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Jones v. City of Cleveland, OH, Complaint, 2018

Brief • January 2, 2018

Filed under: Malpractice, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Jones v. City of Cleveland, OH, Complaint, 2018 Case: 1:18-cv-00007-DCN Doc #: 1 Filed: 01/02/18 1 of 8. PageID #: 1 Case: 1:18-cv-00007-DCN Doc #: 1 Filed: 01/02/18 2 of 8. PageID #: 2 Case: 1:18-cv-00007-DCN Doc #: 1 Filed: 01/02/18 3 of 8. PageID #: 3 Case: 1:18-cv-00007-DCN Doc …

Harmon v. Hamilton County, OH, Settlement, 2017

Brief • December 30, 2017

Filed under: Diabetes, Excessive Force (Police)

Harmon v. Hamilton County, OH, Settlement, 2017 On motion of Mr. Portune, seconded by Ms. Driehaus the following reso tion was adopted... ( COMRS MIN. VOL, 348 DEC 2 0 2017 q51 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SETTLEMENT OF A CIVIL ACTION INVOLVING THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO …

Ohio Supreme Court Rejects Union's Challenge to Prison Privatization

Article • December 28, 2017

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Management and Training Corporation, Guard Unions

Ohio Supreme Court Rejects Union's Challenge to Prison Privatization by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 11, 2016, the Ohio Supreme Court rejected the Ohio Civil Service Employees Association's (OCSEA) challenge to the statute allowing for the private operation or sale of certain Ohio state prisons. In doing so, …

Did Ohio’s Prison Farm Sale Net Pennies on the Dollar?

Article • December 22, 2017

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Prison Labor

Did Ohio’s Prison Farm Sale Net Pennies on the Dollar? by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 12, 2016, Gary Mohr, the director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC), announced that the state would phase out farming at 10 prisons. Since then, farm animals and equipment …

Former Ohio Politician’s Negligence Case Against CCA Goes Forward

Article • December 22, 2017

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic

Former Ohio Politician’s Negligence Case Against CCA Goes Forward by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis James Dimora, 61, was a Cuyahoga County, Ohio commissioner when he was indicted on federal racketeering and corruption charges in April 2012. While awaiting trial at the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center, operated by Corrections Corporation …

Ohio Supreme Court Holds That Longer Second Continuance on Parole Eligibility Is Not Proof of Punitive Action

Article • December 19, 2017

Filed under: Mandamus, Parole Conditions

Ohio Supreme Court Holds That Longer Second Continuance on Parole Eligibility Is Not Proof of Punitive Action by David Reutter by David Reutter The Ohio Supreme Court held that an Ohio prisoner's mandamus, alleging that the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections (ODRS) failed to comply with its clear legal duty …

Man Wrongly Imprisoned on Death Row for 28 Years May Sue Ohio

Article • December 11, 2017

Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Death Row

Man Wrongly Imprisoned on Death Row for 28 Years May Sue Ohio by Dale Johnston was convicted of murdering his stepdaughter and her boyfriend and sentenced to death. The decision of a three-judge panel in 1984 was based in part on testimony from a hypnotized witness. He always denied having …

Dumas v. Chappell, OH, Settlement, Restraint Chair Punch, 2017

Brief • December 11, 2017

Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints

Dumas v. Chappell, OH, Settlement, Restraint Chair Punch, 2017 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS, entered into this 31st day of October, 2017, by and between LUCILLE DUMAS and MADELINE CHAPPELL, CRAIG MUROWSKY, DELONTE BROWN, CHERYL MOTT, MACARTHUR WILLIAMS, and CUYAHOGA …

Irizarry v. Ring, OH, Amended Complaint, Illegal Strip Search, 2017

Brief • December 5, 2017

Filed under: Pain, Strip Searches, Drug Testing, Conditions of Confinement, Eighth Amendment, Mental Health, Guards/Staff, Fourth Amendment, rights, Fourteenth Amendment, rights

Irizarry v. Ring, OH, Amended Complaint, Illegal Strip Search, 2017 Case: 2:17-cv-00744-MHW-KAJ Doc #: 20 Filed: 12/05/17 Page: 1 of 18 PAGEID #: 104 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION Jose Irizarry, Case No. 2:17-CV-0744 Plaintiff, v. Judge Michael H. Watson Lieutenant …

Robinson v. Neil, OH, Amended Complaint, Prison Overcrowding, 2017

Brief • November 30, 2017

Filed under: Disabled Prisoners, Pain, Blood, Conditions of Confinement, Food, Overcrowding, Eighth Amendment, Bedding, Jail Specific, Telephone Access, Fourteenth Amendment, rights

Robinson v. Neil, OH, Amended Complaint, Prison Overcrowding, 2017 Case: 1:17-cv-00652-SJD Doc #: 14 Filed: 11/30/17 Page: 1 of 23 PAGEID #: 137 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO WESTERN DIVISION SAMUEL ROBINSON, MARKALO HARRIS ERIC BUIG, JASON ROBINSON, GREGORY WILSON, DONTONYIO SPRUILL, DEMETRIOUS …

Evans v. Plumber, OH, Settlement, Jail Assault, 2017

Brief • November 14, 2017

Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Jail Specific, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings

Evans v. Plumber, OH, Settlement, Jail Assault, 2017 17 -vc"31( RESOLUTION NO. 17-1536 NOVEMBER 14, 2017 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PAYMENT BY WARRANT TO EMILY J. EVANS AND HER ATTORNEYS PICKREL SCHAEFFER & EBELING, CO., LPA IN THE AMOUNT OF $380,000. FUNDING SOURCE: OCA 611510, OBJECT 7692, FUND 680, SUBFUND 200 WHEREAS, …

$285,000 Settlement in Wrongful Death Suit Against Ohio Jail

Article • November 6, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017

Filed under: Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Failure to Treat, Jail Specific, Attorney Fee Awards, Wrongful Death

$285,000 Settlement in Wrongful Death Suit Against Ohio Jail by On December 13, 2016, officials in Butler County, Ohio agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by the daughter of a woman who died in the county’s jail just over four years earlier. Butler County will pay $285,000 in damages and …

Ohio Supreme Court Declares Poor Relative Not Suitable to Adopt Her Nephew

Article • October 24, 2017

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Juveniles, Family, Mothers in Prison, Parental rights

Ohio Supreme Court Declares Poor Relative Not Suitable to Adopt Her Nephew by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that an imprisoned mother's sister was not a suitable placement for the mother's sheltered child because she was poor. Brittany J. gave …

Canter v. Fairfield County, OH, Settlement, Solitary Suicide, 2017

Brief • October 2, 2017

Filed under: Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Suicides

Canter v. Fairfield County, OH, Settlement, Solitary Suicide, 2017 -... PROBATE COURT OF FAIRFIELD CO_lJ..NJX,..OHIO fLEU TERRE L. VANDERVOORT, JU':f OCT 02 2017 ESTATE OF Jesse Alexander Whitlatch I DECEASED TERREL. VANDERVOORT CASE NO. 20160235 PROBATE&JINENILEJUDGE FAIRFIELD COUNTY ENTRY APPROVING SETTLEMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF WRONGFUL DEATH AND SURVIVAL CLAIMS Upon …

Pate-Strickland v. Montgomery Cty, OH, Complaint, Assault by Guard, 2017

Brief • September 6, 2017

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Guards/Staff

Pate-Strickland v. Montgomery Cty, OH, Complaint, Assault by Guard, 2017 Case: 3:17-cv-00310-TMR Doc #: 1 Filed: 09/06/17 Page: 1 of 14 PAGEID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRCIT OF OHIO WESTERN DIVISION AT DAYTON MARSHA PATE-STRICKLAND 980 Wilmington Ave., Apt 302 Dayton, Ohio 45420 * CASE NO. * …

Media Companies Denied Damages and Fees in Public Records Litigation

Article • September 1, 2017

Filed under: Shootings, Freedom of Information Act

Media Companies Denied Damages and Fees in Public Records Litigation by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Five media companies, including The Associated Press, were denied statutory damages and attorney's fees in an unsuccessful public records request filed in Cincinnati, Ohio. The suit, filed over a body-camera video from a police …

HRDC/PLN Obtain Landmark Nationwide Censorship Settlement with Private Prison Company

Article • August 30, 2017 • from PLN September, 2017

Filed under: Management and Training Corporation, Publications/Books, PLN Litigation, Censorship, First Amendment

HRDC/PLN Obtain Landmark Nationwide Censorship Settlement with Private Prison Company by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On July 24, 2017, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), the parent organization and publisher of Prison Legal News, entered into a settlement with private prison firm Management and Training Corp. (MTC), which has …

Stolen Credit Cards Laundered Through Global Tel*Link in Ohio Prisons

Article • August 30, 2017 • from PLN September, 2017

Filed under: Trust Accounts, Commissary

Stolen Credit Cards Laundered Through Global Tel*Link in Ohio Prisons by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Ohio State Highway Patrol, which investigates all manner of crimes in Ohio, launched an investigation in November 2016 into the use of stolen credit card numbers to fund commissary accounts in the state …

Ohio State Criminal Convictions Threatened by Evidence Technician’s Misconduct

Article • August 29, 2017 • from PLN September, 2017

Filed under: Government Misconduct, Evidence, Crime Labs

Ohio State Criminal Convictions Threatened by Evidence Technician’s Misconduct by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Recent court filings make it clear that G. Michele Yezzo, an evidence technician for 33 years with the Ohio Attorney General’s Office’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI), had a long history of behavioral problems that …

Ohio Prisoners Build Computers from Spare Parts, Conceal them in Ceiling

Article • July 28, 2017 • from PLN August, 2017

Filed under: Computers

Ohio Prisoners Build Computers from Spare Parts, Conceal them in Ceiling by A pair of prisoners at the Marion Correctional Institution in Ohio built two computers from spare parts obtained from PCs they were dismantling as part of a recycling program, then successfully connected them to the prison’s network. The …