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After Federal Judge Censors Lawyer’s Tweets About CoreCivic, Company Settles Suit Over Tennessee Prisoner’s Murder by Cellmate by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead On July 15, 2022, in a case accusing private prison giant CoreCivic of a Tennessee prisoner’s wrongful death, a federal magistrate judge issued a gag order restricting …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Former Texas Prisoner Wins 12-Year Fight for Justice by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss In May 2006, Daryl Davis was serving a 37-year sentence for beating his girlfriend with a beer bottle, when he was assaulted — twice — at Texas’ Polunsky Unit by members of a Black prison …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Filed under: Medical, Settlements
Seventh Circuit Trims What Indiana Prisoner Owes Jail Doctor in Lost Lawsuit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On July 21, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit modified a judgment against a prisoner in a civil rights lawsuit he filed and lost against a doctor …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
$480,000 Paid by California County to Detainee Whose Newborn Died After Guards Stopped at Starbucks en Route to Hospital by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye On August 23, 2022, the Board of Supervisors of California’s Orange County approved a settlement providing $480,000 to a former detainee in the county …
$98,000 Paid by BOP to Immigrant Detainees Racially Profiled as Terrorists in New York City Lockup by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss An out-of-court settlement between the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and a group of former immigrant detainees was made public on July 5, 2022. The plaintiffs, all …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
$300,000 Paid by Colorado to Prisoner Sexually Harassed by Guard with Foot Fetish by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead On July 25, 2022, Colorado agreed to pay former state prisoner Susan Ullery $300,000 to settle her claims that she was sexually harassed by a former guard — who also sexually …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
Filed under: Dogs, Settlements
Ohio Pays $185,000 to State Prisoner Bitten in Genitals by K-9 by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On November 17, 2021, the Ohio Court of Claims awarded a state prisoner $185,000 for injuries sustained when he was bitten by a dog on a K-9 unit visiting from a local jail. …
ACLU Accepts $37,500 Settlement Over Redacted Records From New Mexico Prison Healthcare Provider by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart Wexford Health Sources had been sued over 50 times in just four years when the state of New Mexico terminated the firm’s contract to provide healthcare to state prisons. That was …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
Nevada Muslim Prisoner Wins Suit Over Denial of Jumu’ah Prayer by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead On June 14, 2022, the federal Court for the District of Nevada granted summary judgment to a Muslim state prisoner, agreeing with him that the state Department of Corrections (DOC) violated his constitutional rights …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
$450,000 Settlement to Illinois Prisoner Whose Untreated Boil Left Him Paraplegic by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead On August 17, 2021, after the IllinoisDepartment of Corrections (DOC) paid $450,000 to settle claims of medical neglect that cost him the use of his legs, a state prisoner successfully petitioned a federal …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
$3.5 Million Paid To Estate Of Iowa Jail Detainee Who Suffered Seizure And Died When Left Unattended by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On March 14, 2022, an Iowa court awarded $3.5 million to the estate of a pretrial detainee who suffered a seizure and was left to die in …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
$3 Million From Forsyth County, No Stay in Civil Case Against Wellpath Nurse Indicted for Involuntary Manslaughter of N.C. Jail Detainee by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm, MD After a federal court in North Carolina declined to stay a civil case against Wellpath and a nurse it employed accused …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
BOP Settles for $4.18 Million With Six Prisoners Raped by Guard at Now-Shuttered Manhattan Federal Jail by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has been under intense scrutiny from lawmakers over misconduct by guards and officials at multiple prisons. Some of the worst behavior …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
$115,000 Settlement for Excessive Pepper-Spraying of Maine Prisoner by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After reaching a $115,000 settlement with the Maine Department of Corrections (DOC), a state prisoner dismissed his suit on October 21, 2021, in which he alleged guards at the Maine State Prison (MSP) used excessive …
Over $237,000 Awarded in Wisconsin Prisoner’s Suit Accusing Guard of Unwanted Sexual Advances by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On June 16, 2022, the federal court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin ordered a state prison guard to pay $110,042.38 in legal costs and fees for a former state …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
After Sixth Circuit Stops Attempted End-Run Around Rules, Former Kentucky Jail Detainee Settles Suit Against Southern Health Partners by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On June 7, 2022, the federal court for the Eastern District of Kentucky dismissed the case of a former jail detainee after she reached a …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Federal Government Pays $300,000 for Endangering Diabetic Prisoner With ‘Dramatically’ Subpar Care by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart On May 25, 2022, a former federal prisoner agreed to accept $300,000 to settle claims he was subjected to unconstitutionally bad treatment for severe Type 1 diabetes while incarcerated by the federal …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
$3.7 Million in Attorney Fees Paid to Settle COVID-19 Class-Action at Orange County Jail by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On September 12, 2022, the federal court for the Central District of California granted final approval to a class-action settlement resolving claims against California’s Orange County Jail (OCJ) over its …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Settlement Extended Again After Federal Judge Faults California Prisons for Using Snitches in Solitary and Parole Procedures by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On February 24, 2022, the federal court for the Northern District of California granted another 12-month extension to a 2015 settlement. That agreement was made between the …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
$2.57 Million Settlement for Hogtying Death in NC Police Custody by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm, MD On October 20, 2022, a federalcourt in North Carolina approved a settlement obligating the City of Greensboro to pay $2.57 million for the wrongful death of a mentally ill man, after city …
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