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NY City Settles ADA/RA Suit for $400,000 by On August 2, 2007, the City of New York agreed to settle a suit brought by a handicapped man who was injured while being transported to Rikers Island. According to Devin Sayers’ complaint, guards did not secure his wheelchair to the floor …
Washington DOC Pays $5,000 to Settle Disability Discrimination Claim by On November 8, 2006, the Washington DOC agreed to pay ex-employee, Darlene Elliott, the sum of $5,000 to avoid litigation in a discrimination claim. Ms. Elliot, a DOC employee from 2000 to 2004, developed a debilitating disease, which required DOC …
Pierce County, Washington Pays $8,460 Settlement for ADA Violation by Washington State’s Pierce County paid $8,460 to settle a county employee’s grievance for violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Pierce County guard Kelly R. Berg was diagnosed with chronic common migraine and obstructed sleep apnea. Her treating physician, …
Washington State Settles DOC Disability Accommodation Suit for $30,000 by On January 24, 2008, the State of Washington settled a suit over lack of disability accommodation at the Department of Corrections (DOC) for $30,000. Carolea Mathison, a DOC guard with astigmatism, was assigned to the information desk. The DOC was …
Missoula County Jail Agrees to Settle Excessive Force Suit for $490,000 by Missoula County, Montana has agreed to pay $490,000 to a mentally ill woman who was shot six times by guards with a pepperball gun. Sunny Bartell was arrested on July 1, 2006 for disorderly conduct after police were …
Texas Court of Appeals Reverses Dismissal of Prisoner’s Retaliation Suit; Second Dismissal Affirmed After Remand by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A Texas Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a prisoner’s lawsuit alleging that he suffered retaliation for litigation activities. However, after the case was again dismissed following remand, …
Washington State Makes Work Release Available to Disabled Prisoners; Monetary Payments to Class Members by The Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC) agreed to a settlement in a class action lawsuit alleging violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) that results in not only a policy change but monetary payments …
Article • February 15, 2010 • from PLN February, 2010
Alabama Ends Policy Barring HIV+ Prisoners from Work Release by After more than two decades of intense advocacy by the ACLU, in August 2009 the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) agreed to end its practice of prohibiting prisoners with HIV from participating in work release programs. PLN has previously reported …
Article • December 15, 2009
Nursing homes with razor wire: Are elderly prisoners really a threat to public safety? by By David Fathi Sometime in the 1970s, the United States began a love affair with incarceration that continues to this day. After holding nearly steady for decades, our prison population began to climb as criminal …
Armstrong v Schwarzenegger, CA, Plf Enforcement Order, deaf disabled prisoner ad seg, 2009 Case4:94-cv-02307-CW Document1661 Filed10/20/09 Page1 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 9 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA United States District Court For the Northern District of California …
$4.7 Million Settlement for Brain Damage Caused by Washington Jail Negligence by Washington State’s Kitsap County Jail paid $4.7 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged its failure to properly care for a developmentally disabled man left him brain damaged from dehydration. William E. Trask, 44, was born developmentally disabled. …
Ninth Circuit: Orange County Jail Violated Ad Seg Prisoners’ ADA, Religious and Exercise Rights by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that restrictions on prisoners in administrative segregation (ad seg) at the jail in Orange County, California, related to exercise and group …
ADA Routinely Violated by Prisons in the case of Deaf Prisoners by McCay Vernon, Ph.D. Over the last forty years, Congress has enacted numerous laws specifically designed to assure disabled individuals access to the programs, activities, services, public facilities and other resources available to the general population. This access was …
$4.6 Million Settlements in Death of Quadriplegic D.C. Prisoner by David Reutter by David M. Reutter When 27-year-old Jonathan Magbie entered the District of Columbia Jail to serve a 10-day sentence, he was a quadriplegic confined to a mouth-operated wheelchair. Four days later he was dead. D.C. Superior Court Judge …
Article • July 15, 2009
New York Prison Officials Liable for Wheelchair Accident by A New York Court of Claims held that prison officials are 100% liable for injuries suffered by a prisoner who fell from his wheelchair on a sloped ramp. Prisoner Darrin Carathers, who is wheelchair-bound, was being transported to St. Agnes Hospital …
Paraplegic Louisiana Prisoner Requires Transportation in Vehicle with Wheelchair Lift and Restraints Under ADA by To settle a prisoner’s federal civil complaint filed under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (LDOC) has entered into a consent judgment. …
Los Angeles County Sheriff Recommends $40,000 Settlement for Wheelchair Access Claim by The County Attorney for the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department recommended that a claim filed by Daniel Lopez pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a wheelchair bound paraplegic, for injuries sustained while attempting to be pulled up …
Colorado Prisoners’ Access to Courts, ADA Claims Allowed to Proceed by U.S. District Judge John L. Kane, Jr. has allowed a group of Colorado prisoners to pursue access to court and ADA claims against the Colorado Department of Corrections. Steven Marquiz, Steven Clouse and several other Colorado prisoners sued the …
Colorado DOC Settles Suit Over Provision of Education Programs to Learning Disabled Prisoner by Colorado DOC Settles Suit Over Provision of Education Programs to Learning Disabled Prisoner The Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by a prisoner who was denied the right to participate …
Quadriplegic Man Wins Judgment Against Pasadena by A California jury ordered the City of Pasadena to pay just under $79,000 to a quadriplegic man for failing to train its police in the proper handling of quadriplegics. Cornell Greathouse filed suit against the City alleging a laundry list of mistreatments at …
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