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Article • March 7, 2016
Tulare County, California Settles Prisoner Suicide Case for $1 Million by Derek Gilna Mario Lopez, Jr., according to his attorney's federal civil rights complaint filed by his family in 2011 after his suicide in the Tulare County, California jail, "was a mentally ill man who had suffered for many years …
Prisoner's Family Receives $1.6 Million for Negligent, Fatal Medical Care by Derek Gilna Michael Thomas Anderson, a prisoner at both the Napa County, California, and Siskiyou County, California jails, who had a long history of severe medical and psychological problems, took his own life on April 9, 2009. His heirs …
California Prisoners Unite in Hunger Strike to Protest SHU by David Reutter Official with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) devised a plan in 2006 that aimed to chop the head off of prison gangs. What CDCR did not consider was that the gang leaders it indefinitely isolated …
Article • March 7, 2016
Deputy’s Lawsuit Claims Racial Gangs Control Los Angeles Sheriff’s Office Jails by David Reutter The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) has white racist gangs operating at its highest levels, threatening the lives of deputies who exposed it, and labeling them as “race traitors” and “snitches.” Those claims are included …
California Overmedicates Prisoners with Psychotropic Drugs by David Reutter California prison mental health care workers are practicing “defensive medicine” and overmedicating their patients with psychotropic medications. Fear of triggering a lawsuit or federal court order drives the practice, admits a former top prison official. An Associated Press report found spending …
Article • March 7, 2016
Filed under: Aramark, Food, Jail Specific
Aramark to Provide Heart-Healthy Meals at San Francisco Jail by David Reutter The City of San Francisco negotiated a new contract with its food vendor, Aramark Correction Services, to provide a “heart-healthy menu” for prisoners at the San Francisco County Jail (SFCJ). The new fare, hopefully, will diminish the need …
Article • March 7, 2016
California Counties Say Jail Space is Lacking Because Of Red Tape, Recession by Joe Watson Bureaucratic hurdles and the Great Recession are being blamed for a purportedly dire lack of jail space in California, where the state's "realignment" law has forced overcrowded prisons to transfer low-level offenders to the custody …
Filing • March 4, 2016
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
Prison Legal News v. County of San Diego, CA, Complaint, Jail Censorship, 2014 Case 3:14-cv-02417-L-NLS Document 1 Filed 10/09/14 Page 1 of 21 1 ERNEST GALVAN – 196065 BLAKE THOMPSON – 255600 2 ROSEN BIEN GALVAN & GRUNFELD LLP 315 Montgomery Street, Tenth Floor 3 San Francisco, California 94104-1823 Telephone: …
Filing • March 4, 2016
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
Prison Legal News v. County of San Diego, CA, Consent Decree, Jail Censorship, 2015 Case 3:14-cv-02417-L-NLS Document 60-1 Filed 11/18/15 Page 1 of 8 EXHIBIT Case 3:14-cv-02417-L-NLS Document 60-1 Filed 11/18/15 Page 2 of 8 Case 3:14-cv-02417-L-NLS Document 60-1 Filed 11/18/15 Page 3 of 8 Case 3:14-cv-02417-L-NLS Document 60-1 Filed …
Kyle v. City of Los Angeles, CA, Complaint, LAPD police false arrest taser, 2016
Widespread Corruption in L.A. County Jails Leads to Federal Investigation, Indictments by David Reutter by David M. Reutter and Rod L. Bower Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Leroy David “Lee” Baca faces up to six months in prison after pleading guilty on February 10, 2016 to charges that he lied …
Federal Jury Awards $950,000 to Prisoners Beaten at L.A. County Jail by Derek Gilna As indicated by this month’s cover story, violence or the threat of violence has long been part of life for prisoners in Los Angeles County’s jail system. An incident that occurred in August 2008, however, demonstrated …
Federal Judge Refuses to Dismiss Suit Filed by Widow of Workplace-Harassed Prison Guard by Derek Gilna California state prison guard Scott Jones committed suicide in 2011, leaving a note that said, “the job made me do it.” His wife, Janelle Jones, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the California …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Former California Jail Psychiatrist Placed on Probation by Derek Gilna The former chief psychiatrist at the jail in Fresno County, California was placed on probation for five years and ordered to take additional training courses in the wake of numerous complaints that he provided substandard mental health care to prisoners, …
Settlement Reached in California Psychiatric Disabilities Class-action Suit by Matthew Clarke On August 7, 2014, federal district court judge Lawrence K. Karlton granted preliminary approval of a settlement in a class-action suit brought by California state prisoners who suffer from mental illnesses. The settlement ensures that such prisoners will not …
Brief • February 29, 2016
Topete v. County of San Bernardino, CA, Complaint, jail failure to protect health ADA, 2016 1 DONALD SPECTER (SBN 83925) KELLY KNAPP (SBN 252013) 2 PRISON LAW OFFICE 3 1917 Fifth Street Berkeley, California 94710 4 Telephone: (510) 280-2621 5 Fax: (510) 280-2704 dspecter@prisonlaw.com 6 kknapp@prisonlaw.com 7 8 9 Attorneys …
Brief • February 25, 2016
Sassman v. Brown, CA, Executed Settlement Agreement, CDCR, 2016 EXHIBIT A 15-17052 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT WILLIAM A. SASSMAN, Plaintiff, v. EDMUND G. BROWN JR., ET AL., Defendants. On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California No. …
Publication • February 25, 2016
Taser M-26, LAPD Training Bulletin, 2002
Farrell v. Kernan, CA, Order dismissing consent decree, CDCR juvenile remdial plans, 2016
Publication • February 25, 2016
LAPD Selects TASER International’s Advanced Taser M26 to replace older Tasertron units, December, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: December 13, 2001 Steve Tuttle Director of Public Relations TASER International, Inc. (480) 905-2006 Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Selects TASER International’s ADVANCED TASER M26 to replace older Tasertron units SCOTTSDALE, AZ., …
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