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 …
Tennessee Judge Ends Sentence Reductions for Prisoners Who Agree to Sterilization; Receives Reprimand by David Reutter by David Reutter A Tennessee state court judge has reversed course on a controversial sentence reduction program following an uproar from civil rights and prisoners’ rights advocates. He later received a public letter of …
Sexton-Pemberton v. Scott County, TN, second amended complaint, wrongful death, 2018 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE DIVISION DONNA JEAN SEXTON-PEMBERTON, as Administratrix and personal representative of the ESTATE of BENNY SHANE PEMBERTON, ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) NO. 3:17-cv-00310-TRM-HBG ) SCOTT …
Sexton-Pemberton v. Scott County, TN Second Amended Complaint, 2018 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE DIVISION DONNA JEAN SEXTON-PEMBERTON, as Administratrix and personal representative of the ESTATE of BENNY SHANE PEMBERTON, ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) NO. 3:17-cv-00310-TRM-HBG ) SCOTT COUNTY, Tennessee, …
Protest Results in Three Arrests at CoreCivic’s Annual Shareholders Meeting by On May 10, 2018, drumbeats echoed and faux “blood” flowed through the parking lot at the Nashville, Tennessee headquarters of CoreCivic (formerly Corrections Corporation of America), as activists staged dramatic street theater to represent the sorrow, suffering and deaths …
Tennessee: Jail Guard Charged with Taser Assault by A Tennessee grand jury returned an indictment on September 5, 2017 that charged a former deputy with the Cheatham County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) with using a stun gun to assault a pre-trial detainee at the county jail. Jordan E. Norris, 19, was …
Incorrect Cause of Tennessee Prisoner’s Death Reported by CoreCivic Employees by According to the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC), state prisoner Edward Ray Gilley, Jr., 54, died on November 5, 2016 at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center, a facility owned and operated by CoreCivic – previously known as Corrections Corporation …
PLN Postcard-only Suit Against Knox County, Tennessee Settles for $87,000 by Steve Horn by Steve Horn On April 4, 2018, Prison Legal News settled a lawsuit over unconstitutional mail policies at a jail in Knoxville, Tennessee. The complaint centered around the censorship of 147 pieces of mail sent to prisoners …
Wrongful Death Suit Against Tennessee Town Settles for $6,000 by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin A $1 million lawsuit filed by the widow of a man who died at the city jail in Kingsport, Tennessee following a 2015 DUI arrest settled on February 28, 2017 for just $6,000. Judy Honaker …
In the Public Interest - An Examination of Private Financing for Correctional and Immigration Detention Facilities, 2018 An examination of private financing for correctional and immigration detention facilities Report · In the Public Interest · June 2018 While governments have traditionally used municipal bonds to finance the construction of correctional …
McGaw v. Sevier County, TN, Order, Intoxication Neglect, 2018 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE SAMUEL M. McGAW, JR., et al., ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs, v. SEVIER COUNTY, TENNESSEE, et al., Defendants. No. 3:15íCVí00012 REEVES/GUYTON MEMORANDUM AND ORDER This …
$14.3 Million Settlement for Probationers Subject to Extortion by Private Company by Pathways (formerly Providence) Community Corrections (PCC) and officials in Rutherford County, Tennessee agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit over predatory practices by the for-profit probation company. The $14.3 million settlement provides compensation for nearly 30,000 people who were …
Tennessee: New Trial Ordered in Prisoner’s Wrongful Death Case by Steve Horn by Steve Horn On April 5, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that a lawsuit over the death of 33-year-old Charles “Jason” Toll – a prisoner who died in 2010 after being forcibly …
Exclusive! Incorrect Cause of Tennessee Prisoner’s Death Reported by CoreCivic Employees by According to the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC), state prisoner Edward Ray Gilley, Jr., 54, died on November 5, 2016 at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center, a facility owned and operated by CoreCivic – previously known as …
Breaking News! Tennessee: New Trial Ordered in Prisoner’s Wrongful Death Case by Steve Horn by Steve Horn On April 5, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that a lawsuit over the death of 33-year-old Charles “Jason” Toll – a prisoner who died in 2010 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 …
