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Court Orders Attorney General to Allow Law Students Access to Political Prisoners at Federal Supermax by Brandon Sample On January 17, 2008, U.S. District Judge Wiley Y. Daniel granted a preliminary injunction permitting University of Denver law students access to two prisoners housed at the Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) Administrative …
Article • August 15, 2008
Fifth Circuit: Suit Cannot be Dismissed for Following Form’s Instructions; Allegations of Retroactive Negative Changes in Texas Parole Law States Claim by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke On December 12, 2006, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a prisoner’s lawsuit could not be dismissed for failing to …
Challenge to Out of State Transfer Can Be Filed As Habeas by The plaintiff sought an order barring his transfer to an out of state private prison. The court dismissed his petition as an improper habeas action, but now grants reconsideration, since it realizes that this is not a second …
Article • August 15, 2008
Sixth Circuit Upholds $385,000 Contempt Sanction Against Michigan DOC by Prison officials were fined $38500, at a rate of $500 a day, for failure to provide programming to female prisoners equivalent to that for male prisoners, as required by its prior orders. The imposition of contempt sanctions is reviewed for …
Article • August 15, 2008
California Sex Offender Parolee’s Computer Restrictions Valid Where Computer Use was Related to Past Crimes by by John E. Dannenberg The California Court of Appeal has held that a “no-computers” condition of parole for a parolee convicted of lewd conduct with a minor was appropriate where the parolee had had …
Class Certified in Conditions Suit at SD Juvenile Prison by Plaintiffs challenged conditions in a juvenile training school, including the use of mechanical restraints, strip searches by opposite sex guards, excessive force, arbitrary lockdown or isolation, lack of disciplinary due process, etc. The court certifies a class of a present …
$1.5 Million Awarded Female Washington Attorneys For Workplace Abuse By Prosecutor by Thurston County (Washington) criminal prosecutor's office employees brought civil rights violations action against the County for gender discrimination and hostile work environment beginning in 2001. Audrey Broyles, Susan Sackett Dan Pullo, and Vonda Sargent (plaintiffs) were awarded $1,522,000 …
Article • August 15, 2008
$185,000 Settlement In Ohio Deceased's Estate For Racial Discrimination And Retaliatory Termination by Ohio State Resident Sheila Smoot, acting as administratrix of her deceased husband Robert's estate, brought suit for racial discrimination and retaliatory termination in 2006 against the Hillcrest Training Center (HTC) juvenile facility. The suit settled for $185,000. …
Article • August 15, 2008
New York Prisoner’s Prior Convictions for Sex Offenses Sufficient for Level 3 Classification by In anticipation of the release from prison of Dale Mabb, a New York sex offender, the state Board of Examiners of Sex Offenders, based on Mabb’s prior attempted rape conviction, convinced a trial court to assess …
Article • August 15, 2008
New York Sex Offender's Request for Reduced Dangerousness Level Denied by Duane Charache, a New York state prisoner, was assessed to be a level three sex offender by the Board of Examiners of Sex Offenders (Board) in anticipation of his release from prison for sexually abusing a child. Even so, …
$800,000 Awarded to Former California Guard for Racial Discrimination by Diane D. Epps, a former guard at a California Youth Authority (CYA) facility in Norwalk, settled her racial discrimination suit against the state for $800,000. She claimed she was denied promotions and was verbally abused by her supervisors. Epps was …
Article • August 15, 2008
New York Law Allows Women to Bare Breasts; False Arrest Claim Settled for $29,000 by New York state resident Jill Coccaro, a.k.a. Phoenix Feeley, prevailed in an action against the City after being arrested for baring her breasts in public in 2005. The City settled for $29,000 but admitted no …
Kentucky Jail Guards Win $872,000 in Discrimination, Retaliation Suit After Appellate Remand by Kelvin Brooks, a guard at the jail in Jefferson County, Kentucky, was black and had a race-related skin disease (PFB) that was irritated by shaving, so he wore a beard. Ron Bishop, the jail director, fired Brooks …
Article • August 15, 2008
Kansas Prison Double Bunking Approved if ACA Standards Met by Thomas Porter and other Kansas state prisoners filed suit against the state and prison officials (defendants) alleging prison overcrowding, and subsequently objected to a proposed increase in the prison population by double bunking. The action alleged too little space per …
Ohio Guards Win $475,000 in Sex Discrimination Suit by Bonnie Jayne, Christina Nichols, Jaqueline Hurst, Tia Hazinakis, Bonnie Flynn, Nicole O'Brien and Karen Martin, all guards at a correctional facility in Trumbull County, Ohio, sued the county in federal district court for gender discrimination. They claimed that the discrimination resulted …
Shaheed v. USA, IL, Amended Complaint, Muslim Mistreatment, 2008 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS Hakeem Shaheed, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) United States of America, Michael K. Nalley, ) Regional Director of the North Central Region of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, …
Brief • July 19, 2008
Phipps v. Sheriff Cook County, IL, Joint Protective Order, Disabled Prisoners, 2008 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION Derrick Phipps, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) vs. ) ) Sheriff of Cook County and Cook County, ) ) ) Defendants ) …
Brief • July 19, 2008
Phipps v. Sheriff Cook County, IL, Amended Complaint, Disabled Prisoners, 2008 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION Derrick Phipps, et al., Plaintiffs, -vs- Sheriff of Cook County, and Cook County, Illinois, Defendants. ) ) ) ) No. 07 CV 3889 ) Judge …
Not the Usual Suspects: The Politics of the Prison Boom by Marie Gottschalk Throughout American history, politicians and public officials have exploited public anxieties about crime and disorder for political gain. The difference today is that these political strategies and public anxieties have come together in the perfect storm. They …
Squalor, Corruption Cause Cancellation of GEO Group’s TYC Contract by Gary Hunter When Texas Youth Commission (TYC) ombudsman Will Harrell toured the privately-operated Coke County Juvenile Justice Center in Bronte, Texas on September 24, 2007, he found children sleeping on dirty bed sheets, walls covered with smeared feces, urine-stained walls …
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