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California Jail’s Psychotropic Medication Policy Leads to Lawsuit, Settlement by David Reutter Cost cutting is a staple of most prison and jail systems. However, a mid-2007 decision by California’s Fresno County Jail (FCJ) to restrict psychotropic drugs for prisoners turned out to be a short-sighted exercise that resulted in human …
Article • May 5, 2016 • from PLN May, 2016
Tennessee Sheriff’s Denial of Public Records Merits Attorney Fee Award by A Tennessee appellate court held the sheriff of Marshall County had willfully denied access to public records requested by PLN. Consequently, the plaintiff was entitled to attorney fees after filing a lawsuit to compel production of the records. In …
Rice v. Montgomery County, KY, Order, Wrongful Death Seizure, 2016 Rice v. Montgomery County, Kentucky et al Doc. 103 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY CENTRAL DIVISION AT LEXINGTON DIANA RICE, Administratrix of the Estate of Ronald Calvin Gaunce and Next Friend of S.C.G. CIVIL ACTION NO. 5:14-181-KKC …
Filing • April 28, 2016
Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Censorship
Prison Legal News v. Spokane County, WA, Complaint, Jail Censorship, 2011
Filing • April 28, 2016
Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Censorship
Prison Legal News v. Knezovich, Spokane Jail Censorship Consent Decree, 2011 Case 2:11-cv-00029-RHW Document 109 Filed 08/03/11 Case 2:11-cv-00029-RHW Document 109 Filed 08/03/11 Case 2:11-cv-00029-RHW Document 109 Filed 08/03/11 Case 2:11-cv-00029-RHW Document 109 Filed 08/03/11 Case 2:11-cv-00029-RHW Document 109 Filed 08/03/11 Case 2:11-cv-00029-RHW Document 109 Filed 08/03/11 Case 2:11-cv-00029-RHW Document …
Filing • April 28, 2016
Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Censorship
Prison Legal News v. Chelan County, Complaint, Jail Censorship, Chelan County Jail, WA, 2011
Brief • April 25, 2016
Jones v. Clark County, 6th Cir, KY, Appellant Brief, wrongful imprisonment jail demanded pay-to-stay fees, 2016 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT CASE NO. 16-5295 _______________________________________ DAVID JONES, Plaintiff - Appellant v. CLARK COUNTY, KENTUCKY, et al., Defendants - Appellees. On Appeal from the United States District …
Article • April 1, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
Court’s Gag Order in Michigan Jail Corruption Case Reversed by In March 2015, the Michigan Supreme Court concluded that a gag order entered in criminal proceedings against Wayne County officials charged with corruption in a jail building project must be reviewed. Following an audit into the jail project that cost …
Privately-operated Texas Prison Rebounds by Matthew Clarke Despite years of controversy that included sitting vacant for months after it was built and staff members being arrested for smuggling contraband and having sexual relationships with prisoners, the Jack Harwell Detention Center in Waco, Texas has rebounded. It now houses more prisoners, …
Article • March 31, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
Texas: $400,000 Settlement Award to Mentally Ill Jail Prisoner by On June 2, 2015, the Harris County Commissioners Court awarded $400,000 to Terry Goodwin, a mentally ill prisoner, to settle a civil lawsuit stemming from his extreme neglect while housed at the Harris County Jail in Houston. “I have never …
Defense Verdict in Kentucky Prisoner’s Death; Appellate Court Reverses by David Reutter A Kentucky state jury found for the defendants in a lawsuit alleging a jail guard and nurse failed to monitor and treat a pretrial detainee’s serious medical condition, resulting in her death. Recently, however, the Court of Appeals …
$11.3 Million Jury Award for Former Colorado Jail Prisoner by Matthew Clarke A federal jury awarded a former Jefferson County Detention Center prisoner more than $11 million against the sheriff and the jail’s privately-contracted medical provider, Correctional Healthcare Companies (CHC) – now Correct Care Solutions – after he was denied …
Article • March 31, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
Prisoners Hang Themselves in Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Jails at a Rate that Dwarfs Other County Lockups by Michael Lacey by Michael Lacey, Phoenix New Times How many people have died in our sheriff’s jails? On May 4, 2015, I asked a spokesman for Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio for a cadaver …
Farris v. Franklin County, WA, Settlement Agreement, Denial of Detainee Rights, 2016 Case 4:14-cv-05083-SAB Document 91-1 Filed 03/28/16 1 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 3 4 5 TERESA FARRIS, et al., 6 vs. 7 8 11 Plaintiffs, FRANKLIN COUNTY, et al., NO. 4:14-cv-05083-SAB SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT Defendants. …
Brief • March 25, 2016
Martin v. County of Milwaukee, WI, Amended Complaint, Sexual Abuse Shackling, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN JANE DOE, on behalf of herself and others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. COUNTY OF MILWAUKEE, DAVID A. CLARKE, JR., in his Official capacity, XAVIER D. THICKLEN, And JOHN …
Final Investigation - Inmate Death at Somerset County Jail 05-28, ME DOC, 2014 Department of Corrections State of Maine Department of Corrections State House Station 111 Tyson Building Augusta, ME 04333-0111 Operations Division Phone: (207) 287-2711 FAX: (207) 287-4370 Email: Bob.Lancaster@maine.gov Memorandum To: Ralph Nichols, Director of Operations, MDOC From: …
Publication • March 14, 2016
Death In-Custody Review - Courtney, 12-22-14, TCJS, 2015 TEXAS COMMISSION ON JAIL STANDARDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Brandon S. Wood P.O. Box 12985 Austin, Texas 78711 Voice: (512) 463-5505 Fax:· (512) 463-3185 http://www.tcjs.state.tx.us info@tcjs.state.tx.us February 10, 2015 Subject: Date of Death: Facility: VM David Courtney Death-In-Custody Review December 22, 2014 at approximately …
Brief • March 9, 2016
USA v. Ackal and Savoy, LA, Indictment, Iberia Parish Jail Sheriff corruption, 2016 ··VESTE~~akVR~scrrg?~JJ;mJ'ED STATES DISTRICT COURT RECEIVED LAFAYETTE rn~R~· O'fSESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA WESTERN DIS. I0 SIANA LAFAYETTE DIVISION ,FCL K 0 LAFAYETTE. OU/SIANA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA * * * * * * * VERSUS LOUIS ACKAL - …
Article • March 7, 2016
$5,000 Award for Failure to Treat Spider Bite by David Reutter An Arkansas federal jury awarded $5,000 to a prisoner in an Eighth Amendment failure to treat claim. While in the Jackson County Jail on a warrant for failure to pay child support, Hubert Wren was bitten by a brown …
Prisoner's Family Receives $1.6 Million for Negligent, Fatal Medical Care by Derek Gilna Michael Thomas Anderson, a prisoner at both the Napa County, California, and Siskiyou County, California jails, who had a long history of severe medical and psychological problems, took his own life on April 9, 2009. His heirs …
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