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Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021
Filed under: Settlements, Censorship
Sherburne County, MN, Settles with HRDC for $98,000 Plus New Jail Publications Policy by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A settlement was reached on May 11, 2021, in a censorship complaint filed in August 2020 against Sherburne County, Minnesota, and its Sheriff, Joel Brott, by the Human Rights Defense Center …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
$8.6 Million Award Against Wexford for Deliberate Indifference to Prisoner’s Kidney Cancer by An Illinois prisoner was awarded $11 million by a federal jury in a lawsuit alleging doctors with Wexford Health Sources, Inc. (Wexford), were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs by failing to treat his kidney cancer. …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
$23,000 Settlement Against Pennsylvania Dental Healthcare Company for Inadequate Dental Care by Charles Talbert settled with Correctional Dental Associates (CDA) and Dental Practitioner Dr. Schneider for $23,000 in a lawsuit brought by him for inadequate dental treatment while housed in the Philadelphia Department of Prisons (PDP). While being held in …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Filed under: Settlements, Overdetention
$731,000 Jury Award to Illinois DOC Prisoner Held 23 Months Beyond Release Date, Over $210k in Fees Awarded As Well by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An Illinois federal district court found that a prison records clerk deprived a former prisoner of his liberty and caused him to serve …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
$72,000 Settlement Over Corizon’s Lack of Medical Treatment to Injured Arizona Prisoner by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 8, 2020, Corizon Health, Inc. agreed to pay $20,000 to settle its part of a federal lawsuit brought by an Arizona prisoner who suffered a partial foot amputation after Corizon …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Indiana DOC Settles HRDC Mail Censorship Suit by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On September 21, 2021, the Indiana Department of Corrections (INDOC) agreed to a slate of policy reforms embodied in a consent decree to settle a censorship lawsuit filed by the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), publisher of …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
$750,000 Settlement in South Carolina Pretrial Detainee’s Suicide by Southern Health Partners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 17, 2021, Southern Health Partners paid $750,000 to resolve a lawsuit alleging it failed to take proper steps in caring for a pretrial detainee who entered South Carolina’s Marlboro …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
$1 Million Settlement in Georgia Prisoner’s Preventable Suicide Attempt and Death by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A $1 million settlement was reached in a civil rights lawsuit alleging officials at Georgia State Prison (GSP) failed to take action to prevent a prisoner’s suicide attempt, which resulted in his …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Filed under: Sexual Assault, Settlements
$500,000 Settlement for California Jail Rape, Deputy Fired and Sentenced by A Ventura County, California jail deputy finds himself on the other side of the law after Superior Court Judge Gilbert Romero recently found him guilty of sexual misconduct with a female prisoner. The county of Ventura has paid $500,000 …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
$50,000 Settlement for Denial of Medical Care at Tribal Jail in Montana by The United States paid $50,000 to resolve a lawsuit alleging federal agents at Montana’s Fort Peck Tribal Jail failed to provide medical care for a detainee who was injured during an assault at the jail. Tyler Headdress …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Colorado Jail Blows Through $16 Million in COVID Relief Money, Has Outbreak Anyway, Settles ACLU Conditions Suit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Colorado’s El Paso County Jail, the state’s largest jail, received almost $16 million in federal funds to cover costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic. It used …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
$56 Million Settlement in CoreCivic Securities Violation Lawsuit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Private prison operator CoreCivic, formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), paid $56 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging it violated securities laws that resulted in a loss to stock holders. The …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Indiana DOC Settles Class-Action Lawsuit Over Ban on Incoming Mail Except That in White Envelopes Using White, Lined Paper by On August 9, 2019, an Indiana federal court memorialized the stipulations in a private settlement agreement between the Indiana Department of Corrections (DOC) and a class of prisoners subject to …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Prisoner’s Suicide in Sherburne County Minnesota Jail Results in $2.3 Million Settlement by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders A recent investigation by KARE 11, a Minnesota-based NBC news affiliate, has brought much-needed attention to systematic failures at jails throughout Minnesota. Many local and state correctional facilities in that state, according …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
$30,001 Jury Verdict Over Discriminatory ICE Notification Policy By Minnesota Jail by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Myriam Parada was awarded $30,001 from the Minnesota District Court January 28, 2021 for false imprisonment in the Anoka County Jail. The county’s unwritten policy was to contact Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Human Rights Defense Center Prevails in Censorship Lawsuit Against Napa County Jail, California by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), the parent company of Prison Legal News (PLN), entered into a stipulation and consent decree involving Napa County, California’s jail, on June 11, 2020, settling a …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
$10 Million Settlement in Taser Death of Mentally Ill Man in South Carolina Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The death of a Black man who was Tasered multiple times at South Carolina’s Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center in Charleston is the latest case to raise questions about …
$750,000 Settlement in South Dakota Pretrial Detainee’s Overdose Death by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A $750,000 settlement was reached in the methamphetamine overdose death of a female South Dakota pretrial detainee. The lawsuit brought claims against two separate county jails, state troopers, and guards at the jails. Sarah …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
HRDC Settles Censorship Lawsuit with Johnson County, Kansas Jail for $50,000 and Policy Changes by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), the parent organization of Prison Legal News (PLN), on May 12, 2021, settled its civil lawsuit filed in September of 2020 in U.S. district court …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
$1.65 Million Settlement for Family of Prisoner Killed at Rikers Island by Casey Holloway was killed while in the mental health observation unit at the notorious Rikers Island Correctional Facility. Artemio Rosa, another prisoner with a history of violence, strangled the 35-year-old Holloway as he sat in a chair. Holloway …
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