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Archive: 2009
December
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California Court of Appeals: Minor Misconduct "Some Evidence" Supporting Parole Denial
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Improbable Private Prison Scam Plays Out in Hardin, Montana
by Alex Friedmann
(p 1)
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One Day Delay in X-Ray of Broken Jaw Not Deliberate Indifference
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California Pretrial Detainees Who Are Mentally Incompetent to Stand Trial Responsible for Treatment Costs
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Defamation Claim Filed by Hawai'i Sex Offender Labeled as Murderer Dismissed
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$58,333 Settlement for Transgendered Woman’s Sacramento Jail Assault and Sexual Harassment
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Statute of Limitations Bars Damages Claim for Voluntary Participation in Human Experiments; Ninth Circuit Reverses and Remands; Case Settles for $1.5 Million
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Costs of Incarceration Assessed Upon Minnesota Detainees
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$125,000 Paid For Illegal Colonoscopy to Search for Drugs
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$25,000 Settlement For Tourist Injured Visiting Alcatraz
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New York City Jail Conditions Still Unconstitutional a Quarter Century Later
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New Mexico County Immigrant Neighborhood Searches Enjoined
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District Court Orders California Prisoner Released Following Parole Denial
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Nexus Between Offense and Current Dangerousness Finding Required for California Parole Denial
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Living with Cellmate is “Cohabitation” in Florida and Voids Alimony
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Failure to Register as Sex Offender Convictions Reversed in Washington
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$15,000 Settlement for Amputated Finger
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Abu Ghraib Abuses Not Covered by Insurance Policy
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$3 Million Jury Award in Tasering Death of Schizophrenic Man
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$32,527 Settlement for Woman Sexually Abused by Work Release Guard
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Padilla v. Yoo: Obama administration backs appeal of Bush torture memo author
by John Burton
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Citizen Complaints Against Police Officer not Exempt from Disclosure under Illinois FOIA
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Alabama Guards Get Qualified Immunity for Failing to Prevent Rape of 11-Year-Old Prisoner
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California Prisoner Granted Habeas Relief After Parole Denial
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$11,000 Settlement for Arresting Wrong Person
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Kicking the National Habit: The Legal and Policy Arguments for Abolishing Private Prison Contracts
by Lucas Anderson
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Sikh Inmates Caught in Maze of Vague Rules
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Imprisoning Rights: The Failure of Negotiated Governance in the Prison Inmate Grievance Process
by Van Swearingen
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Illinois Federal Court Refuses to Dismiss Chicago Jail Strip Search Suit
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Good Time Petition Dismissed As Moot
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Disenfranchisement Permitted By 14th Amendment Not Limited To Felonies At Common Law
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Denial of Allocution During Supervised Release Resentencing Requires Remand
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Illinois Expungement-Following-Pardon-For-Innocence Statute Discretionary
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Ex-Prisoners Acquitted for Insufficient Evidence May Not Sue Texas
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The Crisis of Juvenile Prison Rape: A New Report
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Federal Court Holds Enemy Combatant Detainee May Sue Government Officials
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Court Okays Sale Of Unabomber’s Property
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Fees and Costs Awarded Against Washington State DOC in Public Records Appeal
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Detainer Not Required To Receive Jail Time Credit
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Attorney-Prepared Report to Ohio Government Entity Exempt from Disclosure
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Nursing homes with razor wire: Are elderly prisoners really a threat to public safety?
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Arizona Jury Awards $125,000 to Family of Sudanese Killed By DPS Officer
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Court Of Appeals Remands For Redetermination Of Parole Eligibility
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Experts Designated and Defendants Ordered to Give Plaintiffs' Attorneys Access to Jails and Records in Maricopa County Jail Medical Suit
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$250,000 Default Judgment in Federal Court Legal Malpractice Case
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TDCJ Agrees to Pay $55,000 in Sexual Harassment Suit
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Lack of Exercise Claim Survives Motion to Dismiss, but not Summary Judgment
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Washington Jail’s Good Time Certification Based on Time in Jail, Not Court’s Award of Time Served
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Washington State Community Custody Term Must Be Served in Community
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TDCJ Pays $100,000 to Settle MVA Personal Injury Case
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TDCJ Settles MVA Personal Injury Suit
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TDCJ Pays $267,000 to Settle Discrimination Claim
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TDCJ Settles Race Discrimination Suit Following Denial of Sovereign Immunity
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8th Circuit Affirms $10,000 Excessive Force Verdict
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Washington Supreme Court Permits Sentence In Excess of Statutory Maximum; Legislature Intervenes with Statutory Amendment
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Washington Prisoner’s Privacy Rights Not Violated by Recording Jail Phone Calls
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TDCJ Pays $45,000 to Settle Discrimination Complaint
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TDCJ Pays $45,000 to Settle Sexual Harassment Claim
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TDCJ Pays $95,000 to Settle Discrimination Suit
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Eighth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment In FOIA Case
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TDCJ Guards Denied Qualified Immunity in Failure to Protect Case
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Request for "Information" is Not Subject to Washington Public Records Act
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California Appeals Court Upholds Grant Of Habeas Affording Parole
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Post-Incarceration Name-Change Places Undue Burden on State
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$4.6 Million Federal Jury Award to New York Man Pushed Off Roof by Cop
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Prisoner Wrongful Death Suicide claim Dismissed as Untimely
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Paralegal Barred from Illinois Prison
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PLRA Caps Attorney's Fees at 150 Percent of Judgment
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Out of State Detainer Does not Prevent Civil Commitment of Sex Offender Scheduled for Release
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California Appeals Court Reverses Grant of Habeas in Parole Case
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Behind Montana Jail Fiasco: How Private Prison Developers Prey on Desperate Towns
by Justin Elliott
(p 8)
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From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 10)
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Private Prisons Don’t Make Better Prisoners
by Andrew L. Spivak
(p 11)
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Miami Sex Offenders Still Living Under Bridge; Lawsuits Fail to Solve Problem
by David Reutter
(p 14)
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Arizona Jail’s Medical Failures Due to Inadequate Record Keeping, Understaffing
by Matthew Clarke
(p 16)
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HABEAS HINTS – CALIFORNIA COMMENT Pace and Bonner: Avoiding and Fighting “Untimeliness” Rulings Under California Law
by Kent A. Russell
(p 18)
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GPS Used to Track Sex Offenders in Washington State
by Matthew Clarke
(p 20)
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Secret Red Cross Report Reveals Medical Personnel Collusion in CIA Torture
by Matthew Clarke
(p 20)
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Florida Law Enforcement Officials on the Wrong Side of the Law
by David Reutter
(p 22)
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Increasing Number of Prisoners Obtain Access to Email
by Brandon Sample
(p 24)
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Rape Victim and Family of Exonerated Man Who Died in Prison Become Activists
by Matthew Clarke
(p 26)
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LULAC Returns CCA Donation
by Matthew Clarke
(p 26)
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New Jersey DOC Report: Megan’s Law Costly and Ineffective
by Matthew Clarke
(p 28)
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Pennsylvania Prison Porn Ban Improperly Promulgated, but Not Unconstitutional
(p 28)
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Electronic Court Records Permissible in Florida, but Restricting Disclosure is Not
(p 29)
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$100 Million Settlement in Michigan Prisoners’ Sexual Abuse Suit
by David Reutter
(p 30)
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$2.7 Million Settlement for Oklahoma Double Leg Amputee Jail Prisoner
(p 31)
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$750,000 Settlement in Chicago Jail Mass Beating Suit
(p 32)
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Violence Against Blacks Decreases In The U.S.
by Gary Hunter
(p 32)
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Oklahoma Lawmen Charged with Sundry Crimes
by Mark Wilson
(p 33)
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Prison, Jail and Law Enforcement Corruption Continues in Georgia
by David Reutter
(p 34)
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Catholic Mass and Sacraments Made Available to Louisiana’s Death Row
(p 35)
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Nearly 15,000 California Prisoners Held in Long-term Isolation
by Michael Brodheim
(p 36)
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PLN Associate Editor Attends ACA Conference
(p 36)
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$2.2 Million Settlement: Murder by Washington State Community Service Releasee
(p 37)
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Mental Illness Prevalent Among County Jail Prisoners, Especially Women
by Gary Hunter
(p 38)
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Michigan’s Prison Industries Mismanaged and Unprofitable
by David Reutter
(p 38)
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AMA Study Finds Link Between Confinement and Hypertension
(p 40)
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Judges: Umpires They Are Not
by Brandon Sample
(p 40)
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Massachusetts Man’s Estate Resolves Wrongful Conviction Suit for $14.1 Million
by David Reutter
(p 42)
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Class Action Alleging Unconstitutional Michigan Indigent Defense System Survives Summary Judgment
(p 42)
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$91,059.83 in Damages, Fees and Costs Awarded to Alabama Prisoner Beaten by Guard
(p 43)
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$16.5 Million-Plus Settlement in Oklahoma City False Conviction Case
by Matthew Clarke
(p 44)
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Former Alabama Judge Acquitted of Paddling, Sexually Abusing Jail Prisoners
by Mark Wilson
(p 44)
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Ohio Prison Employees Involved in Improper Relationships, Drug Smuggling, Sexual Misconduct
by Mark Wilson
(p 46)
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Eight More Prison Closures in Michigan
(p 46)
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California Struggles to House Sex Offenders
by Michael Brodheim
(p 48)
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4,000 Kenyan Death Sentences Commuted to Life
by Matthew Clarke
(p 48)
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$150,000 Settlement in Tennessee Jail Beating
(p 49)
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News in Brief:
(p 50)
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Federal Prison Employees Convicted of Stealing Prisoners’ Meds
by Gary Hunter
(p 55)
November
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Vengeance Meets Recidivism
by Jimmie Franks
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Pennsylvania County Prisons Mired in Conditions Litigation
by David Reutter
(p 1)
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$395,000 Settlement in Los Angeles Jail Prisoner’s Lung Infection Death
(p 9)
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From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 9)
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Prison Radio Beams Love, Hope and News through the Bars
by Matthew Clarke
(p 10)
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$1.55 Million Awarded in Female Colorado DOC Prisoner’s Rape by Guard
by Mark Wilson
(p 12)
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Indiana DOC Directive Limiting Educational Credit to Only One Associate’s Degree Violates Ex Post Facto Clause
by Brandon Sample
(p 13)
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Texas Jail Strip Search Policy Unconstitutional
by Brandon Sample
(p 13)
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Indiana Supreme Court Holds Sex Offender Registration Act Unconstitutional When Applied Retroactively
(p 14)
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American Methods: Torture and the Logic of Domination, by Kristian Williams, South End Press, 279 pages
by David Preston
(p 14)
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Privatized Prison Medical Care in Mississippi Still Problematic
by David Reutter
(p 16)
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Justice Reinvestment Initiative Eliminates Texas Prison Overcrowding
by Matthew Clarke
(p 18)
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Texas Grand Jury Rules Jail Guards Not Negligent in Prisoner’s Death
by Gary Hunter
(p 18)
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CRIPA Investigation Finds “Woefully Inadequate” Conditions in Erie County, NY Jails; Lawsuits Filed
by Jimmy Franks
(p 20)
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Former PA Lawmaker Who Took Sex Offenders into His Home Files Suit Against Zoning Board
(p 22)
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$250,000 Awarded to Former New York Prisoner Wrongly Convicted by Falsified Evidence
by David Reutter
(p 22)
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$170,000 in Settlements to Sacramento Jail Prisoner Sexually Abused by Guards
(p 23)
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$1 Million Settlement in Washington DOC Staff Sexual Abuse Suit of Women Prisoners
(p 24)
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U.S. Senator John Ensign, Author of Ensign Amendment, Falls From Grace
by Brandon Sample
(p 24)
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Former North Dakota State Psychologist Who Treated Sex Offenders Busted for Child Porn
(p 25)
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$73,000 Settlement for Denial of Pain Medication to Wisconsin Prisoner
by Matthew Clarke
(p 26)
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Revised List of ICE Detainee Deaths Still Incomplete, Updated Again
by Mark Wilson
(p 26)
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Colorado Officials Increasingly Rely on Lockdowns to Manage Prison Violence
by Michael Brodheim
(p 28)
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California’s Lethal Injection Protocol Invalidated for Failure to Comply with APA
by Michael Brodheim
(p 28)
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Medical Care Mismanaged at Orange County, California Jail
by Michael Brodheim
(p 29)
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Divided Ninth Circuit Holds Prison Officials Entitled to Qualified Immunity for Prolonged Deprivation of Outdoor Exercise
(p 30)
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1 in Every 31 Adults Under Some Form of Correctional Restraint
by David Reutter
(p 30)
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California Death Row Court Monitoring Discontinued
by Michael Brodheim
(p 31)
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Human Rights Study Shows That Decades Later Blacks Still Incarcerated More
by Gary Hunter
(p 32)
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PLN Sues Virginia DOC Over Censorship, Due Process Violations
(p 32)
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Problems Persist at Lucas County, Ohio Jail
(p 33)
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Questionable Kentucky Courthouse Construction Practices Lead to Court Official’s Resignation, Audit, Settlement
by Michael Brodheim
(p 34)
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North Carolina Courts, Legislature Take Steps to Resume Executions
by Michael Brodheim
(p 34)
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California Budget Cuts Lead to Closure of Two Parolee Residential Centers
(p 35)
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Florida to Allow Exportation of Prisoners to Other States
by David Reutter
(p 36)
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Georgia Attorneys Abandoning Indigent Defendants
by David Reutter
(p 36)
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Massachusetts Prison Officials Assault Prisoner With Feces, Settle Lawsuit for $5,000
(p 37)
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Outgoing Mail Censorship Assessed Under Procunier, not Turner; Oregon Court Applies Wrong Standard
(p 38)
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Orange County Sheriff Sentenced to 5½ Years in Prison
by Gary Hunter
(p 38)
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Ohio Prison Guards Party, Federal Stimulus Funds Save Their Jobs
by David Reutter
(p 39)
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$21 Million Jury Award for Illinois Wrongful Conviction
by David Reutter
(p 40)
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Oklahoma Legislators Not Considering Closing State Prisons, Unless They Are
by Matthew T. Clarke
(p 40)
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Terms of Parole Injunction Supersede Conflicting Provisions of California Voter Initiative
by Michael Brodheim
(p 42)
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Pennsylvania Private Juvenile Prison Scandal Results in Guilty Pleas
by Matthew Clarke
(p 42)
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Florida Jail Death Ruled a Homicide; Investigations Pending
(p 43)
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Former Mississippi DOC Chief Medical Officer Charged with Embezzlement
(p 44)
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Wisconsin Courts Sealing Cases
by David Reutter
(p 44)
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Indiana Sex Offender Residency Restriction Violates Ex Post Facto Clause
(p 44)
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Illinois Governor’s Failure to Act on Clemency Petitions Not Actionable
by Brandon Sample
(p 45)
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$5.9 Million Settlement in Philadelphia Jail Strip Search Class Action
(p 46)
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Ninth Circuit: “Three Strike” Conviction Does Not Allow Use of Old Offenses for Impeachment Purposes in § 1983 Suit; Heck Does Not Bar Admission of Evidence
by John Dannenberg
(p 46)
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Texas Supreme Court: Prisoner May Appeal Despite Incomplete Indigence Affidavit
by Matthew Clarke
(p 47)
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Black Drug Incarceration Drops 21.6%, White Rate Up 42.6%; Shift Driven by Decreasing Crack Cocaine Use, Increasing Meth Use
by Mark Wilson
(p 48)
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Refusal to Mail Nebraska Prisoner’s Artwork Violates First Amendment
(p 48)
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News in Brief:
(p 50)
October
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PLRA’s Frivolous Litigator IFP Cap Trumped by “Imminent Danger” Claim
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Texas Prisoners Still Dying in Houston Jails, Among Other Problems
by Gary Hunter
(p 1)
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PLRA Three Strikes Applicable to Halfway House “Prisoner”
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Is It Time to Ban Solitary Confinement?
by Julia Dahl
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North Carolina: Positive Urinalysis Alone Doesn’t Sustain Marijuana Possession Charge
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California Court Explains Interaction Between Prison Administrative Appeal, State Tort Claim, Notice of Suit and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Remedies
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Administrative Remedies Exhausted When DOC Fails to Respond
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Wisconsin Sheriff Lacks Authority to Implement Private Food Vendor
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$625,000 Jury Verdict in Negligence Suit for New York Hospital’s Failure to Protect Patient from Prisoner
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Attorney Fees Measured by Degree of Success Need Not be Tethered to Damage Award
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Fifth Circuit: PLRA Exhaustion Requirement an Affirmative Defense
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Where Prisoner Prevailed on One of Four § 1983 Claims, Attorney Fees Reduced by 75%
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Texas Supreme Court: Mailbox Rule Applies to Notice of Appeal
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New York City Liable for Foreseeable Prisoner-on-Prisoner Murder
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Confidential Settlement for Denial of HIV Drugs to Florida Jail Prisoners
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No Damages for Georgia Prisoner Left Paraplegic After Prisoner Attack
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$550,000 Settlement in California False Arrest
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$110,000 Award for Florida Man Falsely Arrested for Child Molestation
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Florida DOC’s Pen Pal Advertisement Prohibition Challenged
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$90,000 Settlement for Tasering Epileptic
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Evidence Found During Search of Prisoner’s Home While on Home Detention Not Subject to Suppression
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$1.95 Million Settlement in Michigan Man’s Taser Death
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Compensation for Wrongful Texas Conviction Not Barred by Prior Suit, Not Assignable
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Delaware Prisoners May Sue Over Secure Housing Placement Pending Sentencing
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Failure to Provide Services for Deaf Pre-Trial Detainee States ADA Claim
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Significant Injury Showing Not Required to Defeat Qualified Immunity in Excessive Force Case
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California Prison Guard’s First Amendment Rights Upheld in Job-Related Retaliation Complaint
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$42,500 Settlement By City of Baltimore in Excessive Force Arrest Suit
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$50,000 Award in New York False Arrest Claim
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Connecticut Prisoners’ FOIA Indigence Determination Cannot Include Cost of Incarceration
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$102,205 Settlement in Portland, Oregon City Negligence of Officer’s Misconduct
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LA Agrees To Pay $12,550,000 To Settle Police Brutality Suit
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Nevada Prisoners Can Not Use State’s Open Meeting Law to Circumvent Psych Review
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$100,000 Settlement in Tort Suit Over Assault by Baltimore Police Officer
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First Circuit Upholds $3.1 Million FTCA Award Against FBI for Revealing Informant
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Obama Administration Accused Again of Concealing Bush-Era Crimes
by Matt Renner
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Fifth Circuit: Special Parole Review Request Doesn’t Toll AEDPA Limitations
(p 6)
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From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 6)
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Megan’s Law Preempts Local New Jersey Sex Offender Ordinances
(p 7)
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“Habeas Hints”
by Kent A. Russell
(p 8)
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Perpetrators and Enablers of Torture in the US
by Corey Weinstein
(p 10)
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Maine Prison in Turmoil
by Lance Tapley
(p 12)
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Obama Promises Guantanamo Will Close and Torture Will End ... but When?
by Matthew Clarke
(p 14)
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Human Rights Watch Report Calls to Reform PLRA
by David Reutter
(p 16)
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Florida Prison Guards Fired, Suspended for Shocking Children with Stun Guns
by David Reutter
(p 17)
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Problems at Washington’s Civil Commitment Center Continue
by Matthew Clarke
(p 18)
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Southern California Jails Addicted to ICE Money
by Matthew Clarke
(p 19)
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CA Prison Medical Care Receiver: Three Top Officials Ousted, Controversial Building Plan Opposed
by Matthew Clarke
(p 20)
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California Sheriffs Appropriate Rehabilitation Funds for Security Needs
by Michael Brodheim
(p 21)
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Nebraska Prison Officials Must Pay Attorney’s Fees in Kosher Diet Case; Found in Contempt After Excrement Discovered in Prisoner’s Food
by Brandon Sample
(p 22)
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Sacramento County Jail Settles Excessive Force Suit For $260,000
(p 22)
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PLN Files Public Records Suit Against San Francisco County, Sheriff’s Office
(p 23)
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Columbia Jail Journal: The Compelling, Exclusive Inside Story of the Columbia Three, by James Monaghan, Brandon Press, 277 pages
by David Preston
(p 24)
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Florida DOC and Keefe Gouge Prisoners on Commissary Sales
by David Reutter
(p 25)
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$1.8 Million Settlement in Beating of Florida Jail Prisoner
(p 26)
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Pennsylvania Jail Mired in Scandal ... Again
(p 26)
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Montana, Michigan Towns Vie to Fill Prisons with Guantanamo Detainees
(p 28)
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Michigan Changes Overtime Rules; $4 Million Savings on Prison Budget
(p 29)
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$4.7 Million Settlement for Brain Damage Caused by Washington Jail Negligence
(p 29)
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Texas Parole Board’s Hearing on Imposition of Sex Offender Conditions Inadequate
by Matthew Clarke
(p 30)
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Glomar Response to Prisoner’s FOIA Request Insufficient
(p 30)
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PLN Prevails in Motion to Unseal Settlement in CCA Class Action FLSA Case
(p 31)
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$6 Million Settlement in Beating Death of California Detainee
(p 32)
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$500,000 Settlement for Fatal Beating of Phoenix Jail Prisoner
by Matthew Clarke
(p 32)
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Los Angeles County Agrees to Pay $7,000,000 to Beaten Juvenile Prisoner
(p 33)
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Ohio County Jail Agrees to Pay $75,000 For Locking Up Poor
(p 33)
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Small Amounts of Marijuana Not “Dangerous Contraband” Under New York Law, Court Rules
(p 34)
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Maryland Prisoners Make Flags
(p 34)
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Audit Finds California Parolees Sometimes Slip Through Bureaucratic Cracks
(p 34)
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Mississippi Prisoners Make Collect Call for Jesus
(p 35)
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Clerk Erred in Refusing to File Unsigned 28 U.S.C. § 2255 Motion
(p 35)
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Aramark Discontinues, Loses Prison Food Service Contracts
by David Reutter
(p 36)
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Injunction Against Missouri Sex Offender Halloween Restrictions Issued, Then Vacated
by Matthew Clarke
(p 37)
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$145,000 Settlement in Iowa Prisoner’s Self-Mutilation Mental Health Claim
by David Reutter
(p 38)
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Mentally Ill NC Prisoners Injured in Separate Incidents
by Gary Hunter
(p 38)
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Missouri DOC Permits Gift Books in Response to PLN Demand Letter
(p 40)
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Hawaii to Remove Prisoners from CCA Facility Over Abuse Charges
by Ian Urbina
(p 40)
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Military Psychologist Implicated in Abusive Interrogations
by David Reutter
(p 42)
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Indigent Connecticut Prisoners Entitled to Copies of Records Under FOIA Without Charge
(p 43)
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Second Circuit Reinstates New York Jail Guard’s Excessive Force Conviction
by Matthew Clarke
(p 44)
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Duration of Confinement in Segregation Affects Due Process Inquiry
(p 44)
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California: City Liable for $237,000 Hospital Bill for Prisoner’s Medical Care
(p 45)
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Oakland, CA Police Policy of In-Field Public Strip Searches Without Arrest or Warrant Found Unconstitutional
(p 46)
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Florida: For Sentence Calculation Purposes, Civil Commitment Detention Same as Jail Confinement
(p 46)
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District Court Erred in Sua Sponte Dismissal of Prisoner’s Challenge to Conditions of Confinement
(p 47)
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Florida Gain Time Law Application Violates Ex Post Facto Clause
(p 47)
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Ohio Jail Officials Face Federal Charges, Investigation
by Brandon Sample
(p 48)
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Ninth Circuit: Refusal to Allow Cross-Examination of Lab Technician Violates Due Process
by Brandon Sample
(p 48)
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BOP Warden Does Not Have Authority to Reduce Prisoner’s Sentence Under Rule 35(b)
by Brandon Sample
(p 49)
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News in Brief:
(p 50)
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Oregon Illegal Detention Suit Settled for $30,000
(p 52)
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Sixth Circuit: Dismissal of Due Process and Equal Protection Claims Upheld; Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies Issue Remanded
(p 55)
September
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$112,500 Settlement in Kitsap County Jail Wrongful Death
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Anatomy of the Modern Prisoners’ Rights Suit: A Practitioner’s Guide to Successful Jury Trials on Behalf of Prisoner-Plaintiffs*
by Alphonse A. Gerhardstein
(p 1)
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$10,000 Settlement in Failure to Protect From Tuberculosis by Seattle Jail
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$14,000 Settlement in Seattle Jail Excessive Force and Failure to Treat Seizure Disorder
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New Research on Prisoner Gambling: Correctional Considerations and Implications for Re-entry
by D J Williams
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$3,500 Settlement for Excessive Force by Seattle Jail Guard
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$7,500 as Settlement of Jail Nurse’s Sexual Harassment Claim
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$25,000 Settlement in Seattle Jail Slip and Fall
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Texas Department of Criminal Justice Denied Summary Judgment
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Punitive Damages Alone Entitles Plaintiff to Attorney Fees under § 1988; Kerr-Selgas Doctrine Does not Apply to § 1983 Actions
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Washington State Jail Guards Lose Overtime Suit
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Minnesota Court Awards $146,546.19 for Failing to Provide Deaf Interpreter
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Massachusetts Federal Court Dismisses DOC from Prisoner's Rape Suit; Amendment Allowed
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Texas Court of Appeals Orders Clerk to File Prisoner's Notice of Appeal
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Title IX Does not Preclude § 1983 Action for Gender Discrimination
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Supreme Court Holds False-Arrest § 1983 Suit Must Be Timely Filed Following Arrest, Not Subsequent Wrongful Conviction
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Probation Revocation Documents not Testimonial Under Sixth Amendment
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Seizure of Prisoner’s Manuscript Containing Offensive Writing About Staff Does Not Violate First Amendment
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Houston Police Department Motion for Protective Order Denied
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Habeas Corpus Granted to California Prisoner Denied Parole by Governor
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Ninth Circuit Issues Mixed Opinion in False Arrest Case
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Forced Catheterization to Perform Drug Test Constitutional
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Statute of Limitations Applicable in Method of Execution Actions
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Summary Judgment Denied Illinois Lawmen for Assaulting Prisoner During Booking
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Governor and His Chief of Staff Not Subject to Deposition
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Guard-Former Prisoner Relationships not Protected Association
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$20,000 Settlement for False Imprisonment by Seattle Jail
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$18,000 Settlement in Female Guard’s Sexual Assault on Male Juvenile
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$15,000 Settlement for Seattle Jail Work Injury
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Deliberate Indifference Suit Gets Mixed Ruling on Appeal
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$23,000 Settlement in Auto Accident by Seattle Jail Employee
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$27,000 Settlement for Age/Gender Employment Discrimination by Seattle Jail
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$20,000 Settlement in Discrimination/Hostile Work Environment
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California Prisoner Rights Cases Projected To Cost State $8 Billion Over Five Years
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$150,000 Settlement in Racial Discrimination Termination
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$15,000 Settlement for Failure to Treat Seattle Jail Prisoner’s Hernia
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$19,000 Settlement in Seattle Jail’s Failure to Treat Ectopic Pregnancy
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$16,000 Settlement in Seattle Wrongful Imprisonment Claim
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$35,000 Settlement in Knee Injury at Seattle Jail
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$28,000 Settlement for Jail Prisoner Assaulted by Guards
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Florida Prisoner Entitled to Previous Prison Credit upon Probation Violation
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$17,500 Settlement in Age Discrimination Termination Claim
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$12,500 Settlement in Wrongful Termination by Washington Jail
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Florida Court Loses Jurisdiction to Enter Restitution Order upon Completion of Sentence
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Collateral Consequences not Presumed in Moot Habeas Petition Challenging BOP Early Release Denial
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California Appellate Court Orders Release of Sexually Violent Predator
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District Court Must Explain Reduction in Requested Attorney Fees
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California Governor's Reversal of Lifer's Grant of Parole Not Based On "Some Evidence"
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$20,000 Settlement to Attorney Attacked/Arrested by Guard in Courtroom
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California Probationer Must Provide Notice of Pet Ownership
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$82,000 Settlement in Wrongful Termination; Failure to Accommodate Disability in Seattle Jail Suit
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$30,000 Settlement in Ohio Jail Sexual and Racial Harassment
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$80,000 Settlement in Seattle Jail Employment Discrimination
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$51,000 Settlement in Seattle Jail Prisoner’s Death
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$75,000 Settlement in Sexual Harassment Suit Against Seattle Jail
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$50,000 Settlement for Seattle Jail Guard’s Wrongful Termination
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$26,000 Settlement in Wrongful Discharge by Seattle Jail
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$40,000 Settlement in Former Guard’s ADA/Discrimination Suit
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$15,000 Settlement for Failure to Treat Seizure Disorder at Seattle Jail
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Collateral Estoppel Denied Washington DOC in Wrongful Termination Suit
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$2,800 Settlement in Seattle Jail Excessive Force Case
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$1,500 Settlement for Prisoner-on-Prisoner Assault at Seattle Jail
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Jail Guards Allowed to Assert Qualified Immunity Defense; Nurses Not
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$3,900 Settlement in False Imprisonment by Seattle Jail
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$5,000 Settlement for Improper Property Release by Seattle Jail
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PLN helps break news story on private prison in Hardin, MT and American Police Force!
by Alex Friedmann
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$7,000 Settlement for Injuries Incurred During Seattle Jail Bus Accident
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Search of Parolee’s Home One to Two Hours After Search During Traffic Stop Unreasonable, Court Holds
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Arizona DOC May Be Held Accountable for Not Protecting Prisoners from Asbestos
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Prisoner Not Allowed to Sue One DOC in Another State
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$2,000 Settlement for Prisoner Property Lost by Seattle Jail
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Ninth Circuit Clarifies Standard for Forcibly Medicating Incompetent Defendant
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$8,000 Settlement for 10 Days of Wrongful Detention
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$7,500 Settlement for Seattle Police Officer Withholding Exculpatory Information
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Behind Coleman v. Schwarzenegger - Profile of Prison Law Office attorney Donald Specter
by Michael Hamden
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$2,500 Settlement for Wrongful Arrest
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Washington School District Allowed to Block Public Records Act Request
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$10,000 Settlement in Illegal Strip Search Claim
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Sentence Enhancements Do Not Affect DOSA Sentence
-
$10,000 Settlement in Withheld Wages/Title Claim
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Same Sex Guard Requirement Violates Title VII
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$9,000 Settlement for Sexual Assault by Seattle Jail Chaplain
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$7,500 Settlement in Worker’s Compensation Suit against Snohomish County Jail
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Seventh Circuit Affirms Denial of Deliberate Indifference Claim
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State May Lawfully Punish Sex Offender for Refusing to Participate in Sex Offender Program
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Time Served In Excess of Base Term Cannot Be Used to Reduce Parole Period
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Shouldn’t Innocence Matter?
by David C Fathi
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$1,000 Settlement for Lost Property by Seattle Jail
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Supervised Release Period Does Not Begin When Federal Prisoner Is Transferred To Pre-Release Custody
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Former New Jersey Prison Social Worker’s Abuse Lawsuit Reinstated
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$10,000 Settlement for Ill Treatment Prisoner Colostomy Bag
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Conviction Mandatory to Civilly Commit Under Sexually Violent Predator Act
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Split Decision in Termination Proceeding of Two Guards Required Revote
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How About a Small Bank Specializing in Loans to Ex-Cons?
by Jeffrey Ross
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Attorney withdraws from American Private Police Force
by Alex Friedmann
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$7,500 Settlement for Disabled Prisoner’s Excessive Force Suit Against Jail Guard
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$2,824.70 Settlement in Lost Property
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3 Days Illegal Imprisonment Nets $5,500
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$3,600 Settlement in Public Records Violation Claim by Kitsap County
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$4,500 Settlement in Snohomish County Jail Work Injury Suit
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$3,300 Settlement for Cruel and Unusual Punishment by Jail Guards
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$3,700 Award in NY DOCS Medical Negligence/Lost Property Claim
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$4,400 Settlement in Slip and Fall at Jail
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$13,500 Settlement in Premise Liability Claim
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$3,500 Settlement in Failure to Disclose Public Records
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$3,600 Returned Following Dismissal of Forgery Charge
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$2,000 Settlement in Vehicle Damage Claim
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$3,800 Settlement for Claim at Youth Services
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$4,000 Settlement in Failure to Arraign
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$2,500 Settlement for Jail’s Failure to Treat Broken Hand
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$14,000 Settlement in Accident Caused by County Employee Running Red Light
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$5.2 Million Settlement in Failure to Supervise Seattle Juvenile Probationers
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From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 14)
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Innocent Georgia Man Receives $500,000 as Compensation for Rape Conviction
(p 14)
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Former Prisoner Convicted of Impersonating Criminal Defense Attorney
(p 15)
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Why False Imprisonment Recoveries Should Not Be Taxable
by Robert Wood
(p 16)
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Texas’ Parole Condition X Violates Due Process
by Gary Hunter
(p 20)
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$2.16 Million Settlement in Dauphin Pennsylvania Jail Strip Search Lawsuit
(p 21)
-
Using Chemical Agents on Mentally Ill Prisoners Unconstitutional
by David Reutter
(p 22)
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Audit Finds California Prison Receiver Broke State Law by Making No-Bid Contracts with Verizon
by Michael Brodheim
(p 23)
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Fifth Circuit Upholds $14 Million Award Against Louisiana DA’s Office in Wrongful Conviction Suit; Affirmed by En Banc Ruling
by Matthew Clarke
(p 24)
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Third Circuit Upholds Pennsylvania DOC Policy Requiring Control Number for Legal Mail
by David Reutter
(p 26)
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Third Circuit Upholds Ban on UCC Materials; Sixth Circuit Disagrees
by Brandon Sample
(p 28)
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Working in Legal Field Not Prohibited While on Federal Supervised Release
(p 29)
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Prisoners Not Evacuated, Parolees Rounded Up as Hurricanes Hit
by Gary Hunter
(p 30)
-
Contraband Smuggling by Texas Prison Guards Rarely Punished Harshly
by Matthew Clarke
(p 32)
-
Oklahoma Prisoner Beaten to Death After Celled with Co-Defendant He Testified Against
(p 33)
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California Lifers’ New Litigation Tool: DA’s “Opinion” and Governor’s “Belief” Do Not Constitute “Evidence” in Parole Denial Cases
by Marvin Mentor
(p 34)
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Notice Required for Rejected Packages BOP Warden Denied Qualified Immunity
by Brandon Sample
(p 34)
-
Organ Harvesting In China Prison Goes High Tech
by Gary Hunter
(p 35)
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Federal Three-Judge Panel Orders California To Reduce Prison Population By 44,000 Prisoners Within Two Years
by Marvin Mentor
(p 36)
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Former Oklahoma Sheriff Convicted of Sex Crimes Now Where to Put Him?
(p 36)
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$25,000 Award to Utah Muslim Prisoner Attacked by Death Row Prisoner Following 9/11
(p 38)
-
New York’s Correction Law § 24 Held Unconstitutional by US Supreme Court
by Brandon Sample
(p 38)
-
FBI And States Expand Collection Of DNA To The Innocent
by Brandon Sample
(p 39)
-
Sheriff and Guards Indicted: Sex, Misconduct and Contraband Scandal at Texas Jail
by Matthew Clarke
(p 40)
-
Washington States Passes New Law for Automatic Restoration of Voting Rights
by Eric Nygren
(p 40)
-
Philadelphia Tax Break for Hiring Ex-Prisoners a Bust
(p 41)
-
California: Parole Board’s Policy Barring Friendly Oral Witness Testimony At Lifer Hearings Ruled An “Underground Regulation”
by Marvin Mentor
(p 42)
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U.S. Supreme Court Recedes from Saucier’s Mandatory Provisions for Determining Qualified Immunity Claims
by David Reutter
(p 42)
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$3.75 Million Settlement for Orange County, California, Jail Detainee Severely Beaten by Prisoners
(p 43)
-
Violence on the Rise in Arizona Prisons
by David Reutter
(p 44)
-
Maryland Prisoners Receive Kosher Food
by Brandon Sample
(p 44)
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From the Bottom of the Heap: The Autobiography of Black Panther Robert Hillary King, Oakland, CA: PM Press (2009) $24.95 hardback, 217 pages
by Mel Motel
(p 45)
-
Oklahoma Prisoner Awarded $65,000 for Inadequate MSRA Care
by Brandon Sample
(p 46)
-
Sixth Circuit Overturns $625,000 Verdict for Ohio Prisoner Sexually Abused by Guard
by Brandon Sample
(p 46)
-
$1 Million Settlement in Santa Clara, California Jail Suicide
(p 47)
-
No Qualified Immunity for Guards Who Failed to Help Vomiting Prisoner Who Died
(p 48)
-
Indigent Texas Prisoners May No Longer be Required to Repay Cost of Court-Appointed Counsel
(p 48)
-
California Prison Still Subpar, Grand Jury Finds
(p 49)
-
News in Brief:
(p 50)
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$1,000 Jury Award to Beaten Missouri Prisoner
(p 52)
August
-
Judge Not: Judges Benched for Personal Misconduct
(p 1)
-
From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 8)
-
FedCURE Entitled to Fee Waiver for FOIA Request
by Brandon Sample
(p 9)
-
Violence on the Rise in BOP Facilities
by Brandon Sample
(p 10)
-
Judge Sonia Sotomayor Denied My Appeal and I Spent 16 Years in Prison for a Crime I Didn’t Commit
by Jeffrey Deskovic
(p 12)
-
Oregon Prosecutes Teen to Avoid Liability; Bizarre 2 1/2 Year Legal Battle Ends
by Mark Wilson
(p 14)
-
A Bridge Between The Ivy League And The Jailhouse: An Interview with Brett Dignam, Clinical Professor of Law and Supervising Attorney at Yale Law School
by Todd Matthews
(p 16)
-
Florida’s Private Prisons Still Lack Meaningful Oversight
by David Reutter
(p 18)
-
15 Guards Charged with Assaulting Maryland Prisoners
by David Reutter
(p 20)
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Motions to Oust California Prison System’s Federal Healthcare Receiver Denied
by John Dannenberg
(p 20)
-
Oregon’s Criminal Justice Economic Recovery Plan: Keep Digging!
by Mark Wilson
(p 22)
-
Indiana Lifelong Violent Offender Registration Preliminary Injunction Upheld in Part
(p 24)
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$1,423,127 in Attorney Fees Awarded in Taser Suit; Damages Reduced
(p 25)
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Report Concludes Hispanics Receiving a Greater Share of Federal Sentences
by David Reutter
(p 26)
-
Report Recommends Lawmakers Reinstate College Programs in Prison
by David Reutter
(p 26)
-
Improper Classification that Resulted in Seattle Jail Beating Settles for $37,500
(p 27)
-
Reopened Abu Ghraib Prison Haunted by its Past
(p 28)
-
Jailhouse Lawyers: Prisoners Defending Prisoners v. The U.S.A., by Mumia Abu-Jamal, Published by City Lights Publishers, ISBN 978-0-8728646-9-6; 286 Pages; $16.95
by Gary Hunter
(p 28)
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$10,000 Settlement for Bunk Bed Railing Hitting Prisoner
(p 29)
-
$2.1 Million Award in California Prisoner’s Choking Death
(p 29)
-
Poaching Boast Lands Oregon Prison Guard in Hot Water; Pulls State Trooper Father Down with Him
by Mark Wilson
(p 30)
-
Utah Evaluates Drug Program Pilot; Recommends Further Evaluation
by David Reutter
(p 30)
-
$100,000 Settlement in Illegal Imprisonment Caused by Massachusetts’ Failure to Implement Court Order
by David Reutter
(p 31)
-
Ohio Parole Authority Ordered to Grant Hearings that Provide Meaningful Parole Consideration
by David Reutter
(p 32)
-
Vermont Supreme Court: “Nutraloaf” Diet Is Punishment that Requires Hearing
(p 32)
-
$250,000 Award in Mississippi False Imprisonment Suit
(p 33)
-
Vendor Crushed by Seattle Jail Door Receives $43,525 for Injuries
(p 33)
-
Highest Criminal Appeals Judge in Texas Faces Removal Hearing
(p 34)
-
Study Shows Few Texas Prisoners Transition Well to Community HIV Treatment
(p 34)
-
Audit Report Finds Michigan Prisoner Transportation System Wasteful
by David Reutter
(p 35)
-
Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Suit Alleging Excessive Force, Retaliation and Inadequate Medical Care; Settles for $15,000
(p 36)
-
Seventh Circuit Vacates Dismissal for Failure to Prosecute; $50,000 + Fees Awarded Following Remand
(p 36)
-
Illinois Court of Appeals: Prisoner Has Standing to Sue Ameritech for Fraud
(p 37)
-
AZ Sheriff Joe Arpaio Loses Three Public Records Cases
(p 38)
-
Colorado Florists Decry Prison Retail Flower Business
by David Reutter
(p 39)
-
Missouri Public Defenders Not Immune from Client Suits
(p 40)
-
OK Prisoners Released from Custody Despite Deportation Detainers
(p 40)
-
Allowing Others to Attack Prisoner, Making Credible Death Threats, Labeling Prisoner a Snitch Violate Eighth Amendment
(p 41)
-
Nebraska: Tape-Recorded, Restricted-Calling Prison Telephone System Passes Constitutional Muster
by John Dannenberg
(p 42)
-
Absent Claim for Emotional Damages, Prisoner’s Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege Remains Intact
(p 42)
-
Prolonged Bench Restraint and Excessive Pepper Spraying Requires Trial
(p 43)
-
Fifth Circuit Reinstates Prisoner’s Environmental Tobacco Smoke Suit
by Matthew Clarke
(p 44)
-
Federal Prison Guards’ Convictions Affirmed in Sex Scandal
by David Reutter
(p 44)
-
First Circuit Upholds BOP’s Discretion to Limit Halfway House Placement
(p 45)
-
$150,000 Settlement In Missouri Jail Suicide Suit
(p 45)
-
Ninth Circuit: Orange County Jail Violated Ad Seg Prisoners’ ADA, Religious and Exercise Rights
by John Dannenberg
(p 46)
-
Fourth Circuit Upholds Prisoner Exclusion in Virginia FOIA
(p 46)
-
Eleventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Challenge to Florida DOC Ban on Pen Pal Requests
(p 47)
-
Eleventh Circuit Unpublished Decision on PLRA Administrative Exhaustion Requirements Trumped by Published Ruling
(p 48)
-
Ohio Supreme Court Rules Sex Offender Residency Restrictions Not Retroactive
by Matthew Clarke
(p 48)
-
Denial of Bedding, Clothes to Florida Prisoner States Claim
(p 49)
-
News in Brief:
(p 50)
-
Alabama Raises Rates Charged for Prisoner Labor
(p 52)
-
District Court Erred in Sua Sponte Dismissal of Prisoner’s Challenge to Conditions of Confinement
(p 55)
July
-
Prison Officials May Limit Access to Tarot Cards Under RLUIPA
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Only Prosecutor from County Where Sex Offender was Convicted May Seek Civil Commitment
-
Outrageous phone rates devastate families of prisoners
by Michael Hamden
-
An unfair prison litigation system
by David C Fathi
-
Colorado's Prison System Structured to Promote Failure
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$2,000 Settlement in Seattle Jail Medication Claim
-
$1,890 Paid to Settle Window Broken by Juvenile Detention Worker
-
$1,700 Settlement in Lost Property
-
$1,700 Settlement for Lost Jail Property
-
$1,669 Settlement in Lost Property at Jail
-
$1,500 Settlement in Overdetention Claim
-
$1,500 Settlement in Lost Property
-
$1,500 Award in NY DOCS Failure to Protect Suit
-
$1,400 Settlement in WTO Protester’s Claim
-
$1,400 Settlement for Lost Property
-
$1,250 Settlement in Improper Treatment of Prisoner with Colostomy Bag
-
$1,179 Settlement in Stolen Property at Jail
-
$1,135 Settlement in Vehicle Damage Claim
-
$1,063.99 Settlement in Lost Property by Snohomish County Jail
-
$1,000 Settlement in Mistaken Identity Arrest
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$1,000 Paid in Lost Property
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$1,000 Settlement in Lost Property
-
Prison’s Littlest Victims
by David C Fathi
-
Supreme Court Holds Magistrate Judge May Conduct Voir Dire Without Defendant’s Personal Consent
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Prison Officials Must Assist Prisoners in Getting Married
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PHS’s Policy of Profits over Medical Care Results in Death of Pregnant Prisoner’s Fetus
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No Tort Liability for Louisiana Employer Accused of Negligence in Death of Prisoner on Work Release
-
No Liberty Interest in Wisconsin Home Detention Program, Prisoner Waived Rights
-
No Jury Bias in Trial of Prisoner’s Eighth Amendment Claim
-
No Fourth Amendment Violation for Monitoring Attorney-Client Conversations
-
Preserving the Rule of Law in America’s Jails and Prisons: The Case for Amending the Prison Litigation Reform Act
by Margo Schlanger
(p 1)
-
Court Rejects Self-Analysis Privilege; Orders Jail Officials to Comply with Subpoena
-
Court Rejects Claims by Chaplains Duped Into Working for Free
-
Court Refuses to Overturn Guard’s Civil Rights Conviction
-
Court Enforces Settlement Agreement Despite Absence of Confidentiality Clause
-
Protective Order Entered to Protect Against Disclosure of Information Regarding Immigration Detainees
-
Protective Order Entered in Hepatitis C Cases
-
Marin County Agrees to Pay $300,000 to Prisoner Severely Injured After Being Denied Psych Meds
-
Sotomayor for the Prosecution
by James Ridgeway
-
Washington Woman Receives $79,000 Settlement in Unlawful Arrest, Excessive Force Case
-
Washington State’s Public Records Exemption Suit Limitation Runs When Privilege Log Issued
-
Texas Teen Settles for $65,000 in Excessive Force Case
-
Texas Prison Guards Denied Summary Judgment in Excessive Force Case
-
Connecticut Settles Overcrowding Suit
-
Pennsylvania Prisoner Properly Exhausted Claims in Medical Diet Case
-
Los Angeles County Sheriff Recommends $40,000 Settlement for Wheelchair Access Claim
-
Los Angeles County Settles Wrongful Arrest and Excessive Force Suit for $195,000
-
Clemency Petition Not Subject to FOIA
-
Class Claims for Injunctive Relief in HPC Suit Dismissed as Moot
-
California Governor Entitled to Absolute Immunity for Erroneous Review for Prisoner’s Parole Eligibility
-
California Court of Appeal Holds 2006 Amendments Sexually Violent Predator Statute Not Retroactive
-
Murder Conviction for Prisoner Accused of Killing Prisoner at USP Beaumont Affirmed
-
Citizens May Sue Government Under Section 526a to Enforce California Public Records Act
-
Consent Decree Improving Conditions on Louisiana Death Row Terminated
-
Consent Judgment Entered in Connecticut Prison Conditions Case
-
Prisoner’s Family Wins Suit Against BOP Following Prisoner’s Suicide
-
District Court Permits Trial In Case Challenging Denial of Wine During Religious Services
-
Sexually Harassed Florida Prison Nurse’s Injunctive Relief Claim Moot
-
Prohibiting Decorations on Outgoing Envelope Not Violative of RLUIPA
-
Prison Officials Entitled to Make Medical Decisions for Delusional Prisoner
-
Los Angeles County Settles Suit Alleging Wrongful Arrest and Excessive Force Resulting in Death for $475,000
-
Paraplegic Louisiana Prisoner Requires Transportation in Vehicle with Wheelchair Lift and Restraints Under ADA
-
Custody Vs. Treatment Debate: Addicted to Punishment
by David C Fathi
-
N.Y. Court Need Not Pronounce Mandatory Surcharge and Fees at Sentencing
-
New York Prison Officials Liable for Wheelchair Accident
-
New York Haircut Requirement Held Unconstitutional
-
New York DOC Agrees to Settle Asbestos Case
-
Slip and Fall Nets $5,000 Settlement
-
Massachusetts Agrees to Improves Conditions for Protective Custody Prisoners
-
No Damage Award for Emotional Injury Where Underlying Harm is De Minimis
-
No Attorney’s Fees for Prevailing Defendants, Eighth Circuit Holds
-
No Appeal of Immunity Defenses if Case Under Advisement
-
Montana Agrees to Improve Prison Conditions for Female Prisoners
-
Medicare Is “Victim” Under Pennsylvania Restitution Statute
-
Lesbian Guard Awarded $200,000 for Unlawful Discrimination, Retaliation
-
Marsden Hearing Required When Defendant Puts Forward Plausible Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claim
-
Ion Spectrometry Suit Survives Initial Screening
-
Lay Opinion Testimony of Guard that Prisoner was Attempting to Throw Other Guard Over Railing Admissible
-
New York Liable for Foreseeable Prisoner-on-Prisoner Assault; Prisoner Awarded $80,000 in Damages
-
State Where Claim Arose Controls Section 1983 Limitations Period
-
Jury Awards Guard $150,000 for Retaliation; Court Awards an Additional $800,000
-
Iowa Sex Offenders May Be Civilly Committed Based on Lifetime Risk of Future Dangerousness
-
Court Allows Deliberate Indifference Claim for Denial of Medication to Proceed
-
Georgia Sheriffs are Not County Employees, Allowing Suit by Estate of Court Reporter Killed by Prisoner to Proceed
-
Fourth Circuit Affirms Ban on Publications in Jail
-
$2,000 Settlement in Stolen Property Claim at Jail
-
ETS Exposure Suit Allowed to Proceed Despite Facility No Smoking Policy
-
Eleventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of 8th Amendment Medical Indifference Claim
-
Eighth Circuit Rejects Reckless Investigation Claim
-
DNA Collection from Probationers Does Not Violate Fourth Amendment
-
Discretionary Function Exception Shields State from Liability in MTCA Action
-
Denial of Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis Constitutes a “Strike” Under PLRA
-
From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 10)
-
Ninth Circuit Flip-Flops: Denial of Washington Sex Offender’s Community Custody Release Held Unconstitutional, Then Constitutional
by Mark Wilson
(p 10)
-
Texas Posthumously Exonerates Man Who Died in Prison
by Matthew Clarke
(p 12)
-
$226,000 Workers’ Comp Settlement for Pennsylvania Guard Scarred by MRSA
(p 13)
-
ADA Routinely Violated by Prisons in the case of Deaf Prisoners
by McCay Vernon, Ph.D.
(p 14)
-
The Illusion of Immigrant Criminality: Getting the Numbers Wrong
by David L. Wilson
(p 16)
-
Florida Guard Convicted of Assaulting Prisoner
(p 17)
-
Supreme Court Holds Supervisory Officials Not Liable for Abuse of 9-11 Detainees
by Matthew Clarke
(p 18)
-
$30,000 Settlement in Milwaukee Jail Death
(p 19)
-
Former Oregon DOC Food Manager Abandons Wife to Federal Prosecution; Herding Sheep in Iran While on the Lam
by Mark Wilson
(p 20)
-
UNICOR Robs Jobs from Private Sector; Prisoners Sue Over Working Conditions
by Brandon Sample
(p 21)
-
University of Arizona Releases Report on Women Immigration Prisoners
by Matthew Clarke
(p 22)
-
Prisoner’s Right to Mail Announcement of Peaceful Demon-stration Trumps Purported Prison Security Claims
by Marvin Mentor
(p 22)
-
$500,000 Awarded to New York Prisoner Raped by Jail Guard; Vacated on Post-Trial Motion
(p 23)
-
Habeas Hints: Traverse Motion Responses
by Kent A. Russell
(p 24)
-
Sentencing Project Releases Report on Sentencing Policy and Practice
by Matthew Clarke
(p 26)
-
Oregon Jail Guards Lose Access to Porn Sites
by Mark Wilson
(p 27)
-
New Mexico Abolishes Death Penalty; Similar Efforts Fail in Other States
by David Reutter
(p 28)
-
Arkansas Sends Toxic Tech Trash to UNICOR Recycling Program
by Matthew Clarke
(p 28)
-
FBI Arrests Former Prisoner Indicted for Hacking Massachusetts Jail Computer
(p 30)
-
$4.6 Million Settlements in Death of Quadriplegic D.C. Prisoner
by David Reutter
(p 30)
-
Strip-Searched Iowa Bush Protesters Awarded Damages at Trial, Re-Trial
by Matthew Clarke
(p 31)
-
Positive Correlation between Mental Illness and Prison Victimization
by Jimmy Franks
(p 32)
-
Santa Cruz County, Arizona Pays $3 Million in Strip Search Suit
by Jimmy Franks
(p 32)
-
$10,000 Verdict in Sexual Assault by Virginia Guard
(p 33)
-
Report Says Unfinished Prison Project Is Single Greatest Iraq Reconstruction Failure
by Matthew Clarke
(p 34)
-
Bureau of Justice Publishes Report on Sexual Misconduct at Juvenile Facilities
(p 34)
-
Ohio Limits Electronic Monitoring to Only Those Who Can Pay
(p 35)
-
BOP Failed to Protect Female Prisoner Informant from Rape, Sexual Abuse by Guards
by Brandon Sample
(p 36)
-
Miami’s Sex Offender Bridge Encampment Continues to Grow
by David Reutter
(p 36)
-
$3,200 Awarded to Indiana Jail Prisoner for Negligent Medical Care
(p 38)
-
Postal Service Panics Over Sex Offender Participant in Christmas Program
by Matthew Clarke
(p 38)
-
New York Prisoner Awarded $5,000 for Assault by Cellmate
(p 38)
-
PLN Files Suit Against Los Angeles County for Failure to Comply with Public Records Act
(p 39)
-
Causal Link Established by Prison Officials’ Failure to Protect Prisoner from Specific Threats
(p 40)
-
Survivor Manual, compiled and edited by Bonnie Kerness, illustrated by Todd Tarselli and other talented artists, 90 pgs.
by Sundiata Acoli
(p 40)
-
$3.3 Million Settlement Fund Established in New Mexico Jail Strip Search Settlement
(p 41)
-
California Jury Awards Deaf Prisoner $5,000 for Failure to Provide Interpreter; $193,582 in Fees Awarded by Court
(p 42)
-
Louisiana Private Prison Warden Arrested for Malfeasance
(p 42)
-
Former California DOC Worker Kept Confidential Prison Gang Files at Home
(p 42)
-
Massachusetts Prisoner Awarded $550,307 in Attorney Fees and Costs in Unsanitary Conditions Case
(p 43)
-
Oregon Teenage Girls Stage Brazen Escape Attempt
(p 44)
-
California: Waiver of Private Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege an Unreasonable Condition of Parole
(p 44)
-
$75,000 Settlement for Shutting Off Water in Seattle Jail Prisoner’s Cell
(p 44)
-
$445,000 Settlement in Ohio Jail Prisoner’s Medical Death
(p 45)
-
Pennsylvania County Sex Offender Residency Ordinance Voided
(p 46)
-
State, Not County, Required to Pay Attorney Fees in Georgia Death Penalty Cases
(p 46)
-
$9,000 Award for Hawaiian Prisoners Bitten By Dogs at Oklahoma CCA Prison
(p 47)
-
Florida and Oregon Prison Employees Face Sex Charges
(p 47)
-
Fifth Circuit Rules Texas Parole Law Not Ex Post Facto
(p 48)
-
No Qualified Immunity for Pepper Spraying Alabama Prisoner; Case Settles After Remand
by David Reutter
(p 48)
-
News in Brief:
(p 50)
-
$1,800,000 Settlement in Michigan Jail Prisoner Suicide Case
(p 52)
June
-
Alaska Prisoners May Assert Third-Party Beneficiary Claim Against Contract Medical Provider
-
Jury Award Exceeds $1.5 Million in New York Malicious Prosecution Case
-
Arkansas City Settles Dispute Over Housing Prisoners In County Jail
-
Cheney and Gonzales Indicted in Connection with Private Prison in Texas
by Matthew Clarke
(p 1)
-
"Little Guantanamo": Exposing the CMU
by Daniel McGowan
-
Fourth Circuit Vacates Dismissal of Challenge to Virginia's Gift Publication Ban
-
Delayed Order Designating Issues in Texas Habeas Action Has No Effect
-
The Tragedy of Victimless Crimes in the United States
by Democratic Underground
-
California Prosecutors, Parole Board, State Agencies Entitled to Absolute Immunity in Parole Decisions
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BOP May Lawfully Limit Halfway House Placement Beyond 180 Days
-
COA Denied to Florida Prisoner Sentenced to Death for Killing Guard
-
California Chaplains Lose Appeal in Compensation/Fraud Case
-
Fifth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment and Directed Verdict in Mississippi Jail Suicide Case
-
Colorado Prisoners’ Access to Courts, ADA Claims Allowed to Proceed
-
California Prison Guards' Dishonesty During Investigation Not Protected By Statute Of Limitations
-
Ohio Woman Awarded $350,000 for False Arrest
-
New York Landlord Wins $25,000 Verdict for False Arrest
-
Connecticut Settles Suit Over Conditions at Somers Facility; $190,000 in Fees and Costs Paid
-
$200,000 Settlement in Sexual Harassment
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$200,000 Settlement in Excessive Force Claim
-
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals: 
Concurrent Sentences Mean Concurrent Fines
-
$899,500 Award in NY DOCS Medical Negligence Resulting in Leg Amputation
-
$650 Settlement for Lost Property, Stolen Identity Claim
-
$325,000 Award for Virginia Sheriff's Sexual Harrasment, Battery and Harassment
-
Jury Awards $1.8 Million for False Arrest and Malicious Prosecution
-
Eighth Circuit Allows Termination of Minnesota Prison Health Care Consent Decree
-
California Prisoner's Court-Ordered Release Reversed on Appeal
-
West Virginia Supreme Court Upholds Regional Jail Payments From Counties
-
Army Medic Gets Life for Murdering Iraqi Prisoners/Abu Ghraib Prison Reopens
by Matthew Clarke
-
Fifth Circuit Upholds Correspondence Restrictions in Houston Jail
-
Settlements You Can't Sign: Ethical Implications of Chicago's Machinery of Denial
by Craig Futterman
-
Michigan Sex Offender Freezes to Death on Street As Housing Crisis Continues
by Jimmy Franks
(p 5)
-
Massachusetts DOC Settles PLN Censorship Suit
(p 5)
-
From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 6)
-
Pro Se Muslim Prisoner Reaches Religious Rights Settlement Agreement with Virginia Prison Officials
by David Reutter
(p 7)
-
Washington DOC Pays Pro Se Prisoner $110,043 For Illegally Withholding Records
(p 8)
-
Lawsuits Challenge Prohibition on Prisoner Pen-Pal Services in Indiana, Florida
by David Reutter
(p 9)
-
Texas Court of Appeals Upholds $42.5 Million Award Against Wackenhut / GEO Group
by Matthew Clarke
(p 10)
-
OIG Audit Finds Major Deficiencies with BOP Health Care
by Brandon Sample
(p 12)
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McNeil Island Prison Fined $28,400 for Improper Asbestos Removal
(p 12)
-
Cost of Defending Federal Death Penalty Cases on the Rise
by Brandon Sample
(p 14)
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Jury Nullification: Power To The People
by Paul Butler
(p 14)
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As Economy Falters, Rehabilitative and Substance Abuse Programs Get the Axe
(p 16)
-
$1.4 Million Settlement in Three-Day Long Sexual Assaults of Alaska Prisoners
by David Reutter
(p 16)
-
Michigan Jail Officials Lied and Hid Documents in Lawsuit Over Prisoner’s Death
by David Reutter
(p 18)
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First Circuit Awards Defendant Costs Under FRCP 68; Plaintiff Rejected $10,000 Offer, Was Awarded $5,500
by Mark Wilson
(p 18)
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Racial Impact Statements: An Effort to Eliminate Legal Racism
by Gary Hunter
(p 20)
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BOP Settles Suit Over Telephone Access, Electronic FOIA Claims
(p 20)
-
Florida Judge Publicly Reprimanded for Trying to Ease Jail Overcrowding
(p 21)
-
$875,001 Verdict in Beating of Massachusetts Prisoner
by David Reutter
(p 22)
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New Trial and JNOV Denial Upheld in $15,545,000 Michigan Prisoner Sexual Harassment Case
by Matthew Clarke
(p 22)
-
$155,000 Settlement in Sexual Assault of Washington Jail Prisoner
(p 23)
-
Alameda County, CA Settles Juvenile Detainee Strip Search Suit for $4.3 Million
by John Dannenberg
(p 24)
-
Florida U.S. District Court Rescinds Policy Restricting Access to Plea Agreements
by David Reutter
(p 24)
-
Protecting Your Health & Safety
by Brandon Sample
(p 25)
-
PLN Awarded Summary Judgment In FOIA Case Again
by Brandon Sample
(p 26)
-
California Prison’s Drinking Water Cited for Excessive Arsenic Levels
by John Dannenberg
(p 26)
-
Indiana Court Denies Challenge to Monopolistic Prison Phone Contracts
by John Dannenberg
(p 28)
-
Nevada Ramps Up Prisoner Deportations – Even Those Ineligible for Early Release
by Matthew Clarke
(p 28)
-
Oregon Detainee Paid $30,000 for 90 Days Illegal Jail Confinement
(p 29)
-
Oregon Prison Romance Nets Probation/Community Service
(p 29)
-
Oregon Slow to Address Problems at Contract Juvenile Facilities
(p 30)
-
Ohio Supreme Court Restricts Public Access to Court Records
by David Reutter
(p 30)
-
Empty Oregon Jail Has Cost $1.25 Million; Grand Jury Demands Humility and Creative Solutions
by Mark Wilson
(p 31)
-
Texas Lawmakers “Surprised” Over Hiring of Non-Citizen Prison Guards on Work Visas
by Matthew Clarke
(p 32)
-
Florida Judge Criticizes State’s Efforts to Seize Prisoner’s Federal Civil Rights Judgment
by David Reutter
(p 32)
-
California DOC Closes Prisoner Work/Restitution Center
(p 33)
-
Madoff Fraud Bankrupts JEHT Foundation, Hurts Criminal Justice Reform Efforts
by Matthew Clarke
(p 34)
-
Report Says New Mexico Prison Phone Companies Still Gouging Families
by Dave Maass
(p 34)
-
California DA Says Incarceration Rate a Measure of His Success – Despite Wrongful Convictions, Prosecutorial Misconduct
by Gary Hunter
(p 36)
-
Michigan DOC Rehabilitation Programs Emphasize Education, Reentry Support
by Matthew Clarke
(p 36)
-
Sheriff “Hollywood Hewett” Sentenced to 16 Months
by Mark Wilson
(p 37)
-
Missouri Court Reverses $244,636 Incarceration Cost Award Against Prisoner
by Mark Wilson
(p 38)
-
New York Jury Awards $1,400,006 to Former Prisoner for Beating by Guards; Punitive Damages Later Reduced
by David Reutter
(p 38)
-
$4.75 Million Settlement in Virginia Jail Construction Accident Case
(p 39)
-
Federal Prisoner Dies During Illicit Tryst With His Wife
(p 40)
-
Systemic Constitutional Violations at Ohio Juvenile Facilities Leads to Settlement in Class Action; Guards Attempt to Block Relief
by Brandon Sample
(p 40)
-
New Texas Prison Hospital Approved
(p 41)
-
Supreme Court Holds Failure to Report to Prison Not a Violent Felony Under ACCA
(p 41)
-
California Lifers Housed Out-Of-State in Federal Witness Protection Program Entitled to Appear in Person at Parole Hearings
by John Dannenberg
(p 42)
-
Colorado DOC Settles Suit Over Provision of Education Programs to Learning Disabled Prisoner
(p 42)
-
Oregon Prison Manager Indicted for Misusing Prison Credit Cards
(p 43)
-
Florida Jail Supervisor Disciplined for Using Prisoner Labor for Brother’s Political Campaign
(p 43)
-
Ninth Circuit: County Contractor that Counsels Bad-Check Writers Not Entitled to State Sovereign Immunity from Suit
by John Dannenberg
(p 44)
-
Ninth Circuit Strikes Down BOP Regulation Precluding Early Release for Prisoners Who Complete Drug Treatment
by Brandon Sample
(p 44)
-
South Carolina Prison Official Remained on the Job a Year After Indictment
(p 45)
-
Prisoner’s Free Speech Rights Violated by Legal Mail Opened Outside His Presence; Qualified Immunity Denied
by David Reutter
(p 46)
-
Ninth Circuit: California Federal Habeas Petitioner Sufficiently Exhausts State Court Remedies When He Presents Facts Necessary to Support Constitutional Claim
by John Dannenberg
(p 46)
-
$25,000 Settlement in Washington Detainee Contracting for TB in Seattle Jail
(p 47)
-
D.C. Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Deliberate Indifference Gallstone Claim
(p 48)
-
Sixth Circuit Upholds Conviction and Sentences for Jail Guards Accused of Abusing, Killing Prisoners
by Brandon Sample
(p 49)
-
News in Brief:
(p 50)
-
Washington: Violation of Community Custody Conditions May Be Enforced While Offender Is Reincarcerated
(p 52)
-
Amnesty International Sources Given Journalistic Protection
(p 55)
May
-
$45,000 Awarded to Muslim Woman Forced to Remove Headscarf at California Jail
-
14th Amendment Does not Limit Disenfranchisement to Only Felonies
-
Youth Club Volunteer Wins $269,000 Judgment Against Seattle Police Officer; Court Orders $147,164 in Attorney’s Fees
-
Unjustified Delay in Granting Prisoner’s Request to Marry Actionable
-
$300,000 for Family of Prisoner who Bled to Death Waiting on Ambulance
-
Thurston County Settles Jail Guard Murder Suit for $120,000
-
A Final Frontier in Prisoner Litigation: Does Bivens Extend to Employees of Private Prisons Who Violate the Constitution?
by Matthew Tikonoff
-
$150,000 Settlement in Wrongful Death Suit Against Kitsap County Jail
-
Texas Court of Appeals: No Relief Compelling Court to Rule Absent Evidence Motion Was Brought to Court's Attention
-
Washington DOC Guard Fired For Sexually Harassing Co Workers
-
What happened to prison education programs? by Marlene Martin
by Marlene Martin
-
Tobacco Companies Cannot Be Sued Under Section 1983; NJSFA Does Not Create Private Cause of Action
-
$2,000 Settlement in Seattle Jail Illegal Strip Search
-
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals: No Time Limit on Rehearing of State Habeas
-
Workman's Compensation Apportionment Rules Do Not Apply to Former Prison Guard
-
$1.25 Million Awarded to Cop for Sex Discrimination, Retaliation
-
Writ of Mandate Granted in Child Custody Dispute
-
Indeterminate Commitment Order Reversed on Appeal
-
First Circuit Holds $177,729.96 Award for Attorney Fees and Expenses Not Excessive
-
Summary Judgment Denied For Arkansas Officials Accused of Excessive Force and Deliberate Indifference
-
Fourth Circuit Reinstates South Carolina Jail Conditions Suit
-
New York Jury Dismisses Secondhand Smoke Claim
-
Texas Increasingly out of Step on Death Penalty
by David C Fathi
-
Texas: 40% of Criminal Jurisprudence Bills Boost Criminal Penalties
by Scott Henson
-
Rookie Cop Sues Over Forced Resignation
-
Missouri DOC Ordered to Pay Ex-Prisoner $10,600 for Wrongful Imprisonment
-
Oregon Cops Outraged by Excessive Force Reforms
-
Mississippi Woman Awarded $75,000 for Wrongful Incarceration Due to Court Clerk Error
-
Summary Judgment Denied To United States In FTCA Suit Alleging Sexual Assault By BOP Staff Member
-
Michigan Sex Offender Registration Act Does not Apply to Bestiality Conviction
-
Due Process Required Before Imposition of Sex Offender Parole Conditions
-
Restriction On Rated R and NC-17 Rated Movies Constitutional
-
Massachusetts Federal Jury Awards Ex-Police Chief $770,000 for Military Employment Discrimination
-
Personal Restraint Petition Remanded to DOC in Washington State
-
Ninth Circuit Reverses §1915 Dismissal of Retaliation Claim
-
"Institutionalization" Fails as Criminal Defense at Trial and on Appeal
-
Prison Guard wins $18,000 in Discrimination Suit Against DOC
-
Plaintiffs Prevail in Objections to Taxed Bill of Costs
-
Quadriplegic Man Wins Judgment Against Pasadena
-
Second Circuit Holds Vienna Convention Does Not Confer Individual Rights On Foreign Nationals
-
Sexual Abuse by Prison and Jail Staff Proves Persistent, Pandemic
by Gary Hunter
(p 1)
-
Terminal Incarceration
-
$500,000 Awarded to Family of Parolee Mistakenly Shot and Killed by Live Ammunition
-
Detention Retention, by Renee Feltz and Stokely Baksh / American Prospect
by Renee Feltz
-
Washington DOC Guard Sanctioned For Unnecessary Force
-
Washington State DOC Guard Terminated For Sexually Assaulting Prisoner
-
$15,000,000 Verdict for LA Police Officers Upheld
-
$25,000,000 Consent Judgment Entered Against Murderer
-
Tenth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Suit for Failure to Prove Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies
-
Washington DOC Guard's Termination For Marijuana Possession Reduced To Suspension
-
Washington State DOC Guard Demoted For Mail Tampering And Violating Rules
-
Washington DOC Guard's Pay Reduced After Bringing Loaded Weapon To Work
-
$4,000 Settlement in Failure to Arraign
-
From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 12)
-
Billionaire-Funded California Voter Initiative Triples Lifer Parole Denial Intervals, Imposes Restrictions on Parole Violators
(p 12)
-
Prisoner’s Death, Abusive and Incompetent Guards Give Black Eye to Maryland Prisons & Jails
by Gary Hunter
(p 14)
-
Unlock the Box: Documenting the Struggle to Shut Down Prison Control Units, Reel Soldier Productions / MIM (www.abolishcontrolunits.org) 2008, 2:00 hours
by David Preston
(p 16)
-
Washington’s Top Prison Doctor Resigns Over Executions; Entire Execution Team Later Quits Following PLN Records Request
by Mark Wilson
(p 18)
-
State Auditor: Texas Prisoners Face Retaliation for Airing Grievances
by Matthew Clarke
(p 18)
-
New York Prisoner Receives $3,732 for Medical Neglect/Lost Property Claim
(p 19)
-
Caging Kids for Cash: Two Pennsylvania Judges Guilty of Selling Out Juvenile Justice System
by Matthew Clarke
(p 20)
-
Wisconsin Prisoners Sexually Assaulted by 20 Staff Members Over Five Years
by Gary Hunter
(p 23)
-
$1 Million Settlement Fund Established in New Mexico Jail Strip Search Settlement
by David Reutter
(p 24)
-
TYC Leaders Straining Public Coffers; Agency Still Problematic
by Gary Hunter
(p 24)
-
CA Jail Deputies Allegedly Provoke Murder of Misidentified Child Molester by Other Prisoners; Wrongful Death Suit Settled for $600,000
(p 26)
-
California County’s 2005 Purchase of Private Prison Still Clouded in Conflict of Interest Questions
by Marvin Mentor
(p 26)
-
Conditions in Maricopa County, Arizona Jails Still Unconstitutional
by Matthew Clarke
(p 28)
-
Hawai’i Supreme Court Holds Takings Clause Requires Payment of Interest on Prisoner Trust Accounts
by David Reutter
(p 29)
-
Overdetained California Prisoner Wins $21,800 for False Imprisonment
by John Dannenberg
(p 30)
-
Study Shows Treating HCV in Prisons with Pegylated Interferon Is Cost-Effective
by Matthew Clarke
(p 30)
-
Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $850,000 to Family of Victim Killed by Drunk Driver Under Community Supervision
(p 31)
-
Private Prison Company Cleans Up Texas Creek, Finally Gets Prisoners
by Matthew Clarke
(p 32)
-
Criminal Defense Attorney Helps “Sting” His Own Clients
by Jimmy Franks
(p 32)
-
U.S. Military Uses Small Wooden Boxes for Segregation Cells of Iraqi Prisoners
(p 33)
-
Oregon Jail Oversight Committee Disbanded After Sheriff Resigns
(p 33)
-
Double Standard of Punishment for Supervisors, Line Staff in Colorado DOC
by Gary Hunter
(p 34)
-
Prisoners Used for 2008 Voter Registration, Election Campaigning
(p 34)
-
Ex-Convict Demoted After Mismanaging Reentry Program
(p 35)
-
Mock Prison Disaster Program Discontinued; Mock Prison Riot Training Remains
by Gary Hunter
(p 36)
-
Florida Prison Officials’ Failure to Timely Respond to Grievances Results in Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies
(p 36)
-
Prisons and Jails Preparing for Switch to Digital TV Broadcasting ... or Not
by Matthew Clarke
(p 37)
-
New Jersey Judge Denied Sex Offender a Fair Hearing, Appellate Court Finds
(p 38)
-
California Prison Fined $40,000 for (Another) Raw Sewage Spill
(p 38)
-
Second Prisoner Unconditionally Released from Washington State Civil Commitment Center
(p 38)
-
$95,000 Awarded After NY Court Officers Fail to Transmit Protective Custody Order to DOC and Rape Occurs
(p 39)
-
Eighth Circuit: Missouri Prisoner Has Right to Elective Abortion
(p 40)
-
South Dakota Jail Prisoner Awarded $1.1 Million for Rape by Guard
(p 41)
-
Executioner Banned in Missouri but Available for Hire Elsewhere
by John Dannenberg
(p 42)
-
Los Angeles County Pays $850,000 for Police Misconduct Death and $595,000 in Jail Medical-Related Death
(p 42)
-
$75,000 Settlement in Utah Jail Prisoner’s Suicide
(p 44)
-
Ninth Circuit: “Supervised Release” is Not “Imprisonment”
(p 44)
-
California Prisoner-Pay Deductions for Aiding Crime Victims Distributed to Victim Organizations
(p 44)
-
Federal Supervised Release Must be Credited for Time Served on Prior Revocations
(p 45)
-
Ninth Circuit Remands RLUIPA Claim for Group Religious Worship in Maximum Security Jail
(p 46)
-
Bivens Action Unavailable Against Federal Private Prison Employees
(p 46)
-
$7,025 Award in Slip and Fall From Ohio Prison Bunk
(p 47)
-
Ninth Circuit: Former Gang Member Entitled to Jury Trial in § 1983 Jail Guard Retaliation Suit
(p 48)
-
Court Rejects Federal Prisoner Worker’s Claim of Copyright Infringement
(p 48)
-
Oregon Jail Suicide Nets $59,422
(p 49)
-
Michigan Auditor General: DOC Overspends Millions on Overtime
by Matthew Clarke
(p 50)
-
News in Brief:
(p 50)
-
Four BOP Guards Sentenced To Prison For Beating, Cover-Up
(p 52)
April
-
$16,000 Awarded in Father's Day False Arrest
-
Minnesota Woman Receives $310,000 for Rape by Deputy
-
The Fall of the Presidential Pardon, by Maya Schenwar
by Maya Schenwar
-
New Jersey County Settled Guards Free Speech/Union Busting Suit for $240,000
-
Slavery Haunts America's Plantation Prisons, by Maya Schenwar
by Maya Schenwar
-
U.S. Has a 45-Year History of Torture
by A.J. Langguth
-
$717,000 Award to Motorist Injured in High Speed Police Chase
-
Ninth Circuit Rejects Total Ban on Computer Use for Sex Offender
-
$1.5 Million Award Against Newspaper for Defaming Indiana Police Officer
-
$1.35 Million Settlement in Fatal California Police Shooting
-
Testimonial Hearsay Ruled Admissible in Florida Probation Revocation Hearings
-
Connecticut Deaf Couple Receive $50,000 to Settle Pepper Spray, Excessive Force Claim
-
Federal Prison Officials Granted Qualified Immunity in Colorado
-
Judge Excludes Evidence of Criminal Conduct in Prisoner Civil Rights Action
-
Colorado DOC Settles Employee Sex Discrimination Suits
-
Baltimore Settles Officers’ Lawsuit in Rogue Unit Scandal
-
New Jersey Prison Officials Denied Summary Judgment In ADA Action
-
$3 Million Jury Award in Wrongful Termination of Washington Prosecutor
-
Class Certification Granted to Illinois Prisoners In Retaliation Lawsuit
-
Former New Jersey Prison Social Worker Abuse Lawsuit Reinstated
-
Proof of “Overt Act” not Required in Washington to Civilly Commit Incarcerated Sexually Violent Predator
-
Florida Supreme Court Rules Secondary Public Defenders Office Constitutional
-
Iowa Parental Rights Not Terminated Upon Imprisonment
-
Methadone Treatment is Not Inconsistent with Washington’s Drug Offender Sentencing Alternative
-
Elderly Couple Awarded $345,000 for Excessive Force During Arrest
-
$50,000 Settlement for Illegal Strip Search After Arrest at Bush Rally
-
$23,000 in Costs Assessed Against Ex-Prisoner for Scam Lawsuit
-
$275,000 Settlement to Louisiana Man for Excessive Force by Police
-
Unreported Jail Deaths: There have been two apparent suicides, one of which remains a mystery.
by Rick Anderson
-
$75,000 Award in Excessive Force by Minneapolis Police During Arrest
-
$28 Million Awarded in Excessive Force Verdict in Police Killing of Child
-
Jail Term Imposed for Non-Payment of Fine Upheld in Washington
-
Eighth Circuit Holds Failure of U.S. Parole Commission to Hold Early Termination Hearing Does Not Make Custody Illegal
-
New York Civil Case Settled in 1977 by Simply Clarifying Rule
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Motion To Amend Untimely In Washington DC Civil Case
-
$350,000 Verdict for Malicious Prosecution, False Arrest Claim
-
California Sexual Predators Have Right to Testify at Civil Commitment Hearings
-
Florida Sheriff Approves $2 Million Settlement in Death of Deputy
-
Lab Technician Denied Qualified Immunity In Former Prisoner’s Lawsuit
-
Ninth Circuit: California Governor’s Reversal Of Lifer’s Parole Violates Due Process Absent Some Evidence Of Current Dangerousness; Rehearing En Banc Granted
-
Court Orders California Prison Officials to produce Document In Response To Discovery Request
-
Hard Evidence of US Military Torturing Prisoners to Death Ignored by Corporate Media
-
D.C. Circuit Rejects Government’s Narrow Interpretation of FOIA Request
-
Court Orders BOP to Recalculate Prisoner’s Good Time
-
City Agrees to Pay $2,500,000 to Private Prison Company
-
Connecticut Settles Mental Health Suit
-
Another Murder by Florida Guards, Another Acquittal
by David Reutter
-
Court Halts Missouri Physician-Overseen Lethal Injection Execution; Blows Doctor’s Cover
-
Dismissal of Suit Alleging Sexual Abuse Affirmed on Statue of Limitation Grounds
-
Court Denies Michigan Prison Officials Summary Judgment In Discrimination Suit
-
BOP Agrees To Provide Prisoner with BOPDOCS Disc
-
Fifth Circuit Affirms Appointment of Counsel For Indigent Prisoner
-
Fifth Circuit Rejects Petition for Writ of Mandamus Filed by Crime Victims
-
Eighth Circuit Upholds SORNA Against Constitutional Challenges
-
Court Reverses Supervision Condition Prohibiting Cohabitation with Anyone Other than Family
-
1980s Settlement Agreement Heads to Improved Conditions in Nevada Prisons
-
Court Orders Disclosure of Medical Records; Reverses Itself Next Day
-
Court Rejects Challenge to Newspaper Ban in SHU
-
BEYOND THE HERO JUDGE: INSTITUTIONAL REFORM LITIGATION AS LITIGATION
by Margo Schlanger
-
Institutionalized Policy to Deprive Appeal of Confiscated Mail Violates Constitution
-
Abu Ghraib Torture Suit Proceeds to Trial
-
Operationalizing Deterrence: Claims Management (In Hospitals, a Large Retailer, and Jails and Prisons)
by Margo Schlanger
-
Involuntary Plea in Washington Requires Withdrawal or Strict Plea Enforcement
-
Guards Presence Not Necessary During Deposition in Georgia
-
National Prison Reform Commission Begins Work
by Margo Schlanger
-
Time Spent in Civil Commitment Detention Credited Toward Criminal Sentence
-
Federal Judge Orders Missouri To Amend Its Lethal Injection Protocol
-
Dismissal of Suit Challenging Loss of Diminution Credits Upheld
-
Eighth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Due Process Challenge to Continued Confinement in Administrative Segregation
-
Nebraska Muslim Prisoner Wins Religious Concessions
by John E Dannenberg
-
VICTORY AT PASSAIC COUNTY JAIL
by Flavia Alaya
-
$4,000,000 Award Against LA County Sheriff for Wrongful Death Shooting
-
$79,000 Settlement in Washington State Excessive Force/Unlawful Arrest Suit
-
Homeless Michigan Man Nets $20,000 for Outrage Claim Stemming from Pepper Spray Arrest
-
Section 2501 Imposes Jurisdictional Limitation for False Imprisonment; Claim Must Be Brought Within Six Years
-
WA Court Denies Petition Challenging Refusal to Review Confidential Information in Disciplinary Hearing
-
City of Chicago Denied Bifurcation in Excessive Force/Failure to Train Case
-
California Supreme Court Holds Records of Illegal Search Exempt from Disclosure Under Public Records Act
-
California Appellate Court: First-Degree Murderer Released After 24 Years And Four Governor-Reversals Of Grants Of Parole
-
“Cumulative Failure” Lets Mentally Ill Teen Leap to Death
-
Washington DOC Pays $2.2 Million to Settle Inadequate Supervision Claim Resulting in Death
-
Tenth Circuit Requires Factual Findings of Prisoner’s Confinement Conditions Under Sandin
-
Former U.S. Army guard at Guantanamo speaks out about abuse of detainees
-
Alaska Pays $575,000 in Excessive Force Case
-
California Unlawful Arrest and Excessive Force Nets $90,000
-
FTCA Claim Fails for Acts Committed Outside Scope of Actor’s Employment
-
Tenth Circuit Explains Sandin Standard to Determine Liberty Interests
-
False Imprisonment, False Arrest and Malicious Prosecution Claims Cognizable Under FTCA
-
County Pays $500,000 for Negligent Supervision of Probationer
-
$3.1 Million Awarded to FBI Informant's Family
-
Los Angeles County Pays $850,000 in Shooting Death of Suspect
-
Tenth Circuit Finds Colorado Administrative Segregation Placement Does Not Implicate Liberty Interest
-
$155,751 Award Against California Youthful Offender Parole Board Upheld
-
$1 Million Award in Murder for Hire Plot
-
Design of Prison Telephone Held Not To Infringe Patent
-
Second Circuit Reverses Fed.R.Civ.P. 4(m) Dismissal for Non-Service
-
Jail Strip-Search Cases: Patterns and Participants
by Margo Schlanger
-
Fifth Circuit Upholds Denial of Exercise for Year, Rejects Due Process Challenge to Placement in Lockdown
-
Florida Legislature Proposes Automatic Restoration of Felons’ Civil Rights
by David Reutter
-
Economic Crisis Prompts Prison Closures Nationwide, but Savings (and Reforms) are Elusive
by David Reutter
(p 1)
-
Illinois Governor Bases Prison Closure Decision on Politics
by Derick Limberg
(p 10)
-
Pennsylvania Prison Crowding, Parole Crisis Result in New Laws, Parole Suspension
by Matthew Clarke
(p 12)
-
From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 12)
-
Prisons Flush Drugs, Contaminate Water Supply
by Mark Wilson
(p 13)
-
Prisoner Self Care: Hypertension
by Michael D. Cohen, MD
(p 14)
-
Releasing The Disease: Is Overcrowded Cook County Jail Responsible For The Rise Of MRSA On The Outside?
by Kelly Virella
(p 18)
-
Illinois Guards Protest Prison’s Failure to Treat Scabies Outbreak
(p 21)
-
California Class-Action Suit Reinstates $1.5 Million Illegally Siphoned From County Jail Inmate Welfare Fund
by John Dannenberg
(p 22)
-
Court Monitor Criticized Care to Michigan Dialysis Treatment Afforded Prisoners
by David Reutter
(p 22)
-
California Juvenile Parolees Entitled to Two-Step Revocation Process; Case Settles
by John Dannenberg
(p 24)
-
Texas Prison Authority OK’s Illegal Use of Prison Labor, but PIE Contract Not Renewed
by Gary Hunter
(p 25)
-
Let Freedom Ring: A Collection of Documents from the Movements to Free U.S. Political Prisoners, by Matt Meyer
by Ian Head
(p 26)
-
California Female Parole Supervisor Awarded $859,000 for Gender Discrimination by Female Superior
(p 26)
-
Minnesota Sex Offenders’ Requisite Disclosure in Treatment Can Violate Fifth Amendment
(p 28)
-
BJS Report Finds 53% of Prisoners Are Parents
by Mark Wilson
(p 28)
-
CA Supreme Court Capitulates, Rewrites "Unworkable" 2005 Dannenberg Lifer Judicial Parole Review Standards
(p 30)
-
BJS Report Reveals Parole Supervision Characteristics
by Mark Wilson
(p 30)
-
Federal Prisoner’s §2241 Petition Dismissed for Non-Exhaustion; Prisoner Sought Sentence Reduction for Revealing Weapons
(p 31)
-
This Valentine’s Lingerie Is Brought to You By the Prison Industrial Complex
by Beth Schwartzapfel
(p 32)
-
Numerous Prison Systems Sign Up for Free Christian TV Programming
by Matthew Clarke
(p 33)
-
Massachusetts Suicide Prevention Procedures Found Lacking
by David Reutter
(p 34)
-
Colorado: When Suing Private Prison under Common Law Tort, Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies Not Required
(p 34)
-
Bureau of Justice Report on Sexual Violence in Juvenile Prisons
by Gary Hunter
(p 36)
-
BOP Amends Policy On Shackling Of Pregnant Prisoners
(p 36)
-
Thousands Sought Pardons or Commutations from Bush, but Few Were Fortunate
by Brandon Sample
(p 37)
-
$7.5 Million Fine Recommended in Florida Jail Phone Overcharges
by David Reutter
(p 38)
-
Indiana Law Requiring Former Prisoners to Consent to Search and Monitoring of Their Computers Held Unconstitutional
by Brandon Sample
(p 38)
-
California: Restitution Fine Unlawful for Accessory to Murder
(p 39)
-
Pennsylvania Contractor Prohibited from Using State and Federal Funds for Religious Purposes
by Bob Williams
(p 40)
-
Elected Judges More Punitive Just Before Elections
by Gary Hunter
(p 40)
-
$100,000 Settlement In Death of Diabetic California Prisoner
(p 41)
-
Felony Disenfranchisement Reforms Restore Voting Rights to 760,000
by Mark Wilson
(p 42)
-
Missouri Prisoner Wins $25,000 in Police Excessive Force Case; Attorney Fees Limited to $37,500 by PLRA
(p 42)
-
Texas, New Jersey Prison Staff Prosecuted for Cell Phone Smuggling
(p 43)
-
North Carolina Audit Finds Deficiencies in 
State-Funded Youth Programs
by Derick Limberg
(p 44)
-
Oregon Prison Chief’s Pay Raise Revoked; He Must Survive on Only $14,500 a Month
by Brandon Sample
(p 44)
-
Taliban Break 870 Prisoners Out of Afghan Prison
(p 45)
-
Conditions on Federal Death Row “Horrendous,” ACLU Finds
by Brandon Sample
(p 46)
-
Imprisoned Connecticut Politician Gets Special Privileges
by Matthew Clarke
(p 46)
-
Cornell Defrauded of $13 Million in Prison Construction Scam
(p 47)
-
Arizona DOC Deporting Prisoners to Save Money
by Gary Hunter
(p 48)
-
Suit Filed Over Minnesota Jail’s Secret Recording of Privileged Phone Calls
by Matthew Clarke
(p 48)
-
North Carolina DOC Pays $750,000 for Sex Between Guard and Female Prisoner
(p 49)
-
News in Brief:
(p 50)
-
$1.5 Million Settlement for CA Jail Prisoner’s Broken Leg
(p 52)
March
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$250,000 Settlement After Federal Prisoner Dies From Undiagnosed Heart Attack
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$45,000 Settlement For Refusal To Reset Federal Prisoner's Broken Wrist
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DOJ/EOIR: Secret Decision to Maintain Secret Immigration Courts
by Jacqueline Stevens
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Separate and Unequal Justice for Prisoners
by David C Fathi
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$678,505.67 Settlement After Federal Prisoner Dies From Misdiagnosed Cancer
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Federal Prisoner's Negligent Tumor Diagnosis Results In Partial Colon Loss
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Obama Administration Contends Prisoner Has No Right to DNA Testing
by David C Fathi
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$1,375 Settlement For 11 Days Excessive Federal Imprisonment
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$1.8 Million Award After Illinois Federal Prisoner's Suicide; Award Reversed On Appeal
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$15,000 Settlement For BOP's Abuse, Conspiracy Against Government Informant
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Beating Of Ex Federal Prisoner And Snitch Settles For $300,000
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Florida Federal Prisoner's Negligently Treated Seizures Result in Paralysis
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$250,000 Settlement After Federal Prison Bus Accident
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BOP Sued For Federal Prisoner's Negligent Blinding
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Washington DOC Guard's Pay Reduced For Inappropriate Conversations With Prisoners
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Negligent Federal Prisoner's Medical Care Leads To Permanent Hearing Loss
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Executing the Innocent?
by David C Fathi
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Florida Federal Prisoner Commits Suicide While Being Monitored
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Washington DOC Guard Fired For Physically Assaulting Supervisor
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Colorado Federal Prisoner's Pastoral Visit Denial Settles For $10,370
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Ted Stevens' Charges Dropped: A Tale of Two Justice Systems
by Joshua Holland
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Federal Prisoner Pays $150 filing Fee; Settles $303.10 Suit For $260
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Washington Guard Terminated For Exposing Prisoners' Crime Details
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Prison Nation
by David C Fathi
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BOP's Noncompliance With Parole Provisions Settles For $346.18
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32 Years on Death Row
by David C Fathi
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$500,000 Settlement After BOP Failed To Diagnose Employee's Tumor
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Federal Prisoner Beaten For Refusing To Testify Against Another Prisoner
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$10,000 Settlement After Colorado Federal Prisoner Beaten At Florence Facility
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$500 Settlement After Illinois Federal Prisoner Food Poisoned
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$7,500 Settlement After Colorado Federal Prisoner Beaten At Florence Facility
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Child's Fingertip Amputated After Guard's Negligence
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Colorado Federal Facility Segregation Suit Settles For $150
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Federal Prisoner's Lost Eyeglasses Suit Settles
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$750,000 Settlement for Colorado DOC Guard Death At Hands Of BOP Training Instructors
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Oxford Federal Facility Sticks Company For Two Thirds Of Recycling Bill
-
Pennsylvania Private Prison Construction Halted For Environmental Assessment
-
Civilian's Fall At Michigan Federal Prison Settles For $80,000
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Deconstructing Gus: A Former CCA Prisoner Takes On, and Takes Down, CCA’s Top Lawyer
by Paul Wright
(p 1)
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Online Postings Lead To Stiffer Sentences
by Brandon Sample
(p 13)
-
From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 14)
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GEO Cancels Contract at Pennsylvania Jail, Looks Elsewhere for Business
by David Reutter
(p 16)
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$295,000 Award to Wisconsin Prisoner in Moldy Mattress Case Reduced by Court
(p 17)
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Torture at Angola Prison: President Obama promises to close Guantanamo, but a court proceeding in Louisiana exposes brutality closer to home
by Jordan Flaherty
(p 18)
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Widespread Corruption in Private Halfway Houses
by Derick Limberg
(p 20)
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Dead Bodies at “Bodies” Exhibit May Be Executed Chinese Prisoners
by Gary Hunter
(p 21)
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Florida’s Juvenile Death Camps: A Painful Past Revisited
by David Reutter
(p 22)
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Prisoners Can Sue Virginia DOC’s Contract Medical Provider for Breach of Contract
(p 23)
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District of Columbia Rehabilitation Program Contractor Liable in Juvenile’s Death; $1,000,000 Verdict Upheld
by Bob Williams
(p 24)
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California Jail Restraint and Tasering Death Settles for $3 Million
(p 24)
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Oregon Jailer Avoids Prosecution for Online Assault Boast; Jail Employees Lose Internet Access
by Mark Wilson
(p 25)
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Supreme Court Holds Prosecutors Immune from Using False Snitch Testimony to Gain Wrongful Conviction
by John Dannenberg
(p 26)
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Hawaii Prisoner Awarded $15,000.50 for Slip and Fall
(p 26)
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Entire Texas Prison System Locked Down to Search for Phones; Prison Cell Phone Problem is Pandemic
by Matthew Clarke
(p 29)
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Ohio Court Releases Prisoners from Private Jail to Protect Them
(p 31)
-
CMS Contract Woes Persist in New Jersey, Arizona and Delaware
by David Reutter
(p 32)
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$2,925,000 in Recent Settlements Involving Maricopa County and Sheriff Joe Arpaio
by Matthew Clarke
(p 34)
-
Audit Faults New York Prison Oversight
by Mark Wilson
(p 36)
-
In the Shadow of San Quentin: An Interview with Prison Law Office Director Donald Specter
by Todd Matthews
(p 38)
-
Prisoners’ Guerrilla Handbook to Correspondence Programs in the U.S. and Canada, 3rd Edition, by Jon Marc Taylor and Susan Schwartzkopf
by Paul Wright
(p 38)
-
Federal Three-Judge Panel Issues Tentative Ruling To Reduce California’s Prison Population By Up To 57,000 In Three Years
by John Dannenberg
(p 40)
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$3.6 Million Settlement in Michigan Prisoner’s Segregation Cell Death
(p 41)
-
Selling Segregation
by Josh Rushing
(p 42)
-
California Appellate Court Grants Writ, Reverses Governor, Reinstates PLN Writer’s Grant of Parole
by Marvin Mentor
(p 44)
-
Reverend Sues, Wins Right to Register Alabama Prisoners to Vote
by David Reutter
(p 45)
-
Report Finds Increase in Michigan Prison Population Attributable to Political Policy Changes, Not Crime Increase
by David Reutter
(p 46)
-
Texas Parole Officials Caught Lying to Federal Court With Impunity
(p 46)
-
Maryland Prison Employees Strip Searched After False Alert by Drug Scanning Machine
by Derick Limberg
(p 48)
-
Georgia Judges, Other Officials Indicted on Corruption and Human Trafficking Charges
by David Reutter
(p 48)
-
News in Brief:
(p 50)
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Former Illinois Prison Director Convicted and Fined
(p 50)
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Washington Jury Awards $202,500 to Ex-Prisoner for Injuries from Top Bunk Fall
(p 52)
February
-
Indiana Prisoner Entitled to Seek Public Prison Records
-
Three-Judge Federal Court Compels California DOC to Produce Documents
-
American Service Group Sells Secure Pharmacy Plus to Maxor
-
$50,000 Settlement In Memphis Policeman's Training Injury
-
California Presentence Confinement Credit Not Applicable To Time On Bail
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$2,000 Settlement For Federal Prisoner's Lost Property And Legal Work
-
$5,000 Settlement For Leavenworth Guards' Unprovoked Beating Of Federal Prisoner
-
$185,000 Settlement For Man Needlessly Beaten By Seattle Police
-
BOP Medical Worker's Race Based Termination Suit Settles For $65,000
-
Federal Prisoner's Suit Settles For $1,500 after Falling From Bunk
-
Mississippi To Ensure Deaf Citizen's Right To Jury Participation
-
Civilians Replace Kitchen Guards At New York Correction Center
-
Federal Prisoner Sues For $1 Million After Being Raped By Guard
-
Montana Prison Settles Suit For Employees' Interrupted Lunch Breaks
-
BOP Offers $150,000 Settlement After Prisoner Was Raped By Guard
-
District Of Columbia Moultrie Courthouse Deemed Seriously Substandard
-
Nevada Seeks Non Judicial, Independent Appointment of Public Defenders
-
N.Y. Land Records' Denial Remanded For Privacy, Preparation Determination
-
California Assesses Retroactive Fees For Courthouse Construction
-
Nevada Revamps Rules Regarding Sealing And Redacting Court Records
-
N.Y. Affirms Multiple Accumulating DOC Disciplinary Proceedings For Same Incident
-
Montana Detention Center May Not House Out Of State, Federal Prisoners
-
FOIA Exemption for Personal Privacy Requires Factual Basis
-
$125,000 Settlement In BOP Guard Induced Prisoner's Death
-
California SVP Act Allows Indeterminate Department Of Health Commitment
-
California: 1st Degree Occupied Burglary Doesn’t Bar Working in Licensed Community Care Facilities
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$316,131 Settlement In Ex BOP Employee's Civil Rights Suit
-
$40,000 Settlement After BOP Employee Causes Automobile Accident
-
Fifth Circuit Overturns Texas Bail Bond Solicitation Restrictions
-
Muslim Prisoners Cannot be Forced to Handle Pork; Qualified Immunity Denied
-
$10,000 Settlement For Ex Federal Prisoner After Slipping In Water
-
Oregon Prohibits Public Individuals' Cause Of Action Elimination Absent Adequate Substitution
-
Allegedly Beaten Federal Prisoner Settles For $75; Pays § 1983 Filing Fee
-
$210,000 Settlement For Execution Of Dog By Richmond, California Police
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Sovereign Immunity Bars RFRA Damages in DC Circuit
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Alabama Prisoner Entitled to Hearing on Full Jail Credit
-
Dancing Prisoners: Why it isn't funny anymore
by Carlo Osi
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Federal "Relation Back" Doctrine Intended To Expand, Not Limit, Prisoners' Rights
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$11,000 Settlement For Failure To Treat Federal Prisoner's Hepatitis "C" Virus
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$20,000 Settlement After Citizen Falls At Federal Medical Center
-
$250,000 Settlement After LA Sheriff's Bullet Hits Innocent Bystander
-
Ohio Pays $552,500 For 13 Years Of Wrongful Imprisonment
-
Nassau County Attorney's Representation Of Assistant D.A. Terminated For Suspicion
-
California Prison Sentence Credits Based On Crime, Not Pleaded Offense
-
N.Y. Guards Remain In Nassau Correction Center Kitchens
-
Federal Officials' Refusal To Treat Prisoner's Severed Tendon Settles For $22,500
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Plaintiff Held Mostly Liable After Tort Action Against BOP Backfires
-
N.Y. Corrections Veteran Awarded $150,000 For Retaliation
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Pennsylvania Prison Official Settles Termination Lawsuit For Investigating Beating
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$12,773.46 Settlement After BOP Vehicle Rear Ends Motorist
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Seventh Circuit Upholds False Disciplinary Charges; Due Process Violation in Transfer to Supermax Voluntarily Dismissed
-
Ninth Circuit Upholds Admission of Statements to Police in Phone Conversation Absent Miranda Warning
-
Corruption in Orange County, CA Sheriff’s Department Revealed; Sheriff Resigns, Convicted on Criminal Charges
by Marvin Mentor
(p 1)
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Why Does Pennsylvania Have the Death Penalty? Still Asking
by Robert Zaller
-
California Court Security Maintenance Fee Held Retroactive, Not Punitive
-
From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 8)
-
Second Chance Act Signed Into Law, But Not Yet Funded
by Brandon Sample
(p 8)
-
Private Prison Companies Not Forthcoming About Immigration Detainee Deaths
(p 10)
-
BOP Suspends Use of Ion Spectrometry Drug Detection Devices
by Brandon Sample
(p 11)
-
Officials Agree To Cap Population at D.C. Jail
by Michael Rigby
(p 12)
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Sixth Circuit Upholds Partial Denial of Qualified Immunity for MI Jail Guards’ Failure to Protect Sex Offender; Case Settles for $190,000
(p 13)
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Jose Medellin Executed; Vienna Convention Controversy Lives On
by Matthew Clarke
(p 14)
-
Changes in Texas Parole Laws Violate Ex Post Facto Clause
by Matthew Clarke
(p 14)
-
Department of Justice Report on Prison Rape Elimination Act
by Matthew Clarke
(p 16)
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Fifth Circuit: § 1983 Nominal and Punitive Damages Allowed Absent Physical Injury
(p 16)
-
Notwithstanding Federal Healthcare Receiver, California Prisoners Can Still Use State Habeas Corpus to Redress Medical Complaints
(p 18)
-
Report Criticizes Conditions in U.S. Immigrant Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington
by David Reutter
(p 18)
-
Washington DOC Restarts Private Industry Prison Jobs Following State Constitutional Amendment
by John Dannenberg
(p 20)
-
Ohio Settles Actual Innocence Claim For $1,500,000
(p 21)
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Supreme Court of Canada: No Wage Loss Compensation While in Prison Caused by Sexual Assault by Staff
(p 22)
-
Alaskan Prisoner in Arizona Can Enforce CCA Contract
(p 22)
-
GAO Report Critical of BOP’s Methodology for Comparing Costs Between BOP and Private Facilities
by Brandon Sample
(p 24)
-
$400,000 Award in Failure to Protect Connecticut Suicidal Prisoner
(p 24)
-
BOP Agrees to Provide Wine to Prisoner for Religious Rituals
by Brandon Sample
(p 25)
-
Utah Sex Offender Internet Registry Statute Violates First Amendment
by Mark Wilson
(p 26)
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Nominal Damages for Atlanta Georgia Jail’s Ban on Magazines, Books and Newspapers
(p 26)
-
Texas Awards Prison Phone Contract
by Matthew Clarke
(p 27)
-
Alameda County, CA Settles Jail Suicide Suit for $800,000
(p 28)
-
Jury Awards Almost $900,000 to Dallas County Jail Stroke Victim
by Gary Hunter
(p 28)
-
Former California Prison Doctor Admits Negligence, Gets Probation; CDCR Medical Care Issues Still Unresolved
by John Dannenberg
(p 29)
-
More Damages, Costs & Attorney Fees Awarded in NH False Disciplinary Case
(p 30)
-
No Private Cause of Action for Businesses Complaining that Competitor Unfairly Used Prison Labor
by John Dannenberg
(p 30)
-
Writ Writer: One Man's Journey for Justice
by David Preston
(p 32)
-
Ex-Mayor Returned to Prison After Misleading BOP to Enter Drug Program
by Brandon Sample
(p 33)
-
Ninth Circuit: Orange County Jail PLRA Injunction May Not be Terminated as to Ongoing Violations
(p 34)
-
Prisoner Litigation Swamps California Eastern District Court; Ninth Circuit Recruits Other Judges to Help
by John Dannenberg
(p 34)
-
Kitsap County, Washington Jail Settles Public Records Act Suit for $125,000
(p 35)
-
Los Angeles Sheriff Department Report: Prisoner Lawsuits Slowed, But Payouts Grew
by John Dannenberg
(p 36)
-
Corpus Christi Pays $50,000 to Settle Jail Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim
(p 36)
-
Washington State Deputy Sheriff Not Entitled to Quasi-Judicial Immunity
(p 37)
-
Wisconsin Claims Board Awards Almost $110,000 for Wrongful Rape Conviction, Attorney Fees
(p 38)
-
Behavior Modification Training to Become Part of Washington State DOC
(p 38)
-
TDCJ Employee Wins $1,505,000 for Texas Prison System’s Failure to Accommodate
(p 38)
-
Class Action Disability Discrimination Suit Certified Against Cook County Jail in Illinois
(p 39)
-
Oregon Parolee Negligent Supervision Case Reinstated
(p 40)
-
$4.5 Million Settlement in New Jersey Jail Strip Search Lawsuit
(p 40)
-
Denial of Allocution Right on Supervised Release Resentencing Requires Remand
(p 41)
-
Governments, Not Prisoners, Must Pay Cost of Transporting Prisoner Witnesses
(p 42)
-
Transgender Idaho Prisoner Receives Hormone Therapy Pending Trial
(p 42)
-
Ohio DNA Specimen Law Ruled Not Retroactive
(p 44)
-
Unemployment Compensation Denied to Guard Who Failed to Stop Prisoner Assault
(p 44)
-
PLRA Requires Grievance Exhaustion for ADA/RA Claims
(p 45)
-
Sixth Circuit Outlines Exceptions to Heck Favorable-Termination Doctrine
(p 46)
-
California Sex Offender’s Probation Travel Restrictions Abated
by John Dannenberg
(p 46)
-
Washington Classification Reassessment Requires Notice and Hearing
(p 47)
-
Arbitrator Awards Hawaii Prisoner $7,500 for Injuries Sustained While Working in Kitchen
(p 47)
-
Kentucky Jails’ Seizure of Funds for Booking, Room and Board Fees Upheld
(p 48)
-
Pennsylvania Prisoner Appointed Counsel on Retaliation / MRSA Infection Claims
(p 48)
-
Retroactive Residency Restrictions for Missouri Sex Offenders Unconstitutional
by Matthew Clarke
(p 49)
-
Washington Prisoner Suit for “Prevailing Wages” from Private Employer Fails
by John Dannenberg
(p 50)
-
News in Brief:
(p 50)
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South Carolina Jail Pays Prisoners $80,000 for Failure to Prevent/Treat MRSA
(p 52)
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No Prison Guinea Pigs: President Obama Should Act Now To Ensure Prisoners Aren’t Used For Medical Research
by Allen M. Hornblum
(p 55)
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Deceased New York Prisoner Wins Barber/Cosmetology Licensing For Ex-Cons
(p 55)
-
$1.5 Million Settlement in Alabama Probation Officer's Sex Scandal
(p 2008)
January
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Residence Restriction On Federal Prisoner's Supervised Release Deemed Necessary
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California Thwarts Due Process In "Medically Disordered Offender" Post Release Commitment Trial
-
Denial of Counsel in Civil Case Prejudicial; Court Outlines Standard for Appointment
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Administrative Exhaustion “Yardstick” Under PLRA is Prison Grievance Procedures
-
Florida Lethal Injection Methods Revised
-
Seized Nebraska Evidence Ordered Returned After Charges Dismissed
-
Remedy for Failure to Give California Parole Violator Timely Revocation Hearing is Release from Custody
-
New Jersey Police's Negligent Duty Performance Induces City Liability
-
California Prisoner's Misdemeanor Battery Charge Statutorily Enhanced To Felony
-
Third Circuit Bars § 1983 Action For Untimely Release Under Heck
-
Death Sentence Substantiated By Psychologist's Court Ordered Testimony Of Confidential Statements
-
California Ex Deputy Sheriff's Incriminating Statements Not Protected Under POBRA
-
Delaware Prisoner’s Medical Claim Reinstated
-
L.A. Documents Ordered Produced Regarding False Arrest And Prosecution
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California Appellate Court Affirms Parole for Lifer Over Governor’s Objection
-
No Right to Appointed Counsel In Washington Marriage Dissolution Proceeding
-
§1915 "Three Strikes" Rule Precluding In Forma Pauperis Filing Not Unconstitutional
-
Illinois War Veteran Awarded Over $2 Million For Malicious Prosecution
-
100 Year Probation And Sex Offender Registration Stay Reversed As Erroneous
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Criminal Suspect Policeman's Photo And Address Not Protected From Press
-
Florida Lethal Injection Methods Revised
-
Iowa Court Holds Prison Chaplains At Taxpayer Expense Constitutional
-
Washington DOC Denied Qualified Immunity In Prisoner Beating
-
California Act Requires Three Drug Abuse Violations Before Parole, Probation Revocation
-
Child Support Obligation While Incarcerated Should Reflect Actual Earnings And Resources
-
Connecticut Police, City Liable For Withholding, Doctoring Evidence In False Arrest
-
Ruling On Represented Petitioners' Pro Se Motions Subject To Appellate Review
-
Non Violent Felons' DNA Collection On Supervised Release Held Constitutional
-
New York Ex Parolee's Discharge Reversed For Restitution Determination
-
Untreated Diabetic Los Angeles Jail Detainee May Sue for Failure to Provide Medical Care
-
California Appellate Court: “No Evidence” Supported Parole Denial for Triple Murderer
-
California Police Officer's Disciplinary Records Ordered Produced In Excessive Force Case
-
Vermont Orders Privacy vs. Public Interest Balancing In DOC Superintendent's Performance Evaluation Public Disclosure Request
by Bob Williams
-
Arkansas Juvenile Center Continues Violating Rights Despite 2003 Court Enforceable Agreement
by Bob Williams
-
Prisoner's Action Dismissed For Non Exhaustion; Remanded To Ascertain Officials' Interference
by Bob Williams
-
$500,000 Settlement In Shooting Death of Mentally Ill Individual
-
§ 1983 & Bivens Procedural Defaults Under § 1915 Must State Specificity For Dismissal
by Bob Williams
-
Religious Sincerity, Not Necessity, Satisfies Free Exercise Claim
-
Texas Guards Not Immune from Theft Liability Act Claim
-
Michigan Municipal Policy Creates § 1983 Liability Without Constitutional Violation By Agents
by Bob Williams
-
ACLU Says Federal Death Penalty Prosecutions Racially Biased
by Bob Williams
-
New Jersey State Audit Reports DOC Life Skills Program Contractually Noncompliant
by Bob Williams
-
$200,000 Verdict Awarded to Citizen Who Tripped and Fell on Jail Property
-
Vermont Orders Privacy vs. Public Interest Balancing In DOC Superintendent's Performance Evaluation Public Disclosure Request
by Bob Williams
-
$12,000,000 Awarded To family of Victim Allegedly Murdered by Convicted Felon
-
No Constitutional Violation For Wyoming Hermaphrodite's Ad Seg Placement
by Bob Williams
-
4 Year Statute of Limitations Applies to 1983 Claims Filed in Florida
-
PRISONERS’ RIGHTS: A REVIEW OF 35 YEARS OF FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE
-
Former New Hampshire Deputy Forced Non Compensated Labor On Prisoners
by Bob Williams
-
Illinois Prisoner Awarded Attorney Fees After Egregious DOC Records Denial
by Bob Williams
-
Federal Prisoner Eligible For Community Placement Despite BOP Regulations
by Bob Williams
-
Nevada DOC Psych Hearings Not Exempt From Suit As Judicial Proceedings
-
Dismissal with Prejudice Improper for Partially Exhausted Prisoner Civil Rights Complaint
-
Unnecessary Delay Of Probation Revocation Proceeding Unjustified Absent Timely Warrant
-
Virginia Guard Injured in Prison Transport Van Accident Settles for $200,000
-
Ohio Reformatory Liable For Loss Of Prisoner's Property
by Bob Williams
-
Pennsylvania Prisoners Remain On Death Row After Death Sentences Vacated
by Bob Williams
-
Federal Officials Raid Mushroom Farm Leaving Wyoming Prisoners "Spore" Losers
by Bob Williams
-
Colorado Federal Probationers' Employer Notification Requirement Not Occupational Restriction Under USSG
by Bob Williams
-
A true story that Oprah won't touch
-
Oregon DNA Law Not Unreasonable Search and Seizure
-
Dallas County Liable for Placing Suicidal Prisoner in Cell with Corded Phone
-
Ashcroft, Justice Department Campaign to Expand Capital Punishment
-
Michigan's "Setting Aside Convictions Act" Doesn't Exempt Sex Offender Registration Requirement
-
Sex Offender Treatment Parole Condition For Non Sex Offense Convictions Upheld Under Plain Error Standard On Appeal
by Bob Williams
-
Prisoners Exposed to Toxic Dust at UNICOR Recycling Factories
by Brandon Sample
(p 1)
-
Prisoner Transferred Under ICC May Sue Under Diversity Jurisdiction
-
Eighth Circuit Reverses PLRA Three-Strikes Ruling
-
DC Circuit Rejects Waiver of Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege
-
California: Arrestee Not Guilty of “Bringing” Drugs into Jail
-
Un-Mirandized Oregon Prison Disciplinary Statements Suppressed; Syringe is a “Weapon” Under Oregon Law
-
Medical Contractors Are Not State Employees Under Nebraska Law
-
No Liberty Interest in DC Parole
-
Sixth Circuit: Second Filing Fee Not Required for Re-Filed Complaint Due to Failure to Exhaust
-
Illegal Alien Not Required to Submit Dual Parole Plans in California
-
Substandard Pretrial Confinement Conditions Justify Downward Sentence Variance
-
Federal Court Orders California Parole Board to Set Lifer’s Term; Reversed on Appeal
-
Florida’s Impact Rule Exception Exists for Negligent Disclosure of HIV Test
-
Allegations of Contraband Smuggling, Sex and Corruption at Texas Prison
by Matthew Clarke
(p 6)
-
From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 6)
-
Organizing for Freedom: Resistance at Angola State Penitentiary, Louisiana’s Last Slave Plantation
by Jordan Flaherty
(p 8)
-
U.S. Homeland Security Illegally Drugged Immigrants for Deportation
by Gary Hunter
(p 10)
-
Connecticut DOC Settles Prisoner’s Brutal Beating By Ten Guards For $500,000
(p 11)
-
Multiple Incidents Indicate Florida Jail Has Culture of Abuse
(p 12)
-
Prisoners’ Death Rate Report Indicts Prison Medical Care by Implication
by David Reutter
(p 12)
-
Welcome to Fun Day: Crime and Punishment in the United States
by Marie Gottschalk
(p 14)
-
Cook County Jail Conditions Unconstitutional, Charges Department of Justice
by David Reutter
(p 16)
-
CMS Fails to Treat MRSA Infection; Florida Jail Prisoner Dies
(p 17)
-
Oregon Juvenile Facility Warden Indicted; Youth Authority Director Resigns
by Mark Wilson
(p 18)
-
Violence and Corruption at Rikers Island; Called a “Battle Camp for Kids”
by David Reutter
(p 20)
-
Former PHS Doctor Arrested on Drug Charges
(p 21)
-
Prison Health and Self-Care: MRSA
by Michael D. Cohen, MD
(p 22)
-
Cold Case Hits Use Vastly Exaggerated DNA “Match” Statistics; Upheld by California Supreme Court
by Matthew Clarke
(p 24)
-
$885,437.24 Award for CMS Massachusetts Jail Nurse Barred for Reporting Prisoner Abuse
(p 25)
-
Texas Prison Guard Files False Report, Faces 20 Years
by Gary Hunter
(p 26)
-
115,000 Florida Ex-Felons Have Civil Rights Restored Under New Rules
(p 26)
-
Los Angeles County Settles For $900,000 After Unattended Prisoner Savagely Beaten By Violent Jail Gang
(p 27)
-
Texas Prisoners Pay Parole Consultants Hefty Fees
(p 28)
-
TASER Avoids Liability in Three Deaths by Suing Medical Examiner
by John Dannenberg
(p 28)
-
$3,540,402.22 Jury Award In California Wrongful Conviction Case
(p 30)
-
PR Bonds Plummet in Harris County, Texas as Jail Overflows
by Gary Hunter
(p 30)
-
Nurse Pleads Guilty in Death of Florida Juvenile Prisoner
(p 31)
-
Ohio Court Finds Three-Drug Execution Protocol Violates Prisoners’ State Rights
(p 32)
-
Florida Prison Employees Awarded $630,000 for Subjection to Prisoner “Gunners”
(p 32)
-
Demonstrators Supporting Guantanamo Prisoners in Front of U.S. Supreme Court Found Guilty of Unlawful Assembly
(p 33)
-
$170,000 Jury Verdict in Sacramento Jail Beating
(p 34)
-
Costs for San Quentin’s Proposed New Death Row Spiral Upward
by John Dannenberg
(p 34)
-
Washington State’s Criminal Libel Statute Held Unconstitutional; Prisoner Disciplinary Conviction Vacated
by John Dannenberg
(p 36)
-
Florida Sheriff Sued for Awarding No-Bid Health Care Contract, Receiving Gifts
(p 36)
-
Civil Commitment Provisions of Adam Walsh Act Held Unconstitutional
(p 37)
-
PHS Receives Three-Year $366 Million Rikers Island Medical Care Contract Renewal Despite Non-Performance Fines for Last Three Years
by John Dannenberg
(p 38)
-
Washington Jail Remodel Violated State Law, at a Cost of $51.6 million
by Mark Wilson
(p 38)
-
Michigan Escape is Not “Violent Felony” for ACCA Purposes
(p 39)
-
$7 Million in Settlements in Colorado Jail Prisoner’s Death from Medical Negligence
by David Reutter
(p 40)
-
Jail Nurse Guilty of Forging Doctor’s Order; Forged Orders Common Jail Practice
by Mark Wilson
(p 40)
-
Ohio Jail Guard’s Excessive Force Conviction Affirmed
(p 41)
-
Will California’s $11 Billion Prison Outlay Survive State Budget Cuts?
by Marvin Mentor
(p 42)
-
$1,100,000 Settlement in Juvenile Prisoner Suicide in Union County, New Jersey
(p 42)
-
Second Circuit Recognizes Attorney-Client Privilege in Prisoner’s Journal in Prosecution of Rapist Guard
(p 43)
-
Rape of Child by Former Washington DOC Director’s Son Spawns Departmental Crisis
by John Dannenberg
(p 44)
-
Ex-Con Exposed – Had Posed as a Lawyer
by John Dannenberg
(p 44)
-
$5 Million Settlement For Illegal Strip Searches In Las Cruces, NM Jail
(p 45)
-
New Jersey Court Enters Preliminary Injunction Barring Women Prisoners at Men’s Prison
(p 46)
-
PEW Report: 1 in 99 Adult Americans Behind Bars In 2007
by John Dannenberg
(p 46)
-
$7,025 Award in Slip and Fall From Ohio Prison Bunk
(p 47)
-
Maryland DOC Pays $500,000 for Detainee Beaten to Death By Guards
(p 47)
-
Beleaguered Oregon Sheriff Steps Down
by Mark Wilson
(p 48)
-
Georgia Sheriff Must Give Revenue from Prisoner Phone Calls to County
by David Reutter
(p 48)
-
Violence at Oklahoma Prisons Leaves Two Dead, Twenty-Five Injured
by Matthew Clarke
(p 49)
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News in Brief:
(p 50)
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Sixth Circuit Now Permits § 1983 Complaint to Proceed Even If Prisoner Did Not Initially Plead Exhaustion Below
(p 52)