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Colvin v. Inslee, WA, Respondents Report on DOC's COVID-19 Response, COVID-19, 2020
Brief • April 13, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
Colvin v. Inslee, WA, Respondents Report on DOC's COVID-19 Response, COVID-19, 2020 NO. 98317-8 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON SHYANNE COLVIN, et al., RESPONDENTS’ REPORT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS’ COVID-19 RESPONSE Petitioners, v. JAY INSLEE, et al., Respondents. As the Court directed in its April 10, 2020, …
Colvin v. Inslee, WA, Order on Motion, COVID-19 Release, 2020
Brief • April 10, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
Colvin v. Inslee, WA, Order on Motion, COVID-19 Release, 2020 THE SUPREME COURT OF WASHINGTON SHYANNE COLVIN, SHANELL DUNCAN, TERRY KILL, LEONDIS BERRY, and THEODORE ROOSEVELT RHONE, Petitioners, v. JAY INSLEE, Governor of the State of Washington, and STEVEN SINCLAIR, Secretary of the Washington State Department of Corrections, Respondents. __________________________________________ …
Colvin v. Inslee, WA, Emergency Motion to Accelerate Review, COVID-19 Release, 2020
Brief • April 9, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
Colvin v. Inslee, WA, Emergency Motion to Accelerate Review, COVID-19 Release, 2020 No. 98317-8 ____________________________________________________________ SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON ____________________________________________________________ SHYANNE COLVIN, SHANELL DUNCAN, TERRY KILL, LEONDIS BERRY, and THEODORE ROOSEVELT RHONE, Petitioners, v. JAY INSLEE, Governor of the State of Washington, and STEPHEN SINCLAIR, Secretary of …
$1 Million Paid by Snohomish County Jail to Settle Detainee’s Opioid Withdrawal Death Lawsuit
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Filed under: Medication, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
$1 Million Paid by Snohomish County Jail to Settle Detainee’s Opioid Withdrawal Death Lawsuit by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On October 21, 2019, Snohomish County, Washington, agreed to pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit related to the death of Lindsay Kronberger. Kronberger had been a detainee at the …
Washington State Pays $500,000 to Family of Man Who Died by Suicide
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Filed under: Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Suicides
Washington State Pays $500,000 to Family of Man Who Died by Suicide by Chad Marks by Chad Marks The family of Morgan Bluehorse, who committed suicide in solitary confinement at the age of 29, will receive $500,000 from the Washington state Department of Corrections, in a settlement reached November 13. …
Brown v. Stored Value Cards, 9th Circuit, Opinion, Debit Cards, 2020
Brief • March 16, 2020
Filed under: Prisoner Property
Brown v. Stored Value Cards, 9th Circuit, Opinion, Debit Cards, 2020 FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT DANICA LOVE BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant, No. 18-35735 v. D.C. No. 3:15-cv-01370MO STORED VALUE CARDS, INC., DBA Numi Financial; CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, Enid, Oklahoma, Defendants-Appellees. OPINION Appeal …
Lambert v. Kittitas County, WA, Complaint, Medical Care Cost, 2020
Brief • March 12, 2020
Filed under: Medical, Medical Expenses
Lambert v. Kittitas County, WA, Complaint, Medical Care Cost, 2020 2 3 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR YAKIMA COUNTY 4 5 ROBERT MIKEL LAMBERT, Plaintiff, 6 V. 7 8 9 Cause No. KITTITAS COUNTY, a municipal corporation; CLAYTON MYERS, in his official capacity …
Rice v. City of Roy, WA, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2020
Brief • March 11, 2020
Filed under: Excessive Force, Shootings, False Arrest, Excessive Force (Police), Negligence/Reckless Endangerment
Rice v. City of Roy, WA, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2020 Case 3:20-cv-05223-RJB Document 1 Filed 03/11/20 Page 1 of 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 8 9 10 DAVID RICE and ELIZABETH RICE, individually and as a marital …
Washington State Prisoner’s Suicide Leads to $350,000 Settlement
Article • February 5, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Filed under: Settlements, Suicides
Washington State Prisoner’s Suicide Leads to $350,000 Settlement by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Shannon Rose Jefferson, a Native American, was a frequent resident at the Whatcom County Jail (WCJ) in Washington State. During the last 16 years of her life, Jefferson was held at the WCJ over 20 times. …
Washington State Pays Prisoners Slave Wages While Suing Others for Doing the Same
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Prison Labor
Washington State Pays Prisoners Slave Wages While Suing Others for Doing the Same by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon The GEO Group is one of the largest private prison companies in the United States. Its primary reason for existence is to generate profit by warehousing people for the states and …
Food Survey Reveals Washington State Prisoners’ Concerns and Complaints
Article • December 11, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Filed under: Food
Food Survey Reveals Washington State Prisoners’ Concerns and Complaints by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke It might be classified as “better late than never,” but a March 2019 report on a food survey of prisoners at the Washington State Penitentiary (WSP), undertaken by the state’s Office of the Corrections Ombuds, …
Dawson, et al. v. South Correctional Entity (SCORE), et al., WA, complaint, wrongful death, 2019
Brief • December 5, 2019
Filed under: Naphcare, Food, Water, Jail Specific, Americans with Disabilities Act, Wrongful Death, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Fourth Amendment, rights, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, Sixth Amendment
Dawson, et al. v. South Correctional Entity (SCORE), et al., WA, complaint, wrongful death, 2019 Case 2:19-cv-01987 Document 1 Filed 12/05/19 Page 1 of 51 1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 …
Washington State Settles Suit Over 15-Hour-a-Day Lockdown of Mentally Ill Prisoners
Article • November 6, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Filed under: Lockdowns, Mental Health
Washington State Settles Suit Over 15-Hour-a-Day Lockdown of Mentally Ill Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In June 2019, Washington State officials settled a lawsuit over conditions of confinement for mentally ill prisoners at the Washington State Penitentiary (WSP), by agreeing to improve their living conditions. The settlement will …
$3.1 Million Settlement for Washington Jail Detainee’s Death
Article • November 6, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Death
$3.1 Million Settlement for Washington Jail Detainee’s Death by Douglas Ankney “Will You Get Back Up?” by Douglas Ankney In November 2017, Piper Travis was arrested for failure to appear on two misdemeanor counts of stealing a TV and a $3.48 bag of Easter candy from a Walmart in Washington …
Washington DOC Medical Director Fired for Negligence
Article • November 4, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Filed under: Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect
Washington DOC Medical Director Fired for Negligence by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) medical director, Dr. Julia Barnett, was terminated on April 18, 2019 because she “failed to exercise sound clinical judgment and failed to provide adequate medical care” to prisoners at the Monroe Correctional …
Velasco-Rodas v. Washington DOC, WA, Settlement, Jail Suicide, 2019
Brief • October 3, 2019
Filed under: Jail Specific, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Failure to Protect (Staff)
Velasco-Rodas v. Washington DOC, WA, Settlement, Jail Suicide, 2019
Beck v. Snohomish County, WA, Settlement, Wrongful Death - Medical Negligence, 2019
Brief • September 12, 2019
Filed under: Pain, Failure to Treat, Failure to Protect (General), Jail Specific, Wrongful Death, Mental Health, Fourth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights
Beck v. Snohomish County, WA, Settlement, Wrongful Death - Medical Negligence, 2019 43F Tax ID number
Jails in Oregon and Washington State Have High Prisoner Death Rates
Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Filed under: Statistics/Trends, Jail Specific, Wrongful Death
Jails in Oregon and Washington State Have High Prisoner Death Rates by Matthew Clarke, Mark Wilson by Matt Clarke and Mark Wilson The Spokane County jail in Washington State recently marked its ninth prisoner death since June 2017. But it was hardly unique. A study released in May 2019 by …
Federal Court Dismisses GEO Group’s Defenses in Lawsuit Over Pay for Immigrant Detainees
Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Immigration
Federal Court Dismisses GEO Group’s Defenses in Lawsuit Over Pay for Immigrant Detainees by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Undocumented immigrants in the United States often face wage theft when their employers underpay or refuse to pay them for their labor. A federal class-action lawsuit filed by the Attorney General …
Sharples v. Kick, WA, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2019
Brief • August 22, 2019
Filed under: Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Deliberate Indifference
Sharples v. Kick, WA, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2019 RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of the sum of Thirty-Five Thousand and no/100 dollars ($35,000.00), rece ip t of which is hereby acknowledged, James Sharples , and the foregoing person's heirs, executors , administrators , successors and assigns (hereinafter …
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