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Dockery, et al. v. Epps, et al, MS, Expert Report - Stern, MS DOC Mentally Ill in Deplorable Conditions, 2014

Brief • June 16, 2014

Filed under: Eighth Amendment, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Dockery, et al. v. Epps, et al, MS, Expert Report - Stern, MS DOC Mentally Ill in Deplorable Conditions, 2014 EXPERT REPORT OF ELDON VAIL Dockery, et al. v. Epps, et al. June 16, 2014 ASSIGNMENT I have been retained by Plaintiffs’ counsel to evaluate and offer my opinion regarding …

Dockery, et al. v. Epps, et al, MS, Expert Report - Kupers, MS DOC Mentally Ill in Deplorable Conditions, 2014

Brief • June 16, 2014

Filed under: Eighth Amendment, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Dockery, et al. v. Epps, et al, MS, Expert Report - Kupers, MS DOC Mentally Ill in Deplorable Conditions, 2014 EXPERT REPORT OF ELDON VAIL Dockery, et al. v. Epps, et al. June 16, 2014 ASSIGNMENT I have been retained by Plaintiffs’ counsel to evaluate and offer my opinion regarding …

Dockery v. Epps, MS, Environmental Health Inspection, Mental Health Conditions in Solitary Class Action, 2014

Brief • June 13, 2014

Filed under: Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Dockery v. Epps, MS, Environmental Health Inspection, Mental Health Conditions in Solitary Class Action, 2014 Environmental Health Inspections East Mississippi Correctional Facility Meridian, Mississippi March 31, 2014 through April 3, 2014 June 13, 2014 Prepared for: Law Offices of Elizabeth Alexander 1416 Holly Street, NW Washington, DC 20012 And the …

CCA Guard Killed During Riot was on Prisoners’ “Hit List”

Article • June 7, 2014 • from PLN June, 2014

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Rebellion, Prison Gangs, Prison/Jail Murders, Employee Litigation

CCA Guard Killed During Riot was on Prisoners’ “Hit List” by Matthew Clarke CCA Guard Killed During Riot was on Prisoners’ “Hit List” by Matt Clarke A federal lawsuit filed by the family of a guard murdered during a riot at a Mississippi facility claims that prison officials knew the …

Estate of Princess Anderson v. Marshall County, MS, Memorandum in Support of Plaintiff's Motion to Strike Certain Opinions of Thomas Fowlkes, MD, Wrongful Death, 2014

Brief • April 3, 2014

Filed under: Wrongful Death

Estate of Princess Anderson v. Marshall County, MS, Memorandum in Support of Plaintiff's Motion to Strike Certain Opinions of Thomas Fowlkes, MD, Wrongful Death, 2014 Case: 3:12-cv-00092-DMB-SAA Doc #: 125 Filed: 04/03/14 1 of 4 PageID #: 993 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI WESTERN DIVISION ANGELA ANDERSON, …

Anderson v. Marshall County, MS, Memo in Support of Plaintiff's Motion to Strike Certain Opinions of Thomas Fowlkes, Wrongful Death, 2014

Brief • April 3, 2014

Filed under: Wrongful Death

Anderson v. Marshall County, MS, Memo in Support of Plaintiff's Motion to Strike Certain Opinions of Thomas Fowlkes, Wrongful Death, 2014 Case: 3:12-cv-00092-DMB-SAA Doc #: 125 Filed: 04/03/14 1 of 4 PageID #: 993 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI WESTERN DIVISION ANGELA ANDERSON, Personally, and on behalf …

East Mississippi Prison Nightmare

Article • January 15, 2014 • from PLN January, 2014

Filed under: Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Management and Training Corporation, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Failure to Treat, Totality of Conditions, Ventilation, Sanitation, Lighting, Vermin, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

East Mississippi Prison Nightmare by Christopher Zoukis On May 30, 2013, the American Civil Liberties Union, Southern Poverty Law Center and law office of civil rights attorney Elizabeth Alexander filed an 83-page complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, seeking class-action relief for mentally ill …

Gun Found in Segregation Cell at Privately-operated Mississippi Prison

Article • November 15, 2013 • from PLN November, 2013

Filed under: Private Prisons, Management and Training Corporation

Gun Found in Segregation Cell at Privately-operated Mississippi Prison by According to documents produced by the Mississippi Department of Corrections pursuant to a public records request, a semi-automatic pistol and other contraband was found at the Wilkinson County Correctional Facility in Woodville on September 13, 2013. The prison is operated …

GEO Group Pulls out of Mississippi Prisons

Article • November 15, 2013 • from PLN November, 2013

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Cornell Corrections, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Juvenile Prisons

GEO Group Pulls out of Mississippi Prisons by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Last year, the GEO Group – the nation’s second-largest for-profit prison company – announced that it was pulling out of its contracts to operate three Mississippi prisons. That development came shortly after a federal court announced …

Former Mississippi Mayor Sent to Prison

Article • July 15, 2013 • from PLN July, 2013

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Contractor Misconduct

Former Mississippi Mayor Sent to Prison by A federal judge in Mississippi has sentenced William Grady Sims, 61, the former mayor of Walnut Grove who also served as warden of a privately-operated correctional facility, to 7 months in federal prison for telling a prisoner to lie to investigators about a …

Dockery v. Epps, MS, Complaint, Mental Health Conditions Solitary Confinement Class Action, 2013

Brief • May 30, 2013

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Dockery v. Epps, MS, Complaint, Mental Health Conditions Solitary Confinement Class Action, 2013 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI JACKSON DIVISION JERMAINE DOCKERY, DAVID THOMPSON, JEFFERY COVINGTON, JOSEPH OSBORNE, COURTNEY GALLOWAY, PHILLIP FREDENBURG, JOHN BARRETT, TAFFOREST CHANDLER, DERRICK HAYES, ERIC WARD, CHRISTOPHER LINDSEY, DEXTER …

Mississippi Supreme Court Reverses $12.7 Million Tax Overpayment Award in AT&T’s Favor

Article • May 15, 2013

Filed under: Civil Procedure, Appeals, Tax Law

Mississippi Supreme Court Reverses $12.7 Million Tax Overpayment Award in AT&T’s Favor by Mississippi Supreme Court Reverses $12.7 Million Tax Overpayment Award in AT&T’s Favor In September 2012, the Supreme Court of Mississippi reversed a Hinds County Chancery Court ruling that awarded AT&T nearly $13 million as a result of …

Carithers v. CCA, MS, Complaint, wrongful death riot guard hit list, 2013

Brief • May 8, 2013

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Jail Misconduct, Prison Rebellion, Staffing, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Failure to Protect (Staff)

Carithers v. CCA, MS, Complaint, wrongful death riot guard hit list, 2013 Case 5:13-cv-00066-DCB-MTP Document 1 Filed 05/08/13 Page 1 of 7 Case 5:13-cv-00066-DCB-MTP Document 1 Filed 05/08/13 Page 2 of 7 Case 5:13-cv-00066-DCB-MTP Document 1 Filed 05/08/13 Page 3 of 7 Case 5:13-cv-00066-DCB-MTP Document 1 Filed 05/08/13 Page 4 …

Mississippi Supreme Court Upholds Outgoing Governor's 214 Messy Pardons

Article • April 15, 2013

Filed under: Sentencing, Pardons/Clemency

Mississippi Supreme Court Upholds Outgoing Governor's 214 Messy Pardons by Joe Watson Two months of political gamesmanship and blustery media coverage came to an end on March 8 when the Mississippi Supreme Court upheld more than 200 pardons granted by Haley Barbour in his final days as governor. The court …

Fifth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Suit for Delay Bringing Arrestees Before a Judge

Article • April 15, 2013

Filed under: Immunity/Liability, Qualified Immunity

Fifth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Suit for Delay Bringing Arrestees Before a Judge by The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Civil Rights action, alleging the violation of the 4th and 14th Amendments of two Mississippi men, who were detained for more …

Mississippi Judge Suspended 30 Days; Publicly Reprimanded; Fined $500; Assessed $100 Court Cost

Article • April 15, 2013

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Judicial Misconduct

Mississippi Judge Suspended 30 Days; Publicly Reprimanded; Fined $500; Assessed $100 Court Cost by On April 13, 2011, the Supreme Court of Mississippi disagreed with Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance recommendation on a formal complaint filed against Lamar County Justice Judge Carol Ann Bustin, who was charged with executing a …

Fifth Circuit Reverses $250,000 Award to Mississippi Prisoner Held too Long

Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012

Filed under: Sentencing, Parole, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Qualified Immunity

Fifth Circuit Reverses $250,000 Award to Mississippi Prisoner Held too Long by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that Christopher B. Epps, the Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC), was entitled to qualified immunity after a prisoner was held beyond the date …

CCA Ceases Operations at Mississippi Prison, County Jail

Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Crime/Demographics, Escapes

CCA Ceases Operations at Mississippi Prison, County Jail by On November 10, 2011, Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps announced the closure of the privately-operated 1,172-bed Delta Correctional Facility in Leflore County. He said closing the prison was a mutual decision by state officials and Corrections Corporation of America …

Former Mississippi Mayor Charged with Sexually Assaulting Prisoner

Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Government Misconduct

Former Mississippi Mayor Charged with Sexually Assaulting Prisoner by Federal prosecutors have charged the former mayor of Walnut Grove, Mississippi with sexually assaulting a prisoner while acting under color of law. He also was charged with telling the prisoner to lie during an investigation into the incident. [See: PLN, April …

Fifth Circuit Rules on Prisoner’s ADA Claim; Issues Superseding Opinion

Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012

Filed under: Americans with Disabilities Act, Immunity/Liability, Sovereign Immunity

Fifth Circuit Rules on Prisoner’s ADA Claim; Issues Superseding Opinion by On October 14, 2010, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals found that Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12132, does not abrogate a state’s sovereign immunity when the misconduct complained of does not …