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Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Pennsylvania Board Revokes Psychologist’s License Over Prisoner Suicides by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Pennsylvania Board of Psychology revoked the license of psychologist James Harrington and imposed $62,233 in civil penalties and costs. The revocation was based on seven suicides over an 18 month period at SCI Cresson, …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
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. …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Filed under: Staffing, Suicides
Suicide Rate of BOP Guards Keeps Increasing, Sets New Record by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The suicide rate among guards in the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) keeps increasing, reaching a record high in 2019 for the most suicides in a single year: 14. Top brass at both state …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
PrimeCare Medical Pays Bulk of $252,000 Settlement in Pennsylvania Jail Detainee’s Suicide by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A $252,000 settlement was reached in October 2019 in a lawsuit brought by the estate of a pretrial detainee who hanged himself at Pennsylvania’s Northampton County Prison (NCP). Kyle A. Flyte, …
Ricardez v. County of Ventura, CA, Second Amended Complaint, Wrongful Death - Suicide, 2020 Case 2:20-cv-00079-JFW-AS Document 57 Filed 03/09/20 Page 1 of 52 Page ID #:270 1 Mark R. Pachowicz (SBN 138108) mark@pachowicz.com 2 Jennie Hendrickson (SBN 144562) 3 jennie@pachowicz.com PACHOWICZ | GOLDENRING APLC 4 6050 Seahawk Street Ventura, …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Settlements, Suicides
$300,000 Settlement in Lincoln County Missouri Jail Attempted Suicide Suit by Chad Marks by Chad Marks Mark A. Jaconski was arrested on June 17, 2015, for outstanding traffic warrants and taken to Mercy Hospital for a “fit for confinement” determination. Hospital officials made that determination and Jaconski was transported to …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Wrongful Death, Suicides
Suicide or Murder? Jeffrey Epstein’s Death Still Drawing Attention to Bureau Inadequacies by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Months after the August 2019 death of Jeffrey Epstein, rumors and theories are still circulating that cast doubt on the cause of death. The 66-year-old billionaire became the center of the …
Head v. Dunn, AL, Complaint, Suicides in Prison, 2020 Case 2:20-cv-00132-SMD Document 1 Filed 02/24/20 Page 1 of 77 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA RECEIVED NORTHERN DIVISION BETTY HEAD as Administrator of the Estate of BILLY LEE THORNTON,Jr., Deceased; JEFFERY RUST as Administrator of the …
Estate of Kevin Brown v. Lambert, CA, punitive damages, wrongful death, 2020 Case 3:15-cv-01583-DMS-WVG Document 192 Filed 02/18/20 PageID.5157 Page 1 of 1 1 2 3 FEB 18 2020 4 CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOU1li DISTRICT CF CALIFORNIA £1V ,____DEPUlY 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA …
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. …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Filed under: Suicides
Prisoner Suicide Rates Highest in California by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon While an estimated 40 percent of all prisoners have a diagnosed mental health condition, the number of prisoners suffering from a serious mental illness reached 14 percent of the general prison population by 2018. Mentally ill prisoners are …
Article • January 9, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Settlements, Suicides
California Family Mourns Son Who Committed Suicide in Jail, Receives $1.65 Million Settlement by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon At least three major federal lawsuits involving the jail in Monterey County, California had been filed prior to Erick DeAnda’s death at the facility on September 16, 2015, in an isolation …
Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury Performance Audit Report, Department of Correction, TN, 2020 Department of Correction January 2020 DEBORAH V. LOVELESS, CPA, CGFM, CGMA Director State Agency Audits KANDI B. THOMAS, CPA, CGFM, CFE, CGMA Assistant Director Information Systems DANIEL V. WILLIS, CPA, CISA, CGFM Assistant Director JENNIFER WHITSEL, CPA, …
Brisco v. Spiller, IL, Settlement, Conditions of Confinement, 2019 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case # Case# 18-2033 Case Filed Received 18-CV-2033-NJR-RJD Brisco, Steshawn #M34290 v. CO Morris, et al. 10/30/18 Plaintiffs: IDOC# Defendants: Date Served Status closed 1/18/19 Class Action On Appeal Spears Opposing Counsel: Institutions: Pro Se …
Locklear v. Marlboro County, SC, Deposition of Charles Bush, Wrongful Death - Medical Neglect, 2019 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF MARLBORO ) IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS ) FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ) C/A NO. 2017-CP-34-00064 Gary Locklear, individually and As Personal Representative of the Estate of Roy Locklear, …
Article • December 10, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Filed under: Jail Specific, Suicides
Family Sues New Jersey Jail Over Prisoner Suicide by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Did you hear the one about the prisoner who allegedly hanged himself while restrained in a straitjacket? That isn’t an opening line for a sick joke; rather, it’s the contention of officials in Essex County, New …
Burke v. Glanz, OK, Final Agreed Judgment, OK, Wrongful Death, 2019 Case 4:11-cv-00720-JED-PJC Document 615 Filed in USDC ND/OK on 12/02/19 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA ROBBIE BURKE, as the Special Administrator of the Estate of Elliot Earl Williams, …
Article • November 20, 2019
A Jail Increased Extreme Isolation to Stop Suicides. More People Killed Themselves. by Jason Pohl, Ryan Gabrielson The Kern County, CA Sheriff’s Office places hundreds of people into suicide watch each year. They’re held for days or weeks in rooms without mattresses and sometimes toilets. The state can’t stop it. …
Brown v. Drummond, MO, Order Approving Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2019 ( Case: 4:17-cv-01679-SNLJ Doc. #: 49 Filed: 11/07/19 Page: 1 of 11 PageID #: 144 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION MONICA BROWN, Individually and as Heir of Mark A. Jaconski, Deceased, …
Article • November 6, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Filed under: Settlements, Suicides
$860,000 Settlement in Suit Over Michigan Female Prisoner’s Suicide by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) agreed to pay $860,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the estate of a female prisoner who hanged herself after a guard placed a bet on whether …
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