Families Against Mandatory Minimums: Everywhere and Nowhere -- Compassionate Release in the States, 2018 Everywhere and Nowhere Compassionate Release in the States By Mary Price June 2018 1 About the Author Mary Price is general counsel of Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM). She directs the FAMM Litigation Project and advocates …
Keil v. MHM Services, INC, MO, Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2018 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI KAREN BACKUES KEIL, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. MHM SERVICES, INC., a Virginia Corporation, …
NY petition for approval to transfer control of Inmate Calling Solutions, LLC d/b/a ICSolutions to Securus Technologies, Inc., 2018 BEFORE THE NEW YORK PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Joint Petition of TKC Holdings, Inc., Inmate Calling Solutions, LLC d/b/a ICSolutions Matter/Case No. - - - - - and Securus Technologies, Inc. for …
$437,500 Settlement for Brutal Beating at Missouri Jail by A pretrial detainee who was brutally beaten without cause by guards at Missouri’s Jackson County Detention Center (JCDC) accepted $437,500 to settle his civil rights suit. James J. Ramirez was being held in the medical wing at JCDC after his arrest …
Court Certifies Class of Missouri Prisoners Denied Hepatitis C Treatment by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 26, 2017 (two days before World Hepatitis Day), the ACLU of Missouri and the MacArthur Justice Center (MJC) announced the certification of a class of Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC) prisoners who …
Jury Awards Missouri Man $35,000 for Traffic Stop Assault by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A federal jury found that Dunklin County, Missouri, deputies used excessive force against a man who ran a stop sign, and awarded him $35,000. On June 11, 2006, Herman Taylor was pulled over …
Federal Jury Awards $25,000 Against Missouri Police for False Arrest by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A federal jury awarded $25,000 to a Missouri woman after it found that a constitutional violation of her freedom of speech resulted in her false arrest. On January 23, 1998, Springfield police arrived …
Missouri: $75,000 Settlement for Detainee’s Death Due to Untreated Ulcer by A $75,000 settlement was reached in a civil rights action alleging denial of medical care to a pretrial detainee who died from complications related to a peptic ulcer. The death of Robert Breeding, 32, came only five days after …
California Prisoners File Class-action Suit Seeking Hepatitis C Treatment by Greg Dober by Gregory Dober In 2013, the FDA approved two new life-saving hepatitis C (HCV) drugs known as simeprevir (brand named Olysio) and sofosbuvir (brand named Sovaldi). The drugs, a new class of medication called direct-acting antivirals (DAAs), were …
The Campaign to Close the Workhouse and Promote a New Vision for St. Louis, 2018 -EXECUTIVE SUMMARY- The City of St. Louis condemns hundreds of mostly poor and Black people to suffer in unspeakably hellish and inhumane conditions at the “Workhouse,” officially known as the Medium Security Institution. Over 95% …
Missouri Prison Litigation Reform Act's Fee Requirement Affirmed by Edward Lyon by Edward B. Lyon Twenty-one Jefferson City, Missouri Correctional Center prisoners filed a class action challenge to the state's Prison Litigation Reform Act's (MPLRA) fee requirement for habeas corpus petitions in Cole County's circuit court. The court denied service of process, dismissed the …
State of Missouri v. Douglass, MO, Opinion, Evidence, Insufficient Search Warrant, 2018 SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI en banc STATE OF MISSOURI, Appellant, v. PHILLIP DOUGLASS, Respondent, and JENNIFER M. GAULTER, Respondent. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Opinion issued February 13, 2018 …
Missouri Supreme Court: Restitution Must be for Losses “Due to” Crime of Conviction by The en banc Missouri Supreme Court held that a trial court may order restitution only for “losses ‘due to’ the offense for which the defendant has been found (or pleaded) guilty.” Under Mo. Rev. Stat. 559.105.1, …
Eighth Circuit Upholds $1.25 Million Jury Award for Missouri Prisoner’s Death by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 22, 2017, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a jury award of more than $1.25 million in a lawsuit over a Missouri prisoner’s death. Danial Letterman was held at the …
Sexual Harassment Lawsuits, Settlements Rock Missouri Department of Corrections by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC), roiled by a series of lawsuits and settlements related to workplace sexual harassment of female employees, has been called “dysfunctional” by a special state legislative committee investigating DOC operations. …
Prison Broke: The Missouri Department of Corrections Can’t Escape its Own Worst Habits by Karen Dillon by Karen Dillon, The Pitch Each day, as she prepared herself to work another shift at the Missouri Department of Corrections prison, Lashonda Reid knew to expect one thing. It would be bad. Reid …
State of Missouri v. Gilmore, MO, Opinion, Insufficient Evidence for Controlled Substance Conviction, 2018 SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI en banc STATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent, v. VICKI LEANN GILMORE, Appellant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Opinion issued January 16, 2018 No. SC96341 APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT …
$19,719 to People in Prison for ADA Violations by Matthew Clarke Plaintiffs Hickman, Barber, Newman and Lane were wheelchair-bound prisoners at the Western Missouri Correctional Center where they were denied proper medical treatment and accommodations for their disabilities. In July 1994, they filed suit in federal court against the prison …
Efforts to End “Scourge of Money Bail” Meeting with Success by David Reutter By David M. Reutter The initiative by Equal Justice Under Law to end the incarceration pending trial of persons too poor to post bail is reaping positive outcomes. Each day, there are about 500,00 human beings who …
Missouri DOC Director Replaced after String of Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuits by After eight years on the job, Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC) director George Lombardi submitted a letter of resignation to then-Governor Jay Nixon on December 14, 2016. Lombardi, who spent over 31 years in corrections, agreed to resign …
