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Article • August 25, 2016
Settlement and $325,000 Attorney Fee Award in Suit over Jail Conditions at Passaic County Jail by Matthew Clarke On February 23, 2012, the American Civil liberties Union (ACLU) and Seton Ha].] University School of Law's Center for Social Justice (CSJ) announced the preliminary settlement of a federal class-action civil-rights lawsuit …
Article • August 25, 2016
Court's Expert Says Medical Care at Idaho Prison is Unconstitutional by Matthew Clarke On March 19, 2012, a federal court in Idaho unsealed a report by court-appointed special master and expert on prison health care, Dr. Marc Stern which the state had attempted to suppress. In the February 2, 2012, …
Article • August 25, 2016
Oregon Guard Fellatio Nets Probation, Prosecutor Blames Victim by On September 25, 2012, a former Oregon jail guard was sentenced to just two years of probation for sexually abusing a female prisoner. Prosecutors defend the light sentence by blaming the victim. As we've previously reported, guard Eddie James Miller's 21-year …
Article • August 25, 2016
Assaultive Oregon Jail Guard Quits for Prisoner-Lover by "I crushed a dude's eye socket from repeatedly punching him in it, then I charged him with menacing and harassment," bragged Oregon jail guard David B. Thompson in one of more than 1,700 internet gaming site postings in eight months while at …
Settlement in Suit Challenging Conditions in Illinois Juvenile Prisons by Matthew Clarke On September 12, 2012, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) helped youth incarcerated in secure Illinois Youth Centers operated by the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) file a class-action federal lawsuit alleging that conditions in the IDJJ …
Missouri Jail Head Receives Ten-Year Federal Sentence for Assaulting Prisoners by Matthew Clarke On July 13, 2011, a Missouri federal judge sentenced a former chief jailer to ten years in prison for violating the civil rights of prisoners and lying to the FBI. The jailer's daughter, a deputy sheriff, pleaded …
Article • August 25, 2016
Study Shows High Rate of Sexually-Transmitted Infections at Maricopa County Jails by A study by Arizona State University's Center for Prevention and Community Safety has shown a high rate of infection with sexually-transmitted infections (STIs) among prisoners in the Maricopa County jails in Phoenix, Arizona. 130,000 people are booked into …
Article • August 25, 2016
Vermont Prisoners Riot in Massachusetts County Jail by Derek Gilna Eleven prisoners from Vermont were the principal participants in a recent disturbance at the Franklin County, Masschusetts county jail, according to Vermont Corrections Commissioner Andy Pallito. Three other prisoners from Massachusetts also took part in the incident, which resulted in …
Article • August 25, 2016
Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Food
Tainted BOP Chicken Sickens 300 Pennsylvania Prisoners by More than 300 prisoners at the U.S.P. Canaan in Waymont, Pennsylvania near Philadelphia, fell ill of salmonella after eating "tainted chicken" used to make fajitas. Four of the 300 were ill enough to necessitate treatment at a local hospital's emergency room for …
Article • August 25, 2016
$23,000 Settlement in Assault on Prisoner at Halfway House by The District of Columbia (DC) paid $23,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by Timothy Cofield for injuries sustained when a halfway house employee assaulted him. As Cofield returned to DC’s halfway house called the Extended House on April 13, 2002, …
Article • August 25, 2016
Seventh Circuit: Jail Officials Entitled to Summary Judgment in Prisoner's Medical Deliberate Indifference Suit by Derek J. Burton filed a federal civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alle6inL officials, including medical personnel, at the Jerome Combs Detention Center, an Illinois jail, were deliberate indifferent to his serious …
Stabbed to Death in Sleep, Estate Awarded $850,000 by The estate of a prisoner who was stabbed to death while sleeping was awarded $850,000. Joseph Daniels, a 24-year-old father of two minor children, was confined in a dormitory of a medium-security District of Columbia (DC) prison. A court order required …
Sheriff May Be Liable for Cell-Check Policy that Led to Teenager’s Suicide by In July 2010, a federal district court in Illinois held that a sheriff may be held liable in his official capacity for instituting a cell-check policy under which guards could not personally observe all detainees during overnight …
Sacramento County Pays $58K to Settle Rape Suit Brought by Transgender Detainee by In June 2006, Jackie Tates was paid $58,333.34 by Sacramento County to settle a federal suit filed by Tates, a pre-operative (male-to-female) transgender inmate, alleging that in November 2000, while housed at the Sacramento County Main Jail …
Article • August 25, 2016
Sacramento County California Prisoners Agree to Consent Decree by In a class action lawsuit prisoners entered into an agreement with county officials concerning conditions in the Sacramento County Main Jail (jail) and the Rio Cosumnes Correction Center (center) stipulating in all issues and constitutional claims against defendant officials before the …
Article • August 25, 2016
$2,200 Award for South Carolina’s Prisoner against Assailant Prisoner by A jury in South Carolina has awarded $2,200 to a prisoner after finding the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDOC) guilty of gross negligence. Prisoner Andrew Baldree, 36, was confined on December 28, 2011, at the Lieber Correctional Institution. He …
Los Angeles County Agrees to Settle Estate’s Lawsuit for $395,000 by In May 2009, the Los Angeles county Claims Board recommended that the County pay $395,000 to settle a lawsuit arising from the death of an HIV-positive man who complained of respiratory problems while in the custody of the Sheriff’s …
Publication • August 25, 2016
Review of Farm Operations, Arkansas Legislative Audit, 2016 Special Report Arkansas Legislative Audit Review of Farm Operations Arkansas Department of Correction – Agriculture Division For the Period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015 INTRODUCTION This report is issued in response to a request, approved by the Executive Committee of …
Article • August 24, 2016
11th Circuit Affirms Judgment for Prison Officials in Violence Case by The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed on April 2, 2014, the lower court's grant of summary judgment for the defendants in a §1983 claim weighed by plaintiff Jody O'Neil Harrison, seeking damages for injuries …
7th Circuit Affirms as Proper Jury Instructions on Intent and Harm Elements of Excessive Force Claim Brought by Wisconsin Pretrial Detainee by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has affirmed a lower court’s use of jury instructions including harm and subjective intent elements of a use of …
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