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Article • August 11, 2016
Prisoner Receives $15,000 in Eye Loss Negligence Suit by The federal  Bureau of Prisons (BOP) paid $15,000 to settle a negligence lawsuit alleging officials at FCI-Lompoc in California failed to provide a prisoner medical treatment, resulting in blindness in his left eye. When prisoner Sheldon Woods entered FCT-Lompoc in September …
Article • August 11, 2016
Police Cruiser Accident Costs Georgia County $400,000 by A $400,000 settlement was reached in a lawsuit brought by a man who was injured when an Athens-Clarke County, Georgia police car turned directly into a van driven by Ralph Bell, 62. The county did not contest liability in the December 11, …
Article • August 11, 2016
Filed under: Eighth Amendment, Water, Bedding
$295,001 Awarded to Wisconsin Prisoner for Wet Mattress by In the United States District Court, Western District of Wisconsin at Madison, on September 17, 2008, a jury returned for plaintiff, Wisconsin state prisoner Reggie Townsend on an 8th amendment civil rights case that was previously granted summary judgment for the …
Los Angeles Sheriff's Office Settles Visitor Beating Case for $1 Million by Derek Gilna Los Angeles County Jail deputies have a reputation for brutal treatment of prisoners, and have paid out millions of dollars in settlements as a result. However, even a man visiting his brother Robert at Men's Central …
Article • August 11, 2016
California Prisoner Wins Reversal of Ex Post Facto Denial of Sentence Credits by Derek Gilna The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), has a long-standing policy of segregating gang members in Special Housing Units (SHU) to reduce violence. It also has a policy of day-for-day good time for CDCR …
Article • August 11, 2016
California: Mentally Ill Prisoners to Get Special Housing, More Treatment by Lonnie Burton In the latest installment of a 24-year battle over the treatment of mentally ill prisoners in the California prison system, the state agreed in August 2014 to begin removing those prisoners from isolation units and transition them …
Article • August 11, 2016
Blanket Enforcement of Sex Offender Residency Restrictions against San Diego Parolees Unconstitutional by Matthew Clarke On March 2, 2015, a California Court of Appeal held that the blanket enforcement of California’s residency restrictions against all registered sex offender parolees (RSOPs) in San Diego County was unconstitutional. This case involves four …
Article • August 11, 2016
Prisoners Bitten by Prison Dogs Snag Settlements from Ohio DOC by Derek Gilna Archie Wilder and Andrew Doan, prisoners in the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections, both had the misfortune of being bitten by dogs participating in prison training programs. Both filed suit in the Ohio Court of Claims, …
Transfer to Women’s Prison Settles Formerly Male Prisoner’s GID Suit by Mark Wilson On October 31, 2013, Oregon prison officials agreed to transfer a formerly male prisoner to a women’s prison to settle her lawsuit. Linda Patricia Thompson suffers from Gender Identity Disorder (GID), or transsexualism, which is “a rare …
Article • August 11, 2016
Washington State Settles Over Negligent Oversight of Sexual Predator by As a result of an egregious and ongoing episode of gross negligence on the part of caseworkers and their supervisors responsible for the supervision of Daniel Martineau, a repeat sexual predator, the State of Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) settled …
Brief • August 11, 2016
Fox v Peters, OR, Order, Spinal Injury Release Plan, 2016 Case 6:16-cv-01602-MC Document 14 Filed 08/11/16 Page 1 of 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON STEVEN FOX, Case No. 6:16-cv-01602-MC Plaintiff, ORDER v. COLETTE PETERS, Director of the Oregon Department of Corrections, in her …
Brief • August 11, 2016
Knickerbocker v. City of Colville, WA, Order Denying Def's Motion for for Summary Judgement, Police Sexual Misconduct, 2016 Case 2:15-cv-00019-RMP Document 64 Filed 08/11/16 1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 6 7 8 TIFFANY KNICKERBOCKER, a single person; DARCY BODY, a single person, …
In-the-News Article • August 11, 2016
PLN quoted re lawsuits over problematic toilets in Riverside County jail Aug. 11, 2016 Articles with PLN Quotes Desert Sun Overflowing jailhouse toilets could cost county up to $330K Brett Kelman, The Desert Sun3:19 p.m. PDT August 11, 2016   Thirty-three lawsuits have been filed over 'ping pong toilets' in …
Publication • August 11, 2016
Out of Sight, Out of Mind - Colorado’s continued warehousing of mentally ill prisoners in solitary confinement, ACLU, 2014 Out of Sight, Out of Mind Colorado’s continued warehousing of mentally ill prisoners in solitary confinement The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to fulfilling …
Publication • August 11, 2016
Costs and Consequences - The High Price of Policing Immigrant Communities, ACLU, 2011 Costs and Consequences: The High Price of Policing Immigrant Communities A Report by the ACLU of Northern California COSTS AND CONSEQUENCES: THE HIGH PRICE OF POLICING IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. . . . . …
Publication • August 11, 2016
Making the Transition - Rethinking Jail Reentry in Los Angeles County, Vera Institute, 2013 SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM Making The Transition: Rethinking Jail Reentry in Los Angeles County Talia Sandwick Karen Tamis Jim Parsons Cesar Arauz-Cuadra Vera Institute of Justice February 2013 Page intentionally left blank Acknowledgments The …
Publication • August 11, 2016
Public Safety Realignment – What is it?, CPOC, 2012 changes occurring in the wake of the new sentencing options; however, prior to October, there had already been a trend of decreasing felony probation grants. It is expected that Realignment will have an impact on regular felony grants of probation, but …
Publication • August 11, 2016
CDCR High Risk Update Audit - Public Safety Realignment and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, CA State Auditor, 2015 April 2015 Report 2015-609/2015-610 High Risk Update— Public Safety Realignment and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation COMMITMENT INTEGRITY The State Has Reduced Overcrowding in Its Prisons, but …
Brief • August 11, 2016
Al Matar v. Borchardt, IL, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2016 Case: 1:16-cv-08033 Document #: 1 Filed: 08/11/16 Page 1 of 11 PageID #:1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ITEMID AL MATAR, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) P.O. D.R. BORCHARDT #16806, ) P.O. T.P. …
Publication • August 11, 2016
Filed under: Prison Reform, Juveniles
Pioneers of Youth Justice Reform: Achieving System Change Using Resolution, Reinvestment, and Realignment Strategies, JJC and CUNY, 2012 Pioneers of Youth Justice Reform: Achieving System Change Using Resolution, Reinvestment, and Realignment Strategies Douglas N. Evans Research and Evaluation Center July 2012 COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE THE AUTHOR Douglas N. Evans …
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