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Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
$325,000 to Detainee Assaulted at East Texas Jail, 90 Days to Former Deputy Who Beat Him While Restrained in Wheelchair by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On February 24, 2022, a former sheriff’s deputy in Harrison County, Texas, was sentenced for savagely beating a restrained detainee at the …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
$1.65 Million Settlement Reached in Connecticut Prisoner’s Death from Untreated Lupus by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On July 7, 2021, the Connecticut Department of Corrections (DOC) paid $1.65 million to settle a lawsuit alleging medical personnel failed to diagnose and treat a 19-year-old state prisoner who died of …
Prison Telecom Giant GTL Agrees to $67 Million Settlement in Class-Action Over Inactive Account Seizure Policy by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Prison phone services provider Global*Tel Link (GTL) agreed to a settle a long-running class-action on December 20, 2021, with changes to company policies and up to $67 …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
$1.5 Million Awarded for Failure to Protect Rikers Jail Prisoner Who Was Attacked Repeatedly by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On June 2, 2021, a federal jury in New York City ruled in favor of a prisoner at the city’s notorious Rikers Island jail complex, deciding the city and …
$170,000 in Attorney’s Fees, Solitary Confinement Reforms Achieved in Settlement of Maine Prisoner’s Lawsuits by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In July 2021, the Maine Department of Corrections (DOC) settled state and federal lawsuits brought by a prisoner kept in solitary confinement for 22 months without seeing any evidence of …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
$199,000 Awarded to California Detainee Assaulted by Santa Clara County Jail Guard by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 13, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California awarded a former Santa Clara County pretrial detainee $11,000 in damages for injuries received when he was assaulted …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
$781 Settlement Paid to Oregon Prisoner Over Censorship of ‘Sexually Explicit’ Text Message by On July 21, 2021, the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) settled a suit filed by a state prisoner whose private text message to his intimate partner was flagged for violating prison policy because it contained the …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
$170,000 Damages and Fees As New Jersey Prisons Settle Transgender Lawsuit With New Policy by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins As of June 29, 2021, the New Jersey Department of Corrections (DOC) has changed its policy of housing prisoners according to their gender assignment at birth, regardless of whether they …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
$325,000 Paid by Colorado County to Jail Detainee Brutalized by Guards Equipped with Controversial Training by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On October 28, 2021, a Colorado man dismissed his suit against Weld County after agreeing to accept a $325,000 settlement for injuries allegedly inflicted on him by guards at …
$500,000 Default Judgment for Tennessee Woman Sexually Assaulted by Probation Officer by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 17, 2021, a federal district court in Tennessee awarded a $500,000 default judgment, plus another $60,863.75 in attorney’s fees, to a woman who alleged in a lawsuit that her probation …
Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022
Settlement Reached to Protect Hawaii Prisoners from COVID-19 by David Reutter Just in Time for the ‘Omicron Winter’ by David M. Reutter On November 10, 2021, one day before first detection of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, a federal district court in Hawaii approved a settlement …
Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022
Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Alleging Inadequate COVID-19 Response at Maryland Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Under a settlement agreement reached on August 23, 2021, officials at the Prince George’s County Jail in Maryland agreed to a raft of safety protocols overseen for at least four months by …
Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022
$638,250 Judgment Against Georgia Jail Guard Who Orchestrated Prisoner’s Beating by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead On November 9, 2021, a federal judge ordered a former guard to pay $638,250 to a prisoner whose beating by fellow prisoners the guard orchestrated at the Newton County Jail in Covington, Georgia, in …
Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022
$21,525 Awarded by Federal Court to Indiana Prisoner Subjected to Battery by Guard by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A federal district court in Indiana awarded $21,525 to a prisoner on May 30, 2021, after granting partial summary judgment in a civil rights action he filed alleging battery by …
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 …
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