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Virginia Jail Suicide Results in $950,000 Settlement, Claims Against Wellpath still Pending by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A $950,000 settlement received approval from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on January 28, 2026, resolving claims against the City of Norfolk by the Estate of Philemon …
Death of Washington Jail Standards Bill Risks Repeat of $2.5 Million Settlement That Closed One County’s Jail by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Washington will remain one of just a dozen states without oversight or even enforceable standards for jails, after legislation to rectify the problem died on January 30, …
Eighth Circuit Revives Lawsuit Over Iowa Jail Detainee’s Suicide by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 6, 2026, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reinstated a civil rights lawsuit brought by the parents of an Iowa jail detainee who committed suicide after reporting that he …
Missouri Judge Heavily Sanctions DOC for “Deliberate Disregard for the Authority of This Court” in Suit Over Prisoner’s Suicide by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 6, 2026, a Missouri circuit court struck the defenses of the Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC) as a sanction in a lawsuit over …
Differing Judicial Outcomes for the New York Guards Who Killed Robert Brooks by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Knott According to WKTV in Utica, former New York state prison guard David Walters will remain free on bail while appealing his manslaughter conviction. Walters, 37, posted a $100,000 bond and …
Tenth Circuit Reverses Summary Dismissal of Claim Over Prisoner’s Suicide in Oklahoma Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On November 26, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit reversed the summary dismissal of a failure-to-train claim in a federal civil rights lawsuit over the suicide …
$8.5 Million for Family of Murdered Elderly Californian Detained for Cold Case Killings Based on “Genetic Genealogy” by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Under an agreement signed on September 17, 2025, California’s Ventura County agreed to pay $8.5 million to Patricia and Anthony Garcia, the wife and son of Tony …
Louisiana Prisoner’s Mother Sues Warden Following Son’s Death by On November 5, 2024, Cornelius Kelly, 39, a prisoner at the Dixon Correctional Institute (DCI) in East Faliciana Parish, was fatally stabbed three times in the chest and abdomen by another prisoner in the facility’s yard. According to a wrongful death …
America’s Deadliest Jails: Tarrant County Edition by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso In January 2025, protests erupted outside the Tarrant County Jail (TCJ) in Fort Worth, Texas, with demonstrators holding signs that read “Sheriff of Shame” and “69 + Deaths = Mass Murder.” So many people showed up to …
$150,000 Paid by Jacksonville for Mother of Five’s Jail Suicide by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Under an agreement filed with the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida on April 10, 2025, Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters agreed to pay $150,000 to the Estate of Esther Truax, a …
Estate of Tony Garcia v. Franke, CA, Settlement, Wrongful Death-Denial of Medical Care, 2025 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS This Settlement Agreement and Release of All Claims (“Agreement”) is made and entered into by and between Plaintiffs Patricia Garcia and Anthony Garcia, individually and as successorsin-interest to Tony …
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Monroe v Foley, MO, Settlement Agreement, Wrongful Death-Failure to Protect, 2025 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release ("the Agreement") memorializes the terms and conditions made between Latasha Monroe in her capacity as personal representative for the Estate of Honesty Jade Bishop ("Plaintiff') and Trevor Foley, Doris Falkenrath, …
Suit Filed Over Fatal Beating of New York Prisoner That Sparked Massive Guard Strike by Chuck Sharman A federal civil rights complaint filed on January 15, 2025, accused the New York Department of Corrections and Community Services (DOCCS) and over a dozen of its officials of violating the Eighth Amendment …
$2.6 Million Paid for Detoxing Washington Jail Detainee Allowed to Leap to His Death, Additional NaphCare Payout Undisclosed by Chuck Sharman A young dad detoxing from fentanyl when he was booked into a Washington jail began exhibiting increasingly bizarre behavior, yet he was ignored until he climbed atop a metal …
Estate of Tony Garcia v. Franke, CA, Complaint, Wrongful Death-Denial of Medical Care, 2025 Case 2:25-cv-06698-SRM-MAR Document 1 #:1 Filed 07/22/25 Page 1 of 28 Page ID SUA LAW GROUP APC 1 Brandon Sua, Esq. (State Bar No. 291476) 2 1445 East Los Angeles Avenue, Suite 303 Simi Valley, CA …
$550,000 Settlement After Juvenile’s Suicide at Charlotte Jail by David Reutter On January 2, 2025, a settlement was signed by the Plaintiff in a lawsuit over the suicide of a juvenile pretrial detainee held at the lockup in North Carolina’s Mecklenburg County. Under the terms of the agreement, the County …
Lawsuits Filed After Fatal Assault on Elderly Prisoner at Kentucky Jail by John Daulton, 61, survived less than a day after he was booked into Kentucky’s Kenton County Detention Center on May 13, 2023. Arrested for a probation violation, he didn’t cooperate during the intake process and was placed in …
Ninth Circuit Revives Complaint Over Sloppy Cell Checks Before Psychotic Detainee’s Death at L.A. Jail by Douglas Ankney On October 17, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that 26 cell checks performed within 13 hours by six Los Angeles County jailers who nevertheless failed to …
Rural Virginia Jury Refuses to Hold Guards Liable for State Prisoner’s Death by On April 10, 2025, a jury in tiny Abingdon, Virginia (pop. 8,295) refused to assign liability to a half-dozen state Department of Corrections (DOC) employees accused in the death of mentally ill prisoner Charles Givens, 52, at …
Kansas Pays $150,000 for Prisoner Killed by Cellmate, Centurion Settlement Confidential by Kansas state prisoner Gary Lee Raburn, 62, was incarcerated at the Lansing Correctional Facility on January 6, 2023, when he was fatally strangled by his cellmate, Ladarious R. Barkers, 25.  According to the complaint later filed on his …
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