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Riggs v Garrett Id Medical Board Ruling Failure to Treat Broken Nose 2010
Brief • December 21, 2010
Riggs v Garrett Id Medical Board Ruling Failure to Treat Broken Nose 2010 [R1~©~O\\#~D BEFORE A PRELITIGAnON SCREENING PANEL IDAHO STATE BOARD OF MEDICINE ;I ;I ;I ) ) ) } ) ) ) ) ) MARLIN RIGGS, Claimant, v. STEPHEN GARRETT, M.D., Respondent DEC 21 2010 IDAHO STATE BOAR[ …
Nall v. City of Painesville, OH, Complaint, Excessive Force with Taser, 2010
Brief • December 21, 2010
Filed under: Cardiovascular, Brain Injury, Stun Guns/Tasers, False Arrest
Nall v. City of Painesville, OH, Complaint, Excessive Force with Taser, 2010 Case: 1:10-cv-02883 Doc #: 1 Filed: 12/21/10 1 of 12. PageID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION DAVID LEE NALL, by and through his guardian and next friend, Elizabeth Goodwin, c/o David …
Rauda v City of Los Angeles Ca Attorney Fee Award 2010
Brief • December 20, 2010
Rauda v City of Los Angeles Ca Attorney Fee Award 2010 Case 2:08-cv-03128-CAS-PJW Document 216 Filed 12/20/10 Page 1 of 11 Page ID #:2415 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA CIVIL MINUTES - GENERAL Case No. CV08-3128-CAS (PJW) Title MARTHA RAUDA; ET AL. v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES; …
Florida Disciplinary Record Must Prove Constructive Possession of Contraband
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Disciplinary Appeals
Florida Disciplinary Record Must Prove Constructive Possession of Contraband by Florida’s First District Court of Appeal granted a writ of certiorari to a prisoner who challenged a circuit court’s denial of his mandamus petition that sought to reverse a prison disciplinary conviction. The First District held there was insufficient proof …
Michigan Prison System Exceeds Budget, Again
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Staffing
Michigan Prison System Exceeds Budget, Again by In two of the last three years, the Michigan Department of Corrections’ (MDOC) budget has “blown through its caps,” according to state Rep. John Proos. A May 27, 2010 letter from Robert Emeron, director of the state budget office, informed lawmakers that the …
$195,000 Award for Injury Resulting from NY Prison Garbage Detail
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Filed under: Prison Labor, Workplace Injury, Work Conditions/Safety, Medical, Skeletal Injury
$195,000 Award for Injury Resulting from NY Prison Garbage Detail by A New York Court of Claims has awarded a former prisoner $195,000 for injuries she sustained while working on a garbage detail. In an April 29, 2008 order, the court found the State of New York 100% liable. The …
Maricopa County, Arizona Settles Prisoner Suicide Claim for $125,000
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Settlements, Suicides
Maricopa County, Arizona Settles Prisoner Suicide Claim for $125,000 by On March 31, 2010, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 to pay $125,000 to settle a claim against the county made by the family of a jail prisoner who killed himself in 2008. According to the notice of …
$850,000 Verdict in Nebraska Prisoner’s Suicide
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Filed under: Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides
$850,000 Verdict in Nebraska Prisoner’s Suicide by A Nebraska federal jury has awarded $850,000 to the estate of a prisoner who hanged himself with a bed sheet in his cell at the Dodge County Correctional Facility (DCC). The estate’s attorney, Maren L. Chaloupka, hailed the verdict as a wake-up call …
PLN Wins Public Records Ruling Against California Prison System
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Filed under: Disclosure of Records, Media, PLN Litigation
PLN Wins Public Records Ruling Against California Prison System by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 23, 2009, a California superior court ruled that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) had to produce records requested two years earlier by Prison Legal News. PLN made the request for …
AMA Passes Resolution Prohibiting Shackling of Pregnant Prisoners in Labor
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Filed under: OB/GYN, Excessive Force, Restraints, Mothers in Prison
AMA Passes Resolution Prohibiting Shackling of Pregnant Prisoners in Labor by On June 15, 2010, the American Medical Association (AMA) adopted a resolution prohibiting the use of restraints on a female prisoner “in labor, delivering her baby or recuperating from the delivery,” absent compelling grounds to believe that she poses …
U.S. Supreme Court Holds Significant Injury Unnecessary for Excessive Force Claims
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Filed under: PLRA, Physical Injury Rule, Guard Brutality/Beatings
U.S. Supreme Court Holds Significant Injury Unnecessary for Excessive Force Claims by Brandon Sample More than de minimis injury is not required to state an excessive force claim, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously decided on February 22, 2010. In Hudson v. McMillian, 503 U.S. 1 (1992) [PLN, May 1992, p.3], …
News In Brief:
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News In Brief: by Arizona: When Clayton Thornburg, 24, tried to escape from the Durango Jail in Phoenix on September 29, 2010, he left his clothes – and dignity – behind. Thornburg climbed over five fences topped with razor wire, which shredded his black-and-white striped jail clothes and left him …
The Graying of America’s Prisons
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Filed under: Geriatric Classification, Furloughs, Systemic Medical Neglect, Medical Expenses, Crime/Demographics, Statistics/Trends, Overcrowding, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Parole, Pardons/Clemency, Americans with Disabilities Act, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)
The Graying of America’s Prisons by James Ridgeway Frank Soffen, now 70 years old, has lived more than half his life in prison, and will likely die there. Sentenced to life for second-degree murder, Soffen has suffered four heart attacks and is confined to a wheelchair. He has lately been …
From the Editor
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to the last issue of Prison Legal News for 2010. By now subscribers should have received our annual fundraiser letter requesting donations. Unlike other non-profit organizations, we do not bombard our subscribers with dozens of beg letters a year; we only send out …
$10.5 Million Settlement in Tennessee Juvenile’s Death Caused by Guard’s Chokehold
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Filed under: Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Settlements
$10.5 Million Settlement in Tennessee Juvenile’s Death Caused by Guard’s Chokehold by The privately-operated Chad Youth Enhancement Center (Chad) in Ashland City, Tennessee paid $10.5 million to settle a lawsuit involving a juvenile’s death. The youth, Omega “Manny” Leach, 17, died from asphyxiation caused by a guard’s chokehold on June …
Audits of Tennessee DOC Reveal Deficiencies
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, DOC/BOP misconduct, Statistics/Trends, Education, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement
Audits of Tennessee DOC Reveal Deficiencies by Mark Wilson The Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) and several of its contractors violated state law, according to two audit reports issued by the Comptroller of the Treasury’s Division of State Audit. According to an April 2009 financial and compliance audit, the TDOC …
Washington State Federal Court: Unconstitutional to Shackle Prisoner in Labor
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Filed under: OB/GYN, Restraints, Civil Procedure, Settlements, Mothers in Prison
Washington State Federal Court: Unconstitutional to Shackle Prisoner in Labor by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 3, 2010, a U.S. District Court in Washington State held it was unconstitutional to shackle a prisoner in labor. Cassandra Brawley, 30, was a Washington state prisoner. In 2006 she was arrested …
$1.5 Million Settlement in Suffolk County Jail Class Action Toilet Suit
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Filed under: Toilets, Civil Procedure, Settlements
$1.5 Million Settlement in Suffolk County Jail Class Action Toilet Suit by A $1.5 million settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit on behalf of approximately 4,000 former prisoners of Building 4 of Massachusetts’ Suffolk County House of Correction. The complaint alleged Eighth Amendment violations for cruel and …
Breaking Free: Prisoners Find Voice in Zines
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Filed under: Media, Prisoner Media
Breaking Free: Prisoners Find Voice in Zines by Danielle Maestretti "I swore that this time, I wouldn’t allow you to destroy me, to steal my life no matter what you did to me. Somewhere along the way, I found that I wasn’t a victim. I would be a survivor, a …
Florida Prison Guards Plead Guilty to Federal Cocaine Charges
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution
Florida Prison Guards Plead Guilty to Federal Cocaine Charges by As a result of plea agreements reached between April and May 2010, eleven Florida prison guards and five other defendants have pleaded guilty to federal cocaine possession charges. The arrests occurred following a two-year investigation into corruption at Florida prisons …
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