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No Interlocutory Appeal for Good Faith Defense

Article • September 15, 2001 • from PLN September, 2001

Filed under: Private Contractors, Civil Procedure, Defenses, Appeals, Qualified Immunity, Contractor Liability

No Interlocutory Appeal for Good Faith Defense by The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that the requirements of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) do not apply to properly characterized habeas corpus petitions under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2241, 2254, or 2255, finding that those actions are not …

Environmental Concerns Halt Construction of Pennsylvania Prison

Article • September 15, 2001 • from PLN September, 2001

Filed under: Cornell Corrections, Conditions of Confinement, Environmental Law, Administrative Procedures Act (Federal)

by the end of 2001, and all prisoners there transferred to federal or privately operated prisons. One of the resulting private prisons has been contracted by the BOP for construction by Houston based ...

Detainees Have Right to be Vermin Free

Article • April 15, 1994 • from PLN April, 1994

Filed under: CMS, Medical, Medication, Bedding, Vermin, Exposure to Heat, Limitations, Contractor Liability

Detainees Have Right to be Vermin Free by Two federal pretrial detainees housed under contract in the Allegheny County Jail (ACJ) in Pennsylvania sued jail officials for a wide variety of ailments affecting jail prisoners. Among the issues they filed suit on were: inadequate ventilation, extreme temperatures, excessive noise, use …

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