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Ohio Prison Officials Announce Measures to Prevent Another Transport Bus Murder

Article • December 5, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018

Filed under: Prison/Jail Murders, Transportation

Ohio Prison Officials Announce Measures to Prevent Another Transport Bus Murder by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 8, 2018, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) announced new measures to prevent another murder from occurring on its transport buses. Those measures included replacing a “significant number” of …

Humphrey v. Stored Value Cards, d/b/a Numi Financial, et al, OH, opinion and order, class certifications, unfair debit card fees, 2018

Brief • November 16, 2018

Filed under: Trust Accounts

Humphrey v. Stored Value Cards, d/b/a Numi Financial, et al, OH, opinion and order, class certifications, unfair debit card fees, 2018 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO ---------------------------------------------------------------------AMBER HUMPHREY, on behalf of herself and the class, Plaintiff, vs. STORED VALUE CARDS, D/B/A NUMI FINANCIAL, et al. Defendants. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- …

Humphrey v. Stored Value Cards, DBA Numi Financial, et al, OH, opinion and order, class certification, unfair debit card fees, 2018

Brief • November 16, 2018

Filed under: Settlements, Filing Fees

Humphrey v. Stored Value Cards, DBA Numi Financial, et al, OH, opinion and order, class certification, unfair debit card fees, 2018 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO ---------------------------------------------------------------------AMBER HUMPHREY, on behalf of herself and the class, Plaintiff, vs. STORED VALUE CARDS, D/B/A NUMI FINANCIAL, et al. Defendants. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- …

Wheatt, et al. v. City of East Cleveland, OH, Verdict, Police Misconduct, 2018

Brief • November 15, 2018

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Prosecutors, Wrongful Conviction, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights

Wheatt, et al. v. City of East Cleveland, OH, Verdict, Police Misconduct, 2018 Case: 1:17-cv-00377-JG Doc #: 349 Filed: 11/16/18 1 of 6. PageID #: 7139 Case: 1:17-cv-00377-JG Doc #: 349 Filed: 11/16/18 2 of 6. PageID #: 7140 Case: 1:17-cv-00377-JG Doc #: 349 Filed: 11/16/18 3 of 6. PageID …

Ohio Jail Detainee Receives $500,000 Settlement for Assault by Guard

Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements

Ohio Jail Detainee Receives $500,000 Settlement for Assault by Guard by A prisoner who was slammed headfirst into a wall by a guard at Ohio’s Hamilton County Jail reached a $500,000 settlement in his civil rights action. The incident occurred after Mark Myers, 61, was arrested on the morning of …

Federal District Court Holds Ohio Prison Cannot Cut Rastafarian Prisoner’s Hair

Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018

Filed under: Religious Discrimination, Grooming Rules, RLUIPA, Religious Grooming

Federal District Court Holds Ohio Prison Cannot Cut Rastafarian Prisoner’s Hair by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 14, 2018, Senior U.S. District Court Judge Patricia A. Gaughan ruled the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) could not enforce a grooming policy that required a Rastafarian prisoner to …

Assoc. of State Correctional Administration - Reforming Restrictive Housing - The 2018 ASCA-Liman Nationwide Survey of Time-in-Cell, 2018

Publication • October 1, 2018

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Eighth Amendment, Exercise, Lockdowns, Mental Health, Juveniles, Fourteenth Amendment, rights

Assoc. of State Correctional Administration - Reforming Restrictive Housing - The 2018 ASCA-Liman Nationwide Survey of Time-in-Cell, 2018 Reforming Restrictive Housing: The 2018 ASCA-Liman Nationwide Survey of Time-in-Cell Reforming Restrictive Housing: The 2018 ASCA-Liman Nationwide Survey of Time-in-Cell The Association of State Correctional Administrators The Liman Center for Public Interest …

Sixth Circuit: § 1983 Actions Classified as Personal Injury Claims

Article • September 5, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018

Filed under: Injury -- Misc., 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights

Sixth Circuit: § 1983 Actions Classified as Personal Injury Claims by David Reutter by David Reutter The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held on January 22, 2018 that civil rights actions brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 are considered personal injury claims. With that principle established, the Court found that …

Ohio Settles Suit Over Sexual Assault of Prisoner for $525,000

Article • September 4, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Settlements

Ohio Settles Suit Over Sexual Assault of Prisoner for $525,000 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In November 2017, Ohio state officials agreed to pay $525,000 to settle a lawsuit over the repeated sexual assault of a female prisoner. Chesterland, Ohio attorney David B. Malik represented Dorothea Reynolds, who was …

Ohio City, Medical Center Settle Lawsuit Over Jail Prisoner’s Death for $210,000

Article • September 3, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Ohio City, Medical Center Settle Lawsuit Over Jail Prisoner’s Death for $210,000 by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke In January 2018, the City of Cleveland Heights, Ohio agreed to pay $200,000 to settle a lawsuit over the death of a prisoner two days after she arrived at the city’s jail. …

$375,000 Settlement for Ohio Woman Pepper Sprayed in Jail’s Restraint Chair

Article • August 6, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints

$375,000 Settlement for Ohio Woman Pepper Sprayed in Jail’s Restraint Chair by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In August 2017, a lawsuit brought by a woman who was pepper sprayed at the Montgomery County jail in Dayton, Ohio – despite being held in a restraint chair – settled for $375,000. …

Ware v. Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Correction, OH, prisoner injured by pepper ball, ruling, 2018

Brief • July 16, 2018

Filed under: Inability to Work, Pain, Injury -- Misc., Failure to Treat, Eighth Amendment, Excessive Force, Mental Health, Failure to Protect (Staff)

Ware v. Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Correction, OH, prisoner injured by pepper ball, ruling, 2018 [Cite as Ware v. Dept. of Rehab. & Corr., 2018-Ohio-3152.] KIMANI WARE Case No. 2017-00545JD Plaintiff Magistrate Gary Peterson v. DECISION OF THE MAGISTRATE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION AND CORRECTION Defendant {¶1} Plaintiff, an …

Lawsuit on Behalf of Prisoners in 1993 Lucasville Riot Challenges Ban on Media Access

Article • July 3, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018

Filed under: Prison Rebellion, Access to Media

Lawsuit on Behalf of Prisoners in 1993 Lucasville Riot Challenges Ban on Media Access by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On April 11, 1993, hundreds of prisoners began rioting at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio. The disturbance lasted eleven days, resulting in the deaths of nine prisoners …

Russell v. Dept. Of Rehabilitation and Correction, OH, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2018

Brief • June 21, 2018

Filed under: Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings

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Irizarry v. Ring, OH, Settlement, Illegal Strip Search, 2018

Brief • June 18, 2018

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Pain, Strip Searches, Drug Testing, Eighth Amendment, Mental Health, Guards/Staff, Fourth Amendment, rights, Fourteenth Amendment, rights

Irizarry v. Ring, OH, Settlement, Illegal Strip Search, 2018 Exhibit A IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION JOSE IRIZARRY, Plaintiff, v. LIEUTENANT RING, et al., Defendants. : : : : : : : : : Case No. 2:17-cv-00744 Judge Michael H. Watson …

$95,000 Settlement in Suit Over Idaho Jail Prisoner's Death

Article • June 16, 2018

Filed under: Medical, Drug Overdose, Overcrowding, Ventilation, Jail Specific, Settlements, Probation, 1964 Civil Rights Act, Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Staff Training, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights

$95,000 Settlement in Suit Over Idaho Jail Prisoner's Death by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In April 2016, a federal civil rights lawsuit against Canyon County, Idaho, over the death of a county jail prisoner due to denial of medical care was settled for $95,000. Alfred Girrard Young, 46, was …

$12,500 Settlement in Suit Over Ohio Death Row Prisoner's Suicide

Article • June 16, 2018

Filed under: Settlements, Death Penalty/Death Row, Wrongful Death, Suicides, Staff Training

$12,500 Settlement in Suit Over Ohio Death Row Prisoner's Suicide by In April 2016, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections (ODRC) settled for $12,500 a lawsuit brought by the estate and survivors of a death row prisoner who committed suicide three days before he was scheduled to be executed. …

Barrow v. Holton, et al., OH, complaint, excessive force, brutality on prisoner, 2018

Brief • June 14, 2018

Filed under: Pain, Injury -- Misc., Eighth Amendment, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Failure to Protect (Staff), Fourteenth Amendment, rights

Barrow v. Holton, et al., OH, complaint, excessive force, brutality on prisoner, 2018 Case: 2:18-cv-00674-ALM-KAJ Doc #: 1-1 Filed: 06/20/18 Page: 1 of 6 PAGEID #: 12 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUN 2 0 2Q18 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO RICHARP W. NAGEL Clerk Of Court CI^INNATI. OHIO i …

Ohio Death Row Prisoner Avoids Execution then Dies in Prison

Article • June 8, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018

Filed under: Geriatric Classification, Respiratory, Death Penalty, Death Row

Ohio Death Row Prisoner Avoids Execution then Dies in Prison by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On March 3, 2018, Alva Campbell, a 69-year-old death row prisoner convicted of two murders, died in prison. Ironically, he passed away just five months after his poor health forced the postponement of his …

Ohio: Federal Lawsuit Over Jail Beating Settles for $70,000

Article • June 8, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Settlements

Ohio: Federal Lawsuit Over Jail Beating Settles for $70,000 by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A federal lawsuit alleging various constitutional and state law violations related to the beating of a jail detainee in Euclid City, Ohio settled in October 2017 for $70,000. On January 14, 2015, Lucille Dumas was …