MTWT - Chris | July 10, 2009
Update on Dewey Jones
We are constantly hearing from the news media that the prisons are understaffed and underfunded. Other states are looking at solutions to the massive prison building expansion of the last decades. One such solution is to release nonviolent offenders who are nearing their out date or to release people who could have [read more...]
MTWT - Chris | April 3, 2009
MTWT CALLS ON THE ACLU TO ADD ALL INMATES CONFINED TO NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO THEIR CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT.
In a recent post from Sister of an Inmate we have told you of the plight of her brother Dewey Jones. His spine was crushed while working within the NDOC as an inmate. Since then, [read more...]
MTWT - Chris | April 2, 2009
There are at least six other inmates for whom autopsy results are still pending . Where are the reports? What are the causes of their deaths? And where are the reporters at The Ely times who should be following up on these deaths? If you would like to see an article about this death please [read more...]
MTWT - Lucy | April 1, 2009
A federal judge in Nevada on Tuesday certified class action status for a lawsuit filed by inmates who claim inadequate medical care at Ely State Prison constitutes cruel and unusual punishment and civil rights violations.
In his 14-page order, U.S. District Judge Larry Hicks appointed attorneys with the American Civil Liberties Union to represent “all prisoners [read more...]
MTWT - Lucy | March 28, 2009
On March 24, 2009, Federal Judge Larry Hicks granted in small part and denied in huge part, Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss the case brought by Cavanaugh’s family against defendants E.K. McDaniel, Debra Brooks, Theodore D’Amico (former NDOC medical director), Robert Bannister (current NDOC medical director), Steven MacArthur, Max Carter (former physician’s assistant [read more...]
MTWT - Lucy | March 27, 2009
March 27, 2009
A judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit alleging prison and medical staff deliberately withheld medical treatment from the former manager of the Coasters music group, leading to his slow and painful death from gangrene while on death row in Ely.
U.S. District Judge Larry Hicks, in an order filed Tuesday in Reno, said [read more...]
MTWT - Lucy | March 24, 2009
The United States holds tens of thousands of inmates in long-term solitary confinement. Is this torture?
Note: This is an article that was published in The New Yorker March 2009. It doesn’t really speak of Nevada Prisons specifically, but it does hit home as to the conditions behind the walls of prisons here. Take Ely State [read more...]
MTWT - Lucy | March 19, 2009
By Coyote Sheff
In prison one of the first things a convict learns is not to judge dudes by what they say but by what they do, because anybody could say anything and make it sound really beautiful too, but when it comes down to it a lot of these dudes talk a good game, but [read more...]
MTWT - Lucy | March 14, 2009
In the post: Can a Nevada prison sentence become a death sentence? We think, yes, it can we stated that we would post the list of inmates that has died in the care of the NDOC from 2000-2007. Below you will find that information and as stated there are some errors located within, but [read more...]
Editor - Lisa | March 11, 2009
If you cannot come to the meeting but would like to submit a comment to the commissioners, email sosexec@sos.nv.gov
The assistant to the Secretary of State Ross Miller will add your comments to the permanent record of the meeting and make sure that all participants receive a copy of your comment.
Author: Mercedes Maharis MA MS MA
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Editor - Lisa | March 10, 2009
The sister of this inmate has been struggling to get some attention for her brother who is seriously injured at Stewart Conservation Camp. Karen Walsh, Medical Administrator contacted the sister. Ms Walsh was rude and hostile and told the sister that she was “incorrect about everything.” However, all the information the sister has comes directly [read more...]
Editor - Lisa | March 7, 2009
This letter is to inform you of a incident of a sexual assault which took place at Ely State Prison on May 14, 2008. After making a written complaint on a staff member (Y.Z.) who was making threats of physical violence toward me, I was told to pack my property for a cell change.
Sometime [read more...]
Editor - Lisa | March 6, 2009
Editor’s Note
In doing some research I came across this information posted on a website. If anyone has any information on the death of Joseph Biondi, please click on the contact us link at the top of the page and contact editor.
I was researching my ex-husband’s death, as I needed the information for the Veterans Administration. [read more...]
MTWT - Lucy | March 6, 2009
A 60-year-old insulin-dependent inmate at a Nevada state prison was not given insulin for more than three years, resulting in his suffering a long, agonizing death from untreated gangrene of his lower limbs, according to a lawsuit filed by his family.
Elizabeth Ann Dougherty and Patrick Cavanaugh Jr. filed the lawsuit on behalf of the estate [read more...]
MTWT - Lucy | March 5, 2009
When Nevada death row inmate Charles Randolph asked for a specific medicine to address his heart condition earlier this year, Max Carter, the prison’s physician assistant, sent a curt reply: The medication was the wrong kind and potentially lethal, but he would be happy to prescribe it “so that your chances of expiring sooner are [read more...]
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