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Deaths and Beatings Rampant in Texas' Nueces County Jail by Gary Hunter Nueces County Jail in Corpus Christi Texas has become a regular source of dead and beaten prisoners. Ten prisoners have died in the jail between 1996 and 2000. Two cases have already cost the county $2 million and …
$240,000 Settlement in Florida Juvenile Boot Camp Suicide by Lonnie Burton Although described as a troubled kid, 16-year old Chad Franza didn't deserve to die they way he did. Only 24 days after entering a juvenile boot camp in Bartow, Florida, the teenager was found dead after hanging himself with …
Article • June 15, 2003 • from PLN June, 2003
$250,000 Award for Texas Jail Paraplegic Upheld by by Matthew Clarke The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a $250,000 award against Dallas County, Texas, for a paraplegic prisoner who developed life-threatening decubitus ulcers due to the jail's deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs. Brent Lawson, a former …
Statutes Affecting Disabled Prisoners by Daniel E. Manville In the past couple of years, there have been a number of changes to federal statutes that provide protections to those confined with disabilities. This article discusses those changes. Additional rights that the disabled may have under federal and state constitutional provisions, …
New York County Liable for Jail Strip Searches by A U.S. district court in New York granted a former prisoner's motion to amend his complaint in a suit involving strip searches and blasted Orange County attorneys for making frivolous arguments against it. Jaime Murcia was mistakenly arrested on a Federal …
Boston Jail Strip Searches Unconstitutional by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg A Boston City Police Department (BPD) policy of invasive and degrading strip-searching of all female detainees, regardless of the cause of their detention, while not similarly treating male detainees, violated the unreasonable search provisions of the Fourth …
Article • February 15, 2003 • from PLN February, 2003
South Carolina County Pays $276,660 for Illegal Wiretaps on Judges' Telephones by The U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a federal district court's $276,660 damage award to South Carolina state court judges who alleged that Greenville County law enforcement officers ran unlawful wiretaps on their telephones …
Alabama Jail Conditions Unconstitutional, County Liable by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Court of Appeals for the Elev-enth Circuit has held, in a case with protracted litigation resulting in three opinions of the Court, that the conditions of the Butler County Jail in Greenville, Alabama are so atrocious …
EMSA and Nevada Jail Pay $40,000 Settlement to Quadriplegic by In April, 2002, Robert Cornwall, 30, a quadriplegic, settled a lawsuit against the Washoe county jail in Nevada for $40,000. The lawsuit stemmed from Cornwall being arrested on domestic violence charges against his wife on July 25, 2000. Cornwall spent …
Los Angeles County Settles Overdetention Suits for $27 Million by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg In the largest legal settlement in its history, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors agreed in May, 2002 to pay $27 million to compensate 400,000 former jail prisoners who had been held …
7th Circuit: PLRA Exhaustion Requirements Retroactive; BOP Has Late Grievance Hardship Exception by The Seventh Circuit Court of Ap-peals held that the administrative exhaustion provisions of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) apply retroactively. In October 1995, federal prisoner Anthony McCoy was housed at the Federal Correctional Institution in Greenville, …
Article • November 15, 2002 • from PLN November, 2002
$32,500 Florida Jail Accident Settlement by On October 30, 2001, the Broward County jail in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, settled a prisoner's work accident suit for $32,500. Edward Beal, 47, a prisoner at the county jail was assigned to a jail work program at the Dania Beach facility. While cutting trees, …
Supreme Court: No Punitive Damages Allowed Under RA and ADA by In a unanimous opinion, the United States supreme court held that punitive damages are not allowed under the Rehabilitation Act, (RA), 29 U.S.C. § 794 (a) or the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12132. Jeffrey Gorman …
Article • August 15, 2002 • from PLN August, 2002
Nevada Juvenile Road Accident Kills Six, Settles for $3.5 Million by Six Nevada teenagers in a juvenile offender program working to pay off fees and restitution in lieu of doing time in a detention center were struck and killed in March 2000 as they picked up trash on a freeway …
Texas Jail Chaplain Rapes Female Prisoners by A federal district court in Texas held that genuine issues of material fact precluded summary judgment on a female prisoner's claims under 42 U.S.C Section 1983 arising from her being raped by a jail chaplain and retaliated against for speaking out about the …
Deputy Causing Loss of Fingertip States Federal and State Claims by by Matthew T. Clarke A federal district court in North Carolina has ruled that a prisoner who lost his fingertip when a deputy slammed a cell door window cover on his finger has stated a proper claim under state …
Ex-Ohio Sheriff's Deputy Wins $650,000 Verdict Against CMS for Prisoner Escape by Franklin County (Ohio) prisoner Alva Campbell was escorted to court in April 1997 while in his wheelchair, unable to walk. He was not handcuffed or otherwise restrained and was being guarded only by then-Franklin County Deputy Sheriff M. …
Summary Judgment Denied in Ohio Jail Booking Fee Challenge by Robert Woodman In a case of first impression, an Ohio Federal District Court denied summary judgment to the Hamilton County [Ohio] Sheriff and the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners in a former jail prisoner's challenge to Hamilton County's assessment of …
Jail Policy to Not Segregate Gangs Does Not Violate Constitution by John E Dannenberg Jail Policy To Not Segregate Gangs Does Not Violate Constitution by John E. Dannenberg The Seventh Circuit US Court of Appeals ruled that the Cook County (Chicago), Illinois jail did not violate the Constitution by failing …
County Supervisors Liable for Indemnifications by John E Dannenberg County Supervisors Liable For Indemnifications by John E. Dannenberg The Los Angeles (LA), California County Board of Supervisors made official decisions, and thus a policy, to indemnify their county sheriffs so as to willfully (i.e., in bad faith) protect the sheriffs …
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