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$90,000 Settlement in Utah Jail Suicide by On May 28, 1999, Salt Lake county, Utah, paid $90,000 to the family of a detainee who committed suicide in the county jail. Henry Delgado was arrested on Jul 16, 1997, on charges of assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest and carrying a …
Texas Settles with Hanged Prisoner's Family by The state of Texas agreed in June 1999 to pay $215,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of Rodney Hulin, a 17-year-old Texas state prisoner who was found hanging in his cell in 1996. About 30 days after arriving at the …
Wreaking Medical Mayhem in Washington Prisons by Tara Herivel In 1993, prisoner Gertrude Barrow crawled to the clinic at the Washington Corrections Center for Women. Her peptic ulcer ruptured, Barrow's requests for treatment had been dismissed by health care staff who diagnosed her ulcer as a bad case of gas. …
CCA Settles Youngstown Suit for $2.48 Million by by Alex Friedmann On March 1, 1999 the Corrections Corp. of America agreed to pay $1.65 million plus $803,000 in attorney fees and expenses to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by Washington, D.C. prisoners at the company's Northeast Ohio Corr. Center in …
Article • June 15, 1999 • from PLN June, 1999
Corcoran Prisoner Left Hanging by During a 3 a.m. bed check, a Corcoran (Calif.) State Prison guard spotted a prisoner dangling from a noose in a darkened corner of his ad-seg cell. But rather than pop open the cell door and determine whether he was dead or alive, prison guards …
Article • June 15, 1999 • from PLN June, 1999
CMS Settles Wrongful Death Suit for $75,000 by In 1998 Correctional Medical services (CMS) and the estate of Mark Murphy settled a wrongful death suit for $75,000. CMS is the largest provider of privatized medical care to prisoners and jail detainees. Mark Murphy was imprisoned at the Delaware Correctional Center …
Violence Takes a Toll at New Mexico Wackenhut Prison by Ronald Young The 1200-bed Lea County Correctional Facility (LCCF), a New Mexico state prison operated by Florida-based Wackenhut Corrections Corp., has been plagued by nine prisoner stabbings during its first six months of operation, including two that resulted in the …
Article • April 15, 1999 • from PLN April, 1999
$355,000 Verdict in New York Asthma Death by On November 23, 1998, New York court of claims judge Nicholas Midley Jr. awarded the family of Peter Farace $350,000 in damages for Farace's death and $50,000 in interest. Farace, 25, died of an asthma attack on February 9, 1986 at the …
Brief • March 22, 1999
Filed under: Accidents
Sprengel v. State of Washington, WA, Judgment, Walla Walla Parking Lot Accident, 1999 ~. 3 \0 :2:JG:l7-01 -._""! .'."'"'. , "'" If .' " .... 1 ,•• I 1 2 3 I, Jo Anne Caines. certify that on March 10, 1999, I mailed a copy of this document, postage prepaid, …
Colorado Prisoner Beaten, Not Stabbed by In the December, 1998, "News In Brief" PLN reported that Colorado State Penitentiary (CSP) prisoner Michael Garcia was stabbed to death by two other prisoners. We got our facts from published news accounts, and those facts were wrong. "The Denver Post printed that false …
Brief • March 15, 1999
Filed under: Accidents
Liggins v. US, KY, Settlement, Slip and Fall, 1999
Brief • February 5, 1999
Filed under: Accidents
Swartz v. WA DOC, WA, Release and Settlement Agreement, Gym Roof Accident, 1999 .. . '.", ~. @"" Christine O. Gregoire ATTbRNEY GENERAL OF WASHINGTON .. Tort Claims Division 629 Woodland'Sqtiare Loop SE First Floor • PO Box 40126 • Olympia WA 98504-0126 -., ~. ,. "I RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT …
Juvenile Crime Still Pays -- But at What Cost? by Alex Friedmann Juvenile Crime Still Pays – But at What Cost? by Alex Friedmann [Last February, PLN published a cover article, "Juvenile Crime Pays," concerning the proliferation of for-profit juvenile justice services. This month we revisit the topic following recent …
Brief • December 7, 1998
Filed under: Accidents
Vilsack v. WA DOC, WA, Order of Dismissal, Walla Walla Scaffolding Accident, 1998 . . .' . I<ECEIV[:: FltED NOV 18 S9 DEC - 7 1999 2 SUPERIOR COURT BETTY J. GOULD THURSTON COUNTY CLERK 3 4 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASmNGTON IN AND FOR THE …
MT Prisoners Win Damages and Fees in Riot Suit by On April 2, 1998, a federal jury in Montana ruled that state prison officials had violated the Eighth amendment rights of 13 prisoners. In September, 1991, a riot occurred at the Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge. Five prisoners in …
No Qualified Immunity for Private Health Care Provider by Afederal district court in Florida denied qualified immunity to a private provider of health care services to a county jail. Health care personnel failed to give a prisoner with a history of heart attacks her heart medication and ignored her complaints …
Article • November 15, 1998 • from PLN November, 1998
Texas Prisoners Bake to Death by Alex Friedmann More than one hundred people have died during a searing heat wave in Texas this past summer, including at least three prisoners. Dozens of convicts have been treated for heat-related health problems. "I've been with the system 13 years and this has …
Brief • October 26, 1998
Rodriguez v. City of New York, NY, Complaint, Jail Guards Ignore Prisoner's Fatal Heart Condition Ignored, 1998
Failure to Protect in Prison Fight Violates 8th Amendment by Failure To Protect In Prison Fight Violates 8th Amendment In 1994, the duty of guards to protect prisoners in prison fights was clearly established by Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825 (1994) according to a federal district court in Texas. …
Alabama Counties Not Liable for Jail Conditions by The court of appeals for the eleventh circuit, sitting en banc, held that Alabama counties cannot be held liable for the operation of county jails. In doing so the court overturned prior circuit precedent on this issue. Phillip Turquitt was killed by …
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