Whistleblowers at New York State Prisons Include Former Guard Shilling Tell-All Book and Former Prisoner Calling Him Out by Kaden Gicker By Kaden Gicker Four whistleblowers have come forward since the April 2022 death of a prisoner at New York’s Fishkill Correctional Facility (CF), claiming that guards with the state …
New York Prison Guard Suspended After “Despicable” Facebook Post Mocking Buffalo Mass Shooting Victims by Jo Ellen Nott By Jo Ellen Nott Gregory C. Foster II, 46, a guard at New York’s Attica Correctional Facility, was suspended without pay on May 18, 2022, after posting a meme on Facebook that …
News in Brief by Alabama: A former Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) guard was indicted on April 22, 2022, for assaulting three prisoners and then filing a false report to cover it up, the Associated Press reported. The guard, Lorenzo Mills, 55, was charged with beating three male prisoners with a wooden baton at Draper Correctional …
$12.5 Million Settlement Over Invasive Strip and Body Cavity Searches of NYC Jail Visitors by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On November 29, 2021, the federal court for the Southern District of New York approved the final settlement of a class-action civil rights lawsuit over suspicionless and invasive “strip/body cavity” …
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Investigation of NY State Dept of Corrections and Community Supervision Incarcerated Individual Drug Testing Program - Jan 2022 State of New York Offices of the Inspector General Investigation of New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Incarcerated Individual Drug Testing Program January 2022 Lucy Lang Inspector General EXECUTIVE …
New York Law Review-Cruel and Unusual -Contaminated Water in NY State Prisons-Summer 2022 THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK City University of New York Law Review LAW REVIEW Volume 25 Issue 2 Summer 2022 Cruel and Usual: Contaminated Water in New York State Prisons Shannon Haupt CUNY School of Law, …
State of NY OIG -Racial Disparities in the Admin of Discipline in NY State Prisons-Nov. 2022 State of New York Offices of the Inspector General Racial Disparities in the Administration of Discipline in New York State Prisons November 2022 Lucy Lang Inspector General EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The myriad manifestations of systemic …
Richardson v. USA, NY, Settlement, Sexual Assault, 2022 Case 1:20-cv-10206-PKC Document 64 Filed 05/18/22 Page 1 of 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK KARILIE HERRERA, FRANCHESCA MORALES, and CAROLYN RICHARDSON, 20 Civ. 10206 (PKC) Plaintiffs, -v- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, COLIN AKPARANTA, NORMAN REID, LIEUTENANT WEST, …
Morales v. USA, NY, Settlement, Sexual Assault, 2022 Case 1:20-cv-10206-PKC Document 63 Filed 05/18/22 Page 1 of 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK KARILIE HERRERA, FRANCHESCA MORALES, and CAROLYN RICHARDSON, Plaintiffs, 20 Civ. 10206 (PKC) -vUNITED STATES OF AMERICA, COLIN AKPARANTA, NORMAN REID, LIEUTENANT WEST, STACEY …
Herrera v. USA, NY, Settlement, Sexual Assault, 2022 Case 1:20-cv-10206-PKC Document 62 Filed 05/18/22 Page 1 of 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK KARILIE HERRERA, FRANCHESCA MORALES, and CAROLYN RICHARDSON, Plaintiffs, 20 Civ. 10206 (PKC) -vUNITED STATES OF AMERICA, COLIN AKPARANTA, NORMAN REID, LIEUTENANT WEST, STACEY …
Agnew v. NYC Dept of Correction, NY, Order to Show Cause, Prison Conditions, 2022 INDEX NO. 813431/2021E FILED: BRONX COUNTY CLERK 05/17/2022 11:24 AM NYSCEF DOC. NO. 126 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 05/17/2022 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF BRONX I.AS. PART 2 Matter of JOSEPH AGN EW …
Nunez v. City of New York, NY, Action Plan, Jail Conditions, 2022 Case 1:11-cv-05845-LTS-JCF Document 454 Filed 05/17/22 Page 1 of 40 OFFICE OF THE MONITOR NUNEZ, ET AL. V. CITY OF NEW YORK, ET AL. Steve J. Martin Monitor Anna E. Friedberg Deputy Monitor 178 Columbus Avenue, #230842 New …
Four BOP Employees, Eight Prisoners Indicted in Widening NYC Federal Jail Smuggling Scandal by Casey Bastian By Casey J. Bastian On March 18, 2022, a federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) guard was indicted in federal court in New York City on charges he smuggled a loaded gun into the now-shuttered …
Castillo v. The State of New York, NY, Decision and Order, Fail to Protect, 2022 05/02/2022 STATE OF NEW YORK COURT OF CLAIMS JEFFREY CASTILLO, Claimant, DECISION AND ORDER -vClaim No. Motion No. THE STATE OF NEW YORK, 135850 M-97678 Defendant. BEFORE: HON. J. DAVID SAMPSON Judge of the Court …
News in Brief by Alabama: A state Department of Corrections (DOC) guard in Birmingham was arrested on March 9, 2022, for allegedly beating a prisoner to death, according to the Alabama Political Reporter. As PLN previously reported, prison officials at first insisted no foul play was suspected in the death of Victor …
Absenteeism Skyrockets for New York City Jail Guards, Up 215% Over the Last Two Years by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott In New York City, 25 jail guards have run up an absentee rate over the last two years which is “breathtaking in its magnitude,” according to local …
NYC DOC Internal Affairs Investigator Claims She Was Fired for Not Siding with Guards Union by Jo Ellen Nott By Jo Ellen Nott Sarena Townsend, the attorney heading internal affairs investigations for the New York City Department of Corrections (DOC), was abruptly fired by new DOC Commissioner Louis Molina on …
USA v. Seabrook, NY, Order Denying Part, Federal Fraud, 2022 Case 1:16-cr-00467-AKH Document 439 Filed 04/15/22 Page 1 of 19 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -------------------------------------------------------------- X UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ORDER DENYING HABEAS PETITION IN PART AND ORDERING ADDITIONAL BRIEFING IN PART V. NORMAN SEABROOK, …
$1 Million Settlement in Inadequate Nutrition Class-Action Against New York Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 2, 2021, a federal district court in New York approved an agreement by Montgomery County to pay $1 million to resolve a federal class-action lawsuit alleging it provided inadequate nutrition …
