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Investigative Report - Otter Creek CCA sexual assault of HI and KY inmates, KDOC, 2009

Publication • May 26, 2016

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Prison Rape Elimination Act

Investigative Report - Otter Creek CCA sexual assault of HI and KY inmates, KDOC, 2009

Letter to CCA re Renewal of Otter Creek contract and transfer of HI inmates, KY DOC, July 24, 2009

Publication • May 26, 2016

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic

Letter to CCA re Renewal of Otter Creek contract and transfer of HI inmates, KY DOC, July 24, 2009

Rice v. Montgomery County, KY, Order, Wrongful Death Seizure, 2016

Brief • May 5, 2016

Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Private Contractors, Malpractice, Jail Specific

Rice v. Montgomery County, KY, Order, Wrongful Death Seizure, 2016 Rice v. Montgomery County, Kentucky et al Doc. 103 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY CENTRAL DIVISION AT LEXINGTON DIANA RICE, Administratrix of the Estate of Ronald Calvin Gaunce and Next Friend of S.C.G. CIVIL ACTION NO. 5:14-181-KKC …

Pfeifer v. Thompson et al, KY, Order, wrongful death mental dehydration starvation Embry, 2016

Brief • May 3, 2016

Filed under: Food, Water, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Pfeifer v. Thompson et al, KY, Order, wrongful death mental dehydration starvation Embry, 2016 Pfeifer v. Thompson et al Doc. 127 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY PADUCAH DIVISION CIVIL ACTION NO. 5:15-CV-00007-TBR ROBBIE EMERY BURKE, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES KENNETH EMBRY Plaintiff v. LADONNA THOMPSON, …

Jones v. Clark County, 6th Cir, KY, Appellant Brief, wrongful imprisonment jail demanded pay-to-stay fees, 2016

Brief • April 25, 2016

Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Wrongful Imprisonment, Booking Fees

Jones v. Clark County, 6th Cir, KY, Appellant Brief, wrongful imprisonment jail demanded pay-to-stay fees, 2016 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT CASE NO. 16-5295 _______________________________________ DAVID JONES, Plaintiff - Appellant v. CLARK COUNTY, KENTUCKY, et al., Defendants - Appellees. On Appeal from the United States District …

Deaf Prisoners Win Important Settlements in Kentucky and Maryland

Article • April 1, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016

Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Disabled Prisoners, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act

Deaf Prisoners Win Important Settlements in Kentucky and Maryland by Derek Gilna Deaf and hard of hearing prisoners have been doubly punished in many prisons and jails, their disability often not only limiting their access to programs, services and communication with the outside world, but also putting them at risk …

Kentucky Restores Voting Rights for Former Prisoners, then Reverses Course

Article • March 31, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016

Filed under: Voting

Kentucky Restores Voting Rights for Former Prisoners, then Reverses Course by On November 24, 2015, two weeks before the end of his term, Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear signed an executive order that restored the right to vote to certain convicted felons. Less than a month later, on December 22, incoming …

Defense Verdict in Kentucky Prisoner’s Death; Appellate Court Reverses

Article • March 31, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Failure to Treat, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Defense Verdict in Kentucky Prisoner’s Death; Appellate Court Reverses by David Reutter A Kentucky state jury found for the defendants in a lawsuit alleging a jail guard and nurse failed to monitor and treat a pretrial detainee’s serious medical condition, resulting in her death. Recently, however, the Court of Appeals …

Decision on prison won’t be revealed until late summer

Article • March 1, 2016

Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems, Environmental Law, Sewage, Water

Decision on prison won’t be revealed until late summer by Letcher County residents may have to wait until the end of the summer to find out whether or not a federal prison will be constructed in Letcher County. Tom Webber, Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) chief of Capacity Planning and Construction …

Inside Kentucky's Unregulated, Private Probation Industry

Article • March 1, 2016

Filed under: Private Prisons, Probation, Parole Conditions

Inside Kentucky's Unregulated, Private Probation Industry by By James McNair, Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting This article was produced by the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting, a new, nonprofit newsroom from 89.3 WFPL News and Louisville Public Media. Read more at kycir.org. ELIZABETHTOWN -- Getting busted with a small amount …

Woodcock v. City of Bowling Green, KY, Memo Opinion and Order, Police Shooting Wrongful Death, 2016

Brief • February 24, 2016

Filed under: Shootings, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death)

Woodcock v. City of Bowling Green, KY, Memo Opinion and Order, Police Shooting Wrongful Death, 2016 Case 1:13-cv-00124-JHM-LLK Document 90 Filed 02/24/16 Page 1 of 67 PageID #: 2545 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY BOWLING GREEN DIVISION CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:13-CV-00124-JHM CAREY WOODCOCK, as Administratrix of the …

Memo to Commissioner on Lee Riot, CCA, 2004

Publication • February 24, 2016

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Prison Rebellion

Memo to Commissioner on Lee Riot, CCA, 2004 Memorandum To: JohnRees,Commissioner From: PattiR. Webb,Warden Date: October 4,2004 Subject: CriticalIlrcidentReview Re: LeeAdjustmentCenter Ms' GeorgiaDunn, Mr. Don Bottom, and myself were directedto review the Critical Incident that occurredat Lee AdjustmentCenteron Septemb er 14, 2004. We agreedon two days, Septernber27ft and286. We met …

Woodcock v. Bowling Green, KY, Opinion Partial MSJ, Police Shooting, 2016

Brief • February 24, 2016

Filed under: Excessive Force, Shootings, Fourth Amendment, rights, Search and Seizure

Woodcock v. Bowling Green, KY, Opinion Partial MSJ, Police Shooting, 2016 Case 1:13-cv-00124-JHM-LLK Document 90 Filed 02/24/16 Page 1 of 67 PageID #: 2545 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY BOWLING GREEN DIVISION CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:13-CV-00124-JHM CAREY WOODCOCK, as Administratrix of the Estate of GREGORY HARRISON, deceased …

Burke v. CorrectCare-Integrated Health, KY, Complaint, Inmate Starved to Death, 2016

Brief • February 4, 2016

Filed under: Medication, Failure to Treat, Failure to Protect (General), Eighth Amendment, Failure to Train/Supervise, Wrongful Death, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Burke v. CorrectCare-Integrated Health, KY, Complaint, Inmate Starved to Death, 2016 Case 5:15-cv-00007-TBR Document 105 Filed 02/04/16 Page 1 of 30 PageID #: 684 Case 5:15-cv-00007-TBR Document 105 Filed 02/04/16 Page 2 of 30 PageID #: 685 Case 5:15-cv-00007-TBR Document 105 Filed 02/04/16 Page 3 of 30 PageID #: 686 …

Settlement in Lawsuit Alleging Kentucky Jail Allowed Prisoner to Die From Untreated Diabetes

Article • January 13, 2016

Filed under: Diabetes, Failure to Treat, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Settlement in Lawsuit Alleging Kentucky Jail Allowed Prisoner to Die From Untreated Diabetes by David Reutter A confidential settlement was reached on July 30, 2013 in a lawsuit stemming from the death of a pre-trial detainee from untreated diabetes while held at Kentucky’s Whitley County Detention Center (WCDC). Ronald S. …

Slone v. Lincoln County, KY, Plaintiff's First Discovery Request, Jail Suicide, 2016

Brief • January 12, 2016

Filed under: Jail Specific, Mental Health, Suicides

Slone v. Lincoln County, KY, Plaintiff's First Discovery Request, Jail Suicide, 2016 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY CENTRAL DIVISION at LEXINGTON [Filed Electronically] CARRIE SLONE, Administratrix of the Estate of Tuanya Lee Slone, deceased, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) PLAINTIFF v. LINCOLN …

PLN Intervenes, Unseals Settlement in CCA Fair Labor Standards Act Case

Article • January 1, 2016 • from PLN January, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Fair Labor Standards Act, PLN Litigation

PLN Intervenes, Unseals Settlement in CCA Fair Labor Standards Act Case by David Reutter PLN’s intervention in a federal lawsuit alleging Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) had improperly classified supervisors at two Kentucky prisons as being exempt from overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Kentucky’s Wage …

Rice v. Montgomery County, KY, Complaint and Jury Trial Demand, Wrongful Death-Negligence, 2016

Brief • January 1, 2016

Filed under: Failure to Treat, Eighth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, Tenth Amendment

Rice v. Montgomery County, KY, Complaint and Jury Trial Demand, Wrongful Death-Negligence, 2016 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY CENTRAL DIVISION at LEXINGTON [Filed Electronically] DIANA RICE, Administratrix of the estate of RONALD CALVIN GAUNCE, deceased, and NEXT FRIEND of Mr. Gaunces’ minor child, S.C.G., PLAINTIFF v. MONTGOMERY …

Woodcock v. Kentucky Dept. of Corrections, KY, First Amended (Class Action) Complaint, Delay of Medical Treatment, 2015

Brief • November 29, 2015

Filed under: Hepatitis, Eighth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, rights

Woodcock v. Kentucky Dept. of Corrections, KY, First Amended (Class Action) Complaint, Delay of Medical Treatment, 2015 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY PADUCAH DIVISION [Filed Electronically] BRIAN WOODCOCK, JEFF CARPENTER, MICHAEL McDAVID, and KEATH BRAMBLETT, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, ) ) ) …

Kentucky Supreme Court Affirms Open Records Act Exception

Article • November 16, 2015

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Public Records, Police, Public Records Act

Kentucky Supreme Court Affirms Open Records Act Exception by Kentucky Supreme Court Affirms Open Records Act Exception The Supreme Court of Kentucky affirmed, on December 19, 2013, the state court of appeals’ affirmation of the circuit court’s finding for the city of Hopkinsville (the City) in a dispute with the …