Leader of Fraudulent Scheme Targeting Prisoners Convicted, Sent to Prison by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Qadir Shabazz, aka Deangelo Moore, aka Deangelo Muhammad, a 41-year-old Atlanta man, was convicted in January 2016 of charges related to a fraudulent scheme that sold false hope to prisoners and stole millions from …
$200,000 Settlement in City Counsel’s Refusal to Film Meetings by David Reutter by David Reutter The City of Cumming, Georgia, agreed to pay $200,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging it prohibited a citizen from filming a City Council meeting. Nydia Tisdale attended an April 17, 2012, Cumming City Council meeting …
Adams v. Sentinel Offender Services, GA, Complaint, Private Probation Fees, 2017 Case 1:17-mi-99999-UNA Document 1922 Filed 07/25/17 Page 1 of 54 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATLANTA DIVISION ) STACEY ADAMS, ) ) JERRY SAINT VIL, on behalf of ) themselves and others …
Report Finds Substandard Medical Care in ICE Facilities by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In a July 2016 report, Human Rights Watch (HRW) found that 16 of the 18 immigrant detainees who died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody from 2012 to 2015 received substandard medical care, and that …
Walker v. City of Calhoun, GA, Order Granting Preliminary Injunction -- Indigent Bail Procedures (2017) Case 4:15-cv-00170-HLM Document 68 Filed 06/16/17 Page 1 of 30 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN NORTHERN DISTRICT DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ROME DIVISION DIVISION MAURICE WALKER, on behalf of himself and …
Center for Immigrants' Rights Clinic - Imprisoned Justice, Penn State Law, 2017 IMPRISONED JUSTICE: Inside Two Georgia Immigrant Detention Centers May 2017 PHOTO CREDIT: TOP PHOTO: STEVEN RUBIN; BOTTOM PHOTOS: STEVE PAVEY Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic Imprisoned Justice: Inside Two Georgia Immigrant Detention Centers 1 “SEGREGATION IS LIKE HELL. …
Bonds Used to Finance Private Prisons, Jails Turn into Junk by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The promise of safe, humane and less costly prisons has been used for decades by the private prison industry to sell its products. As prison populations skyrocketed, local, state and federal governments became convinced …
Private Probation Company Agrees to Multiple Settlements in Georgia by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In July 2016, just before trial, Sentinel Offender Services, a private probation company, agreed to pay a $200,000 settlement to LaSaundria J. Walker for illegally keeping her in jail after she completed her term of …
Baldwin v. Daniel, GA, Complaint, Suicide in Prison, 2017 Case 6:17-cv-00048-JRH-BWC Document 1-2 Filed 04/12/17 Page 1 of 38 Case 6:17-cv-00048-JRH-BWC Document 1-2 Filed 04/12/17 Page 2 of 38 Case 6:17-cv-00048-JRH-BWC Document 1-2 Filed 04/12/17 Page 3 of 38 Case 6:17-cv-00048-JRH-BWC Document 1-2 Filed 04/12/17 Page 4 of 38 Case …
Divorce Granted to Wife of Incarcerated Man Vacated By Georgia Supreme Court after Multiple Appeals by On November 7, 2016, the Georgia Supreme Court set aside a trial court decision granting a divorce judgment to the spouse of an incarcerated man. The state high court held there was no evidence …
Jailers in California, Georgia Acquitted of Abusing Prisoners by Matthew Clarke In unrelated cases, jail guards charged with abusing prisoners were acquitted of the most serious charges filed against them in California and Georgia. Former jail deputies Christopher Johnson and Robert Kirsh were acquitted by a federal jury on the …
Peanut Company Executives Appeal Prison Sentences in Rare Corporate Prosecution by Christopher Zoukis In Georgia, a state where the death penalty is regularly imposed in cases involving multiple deaths resulting from criminal conduct, executives of the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) received relatively light federal prison sentences for their roles …
Georgia: Dozens of Indictments for Prison Contraband Smuggling by David Reutter The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) has had a rough couple of years. Through several rounds of law enforcement stings and federal indictments, scores of prison employees, prisoners and outside collaborators have been charged for their alleged roles in …
Georgia Prisoner Caught Sneaking into Prison Charged with Escape by FBI Special Agent James Hosty wrote in a recent federal criminal complaint that “Since in or about January 2013, the Atlanta Police Department ... has been investigating instances of inmates temporarily escaping from the prison camp at USP Atlanta and …
Federal Strikes Do Not Count as Strikes for Georgia PLRA by A Georgia Court of Appeals held in March 2016 that strikes for dismissed frivolous federal lawsuits do not count as strikes under Georgia’s Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA). Since his imprisonment in 2010, Georgia state prisoner Willie Wright, Jr. …
$175,000 in Damages, Attorney Fees Against Sentinel Offender Services by A Georgia state jury awarded $50,000 to a woman for false arrest and imprisonment by Sentinel Offender Services, a private probation company. The award was the outcome in the first trial of more than a dozen lawsuits filed against the …
Lamontagne v. Georgia Department of Corrections, GA, summons and complaint, wrongful death, 2017 2. Amber LaMontagne, Bazlyn Lewis and Stevie McGilvray are the surviving children of. . . Bonnie Rocheleau, and are therefore authorized to bring this action for the wrongful death of . . . Bonnie Rocheleau. 3. Amber …
Georgia Prison Guards Face Sexual Assault Charges by Two prison guards have been criminally charged with sexually assaulting prisoners at the Emanuel Women’s Facility in Twin City, Georgia. Capt. Edgar Daniel Johnson was the highest ranking officer at the prison, and Channel 2 Action News was present to record his …
