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Michigan Hit with Multiple Lawsuits Related to Women’s Prison by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The State of Michigan and the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) have been named defendants in three separate lawsuits concerning the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility (WHV). In August 2018, the state agreed to pay …
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Los Angeles County to Pay Almost $4 Million for Sexual Abuse by Jail Deputy by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In November 2018, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors agreed to pay $3.9 million to settle claims against the county, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LACSD), Sheriff James …
Troutwine v. IDOC, IL, Settlement, 2019 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS WESTERN DIVISION Donald Wayne Troutwine, (S-09709) Plaintiff, ) ) ) ) V. ) ) Illinois Department of Corrections, ) Dixon Correctional Center, Nedra Chandler,) Lt Kuhse, Sgt. Timothy Fisher, ) Correctional Officer …
Solitary Watch, American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, Jesuit Social Research Institute: A Report on Lockdown - A Report on the Use of Solitary Confinement in Louisiana State Prisons, With Testimony from the People Who Live It, 2019 Louisiana on Lockdown A Report on the Use of Solitary Confinement in …
Publication • June 1, 2019
The Sentencing Project, Campaign to End Life Imprisonment - Women and Girls Serving Life Sentences, 2019 CAMPAIGN TO END LIFE IMPRISONMENT WOMEN AND GIRLS SERVING LIFE SENTENCES Nationwide one of every 15 women in prison — nearly 7,000 women — is serving a life or virtual life sentence.1 One-third of …
Brief • May 30, 2019
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault
Smith v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Settlement Agreement, Sexual Assault by Guard, 2019 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS This Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release of All Claims ("Agreement") is entered into between the following patties ("the Patt ies"): Plaintiff Pauline Smith, (hereinafter "Plaintiff'), and Defendants County of …
Brief • May 17, 2019
Arapahoe v. Rhodes et al, CO, Settlement, Civil Rights Violation, 2019 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No, 1 6-cv-00329-WJM-STV Consolidated with Civil Action No, 17-cv-03131-WYD-NYW ALEC ARAPAHOE, Plaintiff, MIRANDA AVALOS, Lieutenant at the Fedelal Correctional institution at Florence, Colorado, in her individual …
New Book Explores the Overlooked History of Feminist Anti-Prison Activism by Victoria Law, Rewire.News Connecting the fights against gendered violence and mass incarceration isn’t new. But you wouldn't know it from most writing on the subject. Marissa Alexander. Bresha Meadows. Cyntoia Brown. Cherelle Baldwin. All four are Black women or girls who were arrested and prosecuted …
Sixth Circuit Rejects Qualified Immunity for Jail Guard Accused of Sexual Abuse by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 15, 2019, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court’s denial of qualified immunity to an Ohio jail guard who allegedly ordered a prisoner to expose herself and …
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Federal Court Awards $3,750,000 in Damages for Sexual Assault by Prison Guards by Chad Marks by Chad Marks A federal judge in Arizona awarded a former female prisoner $3.75 million in damages after she was sexually assaulted by prison guards. On June 23, 2017, the victim, identified only as “Jane …
Oregon: Knowledge of Injury and Defendants’ Causal Role Required for Accrual of § 1983 Claims by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson A unanimous Oregon Supreme Court held on January 17, 2019 that a claim that prison officials were deliberately indifferent to the risk of sexual abuse by a guard at a …
Article • May 2, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Vermont Prisoner Sexually Abused at Private Prison in Michigan Receives $750 by Steve Horn by Steve Horn Bernard Carter was incarcerated at the privately-operated North Lake Correctional Facility in Baldwin, Michigan when he alleged a prison nurse coerced him into sexually uncomfortable situations. In a federal lawsuit, Carter v. GEO …
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
The Lackawanna County Seven: And Then There Were Five by Mumia Abu-Jamal by Mumia Abu-Jamal Few cases are as difficult to prosecute as those involving cops, sheriffs and prison guards. This is largely due to the popular perception that they’re the good guys protecting society from the bad guys ... …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Filed under: Sexual Assault, Settlements
New Jersey DOC Settles Sexual Abuse Suit, but More Cases are Pending by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The New Jersey Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to settle a federal complaint that alleged multiple civil rights violations at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women. That same facility, located in …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Ex-Prisoner Awarded $1.06 Million for Sexual Assault by Former Nebraska Jailer by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A federal court in Nebraska awarded an ex-prisoner over $1 million in a lawsuit against a former guard who was convicted of sexually assaulting her and other women at the Phelps County jail …
Article • March 15, 2019
In Search of Justice: How DHS PREA Standards Don’t Necessarily Protect Immigrants From Assault by Tina Vasquez by Tina Vasquez, Rewire.News, March 13, 2019  This is the second article in a two-part series. Read the first article in the series here.  Trying to understand the systems in place intended to …
In Search of Safety: An Investigation of Abuse at an Immigration Facility by Tina Vasquez by Tina Vasquez, Rewire.News, March 8, 2019 Over a ten-month period, Rewire.News partnered with Latino USA to dig into the case of one woman’s alleged sexual abuse. What we learned through a FOIA request raised …
Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
Wisconsin Federal Court Denies New Trial, Grants Attorney Fees in Sexual Abuse Case by In addition to ruling on a motion for judgment as a matter of law filed by the defendants, a Wisconsin federal district court granted attorney fees and costs totaling $539,822.62. The ruling followed a jury verdict …
Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
Female Prisoner Wore Wire to Take Down Rikers Island Guards, Wins $425,000 Settlement by Rick Anderson by Rick Anderson A female prisoner in New York who wore a wire to help bust three Rikers Island jailers who sexually abused her has received a $425,000 settlement from the city.  The trio …
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