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Federal Jury Awards $1.5 Million to Black, Transgender Woman Falsely Arrested for Trafficking Cocaine by Ju’Zema Goldring was awarded $1.5 million by a federal grand jury for false arrest. Goldring, who identifies as a Black, transgender woman, said that she was profiled and arrested by two Atlanta Police Department officers …
Article • February 19, 2022
$1 Million Paid by Santa Clara County to Estate of Alzheimer’s Patient Killed When He Wandered onto Interstate Highway after Release from County Jail by Chuck Sharman By Chuck Sharman A $1 million settlement was signed on April 14, 2018, by attorneys for Santa Clara County, California, to settle a …
Article • February 19, 2022
$1,250,000 Paid by Santa Clara County to Family of Man Who Died after Being Denied Oxygen at County Jail by Chuck Sharman By Chuck Sharman   On April 20, 2018, a settlement was entered into by Santa Clara County, California, agreeing to pay $1,250,000 to the survivors of a man …
Article • February 19, 2022
$11,333.33 Paid by Santa Clara County to Teenage Girl Allegedly Beaten by Guards at County Juvenile Hall by Chuck Sharman By Chuck Sharman For a payment of $11,333.33, Santa Clara County, California, agreed on September 10, 2018, to settle a lawsuit filed by a woman who, while still underage, was …
Article • February 19, 2022
$12,000 Paid by Santa Clara County to Disabled Prisoner Who Suffered Seizure and Fell from Top Bunk, Permanently Injuring His Wrist by Chuck Sharman By Chuck Sharman A settlement was fully executed on August 19, 2020, by Santa Clara County, California, in which it agreed to pay $12,000 to a …
Article • February 19, 2022
$15,000 Settlement by Santa Clara County for Jail Prisoner Brutalized by Guards by Chuck Sharman By Chuck Sharman Attorneys for Santa Clara County, California, signed an agreement on November 4, 2019, to settle claims by a prisoner at the County jail that he was brutalized by guards in a January …
Article • February 19, 2022
$20,000 Paid by Santa Clara County to Settle Claims of Medical Neglect and Failure to Protect Disabled Prisoner Beaten by Gang Members in County Jail by Chuck Sharman By Chuck Sharman   A settlement was executed on August 27, 2019, by lawyers for Santa Clara County, California, agreeing to pay …
Article • February 19, 2022
$25,000 Paid by Santa Clara County to Prisoner Suffering Mental Health Episode Beaten by Guards at County Jail by Chuck Sharman By Chuck Sharman  Lawyers finished executing an agreement on July 27, 2018, under which Santa Clara County, California, consented to pay $25,000 to settle claims by a prisoner at …
Article • February 19, 2022
$35,000 Paid by Santa Clara County to Amputee Prisoner Who Slipped Off Crutches in Jail Shower Not Outfitted for the Disabled by Chuck Sharman By Chuck Sharman An agreement was reached on December 5, 2018, in which Santa Clara County, California, agreed to pay $35,000 to an amputee who slipped …
Article • February 19, 2022
$50,000 Paid by Santa Clara County, California, to Prisoner Brutalized by Guards at County Jail by Chuck Sharman By Chuck Sharman  In a settlement fully executed on June 4, 2018, Santa Clara County, California, agreed to pay $50,000 to a former prisoner who suffered a cruel beating at the hands …
Article • February 19, 2022
Filed under: Staff-Staff Harassment
$42,500 Paid by Santa Clara County to Guard Harassed by Fellow Guard at County Jail by Chuck Sharman By Chuck Sharman Under a settlement executed on May 2, 2018, Santa Clara County, California, agreed to pay $42,500 to a guard at the county jail who allegedly suffered sexual and gender …
Article • February 19, 2022
$65,000 Paid by Santa Clara County to Disabled Man Medically Ignored and Roughed Up by Guards at County Jail by Chuck Sharman By Chuck Sharman On December 31, 2020, a settlement was fully executed by Santa Clara County, California, in which it agreed to pay $65,000 to settle a federal …
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
Living and Dying on Rikers Island: The Latest Installment by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss  When 55-year-old William Brown, a pretrial detainee from Brooklyn, suffered a medical emergency and died on December 15, 2021, it was the 16th death recorded for the year of someone incarcerated at Rikers Island, the …
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright This month’s cover story on Rikers Island is one of dozens of articles we have run on the New York City jail over the past 32 years, and it shows the entrenched nature of police state power in America. Located in …
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
Omicron Has Arrived. Many Prisons and Jails Are Not Ready. by Beth Schwartzapfel, Keri Blakinger Experts fear “another potential tinderbox scenario” akin to the early days of the pandemic. by Beth Schwartzapfel and Keri Blakinger In the Philadelphia jail, the number of COVID-19 cases has tripled in the last two …
Long-Time PLN Contributor Released from Solitary Stint in Oregon for ‘Contraband’ Toy Phone by Jacob Barrett Incident Prompts State Legislative Hearing by Jacob Barrett On December 28, 2021, long-time PLN contributor and jailhouse lawyer Mark Wilson, 52, was released from a 120-day stint in solitary confinement at the Oregon State …
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
Inmate Magazine Service Settlement Prohibits Further Sale of Magazine Subscriptions, Orders Payment of $2.2 Million for ‘Consumer Redress’ by On September 7, 2021, Inmate Magazine Service (IMS) owner Roy Snowden entered into a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (R) that prohibits him …
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
Another Death by Taser in Sangamon County, Illinois Jail by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Many issues surrounding criminal justice and law enforcement have been up for debate in recent years, yet the jury is back on the question of Tasers used on people in custody. The weapon has been …
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
$900,000 Settlement in Class Action Lawsuit Alleging Securus Recorded California Prisoner-Attorney Calls by David Reutter Company Walks From Similar Case in Maine by David M. Reutter In November 2021, a year after a federal district court in California approved a $900,000 settlement in a class-action lawsuit alleging Securus Technologies, Inc. …
Fourth Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to Prison Official Who Gave Prisoner No Notice Before Hearing That Resulted in Transfer to Security Detention by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In a ruling on March 30, 2021, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that prison officials were entitled to qualified …
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