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Organizing for Freedom: Resistance at Angola State Penitentiary, Louisiana’s Last Slave Plantation by Jordan Flaherty Organizing for Freedom: Resistance at Angola State Penitentiary, Louisiana’s Last Slave Plantation by Jordan Flaherty At the heart of Louisiana’s prison system sits the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, a former slave plantation where little …
Prisoner Transferred Under ICC May Sue Under Diversity Jurisdiction by On April 24, 2006, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a prisoner who had been transferred from Florida to Kansas may remain a citizen of Florida and still sue Kansas prison officials in federal court for violations of …
Kenneth H v. State of New York, NY, Decision, Rikers inmate-inmate rape PTSD protective custody homosexual, 2008 01/09/2009 " 11:18 ~~jr-mt~J 10 STATE OF NEW YORK· PAGE DIVIS/Lon 12129258774 01 5)1" RECEIVED JUN 2 3 • COURT OF CLAIMS KENNETH H.\ Clalm,nt, DECISION "vTHE STATE OF NEW YORK, Claim No. …
Sentenced to rape: LGBT inmates face unusually high risk of sexual assault in prison by Meghann Myers Sentenced to rape LGBT inmates face unusually high risk of sexual assault in prison BY MEGHANN MYERS It's been 60 years since the United Nations General Assembly issued the Universal Declaration of Human …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Sexual Abuse and Violence in Texas Prisons Eclipses National Average by Gary Hunter Citing figures issued by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) a preliminary report by the Stop Prisoner Rape (SPR) initiative shows that Texas has five of the nation’s ten worst prisons for reported sexual violence. [SPR has …
Pennsylvania Jail Rebuffs Calls for Independent Review of Abuse Claims by Pennsylvania Jail Rebuffs Calls for Independent Review of Abuse Claims by David M. Reutter Jails and prisons are often located in areas hidden from public view, and as a result often become extremely insular. Those who work within such …
Spokane Jail Prisoner Murdered in Cell, County Settles Lawsuit for $180,000 by The Spokane County, Washington, Commissioner has agreed to settle a civil rights action prosecuted by the family of a prisoner who was murdered by his cellmates at the Geiger Correction Center (Geiger) in Spokane County for $180,000. In …
Youth Services International Not Liable for Child’s Rape by Cellmate by The plaintiff alleged that he was sexually assaulted by his roommate in a privately operated juvenile facility. The corporation is entitled to summary judgment in the absence of evidence of a corporate policy supporting liability. Its policy was to …
Article • August 15, 2008 • from PLN August, 2008
Mentally Ill Woman Sues Over Seg-Cell Sex; County Settles for $40,000 by Twenty-nine-year-old Misha Cooper has a long history of mental illness and criminal offenses. In May 2006, she was confined in the Multnomah County Detention Center (MCDC) in Portland, Oregon. Due to her mental health issues she was placed …
Article • August 15, 2008
Jail Not Liable for Prisoner’s Rape by Cellmate by The plaintiff was raped by his cellmate in a county jail holding cell after being arrested for public intoxication. Defendants knew the cellmate was a disruptive individual but the district court found that they did not know he posed a risk …
Article • July 15, 2008
Wrongful Arrest Leads to Rikers Island Rape and $206,900 Verdict by A New York man who was wrongfully arrested, detained and raped by a prisoner was awarded $206,900. Mr. Wade, a 23-year-old cook was arrested while he was a store patron, because he fit the description of another person who …
Article • July 15, 2008
Arizona Jail Detainees' Offense Report's Disclosure Statutorily Mandated by Pima County (Arizona) Jail detainee Lawrence Carlson appealed a court dismissal of his action for defamation against Sheriff Clarence Duprik. Duprik released an offense report to the press resulting in a slanderous article. The report was ruled a public record and …
Article • June 15, 2008
Federal Courts Can't Dismiss Prisoners' Civil Rights Actions Simply Because They're Inartfully Pleaded by Walter Gordon, a South Carolina state prisoner, sued prison officials in federal district court under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 after he was assaulted and raped by other prisoners. Stephen Young, a Maryland state prisoner, filed his …
Scandal Rocks Texas Youth Commission; Youths Molested by School Supervisors by Gary Hunter During the 2006 elections, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott ran television ads touting the capture of the state's 500th Internet child predator. Shortly after elected lawmakers convened in 2007 they went to work on a bill that …
Nebraska Mental Health Patients' Class Action Shot Down for Class Overbreadth by Numerous involuntarily committed mental health patients in Nebraska filed a federal class action lawsuit seeking declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming sexual and physical abuse by male staff and patients at three state facilities. They also claimed an array …
Largest Oregon Jail a Cesspool of Misconduct and Mismanagement, Report Finds; Sheriff Faulted and Under Fire by Mark Wilson On November 1, 2006, the Multnomah County District Attorney?s (DA?s) Office in Portland, Oregon released a blistering 63-page report that found systemic, shocking problems in the state?s largest jail system. ?Conservative? …
Texas Jail Pays $200,000 to Settle Rape/Suicide Suit by Val Verde County, Texas and its contract Del Rio jail operator, GEO Group, Inc., agreed in March 2007 to pay $200,000 to the surviving family of a 23-year-old woman prisoner who, upon becoming depressed after being raped in the jail, hung …
Jail Bait - Phoenix New Times article about prisoner badly beaten in Sheriff Arpaio's jail by Robert Nelson Jail Bait A prisoner was nearly beaten to death behind bars for a crime he didn't commit. Was he set up by Sheriff Joe's henchmen? By Robert Nelson Published: December 26, 2002 …
Jailhouse Justice: Phoenix New Times article on failure to protect at Sheriff Arpaio's jail by Robert Nelson Jailhouse Justice: New evidence suggests Sheriff Joe's running his empire as if it were a Mexican prison By Robert Nelson Published: January 23, 2003 If new information in an inmate-beating case is any …
“Liberal” Pleading Construction Reveals Negligent Guard Theory Claim by "Liberal" Pleading Construction Reveals Negligent Guard Theory Claim The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a New York federal district court?s dismissal of claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), finding that the court failed to "liberally" construe the …
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