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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 …
Elizzari et al v. Sheriff of Cook County, IL, Plf Mot to Alter or Amend IR Judgment, 2016.pdf Case: 1:07-cv-02427 Document #: 448 Filed: 03/07/16 Page 1 of 6 PageID #:8558 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION LEONCIO ELIZARRI, et al., Plaintiffs, -vsSHERIFF OF …
Widespread Corruption in L.A. County Jails Leads to Federal Investigation, Indictments by David Reutter by David M. Reutter and Rod L. Bower Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Leroy David “Lee” Baca faces up to six months in prison after pleading guilty on February 10, 2016 to charges that he lied …
Federal Jury Awards $950,000 to Prisoners Beaten at L.A. County Jail by Derek Gilna As indicated by this month’s cover story, violence or the threat of violence has long been part of life for prisoners in Los Angeles County’s jail system. An incident that occurred in August 2008, however, demonstrated …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Former Prisoner Appointed to New York City Board of Correction by Gary Hunter Stanley Richards could be called the face of reform at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex. On May 27, 2015, Richards was appointed to the city’s Board of Correction by a unanimous vote. What makes his …
Settlements in St. Louis Jail Detainee’s Heroin Withdrawal Death by David Reutter The City of St. Louis, Missouri and Correctional Medical Services (CMS, now Corizon Health) both agreed to pay settlements in a lawsuit filed by the estate of a jail detainee who died due to heroin withdrawal. Upon being …
Texas County Jail, Beset by Prisoner Deaths, has Highest Suicide Rate by Matthew Clarke A wrongful death suit filed by the parents of a 30-year-old Bexar County, Texas jail prisoner who died of a methadone overdose while in solitary confinement at the lock-up settled in February 2015 for $200,000, and …
From the Editor by Paul Wright One downside of publishing a magazine like Prison Legal News for 26 years is that in some respects we are not covering a one-off or isolated story but rather are reporting an ongoing and developing issue. This month’s cover story about the epic abuse, …
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