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“America’s Sheriff” Begins Serving Federal Prison Sentence by In January 2011, Michael S. Carona, the former sheriff of Orange County, California, turned himself in to prison officials at the Federal Correctional Institution Englewood in Littleton, Colorado to begin serving a 5 1/2-year sentence following his 2009 conviction for witness tampering. …
Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011
California: Controversy Surrounds Governor’s Grant of Clemency to Son of Political Friend by Michael Brodheim by Mike Brodheim In one of his last official acts before leaving office in January 2011, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger exercised his right under the state constitution to grant clemency to Esteban Nuñez, the son …
States Scramble to Find Lethal Injection Drugs by David Reutter by David M. Reutter “From this day forward I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death.” —Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun, Callins v. Collins, 501 U.S. 1141 (1994) The only American producer of sodium thiopental has abandoned the …
ACLU Investigates Prisoners’ Deaths at Puerto Rican Prison by Derek Gilna An investigative report released by the Puerto Rico chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in July 2010, concerning the Guerrero Correctional Institution in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, found that 53 prisoners had died during a six-year period from …
Publication • 2011
Greene County Auditor's Office - Greene County Missouri Sheriff Audit, 2011 County f GREEnE State 1'~tSsouPi GREENE COUNTY COURTHOUSE SPRINGFIELD MO, 65802 OFFICE OF CINDY S. STEIN, CPA Auditor October 20, 2013 The following documents were requested and provided to Mr. Christopher Cross: Financial audits for Commissary, Property & Civil …
Article • May 15, 2011
Secret Suit over Unlawful Eavesdropping Ends in Big Settlement by The Department of Justice has agreed to settle a 15 year court battle with a former DEA agent who claimed that a former CIA officer and State Department official unlawfully eavesdropped on him while working in Burma. The settlement requires …
Article • May 15, 2011
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 …
Contributions to California Politicians Rewarded with Lucrative Private Prison Contracts by In politics, sometimes a little monetary grease goes a long way. No doubt, that’s why Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest private prison operator, based in Nashville, Tennessee, has contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to lawmakers …
Prison Pays: Geo Corp Profits from Half-Way House Murder and Mayhem in Texas by Craig Malisow Despite a history of abuse and bad conditions, private-prison corporation GEO Group keeps getting contracts in Texas by Craig Malisow Anthony Ferrell left the Ben A. Reid halfway house in northeast Houston on October …
Article • April 15, 2011
Ex-Prosecutor Wins Award in Wrongful Termination Suit by On January 25, 2010, an ex-deputy prosecuting attorney for Pierce County, Washington, Barbara Corey, won her appeal and was awarded in excess of $2 million in a lawsuit she filed against the County following her forced resignation. Ms. Corey’s complaint accused the …
Article • April 15, 2011
A Convict's Odyssey - The journey of Mark Clements, a victim of torture by former Chicago PD officer Jon Burge by Steve Bogira A Convict's Odyssey When he was 16, Mark Clements talked his way into four life sentences. Twenty-eight years later, he talked his way out. By Steve Bogira …
Maine Governor Rakes in Private Prison Money, Shows Appreciation by Lance Tapley In Maine’s last gubernatorial campaign, the controversial Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest for-profit prison operator, spent $25,000 on behalf of Republican candidate Paul LePage, now Maine’s newly-elected governor. The money was given to the Republican …
Article • April 15, 2011 • from PLN April, 2011
Texas Legislator Who Helped Prisoners’ Families Indicted, Convicted, Sentenced by Gary Hunter For 14 years, Texas State Rep. Terri Hodge (D-Dallas) was a staunch defender of minorities and prisoners’ rights in the Texas legislature. On October 1, 2007, federal prosecutors indicted Hodge on 14 counts of corruption including bribery, fraud …
Questionable New Jersey Halfway House Funding Benefits CEC by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie insisted on budget cuts in 2010, except when it came to funding treatment centers, formerly called halfway houses. Gov. Christie wanted to increase funding for treatment centers by $3.1 million, …
Legacy of Corruption: GEO Buys Off the Florida Political Establishment by Beau Hodai U.S. Senator Marco Rubio’s unsettling history of extremely close ties to private prison operator GEO Group and the possible federal investigation into Florida’s private prison giveaway of more than $120 million Newly minted U.S. Senator Marco Rubio …
Study: CIA Doctors ‘Gave Green Light to Torture’ by Muriel Kane A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) reveals that physicians with the CIA’s Office of Medical Services (OMS) played an even greater role in facilitating the torture of detainees than was previously recognized. As …
New U.S. Marshals Director Confirmed Despite Conflict of Interest with Private Prison Companies by On December 21, 2010, just days before recessing for the holidays, the U.S. Senate confirmed Stacia Hylton as director of the U.S. Marshals Service in spite of opposition by a coalition of human rights, citizens’ advocacy …
Physicians for Human Rights: CIA Performed Illegal Medical Experiments While Torturing Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke According to a report released by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) in June 2010, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) performed illegal non-consensual human medical experiments on high-value terrorism detainees in connection with …
Medical Examiners Lack Qualifications, Competence, Oversight by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Most people will only have direct contact with a medical examiner, also known as a forensic pathologist, after they are dead. Thus, medical examiners have a certain mystic quality and are perceived as both doctors and sleuths who …
Article • January 15, 2011 • from PLN January, 2011
Political Patronage Scandal Rocks Massachusetts Probation Department by Derek Gilna A May 2010 investigative report in the Boston Globe took the Massachusetts Probation Department to task for bypassing qualified candidates for available job positions, instead employing at least 250 friends, relatives and financial backers of politicians and top court officials. …
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