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Article • April 1, 2025 • from PLN April, 2025
14 Overdoses in Two Weeks Leave One Dead at Phoenix Jail by Two detainees overdosed at the Maricopa County Jail in Phoenix on February 18, 2025, joining another dozen who overdosed the week before—one of whom later died. Deputies of newly elected Sheriff Jerry Sheridan suspected that one or more …
Brief • July 28, 2023
Filed under: Wrongful Death, Accidents
Estate of Bentz v. Kansas Highway Patrol, KS, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2023 Settlement Agreement and Release Parties. This Settlement Agreement and Release ("Agreement") is executed on the dates indicated on the signature page(s) herein by is made by: Kelly Ratzloff, individually as daughter and heir at law of Anita Benz, …
Brief • March 3, 2023
Filed under: Wrongful Death, Accidents
Estate of Bentz v. Kansas Highway Patrol, KS, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2023 Case 2:23-cv-02098-TC-GEB Document 1 Filed 03/03/23 Page 1 of 16 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS KELLY RATZLOFF, as daughter and on behalf of the heirs at law of ANITA BENZ, deceased, Plaintiff, …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: Accidents
Another Prisoner Dies in Another Fire at Indiana Prison by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott  On January 14, 2023, a fire broke out just before 11:00 a.m. in a cell block at Indiana State Prison (ISP), killing prisoner Michael W. Smith, 48. He was the second prisoner to …
Article • February 7, 2023
Two Prisoners Stabbed, One Overdosed: Just Another Day at Rikers Island by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On January 14, 2023, the violence at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex began early, when a guard saw one detainee slashed by others. In a separate incident later that …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
California Prison Officials Cleared After Prisoner Murders Two Sex Offenders by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In a letter to PLN on May 16, 2022, the California Office of the Inspector General (OIG) confirmed that no one was disciplined at the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) following …
Brief • December 7, 2022
Estate of Randall Johnson v. Shasta County, CA, Order Granting Plaintiff's Motion to Reopen Discovery, Wrongful Death, 2022 Case 2:19-cv-01722-JAM-DB Document 158 Filed 12/07/22 Page 1 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 RANDALL SCOTT JOHNSON, DECEASED, …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Former South Carolina Deputy Gets 18 Years for Driving Transport Van With Two Detainees Into Flood, Drowning Them by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye A former South Carolina Sheriff’s deputy was sentenced to 18 years in prison on May 19, 2022, for driving a jail transport van onto a …
Article • October 27, 2022
Wife Loses Suit Over Homeless Texan’s Jail Death Ruled ‘Natural,’ Newspaper Alleges Cover-up by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On October 14, 2022, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported the results of an independent investigation it conducted into the jail death of a homeless man, sharply contradicting reports from …
Article • September 21, 2022
Filed under: Drug Overdose, Accidents
Sixth Circuit Says Detroit Jail Guard Suspended for Failing To Check on Detainee Not Liable for His Death From Drugs Hidden in His Rectum by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 8, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held a guard at the Detroit …
Article • July 25, 2022
Even a Kardashian Can’t Get BOP to Let Imprisoned Dad in KY Attend Funeral of Daughter Slain in Ulvade Massacre by Kaden Gicker By Kaden Gicker The father of one of the mass-shooting victims in Uvalde, Texas, asked for a temporary release from federal prison to attend her funeral, but …
Article • June 6, 2022
Alabama Prisons Still Lethal, Record Another Seven Deaths in May 2022 by Jo Ellen Nott By Jo Ellen Nott Seven prisoners held by the Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) died during May 2022. One of the seven was murdered. One most likely died of a drug overdose, authorities said, given …
Brief • February 28, 2022
Estate of Davon Gillians v. Lane, FL, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2022 Case 5:22-cv-00115 Document 1 Filed 02/28/22 Page 1 of 17 PageID 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA OCALA DIVISION Case No. ROBERT CONYERS JR., as Personal Representative of the Estate of DAVON GILLIANS, v. …
Article • February 19, 2022
$1 Million Paid by Santa Clara County to Estate of Alzheimer’s Patient Killed When He Wandered onto Interstate Highway after Release from County Jail by Chuck Sharman By Chuck Sharman A $1 million settlement was signed on April 14, 2018, by attorneys for Santa Clara County, California, to settle a …
Brief • January 5, 2021
Braun v. Burke, 8th Circuit, Petion for Rehearing, Wrongful Death, 2021 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT __________ Case No. 19-2961 _____________________________________ LORI BRAUN, AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF CASSANDRA BRAUN, DECEASED, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL WRONGFUL-DEATH BENEFICIARIES OF CASSANDRA BRAUN Appellant, BRIAN RAY …
Publication • December 1, 2020
Dept. of Justice - Bureau of Justice Statistics - Federal Deaths in Custody and During Arrest, 2016-2017 - Statistical Tables, 2020 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics December 2020, NCJ 252838 Connor Brooks and Kevin M. Scott, Ph.D., BJS Statisticians Anthony Whyde, former BJS …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
South Carolina: Two Women Drown in Sheriff’s Transport Van, Deputies Charged by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer Nicolette Green, 43, and Wendy Newton, 45, were not criminals. On September 18, 2018, Newton was suffering symptoms from her schizophrenia while Green had sought help from a clinic. Because doctors had ordered …
Colon v. IDOC, IL, Complaint, 2019 Hearing Date: 10/3/2019 9:30 AM - 9:30 AM Courtroom Number: 2305 Location: District 1 Court Cook County, IL IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION ANA H. COLON, Plaintiff, V. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Defendant. ) ) ) ) …
Brief • March 11, 2019
Steele v. Douglas County, WA, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2019 RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT 1. Release For and in consideration of the sum of FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($400,000.00); receipt of which is acknowledged, the undersigned, PENNY STEELE, individually, and as the personal representative of the ESTATE OF ROBIN FOSTER and …
Brief • December 4, 2018
Black v. Correct Care Solutions LLC, GA, Complaint, Inmate Death by Medical Neglect, 2018 In the Matter Of: RHETT BRANDON BLACK, et al. vs. CORRECT CARE SOLUTIONS DEPOSITION OF THOMAS FOWLKES, M.D. December 04, 2018 RHETT BRANDON BLACK, et al. vs. CORRECT CARE SOLUTIONS THOMAS FOWLKES, M.D. on 12/04/2018 DEPOSITION …
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