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Crucial Surveillance Video Missing in Nevada Prisoner’s Homicide Caused by Guards by In August 2024, a nine-month investigation by the office of Melanie Rouse, Coroner of Nevada’s Clark County, concluded that the death of state prisoner Patrick Odale, 39, was a homicide. Odale was killed when guards pepper-sprayed him and …
Washington Prisoner’s Sentence Vacated After Attorney Calls and Visits Were Recorded by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On January 23, 2024, the Washington Court of Appeals sent the case of a state prisoner back to the trial court that convicted him of second-­degree domestic violence rape and assault, finding the …
Article • July 1, 2024 • from PLN July, 2024
Seventh Circuit Finds No Problem With Surveillance of Chicago Detainees on Toilets by David Reutter by David M. Reutter   On December 18, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed the grant of summary judgment to Defendant officials of Cook County in a civil rights action …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Texas Detainee Raped in Jail Sues Macy’s for False Facial-ID Match That Led to Arrest by A lawsuit filed on January 18, 2024, accuses retail giant Macy’s of employing faulty facial recognition technology that falsely identified a Texas man as an armed robbery suspect, landing him in a Houston jail …
Brief • August 28, 2023
Alexa A. V. Edwards, LA, Motion for Spoliation Sanctions Regarding Absence of Body-Worn Camera Footage, Body Worn Camera, 2023 Case 3:22-cv-00573-SDD-RLB Document 242 08/28/23 Page 1 of 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA ALEX A., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civ. Act. No. 3:22-CV-00573-SDD-RLB JOHN BEL …
Publication • October 1, 2022
New York State Office of the Attorney General-Second Annual Report , Oct. 2022 New York State Office of the Attorney General Office of Special Investigation October 1, 2022 Second Annual Report Pursuant to Executive Law Section 70-b I ,,.,,G,~,..,; Letitia James NYS Attorney General 0 Table of Contents 1. Introduction …
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
Prison Profiteer Is Using Sandra Bland’s Death to Sell Surveillance Technology by Brian Dolinar by Brian Dolinar Guardian RFID is a virtually unknown, but rapidly growing, company that sells digital technology to jails. It makes ID cards and bracelets that can be scanned by guards when doing head counts, meal …
Punitive Surveillance, 2022 COPYRIGHT © 2022 VIRGINIA LAW REVIEW ASSOCIATION PUNITIVE SURVEILLANCE Kate Weisburd* Budget constraints, bipartisan desire to address mass incarceration, and the COVID-19 crisis in prisons have triggered state and federal officials to seek alternatives to incarceration. As a result, invasive electronic surveillance—such as GPS-equipped ankle monitors, smartphone …
Qualified Immunity Granted in Suit Challenging Policy of “Checking-In” on Nevada Prisoner’s Legal Calls by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On July 8, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit refused a request to rehear en banc a decision by a three-judge panel of the Court …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Company Surveils Activists Opposing Construction of Prisons and Jails by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders As if building prisons were not enough, companies are now engaged in what are called “corporate counterinsurgency” measures designed to influence public opinion by monitoring and surveilling groups opposing the construction of new prisons and …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Hackers Breach Thousands of Security Cameras by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An international group of hackers gained access to the security cameras at 68 organizations that use Silicon Valley start-up Verkada, Inc. They got into cameras at schools, prisons, police departments, hospitals, and other companies. The incident was …
Tenth Circuit Rejects Government’s Appeal Over Recorded Attorney Calls and Visits at Private Prison in Leavenworth by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Over five years ago, federal prosecutors in Kansas used recordings of attorney visits and phone calls to obtain convictions in numerous criminal cases. The recordings were made by …
Brief • August 2, 2021
Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting v. York County, ME, Complaint, Public Records, 2021 PretiFlaherty Portland,ME Augusta,ME Concord,NH SiqmundD. Schutz Boston,MA sschutz@preti.com 207.791.3247 Washington,DC August 2, 2021 VIA HAND DELIVERY Michele Lumbert, Clerk Kennebec County Superior Court 1 Court Street, Suite 101 Augusta, ME 04330 Re: The Maine Center for …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Whistleblowers: Software Bug Keeping Hundreds of Arizona Prisoners Beyond Release Dates by Jimmy Jenkins by Jimmy Jenkins, KJZZ.org According to Arizona Department of Corrections whistleblowers, hundreds of incarcerated people who should be eligible for release are being held in prison because the prisoner management software cannot interpret current sentencing laws. …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Smart Communications Contract Reveals Plans for Expanding Privatized Prison Mail by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) has been negotiating with a newly organized company called Smart Communications (SC), per a March 24, 2021 article in Vice. Built by CEO Jon Logan, the company’s purpose …
Brief • March 12, 2021
Lieberman v. Portage County, WI, Judgment, Violation of Surveillance Act, 2021 Case: 3:18-cv-00450-jdp Document #: 149 Filed: 03/12/21 Page 1 of 3 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRJCT OF WISCONSIN BRETT LIEBERMAN, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. PORTAGE COUNTY, MIKE …
Romero v. Securus Technologies, Inc, CA, Motion, Telephone Surveillance, 2020 Case 3:16-cv-01283-JM-MDD Document 175 Filed 05/18/20 PageID.5351 Page 1 of 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NICHOLAS J. FOX (SBN 279577) nfox@foley.com FOLEY & LARDNER LLP 11988 El Camino Real, Suite 400 San Diego, CA …
Publication • June 26, 2018
Stingrays Letter, US Senator Wyden, 2018 RONWYDEN COMMITTEES: OREGON COMMITTEE ON RNANCE RANKING MEMBER OF COMMITTEE ON RNANCE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE ON BUDGET tlnitrd~tatrs~rnatr WASHINGTON, DC 20510-3703 SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION 221 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON , DC 20510 (202) 224 …
Brief • June 12, 2018
Lieberman v. Portage County, WI, Class Action Complaint, Violation of Electronic Surveillance Act, 2018 Case: 3:18-cv-00450-jdp Document #: 1 Filed: 06/12/18 Page 1 of 58 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN BRETT LIEBERMAN, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, ) ) …
Publication • May 14, 2012
Filed under: Recordings
U.S. Dept of Justice Civil Rights Division-Letter Regarding Sharp v. Baltimore City Police Dept, May 2012 U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division JMS:TDM:RJO DJ 207-35-10 Special Litigation Section - PHB 950 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington DC 20530 May 14, 2012 Mark H. Grimes Baltimore Police Department Office of Legal …