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Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: Wrongful Death
In an Ominous Pattern, People Are Dying Once Transferred to Louisiana Prison by Victoria Law by Victoria Law, Truthout On November 18, 2020, 37-year-old Javon Kennerson was transferred to Louisiana’s Catahoula Correctional Center, a prison that until recently was run by LaSalle Corrections, a private prison corporation. Less than one month …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Hypothermia Kills Prisoner in Cold Pennsylvania Jail Cell, One of 17 Deaths Since 2019 by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott When Richard A. Carter, died in Pennsylvania’s Dauphin County Prison (DCP) on Christmas Eve 2022, officials released key details that showed they had not neglected him. A nurse …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
After 13 Jail Deaths in Eight Months of 2022, California Sheriff Finally Reveals How They Happened by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart It took a civil complaint to make Sheriff Chad Bianco talk. The five jails he runs for California’s Riverside County had seen 13 deaths in the first eight …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: Accidents
Another Prisoner Dies in Another Fire at Indiana Prison by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott  On January 14, 2023, a fire broke out just before 11:00 a.m. in a cell block at Indiana State Prison (ISP), killing prisoner Michael W. Smith, 48. He was the second prisoner to …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Death
$350,000 Settlement Reached in Florida Prisoner’s Murder by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed on March 25, 2022, to pay $350,000 to resolve a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the estate of murdered prisoner Anthony Vidal. The lawsuit was filed after Vidal was …
Estate of Jose Pichardo v. County of Imperial, CA, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2023 Case 3:20-cv-01465-LAB-DDL Document 107 Filed 02/28/23 PageID.1672 Page 1 of 38 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DEVIN A. WEISBERG (SBN 230517) WEISBERG LAW GROUP 700 S Flower St., Suite 1000, Los Angeles, …
Estate of Jose Pichardo v. County of Imperial, CA, Third Amended Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2023 Case 3:20-cv-01465-LAB-DDL Document 107 Filed 02/28/23 PageID.1672 Page 1 of 38 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DEVIN A. WEISBERG (SBN 230517) WEISBERG LAW GROUP 700 S Flower St., Suite 1000, …
Brief • February 23, 2023
Estate of Christopher Lapp v. USA, VA, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2023 Case 1:23-cv-00248-MSN-LRV Document 5 Filed 02/23/23 Page 1 of 34 PageID# 42 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Alexandria Division LISA LAPP, as Administrator of the Estate of Christopher Lapp, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Article • February 22, 2023
Delaware Prison Guard Indicted for Death of His K-9 by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On January 31, 2023, a veteran Delaware prison guard was indicted by a state grand jury on a felony count of first-degree assault, for recklessly confining and causing the death of a law …
Craig v. County of Orange, CA, Order Granting Attorney Fees, Wrongful Death (Excessive Force), 2023 Case 8:17-cv-00491-CJC-KES Document 280 Filed 02/21/23 Page 1 of 15 Page ID #:7704 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SOUTHERN DIVISION 11 12 …
Article • February 7, 2023
Two Prisoners Stabbed, One Overdosed: Just Another Day at Rikers Island by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On January 14, 2023, the violence at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex began early, when a guard saw one detainee slashed by others. In a separate incident later that …
Autistic Texan Dies in Bondage and Isolation After Being Committed to State Hospital by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Justin Reeder, 32, died alone in a restraint chair at North Texas State Hospital (NTSH) on September 17, 2022. That night, staff could not control a spell of aggressive …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
$959,000 Paid by Pennsylvania County in Deaths of Two Detainees, Plus at Least $750,000 from PrimeCare by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye For the 2018 deaths of two detainees at Pennsylvania’s Bucks County Correctional Facility (BCCF), the county has agreed to pay a total of $959,000. Its privately contracted …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Record Deaths at Rikers Island Blamed on Guards’ Absenteeism, Abuse and Corruption by Anthony Accurso, David Reutter by Anthony W. Accurso and David M. Reutter After 16 detainee deaths in 2021[See: PLN, Feb. 2022, p.1], the carnage continued at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex in 2022, leaving 19 …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Too Many Alabama Prisoners Still Dying with Too-Few Guards, Many Corrupt by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On November 30, 2022, nearly two years after a 44-year-old Alabama prisoner died, an amended complaint filed by his sister claims he “literally baked to death in his cell” where a …
After Federal Judge Censors Lawyer’s Tweets About CoreCivic, Company Settles Suit Over Tennessee Prisoner’s Murder by Cellmate by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead On July 15, 2022, in a case accusing private prison giant CoreCivic of a Tennessee prisoner’s wrongful death, a federal magistrate judge issued a gag order restricting …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Fifth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Mississippi Cops Who Let Injured Hemophiliac Bleed Out in Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 15, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the denial of qualified immunity (QI) to Mississippi jailers accused of ignoring the injuries …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
$480,000 Paid by California County to Detainee Whose Newborn Died After Guards Stopped at Starbucks en Route to Hospital by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye On August 23, 2022, the Board of Supervisors of California’s Orange County approved a settlement providing $480,000 to a former detainee in the county …
Brief • January 31, 2023
Ford v. Corizon Health, Inc, VA, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2023 Case 1:22-cv-00411-RDA-JFA Document 84-2 Filed 01/31/23 Page 1 of 7 PageID# 1200 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Alexandria Division MONIQUE SHENELL FORD, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF DARRYL TERRELL BECTON, DECEASED, Plaintiff, v. Case No.: …
Brief • January 13, 2023
Price v. Turn Key Health Clinics, LLC, AR, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2023 Case 2:23-cv-02008-PKH Document 2 Filed 01/13/23 Page 1 of 29 PagelD #: 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS FORT SMITH DIVISION THE ESTATE OF LARRY EUGENE PRICE JR, by and through its Special …
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