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Restraint Chair Deaths, Abuses Prompt Questions, Criticism and Lawsuits by Joe Watson Like another jail detainee more than seven years before him, Joshua Grose died while strapped into a restraint chair at the York County Detention Center in South Carolina. In the early morning hours of October 12, 2013, following …
Oklahoma Jail Detainee Handcuffed, Pepper-sprayed and Choked to Death by Caddo County District Attorney Jason Hicks cited his interpretation of the state’s open records law as justification for withholding reports and video footage documenting the death of Darius Robinson at the county lockup in the rural town of Anadarko, Oklahoma. …
BOP Over-detention of Prisoner Nets $35,000 Settlement by The federal Bureau of Prisons paid $35,000 to settle a claim alleging it over-detained a prisoner by 154 days. Lester Coleman was due to be released on July 5, 2000, but he was not released until December 7, 2000.  His complaint stated …
Publication • August 1, 2016
Filed under: Excessive Force, Restraints
Investigation of Restraint Device Use in Iowa’s County Jails, Iowa Citizens’ Aide, 2009 Investigation of Restraint Device Use in Iowa’s County Jails Appanoose County Jail Jefferson County Jail Polk County Jail Wapello County Jail Woodbury County Jail Iowa Citizens’ Aide/Ombudsman William P. Angrick II Issued: November 5, 2008 Released: February …
Publication • August 1, 2016
ACLU National Prison Project - U.S. Cases Citing U.N. Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules), 2016 U.S. Cases Citing U.N. Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules) David C. Fathi ACLU National Prison Project 915 15th St. N.W., 7th …
Article • July 29, 2016
Award of Nominal Damages Negates Attorney Fee Awards by The Eleventh Circuit Court of appeals held that, under the circumstances before it, the award of attorney fees is improper to a party awarded only a nominal damage award. This was the fifth time this case was before the court.  At …
Brief • July 26, 2016
Cox v. City of Pittsburg, CA, Coroner's Report, Wrongful Death - Excessive Force, 2016 DECEDENT: DATE REPORTED: MARTINEZ H_UMBERTO ROSARIO Last First Middle ---------'-07j 26 2016 DATE OF DEATH :- .: 07l'J.§/2016 - - - - TIME REPORTED: 1635 HOURS TIME OF DEATH : 1613 HOURS _ _ _ Other …
Brief • July 19, 2016
Godinez v. City of Chicago, IL, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2016 Case: 1:16-cv-07344 Document #: 1 Filed: 07/19/16 Page 1 of 11 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION JANET GODINEZ, on behalf of herself and as administrator of the estate of her brother, …
Illinois Sheriff Demotes One, Fires 3, Suspends 10 after Death of Jail Detainee by Derek Gilna Lake County, Illinois Sheriff Mark C. Curran, Jr. demoted a jail supervisor and suspended ten guards over an incident in which a prisoner was paralyzed after an altercation with jailers and later died. Three …
Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
Indiana Prisoner Dies after Cell Extraction by In 2012, Pendleton Correctional Facility prisoner Justin Addler was one of 40 people charged in connection with a cell phone smuggling ring at three Indiana prisons. The phones were used to arrange sales of methamphetamine, heroin and LSD outside the facilities. [See: PLN, …
UK Security Company’s Long History of Controversy, Misconduct by Derek Gilna According to its website, G4S is the world’s “leading global integrated security company.” Besides providing security services, it also operates private prisons and immigration detention centers, provides electronic tagging (monitoring) for offenders on community supervision and has a prisoner …
Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
Ninth Circuit Finds Accidental Amputation of Prisoner’s Fingertip Not a § 1983 Violation by Derek Gilna The tip of pretrial detainee Cherie Harding’s little finger was accidentally severed in her cell’s door frame when a guard at a San Francisco jail opened the door to commence a pat-down search. Harding …
U.S. Supreme Court: Prisoners Must Exhaust “Available” Administrative Remedies by Derek Gilna Shaidon Blake, a Maryland prisoner, claimed that he was punched in the face and had his head slammed into a wall by guard James Madigan while handcuffed during a move to a segregation cell – an assault that …
Shuford v. Conway, 11th Cir., Appellant's Brief - Force Against Pretrial Detainees for Past Conduct (2016) CASE NO. 16-12128-FF IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT __________________________________________________________________ JUSTIN SHUFORD, RYAN ANISKO, ANDRES DE JESUS and DEVIN LUNDE, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, …
Vasquez-Bernabe v. County of Santa Clara, CA, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2016 Case 5:16-cv-03218 Document 1 Filed 06/10/16 Page 1 of 17 2 3 4 5 ROBERT R. POWELL, SBN 159747 SARAH E. MARINHO, SBN 293690 LAW OFFICE OF ROBERT R. POWELL 925 West Hedding Street San Jose, California 95126 T: …
Three California Jail Guards Charged in “Fight Club” Case by Scott Neu, the San Francisco deputy identified as the ringleader of a gladiator-style jailhouse “fight club,” was charged with four felony counts of assault under color of authority, four felony counts of making threats, four misdemeanor counts of inhumanity to …
Sixth Circuit Rejects Qualified Immunity Defense by Guards in Wrongful Death Suit by Derek Gilna On August 21, 2015, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an appeal filed by jail officials seeking reversal of a district court’s denial of qualified and statutory immunity in a case involving a prisoner’s …
First Report of the Nunez Independent Monitor - Oct 2015 to Feb 2016, Nunez Monitoring Team, 2016 Case 1:11-cv-05845-LTS-JCF Document 269 Filed 05/31/16 Page 1 of 130 First Report of the Nunez Independent Monitor First Monitoring Period October 22, 2015 through February 29, 2016 Case 1:11-cv-05845-LTS-JCF Document 269 Filed 05/31/16 …
Rodriguez v. City of Chicago, IL, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2016 Case: 1:16-cv-05720 Document #: 1 Filed: 05/31/16 Page 1 of 10 PageID #:1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION CRUZ RODRIGUEZ; AUREA RODRIGUEZ; LUIS RODRIGUEZ; OSCAR RODRIGUEZ; and ROMULO ACUNA, Plaintiffs, vs. CITY OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, …
Brief • May 26, 2016
Friends-Smiley v. City of Chicago, IL, Complaint, Unlawful Search & Seizure, 2016 Case: 1:16-cv-05646 Document #: 1 Filed: 05/26/16 Page 1 of 16 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION DENESE FRIENDS-SMILEY, on behalf of herself and as Mother and Next …
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