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Article • July 28, 2016
10-Month Lockdown at North Carolina Prison Caused by Fights or Understaffing by About 600 prisoners at North Carolina’s Scotland Correctional Institution (SCI) were on a 10-month lockdown as of September 2014.  The lockdown proceeded in stages from total isolation to a few privileges. The lockdown began on December 28, 2013, …
Private Prison Execs Continue to Make Much More than Guards by Information collected by the federal government has revealed the conspicuous inequality between private prison executives and the guards that their corporations employ. According to data compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median salary for private …
Brief • June 13, 2016
USA v. State of Michigan, MI, Complaint, Discrimination Against Female Guards, 2016 2:16-cv-12146-PDB-MKM Doc # 1 Filed 06/13/16 Pg 1 of 19 Pg ID 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN ____________________________________ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) …
Troubled North Dakota Jail to be Reviewed by Feds by The Lake Region Law Enforcement Center (LEC) in North Dakota is a multijurisdictional jail supported by six entities, including the City of Devils Lake and the counties of Benson, Eddy, Nelson, Ramsey and Towner. The center rents office space to …
Problems with California’s New Medical Prison by Matthew Clarke With construction costs of $840 million and a capacity to provide care to almost 3,000 patients, California’s new medical prison near Stockton is the largest and most expensive in the nation. Unfortunately, that expense has not resulted in a smooth-running operation; …
Publication • 2016
Association of State Correctional Agencies - Independent Assessment of the High Desert State Prison, CDCR, 2016 Independent Assessment of The High Desert State Prison Submitted to the: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Prepared by the: Association of State Correctional Administrators Hagerstown, Maryland September 23, 2016 Table of Contents A. …
Joyce v. County of Lackawanna, PA, Amended Complaint, Retaliation for Overtime Disabilities, 2016 Case 3:16-cv-00279-RDM Document 17 Filed 05/26/16 Page 1 of 50 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA CIVIL ACTION NO.: 16-cv-002 79-UN 4 ALLEN P. JOYCE, ANTHONY P. MARIANO, WILLIAM FERRARIO, JEREMY …
Publication • May 26, 2016
Review of the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Medical Staffing Challenges, OIG, 2016 Office of the Inspector General U.S. Department of Justice Review of the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Medical Staffing Challenges Evaluation and Inspections Division 16-02 March 2016 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Introduction The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is responsible for …
Publication • May 26, 2016
ASCA Responses Staff to Inmate Ratio Survey, Association of State Correctional Administrators, 2010 ASCA Responses: Staff to Inmate Ratio Survey (June 2010) 6. What is the total number of inmates currently incarcerated in your state correctional facilities? 2. What is the total number of security staff employed by your state …
Monterey County Jail - Review of Past and Current Problems, Grand Jury, 2015 THE MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL A REVIEW OF PAST AND CURRENT PROBLEMS Monterey County Jail about 1885. Courtesy of the Monterey County Historical Society. 1 2 THE MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL A REVIEW OF PAST AND CURRENT PROBLEMS SUMMARY …
Article • May 13, 2016
$1.2 Million Settlement for Minor Injured in Detention Race Riot by The county of Los Angeles paid $1.2 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a juvenile who was seriously injured during a riot. According to the county’s Summary Corrective Action plan, a riot occurred at Camp Miller, a facility …
Article • May 5, 2016 • from PLN May, 2016
Low Pay, Long Hours Fuel Increasing State Prison Staffing Problems by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The slow decline in state prison populations cannot come soon enough for many Departments of Corrections, which are struggling to cover shifts in the face of rising staff turnover rates. States experiencing shortages of …
Sharbaugh v. Beaudry, FL, Complaint, Wrongful Death Failure to Protect, 2016 Case 3:16-cv-00126-MCR-EMT Document 1 Filed 03/24/16 Page 1 of 33 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA (Pensacola) RUSSELL K. SHARBAUGH, as the Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF RICKY DEAN MARTIN, Plaintiff, v. …
Green v. State of Alaska, AK, Complaint, Jail Death, 2016 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE ST ATE OF ALASKA THIRD .JUDICIAL DISTIUCT AT ANCHORAGE ESTATE OF KELLSIE GREEN Plaintiff, vs. STATE OF ALASKA, DEPARTMENT or CORRECTIONS, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) --- CI Case …
Report Highlights Continuing Problems with Florida Department of Corrections by Derek Gilna The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) was the subject of a recent Prison Legal News cover story that detailed prisoner deaths, excessive use of force by guards, and other types of misconduct and corruption. [See: PLN, Feb. 2016, …
Texas County Jail, Beset by Prisoner Deaths, has Highest Suicide Rate by Matthew Clarke A wrongful death suit filed by the parents of a 30-year-old Bexar County, Texas jail prisoner who died of a methadone overdose while in solitary confinement at the lock-up settled in February 2015 for $200,000, and …
Kansas Sex Offender Civil Commitment Program Under Scrutiny by Matthew Clarke The Sexual Predator Treatment Program, operated by the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, is at the heart of a debate over whether civil commitment programs are truly designed to rehabilitate offenders convicted of sex crimes, or are …
Publication • February 16, 2016
CDCR - Poor Internal Controls Allowed Facilities to Overpay Employees, CA State Auditor, 2009 Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: Its Poor Internal Controls Allowed Facilities to Overpay Employees for Inmate Supervision November 2009 Report I2009-0702 CALIFORNIA S TAT E A U D I T O R The first five copies …
Publication • February 15, 2016
Jail Staffing Workbook, DOJ, 2003 01-Cover 5/8/03 4:26 PM Page 1 U.S. Department of Justice National Institute of Corrections WORKBOOK FOR JAILS Second Edition 01-Cover 5/8/03 4:26 PM Page 2 U.S. Department of Justice National Institute of Corrections 320 First Street N.W. Washington, DC 20534 Morris L. Thigpen, Director Virginia …
Florida’s Department of Corrections: A Culture of Corruption, Abuse and Deaths by David Reutter Florida, with the nation’s third-largest prison system, has a long and sordid history of abusing, neglecting and even killing its prisoners. Because most state prisons are in insular rural areas, the general public, aside from those …
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