Obituary: Rick Anderson, 1941-2018 by Paul Wright by Paul Wright On Christmas Eve 2018, PLN contributing writer Rick Anderson died of congestive heart failure at his daughter’s home. Rick was a long-time journalist. He grew up in Hoquiam, Washington and went to work as a copy boy at the Post-Intelligencer …
Washington State Parolee Murders Girlfriend; Department of Corrections Found Not Grossly Negligent by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Scottye Miller served two misdemeanor sentences, one “memorialized in a felony judgment” for harassing and assaulting his girlfriend of many years, entered in 2010 and 2011. Miller was released from the Department …
Washington State Prisoners Protest Poor Food by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon During April 2018, prisoners in six housing units at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla participated in a hunger strike that lasted up to 10 days. Over 1,300 prisoners reportedly took part – around half the facility’s …
Downey v. Snohomish County, WA, 3rd Amended Complaint, Civil Rights Violation, 2019 Case 2:17-cv-00968-JCC-JPD Document 82 Filed 01/08/19 Page 1 of 18 The Honorable John C. Coughenour The Honorable James P. Donohue 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 8 …
WA State Office of the Corrections Ombus - Summary Report on the Washington State Penitentiary Prisoner Food Preferences Survey, 2019 Summary Report on the January 2019 Washington State Penitentiary Prisoner Food Preferences Survey Report prepared for the Washington State Office of Corrections Ombuds March 2019 2 Table of Contents Executive …
State of Washington DOC Contract-JPay, Amendment No. 8 State of Washington Department of Corrections This Amendment Contract No. K8262 Amendment No. 8 is made by the state of Washington, Department of Corrections, hereinafter referred to as Department, and JPay, Inc., hereinafter referred to as the Contractor, for the purpose of …
GEO Denied Summary Judgment in Suit Alleging Immigrants Are Employees Under Washington Labor Law by A Washington state federal district court held the GEO Group was not entitled to intergovernmental immunity in a lawsuit alleging it violates the Washington Minimum Wage Act (MWA) at the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC). The …
$375,000-plus Settlement in Wrongful Death Suit Against Jail by R. Bailey by R. Bailey A family’s wrongful death lawsuit filed against a Nisqually tribal jail operated by a sovereign Indian tribe was settled for $375,000, plus an undisclosed amount paid by the tribe. Andrew Wrestling, 19, was arrested by police …
Trueblood, et al. v. WA State Department of Social and Health Services, judgment, class action, mental health services, 2018 Case 2:14-cv-01178-MJP Document 624 Filed 12/12/18 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE CASSIE CORDELL TRUEBLOOD, et al., Plaintiffs, JUDGMENT IN A CIVIL CASE …
State of WA v. GEO Group, WA, Ruling, Immigrant Detainee Wages, 2018 Case 3:17-cv-05806-RJB Document 162 Filed 12/10/18 Page 1 of 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 8 9 10 11 STATE OF WASHINGTON, Plaintiff, 12 13 v. …
Ninth Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment in Favor of Jail Where Three Detainees Died by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In an unpublished June 7, 2018 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit partially reversed a district court’s ruling that Cowlitz County, Washington was entitled to summary judgment …
Federal Judge Orders Washington Prison Officials to Properly Feed Ramadan Participants by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In what could be the fastest injunction ever granted in a prison-related case, U.S. District Court Judge Ronald Leighton issued a temporary retraining order in favor of Muslim prisoners mere hours after they …
Ex-Washington Prison Superintendent Under Investigation for Misuse of Funds by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Douglas Cole, the former superintendent of the Cedar Creek Corrections Center in Thurston County, was quietly moved to another Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC) position after a whistleblower exposed his alleged misuse of prison money. …
Lawsuit by Washington AG Against GEO Group for Wage Violations Proceeds, Granted Class-Action Status by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In December 2017, a federal judge denied a motion by GEO Group, the private operator of the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, Washington, to dismiss a lawsuit filed by …
Washington: Jail Detainee Obtains $1 Million Settlement for Spinal Injury by Steve Horn by Steve Horn Bryan Telford, who was held as a pretrial detainee at the King County Correctional Facility in Seattle, Washington in September 2016, recently obtained a $1 million settlement in a lawsuit filed against the county. …
Choquette v. DuVall, WA, Jury Verdict, Medical Indifference, 2018 Case 3:15-cv-05838-BHS Document 178 Filed 11/02/18 Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 6 7 8 ETIENNE CHOQUETTE, No. 3: 15-cv-05838-BHS Plaintiff , 9 JURY VERDICT V. IO CRIS …
Choquette v. DuVall, WA, Judgment on Jury Verdict, Medical Indifference, 2018 Case 3:15-cv-05838-BHS Document 180 Filed 11/02/18 Page 1 of 1 UN ITED ST A TES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTR ICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 2 3 4 ETIENNE CHOQ UETTE , 5 Plaintiff, 6 7 JUD GMENT ON JURY …
Letter: Senators Schatz, Gillibrand, Harris and Murray and Congressmen Nadler and Lee address Inspector General Michael Horowitz, BOP standards of employee conduct, re: Frank Lara, 2018
Musse v. Hayes, WA, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2018 Case 2:18-cv-01736-JCC Document 1-2 Filed 12/03/18 Page 1 of 41 EXHIBIT A EXHIBIT A 53430032 Case 2:18-cv-01736-JCC Document 1-2 Filed 12/03/18 Page 2 of 41 FILED 18 OCT 15 PM 4:07 I KING COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT CLER E-FILED CASE NUMBER: 18-2-25910-0 …
