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Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013
How Privatization Destroyed an Illinois Jail's Award-winning Suicide Prevention Program by Brian Dolinar Several years ago, while working at our local Books to Prisoners, I met a volunteer who was formerly a mental health counselor in the local jail in Champaign County, Illinois. This was just after there had been …
Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013
The Americans with Disabilities Act and Prisoners by Thomas Weiss The language of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is succinct: “[N]o qualified individual with a disability shall, by reason of such disability, be excluded from participation in or be denied the benefits of the services, programs, …
Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013
New Mexico Prison Doctor Fingered in Lawsuits by Two lawsuits filed in March 2013 seek compensatory and punitive damages against former prison physician Mark E. Walden, GEO Group, Corizon, wardens Erasmo Bravo and Timothy Hatch, and health administrator Sherry Phillips. The suits allege that numerous prisoners were fondled or received …
Davis et al v. Abercrombie et al, HI, Order Granting SJ Motion, CCA religious discrimination denial retaliation, 2013 Case 1:11-cv-00144-LEK-BMK Document 390 Filed 09/13/13 Page 1 of 51 8668 PageID #: IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF HAWAII RICHARD KAPELA DAVIS, MICHAEL HUGHES, DAMIEN KAAHU, ROBERT …
Kelly v. Wengler, ID, Order Extending Settlement Agreement, CCA Failure to Protect, 2013 Case 1:11-cv-00185-EJL Document 75 Filed 09/13/13 Page 1 of 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF IDAHO JOSHUA KELLY, JOSE PIÑA, ANDREW IBARRA, RAY BARRIOS, RANDY ENZIMINGER, MICHAEL MIERA, PRISONER A, and PRISONER F, Individually …
Iacovangelo v. Correctional Medical Care, Inc., NY, Complaint, Jail Drug & Alcohol Withdrawal Death, 2013 Case 6:13-cv-06466-CJS Document 1 Filed 09/02/13 Page 1 of 31 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ____________________________________ : FRANK B. IACOVANGELO, : Public Administrator, Monroe County, : As Administrator of …
Publication • September 1, 2013
Lockup Quota Report In the Public Interest 2013 .. Criminal How Lockup Quotas and “Low-Crime Taxes” ations Guarantee Profits for Private Prison Corpor A Publication of In the Public Interest | S e pt e m b e r 2 0 1 3 I n th e p u b …
Brief • August 28, 2013
Brantley v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2013 05415-R1910 SGS/cml FULL AND FINAL RELEASE/CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT For the sole and only consideration of ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,500,000.00), (payable to Jay Paul Deratany & Associates, Ltd., Mackey & Kramer, P.C. and Eric Brantley) paid by or on behalf …
Kelly v. Wengler, ID, Order on Remaining Sealed Records, CCA Failure to Protect, 2013 Case 1:11-cv-00185-EJL Document 68 Filed 08/16/13 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF IDAHO JOSHUA KELLY, JOSE PIÑA, ANDREW IBARRA, RAY BARRIOS, RANDY ENZIMINGER, MICHAEL MIERA, PRISONER A, and PRISONER F, …
Kelly v. Wengler, ID, Affidavit of Scott, CCA Failure to Protect, 2013 Case 1:11-cv-00185-EJL Document 73 Filed 08/16/13 Page 1 of 5 I EXHIBIT 1 I Case 1:11-cv-00185-EJL Document 73 Filed 08/16/13 Page 2 of 5 Kirtlan G. Naylor ISB 3569 James R. Stoll ISB 7182 NAYLOR & HALES, P.C. …
Fifth Circuit Says Private Prisons Liable Under Section 1983 by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that private prison-management corporations and their employees may be sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. “Billy Rosborough is a prisoner of the Bradford State Jail, a Texas prison owned and operated by…Management and …
Article • August 15, 2013
Prisoners Pay the Price of Food Cost Increases by Before one goes to jail or prison, what one eats is usually taken for granted. After one finds oneself imprisoned, what is presented to eat becomes a huge issue. With the trend towards privatization of prison services and economic pressures upon …
Article • August 15, 2013
Audit Report Recommends Michigan Privatize Prisoner Food Services by An audit report of the prisoner food service operations of the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) found deficiencies that increase costs to taxpayers. Amongst the recommendations to cure those issues was to privatize those operations. The June, 2008, report by Michigan’s …
Article • August 15, 2013
Florida Prisons End Religious Diet Accommodation by The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) has ended a four-year-long program that provided Jewish and Muslim prisoners with meals that satisfy their religious requirements. Originally, the program was aimed solely at Jewish prisoners. Costs and fairness were cited as the factors to end …
Article • August 15, 2013
California: Court Upholds Governor’s Authority to Contract with Out-of-State Private Prisons during Prison Overcrowding State of Emergency by The California Court of Appeal held in 2008 that Governor Schwarzenegger did not exceed his authority when, after invoking the Emergency Services Act (Gov. Code § 8550 et seq.) to issue a …
$450,000 Settlement in Prisoner’s Heroin Withdrawal Death Suit by In May, 2003, Prison Health Services (PHS) agreed to pay the family of Candace “Candy” Brown $450,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging inadequate medical care that resulted in Brown’s death. Brown was arrested in 2000 and taken to New York’s Monroe …
Article • August 15, 2013 • from PLN August, 2013
Filed under: Private Prisons
Montana Town Gives up on Failed Jail Venture by Two Rivers Authority in Hardin, Montana has decided to throw in the towel on a 464-bed jail the city built with hopes of renting out its cells. Rather than spur economic development, the facility has been an economic disaster. The 92,273-square-foot …
Seventh Circuit Remands Illinois Prisoner's Hernia Case for New Trial by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held on August 10, 2012 that a district court's jury instructions concerning deliberate indifference in a prisoner's lawsuit were misleading and prejudicial, and therefore required a new trial. In November 2004, Illinois River …
Article • August 15, 2013 • from PLN August, 2013
Seventh Circuit Remands Case Concerning Treatment of Prisoner's Hemorrhoids by On July 23, 2012, after expediting a prisoner's appeal, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the district court to likewise act promptly following remand. The appellate court said such action was necessary because the plaintiff was experiencing "excruciating pain" …
Suicides at CCA-run ICE Detention Center Spark Investigation by Derek Gilna Human rights organizations monitoring complaints regarding conditions of confinement for prisoners held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities were likely not surprised when they received news that two detainees had committed suicide at the Eloy Detention Center outside …
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