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Article • December 15, 2007
Virginia Prisoner Has No Standing To Access Records Under State’s FOIA by Virginia Prisoner Has No Standing To Access Records Under State's FOIA A Fairfax County, Virginia, Circuit Court has denied a prisoner's petition for writ of mandamus seeking investigative reports under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), holding …
Article • December 15, 2007
DC Prisoner Assaulted by Other Prisoners Suffers Brain Damage, Awarded $1.6 Million by A District of Columbia (DC) prisoner who was assaulted by other prisoners was awarded $1.6 million. Brown sued in state court alleging that only one guard was on duty and that he was in a different section …
Article • December 15, 2007
Skin Ulcer from Delouser Nets Michigan Jail Prisoner $3,500 Settlement by A Michigan prisoner was awarded $3,500 for a skin ulcer he sustained from being sprayed with a delousing product. Mr. Young was sprayed with a delousing product when he entered the Eaton County Jail. The product caused a skin …
Article • December 15, 2007
Anesthetized Prisoner Awarded $500 for Fall and Injuries by A New York prisoner who was injured when he fell while under effects of anesthesia was awarded $500. On January 13, 1999, New York prisoner James Siena underwent general anesthesia for a kidney procedure. After discharge, "he became dizzy while climbing …
Article • December 15, 2007
New York Jail Visitor Injured in Prison Van Accident Awarded $1,476,431 by A New York woman injured while she was a passenger in a prison van was awarded $1,476,431. Mrs. Tejada visited her sister at Riker's Island prison. A prison owned and operated bus transported visitors to the prison. Following …
Article • December 15, 2007
Filed under: Medical, Dental Care, Surgery
Untreated Periodontal Disease, Loss of Teeth Results in $110,000 Jury Verdict for NY Prisoner by A New York prisoner who lost all his teeth due to inadequate treatment of periodontal disease, was awarded $110,000. Mr. Singh, a New York prisoner, suffered from periodontal disease that prison officials failed to treat …
Prison Drinking Water and Wastewater Pollution Threaten Environmental Safety Nationwide by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Aging infrastructure concerns are not limited to America's highways, bridges and dams. Today, crumbling, overcrowded prisons and jails nationwide are bursting at the seams -- literally -- leaking environmentally dangerous effluents not just …
Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
Suit Over Death in Rockwall County, Texas, Settles for $100,000 by Rockwall County, Texas, and Lake Pointe Medical Center will pay $100,000 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the mother of a prisoner who died after being turned away from the hospital twice in 2004. Sharon Mann claimed …
Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
Filed under: Sewage, Water, Media, PLN Litigation
From the Editor by Paul Wright This month's cover story is on what goes in and comes out of prisons in the way of water and sewage. While a lot of attention is paid to the more dramatic effects of prison overcrowding, such as violence, inadequate medical care, prisoners sleeping …
Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
Texas Last State in Union to Get Prison Phones by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 15, 2007, legislation took effect that brought Texas into the fold of the other 49 states that have prisoner telephones in state prisons. State Senator Letica Van de Putte filed SD 1580, authorizing …
Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
Habeas Hints: Habeas Year in Review: 2007 by Kent A. Russell This column is intended to provide "Habeas Hints" to prisoners who are considering or handling habeas corpus petitions as their own attorneys ("in pro per"). The focus of the column is on habeas corpus practice under AEDPA, the 1996 …
Dallas County Jail Deficient, Says 2006 Report; DOJ Files Suit by Gary Hunter Just over two years ago, the jail in Dallas County, Texas (DCJ) failed state certification inspections and came under fire for numerous high profile cases of prisoner deaths and neglect. A U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) report, …
$56,000 Settlement for Torturous Eight Hours in New Jersey Jail by In April 2007, the Borough of Bradley Beach, New Jersey, agreed to pay $56,000 to settle a federal lawsuit alleging multiple constitutional violations by a woman who spent eight hours in the Borough?s jail. Plaintiff Aimee Sliker was arrested …
Arizona and Indiana Prisoner Uprising at GEO-Run Prison in Indiana by by Matt Clarke On April 24, 2007, about 500 Arizona and Illinois prisoners at a privately-run facility owned by the Indiana Department of Corrections (IDOC) participated in an uprising. The prison is operated by the Boca Raton, Florida-based GEO …
Innocent Indiana Man Awarded $9 Million for 20 Years Imprisonment by An Indiana federal jury awarded Larry Mayes $9 million for actions taken by police officers of Indiana's City of Hammond, which resulted in Mayes being convicted of a rape he did not commit. As a result of those actions, …
Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
Five-Year Forecast: Prison Population Will Swell 13%—Triple America’s Growth Rate by Five-Year Forecast: Prison Population Will Swell 13%?Triple America's Growth Rate The charitably funded Washington D.C.-based Public Safety Performance Project (PSPP), statistically analyzing prison population trends in all 50 states and the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), projected that between …
Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
Federal Jury Awards $530,000 for Wrongful Death in Minnesota Jail by Michael Rigby On February 26, 2007, a federal jury in Minnesota awarded $530,000 to the family of a man who died in his cell after jailers and medical staff at the Washington County Jail repeatedly ignored his pleas for …
Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
Michigan’s Law Attaching Prisoner Retirement Benefits Trumped By Federal Law by Michigan's Law Attaching Prisoner Retirement Benefits Trumped By Federal Law Michigan requires financially able prisoners to contribute up to 90% of monies received at their prison address to the state's coffers as an offset to the cost of their …
Overcrowded Washington DOC’s Solution: Ship ’Em Out of State by David Reutter Overcrowded Washington DOC's Solution: Ship ?Em Out of State by David M. Reutter Overcrowding is pinching the Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC). To alleviate that problem, the department ordered less than 100 community supervision violators released without a …
Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
Oklahoma Court Orders Sentenced Prisoners Transported to Prison by The District Court for Oklahoma County, Oklahoma has ordered the County's Sheriff to transfer all prisoners awaiting transportation to the Department of Corrections (DOC) within 30 days and any prisoners sentenced after the Court's order are to be so transferred within …
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