$1 Million Settlement in Oklahoma City Jail Fatal Prisoner Beating Suit by Matt Clarke by Oklahoma County approved a $1 million settlement in a civil rights suit involving a prisoner who was first denied his anti-seizure medication then fatally beaten by guards when he had a seizure in an Oklahoma …
Oklahoma County Settles Suit over Excessive Use of Restraint Chair for $200,000 by On May 20, 2014, Bryan County, Oklahoma agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by a former Bryan County Jail prisoner over maltreatment, including placing him in a restraint chair multiple times for days at a time and …
DNA Keeps Overturning Convictions, But Spike in Exonerations Owed to Other Factors by Joe Watson Nicole Harris, Henry Lee McCollum and Leon Brown have lived through their own nightmares of injustice. All three were wrongfully convicted of the heinous murders of children. Combined, they spent nearly 70 years in prison …
After Botched Execution Oklahoma Restricts Media Access by Mark Wilson In the wake of a botched execution, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections adopted new rules on September 30, 2014, severely limiting media access to executions. Media representatives and other observers waited in a viewing room, to witness the April 29, …
Oklahoma Jail Detainee Handcuffed, Pepper-sprayed and Choked to Death by Caddo County District Attorney Jason Hicks cited his interpretation of the state’s open records law as justification for withholding reports and video footage documenting the death of Darius Robinson at the county lockup in the rural town of Anadarko, Oklahoma. …
PLN v. Lester, et al., OK, Consent Decree, censorship, 2016 Case 5:16-cv-00198-HE Document 36 Filed 07/28/16 Page 1 of 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, v. Case No. CIV-16-0198-HE JOSEPH K. …
PLN v. Lester, et al., OK, Consent Decree, censorship, 2016 Case 5:16-cv-00198-HE Document 36 Filed 07/28/16 Page 1 of 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, v. Case No. CIV-16-0198-HE JOSEPH K. …
Webb v. State of Oklahoma, OK, Notice of Tort Claim, Wrongful Conviction, 2016 MULINIX~ EDWARDS ROSELL GOERKE 210 Park Avenue, Suite 3030 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102 Telephone (405) 232-3800 Telecopier ( 405) 232-8999 () 905 24th Avenue, NW, Suite A Norman, Oklahoma 73069 PLLC Attorneys & Counselors at Law www.lawokc.com …
ICE Detention Standards Compliance Audit - Garvin County Detention Center, Pauls Valley, OK, ICE, 2009 • MGT Of AMeRlCA. [NC, 1333 New Hampshire Avenue NW Washington, DC 20036 Contract # 04-00-80-3818 ICE Detention Standards Compliance Review • Facility: Garvin County Detention Center Inspection Date: December 1-2, 2009 Report Date: December …
ICE Detention Standards Compliance Audit - Tulsa County Jail, Tulsa, OK, ICE, 2012 U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office of Professional Responsibility Management Inspections and Detention Oversight Washington, DC 20536-5501 Office of Detention Oversight Compliance Inspection Enforcement and Removal Operations Dallas Field Office Tulsa County Jail …
ICE Detention Standards Compliance Audit - Tulsa County Jail, Tulsa, OK, ICE, 2014 U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office of Professional Responsibility Inspections and Detention Oversight Washington, DC 20536-5501 Office of Detention Oversight Compliance Inspection Enforcement and Removal Operations Dallas Tulsa County Jail Tulsa, Oklahoma June …
Letter to Oklahoma City Police Department re approved Non-Disclosure Notice, FBI, 2014 U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation In Reply, Please Refer to File No. 333-0C-A67985 P.O. Box 568801 Oklahoma City, OK 73156 405/290-7770 August 7, 2014 Chief William Citty Oklahoma City Police Department 701 Colcord Drive Oklahoma …
Man Wins 14.5M for Wrongful Conviction, Yahoo, 2006 Print Story: Man Wins $14.5M for Wrongful Conviction on Yahoo! News 1 of 1 Back to Story - Help Man Wins $14.5M for Wrongful Conviction Thu Mar 30, 1:46 PM ET A federal jury awarded $14.5 million in damages to a man …
Oklahoma’s Mabel Bassett Correctional Center has Highest Prison Rape Rate by Oklahoma state prison officials refused to testify at a federal hearing held on January 8, 2014. Among the items on the agenda at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) hearing was an inquiry as to why Oklahoma’s Mabel Basset …
Poore v. Glanz et al, OK, Jury Verdict, guard rape juvenile jail, 2016 Case 4:11-cv-00797-JED-TLW Document 224 Filed in USDC ND/OK on 03/02/16 Page 1 of 1
Sexual Harassment, Abuse Alleged at Oklahoma Halfway House for Women by Joe Watson Ownership of a privately-operated Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) halfway house near Tulsa has changed hands in the midst of at least two lawsuits and possible criminal charges stemming from allegations that the owner of a sandwich …
Oklahoma DOC, Sheriffs Challenge FCC’s Prison Phone Reforms by Carrie Wilkinson A petition for review has been filed in the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the Second Order and Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking released by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on November 4, 2015, which made sweeping …
PLN v. Lester, et al., OK, Complaint, censorship, 2016 Case 5:16-cv-00198-HE Document 1 Filed 02/29/16 Page 1 of 16 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, v. JOSEPH K. LESTER, Sheriff of Cleveland …
PLN v. Lester, et al., OK, Complaint, censorship, 2016 Case 5:16-cv-00198-HE Document 1 Filed 02/29/16 Page 1 of 16 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, v. JOSEPH K. LESTER, Sheriff of Cleveland …
Global Tel Link v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, DC, Motion for Stay of FCC Rule by Oklahoma, Telephone Contact During Incarceration, 2016 USCA Case #15-1461 Document #1600175 Filed: 02/22/2016 Page 1 of 26 (Page 1 of Total) USCA Case #15-1461 Document #1600175 Filed: 02/22/2016 Page 2 …
