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Lawsuit Filed Over Death of Pepper-sprayed, Mentally Ill California Prisoner by Gary Hunter The father and mother of a mentally ill California prisoner who died at the Mule Creek State Prison (MCSP) have filed suit against a host of prison and Amador County, California officials, alleging that their son’s death …
Montoya v. Board of County Commissioners of the County of Rio Arriba, NM, Amended Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2015 Case 1:16-cv-00253-JCH-GBW Document 4-1 Filed 04/18/16 Page 65 of 86 STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF RIO ARRIBA FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT RHIANNON MONTOYA, Plaintiff, v. No. D-117-CV-2015-00078 COUNTY OF RIO ARRIBA …
Grottano, et al. v. City of New York, et al., third amended class action complaint, strip searches of jail visitors, 2016 Case 1:15-cv-09242-RMB-KNF Document 63 Filed 04/13/16 Page 1 of 26 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ------------------------------------------------------x DANA GROTTANO; N.D.; A.R.; and D.M., individually and on …
Failure to Timely Assert Affirmative Defense in Responsive Pleading Constitutes Waiver by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held on April 8, 2015 that an Ohio federal district court did not abuse its discretion by finding prison officials had waived their qualified immunity defense in a prisoner’s civil rights action. …
Report Finds Shortcomings at Santa Clara County, California Jail by Derek Gilna A report prepared by a San Francisco law firm following interviews with 944 prisoners and 33 staff members at the Santa Clara County Jail found numerous complaints of both physical and verbal abuse, uneven enforcement of rules, harassment …
Pepper-spraying Sleeping Prisoner Unconstitutional, but Case Loses at Trial by David Reutter The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that “using a chemical agent in an attempt to wake a sleeping prisoner, without apparent necessity and in the absence of mitigating circumstances, violates clearly established law.” The ruling came in …
Article • April 1, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
Ninth Circuit: Freezing Prisoner’s Funds Requires Pre-deprivation Process by Mark Wilson Prison officials must provide a pre-deprivation hearing before freezing substantial prisoner assets, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held on April 6, 2015. Under Oregon’s “pay-to-stay” law, prisoners are fully liable for their incarceration costs. The Oregon Department of …
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, …
Brief • March 31, 2016
Nealman v. Laughlin, PA, Memorandum on Motions, Medical Negligence and Wrongful Death from Suicide, 2016 Case 1:15-cv-01579-CCC Document 47 Filed 08/31/16 Page 1 of 34 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA TAWNA Z. NEALMAN, as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Benjamin Shelley …
Hammond v Kates, DC, Amicus Brief - HRDC, transgender abuse discrimination, 2014 USCA Case #13-5212 Document #1485371 Filed: 03/25/2014 Page 1 of 50 [ORAL ARGUMENT NOT YET SCHEDULED] ______________________________ Nos. 13-5212 & 13-5213 ______________________________ IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT ______________________________ PATTI HAMMOND …
Publication • March 8, 2016
OH Parole Board - Guidelines Manual, OH DRC, 2007 OHIO PAROLE BOARD GUIDELINES MANUAL Third Edition July 1, 2007 Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Terry J. Collins, Director July 1, 2007 Preface The purpose of the Ohio Parole Board revised Guidelines Manual is to assist the Parole Board in …
Illinois: Prisoner Wins Settlement from Cook County Sheriff on Battery Claim by Derek Gilna Illinois’ Cook County Jail is widely considered to be one of the most dangerous correctional facilities in the nation. An antiquated jail lacking many of the updated security features found in other jails, it is riddled …
Texas State Jails: Private Drug Counselors Ordered to Downplay Mental Illness by Matthew Clarke Former employees of Houston-based Turning Point, Inc., a private, for-profit company which contracted with Texas to provide substance abuse treatment in its state jail system, are revealing how supervisors pressured them to falsify Addiction Severity Index …
Systemic Abuse of Prisoners in U.S. by By John Kiriakou Two federal prison guards in Florida recently agreed to plead guilty for beating a prisoner and then covering it up. One officer faces up to three years in a federal prison, while the other is looking at a year. The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) issued …
Dimora v. Northeast Ohio Corrections Center, OH, Order, Inmate Injury, 2016 Case: 4:14-cv-01221-BYP Doc #: 43 Filed: 03/04/16 1 of 9. PageID #: 386 PEARSON, J. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION JAMES DIMORA, Plaintiff, v. NORTHEAST OHIO CORRECTIONS CENTER, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) …
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 …
Report Highlights Continuing Problems with Florida Department of Corrections by Derek Gilna The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) was the subject of a recent Prison Legal News cover story that detailed prisoner deaths, excessive use of force by guards, and other types of misconduct and corruption. [See: PLN, Feb. 2016, …
Federal Judge Refuses to Dismiss Suit Filed by Widow of Workplace-Harassed Prison Guard by Derek Gilna California state prison guard Scott Jones committed suicide in 2011, leaving a note that said, “the job made me do it.” His wife, Janelle Jones, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the California …
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 …
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