imprinting Violates European Convention On Human Rights by Lord Glennie of the Court of Session in Edinburgh, Scotland ruled that the blanket policy of imprinting all prisoner originated phone calls with the warning, "This call originates from a Scottish prison" violated the European Convention …
Bail Bond Businesses Getting Black Eye in Texas, California by Gary Hunter It's common knowledge that outside the federal Bureau of Prisons, California and Texas have the largest prison systems in the U.S. So it should come as no surprise that bail bonds are big business in both states. But …
Article • December 15, 2007 • from PLN December, 2007
Pennsylvania Jail Prisoner Assaulted With Hot Water Awarded $50,000 by On December 15, 2006, a federal court awarded $50,000 to a prisoner who was burned with hot water by another prisoner while in a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, jail. Peter Muse claimed that on April 23, 2004, while he slept, another prisoner …
Article • December 15, 2007 • from PLN December, 2007
Wisconsin Felon Convicted of Voter Fraud for Voting by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the conviction of a convicted felon for voter fraud. During the 2004 election cycle, Kimberly Prude was serving a term of supervised release for a forgery conviction in Wisconsin. Under Wisconsin law, Prude …
Article • December 15, 2007 • from PLN December, 2007
County, Contractor Settle Diabetic New Jersey Prisoner’s Death for $700,000 by County, Contractor Settle Diabetic New Jersey Prisoner's Death for $700,000 On April 3, 2007, Essex County, New Jersey, and Correctional Health Services (CHS) paid $700,000 to settle with the family of a man who died from insulin deficiency after …
Article • December 15, 2007 • from PLN December, 2007
California Prisoner Workers’ Compensation Eligibility Questioned By Legislators by John Dannenberg California Prisoner Workers' Compensation Eligibility Questioned by Legislators by John E. Dannenberg In 2006, the California state Compensation Insurance Fund paid $5.73 million to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to cover prisoner workers' compensation claims. This figure …
Article • December 15, 2007 • from PLN December, 2007
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Connecticut Prisoners’ Families Gouged on Phone Calls by Connecticut Prisoners' Families Gouged on Phone Calls Until recently, most Connecticut Department of Correction (CDOC) prisoners were forced to make phone calls using an MCI (Verizon Business) collect calling system at rates much higher than those charged to the general public. Under …
Dallas, Texas, Jail Pays $950,000 for Neglecting Mentally Ill Prisoners by Michael Rigby On February 20, 2007, the Dallas County, Texas, Jail agreed to pay $950,000 for its negligent mistreatment of three mentally ill individuals, one of whom died, while imprisoned at the jail awaiting competency hearings. In 2004, James …
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