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Davis et al v. Abercrombie et al, HI, Declaration - Manley, CCA religious discrimination denial retaliation, 2013
Brief • March 11, 2013
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, RLUIPA, Denial of Religious Services, Religious Practices
Davis et al v. Abercrombie et al, HI, Declaration - Manley, CCA religious discrimination denial retaliation, 2013 Case 1:11-cv-00144-LEK-BMK Document 247-2 Filed 03/11/13 Page 1 of 3 4849 PageID #: IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF HAWAII RICHARD KAPELA DAVIS, TYRONE GALDONES, MICHAEL HUGHES, DAMIEN KAAHU, …
Davis et al v. Abercrombie et al, HI, Declaration - Gluck, CCA religious discrimination denial retaliation, 2013
Brief • March 11, 2013
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, RLUIPA, Denial of Religious Services, Religious Practices
Davis et al v. Abercrombie et al, HI, Declaration - Gluck, CCA religious discrimination denial retaliation, 2013 Case Document198-1 247-9 Filed Filed 10/22/12 03/11/13 Page Page11ofof35 PagelD PageID#:#: Case 1:11-cv-00144-LEK-BMK 1:11-cv-00144-LEK-BMK Document 4133 4871 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAII RICHARD KAPELA DAVIS, MICHAEL CIV. …
Davis et al v. Abercrombie et al, HI, Declaration - Vinhaca, CCA religious discrimination denial retaliation, 2013
Brief • March 11, 2013
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, RLUIPA, Denial of Religious Services, Religious Practices
Davis et al v. Abercrombie et al, HI, Declaration - Vinhaca, CCA religious discrimination denial retaliation, 2013 Case 1:11-cv-00144-LEK-BMK Document 247-27 Filed 03/11/13 Page 1 of 2 4919 PageID #: IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRlCT COURT FOR THE DISTRlCT OF HAWAII RlCHARD KAPELA DAVIS, TYRONE GALDONES, MICHAEL HUGHES, DAMIEN KAAHU, …
Davis et al v. Abercrombie et al, HI, Declaration - Galdones, CCA religious discrimination denial retaliation, 2013
Brief • March 11, 2013
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, RLUIPA, Denial of Religious Services, Religious Practices
("Saguaro") in Eloy, Arizona. Case 1:11-cv-00144-LEK-BMK Document 247-11 Filed 03/11/13 Page 2 of 4 4881 PageID #: 4. It is my understanding that Saguaro is a private prison run by the Corrections ...
Davis et al v. Abercrombie et al, HI, Plf Mot for PO, CCA religious discrimination denial retaliation, 2013
Brief • March 11, 2013
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, RLUIPA, Denial of Religious Services, Religious Practices
Davis et al v. Abercrombie et al, HI, Plf Mot for PO, CCA religious discrimination denial retaliation, 2013 Case 1:11-cv-00144-LEK-BMK Document 247 Filed 03/11/13 Page 1 of 4 4814 PageID #: NATIVE HAWAIIAN LEGAL CORPORATION 1164 Bishop Street, Suite 1205 Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 Telephone: (808) 521-2302 Fax: (808) 537-4268 SHARLA …
Davis et al v. Abercrombie et al, HI, Memo Motion, CCA religious discrimination denial retaliation, 2013
Brief • March 11, 2013
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, RLUIPA, Denial of Religious Services, Religious Practices
Davis et al v. Abercrombie et al, HI, Memo Motion, CCA religious discrimination denial retaliation, 2013 Case 1:11-cv-00144-LEK-BMK Document 247-1 Filed 03/11/13 Page 1 of 31 4818 PageID #: IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF HA WAIl RICHARD KAPELA DAVIS, TYRONE GALDONES, MICHAEL HUGHES, DAMIEN KAAHU, …
Davis et al v. Abercrombie et al, HI, Declaration - Hughes, CCA religious discrimination denial retaliation, 2013
Brief • March 11, 2013
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, RLUIPA, Denial of Religious Services, Religious Practices
Davis et al v. Abercrombie et al, HI, Declaration - Hughes, CCA religious discrimination denial retaliation, 2013 Case 1:11-cv-00144-LEK-BMK Document 247-17 Filed 03/11/13 Page 1 of 4 4896 PageID #: IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF HA WAIl RICHARD KAPELA DAVIS, CIVIL NO. 11-00144 LEKlBMK MICHAEL …
Hawaii AG Study Confirms Ineffectiveness of Mainland Private Prisons
Article • November 15, 2012 • from PLN November, 2012
Filed under: Classification, Out of State Transfers, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic
Hawaii AG Study Confirms Ineffectiveness of Mainland Private Prisons by Joe Watson Academic researchers in Hawaii believe that exiling offenders to private prisons thousands of miles away ...
Davis et al v. Abercrombie et al, HI, Letter to Gluck ACLU re legal mail, CCA inmate mail policy, 2009
Brief • October 16, 2012
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Retaliation, Mail Regulations, Legal Mail
Davis et al v. Abercrombie et al, HI, Letter to Gluck ACLU re legal mail, CCA inmate mail policy, 2009 Case 1:11-cv-00144-LEK-BMK Document 191-4 3785 Filed 10/16/12 Page !' f,. 1 of 2 "'- r' 'I \ LL\'IH LINGLE GOVERNOR ('" PageID #: j etA YTON A. FRANI( DIRECTOR DAVID …
Davis et al v. Abercrombie et al, HI, Certificate of Service - ACLU, CCA religious discrimination denial retaliation, 2012
Brief • October 16, 2012
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, RLUIPA, Denial of Religious Services, Religious Practices
at their last known addresses: Served Electronically through CM/ECF: Leinaala L. Ley leley@nhlchi.org Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation 1164 Bishop Street Ste 1205 Honolulu, HI 96813 (808) 521-2302 Sharla Ann ...
Davis et al v. Abercrombie et al, HI, Motion for Leave to file Amicus Brief and Declaration - ACLU, CCA religious discrimination denial retaliation, 2012
Brief • October 16, 2012
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, RLUIPA, Denial of Religious Services, Religious Practices
Davis et al v. Abercrombie et al, HI, Motion for Leave to file Amicus Brief and Declaration - ACLU, CCA religious discrimination denial retaliation, 2012 Case 1:11-cv-00144-LEK-BMK Document 191 Filed 10/16/12 Page 1 of 3 3759 PageID #: DANIEL M. GLUCK #7959 LOIS K. PERRIN #8065 LAURIE A. TEMPLE #8716 …
Davis et al v. Abercrombie et al, HI, Proposed Amicus Brief - ACLU, CCA religious discrimination denial retaliation, 2012
Brief • October 16, 2012
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, RLUIPA, Denial of Religious Services, Religious Practices
Davis et al v. Abercrombie et al, HI, Proposed Amicus Brief - ACLU, CCA religious discrimination denial retaliation, 2012 Case 1:11-cv-00144-LEK-BMK Document 191-2 Filed 10/16/12 Page 1 of 16 #: 3766 DANIEL M. GLUCK #7959 LOIS K. PERRIN #8065 LAURIE A. TEMPLE #8716 ACLU OF HAWAII FOUNDATION P.O. Box 3410 …
HRDC Files Suit on Behalf of Family of Hawaii Prisoner Murdered at CCA Facility
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), PLN Litigation
organization of Prison Legal News) and the ACLU of Hawaii, represents the Nunuha family. “Private prisons are known to have higher levels of violence due to understaffing and high staff turnover that result ...
Davis et al v. Abercrombie et al, HI, Complaint, CCA religious discrimination denial retaliation, 2011
Brief • November 14, 2011
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, RLUIPA, Denial of Religious Services, Religious Practices
Hawaiian religious practitioners who have been incarcerated under the laws of the State of Hawaii, but are currently serving their terms of sentence in for-profit private prisons under various governmental ...
Hawaii State Auditor Blasts Private Prison Contracting; State Renews Contract Anyway
Article • August 15, 2011 • from PLN August, 2011
Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic
Hawaii State Auditor Blasts Private Prison Contracting; State Renews Contract Anyway by On December 29, 2010, the State Auditor of Hawaii released a report highly critical of the way ...
Davis et al v. Abercrombie et al, HI, Order denying Def Mot to Transfer Venue, CCA religious discrimination denial retaliation, 2011
Brief • May 27, 2011
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, RLUIPA, Denial of Religious Services, Religious Practices
Davis et al v. Abercrombie et al, HI, Order denying Def Mot to Transfer Venue, CCA religious discrimination denial retaliation, 2011 Case 1:11-cv-00144-LEK -BMK Document 28 Filed 05/27/11 Page 1 of 27 657 PageID #: IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF HAWAII RICHARD KAPELA DAVIS; et …
$9,000 Award for Hawaiian Prisoners Bitten By Dogs at Oklahoma CCA Prison
Article • July 15, 2009 • from PLN July, 2009
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Industries, Prison Labor, Workplace Injury, Work Conditions/Safety, Excessive Force, Dogs
bitten by dogs while incarcerated at a private prison in Oklahoma. Jonathan K. Lum, John Daffron and Frank Frisbee are Hawaiian state prisoners who were incarcerated at the Diamond Back Correctional ...
Sexual Abuse by Prison and Jail Staff Proves Persistent, Pandemic
Article • May 15, 2009 • from PLN May, 2009
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Cornell Corrections, GRW Corp., Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution
and Jacqueline Overturf, were being held at the Brush Correctional Facility, a private prison operated by GRW Corp., when they were sexually assaulted by prison guard Russell E. Rollison. They filed a lawsuit ...
No Room in Prison? Ship Em Off Prisoners have become unwitting pawns in a lowest-bidder- gets-the-convict shuffle game
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Esmor/CSC, Staffing, Rehabilitation/Recidivism
restaurant wages, according to Ken Kopczynski, executive director of Private Corrections Institute (PCI), a prison watchdog group. This is a major issue, says Kopczynski. The private prison companies have ...
CCA Fineable in New Contracts With Colorado and Hawaii
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Staffing
in private prisons is of special interest to Hawaiian officials. Half of Hawaiis state prisoners--a total of about 1,850--are incarcerated in private prisons in Arizona, Kentucky, Mississippi and Oklahoma ...
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