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Article • August 23, 2016
N.Y. Ex-Con Goes Back to Jail for Going Back to Jail by One day, Matthew Matagrano, 36, was a corrections investigator, waving around a shiny, gold badge to gain entry into any of New York City's jails. The next, they wouldn't let him leave. On March 2, 2013, Matagrano, of …
Article • August 23, 2016
Ohio: Hunger Striker Represents Himself, Beats Attempted Murder Charges by An Ohio supermax prisoner, representing himself while on a month-long hunger strike, won his acquittal in February of attempted murder charges stemming from fights with prison guards. Cornelius Harris, a 27-year-old prisoner serving a 97-year sentence for robbery and kidnapping …
Publication • August 23, 2016
Residential Treatment Programs – Concerns Regarding Abuse and Death in Certain Programs for Troubled Youth, GAO, 2007 United States Government Accountability Office GAO Testimony Before the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday, October 10, 2007 RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT PROGRAMS …
Fifth Circuit Reverses District Court's Denial of Appointment of Counsel by On March 6, 2009, Fifth Circuit reversed the district court's denial of appointment of counsel and upheld the dismissal of free exercise, equal protection and retaliation claims. Texas prisoner Willie Lee Garner filed a pro se lawsuit pursuant to …
Eighth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the denial of qualified immunity to two guards on failure-to-protect claims. Minnesota prisoner Kenneth Young was assigned to Edward Whitefeather’s cell. Almost immediately, Whitefeather threatened Young, telling him that “he would do whatever he wanted …
Article • August 22, 2016
$350,000 Settlement in Florida Prisoner’s Negligence Claim, Failure to Correct Dangerous Condition by The Geo Group, Inc., Florida Correctional Finance Corporation, South Bay Correctional Facilities Financing Corporation and the Florida Department of Corrections paid $35,000 to settle a prisoner’s negligence claim. The settlement came in a lawsuit filed by prisoner …
Brief • August 22, 2016
Ramirez. v. Burwell, CA, Petitioner's Reply Brief, 2016 1 2 3 4 5 HOLLY COOPER, (CA Bar #197626) U.C. DAVIS IMMIGRATION LAW CLINIC University of California, Davis School of Law One Shields Avenue TB-30 Davis, CA 95616-8821 Tel.: (530) 754-4833 Fax: (530) 752-0822 Email: hscooper@ucdavis.edu 6 7 8 9 10 …
Ceraulo v. Zaruba, IL, Amended Complaint, Wrongful Death - Drug Withdrawal, 2016 Case: 1:16-cv-01848 Document #: 10 Filed: 08/22/16 Page 1 of 13 PageID #:19 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION TOTUCCIO CERAULO, Individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of …
Sanders v. CoreCivic, NM, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2016 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, RELEASE AND COVENANT OF NON-DISCLOSURE For the consideration of the sum of SEVENTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND 00/100 ($17,500.00), paid by CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, ROGER G. SANDERS does hereby …
Article • August 19, 2016
California: Sacramento County Shells Out $4,100 to Settle Unlawful Strip Search Claim by In January 2005, 3.5 years after being subjected to a strip search by deputies in Sacramento County Jail, Douzetta Hale was paid $4,096.69 in settlement of the claim for damages she had filed against the County of …
Article • August 19, 2016
Filed under: Eighth Amendment
7th Circuit: Minimal Use of Force Not An Eight Amendment Violation by Wisconsin prisoner Juan Guitron alleged that a prison guard bent and injured his wrist. Following a preliminary screening required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, the district court dismissed the complaint and the 7th Circuit affirmed.             While prison …
Oregon Widow Seeks $533,000 for Jailed Husband's Death by The widow of a man who died in an Oregon jail when he was deprived of his heart medication, is seeking at least $533,000 in damages against the County. Ray Miller, 53, was arrested in Portland, Oregon, on August 4, 2010, …
Article • August 19, 2016
Oregon Jail Provides "Sub-Optimal" Mental Health Treatment by Mental health services for prisoners in the Multnomah County, Oregon, jail system are inadequate, a 2015 Corrections Grand Jury found. Under Oregon law, a Corrections Grand Jury may be impaneled to inspect jail and prison conditions. The Grand Jury then issues a …
Article • August 19, 2016
New Jersey May Retroactively Impose GPS Monitoring on Sex Offender Sentenced to Community Supervision for Life by On January 19, 2016, a New Jersey court of appeals held that it was not a violation of the New Jersey or federal ex post facto clauses to retroactively impose GPS monitoring for …
Article • August 19, 2016
Eighth Circuit: Officers Who Tased Arrestee to Force Clothing Change Immune by On September 3, 2015, the Eighth Circuit court of appeals held that St. Ann, Missouri police officials who used a Taser on an arrestee after she refused to change into orange jail clothing were protected against suit by …
Article • August 19, 2016
Filed under: Hunger Strikes, Food
Connecticut May Force Feed Prisoners on Hunger Strike by  The state of Connecticut has the right to force feed a prisoner engaged in a hunger strike, Jarres T. Graham, Superior Court Judge, so held.             William Coleman, a Connecticut prisoner, went on hunger strike to protest his sexual assault conviction …
Browder v. City of New York, NY, Complaint Wrongful Death, 2016 ^"'o?3^? TOZSTAm OFN»"»" v^^ S^, as Adml»^-t°- °^ t>.e Es^te o. VERIFIED COMeL&INT Plaintiff, Against ^SJS. OFJEW_YORK- T NEW YORK CITY ^^WNL°LCORRECTIONS/"THE^BRONX'COUNTY ^STRicLA mRNEYts OFFICE. -THE-NfiW"YORK"C^Y Hro^ ?Sm^NT- ,^NEW1T C^^P^^^F O ^^^^^sij^rN EW^°^^?EHNSmTFB Defendants. In<tex N t aiis-of ye …
Brief • August 18, 2016
Bordeaux v. Berkeley County, SC, Complaint, Conditions of Confinement, 2016 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ) COUNTY OF .cB,::E,::R,,cKceEc:,L,::E:..:Yc...__ _ _ _ ) ) BRANDON BORDEAUX, LEE DELL BRADLEY, IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CORNELIUS CASE NO. _ _ _ -CP - CHISOLM, WILLIAM COUNTEE ill, …
Flores v. Morris, AZ, Complaint, Failure to Protect, Inmate Violence and Death, 2016 Case 2:16-cv-02756-SMM--BSB Document 1 Filed 08/16/16 Page 1 of 28 DEVON M. JACOB, ESQUIRE Pa. Sup. Ct. ID: 89182 JACOB LITIGATION P.O. Box 837, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055-0837 717.796.7733 | djacob@jacoblitigation.com Counsel for the Plaintiff IN THE UNITED …
Oseguenda v. Stanislaus County Public Safety Center, CA, Complaint and Demand for Trial, Due Process, Pretrial Detainees. 2016 (Rev. 12/12) 12/12) JS 44 44 (Rev. Case 1:16-at-00670CIVIL Document 1 Filed 08/16/16 Page 1 of 21 COVER SHEET contained herein herein neither replace replace nor nor supplement supplement the The JS …
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