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South Dakota: Prisoner May Enforce Third-Party Kosher Meal Obligation

Article • January 15, 2010 • from PLN January, 2010

Filed under: Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Settlements, State Law Claims, Standing, Parties, Immunity/Liability, Contractor Liability, Sovereign Immunity, Religious Diet

South Dakota: Prisoner May Enforce Third-Party Kosher Meal Obligation by The South Dakota Supreme Court has ruled that a state prisoner can bring a third-party beneficiary claim to enforce a settlement agreement between the South Dakota Department of Corrections (DOC) and another prisoner. Charles E. Sisney, a DOC prisoner, filed …

Deadly Nostalgia: The Politics of Boot Camps

Article • March 15, 2001 • from PLN March, 2001

Filed under: Private Prisons, Racial Discrimination, Boot Camps, Strip Cells, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Damages, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Deadly Nostalgia: The Politics of Boot Camps by Christian Parenti The short, stout eighth grader Gina Score, was never much of an athlete. But that didn't matter to the staff at South Dakota's Plankinton boot camp for girls, where militarystyle discipline and calisthenics were the modus operandi and, as staff …