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Child Abuse Abounds in Wilderness and Boot Camp Programs by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On October 10, 2007, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)--a federal governmental entity that audits, evaluates and investigates for Congress--released a report on residential treatment programs (RTPs) entitled Concerns Regarding Abuse and Death in Certain …
Indicted California Sheriff Resigns to Fight Federal Corruption Charges by Orange County, California Sheriff Michael Carona, 52, resigned his post on January 14, 2008 to fight corruption charges. As a result of his leaving office he became eligible to receive pro bono legal assistance from a Los Angeles-based law firm …
California DOC Federal Health Care Receiver Replaced by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Robert Sillen, the scrappy Receiver appointed by a U.S. District Court to fix California’s ailing prison healthcare system, was replaced on January 23, 2008 by J. Clark Kelso, former Chief Information Officer for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. …
Grand Jury Report, Four Nebraska Jail Guards Indicted in Prisoner’s Death by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Finding there was probable cause that four guards at Nebraska’s Omaha Police Detention Unit (OPDU) failed to render medical care to a prisoner which contributed to his death, a Douglas County grand …
No Safety or Security for Maryland Prisoners by Michael Rigby Twenty-five guards have been fired amid allegations that they beat prisoners at two Maryland prisons. The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) initially terminated the employment of eight guards on April 4, 2008. Another nine were fired …
Article • July 15, 2008 • from PLN July, 2008
$150,000 Settlement in Pennsylvania Jail Prisoner’s Suicide by Pennsylvania’s Luzerne County Correctional Facility (LCCF) has agreed to pay the family of a prisoner who committed suicide $150,000. The family contended LCCF was deliberatively indifferent to the risk that prisoner Luke Blumer, 19, posed to himself. Blumer was known to be …
Article • July 15, 2008
Washington DOC Settles Failure to Supervise Parolee Suit for $975,000 by Nathan Hipsher, a Washington state parolee, was using drugs, failing to participate in drug treatment and not reporting to his parole officer, who didn't have him arrested. He was living with Amber Bulus-Steed at the time, who he eventually …
Article • July 15, 2008
Public Duty Doctrine Discussed; North Carolina’s DHHS Has Duty to Inspect/Protect Prisoners by A North Carolina Court of Appeals has held that the State’s Department of Health and Human Services is not entitled to dismissal of a lawsuit brought on ground DHHS failed to properly train an employee in inspecting …
Article • July 15, 2008
Mistakenly Released Washington Jail Prisoner Kills Woman; Estate Wins $1,525,000 in Lawsuit by Lloyd Monroe, a state prisoner in the Whatcom County, Washington jail for no-contact order violations, was mistakenly released. A couple of days later he raped and killed Michelle Smith, the woman who the no-contact order was supposed …
$3,101,876 Awarded Deceased FBI Informant's Estate After Former Agent Revealed Identity by Emily Mclntyre, as administratix of her deceased son's estate, sued former FBI Agent John Connolly for proximately causing the informant's 1984 death by revealing his identity to mobsters. The estate was awarded $3,101,876. A fisherman and FBI informant, …
Gautier v. Hickman, CA, Settlement, prisoner medical death, 2007 Case 2:07-cv-00390-GGH 1 2 3 Document 92 Filed 06/27/2008 Page 1 of 3 LAW OFFICES OF RICHARD SELTZER RICHARD A. SELTZER, SBN 92317 2 Theatre Square, Suite 234 Orinda, California 94563 Telephone: (925) 253-7909 Facsimile: (925) 254-0550 4 5 Attorneys for …
Brief • June 24, 2008
Heston v. City of Salinas, CA, Plf Memo Def No Costs, police taser death cardiac arrest, 2008 1 John Burton, State Bar No. 86029 THE LAW OFFICES OF JOHN BURTON 2 414 South Marengo Avenue Pasadena, California 91101 3 Telephone: (626) 449-8300 4 Facsimile: (626) 449-4417 E-Mail: jb@johnburtonlaw.com 5 Peter …
Nevada Prisoner Health Care So Atrocious, Prisoners Volunteer for Execution to Avoid Suffering by David Reutter by David M. Reutter “It is my opinion that the medical care provided at Ely State Prison amounts to the grossest possible medical malpractice, and the most shocking and callous disregard for human life …
Eight Guards, Nurse Acquitted in Florida Child’s Beating Death by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An all white Florida jury acquitted eight former boot camp guards and a nurse of manslaughter in the death of 14-year-old Martin Lee Anderson. PLN previously reported upon the beating and dragged death of …
California Prison Beset by Deadly Valley Fever Epidemic by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg In the past three years more than 900 of the 5,300 prisoners at California’s Pleasant Valley State Prison (PVSP) in Fresno County, plus 80 staff members, have contracted coccidioidomycosis, a fungus commonly known as “valley …
Article • June 15, 2008 • from PLN June, 2008
North Carolina Agency Liable in Jail Fire That Killed Five Prisoners by The North Carolina Supreme Court has held that the state’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has a statutorily imposed duty that creates a special relationship to prisoners that makes it liable in a negligence lawsuit. At …
Article • June 15, 2008 • from PLN June, 2008
$700,000 Settlement in Minnesota Teen’s Wrongful Death Caused by Jail’s Indifference to Head Infection by Shortly after his arrest and booking into Minnesota’s Mille Lacs County Jail, 18-year-old Brandon Brown began Complaining of excruciating head pain. The result of jail personnel’s failure to treat him caused his death and a …
Montana Guards' Disciplinary Sanctions and Names Held Disclosable by Several guards at the Montana State Prison were disciplined for their behavior during a riot in which several prisoners in protective custody were killed. Numerous newspapers' requests for a copy of the report outlining the guards' discipline was granted, but the …
Brief • June 6, 2008
Heston v. City of Salinas, CA, Verdict, police taser death cardiac arrest, 2008 Case 5:05-cv-03658-JW Document 323 Filed 06/06/2008 Page 1 of 14 Case 5:05-cv-03658-JW Document 323 Filed 06/06/2008 Page 2 of 14 Case 5:05-cv-03658-JW Document 323 Filed 06/06/2008 Page 3 of 14 Case 5:05-cv-03658-JW Document 323 Filed 06/06/2008 Page …
Brief • June 3, 2008
Heston v. City of Salinas, CA,Closing Instructions, police taser death cardiac arrest, 2008 Case 5:05-cv-03658-JW Document 313 Filed 06/03/2008 Page 1 of 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SAN JOSE DIVISION 11 For the …
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