Jones v. Hill, GA, Order, COVID-19, 2020 Case 1:20-cv-02791-JPB-CCB Document 130 Filed 12/29/20 Page 1 of 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATLANTA DIVISION RHONDA JONES, et al., Plaintiffs, v. VICTOR HILL, in his official capacity as Sheriff of Clayton County, Georgia, et al., CIVIL ACTION NO. …
Oldaker v. Giles, GA, Class Action Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2020 Case 7:20-cv-00224-WLS-MSH Document 54 Filed 12/21/20 Page 1 of 160 David N. Dreyer GA Bar No. 411322 Dreyer Sterling, LLC 437 Memorial Dr., SE, Ste. A-2 Atlanta, GA 30312 Tel: (404) 234-4447 david@dreyersterling.com Sirine Shebaya (pro hac vice application forthcoming) …
Blasingame v. Grubbs, GA, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2020 Case 1:19-cv-02047-SCJ Document 52 Filed 12/17/20 Page 1 of 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA JERRY BLASINGAME, Plaintiff, Case No. 1:19-cv-02047 v. Hon. Steve C. Jones OFFICER J. GRUBBS, #6416; and CITY OF ATLANTA / ATLANTA POLICE DEPT., Defendants. …
News in Brief by Alabama: Chanting “not one more,” about 30 carloads of protesters from “Alabamians Who Care” caravanned to the governor’s mansion in Montgomery on August 1, 2020, protesting a plan by Gov. Kay Ivey (R) to build three new “mega-prisons.” According to a report by Montgomery TV station …
Whistleblower Claims Female Detainees at Privately Run Georgia ICE Facility Had Forced Hysterectomies by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A whistleblower at a privately operated federal detention center in Georgia prompted a joint complaint filed in September 2020 with the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of …
Githieya v. Global Tel Link, GA, order, breach of contract and unjust enrichment, 2020 Case 1:15-cv-00986-AT Document 276 Filed 11/30/20 Page 1 of 31 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATLANTA DIVISION BENSON GITHIEYA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. GLOBAL TEL*LINK CORPORATION, Defendant. : : …
News in Brief by Alabama: The Birmingham News reported that an Alabama prison guard had been arrested for drug trafficking after a search of his vehicle when he arrived for work at the St. Clair County prison turned up 138 grams of methamphetamine and 16 grams of heroin. Ivan Caldwell, …
$420,000 Settlement in Lawsuit Over Opioid Withdrawal Death in Georgia Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Wilkinson County, Georgia, agreed on January 2, 2020 to pay $420,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the son and estate of a woman who died five years earlier of apparent prescription opioid …
News in Brief by Alabama: In February 2020, a grand jury in Limestone County, Alabama, returned an indictment for “possession/receipt of a controlled substance” against Travis Wales, a former guard at the Limestone County Correctional Facility in Harvest. According to Columbus, Georgia, TV station WBRL, Wales was arrested in September …
News in Brief by California:In June 2020, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) commuted 21 state prisoners’ sentences, a dozen of them were for murder convictions, patch.com reported. Seven were committed when the prisoner was 22 or younger. Half of the prisoners are now 59 or older. One commutation went to …
$550,000 Settlement in Georgia Prisoner’s Starvation Death by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A $550,000 settlement was reached in a civil rights lawsuit alleging 19-year-old Jimmy Lucero laid in a catatonic state at Augusta State Medical Prison (ASMP) as he starved to death with little to no medical care …
Jones v. Ward, GA, Complaint, Retaliation, 2020 Case 5:20-cv-00336-CAR-MSH Document 1 Filed 08/24/20 Page 1 of 6 IN THE UNITED STAT ES DISTR ICT COUR T FOR THE MIDD LE DISTR ICT OF GEOR GIA J\\n<:&Q ·A\\$.-; co/ r i ,, t~ ~~1 " \.) DMS ION f.:- \..l QUES …
Jones v. Hill, GA, Plf. Response in Opposition to Def. Motion to Dismiss, COVID-19 Release, 2020 Case 1:20-cv-02791-JPB-CCB Document 37 Filed 08/17/20 Page 1 of 48 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATLANTA DIVISION RHONDA JONES et al., Plaintiffs, CIVIL ACTION v. VICTOR HILL …
Former Prisoners Are Running for Office In 2020 by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen When those who have been incarcerated run for office, they can speak with authority about prison reform. They bring credibility that others simply can’t. In 2020, more ex-inmates than ever are coming out of …
Eleventh Circuit Holds Trafficking Victims Protection Act Applies to CoreCivic “Voluntary Work Program” by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 28, 2020, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1589(a), 1595, or TVPA, applies to privately operated immigration detention centers. …
Jones v. Hill, GA, Complaint, COVID-19 Release, 2020 Case 1:20-cv-02791-ELR Document 1 Filed 07/01/20 Page 1 of 112 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATLANTA DIVISION RHONDA JONES; RANDOLPH MITCHELL; MICHAEL SINGLETON; and BARRY WATKINS, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, …
Audit of the United States Marshals Service's Contract Awarded to the GEO Group, Incorporated to Operate the Robert A. Deyton Detention Facility, Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General, 2020 RE D A CT ED FOR PUB L IC REL EAS E L IM ITE D O F F …
Thinking in a Pandemic: Let the People Go by Joseph Margulies States should release from prison far more than the very small percentage of low-level, nonviolent offenders they hold. by Joseph Margulies, Boston Review, April 20, 2020 http://bostonreview.net/law-justice/joseph-margulies-prisons-and-pandemics COVID-19 spreads where people congregate. With rare exception, it preys on the …
News in Brief by California: On March 28, 2020, death row prisoner Lonnie Franklin Jr., 67, aka “Grim Sleeper,” was found unresponsive in his San Quentin cell. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokeswoman Terry Thornton told reporters, “There were no signs of trauma. They don’t know why he died.” …
Chatham County Jail Reverses On Book Ban But Limits Number of Publications by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Following a letter from the ACLU of Georgia, the Chatham County sheriff rescinded a jail policy that banned detainees from receiving books and magazines from outside sources. The ACLU still took …
