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Dallas County Liable for Placing Suicidal Prisoner in Cell with Corded Phone by by Matt Clarke A Texas Court of Appeals has held that the state district court correctly denied Dallas County’s jurisdictional challenge and no-evidence motion for summary judgment in a suit involving the placement of a suicidal prisoner …
Article • January 15, 2009
California Thwarts Due Process In "Medically Disordered Offender" Post Release Commitment Trial by California Mentally Disordered Offender (MDO) Roy Cobb, Jr., appealed a court order, imposed after his statutory release date, committing him to the state hospital. The order was affirmed because Cobb was put on notice prior to his …
Article • January 15, 2009
California Prisoner's Misdemeanor Battery Charge Statutorily Enhanced To Felony by The California Supreme Court determined whether a state hospital prisoner was subject to felony charges under § 2684 for attacking a non confined person. Joey Watson was found to be statutorily subject to felony charges. Watson was transferred to the …
Kenneth H v. State of New York, NY, Decision, Rikers inmate-inmate rape PTSD protective custody homosexual, 2008 01/09/2009 " 11:18 ~~jr-mt~J 10 STATE OF NEW YORK· PAGE DIVIS/Lon 12129258774 01 5)1" RECEIVED JUN 2 3 • COURT OF CLAIMS KENNETH H.\ Clalm,nt, DECISION "vTHE STATE OF NEW YORK, Claim No. …
Thomas v. McNeil, FL, Order, Chemical Agents on Prisoners, 2009 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION JEREMIAH THOMAS, KELVIN FRAZIER, REGINALD WILLIAMS, PAUL ECHOLS, MICHAEL McKINNEY, CHARLES MORGAN1 and ANTONIO WARD, Plaintiffs, vs. Case No. 3:04-cv-917-J-32JRK WALTER McNEIL and RANDALL BRYANT, in their official capacities, Defendants. …
$2.75 Million Verdict in Dehydrated Michigan Prisoner’s Death by A Michigan federal jury awarded $2.75 million to a prisoner’s estate in a case claiming deliberate indifference to serious medical needs. The prisoner, Jeffrey Clark, was having mental health problems and died due to the effects of dehydration and inhumanely hot …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Filed under: Mental Health, Suicides
$635,000 Settlement in Wisconsin Woman Prisoner’s Suicide by The family of a Wisconsin prisoner who committed suicide has agreed to accept a $635,000 payment from the state to settle a federal lawsuit. The suit claimed that Taycheedah Correctional Institution (TCI) prisoner Angela Enoch was able to strangle herself with torn …
Article • December 15, 2008
Dangers of a preventive detention law by David C Fathi By David C. Fathi | January 1, 2009 PRESIDENT-ELECT Barack Obama has said he'll close the US detention center at Guantanamo Bay. The question is how. If the government has evidence that Guantanamo detainees have committed crimes, it should put …
California DOC Settles Sadistic, Hate-Motivated, Three-Year Starvation Death Of Sikh Prisoner For $1 Million by Marvin Mentor California DOC Settles Sadistic, Hate-Motivated, Three-Year Starvation Death Of Sikh Prisoner For $1 Million by Marvin Mentor The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) settled a lawsuit brought by the survivors of …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
CMS Insurer Must Pay Wyoming Suicide Settlement by CMS Insurer Must Pay Wyoming Suicide Settlement The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that an insurer is required to indemnify Correctional Medical Services (CMS) for an incident that occurred prior to CMS obtaining the insurance policy. The Court’s ruling came …
Colorado DOC Pays $60,000 Settlement for Suicide of Former Prisoner Who Was Sexually Abused by Guard by John Dannenberg Colorado DOC Pays $60,000 Settlement for Suicide of Former Prisoner Who Was Sexually Abused by Guard by John E. Dannenberg The Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) settled a lawsuit brought by …
Could the Fall of Lehman Brothers Signal Trouble for Private Prison Corporations? by Bob Libal Could the Fall of Lehman Brothers Signal Trouble for Private Prison Corporations? by Bob Libal and Nick Hudson While recent business news has been dominated by the bailout of some of the nation’s largest investment …
Errantly Paroled Mentally Ill San Quentin Prisoner Commits Mayhem In San Francisco by Errantly Paroled Mentally Ill San Quentin Prisoner Commits Mayhem In San Francisco When San Quentin, California state prison employees released mentally ill prisoner Scott Thomas onto parole on the night of Friday, May 18, 2007, they committed …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Texas State Auditor States Some Prison Rehabilitation Programs Effective, Some Not by Matthew Clarke Texas State Auditor States Some Prison Rehabilitation Programs Effective, Some Not by Matt Clarke In March, 2007, the Texas State Auditor’s Office (SAO) released a report on five rehabilitation programs used in the Texas state prison …
Romance with Jail Guard Lands Sex Offender Back in Prison by Gary Hunter Once described as the most-watched prisoner in Texas, Wesley Wayne Miller has managed to make the news again. Miller, 45, is the state’s first prisoner to be committed under the Sexually Violent Predator Program. He was convicted …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
California Juvenile Jail Ward, Brain Damaged from Suicide Attempt, Awarded $4.6 Million by California Juvenile Jail Ward, Brain Damaged from Suicide Attempt, Awarded $4.6 Million A teenager incarcerated at a Kings County, California boot camp sustained permanent brain damage after he attempted suicide. His father then sued the county for …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
$80,000 Settlement in Utah Jail Prisoner’s Suicide by The private medical provider at Utah’s Salt Lake County Jail (SLCJ) has settled a lawsuit in a prisoner’s suicide for $80,000. The lawsuit was originally filed in federal court, but landed in state court prior to the settlement. After Jeremy Ruybal, 27, …
Brief • October 30, 2008
Brandon v. Advanced Correctional Healthcare, IL, Expert Report of Scott, Jail Suicide, 2008 1:06-cv-01316-JAG # 190-41 Page 1 of 11 E-FILED Thursday, 31 December, 2009 01:34:32 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD Exhibit 38 1:06-cv-01316-JAG # 190-41 Page 2 of 11 Exhibit 38 1:06-cv-01316-JAG # 190-41 Page 3 of 11 …
Brief • October 17, 2008
Donhauser v. Goord et al, NY, Order and Settlement Agreement, good time credit sex offender refusal to admit guilt, 2008
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
Over 60% of Oregon Prisoner Suicides Linked to Mental Illness, Isolation by Mark Wilson Over 60% of Oregon Prisoner Suicides Linked to Mental Illness, Isolation by Mark Wilson Nathan Bashaw, 21, had a mere 259 days left to serve until his April 1, 2008 release date. He was serving a …
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