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Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Case Challenging Conditions in Illinois Jail where Mentally Ill Prisoner Died by David Reutter Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Case Challenging Conditions in Illinois Jail where Mentally Ill Prisoner Died On March 20, 2012, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s grant …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
Florida Jail to Discontinue Providing Underwear by David Reutter As a cost-cutting measure, Polk County, Florida Sheriff Grady Judd has decided his jail will no longer provide underwear to prisoners. “There’s no state law, there’s no federal law that says we have to provide underwear in the county jail,” he …
Article • December 15, 2011 • from PLN December, 2011
$96,000 Settlement in Massachusetts Conditions of Confinement Suit by Following a Massachusetts Superior Court’s award of nominal damages and attorney fees in a prison conditions case, and with an appeal pending, the parties entered into a settlement agreement. The settlement resulted from a lawsuit that sought damages for “disgusting and …
Summary Judgment for CCA Reversed in Filthy Jail Conditions Case by David Reutter On April 15, 2011, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s grant of summary judgment to Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) in a civil rights action alleging Eighth Amendment violations after CCA staff left …
Article • November 15, 2011
Washington DOC Settles Claims over Food Poisoning Outbreak by Eight prisoners affected by food poisoning while incarcerated at the Washington State Penitentiary accepted settlement offers of $1000 each on their claims of unsanitary food service practices against the Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC). Plaintiffs experienced high fever, vomiting, cramps, diarrhea, …
Brief • October 27, 2011
Skinner v. Ryan, AZ, Settlement, Conditions of Confinement, 2011 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release ("Settlement Agreement") is entered #_, into, on, by and among JAMES SKINNER, Arizona Department of Corrections ("ADC") (the "Plaintiff'), and CHARLES RYAN, JEFFREY FREELAND, JOHN OSBORN, and MICHELET SMITH, their agents, representatives, …
Illinois Federal Court Denies Prisoner Release Order at Cook County Jail by Derek Gilna In a per curium decision, on January 11, 2011 a three-judge panel of federal judges of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois denied a request by the Sheriff of Cook County for …
Brief • August 3, 2011
MacKenzie v. McNeil et al, FL, Amended Complaint, 8th Am sanitation, 2011 Case 4:11-cv-00045-RH-WCS Document 16-1 Filed 08/03/11 Page 1 of 19 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION DARRYLL JOEL McKENZIE, Plaintiff, Case No. 4:11-cv-45-RH-WCS vs. WALTER McNEIL, STEVEN SINGER, TONY ANDERSON, …
Article • July 15, 2011
No Due Process Right In Avoiding Temporary Lock-Up; Unsanitary Bedding Actionable by Brandon Sample By Brandon Sample On April 10, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part the dismissal of a suit challenging a prisoner’s placement in Temporary Lock-Up (TLU) …
$800,000 Settlement in Suit Over Diseases Caught at Maricopa County Jail by On December 12, 2005, a former Maricopa County Jail prisoner and his mother settled for $800,000 a suit alleging unsanitary conditions at the jail caused the former prisoner to become seriously ill and suffer permanent injuries. When he …
Hurricane Rita FTCA Action Dismissed by On September 22, 2009, a federal court in Texas dismissed a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) action brought by one attorney on behalf of more than 400 prisoners who were injured during Hurricane Rita. The plaintiffs were all incarcerated at the U.S. Penitentiary in …
Article • April 15, 2011
Class Action Settlement Reached on Dysentery Lawsuit by The District of Columbia settled a prisoner class action lawsuit after a large population of jail prisoners developed shigellosis, a bacterial illness, due to a malfunctioning dishwasher in the jail. At the D.C. jail in late January through early February, 1996, 616 …
$55,000 Settlement in DC Jail Prisoner’s Confinement Conditions Suit by The District of Columbia (DC) paid $55,000 to settle prisoner Lawrence Caldwell’s lawsuit that asserted various unconstitutional conditions at the DC Jail. In a clear, detailed pro se complaint, Caldwell outlines numerous conditional factors that violate his constitutional rights. He …
D.C. Pays $80,000 to Settle Prisoner’s Civil Rights Suit by On August 2, 2006, the District of Columbia paid $80,000 to settle with a prisoner who alleged violations of his civil rights under the 5th and 8th Amendments and D.C.’s Lorton Act. The suit was filed in the U.S. District …
Brief • January 7, 2011
Solomon v. Nassau County, NY, Order, Prison Pest Control, 2011
Deplorable Conditions at Los Angeles ICE Facility Result in Settlement by Brandon Sample Being locked up is bad enough. But imagine being held in a basement without basic essentials like drinking water, clean clothes, the ability to shower, a toothbrush and toothpaste, and medical care. Thousands of immigration detainees in …
Article • July 15, 2010 • from PLN July, 2010
Valley Fever Cases at California Prison Increase in 2009 by According to The Fresno Bee, the number of cases of Valley Fever among California prisoners at the Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga nearly doubled from 2008 to 2009. Data reported by prison officials to the Fresno County Public Health …
Canyon County Jail in Idaho Settles Conditions Suit With Consent Decree and $190,000 in Attorney’s Fees by Brandon Sample On November 12, 2009, Canyon County, Idaho agreed to settle a federal class-action suit against the Canyon County Jail (CCJ) that raised a myriad of claims related to unconstitutional conditions. Filed …
Doherty v. Marshall, MA, Plaintiff's Appellate Brief, Inhumane Prison Conditions, 2010 Issue Presented Did the superior court abuse its discretion by awarding attorney fees to Plaintiff-Appellee Doherty after the jury found that the DefendantAppellants had caused him and ten other prisoners to live under conditions of extreme squalor and filth …
Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010
$1,500 Settlement for Wisconsin Prisoner’s Cold Cell Conditions Claim by The Wisconsin Department of Corrections paid $1,500 to settle a prisoner’s lawsuit alleging violations of his Eighth Amendment rights by being subjected to cold cell temperatures. Waupan Correctional Institution prisoner Jevon D. Jackson filed a civil rights action for being …
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