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Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
Filed under: War on Drugs, Boot Camps
New York Closes Moriah ‘Shock Camp’ by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss The New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) shuttered its upstate “shock camp” on March 10, 2022. Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) announced in her 2022 budget the closing of several prisons including the Moriah Shock …
Brief • July 18, 2017
Blanchard v. Lampert, WY, Complaint, 2017 Case 1:17-cv-00124-SWS Document 1 Filed 07/18/17 Page 1 of 40 -. US fll,] JOHN H. ROBINSON WSB #6-2828 i’fl r11 2011 3U1 lB Pi 1:29 JAMIESON&ROBINSON,LLC 185 West Broadway Suite 101 P.O. Box 4285 Jackson, Wyoming 83001 (307) 733-7703 I STEPHEN L. PEVAR AMERICAN …
Publication • August 23, 2016
Residential Treatment Programs – Concerns Regarding Abuse and Death in Certain Programs for Troubled Youth, GAO, 2007 United States Government Accountability Office GAO Testimony Before the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday, October 10, 2007 RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT PROGRAMS …
Publication • February 16, 2016
Media Release - Settlement Secures Women Prisoners Access to Boot Camp, ACLU, 2013 Media Release October 29, 2013 CONTACT: Anna Conley, ACLU of Montana Staff Attorney (406) 443-8590, annac@aclumontana.org Kyle Gray, Holland & Hart, LLP (406) 252-2166, kgray@hollandhart.com Ron Waterman, Gough, Shanahan, Johnson and Waterman (406) 461-0662, rfw@gsjw.com Settlement Secures …
Publication • February 9, 2016
GAO Testimony before US House Subcommittees Re Residential Programs Cases of Death & Abuse, GAO, 2008 United States Government Accountability Office GAO Testimony Before the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:00 a.m. EDT Thursday, April 24, 2008 RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS Selected Cases …
Article • September 29, 2015
Settlement Ends Gender Discrimination of Montana Prisoners by Settlement Ends Gender Discrimination of Montana Prisoners The Montana Department of Corrections (MDOC) agreed to a settlement in litigation brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Montana alleging gender discrimination. The settlement ends forced participation in a “treatment” program entitled “Right …
Ninth Circuit Upholds BOP Boot Camp Termination by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) did not violate the Administrative Procedures Act (APA) or a prisoner’s constitutional rights when it terminated its boot camp program. Congress passed a law in 1990, authorizing BOP …
$75 Awarded for Magazine Denial; Access to Personal Law Books Denied by On January 3, 2001 a U.S. Magistrate judge upheld the denial of a prisoner's access to personal law books and awarded $75 for magazines denied by the unit. Louisiana State prisoner Leo J. Schwartz, III was segregated over …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Colorado Closes Boot Camp Program by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Following the graduation of 23 prisoners from its boot camp program on May 27, 2010, Colorado suspended the program. A combination of high costs and low returns led to the boot camp being scuttled. Military-style boot camps for …
Feds Decline to Pursue Charges in Florida Boot Camp Death by The U.S. Department of Justice announced on April 16, 2010 that it will not pursue civil rights violations or other charges against seven Florida boot camp guards and a nurse in connection with the death of 14-year-old Martin Lee …
Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009
As Economy Falters, Rehabilitative and Substance Abuse Programs Get the Axe by As Economy Falters, Rehabilitative and Substance Abuse Programs Get the Axe by Mark Wilson Facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, states are slashing rehabilitative criminal justice programs in a desperate attempt to save money. Critics …
Nurse Pleads Guilty in Death of Florida Juvenile Prisoner by A former nurse at Florida’s Miami Regional Juvenile Detention Center has pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge of culpable negligence related to the death of a teenage prisoner. The guilty plea comes five years after the death of 17-year-old Omar …
State Officials Not Liable for Heat Stroke Death of 12 Year Old Boy by State Officials Not Liable for Heat Stroke Deaht of 12 Year Old Boy This is the case of Andrew Lemoine, the 12-year-old boy on antipsychotic medications who died of heat stroke after being made to build …
Article • August 15, 2008 • from PLN August, 2008
Maryland Juvenile Justice Official Resigns Over Past Abuse Allegations by David Reutter Just seven months after he was hired as director over Maryland’s juvenile detention facilities, Chris Perkins, 38, resigned his $76,000 a year position when a Montana judge unsealed a report that found Perkins had abused children at a …
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. …
Child Abuse Abounds in Wilderness and Boot Camp Programs by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On October 10, 2007, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)--a federal governmental entity that audits, evaluates and investigates for Congress--released a report on residential treatment programs (RTPs) entitled Concerns Regarding Abuse and Death in Certain …
Article • July 15, 2008
North Carolina Liberty Denying Treatment Program Ruled Statutorial Confinement; Prisoner's Time Credited by North Carolina State prisoner William Hearst petitioned for review of an appellate affirmation denying him 81 days credit for treatment program confinement. The affirmation was reversed and remanded to credit the 81 days, Hearst pled guilty for …
Eight Guards, Nurse Acquitted in Florida Child’s Beating Death by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An all white Florida jury acquitted eight former boot camp guards and a nurse of manslaughter in the death of 14-year-old Martin Lee Anderson. PLN previously reported upon the beating and dragged death of …
Denying Work Release to HIV Positive Amputee May Violate ADA by The plaintiff alleged that he was denied access to shock incarceration because he is an HIV-positive amputee, and was also repeatedly denied work release. He also claimed that he was deprived of his personal wheelchair, after having it in …
Florida Boot Camp Death Results in Manslaughter Charges Against 7 Guards and Nurse; Civil Claims Settled for $7,425,000 by After two autopsies and an 11-month investigation, aggravated manslaughter charges were issued in the death of 14-year-old Martin Lee Anderson at a Florida boot camp. Anderson?s death at the Bay County …
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