$6,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Injured During Transport
by David M. Reutter
Corrections Corporation of America paid $6,000 to settle a claim that a prisoner was injured during a transport from Silverdale Detention Center in Tennessee. The settlement came following a demand letter from attorney Bill Pemerton.
The letter stated ...
$5,000 Settlement for Harmful Treatment at CCA Tennessee Prison
by David M. Reutter
Corrections Corporation of America paid $5,000 to settle a lawsuit claiming it caused harm to Silverdale Detention Center prisoner Angela Mooney.
The July 30, 2009 settlement agreement does not detail the total factual scenario, but states that ...
$3,750 Settlement for CCA Prisoner in Failure to Treat Suit
by David M. Reutter
Corrections Corporation of America paid $3,750 to settle a prisoner’s civil rights action alleging he was denied adequate medical care at the Hardeman County Correctional Facility (HCCF) in Tennessee.
Prior to entering HCCF, prisoner Gary Oelrich ...
$3,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner in Slip and Fall
by David M. Reutter
Corrections Corporation of America paid $3,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging a prisoner slipped and fell in her cell at the Hamilton County Workhouse.
Prisoner Kelia Robinson alleged that the ceiling in her cell had multiple leaks ...
$1,500 Settlement for CCA Prisoner in Slip and Fall Suit
by David M. Reutter
Corrections Corporation of America paid $1,500 to settle a lawsuit involving a slip and fall at the Silverdale Workhouse. While walking down a hallway on the way to church on May 8, 2005, prisoner Shirley Hambrick ...
$35,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Forced to Act as Guard’s Gladiator
by David M. Reutter
Corrections Corporation of America paid $35,000 to settle a lawsuit that alleged guards forced a prisoner to be a “kapo” and inflict punishment on other prisoners.
On December 6, 2006, prisoner Gary D. Thompson was ...
$4,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Injured During Transport
by David M. Reutter
Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $4,000 to settle a negligence claim stemming from a prisoner being injured during a transport from a drug and rehabilitation facility to CCA’s Silverdale Detention Center in Hamilton County, Tennessee.
The settlement ...
Legislation Removes Secrecy from Georgia Parole Board’s Proceedings, Decisions
by David M. Reutter
Unlike any other state agency, Georgia’s Board of Pardons and Paroles (GBPP) makes its major decisions behind closed doors, and virtually all the information contained in its files is considered a “confidential state secret.”
That secrecy was ...
Mandamus Improper Remedy to Challenge Illinois DOC’s “Violating at the Door” Policy
by David Reutter
On November 20, 2014, the Illinois Supreme Court refused to assume jurisdiction over a petition for writ of mandamus seeking to declare the state prison system’s practice of “violating at the door” unconstitutional. The rationale ...
Alabama: Settlement to Integrate HIV-Positive Prisoners Finalized
by David M. Reutter
An Alabama federal district court has approved a settlement that integrates HIV-positive prisoners into the state prison system’s general population, finding it “fair, adequate, and reasonable.” The change in the status of HIV-positive prisoners came after decades of litigation ...
