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Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
California Pays $3.5 Million to Settle Suit Over State Prisoner’s Murder by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye On September 24, 2022, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) signed a settlement agreement providing $3.5 million to the heirs of Shaylene Graves, a state prisoner found hanged in her …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
$54,000 Award for Georgia Prisoner in Failure-To-Protect Lawsuit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Georgia prisoner who got into a spat with a prison gang and was allegedly sold out to them by guards received a $54,000 judgment in a federal civil rights action on November 21, 2021. …
Article • November 5, 2022
$3,500 Settlement in Medical-Care Claim Arrives Too Late for Illinois Prisoner Felled by COVID-19 by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On November 21, 2021, a federal lawsuit filed by an Illinois prisoner against officials with the state Department of Corrections (DOC) was dismissed, after the state agreed to pay …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Filed under: Settlements, Suicides
$2.1 Million Settlement for Estate of Detainee Who Committed Suicide in Scandal-Plagued Ohio Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 5, 2022, Ohio’s Cuyahoga County agreed to pay $2.1 million to the estate of a mentally ill detainee arrested on bogus charges who was then left to …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Ohio County Pays $2.5 Million for Photographing Female Detainees’ Tattooed Private Areas by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On January 7, 2022, Ohio’s Franklin County Board of Commissioners settled a suit brought by a class of former female detainees in the county jail who claimed their constitutional rights were …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
San Diego County Pays $8.1 Million After Jail Guard Fatally Shot Fleeing Detainee in the Back by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On June 22, 2022, San Diego County agreed to pay $8.1 million to settle claims that a deputy outside a county jail chased a fleeing detainee and fatally …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Over $386,000 Awarded to Mississippi Prisoner, Plus Hip Surgery He Was Denied by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 31, 2022, the federal court for the Southern District of Mississippi granted a state prisoner’s petition and enjoined the state Department of Corrections (DOC) to provide him total hip …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Wisconsin Pays $8,000 To State Prisoner After Seventh Circuit Revives Retaliation Claim Against Guard Over Destroyed Legal Documents by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 5, 2022, a Wisconsin state prisoner signed off on an agreement to accept $8,000 to resolve claims that a guard destroyed his legal …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
$215,000 Awarded to New Jersey Detainee Assaulted by Jail Guards by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On October 22, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey awarded $215,000 in damages to a former pretrial detainee at the Cumberland County Jail (CCJ) for injuries suffered during an …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Filed under: Settlements, Religious Diet
Georgia Sheriff Agrees To Provide Muslim Prisoners With Halal Meals for Ramadan by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On April 19, 2022, Georgia’s DeKalb County Jail (DCJ) and county Sheriff Melody M. Maddox filed a stipulation in a civil suit agreeing to provide religious meals for Muslim prisoners observing daylight …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Georgia Jail Settles Suit Filed by Mentally Ill Female Detainees With Policy Changes and $1.2 Million in Attorney Fees and Costs by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 4, 2022, the federal court for the Northern District of Georgia gave final approval to a settlement in a lawsuit brought …
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
$7 Million Paid to California Detainee Left Quadriplegic Due to Jail Guards’ Alleged Negligence by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 11, 2022, California’s Santa Clara County paid $7 million to settle its part of a lawsuit brought by a former detainee who suffered a spinal injury in his …
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
Ohio County Pays $4 Million To Settle Claim Over Death of Jail Detainee by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 9, 2021, an agreement was reached by Richland County, Ohio, paying $4 million to settle claims in a suit that was about to be brought by the family of …
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
$3.75 Million Settlement for Estate of Washington Prisoner Who Died From Untreated Breast Cancer by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On February 17, 2022, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) stipulated to a $3.75 million judgment in state court to settle all claims — including costs and attorney’s fees …
$2.45 Million Paid by Wellpath and Macomb County, Michigan, After Detainee’s Withdrawal Death in Jail by Benjamin Tschirhart by Ben Tschirhart On March 31, 2022, an agreement was entered by Michigan’s Macomb County paying $1.15 million to the estate of David Stojcevski, 32, a detainee who died from drug withdrawal …
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
After $90,000 Settlement for Sexual Abuse of Oregon Juvenile Detainee, Second Suit Filed Against Now-Imprisoned Former Youth Counselor by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On December 30, 2021, a second suit was filed in Oregon state court accusing former state youth worker Frank Milligan of sexually assaulting a juvenile detainee. …
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
After Summary Judgment Denied, California Jail Officials Pay $55,000 for Breaking Detainee’s Arm by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On July 27, 2021, just 25 days after a federal court in California denied summary judgment to San Mateo County Jail guards on a detainee’s excessive force claims, county officials quickly …
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
Third Illinois Guard Found Guilty In Fatal Beating of Handcuffed State Prisoner, but Attorney General Refuses To Settle With Family by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 23, 2022, a jury convicted the last of three ex-prison guards indicted in the fatal beating of a prisoner at Western Illinois …
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
$1,050,000 Settlement Reached in Disabled Illinois Prisoner’s ADA Lawsuit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After a verdict was returned by a federal jury in favor of a disabled Illinois prisoner against the state Department of Corrections (DOC), the parties reached a settlement agreement for $1,050,000 — inclusive of …
Article • September 29, 2022
$15,150 Paid by Illinois for Neglect and Harassment of Three State Prisoners by David Reutter by David Reutter Mistreatment of three prisoners held by the Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) cost the state over $15,000 to settle their claims in separate agreements completed during 2021. On August 12, 2021, a …
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