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Besmirched California Prison Doctors Sue To Block Higher Qualification Standards by By John E. Dannenberg California Department of Corrections (CDC) doctors, who have been much maligned in recent scathing federal court reports depicting “horrible” medical care conditions in California’s prisons, made a defensive move on April 29, 2005 by having …
Nine California Guards Fired For Prisoner Assaults by Nine guards at California's maximum security Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP), including some belonging to the Green Wall" satanic gang of rogue guards, were fired on November 8, 2004 as a disciplinary action for allegedly assaulting a prisoner and then conspiring to …
California Youth Authority Fires Six For Pummeling Prisoners And Filing False Reports by On September 10, 2004, six California Youth Authority (CYA) Correctional Counselors (guards) were fired for using excessive force" in beating two prisoners at a Stockton, California youth prison on January 20, 2004, and then falsifying the reports. …
California Corrections System Officially Declared Dysfunctional" - Redemption Doubtful by California Corrections System Officially Declared Dysfunctional" - Redemption Doubtful by Marvin Mentor Culminating a multi-year crescendo of criticism leveled at California's Corrections system from frustrated legislative, judicial and executive leaders, the Corrections Independent Review Panel (CIRP) recently tasked by Governor …
Article • March 15, 2005 • from PLN March, 2005
Filed under: Guards/Staff, Guard Unions
Washington Guards Settle Lawsuits For $7,270,000 And $810,000, Lose Third by by Michael Rigby When most people hear prison lawsuit," they think of prisoners as the initiators. But the truth is, guards and other disgruntled prison workers are prolific litigators as well. In 2004, for instance, Washington's Pierce County Superior …
Article • March 15, 2005 • from PLN March, 2005
Pay To Play: Guard Union Spreads the Wealth by From January 3, 2000 to February 9, 2004, 26 of the 40 California state Senators and 50 of the 80 Assembly Members received funds - ranging from $1,000 to $333,000 - from the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA), the guards …
Nevada Prisoner Killed in Rec Yard Riot by Nevada Prisoner Killed In Rec Yard Riot On July 13, 2004, racial tension at the High Desert State Prison in southern Nevada erupted into a deadly riot. The fighting, reportedly between Blacks and Hispanics on the rock-strewn recreation yard, left one prisoner …
Death Exposes Inadequate Mental Health Care in Oregon Prisons by Mark Wilson On April 29, 2002, the tormented life of 45-year-old Oregon prisoner William Owens came to a tragic end in the Disciplinary Segregation Unit (DSU) of the Snake River Correctional Institution (SRCI). His death exposed numerous problems with the …
A Death in Custody: Massachusetts DOC Wracked by Scandal by Peter Costanza On August 23, 2003, the 26 men in Unit J-1 at SBCC, a "supermax" prison in Shirley, Massachusetts, were finishing lunch. It was just before noon. There was one guard in the unit, a prison guard named David …
Cowboy Justice: BOP Guards Convicted by Alan Pendergast by Alan Prendergast The seven men sat around the defense table Tuesday afternoon, June 24, 2003, murmuring quietly to each other and exchanging hearty good-luck handshakes with their attorneys. The tension was thick, anticipation high. Shortly after 4 p.m., the jurors filed …
Article • November 15, 2004 • from PLN November, 2004
$600,000 Settlement in California Prisoner Shooting Death by Marvin Mentor $600,000 Settlement In California Prisoner Shooting Death by Marvin Mentor California Department of Corrections (CDC) officials settled a wrongful death complaint for $600,000 brought by the survivors of Octavio Orozco, a prisoner at Pleasant Valley State Prison (PVSP) in Coalinga, …
Article • September 15, 2004 • from PLN September, 2004
California Prison Guard Union Scandal Goes Public by Woody Morgan The current leadership of the California Correctional Peace Officers Association has charged 10 current and former leadership members with wrongdoing. In internal documents received by the Lassen County Times, current President Mike DeWitt of the local CCPOA said both Mark …
Article • August 15, 2004 • from PLN August, 2004
California Prison Guards Organize to Sue Assaultive Prisoners by California Prison Guards Organize To Sue Assaultive Prisoners In a classic case of "man bites dog," California state prison guards have begun a program to sue prisoners whom they allege assaulted them. To prosecute these suits, 2,900 guards have organized the …
Jury Finds for Corcoran Guards in Prisoner Rape Suit by Paige Welch On Tuesday, October 21, 2003, a jury found four employees at California State Prison, Corcoran not responsible for the rape of prisoner Eddie Webb Dillard by a fellow prisoner. The verdict was read by District Judge Anthony W. …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
Constitutional Amendment Effort Launched to Bar Florida's Prison Privatization by David Reutter Constitutional Amendment Effort Launched to Bar Florida's Prison Privatization by David M. Reutter The Florida Police Benevolence As-sociation (PBA) has launched a petition drive to enact an amendment to Florida's constitution that would bar privatization of prisons, jails, …
BOP, FBI Investigations in Texas, Oregon, Arizona, and California Federal Prisons by Michael Rigby BOP, FBI Investigations in Texas, Oregon, Arizona, and California Federal Prisons by Michael Rigby Murder, riots, drug overdoses, and allegations of official corruption have prompted the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and the FBI to launch investigations …
Nassau County NY Settles Prisoner's Beating Death Suit for $7.75 Million by On March 31, 2003, Nassau County, New York agreed to settle a suit brought in the wake of the beating death of Thomas Pizzuto at the hands of guards at the Nassau County Correctional Center. The $7.75 million …
Guards Abusing Prisoners in Boston Leads to Jury Awards and Disciplinary Action by by Matthew T. Clarke Widespread reports of guards having sex with, raping, and beating prisoners in Suffolk County (MA) jails have led to the indictment of guards, firing of guards, disciplinary action against-guards, and jury awards against …
Bloated Prison Budget Fuels California's Degenerative Incarceration Spiral by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg California's $5.3 billion prison spending plan was shaved only a miniscule $35 million in the August 2, 2003 $100 billion annual state budget - a "budget" that is admittedly $38.2 billion out of balance …
Article • October 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2003
Director of Florida's Private Prison Commisssion Resigns, Fined $10,000 for Ethics Violations by Agreeing to pay $10,000 for ethics violations, the director of Florida's agency overseeing private prison contracts resigned in April, 2002. The Florida Ethics Commission has accepted the settlement. C. Mark Hodges was in charge of Florida's Correctional …
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