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28 Die in Philippines Jail Uprising by A March 14, 2005, botched escape attempt by an Al-Qaida linked Abu-Sayyaf member at the Camp Begang Diwa (CBD) detention center in Tanguig, Manila started as a two-day takeover of CBD that ended with 28 dead. When the incident began, CBD held 470 …
New York Prisoner Assaulted By Guard Awarded $4,200 by On September 8, 2004, a court of claims in Buffalo, New York, awarded $4,200 to a state prisoner who was assaulted by a guard at the Attica Correctional Facility. Juan Matias, a 36-year-old prisoner, claimed that he was assaulted by a …
Article • December 15, 2005 • from PLN December, 2005
$820,000 Damages Upheld Against NY Jailer Who by $820,000 Damages Upheld Against NY Jailer Who Housed Informant with Defendant by John E. Dannenberg The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld $820,000 in damages for injuries suffered by an informant who was severely beaten by the defendant he had testified …
Brief • November 25, 2005
Ingle v. Toro, NY, Motion to Exclude Criminal History, Jail Excessive Force, 2005 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -------·- · - -- -·------------------ --------------- . ----------.X ADAM INGLES, et aL, 01 Civ. 8279 (DC) Plaintiffs, -againstELMER TORO, et aL, Defendants. ---------------·- ------- -·--·-- --· --· --------------------------X …
Article • November 15, 2005 • from PLN November, 2005
New York City Settles Wrongful Imprisonment Suit For $1 Million by On February 4, 2005, a man convicted of murder and wrongfully imprisoned for five years based on testimony fabricated by prosecutors settled his claim against the City of New York for $1,000,000. Milton Lantigua, 20,was sitting in front of …
New York Employees Families Settle Attica Riot Claims for $12 Million by The State of New York has reached a $12 million settlement with the Forgotten Victims of Attica, a group of surviving state employees and relatives of 11 guards killed during the 1971 uprising at the Attica Correctional Facility. …
Article • November 15, 2005 • from PLN November, 2005
New York Prisoner Awarded $195,000 for Hand, Knee Injury by On October 6, 2004, a court of claims in White Plains, New York, awarded $195,000 to a state prisoner who fell in the shower, injuring her hand, and knee. While imprisoned at the Taconic Correctional Facility, prisoner Juliann Gibson slipped …
NY DOC Agrees to Comply with A.D.A. by The New York City Department of Corrections (NYDOC) on Rikers Island has entered into a voluntary compliance agreement that requires it to comply with the American with Disabilities Act (ADA). A NYDOC prisoner filed a complaint with the United States Attorney for …
Article • October 15, 2005 • from PLN October, 2005
Raped New York Prisoner Awarded $25,000 by On August 17, 2004, a New York court of claims awarded $25,000 to a state prisoner who was raped in the shower. While imprisoned at the Sullivan Correctional Facility in Fallsburg, Donald Ramos received a series of letters from another prisoner who was …
Article • October 15, 2005
Court Allows Amendment, Adding New Defendants to Brutality Suit by The plaintiff sued over excessive force and now seeks to amend to add new defendants after the statute of limitations had run. Claims against new defendants relate back for limitations purposes only if they were not named because of a …
Article • October 15, 2005
A Spotty Record of Health Care For Children in City Detention by By PAUL von ZIELBAUER It was early February 2000, and Judge Paula J. Hepner said she could hardly believe what a doctor in the city's juvenile justice system had done to the girl standing before her in Brooklyn …
Article • October 15, 2005
New York Prisoners Win Class Action On Due Process Of Disciplinary Hearings by The US Court Of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a US District Court's decision to issue a preliminary injunction on a NY prison, requiring that hearings of prisoners confined in segregation units pending investigation of charges …
Article • October 15, 2005
Guard's Liability Unaffected by NY Prisoner's Guilty Plea in Excessive Force Claim; $38,000 in Damages Awarded, Plus Fees by A New York Federal District court has held that a prisoner's guilty plea to attempted assault does not preclude a guard's liability for use of excessive force. This holding came on …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
Confiscation of "New Afrikan" Literature May Violate First Amendment by Confiscation of "New Afrikan" Literature May Violate First Amendment The Second Circuit Court o Appeals reversed a New York district court's dismissal of a prisoner's complaint alleging violation of his rights under a Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
Mother Of New York Prisoner Awarded $377,200 For Suicide by Michael Rigby On March 14, 2005, a court of claims in White Plains, New York, awarded $377,200 to the mother of a suicidal state prisoner who died while in custody. While serving time at New York's Green Haven Correctional Facility …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
New York Prisoner Awarded $5,250 for Prison Welding Shop Injury by On July 27, 2004, the Court of Claims in Rochester, New York, awarded Noel Atkinson, a New York state prisoner, $5,250 for past pain and suffering due to an injury he received while working in a welding shop at …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
New York Prisoner Awarded $1,000 For Uncleaned Prosthetic Eye by On September 1, 2004, a court of claims in White Plains, New York, awarded $1,000 to a state prisoner because prison personnel failed to timely clean his prosthetic eye, causing him pain and suffering. Lionel Walker, a prisoner at the …
Brief • September 5, 2005
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Hilton v. Wright, NY, Plaintiff Memo Class Certification, HCV Medical, 2005 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ------------------------------------------------------------X ROBERT HILTON and LOUIS VASQUEZ, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, –against– Case No. 05 Civ. 1038 (DNH) (DEP) LESTER N. WRIGHT, M.D., M.P.H., Associate …
Prison Health Services: As Health Care in Jails Goes Private, 10 Days Can Be a Death Sentence by By Paul Von Zielbauer; Joseph Plambeck contributed reporting for this article. Brian Tetrault was 44 when he was led into a dim county jail cell in upstate New York in 2001, charged …
Article • August 15, 2005 • from PLN August, 2005
Prison Health Services: Missed Signals in New York Jails Open Way to Season of Suicides by by Paul Von Zielbauer; Joseph Plambeck contributed reporting for this article. The warnings were right there in her medical ?le: a childhood of sexual abuse, a diagnosis of manic depression, a suicide attempt at …
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