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Brief • May 24, 2013
Vega v. Davis, CO, Courtroom Minutes, inmate suicide, 2013 Case 1:12-cv-01144-RPM Document 30 Filed 05/24/13 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Senior District Judge Richard P. Matsch Date: May 24, 2013 Courtroom Deputy: J. Chris Smith FTR Technician: Kathy …
Publication • May 24, 2013
District of Columbia Corrections Information Council, Hope Village Inspection Report, 2013 District of Columbia Corrections Information Council (CIC) Michelle R. Bonner, Chair Katharine A. Huffman Reverend Samuel Whittaker May 24, 2013 To: Mayor Vincent Gray, District of Columbia Council of the District of Columbia Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton Charles Samuels, …
Article • May 15, 2013 • from PLN May, 2013
Eighth Circuit Overturns Jury’s $850,000 Verdict for Nebraska Detainee’s Suicide by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a jury’s verdict in favor of the estate of a pre-trial detainee who committed suicide at Nebraska’s Dodge County Jail. Circuit Judge Kermit E. Bye filed a dissenting opinion that criticized …
Lawsuits Filed Over Unrelated Deaths of Two Oregon Prisoners by Just ten days before his release, A 22-year-old autistic Oregon state prisoner died in a segregation cell after injecting himself with an “undetermined drug or toxin,” according to a federal lawsuit filed by his estate and his mother. On July …
Article • May 15, 2013 • from PLN May, 2013
New York: $225,000 Settlement for Prisoner’s Suicide Attempt, Abuse at Rikers Island by In July 2012, the City of New York paid $225,000 to settle a lawsuit that alleged 17 causes of action arising “from a chain of disturbing events” that involved the treatment of a mentally ill prisoner at …
Article • May 15, 2013 • from PLN May, 2013
Kentucky DOC May Not Alter Presentencing Custody Credits by The Kentucky Supreme Court has held that the Department of Corrections (DOC) lacks authority to modify a prisoner’s presentencing custody credit calculation. In 1993, Peter Bard was charged with murdering a deputy sheriff, but the charges were dismissed without prejudice when …
Federal Court Limits New York’s Civil Commitment Statute, but Injunction Vacated on Appeal by Derek Gilna A decision by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York severely restricted portions of New York’s Sex Offender Management and Treatment Act (SOMTA). A lawsuit filed by Mental Hygiene Legal …
Article • May 15, 2013
Filed under: Mental Health
Eighth Circuit Denied an Escapee's Insufficient Psychiatric Claim by Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals denied a 5th Amendment claim for due process violation for the right to present a defense. James Edward Thornberg, a federal prisoner in Duluth, Minnesota before he escaped, was serving a 96-month sentence for wire fraud …
Article • May 15, 2013
California: Medical Records of Prisoner Being Evaluated for Civil Commitment Not Constitutionally Protected from Disclosure by The Ninth Circuit has held that the medical records of a California prisoner being evaluated for civil commitment under California's Sexually Violent Predator Act, Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 6600-6609, are not constitutionally …
Article • May 15, 2013
Wisconsin Appeals Court Orders Appointment of Examiner in Commitment Case by Derek Gilna Prisoner Dennis Thiel had appealed the denial of his petition for supervised release under Wisconsin Statute Chapter 980 (2003-04) (the Act), wherein the court had previously ordered that an examiner be appointed to take another look at …
California: CDCR Pays $475,000 to Settle Wrongful Death Suit by In November 2009, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) entered into a Settlement Agreement with the parents and siblings of Joseph Sullivan who, in June 2006, took his own life while incarcerated at Chuckawalla Valley State Prison (CVSP). …
Brief • May 14, 2013
Schuler v. Otterblad, MN, Complaint, Failure to Treat Mental Illness, 2013 CASE 0:13-cv-01151-SRN-AJB Document 1 Filed 05/14/13 Page 1 of 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA Case No. - - - - - - - - Michael J. Schuler, Plaintiff, vs. COMPLAINT Shari Otterblad, Sean Kennedy, Monica Arons …
Brief • May 7, 2013
Vega v. Davis, CO, Amended Complaint, inmate suicide, 2013 Case 1:12-cv-01144-RPM Document 27 Filed 05/07/13 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 15 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 12-cv-1144-RPM RAYMOND VEGA, Plaintiff, v. BLAKE DAVIS, and CERTAIN UNKNOWN AGENTS OF THE UNITED STATES …
Brief • April 25, 2013
Aughenbaugh v. DeJulia, PA, Amended Complaint, Wrongful Death Suicide, 2013 Case 3:09-cv-00159-KRG Document 148 Filed 04/25/13 Page 1 of 25 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA DONNA R. AUGHENBAUGH, individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of NATHAN AUGHENBAUGH, and JAMES C. AUGHENBAUGH, Plaintiffs, …
U.S. Immigration Policy: Dysfunctional, Profitable and Resistant to Reform by Derek Gilna The nation's economy remains fragile, U.S. troops continue to fight a losing war in Afghanistan, North Korea has recently threatened a nuclear attack, and in March 2013 Congress and President Obama failed to reach a compromise to prevent …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
New York: Provision Requiring Independent Jail Oversight Board Ignored for 23 Years by Joe Watson For more than two decades, the Nassau County Jail in East Meadow, New York has lacked accountability in the form of an oversight board. But that lapse may be coming to an end after prisoner …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
CDCR Tried to Conceal Report on Prisoner Suicides by A report that linked oppressive conditions in California prisons to preventable prisoner suicides was suppressed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), while the state tried to convince a federal judge that court oversight was no longer needed in …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Case Challenging Conditions in Illinois Jail where Mentally Ill Prisoner Died by David Reutter Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Case Challenging Conditions in Illinois Jail where Mentally Ill Prisoner Died On March 20, 2012, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s grant …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
Oregon: Grand Jury Cites Problems at Multnomah County Jails by Sal Rodriquez A Corrections Grand Jury report released on December 18, 2012 made recommendations to remedy problems in Multnomah County’s jail system, adding to suggestions the Grand Jury had previously made in 2011. In its most recent report, the Grand …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
Lawsuit Filed Against Solitary Confinement of 800 “Seriously Mentally Ill” Prisoners in Pennsylvania by Sal Rodriquez On March 11, 2013, the Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania (DRNP) filed a lawsuit against John E. Wetzel, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, charging that the confinement of prisoners in Restricted Housing …
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