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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 …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Settlements
$54,000 Award of Attorney Fees to Enforce Settlement Agreement on Behalf of Deaf Prisoners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s order granting attorney’s fees after it found the Illinois Department of Correction (IDOC) was in “substantial noncompliance” with a …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
$200,000 Settlement for Kentucky Woman in Jail Childbirth Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 17, 2021, a Kentucky federal court dismissed a lawsuit brought by a woman who was abandoned by jailers while a pretrial detainee and forced to give birth alone in a cell. The lawsuit …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Settlements, Class Actions
Class Action Lawsuit Over COVID at Chesapeake, MD Jail Reaches Settlement by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A settlement agreement was reached in a class action lawsuit alleging there was an “uncontrolled outbreak of COVID at the Chesapeake Detention Facility (CDF)” in Maryland. The complaint was filed in federal …
Filing • April 29, 2021
HRDC v. Johnson County, Kansas, et al., KS, Censorship, Settlement, 2021 IN THE MATTER OF: Human Rights Defense Center v. Johnson County, KS, et al. Case No. 2:20-cv-02447 U.S. DISTRICT COURT, DISTRICT OF KANSAS ___________________________________________ SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT (hereinafter referred to as the “Agreement”) is made and entered …
Brief • April 29, 2021
HRDC v. Johnson County, Kansas, et al., KS, Censorship, Settlement, 2021 IN THE MATTER OF: Human Rights Defense Center v. Johnson County, KS, et al. Case No. 2:20-cv-02447 U.S. DISTRICT COURT, DISTRICT OF KANSAS ___________________________________________ SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT (hereinafter referred to as the “Agreement”) is made and entered …
Article • April 1, 2021 • from PLN April, 2021
Virginia Settles Two Lawsuits Over Misuse of Solitary Confinement by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen Virginia recently settled two outstanding lawsuits alleging the abuse of solitary confinement. Taken together, the payouts cost the state’s taxpayers over $250,000. At a time when Virginia’s General Assembly made progress on other …
Article • April 1, 2021 • from PLN April, 2021
$105,000 Settlement in Wisconsin Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Wisconsin Department of Corrections paid $105,000 to settle a prisoner’s excessive use of force lawsuit. The December 2, 2020, settlements resolves the suit brought by prisoner Kuan Barnett. Barnett’s civil rights action stemmed from …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Minnesota Counties Pay Out More Than $10 Million For Prison and Jail Settlements by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss "In the last 10 years, Minnesota counties have paid out more than $10 million in settlements and legal fees following lawsuits accusing jails of providing inadequate to non-existent health care to …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
$300,000 Award for Illinois Prisoner in Sexual Assault Claim by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An Illinois federal district court awarded $300,000 to a prisoner who alleged a female food supervisor coerced him into sexual activity. The court’s September 29, 2020, order was issued following a damages bench trial. …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Lawsuit Against Pennsylvania County Over Prisoner’s Death in Restraint Chair Settled for $3 Million by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 14, 2020, a federal judge approved a $3 million settlement in a lawsuit brought by the family of a Pennsylvania jail prisoner who died after being held in …
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