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South Carolina Settles Prisoner Stabbing Death Lawsuit for $47,500 by In October 2009, the South Carolina Department of Corrections (DOC) paid $47,500 to settle a survivorship suit related to a fatal stabbing. Justin Bregenzer, 22, a DOC prisoner, was stabbed to death by another prisoner in July 2005 at the …
Virginia Sheriff’s Office, PHS Settle Wrongful Death Suit for $1.6 Million by Prison Health Services (PHS), a private for-profit company that provides medical care to prisoners, has agreed to pay $1.5 million to the family of a man who died at a Virginia jail, with the sheriff’s office paying another …
California County Jail Settles Wrongful Death Suit for $600,000 by In December 2009, the Board of San Joaquin County, California approved a $600,000 settlement to resolve a federal lawsuit filed by the family of a 71-year-old man who died of a heart attack following his release from jail. On March …
CCA Pays $70,000 in Damages, Attorney Fees to Settle PLN Censorship Suit by Alex Friedmann On June 7, 2010, Prison Legal News announced that it had settled a federal censorship suit against Corrections Corp. of America (CCA), the nation’s largest private prison company. PLN filed the lawsuit in September 2009, …
Article • July 15, 2010 • from PLN July, 2010
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries
Prison-based Call Centers Open in Austria, India by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In an attempt to bridge a budget shortfall, the Austrian Justice Ministry has set up call centers in prisons and con-tracted them out to private companies that might otherwise outsource the work overseas. The move has prompted …
Article • July 15, 2010 • from PLN July, 2010
New York Prisoner Beaten, Guards Convicted, GEO Settles Suit for $80,000 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 7, 2009, three private prison guards were convicted of charges involving the unjustified beating of a New York prisoner in 2007. [See: PLN, Sept. 2009, p.50; July 2009, p.50]. A fourth …
Article • July 15, 2010
Ninth Circuit Okays Class Action Against ICE by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has reversed the denial of class certification in a habeas corpus proceeding challenging the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) bond practices in the Central District of California. The suit alleged that ICE was …
Article • July 15, 2010
Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $2,300 to Man Kept Beyond Release Date by On January 25, 2008, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $2,300 to a man who was detained beyond his release date. Cecil Dudgeon was supposed to be released on May 13, 2005; however, he …
Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $5,000 to a Prisoner Who Was Harassed for Filing a Grievance by On May 23, 2007, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $5,000 to a prisoner who was harassed after filing a complaint. Vicki Cole was strip-searched by one guard in violation …
Article • July 15, 2010
Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $15,000 to Settle Public Records Act Suit by On October 18, 2005, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $15,000 to two prisoners who requested, but were denied, information under the Washington Public Disclosure Act. Leslie Pounds and Shawn Greenhalgh sent a public …
Article • July 15, 2010
Washington DOC Ordered to Pay $4,534.10 in Public Records Act Suit by On January 6, 2006, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) was ordered to pay $4,534.10 to a DOC employee who requested, but was denied, records under the state Public Disclosure Act. Carl Wilson, a guard at Cedar Creek …
Article • July 15, 2010
Washington DOC Pays $5,000 to Man Denied Ability to Work by On December 26, 2005, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $5,000 to a man who was denied the ability to work. After Daniel Witt was released to work by his doctor, the DOC refused to allow …
Article • July 15, 2010
Filed under: Informants, Media
Being Called an Informant Not Defamation by On November 25, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a suit filed by a prisoner who claimed that he was defamed when two newspapers reported that he intended to cooperate with authorities. Shemtov Michtavi sued …
City of Flint Settles Mass Arrest and Strip Search Suit for $900,000.00 by On December 14, 2009, the City of Flint agreed to pay $900,000 to more than 100 young men and women who were detained, charged with a crime, strip searched, and, in some cases, body cavity searched for …
Eleventh Circuit Reverses/Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity in Retaliation Case by On June 22, 2007, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part a district court’s denial of qualified immunity for four Georgia prison officials accused of retaliation. Danny Hicks sued Warden …
Article • July 15, 2010
Federal Prisoners Must Exhaust Before Bringing Habeas Claims Surrounding Halfway House Placement by Federal prisoners challenging the Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) implementation of the Second Chance Act must exhaust their administrative remedies before bringing suit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit decided February 17, 2010. After the …
Article • July 15, 2010
Idaho Supreme Court Vacates No Contact Order Imposed on Sex Offender by On December 29, 2009, the Supreme Court of Idaho vacated a no contact order that precluded a sex offender from having any contact with minors. Brian Cobler was sentenced to ten years in prison after pleading guilty to …
$500 Settlement on Prisoner’s Negligence Suit by The eastern district of California paid $500 to settle the lawsuit of prisoner Michael R. Holtsinger for injuries sustained by being assaulted while at recreation yard at High Desert State Prison. While at recreation on June 22, 2002, Holtsinger and his roommate were …
Article • July 15, 2010
D.C. Pays $16,500 Settlement for Prisoner Assault, Broken Jaw by On April 23, 2001, the District of Columbia paid $16,500 to settle with a prisoner who suffered a broken jaw when he was attacked by another prisoner at the Central Security Facility in October 1999. The suit, filed in D.C. …
Article • July 15, 2010
D.C. Prisoner Injured in Bus Accident Settles for $3,500. by Plaintiff Frank L. Patterson sued the District of Columbia for injuries sustained when a prison security gate closed on a bus that he and other prisoners were being transported in. The case, filed in the Superior Court of the District …
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