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Article • April 27, 2023
New Riker’s Crisis Response Chief Accused in Beating of Teen Detainee Kalief Browder by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Old ghosts have come back to haunt the promotion of Vincent Grinnage to head the Emergency Services Unit (ESU) for the New York City Department of Correction (DOC). It cost the …
Article • April 24, 2023
Texas Jail Guard Indicted in Fatal Shooting of Shackled Detainee by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On April 7, 2023, a Texas grand jury indicted a guard at the Hays County Jail for shooting a shackled detainee in the back and killing him. Isaiah Garcia, 27, was charged with felony …
Article • April 19, 2023
Sing Sing Prisoners Sue, Alleging Vicious Beatings During CERT Shakedown by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On January 31, 2023, a group of 26 prisoners at New York’s notorious maximum-security Sing Sing Correctional Facility sued the state for assaults allegedly carried out by guards during a two-day prison-wide shakedown in …
Brief • April 10, 2023
Knox v. Bradshaw, FL, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2023 Case 9:23-cv-80630-WM Document 1-5 Entered on FLSD Docket 04/10/2023 Page 1 of 61 EXHIBIT "A" Case 9:23-cv-80630-WM Document 1-5 Entered on FLSD Docket 04/10/2023 Page 2 of 61 Filing# 167538684 E~Filed 02/24/2023 06:05:49 PM IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Former State Prison Guards in Georgia Sentenced for Prisoner Assaults and Cover-Up by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins On September 28, 2022, four former guards at Georgia’s Valdosta State Prison were sentenced for beating a handcuffed prisoner and then attempting to conceal what happened. Sgt. Patrick Sharpe, 30, received four …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Former Georgia Sheriff Gets 18 Months for Punishing Detainees in Restraint Chair by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 14, 2023, a federal judge in Georgia sentenced former Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill to an 18-month federal prison term for violating the civil rights of pretrial detainees in …
Former CoreCivic Guard Pleads Guilty to Deprivation of Tennessee Prisoner’s Rights by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead On April 8, 2022, a former supervising guard at a private prison operated for the Tennessee Department of Corrections pleaded guilty to two counts of civil rights violations for assaulting a compliant prisoner. …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
$11.75 Million Settlement for Prisoner Beating in Pheonix Jail by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian On June 7, 2022, the federal court for the District of Arizona granted dismissal to claims made by the mother of an 18-year-old prisoner left permanently disabled in a brutal beating at Maricopa County’s …
$35,000 Awarded to Federal Prisoner in Kentucky Who Accused Guards of Using Excessive Force by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart In July 2019, Jonathan Lee Smith was a prisoner at the U.S. Penitentiary near Kentucky’s Big Sandy River, when he got in a fight with another prisoner and guards responded. …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Texas Prison Warden and Brother Charged with Shooting Two Migrants, Killing One by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye A warden at a Texas detention center and his twin brother have been charged with shooting two migrants, one fatally, in the town of Sierra Blanca along the Mexican border on …
No Discipline for California Probation Supervisor Filmed Assaulting Restrained Juvenile Detainee by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On a Friday in October 2020 at Camp Kilpatrick, a juvenile facility in Los Angeles County’s Malibu, a teenage detainee went looking for something to eat in the common area. “Beckham” …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Second Circuit Affirms Qualified Immunity for Connecticut Cops who Sicced K-9 on Suspect in His Holding Cell by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian When attempting to keep a detainee from hurting himself, are jailers entitled to injure him with impunity? On September 26, 2022, the U. S. Court of …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
$857,500 Paid by California County for Jail Detainee’s Death, While Cellmate Who Beat Him Is Now in State Prison by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 17, 2022, Lager George Reid, 26, was admitted to Folsom State Prison, after he pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: Excessive Force, Discovery
Pennsylvania Guards and Their Attorneys Spanked for Discovery Abuse in Prisoner’s Excessive-Force Suit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 18, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania imposed sanctions for discovery abuse upon defendant state prison guards and their counsel, in a lawsuit …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Second Circuit Reinstates N.Y. Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim, Finding Grievance Procedure ‘Unavailable’ in Mental Health Unit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On September 15, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that a New York prisoner was excused from exhausting administrative remedies as required …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: Escapes, Dogs, Settlements
$175,000 Paid by California County to Escaped Prisoner Mauled By K-9 During Recapture by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On September 21, 2021, an agreement was fully executed by California’s Merced County agreeing to pay $175,000 to a state prisoner who was mauled by a county K-9 when recaptured after …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
$87,000 Paid to Virginia Prisoner Kicked in Testicles by Guard by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart On June 22, 2022, an attorney for theVirginia Department of Corrections signed off on an agreement to pay $87,000 to settle a state prisoner’s claims that he was kicked in the testicles by a …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Ex-Felon “Dirtbags” Accused of Ordering Hit on Detainee at Florida Jail, But Questions Linger by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On December 1, 2022, Florida’s Flagler County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) arrested two ex-felons for orchestrating a beat-down in the county lockup. Sheriff Rick Staly called Margaret Watkins, 37, …
Second Hunger Strike Met With Pepper Spray at Washington GEO Group Lockup Where ICE Detainees Allege Widespread Sexual Abuse by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On February 4, 2023, a crowd of 50 people gathered outside the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, Washington. They were there to support a …
Article • February 22, 2023
Delaware Prison Guard Indicted for Death of His K-9 by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On January 31, 2023, a veteran Delaware prison guard was indicted by a state grand jury on a felony count of first-degree assault, for recklessly confining and causing the death of a law …
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