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Article • August 8, 2014 • from PLN August, 2014
Seventh Circuit: Routine Erasure of Prison Security Tapes Does Not Warrant Sanctions by Michael Brodheim Seventh Circuit: Routine Erasure of Prison Security Tapes Does Not Warrant Sanctions by Michael Brodheim The Seventh Circuit has held that a district court did not abuse its discretion when it denied a prisoner’s motion …
Article • August 8, 2014 • from PLN August, 2014
Qualified Immunity to Iowa DOC Director for Recalculating Prisoners’ Release Dates by David Reutter Qualified Immunity to Iowa DOC Director for Recalculating Prisoners’ Release Dates by David M. Reutter The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a district court’s grant of qualified immunity in a civil rights action brought …
Article • August 8, 2014 • from PLN August, 2014
Filed under: Parole, Mental Health
Reversal of Oregon Parole Postponement Due to Incorrect Psychological Evaluation by Mark Wilson Reversal of Oregon Parole Postponement Due to Incorrect Psychological Evaluation by Mark Wilson The Oregon Court of Appeals has held that a prisoner’s release was improperly postponed for two years on the basis of an erroneous psychological …
ACLU Granted Preliminary Injunction Requiring Michigan Jail to Deliver Legal Mail by David Reutter ACLU Granted Preliminary Injunction Requiring Michigan Jail to Deliver Legal Mail by David Reutter A federal district court in Michigan granted a preliminary injunction that requires officials at the Livingston County Jail (LCJ) to deliver letters …
Update on PLN Suit Against Nevada DOC by Update on PLN Suit Against Nevada DOC Prison Legal News continues its efforts to defend its First Amendment right to communicate with prisoners in the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC). In 1999 the NDOC banned all copies of PLN, claiming the publication …
Article • August 8, 2014 • from PLN August, 2014
Filed under: Parole
South Carolina Supreme Court Reverses Parole Denial by Michael Brodheim South Carolina Supreme Court Reverses Parole Denial by Michael Brodheim The Supreme Court of South Carolina, exercising the sort of common sense not found in the courts of more “liberal” states like California, held on July 3, 2013 that retroactive …
Brief • August 8, 2014
Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards
Berrian v. City of New York, NY, Def Objection to Recommendations, attorney fee award, 2014 Case 1:13-cv-01719-DLC-DCF Document 46 Filed 08/08/14 Page 1 of 23 13 CIV I7I9 (DLCXDCF) I.INITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK STAFFORD BERzuAN, Plaintiffs, -against- CITY OF NEV/ YORK; Commissioner DORA B. SCHRIRO; …
Article • August 7, 2014 • from PLN August, 2014
Texas Correctional Industries: Providing Useful Work Skills or Slave Labor? by Texas Correctional Industries: Providing Useful Work Skills or Slave Labor? With factories employing more than 5,000 prisoners at 37 facilities, mostly in the eastern part of the state, Texas Correctional Industries (TCI) is a large and diversified operation. However, …
Ninth Circuit: Prisoner’s Service of Process for Other Prisoner Not Protected Conduct by Mark Wilson Ninth Circuit: Prisoner’s Service of Process for Other Prisoner Not Protected Conduct by Mark Wilson On September 10, 2013, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a prisoner’s retaliation claim, holding that …
Article • August 7, 2014 • from PLN August, 2014
U.S. Sentencing Commission Approves Retroactivity for Drug Offense Sentence Reductions by Derek Gilna U.S. Sentencing Commission Approves Retroactivity for Drug Offense Sentence Reductions by Derek Gilna It’s always hard for the federal government to admit its mistakes, especially when they have ruined tens of thousands of lives, devastated inner-city neighborhoods …
Article • August 7, 2014 • from PLN August, 2014
Temple University Acts on Complaint Against Authors of Private Prison Study by Temple University Acts on Complaint Against Authors of Private Prison Study In response to an ethics complaint filed against Temple University professors Simon Hakim and Erwin A. Blackstone, a Temple official wrote in July 2014 that she had …
Article • August 7, 2014 • from PLN August, 2014
"Mass Chaos" Reigns at Georgia Prisons by David Reutter "Mass Chaos" Reigns at Georgia Prisons by David M. Reutter Five former Georgia prison guards have pleaded guilty and three were convicted by a federal jury in connection with a severe beating that left a handcuffed prisoner hospitalized with acute brain …
Article • August 7, 2014 • from PLN August, 2014
Filed under: Private Prisons, Sentencing
How to Starve the For-profit Prison Beast by Justin Jones How to Starve the For-profit Prison Beast by Justin Jones I know some private prison lobbyists who would love it if you were found with a cell phone. Assuming, of course, that you’re already locked in one of the prisons …
Article • August 7, 2014 • from PLN August, 2014
Qui Tam Lawsuits Under the Federal False Claims Act – An Overview by Sabarish Neelakanta Qui Tam Lawsuits Under the Federal False Claims Act – An Overview by Sabarish Neelakanta The qui tam provisions of the federal False Claims Act (FCA)1 exist to encourage whistleblowers who are aware of fraud …
Article • August 7, 2014 • from PLN August, 2014
PLN Settles Lawsuit Against Kenosha County, Wisconsin for $116,500 by Derek Gilna PLN Settles Lawsuit Against Kenosha County, Wisconsin for $116,500 by Derek Gilna After 29 prisoners at a jail in Kenosha County, Wisconsin did not receive their monthly copies of Prison Legal News or informational brochures and soft-cover books …
Article • August 7, 2014 • from PLN August, 2014
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright From the Editor by Paul Wright I have long observed that it costs a lot of money to be poor in America. Since our criminal justice system falls almost exclusively on those who are poor, it should be no surprise that a great deal …
Article • August 7, 2014 • from PLN August, 2014
Filed under: Statistics/Trends
BJS Report: Jail Population Increases in Indian Country by BJS Report: Jail Population Increases in Indian Country Jails on Indian reservations across the U.S. are housing more offenders despite a decline in violent crimes, according to a report released last year. The most recent annual Survey of Jails in Indian …
Article • August 7, 2014 • from PLN August, 2014
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by News in Brief Alabama: As previously reported in PLN, former Clay County jail administrator Jeffrey “Scott” Cotney filed a lawsuit alleging defamation, slander, libel and other claims related to accusations that he had used his position at the jail to sexually abuse prisoners. [See: PLN, March …
Brief • August 7, 2014
Hardy v. Gasser, WI, Verdict, False Arrest, 2014 Case 2:13-cv-00769-JPS Filed 08/07/14 Page 1 of 12 Document 200 Case 2:13-cv-00769-JPS Filed 08/07/14 Page 2 of 12 Document 200 Case 2:13-cv-00769-JPS Filed 08/07/14 Page 3 of 12 Document 200 Case 2:13-cv-00769-JPS Filed 08/07/14 Page 4 of 12 Document 200 Case 2:13-cv-00769-JPS …
Brief • August 7, 2014
Kenney v. Montgomery County, CMC Letter Opposing Deposition Questions, Wrongful Death - Medical, 2014 Case 2:13-cv-02590-EGS Document 57 Filed 08/07/14 Page 1 of 9 Case 2:13-cv-02590-EGS Document 57 Filed 08/07/14 Page 2 of 9 Case 2:13-cv-02590-EGS Document 57 Filed 08/07/14 Page 3 of 9 Case 2:13-cv-02590-EGS Document 57 Filed 08/07/14 …
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