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Sentenced to rape: LGBT inmates face unusually high risk of sexual assault in prison by Meghann Myers Sentenced to rape LGBT inmates face unusually high risk of sexual assault in prison BY MEGHANN MYERS It's been 60 years since the United Nations General Assembly issued the Universal Declaration of Human …
Texas: $232,000 Settlement, $82,000 Award in Prison Employees' Discrimination Suits by In 2003 and 2004, plaintiffs in two separate lawsuits prevailed on their claims of racial discrimination against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). In the most recent lawsuit, four auditors in the Community Justice Assistance Division of TDCJ …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
An Execution in the Family: One Son’s Journey, by Robert Meeropol; St. Martin’s Griffin, 273 pages, $14.95 by David Preston An Execution in the Family: One Son’s Journey, by Robert Meeropol; St. Martin’s Griffin, 273 pages, $14.95 Reviewed by David Preston The Rosenberg case: for most Baby Boomers it is …
NIC Report: Wisconsin Jails Racist and Dangerous by Gary Hunter On January 31, 2008, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) issued a 139-page report detailing numerous flaws in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin jail system. The Milwaukee House of Correction (HOC), the Community Corrections Center (CCC) and the County Jail Facility (CJF) …
California DOC Settles Sadistic, Hate-Motivated, Three-Year Starvation Death Of Sikh Prisoner For $1 Million by Marvin Mentor California DOC Settles Sadistic, Hate-Motivated, Three-Year Starvation Death Of Sikh Prisoner For $1 Million by Marvin Mentor The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) settled a lawsuit brought by the survivors of …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Oregon Guards Wrongly Fired Win $1,000,000 by Russell Rice and Larry Lytle, both career employees of the Oregon state Department of Corrections, were fired by Superintendent Frank Thomas of the Santiam Correctional Institute in early 2004. Both had long histories of exemplary performance. But they formally complained that Thomas, who …
New Hampshire Prisoner’s ADA Claim Survives Summary Judgment by The First Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a New Hampshire federal district court’s summary judgment order that concluded a prisoner had failed to demonstrate prison officials violated his rights under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. …
New York Sex Offenders’ Settlement Agreement Superseded by New Registration Law by New York Sex Offenders’ Settlement Agreement Superseded by New Registration Law The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals dealt a blow to sex offenders in New York state when it ruled that despite an earlier suit and settlement …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Arkansas Woman Left in Cell for Four Days Without Food or Water by Arkansas Woman Left in Cell for Four Days Without Food or Water In March 2008, a woman was locked in a small courthouse holding cell without food or water for four days after an Arkansas bailiff forgot …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Iowa Imprisons Blacks at Alarming Rate by Gary Hunter Extreme racial disparities in Iowa’s sentencing patterns have put the state under scrutiny once again. Iowa has a population of about 3 million people. Only 2.3 percent, about 20,000, are black. Yet the incarceration for black Iowans is six times greater …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
U.S. Pardon Attorney Replaced After Investigation Reveals Racial Comments, Retaliation and Mismanagement by Brandon Sample U.S. Pardon Attorney Replaced After Investigation Reveals Racial Comments, Retaliation and Mismanagement by Brandon Sample The federal attorney responsible for recommending presidential pardons and commutations has been replaced following an investigation by the Office of …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Incarcerated New York Women Denied Access to Reproductive Health Care by Gary Hunter Incarcerated New York Women Denied Access to Reproductive Health Care by Gary Hunter According to a March 4, 2008 study by the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) female prisoners in New York county jails consistently were …
Romance with Jail Guard Lands Sex Offender Back in Prison by Gary Hunter Once described as the most-watched prisoner in Texas, Wesley Wayne Miller has managed to make the news again. Miller, 45, is the state’s first prisoner to be committed under the Sexually Violent Predator Program. He was convicted …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Supreme Court: Death Penalty for Child-Rape Barred as Cruel and Unusual Punishment by by John E. Dannenberg A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on June 25, 2008 that a Louisiana statute imposing the death penalty for rape of a child, absent murder or an intent to kill, was unconstitutional …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
CA State Auditor: 352 Licensed Residential Living Facilities Errantly Housed Registered Sex Offenders by John Dannenberg CA State Auditor: 352 Licensed Residential Living Facilities Errantly Housed Registered Sex Offenders by John E. Dannenberg The California State Auditor cross-checked the State’s database of its 59,000 registered sex offenders and that of …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Identity of Prisoner Who Smuggled Gun into New Jersey Facility Revealed by Appeals Court by Gary Hunter Identity of Prisoner Who Smuggled Gun into New Jersey Facility Revealed by Appeals Court by Gary Hunter A prisoner accused of smuggling a gun into a New Jersey prison two years ago was …
Ninth Circuit: Washington Law Creates Liberty Interest in Sex Offenders’ Early Release to Community Custody by Ninth Circuit: Washington Law Creates Liberty Interest in Sex Offenders’ Early Release to Community Custody A divided panel of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that Washington State statute RCW § 9.94A.710(1) …
Neal et al v. Michigan DOC, MI, Jury Verdict, sexually hostile prison guard sexual misconduct, 2008 NEAL, et a/., vs. MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., Case No. 96-6986-CZ JURY VERDICT FORM· VIVIAN AROUSELL 1. Was plaintiff subject to unwelcome sexual conduct or communication? j Yes No If your answer …
Brief • November 5, 2008
S.R. v. United States, FL, Ruling, lesbian prisoner guard sexual abuse, 2007 Case 1:07-cv-20648-CMA Document 254 Entered on FLSD Docket 11/05/2008 Page 1 of 18 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA MIAMI DIVISION CASE NO. 07-20648-CIV-ALTONAGA S.R., Plaintiff, vs. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant. _______________________________/ ORDER By order …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
From the Editor by Paul Wright This issue’s cover story on the rights and treatment of gay and lesbian prisoners stems from the dearth of such coverage everywhere else. In February of this year I was a speaker on a panel in Manhattan on the rights of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual …
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