Healthcare and Handcuffs: BOP Assigns Medical Staff to Security Positions by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), facing chronic guard shortages, has resorted to either paying overtime to officers who work additional shifts or assigning nurses and other healthcare staff to security positions. In the …
Hood v. Global Tel Link, MS, Complaint, Bribery and Conspiracy, 2017 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RANKIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI fE ~ l lE r FEB -8 2017 JIM HOOD, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF MI~SISSIPPI, ex rel. THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, Plaintiff, rnn' t1J' v. CIVIL ACTION NO.: ---'/_r_-_;;z_--"-']_ …
Mississippi: Hinds County Jails in Crisis, Face Mandated Reforms by David Reutter The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a letter in May 2015 that described the findings of an investigation which concluded two jails in Hinds County, Mississippi were violating prisoners’ rights. The county has since entered into a …
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Audit of the fBOP’s Contract with CoreCivic to Operate the Adams County Correctional Center in Natchez, MI, OIG, 2016 Office of the Inspector General U.S. Department of Justice Audit of the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Contract with CoreCivic, Inc. to Operate the Adams County Correctional Center in Natchez, Mississippi Audit …
Class-action Certified in Challenge to Treatment of Mentally Ill Mississippi Prisoners by David Reutter In September 2015, a Mississippi federal district court certified as a class-action a lawsuit challenging the treatment and conditions afforded mentally ill prisoners at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility (EMCF). The court further held that the …
Private Prison Company Not Liable for Guard's Death in Riot by Lonnie Burton Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) successfully moved in federal court to dismiss a suit brought by the survivors of a guard who was killed by prisoners during a riot in 2012. On May 20, 2012, prisoners rioted …
Francis v. Wroten, MS, Complaint and Request for Jury Trial, Guard Assault, 2016 Case 5:16-cv-00086-DCB-MTP Document 1 Filed 09/28/16 Page 1 of 7 Case 5:16-cv-00086-DCB-MTP Document 1 Filed 09/28/16 Page 2 of 7 Case 5:16-cv-00086-DCB-MTP Document 1 Filed 09/28/16 Page 3 of 7 Case 5:16-cv-00086-DCB-MTP Document 1 Filed 09/28/16 Page …
GEO Group Fined More Than $100,000 (by OSHA) by Prison profiteer GEO Group was cited by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) in a June 2012 report with six safety and health violations—totaling $104,000 in fines—at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility, which the company formerly managed. OSHA said that, …
One Guard killed, Sixteen Staff and Three Prisoners Injured in Mississippi Private Prison Riot by Matthew Clarke On May 20, 2012, violence erupted at a 2,567-bed private prison near Natchez, Mississippi which is operated by the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). The Adams County Corrections Center (ACCC) houses low-security adult …
BOP Settles Claim of Race and Gender Discrimination by Christopher Zoukis The Bureau of Prisons settled a claim of racial and gender discrimination in September 2002. Lisa Pinkston Druey, a white female prison guard at Federal Correctional Institution Yazoo City, Mississippi, filed a claim of discrimination against the Bureau of …
Termination of Consent Decree at Mississippi Prison Denied; Facility to Close by David Reutter Ongoing violations of prisoners’ rights at the Walnut Grove Correctional Facility (WGCF) led a federal district court to deny the Mississippi Department of Corrections’ (MDOC) motion to terminate a consent decree. The evidence, the court held …
Condoms Now Available to Prisoners in Three States by Joe Watson Legislation in California, signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown in September 2014, allows prisoners in the state’s 34 adult correctional facilities access to condoms. With the signing of Assembly Bill 999 – also known as the Prisoner Protections …
Mississippi Sheriff Blames Court Bailiffs for Prisoner Pregnancy by "It did not happen in my courtroom and not under my watch," declared Mississippi Judge Winston Kidd, referring to a pregnancy resulting from a courthouse tryst between two detainees. "It is not my bailiff's practice to allow the female prisoners and …
Federal Consent Decree Bans Isolation at Mississippi Youth Prison by Matthew Clarke In February 2012, the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) agreed to stop housing juveniles at a privately-run prison in Leake County, Mississippi and enact multiple reforms to protect both the juveniles and the adult prisoners who will remain …
Mississippi Private Prison Closes by On November 10, 2011, Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps announced the closure of the privately-operated 1,172-bed Delta Correctional Facility in Leflore County scheduled for January 15, 2012. He said it was a mutual decision of Mississippi and Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), noting that, under …
Fifth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Suit Against Mississippi County Over Jail Prisoner's Death by Complaining of nausea and vomiting, Princess Anderson arrived at the emergency room (ER) of the Baptist Memorial Hospital in DeSoto, Mississippi, on the morning of February 7, 2011. ER staff determined she was pregnant with a …
Violence in Mississippi Prisons Exacerbated by Guards’ Assistance by David Reutter A contributor, perhaps the most serious one, to violence in Mississippi prisons is the accessory before the fact by guards. Prisoners being able to access cells and cellblocks not their own due to locks being easily overcoming via design …
Indefinite Pre-incident Detention of Indigents by Mississippi Challenged in Class Action Law Suit by David Reutter A class action challenging the indefinite jailing of persons in a Mississippi’s Scott County Detention Center without indictment or representation by counsel was filed on September 23, 2014. The lead plaintiffs are indigents who …
BOP Promotes Employee to Settle EEOC Complaint by The federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) agreed to promote an employee at FCI Yazoo in Mississippi to settle an Equal Employment Opportunity Complaint alleging discrimination based on race. Barbara Sullivan, who is white, was employed as a Medical Secretary GS-6 at FCI …
