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Article • June 15, 2008 • from PLN June, 2008
Pierce County, WA Jail Settles Jail Strip-Search Suit For $667,000 by Pierce County, Washington settled a class action suit challenging unconstitutional strip searches of specified pretrial detainees in its county jail for $200,000 in damages, $15,000 in administrative costs and $452,000 in attorney fees. In addition, the Superior Court of …
Brief • June 12, 2008
Filed under: Strip Searches, Strip Cells
K.C. v. Nedelkoff, TX, Motion for Classification; Re Tyc Challenge Solitary Confinement and Strip Searches, 2008 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS K.C., on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, et. aI, Civil No. Plaintiffs, Hon. v. Richard Nedelkoff, in his official …
Egurido v. Geo Group Inc., NY, Complaint, Guard Brutality, 2008 08 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK .J i) REX EGURIDO. r AP? 11lainliff, 1388 • ZOO~ .~OMI'LAINT BR:OOl<lYN OFFICE: Index No. -agaillst- THE GEO GROUP,INC., WILLIAM ZERILLO, "JOliN" WALL, "JANE" MARK, "JANE" ANDREWS, and .101 IN …
Brief • March 28, 2008
Allison v. GEO Group, PA, Complaint, Strip Search Class Action, 2008 234 4 5167789 4 164 1 64 1 36 11 111111 !!11"#!11 1 1 1 1 1 !$ #1!""111 1 1 1 1111 % 27684 &1''1769916&8 4 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 …
Brief • March 17, 2008
Reid-Thomas v. City of New York, et. al., Plf Ltr to Judge, False Arrest, 2008 Law Office of David A. Zelman, Esq. 612 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn, NY 11225 (718) 604-3072 Via Fax: 212 805-7948 Hon. Richard J. Holwell United States District Court Southern District of New York500 Pearl St., Room …
Brief • February 26, 2008
Haas v. Burlington County, N.J., illegal strip searches complaint 2008 Case 1:08-cv-01102-NLH-JS Document 1 Filed 02/26/08 Page 1 of 12 PageID: 1 Case 1:08-cv-01102-NLH-JS Document 1 Filed 02/26/08 Page 2 of 12 PageID: 2 Case 1:08-cv-01102-NLH-JS Document 1 Filed 02/26/08 Page 3 of 12 PageID: 3 Case 1:08-cv-01102-NLH-JS Document 1 …
Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
Nevada Jail Strip Searches Before Release on Own Recognizance Unconstitutional by A Nevada federal district court has held that the Washoe County Sheriff Department?s (WCSD) policy of strip-searching all arrestees who self-surrender and are then released on their own recognizance (OR) is unconstitutional. Before the Court was a summary judgment …
Article • January 15, 2008
Washington Strip Search Statute Narrowly Construed; Inapplicable to Arrestees Confined Pending Release by The Washington State Court of Appeals held that state law does not authorize the automatic strip search of arrestees in custody who are pending release on bail or personal recognizance. Abra Plemmons was charged in Pierce County, …
Strip-Searched Jail Arrestees May be Certified as Class for Liability by by Matthew T. Clarke On August 24, 2006, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that a federal district court in New York erred when it refused to certify non-felony arrestees who were strip searched pursuant to a blanket …
Article • January 15, 2008 • from PLN January, 2008
$25,000 Settlement in Miami False Arrest, Strip Search Suit by While driving in Florida?s Miami-Dade County, a 32-year-old female was pulled over for allegedly following another car too closely. The Miami-Dade County police officer arrested her for an outstanding warrant for driving with an invalid driver?s license. She was arrested …
Article • December 15, 2007
Filed under: Searches, Strip Searches
MA Prisoner’s Rights Not Violated by Strip Searches by MA Prisoner's Rights Not Violated by Strip Searches In 1987, William Langton, a Massachusetts state prisoner, was strip searched every time he left or returned to his cell. Since he was never found in possession of contraband, he believed the searches …
Article • December 15, 2007
Maine Strip Search Case Nets $825,000 in Attorney Fees by In a class action strip-search case against York County, Maine, that settled for $3.3 million, a federal court awarded class counsel attorney fees totaling 25 percent of the settlement, $825,000. The court also directed counsel to provide documentation of "accrued …
Article • December 15, 2007
Plaintiffs Granted SJ in Maine Strip-Search Case by A federal court in Maine granted a class of detainees summary judgment against the Knox County Jail for strip searches conducted without individualized suspicion. Class counsel called the decision a "slam dunk," while defense counsel complained that the judge "got it wrong." …
Article • December 15, 2007
$35,000 Settlement in Maine Jail Strip-Search Case by After he was arrested on a misdemeanor charge, Geoffrey V.V. Wood was strip-searched at Maine's Hancock County Jail. Wood filed suit, alleging the strip search procedures were illegal and unconstitutional. He settled his lawsuit in May 2004 for $35,000. See: Wood v. …
$56,000 Settlement for Torturous Eight Hours in New Jersey Jail by In April 2007, the Borough of Bradley Beach, New Jersey, agreed to pay $56,000 to settle a federal lawsuit alleging multiple constitutional violations by a woman who spent eight hours in the Borough?s jail. Plaintiff Aimee Sliker was arrested …
Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
Connecticut Strip Search Suit Settles For $2.5 Million by The State of Connecticut will pay $2.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit that alleged the state maintained an unconstitutional practice of strip searching all incoming prisoners at the New Haven Community Correction Center (NHCCC). Plaintiff Charles Campbell claimed that …
Rikers Island Diapered Mentally Ill in Segregation by Prison officials in New York City have been charged in a lawsuit filed upon behalf of four mentally ill prisoners with depriving those prisoners of their basic human rights and placing them in diapers while in isolated segregation. The prisoners, who were …
San Mateo County, California, Settles Strip-Search Suit for $1.9 Million by On February 5, 2007, San Mateo County, California, agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging that an estimated 1,200 women were illegally strip-searched at the county jail between February 3, 2002, and December 2, …
Management & Training Corp. Struggles to Maintain Market Share by Gary Hunter For-profit private prison operator Management & Training Corporation (MTC) has recently lost lucrative contracts to run prisons in the United States and Canada. While the private prison industry is dominated by industry giants Corrections Corporation of America, Geo …
Rhode Island Pays $120,000 To Prisoner Forced To Eat Feces by Michael Rigby The State of Rhode Island has paid $120,000 to settle with a prisoner who was forced by guards to eat his own feces. While serving a six month sentence for shoplifting at the Adult Correctional Institution (ACI) …
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