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Article • April 15, 2010
The Big Three Chemical Weapons by Terry J. Allen by Terry Allen Each of the three chemical weapons used by the Seattle police—CN and CS tear gases and pepper spray—carries risks. The danger depends not only on how and on whom the weapons are used, but on the particular strength …
Conviction of CIA Contractor Who Fatally Beat Afghan Detainee Upheld on Appeal by On August 10, 2009, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of a CIA contractor who beat to death a detainee at a U.S. military outpost in Afghanistan. The contractor’s sentence was reversed due to …
Ninth Circuit: California Jail Detainee’s Excessive Force Suit May Proceed by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s decision granting summary judgment to Orange County, California jail officials who allegedly used excessive force while restraining a detainee. The appellate court found …
New Orleans Jail Conditions Found Unconstitutional by Jimmy Franks In June, August and November 2008, the Orleans Parish Prison (OPP) in New Orleans, Louisiana was the target of a U.S. Department of Justice investigation conducted by the agency’s Civil Rights Division. Under the auspices of the Civil Rights of Institutionalized …
Jury Awards $80,001 to New Hampshire Prisoner for Guard Beating by On September 18, 2009, a federal jury awarded a New Hampshire state prisoner $80,000 in punitive damages for a violation of his Eighth Amendment rights, plus $1 in nominal damages. While incarcerated at the New Hampshire State Prison for …
Texas Prison Guard Gets 24 Months in Federal Prison by In August 2009, a former Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) guard was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison in connection with a vicious assault on a handcuffed prisoner. Eugene Morris, Jr., a TDCJ sergeant at the Ferguson Unit, …
Brief • March 9, 2010
Richard v. Board of Co. Commissioners, KS, Complaint, Brain Damage from Jail Guard Beating, 2010 Case 6:10-cv-01042-MLB-KMH Document 6 Filed 03/09/10 Page 1 of 46 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS RONELL RICHARD, as Special Administrator of the Estate of EDGAR RICHARD, Deceased, Plaintiff, vs. …
Brief • February 22, 2010
Belot v. Skelly et al, NY, Complaint, guard inmate beating, 2010 Case 6:10-cv-06092-CJS-MWP Document 1 Filed 02/22/10 Page 1 of 5 Case 6:10-cv-06092-CJS-MWP Document 1 Filed 02/22/10 Page 2 of 5 Case 6:10-cv-06092-CJS-MWP Document 1 Filed 02/22/10 Page 3 of 5 Case 6:10-cv-06092-CJS-MWP Document 1 Filed 02/22/10 Page 4 of …
Three Florida Guards Charged in Prisoner’s Beating by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Three Florida prison guards have been arrested and charged in the December 16, 2008 beating of a handcuffed prisoner at the Charlotte Correctional Institution (CCI). The criminal proceedings can be viewed as a fulfillment of Florida …
Arizona Prisoner, Abandoned in Outdoor Cage, Bakes to Death by Gary Hunter On May 19, 2009, Arizona state prisoner Marcia Powell, 48, collapsed after being left in an unshaded outdoor chain-link cage for four hours under a scorching summer sun. She later died. Temperatures at the Arizona State Prison Complex-Perryville …
Article • February 15, 2010 • from PLN February, 2010
$50,000 Awarded to Florida Prisoner in Excessive Force Case by A federal jury has awarded $50,000 to a prisoner who was subjected to excessive use of force while in handcuffs at Florida’s Everglades Correctional Institution (ECI). When housed at ECI on July 1, 2006, prisoner Michael Curry was called to …
Unprovoked Texas Cattle Prod Shocking More Than De Minimis Injury, Case Settles for $20,000 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 5, 2007, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a guard who used a cattle prod to shock a prisoner without any provocation caused more than a …
$2.1 Million Award in Excessive Force Death of California Prisoner by In April, 2009, a federal jury awarded $2.1 million in a lawsuit filed against guards at California’s Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility for their negligence and excessive use of force that caused a prisoner’s death. The prisoner, John Fitzgerald …
Blakely v. Kershaw County Sheriff's Office, SC, Complaint, Wrongful Death Due to Excessive Force by Police, 2010 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ) ) ) COUNTY OF KERSHAW of the ) ) Plaintiff(s) ) Deloris Blakely, as Personal Representative Estate of Lori Jean Ellis IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CIVIL …
Prison Health Care, Political Choice and the Accidental Death Penalty in Michigan by Elizabeth Alexander by Elizabeth Alexander1 In Hadix v. Caruso, I represent a class of prisoners in a decades-long case challenging conditions of confinement, including medical care, at various Michigan prison facilities.2 Since August 2006 I have been …
BOP Settles FTCA Abuse/Religious Discrimination Suit for $48,000 by Brandon Sample O n August 12, 2009, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) agreed to settle a lawsuit by a Muslim former prisoner who alleged that he was tortured and beaten after complaining to investigators about his Quar’an and Kufi being …
Colorado Detainee Tasered During Seizure, Paid $116,731.73 and $83,268.27 in Fees by A Colorado detainee settled his medical neglect and excessive force suit within four months of filing for $116,731.73 in damages and $83,268.27 in attorney’s fees. On July 26, 2006, Michael R. Martin was booked into Colorado’s Adams County …
$1.95 Million Awarded to New Hampshire Guards Falsely Accused of Assaulting Prisoner by David Reutter A New Hampshire jury awarded two former prison guards nearly $2 million upon finding that two of their co-workers had lied about a confrontation with a prisoner, which resulted in their firing. After guards Shawn …
Four Pennsylvania Jail Guards Fired, Two Resign Over Prisoner Beating by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Four Pennsylvania guards have been fired for beating a prisoner at the Westmoreland County Prison (WCP). The June 8, 2009 incident revealed a cover-up orchestrated by prison guards and their union leader. When …
Article • January 15, 2010
Judgment for Guards who Allegedly Sodomized and Burned Prisoner Upheld by On January 27, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed a grant of summary judgment for two guards accused of providing deliberately indifferent medical care and a jury verdict in favor of the guards on …
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