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Negligence not Grounds for Prosecution in Deaths of Wisconsin Prisoners by Gary Hunter It was a Thursday in late July 2009 when Myron Weston, a prisoner at Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility (MSDF), drank cleaning fluid from the supplies given to him to perform his janitorial duties. A short time later …
Fourth Circuit Holds Private Prison Guards to be Under Supervision of DOJ by Derek Gilna Some enterprising prison guards at the River Correctional Institution set up a profitable smuggling operation for several years, accepting bribes from prisoners to smuggle cell phones and other contraband such as tobacco products into the …
Article • August 4, 2016
After Botched Execution Oklahoma Restricts Media Access by Mark Wilson In the wake of a botched execution, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections adopted new rules on September 30, 2014, severely limiting media access to executions. Media representatives and other observers waited in a viewing room, to witness the April 29, …
$7,000 Settlement after Second Circuit Reverses Dismissal of New York Prisoner’s Suit by Derek Gilna In 2007, prisoner Aaron Willey filed a pro se federal civil rights lawsuit against guards employed by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, alleging harassment, inadequate nutrition, theft of legal documents, …
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
Ninth Circuit Reverses Habeas Relief in California Death Penalty Case by Derek Gilna On November 12, 2015, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals delivered a setback to death penalty abolitionists by reversing a grant of habeas corpus relief to a California prisoner who argued that the state’s post-conviction process in …
In-house Parole Costs New Mexico Over $10 Million Annually by Matthew Clarke Inefficiencies in the New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD) and the state’s Parole Board have resulted in hundreds of prisoners being kept in prison long beyond their parole release dates. The cost of incarcerating each prisoner during this so-called …
Report: How Private Prison Companies Cut Corners to Generate Profit by Derek Gilna Private prison companies like Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and the GEO Group earn hundreds of millions of dollars each year, averaging between $2,771 and $3,366 in profit per prisoner based on 2014 data. According to In …
Idaho DOC Can’t Stop Love; State Senator’s Ex-wife Weds Prisoner by Mark Wilson Lance Conway Wood, 48, was described as “a strong-willed inmate” with an extensive “history of ‘crossing the line’” who “exploits the human weaknesses of prison staff,” according to a federal judge. Wood, however, undoubtedly views himself as …
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
Ninth Circuit Directs BOP to Reconsider Denial of Designation to State Prison for Service of Federal Sentence by Derek Gilna On May 25, 2016, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a federal prisoner’s petition for habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, in which he complained …
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
Illinois DOC to Pay Millions in Utility Arrearages by The state of Illinois owes more than $34 million in operational costs for prisons statewide, including $1.2 million owed to the city of Chester for unpaid power, water and sewer bills at the Menard Correctional Center. A short-term budget deal was …
Hawaii Prison Relocation Project Fails to Skirt Environmental Review by Panagioti Tsolkas While lawmakers in Hawaii have advanced bills to fast-track the relocation of a state prison, they were forced to concede that an environmental impact review could not be avoided. In February 2016, the state legislature held a pair of …
Article • August 1, 2016
BOP’s Guard’s Termination Reversed for Suspension; Back Pay Awarded by The U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board mitigated the termination of a guard charged with two “failure to report” violations, reducing the penalty to a 30 day suspension and ordering back pay and benefits. Richard Andert was a guard at the …
Article • August 1, 2016
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 …
BOP Pays $20,000 to Settle Sexual Harassment Complaint by The federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) paid $20,000 to settle on Equal Employment Opportunity complaint alleging sexual harassment. Brenda Fornengo, a counselor at FCI Sandstone in Massachusetts, alleged her supervisor, Mr. McMahan, harassed her in her work place.  Her allegations included …
BOP Pays $20,000 to Settle Sex Discrimination Complaint by The federal Bureau of Prisons paid $20,000 and agreed to review policies to settle a sexual discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. On February 3 and 4, 1999, while working as a guard at FCC Butner Medium in North …
Article • August 1, 2016
BOP Pays $15,000 to Settle Terminated Employee’s Sexual Discrimination Claim by The federal Bureau of Prisons paid $15,000 to settle a sexual discrimination claim by a Cook Supervisor who was terminated.  It also agreed to pay attorney fees. Nancy L. Mc Namara worked as a Cook Supervisor at FCI Florence …
Article • August 1, 2016
BOP Pays $10,000 Sexual Harassment Complaint by The federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) paid $10,000 to settle an Equal Employment Opportunity complaint alleging sexual harassment by an employee at FCI Petersburg in Virginia. Azala Gray Epps worked as a guard.  Initially, she started at MCC New York in August 1994 …
BOP Pays $5,000 to Settle Lawsuit Claiming it Failed to Comply with EEOC Order by The federal Bureau of Prisons paid $5,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging BOP failed to comply with an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission order. Marlene Dawkins worked at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta from December 23, …
Article • August 1, 2016
BOP Pays $4,000 to Settle Sexual Harassment Complaint by The federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) paid $4,000 to settle the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) complaint of an employee at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Illinois. Barbara Wilson alleged in her November 19, 1998, complaint that her “supervisor and manager have …
BOP Over-detention of Prisoner Nets $35,000 Settlement by The federal Bureau of Prisons paid $35,000 to settle a claim alleging it over-detained a prisoner by 154 days. Lester Coleman was due to be released on July 5, 2000, but he was not released until December 7, 2000.  His complaint stated …
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