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Article • January 13, 2015
$15,000 Settlement for Pennsylvania Jail Prisoner Injured by Guard by $15,000 Settlement for Pennsylvania Jail Prisoner Injured by Guard Pennsylvania’s Luzerne County Council agreed to pay $15,000 to settle potential litigation from a former jail prisoner who was injured by a guard at the Luzerne County Jail (LCJ). The settlement …
Article • January 13, 2015
Guards Union Complaints Prompt Funds Transfer to Avoid Sequester Furloughs by Derek Gilna Guards Union Complaints Prompt Funds Transfer to Avoid Sequester Furloughs by Derek Gilna Tightening budgets due to the 2013 sequester cuts have forced U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to transfer $150 million from other agencies to allow …
Article • January 13, 2015
D.C. Area Federal Courts Reduce Staff because of Sequester Cuts by Derek Gilna D.C. Area Federal Courts Reduce Staff because of Sequester Cuts by Derek Gilna The sequester represents only a 3% across the board cut of federal spending, but it will have a noticeable impact on the operation of …
Article • January 13, 2015
BOP Punishment of Prisoners for Suicide Attempts Continues Despite Director’s Memo by Derek Gilna BOP Punishment of Prisoners for Suicide Attempts Continues Despite Director’s Memo            by Derek Gilna In July 2012, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), unnerved by the increasing number of suicides among federal prisoners, circulated a memo to …
Article • January 13, 2015
Filed under: Money/Property, Tax Law
Prisoner Tax Refund Scam Thwarted at Arizona Prison by Derek Gilna Prisoner Tax Refund Scam Thwarted at Arizona Prison By Derek Gilna Yavapai County Sheriff Scott Mascher announced in March 2013 that two men had been identified as carrying out a scheme to defraud the IRS by filing phony tax …
Violence Overruns Georgia’s Model Prison by Violence Overruns Georgia’s Model Prison Georgia’s FY 2011-12 prison of the year has an “unacceptable level of violence and security,” the Southern Center for Human Rights said in a January 31 letter to the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDOC). The letter comes on the …
Article • January 13, 2015
Utah First to Explicitly Allow Organ Donation by Prisoners by Utah First to Explicitly Allow Organ Donation by Prisoners   On March 28, 2013, Utah became the first state to explicitly allow prisoners to donate their organs if they die while incarcerated, a controversial move that pits some prisoner-rights advocates …
Article • January 13, 2015
Only BOP, Not Private Contractors, Can Tally Good Time Credits in Disciplinary Hearings by Only BOP, Not Private Contractors, Can Tally Good Time Credits in Disciplinary Hearings On February 14, 2013, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the denial of a habeas corpus petition that sought restoration of good …
Article • January 13, 2015
NY Governor Faces Liability for SVP Initiative Denying Due Process to Civilly Committed by NY Governor Faces Liability for SVP Initiative Denying Due Process to Civilly Committed On February 14, 2013, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a New York federal district court’s denial of summary judgment to state …
Publication • January 13, 2015
HRDC FCC comment for Second FNPRM Jan 2015 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS January 12, 2015 Submitted Online Only The Honorable Tom Wheeler, Chairman Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Re: Comment in the Matter of Rates for Inmate Calling Services, WC …
Kickback publication • January 13, 2015
OH Montgomery County-PayTel Contract 2015-2020 MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT This Master Services Agreement (hereinafter "Agreement") is made and entered into this 13 day of January. 2015 by and between Montgomery County Juvenile Court ("Detention Services") of the one part and Pay Tel Communications, Inc., a Nprth Carolina Corporation ("Pay Tel") of …
North Carolina DOC Medical Overpayments Exceed 10% of Total Bills by North Carolina DOC Medical Overpayments Exceed 10% of Total Bills The North Carolina Department of Public Safety, Division of Corrections (DOC), is in need of the services of a professional recovery audit firm, an audit by the state’s Auditor …
Article • January 12, 2015
Michigan Law Allows Sex Offenders to Use Emergency Shelters Within 1,000 Feet of School by Michigan Law Allows Sex Offenders to Use Emergency Shelters Within 1,000 Feet of School Michigan’s Sex Offender Registry Act (SORA) permits a registered sex offender to use emergency overnight shelters that are within 1,000 feet …
Article • January 12, 2015
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Computers
Internet Pornographer Operates Business from Detroit Jail Cell by Matthew Clarke Internet Pornographer Operates Business from Detroit Jail Cell by Matt Clarke For over a year and a half, Francis A. Sharrak, 45, managed his multimillion-dollar Internet pornography and strip club business from a downtown Detroit VIP isolation jail cell …
Article • January 12, 2015
Hostile Work Environment at Florida Jail Results in $262,000 Jury Award for Guard by Hostile Work Environment at Florida Jail Results in $262,000 Jury Award for Guard In March 2013, a Florida jury awarded $262,127.86 to a corrections sergeant who alleged her supervisors at the Palm Beach County Jail discriminated …
Article • January 12, 2015
GEO Group Reaps Higher Profit from New Mexico Prisons than Other States by GEO Group Reaps Higher Profit from New Mexico Prisons than Other States New Mexico pays significantly more to house prisoners in private prisons than other states, concluded a 2007 state legislative report. “Business decisions across two administrations …
Article • January 12, 2015
Filed under: Public Defenders
Federal Budget Cuts Diminish Public Defender Services by Federal Budget Cuts Diminish Public Defender Services Federal budget cuts in 2013, known as sequestration, caused a “very, very serious problem” for federal public defenders in providing constitutionally mandated representation of indigent defendants. When Steve Nolder, the director of the public defender’s …
Article • January 12, 2015
Estate Settles for $135,000 for Michigan Jail Prisoner’s Suicide by Estate Settles for $135,000 for Michigan Jail Prisoner’s Suicide A federal civil rights lawsuit alleges that a prisoner’s suicide at Michigan’s Kalamazoo County Jail (KCJ) was caused by depriving him of medical treatment for depression. The suit, filed by the …
Article • January 12, 2015
Alaska’s Sex Offender Registration Law is Punitive, Prohibiting Ex Post Facto Application by Alaska’s Sex Offender Registration Law is Punitive, Prohibiting Ex Post Facto Application The Alaska Supreme Court held its previous decision that held the Alaska Sex Offender Registration Act (ASORA) violates the Ex Post Facto Clause of the …
Article • January 12, 2015
Court Ends Injunctive Monitoring of Ohio Juvenile System by Court Ends Injunctive Monitoring of Ohio Juvenile System The federal court overseeing the Stipulation for Injunctive Relief that resolved claims regarding conditions of confinement at facilities housing youth committed to the custody of the Ohio Department of Youth Services (ODYS) has …
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