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Eighth Circuit Reverses Excessive Force Summary Judgment

Article • August 25, 2016

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Excessive Force (Police)

Eighth Circuit Reverses Excessive Force Summary Judgment by Mark Wilson The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held that factual disputes about what happened outside a camera's view during an arrest precluded summary judgment for police on an excessive force claim. At 2:30 a.m., on February 12, 2009, Arkansas State Police …

Review of Farm Operations, Arkansas Legislative Audit, 2016

Publication • August 25, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Audits, Work, Prison Labor, Food

Review of Farm Operations, Arkansas Legislative Audit, 2016 Special Report Arkansas Legislative Audit Review of Farm Operations Arkansas Department of Correction – Agriculture Division For the Period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015 INTRODUCTION This report is issued in response to a request, approved by the Executive Committee of …

Arkansas Prisons: Opening their Gates for Business

Article • August 19, 2016

Filed under: Prison Labor

Arkansas Prisons: Opening their Gates for Business by Two businesses are thriving thanks to its use of prisoner slave labor. On the bright side, the program is helping some prisoners financially.             Since 2007, the Private Industry Enhancement (PIE) program has allowed two manufacturers, Glove Corp (GC) and electronics manufacturer …

Suarez v. Pulaski County, AR, Amended Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2016

Brief • August 15, 2016

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault

Suarez v. Pulaski County, AR, Amended Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2016 Case 4:16-cv-00080-BRW Document 11 Filed 08/15/16 Page 1 of 12 IN T H E UNITED S T A T E S D I S T R I C T C O U R T F O R T H E …

Arkansas Jail Finally Begins Serving Hot Meals

Article • August 10, 2016

Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Cost of Prison Systems, Food, Jail Specific

Arkansas Jail Finally Begins Serving Hot Meals by Christopher Zoukis Arkansas' Benton County Jail has, for years, served its prisoners three cold meals a day.  It has been doing so despite several lawsuits, and renewed requests that it serve hot meals, from the community.  The jail had no plans to …

Denial of Qualified Immunity Requires Detailed Order

Article • August 1, 2016

Filed under: Transfers, Police Misconduct, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Qualified Immunity

Denial of Qualified Immunity Requires Detailed Order by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals remanded an Arkansas federal district court’s order denying US. Marshals qualified immunity on summary judgment. At issue was a lawsuit brought by James Clayton Solomon, who was transferred from the Oklahoma City Federal Transfer Center to …

AR DOC ICS rates confirmed July 2016

Kickback publication • July 7, 2016

Filed under: Telephone Rates

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Defendants Claim Sexual Abuse by Arkansas Judge

Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016

Filed under: Sexual Assault by Judges, Sexual Harassment, Judicial Misconduct

Defendants Claim Sexual Abuse by Arkansas Judge by Three alleged victims of an Arkansas judge filed a lawsuit in May 2016, claiming that Cross County District Court Judge Joseph Boeckmann had sexually abused them. Attorney Gary Green said on May 11, 2016 that a fourth man had joined the suit …

ICE Detention Standards Compliance Audit - Benton County Detention Center, Bentonville, AR, ICE, 2006

Publication • June 2, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Audits, Immigration

ICE Detention Standards Compliance Audit - Benton County Detention Center, Bentonville, AR, ICE, 2006 • Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office of Detention and Removal Condition of Confinement Review Worksheet (This document must be attached to each G-324a Inspection Form) This Form to be used for Inspections …

ICE Detention Standards Compliance Audit - Lonoke City Jail, Lonoke, AR, ICE, 2006

Publication • June 2, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Audits, Immigration

ICE Detention Standards Compliance Audit - Lonoke City Jail, Lonoke, AR, ICE, 2006 • Department of Homelan!CUrity Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office of Detention and Removal Condition of Confinement Review Worksheet (This document must be attached to each G-324a Inspection Form) This Form to be used for Inspections of alllGSA …

ICE Detention Standards Compliance Audit - Sebastian County Detention Center, Fort Smith, AR, ICE, 2006

Publication • June 2, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Audits, Immigration

ICE Detention Standards Compliance Audit - Sebastian County Detention Center, Fort Smith, AR, ICE, 2006 Department of Homeland Security hnmigration and Customs Enforcement Office of Detention and Removal Condition of Confinement Review Worksheet (This document must be attached to each G-324a Inspection Form) This Form to be used for Inspections …

ICE Detention Standards Compliance Audit - Washington County Jail, Fayetteville, AR, ICE, 2006

Publication • June 2, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Audits, Immigration

ICE Detention Standards Compliance Audit - Washington County Jail, Fayetteville, AR, ICE, 2006 Department of HomelanWecurity Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office of Detention and Removal • Condition of Confinement Review Worksheet (This document must be attached to each G-324a Inspection Form) This Form to be used for Inspections of alllGSA …

Seventh Circuit: Former Parolee May Sue Over Delayed Release from Parole

Article • May 5, 2016 • from PLN May, 2016

Filed under: Parole Board Misconduct, Eighth Amendment, Parole

Seventh Circuit: Former Parolee May Sue Over Delayed Release from Parole by On May 19, 2015, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a former parolee may pursue an Eighth Amendment claim in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights suit alleging a parole officer had intentionally delayed her …

Deaths of Prisoners in Indiana, California and Arkansas Linked to Flu Virus

Article • March 31, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016

Filed under: Failure to Treat, Infections

Deaths of Prisoners in Indiana, California and Arkansas Linked to Flu Virus by Joe Watson A winter outbreak of the H1N1 flu virus is being blamed for the death of one prisoner and sickening 40 others, including five staff members, at the Putnamville Correctional Facility in Greencastle, Indiana in January …

$5,000 Award for Failure to Treat Spider Bite

Article • March 7, 2016

Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Failure to Treat, Eighth Amendment

$5,000 Award for Failure to Treat Spider Bite by David Reutter An Arkansas federal jury awarded $5,000 to a prisoner in an Eighth Amendment failure to treat claim. While in the Jackson County Jail on a warrant for failure to pay child support, Hubert Wren was bitten by a brown …

Arkansas Prisoner Prevails in Excessive Force Case

Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016

Filed under: Retaliatory Discipline, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Fire Hoses, Due Process

Arkansas Prisoner Prevails in Excessive Force Case by David Reutter A prisoner who was subjected to excessive force and denied due process at the Pike County Detention Center in Murfreesboro, Arkansas received $501 plus court costs following a summary judgment order and settlement agreement. Prisoner Alan C. Onstad was caught …

Contract re confinement of ADC inmates in Bowie Co, 2015

Publication • February 11, 2016

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Overcrowding

Contract re confinement of ADC inmates in Bowie Co, 2015

$2,250 Jury Award in Arkansas Prisoner’s Excessive Force Case

Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints

$2,250 Jury Award in Arkansas Prisoner’s Excessive Force Case by Matthew Clarke In a verdict handed down on August 21, 2014, a federal jury found in favor of an Arkansas prisoner who claimed prison guards had provoked him into attacking them so they could beat him. The jury award of …

Bizarre Ruling Deprives Arkansas Prisoner of Judicial Review of Disciplinary Action

Article • November 16, 2015

Filed under: Disciplinary Appeals, Appeals, Good Time, Ad-Seg Hearings

Bizarre Ruling Deprives Arkansas Prisoner of Judicial Review of Disciplinary Action by Bizarre Ruling Deprives Arkansas Prisoner of Judicial Review of Disciplinary Action On May 15, 2014, the Arkansas Supreme Court denied a state prisoner the right to seek judicial review of a disciplinary action because he did not pay …

$1.00 Awarded to Arkansas Female Prisoner Shackled During Labor

Article • October 28, 2015

Filed under: OB/GYN, Restraints, Mothers in Prison

$1.00 Awarded to Arkansas Female Prisoner Shackled During Labor by $1.00 Awarded to Arkansas Female Prisoner Shackled During Labor In the United States District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas at Batesville, on July 15, 2010, plaintiff Shawanna Nelson, a prisoner serving an identity fraud sentence at the McPherson facility in …