Foster v. City of Alexander City, AL, Settlement, Debtors Prison, 2017 Case 3:15-cv-00647-RCL-WC Document 93-2 Filed 01/17/17 Page 1 of 24 EXHIBIT 1 TO JOINT MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND NOTICE TO CLASS MEMBERS Case 3:15-cv-00647-RCL-WC Document 93-2 Filed 01/17/17 Page 2 of 24 IN …
Braggs v. Dunn, AL, Interim Relief Order, Systemic Medical Neglect, 2017 Case 2:14-cv-00601-MHT-TFM Document 1102 Filed 01/12/17 Page 1 of 2 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION EDWARD BRAGGS, et al., ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Braggs v. Dunn, AL, Interim Agreement, Systemic Medical Neglect, 2017 Case 2:14-cv-00601-MHT-TFM Document 1102-1 Filed 01/12/17 Page 1 of 5 Interim Agreement Regarding Suicide Prevention Measures As an interim agreement (the “Agreement”) resolving the issues regarding suicide prevention measures raised in Plaintiffs’ Motion for Temporary Restraining Order (Doc. No. 1075), …
Dunn v. Dunn, AL, Order Granting Partial MSJ - AL Prison Class Action Mental Health Treatment, 2016 Case 2:14-cv-00601-MHT-TFM Document 1011 Filed 11/25/16 Page 1 of 199 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION JOSHUA DUNN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. JEFFERSON …
Braggs v. Dunn, AL, Class Certification Opinion, Mental Health Treatment, 2016 Case 2:14-cv-00601-MHT-TFM Document 1013 Filed 11/25/16 Page 1 of 144 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION EDWARD BRAGGS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. JEFFERSON S. DUNN, in his official capacity …
Alabama Prisoner Exonerated after Serving 30 Years on Death Row by After almost 30 years, Alabama death row prisoner Anthony Ray Hinton was freed on April 3, 2015 – at the age of 58 – when prosecutors dropped the charges against him. At the time of his release, Hinton, who …
Company Offers Educational Tablets to Prisoners, with Mixed Results by Matthew Clarke A new educational product offered by a private company is being provided to prisoners in an increasing number of the nation’s jails – computer tablets supplied by Chicago-based Edovo (a name derived from “Education Over Obstacles”). Edovo tablets …
AL: Insurance Company Required to Pay $2.3M Award in Wrongful Imprisonment Suit by Lonnie Burton Robert Garland and John Tatum were convicted and sentenced in 1991 on federal drug charges. They were later released when, in 1992, Captain Jerry Newton of the Andalusia, Alabama police department admitted to a fellow …
Eleventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Pretrial Detainee's Lawsuit for Unsanitary Conditions, Due Process Violations by Lonnie Burton On August 29, 2016, a three-judge panel of the Eleventh CircA.t U.S. Court of Appeals upheld an order of a federal district court in Alabama which dismissed the lawsuit of a pretrial detainee …
Alabama Public Service Commission Enacts Prison, Jail Phone Reforms by David Reutter Over the past several years, the Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) has issued a series of orders that revise an October 2013 order related to rule changes for Inmate Calling Services (ICS). The PSC issued its most recent …
Sixth Circuit Vacates Denial of Qualified Immunity; Each Defendant’s Conduct Must be Individually Evaluated by Mark Wilson The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a district court’s denial of qualified immunity because an individualized inquiry into the defendants’ role during an illegal body cavity search was not conducted. Felix …
Eleventh Circuit Upholds Alabama DOC Short Hair Policy Following Remand from Supreme Court by The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) does not overcome the Alabama Department of Corrections’ (ADOC) “short hair policy” for prisoners, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held. The ruling was issued on remand …
Thompson v. Alabama, AL, Class Action Complaint, Felon Disenfranchisement, 2016 2. As detailed below, Section 177(b) of the Alabama Constitution, which disenfranchises individuals with convictions of felonies “involving moral turpitude,” is a direct successor to the Alabama’s 1901 racially discriminatory constitutional disenfranchisement provision. It is inextricably tied to Alabama’s long …
Federal Prisoner Receives $20,000 for Inadequate Medical Treatment for His Hand Injury by Lonnie Burton On March 7, 2000, the United States agreed to pay a federal prisoner the sum of $20,000 to settle his lawsuit stemming from inadequate medical care resulting in permanent paralysis in his left hand. The …
Dunn v. Dunn, AL, Consent Decree, ADA Compliance, 2016 Case 2:14-cv-00601-MHT-TFM Document 728 Filed 09/09/16 Page 1 of 78 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA JOSHUA DUNN, ET AL., Plaintiffs, v. JEFFERSON DUNN, ET AL., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Dunn v. Dunn, AL, Final Settlement Approval, ADA Compliance, 2016 Case 2:14-cv-00601-MHT-TFM Document 727 Filed 09/09/16 Page 1 of 116 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION JOSHUA DUNN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. JEFFERSON S. DUNN, in his official capacity as …
Broken Justice: The Death Penalty in Alabama, ACLU, 2005 A n A C LU R e p o r t Broken Justice: The Death Penalty in Alabama Published October 2005 THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION is the nation’s premier guardian of liberty, working daily in courts, legislatures and communities to …
11th Circuit Affirms Judgment for Prison Officials in Violence Case by The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed on April 2, 2014, the lower court's grant of summary judgment for the defendants in a §1983 claim weighed by plaintiff Jody O'Neil Harrison, seeking damages for injuries …
Alabama Ends Prison Farming Operations by Citing lack of profit, the Alabama Correctional Industries (ACI) ended its farming operations; ACI was formalized in 1976 with the “Prison-Made Goods Act.” It had been unprofitable for years leading up to the restructuring announced in 2007. “I want ACI to be a profit …
Alabama Jail Guard Receives 4 Years for Sexually Abusing Prisoners by David Reutter An Alabama federal district court sentenced a former guard to four years in prison for sexually abusing male prisoners at the Clay County Jail (CCJ) Guard Jeffrey Cotney 48, ran the prisoner worker program at CCJ. He …
