MTWT - Lucy | February 28, 2009
With all the cheery news of corrupt politicians, a reader asked whether convicted politicians lose their pensions?
Not in Nevada.
When Dario Herrera, Mary Kincaid-Chauncey, Erin Kenny and Lance Malone get out of prison, they will still qualify for their pensions. Can’t tell you how much money that will be because the Nevada Public Employees Retirement System [read more...]
MTWT - Lucy | February 28, 2009
Inmates within the state’s maximum-security prison at Ely are being deprived of adequate medical attention, federal public defenders Gary Taylor and Michael Pescetta told a Nevada legislative committee last week.
The two gave these examples:
There was no doctor at the prison, which is holding 1,068 inmates, during a recent two-month period.
The previous prison doctor was [read more...]
MTWT - Lucy | February 28, 2009
“The last medical doctor on staff Ely, Dr. Steven MacArthur, was an obstetrician-gynecologist overseeing the medical care of 1,000 male inmates.”
We’re going to tell you the story of Patrick Cavanaugh, a 60-year old inmate at the Ely State Prison in Ely, Nev.
Patrick was an insulin-dependent diabetic who was imprisoned at Ely for two [read more...]
Editor - Lisa | February 27, 2009
Dr. William Noel calls the medical care at Ely State Prison the “grossest possible medical malpractice, and the most shocking and callous disregard for human life and human suffering that I have ever encountered in the medical profession in my 35- years of practice.” He believes that the system of health care delivery at [read more...]
MTWT - Lucy | February 27, 2009
Prison officials have put two employees on administrative leave as part of an investigation into a leak of confidential information.
Director of Corrections Howard Skolnik said the investigation centers on an unauthorized release of private information from the file of at least one inmate. He said state law provides that certain information about inmates is confidential [read more...]
MTWT - Lucy | February 27, 2009
Prison Director Skolnik says he disagrees with findings
The American Civil Liberties Union followed up Friday on an earlier report claiming “gross medical abuse” at Nevada’s maximum-security Ely State Prison, urging prison administrators to avoid a drawn-out legal battle by agreeing to reforms.
The ACLU, in a letter to state Corrections Director Howard Skolnik, said a draft [read more...]
MTWT - Lucy | February 27, 2009
Dr. Steven MacArthur, allegedly canceled all medication for Lisle, saying that if he did have a blood clot he “hoped (Lisle) would die from it,” the public defenders’ motion alleges. MacArthur insisted that the symptoms were “in his head,” according to the motion.
A death row inmate at Ely State Prison with a reported history of [read more...]
MTWT - Lucy | February 27, 2009
The Kirstin Lobato Case
On August 28th, 2002 in Las Vegas, Nevada a woman named Kirstin Lobato was sentenced to life in prison. She was the victim of an attempted rape in May 2001, and had [read more...]
MTWT - Lucy | February 27, 2009
On May 9th 1988, there was an armed robbery and rape at the Sparks, NV Payless Shoe Store. About 2 weeks after the crime occurred, my brother, Nolan Klein, walked past the shoe store. Bridgette Sloane, one of the employees, saw Nolan walk by and commented to a customer, “He looks like the guy who [read more...]
MTWT - Lucy | February 27, 2009
The fate of the state’s head of corrections will be voted on at the next meeting of the Board of Prison Commissioners, in an action that will test the power of the governor versus the three-member policy board.
Secretary of State Ross Miller said he will put an item on the next Board of Prisons meeting [read more...]
MTWT - Lucy | February 27, 2009
Greg Smith, whose 22 years working in Nevada’s prison system has included stints as an administrator and public information officer, has been named acting warden of Nevada State Prison.
Smith replaces Bill Donat, a state Corrections Department staffer since 1976, who will retire Jan. 30.
Donat was praised by Corrections Director Howard Skolnik for helping to meet [read more...]
MTWT - Lucy | February 27, 2009
Note: We are almost positive this is not the real reason for this retirement. We don’t understand how one can step down to cut cost to only add a another one in his place. Everyone knows a prison can’t be run without a “Warden”.
Bill Donat, warden of the old Nevada State Prison which Gov. [read more...]
MTWT - Lucy | February 27, 2009
Mr. Egberto has informed his attorney that he is ending his hunger strike. He wants to thank everyone who supported him with cards, calls, emails and letters. He did not want to give up without getting his cane back, but the hunger strike was upsetting his family too much. With his other health problems his [read more...]
MTWT - Lucy | February 27, 2009
Dear Senators,
I realize that this is an unusual request, but I am asking you to please look into the case of Rickey Egbetro, an inmate at Nevada State Prison.
In 2006, he was forced to file a lawsuit because he was in excruciating pain due to herniated discs. The NDOC’s refusal to treat him has [read more...]
MTWT - Lucy | February 27, 2009
Lt. Henley of Nevada State Prison (the same Lt. who failed to control the officers who beat the handicapped heart patient) has now decided that the Supreme Court Rulings on religious freedom and the Constitution of the United States are not good enough for him.
He is disciplining a Native American inmate for burning sage, which [read more...]
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