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$26,500 in Settlements in Former California Prisoner’s Retaliation Lawsuits by David Reutter by David M. Reutter As of March 2023, a long-term California prisoner now paroled had received settlements totaling $26,500 in two lawsuits that alleged his First Amendment rights were violated when prison officials took retaliatory actions because of …
Brief • November 22, 2023
Newsday, LLC v. Nassau County Police Dept, NY, FOIL Denial, 2023 Newsday, LLC v. Nassau County Police Department, --- N.Y.S.3d ---- (2023) 2023 N.Y. Slip Op. 06050 2023 WL 8102717 Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York. In the Matter of NEWSDAY, LLC, appellant, v. NASSAU COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT, …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Filed under: Settlements, Suicides
Almost $2.4 Million in Settlements For Seven Suicides at New Jersey Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The families of two women and five men who committed suicide while held in pretrial detention between July 2014 and November 2018 at New Jersey’s Cumberland County Jail (CCJ) have received …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
HRDC Wins Motion to Compel North Carolina Prison Officials to Answer for Censorship Policy by On April 7, 2023, the federal court for the Eastern District of North Carolina granted a motion by PLN’s publisher, theHuman Rights Defense Center (HRDC), to compel the state Department of Public Safety (DPS) “to …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
DOJ Reaches Consent Decree with New Jersey Jail to Improve Mental Health Care by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 17, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed both a federal civil rights complaint and a proposed consent decree to resolve allegedly unconstitutional conditions at New Jersey’s …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
North Carolina Prisoner Recovers $500 for Injuries in Shower Slip and Fall by On December 7, 2022, North Carolina prisoner Vinson Shane Hill prevailed in a negligence tort claim he filed with the state Industrial Commission (NCIC) over an injury he suffered while incarcerated at Scotland Correctional Institution in July …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
$12,000 Paid to California Prisoner Denied Back Surgery Despite Doctor’s Recommendation by On August 25, 2022, a California prisoner told the federal court for the Eastern District of California that he had reached an agreement with the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to settle a suit he filed …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Filed under: Settlements, Public Records
Ohio Supreme Court Awards Prisoner $700 From Sheriff Who Failed to Comply with Public Records Request by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On April 19, 2023, the Supreme Court of Ohio awarded prisoner Franklin Woods $700 in statutory damages against the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) for failure to comply …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Deadline Looms for Payouts Under California’s Forced or Involuntary Sterilization Compensation Program by December 31, 2023, will be the last day to file for reparations under California’s Forced or Involuntary Sterilization Compensation Program (FISCP). State lawmakers created it in 2021 to offer compensation to thousands of victims who were sterilized …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Filed under: Settlements
St. Louis City Jails Director Under Fire, County Jail Director Leaves After Nearly $2.7 Million in Legal Payouts by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart When you’re arrested in St. Louis, it doesn’t much matter whether you end up in the city’s jail or the lockup in adjacent St. Louis County; …
Filing • November 7, 2023
Filed under: Public Records
HRDC v. Centurion of VT LLC, VT, Opinion and Order on Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment, Public Records, 2023 Vennont Superior Court Filed 11/07L23 Washington Umt VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT Washington Unit CIVIL DIVISION Case No. 21-CV-03976 65 State Street Montpelier VT 05602 802-828-2091 www.vermontjudiciary.org Human Rights Defense Center v. Centurion of …
Brief • November 7, 2023
Filed under: Public Records
HRDC v. Centurion of Vermont LLC, VT, Opinion and Order on Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment, Public Records, 2023 Vennont Superior Court Filed 11/07L23 Washington Umt VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT Washington Unit CIVIL DIVISION Case No. 21-CV-03976 65 State Street Montpelier VT 05602 802-828-2091 www.vermontjudiciary.org Human Rights Defense Center v. Centurion of …
CoreCivic Fails to Defeat California’s Anti-SLAPP Law at Ninth Circuit, Must Pay $45,630 in Attorney Fees by In November 2022 the federal court for the Northern District of California shot down a suit by private prison giant CoreCivic which sought to weaponize anti-defamation law against one of the company’s more …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
$110,000 Paid By Tennessee Jail to Women Allegedly Forced to Stage “Sex Shows” for Guard by On October 26, 2022, the federal court for the Eastern District of Tennessee granted dismissal to a complaint filed by two former detainees at the Grainger County Jail, after they accepted $110,000 to settle …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
$1 Million Settlement for California Prisoners Used to Bait Guard Charged with Sexual Misconduct by PLN previously reported a remarkably poor decision by prison officials at the California Institution for Women (CIW) in Chino in 2017, who used two prisoners as “honey trap” bait to snare a male guard accused …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
$30,000 Paid by Pennsylvania to Prisoner Who Alleged Guards Beat and Tortured Him by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On December 8, 2022, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania agreed to pay state prisoner Warren Easley $30,000 to settle claims that guards and medical staff at the State Correctional Institution (SCI) in …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Seventh Circuit Revives Illinois Prisoner’s Claim Over Knee Surgery Delayed 29 Months by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On September 19, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed a lower court’s grant of summary judgment to Illinois prison officials accused of violating a state prisoner’s civil …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Despite Prior Settlement Agreement, Sick Michigan Prisoners Still Forced to Wait for Medication in Cold and Rain by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Owing in part to the diligent efforts of Michigan prisoner Mark White and a suit he filed in March 2023, it appears that employees of the state …
$3.25 Million Settlement Reached With Defendants Jailed in Missouri “Debtor’s Prison” for Unpaid Fines, Fees by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke On April 5, 2023, the federal court for the Eastern District of Missouri gave final approval to a $3.25 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit alleging the City of …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
$2.125 Million Paid So Far for Virginia Prisoner’s Death from Treatable Aneurism by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 5, 2023, the federal court for the Eastern District of Virginia refused a motion for judgment as a matter of law, or in the alternative a new trial, made by …
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