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Carty v. Bryan, VI, Order, Inhumane Prison Conditions, 2023
Brief • March 15, 2023
Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Overcrowding, Prison Conditions, Reduction of Prison Population
Carty v. Bryan, VI, Order, Inhumane Prison Conditions, 2023 Case: 3:94-cv-00078-RAM-RM Document #: 1385 Filed: 03/15/23 Page 1 of 1 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN LAWRENCE CARTY, et al., Plaintiff, v. ALBERT BRYAN, et al., Defendant. ) ) ) ) …
Carty v. Bryan, VI, Order Appointing Glenn Corbett as the Fire Expert, Inhumane Prison Conditions, 2023
Brief • March 15, 2023
Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Overcrowding, Prison Conditions, Reduction of Prison Population
Carty v. Bryan, VI, Order Appointing Glenn Corbett as the Fire Expert, Inhumane Prison Conditions, 2023 Case: 3:94-cv-00078-RAM-RM Document #: 1386 Filed: 03/15/23 Page 1 of 1 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN LAWRENCE CARTY, et al., Plaintiff, v. ALBERT BRYAN, …
Carty v. Bryan, VI, Order Appointing Michael Gatling as Security Environmental Safety Expert, Inhumane Prison Conditions, 2023
Brief • March 15, 2023
Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Overcrowding, Prison Conditions, Reduction of Prison Population
Carty v. Bryan, VI, Order Appointing Michael Gatling as Security Environmental Safety Expert, Inhumane Prison Conditions, 2023 Case: 3:94-cv-00078-RAM-RM Document #: 1387 Filed: 03/15/23 Page 1 of 1 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN LAWRENCE CARTY, et al., Plaintiff, v. ALBERT …
News in Brief
Article • July 28, 2017 • from PLN August, 2017
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: A guard who worked as a materials handling supervisor at FCI-Aliceville was arrested on April 21, 2017, charged with bribery and making false statements after he was accused of smuggling contraband such as tobacco into the facility in exchange for cash bribes. Prosecutors said Eric …
Safar v. Tingle, VA, Opp to Dfd MTD, Arrest Under Faulty Warrant, 2016
Brief • March 16, 2016
Filed under: Fourth Amendment, rights, Search and Seizure, Fourth Amendment
Safar v. Tingle, VA, Opp to Dfd MTD, Arrest Under Faulty Warrant, 2016 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA (Alexandria Division) FADWA SAFAR, et al. Plaintiffs, v. LISA TINGLE et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) C.A. #1:15–cv–467 (TSE/TCB) ) ) ) ) ______________________________________________ MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION …
Third Circuit Denies Intervention in CRIPA Class-Action Suit
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Filed under: Failure to Protect (General), Fire Hazards, Eighth Amendment, Sanitation, Consent Decrees (PLRA), Intervention, CRIPA
Third Circuit Denies Intervention in CRIPA Class-Action Suit by Mark Wilson Third Circuit Denies Intervention in CRIPA Class-Action Suit by Mark Wilson On April 11, 2014, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a prisoner’s motion to intervene in a 28-year-old class-action case on the eve of settlement. In 1986, …
Virgin Island Officials Held in Contempt: Prisoner Mental Health Treatment Inadequate
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, DOC/BOP misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Attorney Fee Awards, Contempt (Civil Procedure), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)
Virgin Island Officials Held in Contempt: Prisoner Mental Health Treatment Inadequate by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A federal district judge has held the Governor, Attorney General and Director of Corrections of the U.S. Virgin Islands and other prison officials in contempt for not correcting inadequate prisoner mental health treatment. …
Lack of Funding No Defense for Bad Prison Conditions
Article • August 15, 2008
Filed under: Overcrowding, Eighth Amendment, Civil Procedure, Defenses, Consent Decrees, Sanctions
Lack of Funding No Defense for Bad Prison Conditions by The defendants were held in contempt in an earlier opinion for massive violations of a consent judgment. The defendants have taken sufficient measures, mainly alleviation of crowding (which the court terms the "bad seed" of many constitutional violations) to the …
Ninth Circuit Discusses Anonymous Party Requirements
Article • August 15, 2008
Filed under: Retaliation, Retaliation for Litigating, Complaints, Parties
Ninth Circuit Discusses Anonymous Party Requirements by At 1068: "... [A] party may preserve his or her anonymity in judicial proceedings in special circumstances when the party's need for anonymity outweighs prejudice to the opposing party and the public's interest in knowing the party's identity." Where fear of retaliation is …
Virgin Islands Prison Ordered Revamped After Ignoring Court's Warnings
Article • July 15, 2008
Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Totality of Conditions, Food, Education, Injunctions, Sentencing, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)
Virgin Islands Prison Ordered Revamped After Ignoring Court's Warnings by U.S. District Court Judge Warren Young ordered change-at the Golden Grove Adult Correctional Facility (GGACF) in St. Croix, Virgin Islands. The court's original recommendation spurred by numerous complaints was ignored, leading to a persuasive Memorandum Opinion and accompanying order in …
Interrogatory Limit Increases
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Discovery
Interrogatory Limit Increases by In measuring compliance with the 25-interrogatory limit of Rule 33(a), Fed.R.Civ.P., subparts should count as separate interrogatories if they seek information about discrete subjects, but questions about communications of a particular type should be treated as a single interrogatory even if it requests that time, place, …
Virgin Island Prison Officials Held in Contempt for Failing to Comply with Conditions of Confinement Orders
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Totality of Conditions, Injunctions, Contempt (Civil Procedure)
Virgin Island Prison Officials Held in Contempt for Failing to Comply with Conditions of Confinement Orders by The US District Court (D. Virgin Islands) held that Virgin Island Bureau of Corrections (BOC) officials were in contempt of court for not making all reasonable efforts to comply with the court's earlier …
Conditions of Confinement in Virgin Islands Prison Unconstitutional.
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Totality of Conditions, Eighth Amendment
Conditions of Confinement in Virgin Islands Prison Unconstitutional. by The Federal District Court in the Virgin Islands found that widespread unconstitutional conditions existed at the Golden Grove Adult Correctional Facility. In a terse opinion, the court ordered changes to begin within 20 days of its order and recommended that the …
Probation Revoked Despite Lack of Mental Health Treatment
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Probation, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)
Probation Revoked Despite Lack of Mental Health Treatment by In revoking the defendant's probation, the court said that he should receive psychiatric counseling, and also said it realized that local facilities for that purpose were nonexistent. The defendant now argues that his probation should therefore have been continued. At 302: …
Prison Disciplinary Action Does Not Bar Later Criminal Proceedings
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Double jeopardy (Hearings), Criminal Prosecution
Prison Disciplinary Action Does Not Bar Later Criminal Proceedings by The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a federal district court in the Virgin Islands' denial of a motion to dismiss a prisoner's criminal charges of assault in the third degree and possession of a weapon. Wilfredo Diaz was …
Suit Filed Over Conditions at Virgin Islands Criminal Justice Complex
Article • August 15, 1994 • from PLN August, 1994
Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Conditions of Confinement, Totality of Conditions, Fire Hazards, Overcrowding, Eighth Amendment, Ventilation, Water, Lighting, Vermin, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)
Suit Filed Over Conditions at Virgin Islands Criminal Justice Complex by For almost two years, prisoners at Criminal Justice Complex have been locked up for 23 hours a day in overcrowded, filthy, rat and roach infested cells. They are only allowed out for a short period each day to shower …