Prison Legal News v. BoC of Shawnee Co - Kline, KS, Settlement Agreement, censorship, 2012 - - - , ---,------.,--_._-. "$itlliWf\lt:.rGOl1f..lIJl <&ONIn~£;~C( (:,l~«20 I :L-=-_ _ IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF KANSAS PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, ) ) ) …
US EPA Takes Action Against Kansas Prison for Asbestos Violations by The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued orders against the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) for violations of federal law concerning asbestos removal. The violations stem from a renovation in 2005-2006 at the Topeka Correctional Facility (TCF). The …
Traffic Tickets Lead to Kansas Jail Reform by The U.S. District Court of Kansas determined that the totality of conditions at the Sedgwick County Jail violated detainee’s Constitutional rights. Sedgwick County Jail was built in the early 1950s, and was designed to hold a maximum of 135 prisoners. The number …
Tenth Circuit Bars Prisoner From Filing Claim In Forma Pauperis by The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Michael Lee Strope, also known as Gordon Eugene Strope, a prisoner in the state of Kansas, is barred from filing any further civil action informal pauperis (IFN). Before the court were …
Report Finds Federal Prisoners Exposed to Toxic Metals in Recycling Jobs by A four-year study by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG), released in October 2010, found that prisoners and employees at ten federal prisons were exposed to hazardous metals and materials while handling electronic …
PLN Sues Kansas Jail Over No-Publication Policy by On August 31, 2011, Prison Legal News filed a federal lawsuit against the Board of Commissioners for Shawnee County, Kansas and Richard Kline, Director of the Shawnee County Department of Corrections. PLN’s suit alleges First Amendment violations due to a policy at …
Prison Legal News v. BoC of Shawnee Co - Kline, KS, Complaint, censorship, 2011 Case 2:11-cv-02497-WEB -KGG Document 1 Filed 08/31/11 Page 1 of 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF KANSAS PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, v. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS …
Inmate Accident Compensation Act Does Not Preclude Bivens Remedy by The Inmate Accident Compensation Act (IACA), 18 U.S.C. § 4126, does not preclude a federal prisoner from bringing a claim under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971) for work-related injuries that …
PLRA's IFP Restrictions Do Not Apply To Civil Commitments by Brandon Sample By Brandon Sample Sex offenders that are civilly committed upon completion of their sentences are not "prisoners" within the meaning of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit decided October …
Tenth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of §1983 Suit; No State Action Alleged by Tenth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of §1983 Suit; No State Action Alleged On October 19, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a 42 U.S.C. §1983 action brought by a man who …
10th Circuit: Prisoner Mail Protected by First Amendment by Jimmie Franks By Jimmy Franks In a decision filed December 18, 2008, the 10th Circuit reversed a district court dismissal of a §1983 claim brought by a prisoner in the Saline County Detention Center in Salina, Kansas. The prisoner, Kendall Trent …
Kansas No Longer a Leader in Post-Release Prisoner Programs by Derek Gilna The Kansas program that as recently as two years ago was cited as a model for reintegrating prisoners into society after their release no longer exists, according to state Rep. Pat Colloton, who heads the House Committee on …
Federal Circuit Rejects Prisoner’s Claim of Copyright Infringement by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a federal prisoner’s copyright infringement suit filed against Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (FPI, also known as UNICOR), the prison sweatshop arm of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. While …
Sex for Contraband Racket Unravels After Kansas Prisoner Has Abortion by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Despite reports of rampant staff sexual abuse and harassment of women incarcerated at Kansas’ Topeka Correctional Facility (TCF), it was not until one prisoner had an abortion after being raped by a vocational …
Federal Court Upholds Kansas Prison Regulation Banning Publications Depicting Bare Buttocks by A Kansas federal district court has held that prison officials may censor publications that depict bare buttocks. The ruling came in a civil rights action that alleged the prison policy that banned publications with such depictions violated the …
Kansas DOC Ban on Bare Buttocks Magazines Questioned by A Kansas federal district court granted prison officials summary judgment on a procedural due process claim and ordered further discovery in a civil rights action alleging First Amendment violation for banning publications that depict bare buttocks. In granting prison officials partial …
Richard v. Board of Co. Commissioners, KS, Complaint, Brain Damage from Jail Guard Beating, 2010 Case 6:10-cv-01042-MLB-KMH Document 6 Filed 03/09/10 Page 1 of 46 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS RONELL RICHARD, as Special Administrator of the Estate of EDGAR RICHARD, Deceased, Plaintiff, vs. …
Settlement in Class-Action Suit Against CCA Modified After PLN Unseals Court Documents by Alex Friedmann Last October, PLN reported that Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest private prison firm, had settled a class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Kansas that raised claims under the Fair Labor …
Probation Revocation Warrants Do Not Have To Be Executed While In Custody For Another Offense by The state does not waive a probation violation by failing to execute a probation warrant in a timely manner, the Supreme Court of Kansas decided October 31, 2008. Eric Hall sought dismissal of a …
Time Spent In Drug Treatment While On Probation Not Creditable Toward Sentence by Time spent in an inpatient drug treatment program while on probation cannot be credited toward service of an underlying sentence, the Supreme Court of Kansas decided November 7, 2008. Marsha Preston pled guilty to cocaine possession, and …
