×
You've used up your 3 free articles for this month. Subscribe today.
Texas Deputy Pays Price for Testifying
Loaded on March 15, 2001
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2001, page 12
Without the testimony of former Bexar County (TX) Jail guard Linda Grady, one of her former colleagues would never have been indicted for striking a prisoner, prosecutors say. As it was, Charles Mizell was convicted June 8, 2000 on one count each of official oppression and violating a person's civil ...
Filed under:
Misconduct/Corruption,
Guard Misconduct,
Jail Misconduct,
Retaliation against Staff,
Criminal Prosecution,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Restraints.
Location:
Texas.
Full article and associated cases available to subscribers.
As a digital subscriber to Prison Legal News, you can access full text and downloads for this and other premium content.
Already a subscriber? Login
More from this issue:
- Deadly Nostalgia: The Politics of Boot Camps, by Christian Parenti
- Riot at CCA Prison Hospitalizes 15 Guards, by Gary Hunter
- FTCA, Bivens Claims in Beating Suit Proceed in Bifurcated Trial
- The Spirit of Freedom and Resistance, Long Kesh Prison Closed, by Julia Lutsky
- Cook County Deputies Charged in Beating Death
- BOP Organ Transplant Ban Questioned
- U.S. Isolates Political Prisoners, by Ronald Young
- Feds Continue Abuse of El-Hage
- WA DOC Sells Prisoner Information
- The Continuing Saga of Corruption in the New York State Parole System
- Texas Deputy Pays Price for Testifying
- Jail Term for DUI Turns into Death Sentence
- Texas Death Machine Faces Renewed Criticism
- Wildfires Highlight Cheapness of Prisoner Lives
- Ad Seg States Claim, But Loses on Merits
- Lorton Conditions Unconstitutional
- Colorado Prisoner Challenges 'Sex Offender' Label
- BOP Possession Offense Requires Specific Intent
- Permanent Injunction Granted for Kosher Diets
- SHU Should Be Compared to Conditions Experienced by All Prisoners
- Consent No Defense For Guard Accused of Raping Prisoner
- Court May Reduce Post-Judgement Attorney's Fees Rate and Billable Hours
- NJ Prisoners Entitled to Cross Examine Witnesses
- "The Judge Gave Me Ten Years--He Didn't Sentence Me to Death", by Anne-Marie Cusac
- Oregon Compelled Parole Statute Not Retroactive
- Improperly Installed Bunks State 8th Amendment Claim
- Second Circuit Holds That Gang Member Designation Regulation is Not Ex Post Facto
- PLRA Doesn't Apply to Civil Commitments
- News in Brief
- $1.18 Million in Santa Clara Co. Sexual Assault/Harassment Suit
- New York Prayer Rule Struck Down
- Federal Religious Freedom Law Passed
More from these topics:
- Now Under Federal Receivership, New York City’s Rikers Island Jails Still Have No Plan to Improve, No Firm Date to Close, Aug. 1, 2025. Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Corrections Audits, Systemic Medical Neglect, Medical Records, Eighth Amendment.
- Suit Filed Over Fatal Beating of New York Prisoner That Sparked Massive Guard Strike, Aug. 1, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Failure to Treat, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Excessive Force (Wrongful Death).
- Tenth Circuit Ruling Paves Way for $2.7 Million Settlement for Intellectually Disabled Jail Detainee Raped by Sheriff, Aug. 1, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Jail Misconduct, Americans with Disabilities Act.
- News in Brief, Aug. 1, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Male Reproductive, Malpractice, Escapes, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Juvenile Prisons, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bribery/Extortion/Theft.
- Ninth Circuit Agrees That Former Guantanamo Detainee Lacks Grounds to Sue for Waterboarding, Aug. 1, 2025. War on Terror, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Terrorism.
- Former Maine Prison Guard Arrested and Detained by ICE Agents, Aug. 1, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Guards/Staff, Immigration Law/Offenses.
- $6.75 Million Settlement Reached in Suit Accusing Massachusetts Guards of Retaliatory Assaults on Prisoners, Aug. 1, 2025. Racial Discrimination, Retaliation, Guard Brutality/Beatings.
- Multiple Prisoner Suits Accuse Guards of Violence at Virginia BOP Lockup, Aug. 1, 2025. Racial Discrimination, False Charges (Disciplinary Hearings), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Discrimination (Transgender).
- SCOTUS Clamps Down on Bivens Extension to Prisoner Beaten by BOP Guards at Virginia Lockup, Aug. 1, 2025. Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified, Bivens Actions.
- Former Oregon Prison Guard Sergeant Sentenced for Sexually Abusing Imprisoned Women, Aug. 1, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Failure to Protect (General), Guard Brutality/Beatings.