Tennessee Sheriff Offered “Church Release” to Prisoners by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Maury County, Tennessee Sheriff Bucky Rowland was elected to office in 2014 on a platform that promoted prisoner rehabilitation. While it is not unusual for an elected official to give lip service to the concept of rehabilitating …
Johnson v. CoreCivic complaint, wrongful death, 2018 Case 1:18-cv-01051-STA-egb Document 1 Filed 03/26/18 Page 1 of 9 PageID 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE JACKSON DIVISION CAROLYN JOHNSON, as survivor and next of kin of EARL WAYNE JOHNSON, deceased, Plaintiff, vs. CORECIVIC, INC., …
Major Scabies Outbreak at CoreCivic Facility in Tennessee by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Three lawsuits, filed in June and July 2017, allege corrections officials ignored an outbreak of scabies at the Metro-Davidson County Detention Facility (MDCDF) in Nashville, Tennessee. Affecting 89 prisoners, the outbreak also spread to at …
Tennessee Drug Court Judge Imprisons Participants for Smoking Cigarettes by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin In November 2017, Hamilton County, Tennessee Judge Tom Greenholtz sent several drug court participants to jail for a night after their drug tests came back positive – for nicotine. “We routinely test for nicotine as …
Keeping Kids and Parents Parents Together, a Healthier Approach to Sentencing in Tennessee, 2018 Keeping Kids and Parents Together A Healthier Approach to Sentencing in Tennessee February 2018 humanimpact.org Executive Summary It carries on throughout their life that their mother or father had to go away for a while. If …
Higdon v. USA, TN, Opinion, Discharging Firearm as Use of Force, 2018 RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit I.O.P. 32.1(b) File Name: 18a0030p.06 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT DARYL LYNN HIGDON, Petitioner-Appellant, ┐ │ │ > v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent-Appellee. │ │ …
Organizations Acting as Government Subject to Public Records, Open Meetings Laws by David Reutter by David Reutter A Tennessee Court of Appeals reversed a trial court’s decision that the Jefferson County Economics Development and Oversight Committee, Inc. (EDOC) is not subject to provisions of the State Public Records and Open …
CoreCivic Prison in Tennessee Plagued with Problems by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Less than two years after opening the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center (TTCC) in January 2016, the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) imposed a $43,750 fine against the prison’s private operator, Nashville-based CoreCivic. Formerly known as Corrections …
To What End, Assessing the Impact of the Knox County Jail's Ban on In-Person Visits To What End?: Assessing the Impact of the Knox County Jail’s Ban on In-Person Visits Face To Face Knox Knoxville, TN January 29, 2018 Introduction Since April 2014, the Knox County Sheriff’s Office has banned …
Private Prison CEO Heads Search for United Way Leader by Until recently, Damon Hininger, president and CEO of CoreCivic, formerly Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), served as chairman of the Board of Trustees for the United Way of Metropolitan Nashville (UWMN). CoreCivic is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. After UWMN CEO …
Willful Violation of Tennessee FOIA Occurs by Requiring Unauthorized Fees by A Tennessee state appellate court reversed a trial court’s ruling that a custodian of records’ denial of access to public records was “not willful." The court found the denial was “willful." Where the prior ruling prevented the trial court from …
Tennessee’s Death Penalty on Hold by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Capital punishment is on hold in Tennessee. The Tennessee Supreme Court halted execution to allow lower courts to hold hearings on the new lethal injection protocol. Meanwhile, attorneys for death row prisoners are arguing the death penalty is …
BOP Prison Guard's 30 Day Suspension for Biting Inmate Reversed in Arbitration by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis The 30-day suspension of Kenneth O. Davis for biting a prisoner was overturned by federal arbitrator Michael L. Allen on December 12, 2002. Davis, a senior officer specialist (prison guard), was working …
Tennessee: High Cost of Drugs Cited as Reason to Deny Prisoners Hep C Treatment by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Tennessee prison officials “turn a blind eye” to the medical needs of prisoners infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV), a class-action lawsuit filed in July 2016 alleges. While …
Tennessee DOC Prison Audit STATE OF TENNESSEE COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION Performance Audit Report November 2017 Justin P. Wilson, Comptroller Division of State Audit Sunset Performance Section DEBORAH V. LOVELESS, CPA, CGFM, CGMA Director JOSEPH SCHUSSLER, CPA, CGFM Assistant Director DENA W. WINNINGHAM, CGFM Audit Manager Vincent …
USA v. Harper, TN, Opinion, "Crime of Violence," 2017 RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit I.O.P. 32.1(b) File Name: 17a0254p.06 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, ┐ │ │ > v. ADARIUS HARPER, Defendant-Appellee. │ │ │ │ │ ┘ …
Robinson v. Purkey, TN, Memo Re TRO Mot, Driver's License Suspensions, 2017 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION FRED ROBINSON, ASHLEY SPRAGUE, and JOHNNY GIBBS, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) DAVID W. …
Beck v. Hamblen County, TN, Complaint, Unsafe Jail Conditions, Assault, 2017 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NORTHEASTERN DIVISION ZACKERY BECK, Plaintiff, vs. Case No. HAMBLEN COUNTY, Tennessee, a governmental entity, ESCO R. JARNAGIN, Hamblen County Sheriff, JOHN and JANE DOES, employees of the Hamblen County Sheriff’s Department, …
Rodriguez v. Providence Community Corrections, TN, Settlement, Private Probation, 2017 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release is entered into by named plaintiffs Cindy Rodriguez, Steven Gibbs, Paula Pullum, Yolanda Carney, Jacqueline Brinkley, Curtis Johnson, and Fred Robinson (“Named Plaintiffs”), defendant Rutherford County, Tennessee (“Rutherford County”), defendant Providence …
TN Prison Counselor Suspended for Posting Insults on Facebook by Joe Watson by Joe Watson A counselor at the Turney Center Industrial Complex (TCIX), a close-security prison located in southwestern Tennessee, was suspended for three days after she posted profanity-laced insults on the Facebook page for the Tennessee Department of …
