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Suit Challenging WI Civil Commitment Conditions Dismissed by The plaintiff, committed involuntarily as a sexually violent person, challenged various institutional practices. The plaintiff's complaint that he was required to disclose his history of sexual assaults, charged and uncharged, before he could be eligible for the main treatment program and be …
Color Blind Bus Driver Not Disabled Under ADA by A city bus driver disqualified from driving city buses based on color blindness was not disabled within the meaning of the ADA because he was not substantially limited in the major life activity of seeing and was therefore not disabled under …
Article • March 15, 2007 • from PLN March, 2007
Three Work-Release Van Drivers Escape from Arkansas Prison; Practice Discontinued by Gary Hunter Two prisoners escaped from Arkansas? Benton Unit prison on July 9, 2006. Tab Delancey and Clifton Sanders were drivers in the prison?s work-release program. Arkansas was one of the few states that, until recently, allowed unsupervised prisoners …
Still More Murder and Mayhem in Maryland by Michael Rigby "Lock them up and throw away the key." Like the rest of the nation, this overriding penal philosophy in Maryland has led to a criminal justice system that is defunct at every level. The state's adult prisons are "in crisis." …
New Jersey Sex Offenders Must Be Protected and Segregated During Transports by A New Jersey federal district court has issued a preliminary injunction requiring prison officials at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center in Avenel, New Jersey (ADTC) to protect and segregate ADTC prisoners when transporting them to medical appointments …
Brief • December 11, 2006
Anderson-Bey et al v. District of Columbia, DC, Opinion, 8th Am bus conditions, 2008 Case 1:00-cv-02000-RCL Document 112 Filed 12/11/2006 Page 1 of 22 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA KENNETH ANDERSON-BEY, et aL, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al. Civil …
For-Profit Transportation Companies: Taking Prisoners, and the Public, for a Ride by Alex Friedmann According to the latest report from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, as of June 2005 approximately 2.2 million people were incarcerated in prisons and jails nationwide not including immigration detention centers and …
Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006
BOP Transfers Unescorted Prisoners On Civilian Buses, Some Escape by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke In a little-known program, the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has been allowing unescorted prisoners to transfer between prisons using Greyhound and other civilian buses. Not surprisingly, some never show up at their destination. …
Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006
Fall Escapes Plague Local, State Agencies in Houston Area by by Michael Rigby During a two week period in late 2005, prisoners in the Houston area escaped from all levels of custody. One prisoner escaped from the city jail, another vanished from the back of a prison van, and a …
Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006
West Virginia Prisoner Sued By Victims Mother Following $50,000 Award by West Virginia Prisoner Sued By Victims Mother Following $50,000 Award On August 16, 2005, state prisoner Mark Allen Harris was awarded $50,000 for facial injuries he sustained when he fell out of a jail van. Two days - later, …
Washington Prison Staff Properly Fired For Sexually Assaulting Prisoner by Division 2 of the Washington State Court of Appeals (Div. 2) has affirmed the summary dismissal of a prison guards law-suit for wrongful discharge for sexual misconduct. James Shinn was captain of a ferry serving the McNeil Island Correction Center …
Article • February 15, 2006 • from PLN February, 2006
New York Prisoner Attacked On Bus Awarded $600,000 by On April 28, 2005, a New York prisoner was awarded $600,000 for injuries he sustained when other prisoners attacked him on a prison bus. Plaintiff Daniel Arroyo, 17, was convicted of a youthful offense. On November 9, 1994, while being transported …
Article • February 15, 2006 • from PLN February, 2006
Kentucky Prisoner Injured In Transport Vehicle Awarded $9,000 by On June 3, 2005, a Kentucky jury awarded $9,000 to a prisoner who was injured while riding in a jail transport vehicle. Plaintiff Steven Jarmon was imprisoned in a Louisville jail on robbery charges. On February 15, 2000, Jarmon, 38, and …
Article • November 15, 2005 • from PLN November, 2005
CIA Private Jet Takes Prisoners on Torture Trips by by Matthew T. Clarke When you step on board a 14-passenger Gulfstream V jet plane, you expect to be treated to a flight teeming with luxuries. The Gulfstream is, after all, a favorite small jet for corporate CEOs and celebrities. Stepping …
Fatal Justice: The New Maryland by Michael Rigby It's a state already steeped in heritage--birthplace of The Star Spangled Banner, home to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, and site of the bloody Civil War battle at Antietam. But now Maryland is raising a new legacy: a system of dangerous …
Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005
$600,000 Awarded To Paraplegic Jail Prisoner Hurt By Riding In Non-Handicap-Accessible Vehicle by by John E. Dannenberg A paraplegic jail prisoner who was transported to a hospital in a non-handicap accessible police car was awarded $600,000 by a federal jury on November 12, 2003 for injuries he claimed resulted from …
Immigration Detainee Wins Appointed Counsel And New Trial In Brutality Suit Against CCA by by John E Dannenberg An immigration detainee of seven years, who had unsuccessfully sued his jailer, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and its employees for severely beating him during a medical emergency transport, was granted a …
D.C. Prisoner Receives $19,500 Settlement for Slip-and-Fall by The United States and the District of Columbia agreed on June 4, 2004, to pay Robert M. North $19,500 for injuries he received from falling down a set of stairs while handcuffed. North was arrested on Thanksgiving Day 2000 by Federal Marshals. …
Connecticut Woman Gang-Raped In Sheriff's Van Settles Suit For $480,000 by by Michael Rigby The State of Connecticut has paid $480,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a female prisoner who was gang-raped by male prisoners in the back of a sheriff's van. On August 18, 1999, S.C. was a …
Missouri Guards Liable for Refusing Prisoner's Seatbelt Request by John E Dannenberg Missouri Guards Liable For Refusing Prisoner's Seatbelt Request by John E. Dannenberg The Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals permitted a 42 U.S.C § 1983 complaint to proceed against five Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC) transportation guards for …
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