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Settlement in California Jail Suit Includes $4.8 Million in Attorney Fees, Costs by Derek Gilna After four prisoners committed suicide in the Salinas branch of the Monterey County, California jail system within a five-year period, a class-action lawsuit was filed in 2013 against both the jail and California Forensic Medical …
Article • March 31, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
California Lifers Paroled in Record Numbers by Christopher Zoukis Prisoners serving life sentences in California have been paroled at a record rate since Governor Jerry Brown took office in January 2011 – a positive trend in the view of many advocacy groups, but one that causes worry among victims’ rights …
Article • March 31, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
Filed under: Telephone Rates
D.C. Circuit Court Partially Stays FCC Order Capping Prison and Jail Phone Rates by Over 1.5 million families with loved ones in state and federal prisons will experience significant financial relief with respect to the costs of Inmate Calling Services (ICS) beginning March 17, 2016, despite the best efforts of …
From the Editor by Paul Wright Recent decades have seen the rise of not only private, for-profit prisons but also the privatization of other aspects of corrections systems, most notably the provision of medical care. As with prison privatization, the only people who have benefited are the owners of and …
Article • March 31, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: On October 28, 2015, Maricopa County youth detention guard Patrice Dawson was arrested on felony charges of sexual misconduct. Dawson, who supervised juvenile offenders, was accused of having sexual relations with an underage prisoner; she was fired from the department after confessing to the relationship. …
Article • March 31, 2016
Holder Orders U.S. Attorneys Not to Use Appeal Waivers by Derek Gilna Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder followed up his announcement restricting the usage of 851’s to coerce plea bargains with an announcement directing, not suggesting, that all U.S. Attorneys refrain from asking for appeal and habeas waivers in …
Article • March 31, 2016
Bids for Florida DOC Video Visitation Technology Result in Lawsuit by On March 7, 2014, the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) released a request for proposal (RFP) seeking a five-year contract with a vendor to install telecommunications services in its prisons. Proposals were submitted by Century Link to Public Communications, …
Article • March 31, 2016
Prisoner’s Suicide Costs Los Angeles County $450,000 by The County of Los Angeles paid $350,000 to settle a federal civil rights action alleging the indifference of jail staff to the serious medical needs of prisoner Steven Cardenas resulted in his death by suicide. Cardenas was sentenced in May 2007 to …
Article • March 31, 2016
New Jersey’s SOMA Violates Ex Post Facto Prohibitions by Mark Wilson The New Jersey Supreme Court held that the retroactive application of the 2007 Sex Offender Monitoring Act (SOMA) violates state and federal ex post facto prohibitions. In 1986, George Riley was convicted of sex offenses against a child and …
Article • March 31, 2016
Iowa Court Effectively Bars Lifer From Spending Any Money While In Prison by Christopher Zoukis Tracey Richter, serving a life sentence at the Mitchellville women's prison in Iowa, learned in April 2014 that she faces a new punishment as to her 2001 murder conviction: a garnishment order from the state …
Brief • March 31, 2016
Filed under: Excessive Force
Balle v. City of Corpus Christi, TX,Settlement, Excessive Force, 2016 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made by and among the following: • • • • Adam Balle; The City of Corpus Christi and its insurer Star Insurance Company; CCPD Officer Alberto Salinas; CCPD Officer Benjamin Perriraz; The individuals …
Williams v. Snohomish County, WA, Amended Complaint, Wrongful Death TASER, 2016 Case 2:16-cv-00455-RSL Document 4-17 Filed 03/31/16 Page 1 of 13 1 Honorable Judge Hollis Hill 2 3 4 5 6 7 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF KING 8 9 …
Brief • March 31, 2016
ACLU Michigan v. Livingston County et al, MI, Order, Livingston Co Jail post-card only mail policy, 2016 2:14-cv-11213-DPH-RSW Doc # 82 Filed 03/31/16 Pg 1 of 20 Pg ID 1206 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FUND OF MICHIGAN, Civil Action No. …
Brief • March 31, 2016
Nealman v. Laughlin, PA, Memorandum on Motions, Medical Negligence and Wrongful Death from Suicide, 2016 Case 1:15-cv-01579-CCC Document 47 Filed 08/31/16 Page 1 of 34 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA TAWNA Z. NEALMAN, as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Benjamin Shelley …
Brief • March 31, 2016
Filed under: Dental Care
Johannes et al v. Washington, MI, Order re Report and Recommendation, MI DOC dental, 2016
Brief • March 31, 2016
Krasnove v. Camello, CA, Complaint, false arrest police lost audio video evidence, 2016 Case 2:16-cv-02200 Document 1 Filed 03/31/16 Page 1 of 26 Page ID #:1 1 2 3 4 Thomas E. Beck, Esq. (SBN 81557) THE BECK LAW FIRM 10377 Los Alamitos Boulevard Los Alamitos, CA 90720 Telephone No. …
Brief • March 31, 2016
Luse v. Sentinel Offender Services, GA, Consent Order, private parole, 2016 Case 2:16-cv-00030-RWS Document 16 Filed 03/31/16 Page 1 of 5 R ( *R)%()R!,)R R R '@/<CJ;8IR R R OR - !R+ &%R R R )%+ %!R &%(R )(-)R!"R R %&R - (.)R R 343C2/CJIR R +:<IR DCI3CJR&G23GR<IR IM0B;KJ32R /C2R …
Naber v. Jones et al, FL, 2nd Amended Complaint, transgender denial of name change medical treatment, 2016 Case 2:15-cv-14427-RLR Document 20 Entered on FLSD Docket 03/31/2016 Page 1 of 24 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Case No. 2:15-cv-14427-RLR Justin Lee Naber, also known as Stacy Lorraine Naber, …
Brief • March 31, 2016
Peoples et al v. Annucci et al, NY, Order approving settlement, solitary confinement, 2016 Case 1:11-cv-02694-SAS Document 329 Filed 03/31/16 Page 1 of 30 Case 1:11-cv-02694-SAS Document 329 Filed 03/31/16 Page 2 of 30 Dewayne Richardson, also appearing pro se, was joined with Peoples’ case. Similarly to Peoples, Richardson was …
Publication • March 31, 2016
Filed under: International
Report on US Efforts to Combat Firearms Trafficking to Mexico, GAO, 2016 United States Government Accountability Office Report to Congressional Requesters January 2016 FIREARMS TRAFFICKING U.S. Efforts to Combat Firearms Trafficking to Mexico Have Improved, but Some Collaboration Challenges Remain GAO-16-223 January 2016 FIREARMS TRAFFICKING Highlights of GAO-16-223, a report …
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