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Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Filed under: Suicides
$301,000 Awarded in Lawsuit Over Suicide at Illinois Jail by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss In December 2018, a federal jury awarded Dwayne White $301,000 in a wrongful death claim filed on behalf of his brother, Bradley C. Scarpi, against St. Clair County, Illinois. Represented by attorney Vanessa …
Wisconsin Pays Largest Civil Rights Settlement in State’s History –$18.9 Million – for Juvenile Offender’s Suicide Attempt by Chad Marks, Derek Gilna by Chad Marks and Derek Gilna Sydni Briggs was 16 years old in July 2015 when she was remanded to a Wisconsin state youth prison for breaking into …
Horrific Deaths, Brutal Treatment: Mental Illness in America’s Jails by Gary A. Harki by Gary A. Harki, The Virginian-Pilot Bradley Thomas had bipolar disorder and was in a severe depressive episode when he was arrested for a misdemeanor in Oregon. He had spit on his landlord’s face and threatened her …
Beck v. Hamblen County, TN, Memorandum Opinion and Order, Unsafe Jail Conditions, Assault, 2019 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE AT GREENEVILLE ZACKERY BECK, Plaintiff, v. HAMBLEN COUNTY, TENNESSEE and ESCO JARNAGIN, Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 2:17-cv-178 Judge Travis …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
New York City Settles Kalief Browder Lawsuit for $3.3 Million by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  The untimely death of Kalief Browder at age 22 sparked a nationwide movement to enact bail reform and end the use of segregation for young detainees. Both President Obama and New York City Mayor …
Brief • April 2, 2019
Vargas v. Binnewies, CA, Settlement, Wrongful Death - Suicide, 2019 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND MUTUAL RELEASE OF CLAIMS This Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release of Claims (the "Agreemenf') is made and entered into as of April 10, 2019 (the "Effective Date") by and among the parties listed below to formalize their …
Brief • March 15, 2019
Bigelow v. Dart, IL, Settlement Agreement, Jail Suicide, 2019
Report Released on Deaths in Utah Prisons and Jails by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  A new law in Utah requires information about deaths in both the state’s prisons and local jails to be reported annually. The first death in custody report, released last November, revealed that around half of …
Article • March 5, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
$100,000 Settlement for Preventable Suicide in Virginia Department of Corrections by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Dai’yaan Qamar Longmire, a 19-year-old from Virginia Beach, was serving a four-year sentence at the Indian Creek Correctional Center (ICCC) in 2014 when he committed suicide in his cell using a sheet …
ICE-friendly Policies. A String of Jail Deaths. Why Does This Sheriff Keep Getting Elected? by Kyle C. Barry Advocates say Alameda County Sheriff Greg Ahern is an odd fit for the Bay Area, but mounting a challenge has proved daunting. by Kyle C. Barry, The Appeal When Barbara Doss went …
Brief • February 20, 2019
Cox v. Regalado, OK, Judgment, Wrongful Death, 2019 Case 4:11-cv-00457-JED-FHM Document 373 Filed in USDC ND/OK on 02/20/19 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA CAROLYN COX, as the Special Administrator of the Estate of Charles Jernegan, Deceased, ) ) ) …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Filed under: Settlements, Suicides
California: $1 Million Settlement in Suit Over Mentally Ill Jail Prisoner’s Suicide by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 28, 2017, the family and estate of a mentally ill prisoner who committed suicide while incarcerated at the Yuba County jail in California filed suit in federal court alleging violations …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
New Trial on Causation Required in Illinois Jail Detainee’s Suicide by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held on August 10, 2018 that an Illinois federal district court erred in granting judgment as a matter of law on the issue of causation in …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Imprisoning America’s Mentally Ill by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Since the 1962 publication of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, a mirror image of the best-selling novel’s plot has played out in U.S. prisons. Author Ken Kasey wrote a work of fiction about a prisoner who was sent to …
State of Hawai’i HCR 85 Task Force on Prison Reform - Creating Better Outcomes, Safer Communities, 2018 Creating Better Outcomes, Safer Communities Final Report of the House Concurrent Resolution 85 Task Force on Prison Reform to the Hawai‘i Legislature 2019 Regular Session Prepared by the HCR 85 TASK FORCE with …
Babu v. County of Alameda, CA, Complaint, Unconstitutional Use of Isolation, 2018 Case 4:18-cv-07677 Document 1 Filed 12/21/18 Page 1 of 59 1 JEFFREY BORNSTEIN – 99358 ERNEST GALVAN – 196065 2 KARA JANSSEN – 274762 HUGO CABRERA – 309289 3 ROSEN BIEN GALVAN & GRUNFELD LLP 101 Mission Street, …
Brief • December 18, 2018
Bigelow v. Dart, IL, Complaint, Jail Suicide, 2018 Case: 1:18-cv-02055 Document #: 89 Filed: 12/18/18 Page 1 of 10 PageID #:240 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION Charlene Bigelow, as independent administrator of the estate of Devin Lynch, Plaintiff, -vsThomas Dart, Sheriff …
LaCroix v. Brownell, MN, Settlement Report and Recommendation, Wrongful Prison Death, 2018 CASE 0:18-cv-02448-PJS-SER Document 25 Filed 12/13/18 Page 1 of 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA Jeffery LaCroix, as trustee for the next of kin of William Roy St. John, Case No. 18-cv-2448 (PJS/SER) Plaintiff, v. REPORT …
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