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Police State: How America’s Cops Get Away with Murder (Book Review) by Bill Trine Police State: How America’s Cops Get Away with Murder, by Gerry Spence (St. Martin’s Press, 2015). 338 pages, hard cover. $19.40 Book review by Bill Trine In recent years, the American public has witnessed shocking videos, …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Federal Judges Very Rarely Sanctioned for Misconduct by Matthew Clarke Federal judges, who have lifetime appointments, hold positions that give them unique power to control the future of defendants who appear before them in public proceedings. However, when it comes to examining the personal behavior of those same jurists, they …
$3 Million Settlement in Death of Mentally Ill Prisoner; Three Guards Indicted by Matthew Clarke A $3 million settlement was paid to the parents of a 23-year-old mental health patient killed by three guards at Bridgewater State Hospital who were attempting to strap him into four-point restraints on a small …
Florida’s Department of Corrections: A Culture of Corruption, Abuse and Deaths by David Reutter Florida, with the nation’s third-largest prison system, has a long and sordid history of abusing, neglecting and even killing its prisoners. Because most state prisons are in insular rural areas, the general public, aside from those …
Will Lawsuits and Exposés Lead to Reform of Florida’s Brutal Prisons? by Laura Cepero Florida’s prisons have become notorious for their abuse and neglect of the people in their care. Now, as per an agreement between the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) and Disability Rights Florida, the state will be overhauling …
Sex Offenders Rally to Fight Discriminatory Laws by Mark Wilson Advocates for reforming laws restricting where registered sex offenders can live, and for challenging sex offender registries, have vowed to continue the fight despite facing roadblocks, which organizers admit make it difficult to eliminate the discriminatory treatment that many sex …
Computer Risk Assessments Gaining Popularity in Granting Paroles by Derek Gilna New diagnostic computer programs designed to predict whether an offender will re-offend are being credited with helping reduce the number of prisoners in correctional facilities across the nation, but experts caution that while useful, the software tools are not …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Supreme Court Sets Aside Florida’s Death Penalty Sentencing Procedure by Derek Gilna The U.S. Supreme Court, in an 8-1 decision, has ruled that Florida’s system of allowing juries to make death penalty recommendations that judges may or may not follow is unconstitutional. According to Justice Sonia Sotomayer, the “jury’s recommendation …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
From the Editor by Paul Wright For the past 26 years PLN has reported on conditions within the Florida Department of Corrections that have generally ranged from horrible to abysmal in a system long characterized by medical neglect, brutality, corruption and murder by prison officials, and long-time indifference or outright …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
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News in Brief by Alaska: Two prisoners walked away from the GEO Group-operated minimum-security Northstar Center, a transitional living facility near Fairbanks, in separate incidents on October 2, 2015. Steven David Luten, 30, absconded at around 11:00 a.m. but was tracked by his footprints in the snow and recaptured nearby. …
Brief • February 2, 2016
Zavala v. Hopkins, MN, Complaint - False Arrest for Sex Offenses (2016) STATE OF MINNESOTA DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF HENNEPIN FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Case Type: Civil Rights BARTOLO TORRES ZAVALA, Civil File No. __________________ Plaintiff, COMPLAINT vs. CITY OF HOPKINS and MARK KYLLO, JURY TRIAL REQUESTED Defendants. ______________________________________________________________________________ THE PARTIES …
Brief • February 2, 2016
Picarella et al v. Johnson et al, PA, NCCB Minutes to Approve Settlement, mail visitation recreation, 2016 NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PUBLIC MEETING AGENDA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2016 5:00 PM 1. CALL TO ORDER. 2. CITIZENS’ INPUT – AGENDA ITEMS ONLY 3. A MOTION IS NEEDED TO APPROVE THE COMMISSIONERS’ PUBLIC …
Brief • February 2, 2016
Shain v. Advanced Technologies Group, MI, Complaint, Prison MP3 Program, 2016 4:16-cv-10367-LVP-APP Doc # 1 Filed 02/02/16 Pg 1 of 74 Pg ID 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION W. CURTIS SHAIN, SCOTT IRWIN, ROBERT SPILLMAN, CEDRIC MYLES, and ANTHONY CALABRO, on behalf …
Miller v. White, NM, Settlement, Unlawful Arrest and Excessive Force, 2016 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, FULL RELEASE OF CIVIL CLAIMS, AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT I. FOR THE SOLE CONSIDERATION of Twenty Four Thousand Dollars ($24,000.00), the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, together with certain understandings and agreements outlined below, the …
Undisclosed Monetary Settlement Follows Abandonment of Defense Blaming Juvenile for Rape by David Reutter In defending itself against a lawsuit brought by a juvenile who was raped by a guard, Louisiana’s Terrebonne Parish Juvenile Detention Center cast blame for the incident on the 14-year-old victim. The matter was resolved with …
Article • February 1, 2016
Ohio Prisoner Awarded $155,000 for Assault by Guard by An Ohio federal district court awarded $155,000 to a prisoner who was assaulted by a guard. While at the Lebanon Correctional Institution on November 28, 2011, prisoner Michael Williams was assaulted by guard Charles Lake. At the time of the assault, …
Article • February 1, 2016
Georgia Judge Issues $20,000 Sanction for Whistleblower Suit Discovery Violation by David Reutter A Georgia state court ordered the state Attorney General and head of the state ethics commission to each pay $10,000 as sanctions for discovery violations in a whistleblower suit filed by the former executive director of the …
Article • February 1, 2016
Ninth Circuit Upholds Modified Armstrong Injunction by Mark Wilson “Disabled inmates have been litigating to ensure that the State provides them with needed accommodation for over two decades – and yet the State still has a long, long way to go before it meets its obligation to these prisoners,” the …
Article • February 1, 2016
Nominal Damage Award Verdict Nets $197,505 in Attorney Fee Award by David Reutter A federal district court awarded $197,505 in attorney fees following a jury's nominal damage award after finding excessive force by guards upon detainees was a custom or practice at the Sacramento County Main Jail (SCMJ). The plaintiffs, …
Article • February 1, 2016
$10,000 Negligence Settlement for Ohio Prisoner by David Reutter The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) agreed to a $10,000 settlement in a prisoner’s lawsuit alleging injuries due to a guard’s negligence and failure to provide medical treatment. While working on a work crew at Lebanon Correctional Institute (LCI), …
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