Tennessee: Class-Action Suit Against Private Prison Over Diabetic Care Can Proceed by In October 2018, a federal district court declined to dismiss a class-action lawsuit that claimed insulin-dependent diabetic prisoners at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center in Tennessee are denied basic care for their medical condition. Trousdale is operated by …
Tennessee Sheriff, Captain Arrested for Improper Use of Prisoner Labor by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Sheriff Jimmy Brown and Captain Adam Brewer, with the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office, were arrested in May 2018 following an investigation into inappropriate conduct. At the request of 22nd District Attorney General Brent …
$550,000 Settlement for Detainee Rendered Quadriplegic by Guard’s Excessive Force by The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee agreed to pay $550,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging a guard at the Davidson County Male Correctional Development Center (CDC) used excessive force on a pretrial detainee, leaving him a …
Warren v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davison County, TN, Resolution, Excessive Force, 2019 Resolution No. RS2019-1532 A resolution authorizing the Metropolitan Department of Law to compromise and settle the claim of Timothy Warren against the Metropolitan Government in the amount of $110,000.00, and reasonable attorney’s fees, not to exceed …
Warren v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davison County, TN, Resolution, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2019 Resolution No. RS2019-1532 A resolution authorizing the Metropolitan Department of Law to compromise and settle the claim of Timothy Warren against the Metropolitan Government in the amount of $110,000.00, and reasonable attorney’s fees, not to …
Head of Nashville’s Correct Care Solutions arrested for DUI by Rick Anderson by Rick Anderson Jerry Boyle, CEO of Correct Care Solutions, was arrested for driving under the influence on June 16, 2015, after police found him in the parking lot of the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce in Murfreesboro, …
$550,000 Settlement for Detainee Rendered Quadriplegic by Guard’s Excessive Force by The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee agreed to pay $550,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging a guard at the Davidson County Male Correctional Development Center (CDC) used excessive force on a pretrial detainee, leaving him a …
Brookings Institute Study Finds Direct Connection between Poverty and Crime Rates by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Brookings Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based research group, has published a study that demonstrates, through empirical data, what many have long suspected: That extreme poverty leads to increased crime rates. The same study, …
State of Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury - Private Probation Services Council: Performance Audit Report, 2018 STATE OF TENNESSEE COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY PRIVATE PROBATION SERVICES COUNCIL Performance Audit Report December 2018 Justin P. Wilson, Comptroller Division of State Audit DEBORAH V. LOVELESS, CPA, CGFM, CGMA Director KANDI THOMAS, CPA, …
Johnson v. CoreCivic, et al., TN, order, wrongful death, 2018 Case 1:18-cv-01051-STA-egb Document 19 Filed 11/05/18 Page 1 of 20 PageID 103 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE EASTERN DIVISION _____________________________________________________________________________ CAROLYN JOHNSON, as survivor and next of kin of EARL WAYNE JOHNSON, ) …
Voting rights: Tennessee Man Convicted of Murder No Longer Infamous by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Tennessee places a great deal of reverence on voting rights. The state’s citizens do not automatically lose their voting rights upon conviction of a felony unless that crime is among those on a list …
Lawsuit Over Prisoner Assault at Tennessee Jail Results in Settlement, Dismissal by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss A civil rights complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee on behalf of a pretrial detainee who was severely beaten by his cellmate at the Rutherford County …
Advocacy Groups Call for End to Ban on In-person Visits at Tennessee Jail by A recent report on a ban on in-person visitation at the jail in Knox County, Tennessee concluded that the ban “makes the jail more dangerous, does nothing to stop the flow of contraband, and strips money …
EEOC v. Corizon Health, discrimination against employees with disabilities, complaint, 2018 Case 2:18-cv-02942-JZB Document 1 Filed 09/18/18 Page 1 of 36 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Mary Jo O’Neill, AZ Bar #005924 James P. Driscoll-MacEachron, AZ Bar #027828 William R. Hobson, AZ Bar #006887 Wasan …
Protesters Blockade CoreCivic Headquarters in Nashville; 19 Arrests by As dawn broke on August 6, 2018, the light shone on a group of about two dozen protesters who had blockaded the main entrance to the Nashville, Tennessee headquarters of CoreCivic (formerly Corrections Corporation of America), the nation’s largest for-profit prison …
Former Prosecutor and Director of Tennessee DOC Sentenced to Prison by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin On March 30, 2018, D. Michael Dunavant, the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced that Quenton Irwin White, who previously served as U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee during …
Tennessee Jailer Convicted of Official Misconduct, “Extreme Provocative Contact” by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin PLN previously reported the January 2016 grand jury indictments of former Morgan County, Tennessee jail guard Joe D. Shoffner, Jr. and fellow jailers Garren Austin Luke Cooper and Michael Alan Lloyd for their roles in …
Settlement Ends Forced Religious Classes in Tennessee Prison Industry Program by An employee for TRICOR, Tennessee’s prison industry program, received $80,994 to settle a lawsuit alleging he was forced to teach religious-based classes as part of his duties. The suit alleged First Amendment violations. Prior to taking a job as …
