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Article • November 3, 2015
Filed under: Private Contractors
Vermont Seeks to Improve Management of Prisoner Medical Costs by Derek Gilna Vermont Seeks to Improve Management of Prisoner Medical Costs by Derek Gilna Vermonters have a well-deserved reputation for fiscal responsibility, so it is no surprise that State Auditor Doug Hoffer’s 2013 audit report detailing spending on Vermont’s in-state …
Article • November 3, 2015
Budget Savings Plan for Michigan Department of Corrections a Failure by Christopher Zoukis Budget Savings Plan for Michigan Department of Corrections a Failure by Christopher Zoukis In December 2012, the Michigan legislature passed a law that would allow up to 250 retired state prison guards to come back to work …
Article • November 3, 2015
Filed under: State Law Claims, Witnesses
New York Court of Appeals Reverses for Reporter in Confidentiality Issue by New York Court of Appeals Reverses for Reporter in Confidentiality Issue The New York Court of Appeals reversed, on December 10, 2013, the New York Supreme Court's issuance of a subpoena compelling investigative reporter Jana Winter to appear …
Tenth Circuit Finds Prisoner's First Amendment Claim Substantive and Remands Case by Tenth Circuit Finds Prisoner's First Amendment Claim Substantive and Remands Case On March 10, 2014, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held that a Colorado prisoner's civil rights claim against prison guards and officials …
Cunningham v. FBOP, CO, Order on CLA Assn Standing, Mental Health in Prisons, 2015 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 12-cv-01570-RPM HAROLD CUNNINGHAM, CARLTON DUNBAR, JOHN W. NARDUCCI, JR., JEREMY PINSON, JOHN J. POWERS, ERNEST NORMAN SHAIFER, and MARCELLUS WASHINGTON, each individually …
Article • November 2, 2015
Prison Staff Records Left in Prison's Barber Shop by Christopher Zoukis Prison Staff Records Left in Prison's Barber Shop by Christopher Zoukis On August 4, 2011, a prison guard at Fort Dodge Correctional Facility in Des Moines, Iowa, a medium-security state prison which houses more than 1,300 prisoners, found sensitive …
Article • November 2, 2015
No Oregon Constitutional Right to “Full” Victim Restitution; Contributory Negligence May Limit Restitution Award by Mark Wilson No Oregon Constitutional Right to “Full” Victim Restitution; Contributory Negligence May Limit Restitution Award by Mark Wilson On October 3, 2013, the Oregon Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s refusal to grant a …
Article • November 2, 2015
Prison Health Services Must Indemnify Vermont against Wrongful Death Claims by Mark Wilson Prison Health Services Must Indemnify Vermont against Wrongful Death Claims by Mark Wilson On December 20, 2013, the Vermont Supreme Court held that Corizon Health, Inc. – formerly Prison Health Services, Inc. (PHS) – was required to …
Article • November 2, 2015
Texas Supreme Court Holds No Compensation for Wrongly-Convicted Prisoner Imprisoned on Other Charges by Matthew Clarke Texas Supreme Court Holds No Compensation for Wrongly-Convicted Prisoner Imprisoned on Other Charges by Matt Clarke On August 23, 2013, the Supreme Court of Texas held that a former death row prisoner who had …
Article • November 2, 2015
Filed under: Guard Misconduct
Indictments and Guilty Pleas in Multi-Gang Prison Smuggling Conspiracy in Texas by Matthew Clarke Indictments and Guilty Pleas in Multi-Gang Prison Smuggling Conspiracy in Texas by Matt Clarke On February 26, 2013, a 23-page federal indictment was unsealed. It charged 32 people with involvement in a complex conspiracy to smuggle …
Article • November 2, 2015
Agreement Ends Discrimination of HIV-Positive Prisoners in South Carolina by David Reutter Agreement Ends Discrimination of HIV-Positive Prisoners in South Carolina by David M. Reutter An agreement between the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) makes it the last state prison system to …
Article • November 2, 2015
Study Finds Victims of Bullying More Likely to Enter Criminal Justice System by Christopher Zoukis Study Finds Victims of Bullying More Likely to Enter Criminal Justice System by Christopher Zoukis A new study suggests a direct link between childhood bullying and later imprisonment for bullying victims. The study, presented at …
Article • November 2, 2015
Absent Bad Faith No PRA Sanctions for Washington Prisoners by Mark Wilson Absent Bad Faith No PRA Sanctions for Washington Prisoners by Mark Wilson On October 29, 2013, the Washington State Court of Appeals held that prisoners are ineligible for Public Records Act (PRA) violation sanctions, without a showing of …
Article • November 2, 2015
Filed under: Criminal Prosecution
Oregon Prisoner’s “Macabre and Silly” Murder Contract Nets 20 Years by Oregon Prisoner’s “Macabre and Silly” Murder Contract Nets 20 Years “Dear Stranger, I have a job for you. I need your help. There are three people I need taken care of,” wrote Dustin M. Kimbrough from his Oregon jail …
Article • November 2, 2015
Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards
Plaintiffs’ Award of Attorneys’ Fees Deemed Excessive in Lengthy Suit Achieving “Some” Success by Plaintiffs’ Award of Attorneys’ Fees Deemed Excessive in Lengthy Suit Achieving “Some” Success The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that a district court’s award of $216,528 in attorneys’ fees was excessive …
Article • November 2, 2015
Ninth Circuit: Prisoner’s Delusions Warrant §2254 Equitable Tolling by Ninth Circuit: Prisoner’s Delusions Warrant §2254 Equitable Tolling On April 18, 2014, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the statute of limitations on an Oregon prisoner’s federal habeas corpus petition should be equitably tolled due to delusions the prisoner …
Article • November 2, 2015
Revealed: The boom and bust of the CIA's secret torture sites by Crofton Black Revealed: The boom and bust of the CIA's secret torture sites by Crofton Black and Sam Raphael In spring 2003 an unnamed official at CIA headquarters in Langley sat down to compose a memo. It was …
Brief • November 2, 2015
Fulton v. Mason County, KY, Amended Complaint, Heroin Withdrawal, 2015 Case: 2:15-cv-00031-WOB-JGW Doc #: 17 Filed: 11/02/15 Page: 1 of 16 - Page ID#: 168 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY NORTHERN DIVISION AT COVINGTON TERESA FULTON, Administratrix of the Estate of AUDREY GENEVA FULTON, deceased PLAINTIFF vs. …
Publication • November 2, 2015
Filed under: Jail Specific
D.C. Corrections Information Council - Hope Village Report, 2013 District of Columbia Corrections Information Council (CIC) Michelle R. Bonner, Chair Katharine A. Huffman Reverend Samuel Whittaker May 24, 2013 To: Mayor Vincent Gray, District of Columbia Council of the District of Columbia Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton Charles Samuels, Director, Federal …
Publication • November 2, 2015
Filed under: HRDC Publications
HRDC letter to Obama to ban the box - Oct 2015 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS October 30, 2015 President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President, On behalf of the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), I write …
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