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Former Mississippi Guards Lose Sentencing Appeal by On November 17, 1991, Larry Floyd escaped from the Mississippi State Penitentiary (MSP) at Parchman. He was captured the following day in an abandoned house near the prison. Upon his capture he was beaten by several MSP guards while others looked on. A …
Court Reduces Jury Award in Beating Suit by A federal district court in New York entered a jury verdict awarding compensatory and punitive damages to a prisoner beaten and tranquilized by guards, it then reduced the punitive damage award. Donovan Blissett, a New York state prisoner, filed suit claiming his …
Prisoner's Death Throws Utah DOC into Turmoil by On March 19, 1997, Michael Valent--a schizophrenic prisoner housed in the mental health wing of a Utah prison--died while confined in a "restraining chair." Valent was strapped into the device for 16 hours without a break, his arms and legs immobilized. Preliminary …
PLRA Physical Injury Requirement Defined by The court of appeals for the fifth circuit held that the Prison Litigation Reform Act's (PLRA) physical injury requirement for prisoners seeking money damages is the same as the standard used in determining eighth amendment claims. This ruling is significant because it is the …
Article • August 15, 1997 • from PLN August, 1997
Disputed Facts Require Trial in Beating Case by The court of appeals for the seventh circuit held that a district court had improperly dismissed a pretrial detainees' excessive force claim. Reginold Dorsey was an Indiana pretrial detainee who filed suit claiming jail guards beat him without provocation during a cell …
Judge Rules Texas Prisoner's Death a Result of Excessive Force by On January 27, 1997, a guard at the French Robertson Unit in Abilene, TX, showed up to search Gary Lee Crenshaw's cell. Crenshaw, 31, serving a 45-year sentence for possession with intent to deliver cocaine, returned from the shower …
Article • July 15, 1997 • from PLN July, 1997
Suit Seeks to Expose BOP 'Suicide' Cover-up by A former U.S. Congressman and his organization are offering a $10,000 reward in the death of Kenneth Michael Trentadue. Congressman George Hansen says the U.S. Citizens Human Rights Commission is offering the money for the identification, indictment and conviction of the people …
Article • June 15, 1997 • from PLN June, 1997
California Prisoner Wins Judgment Against Guard in Shooting by Herbert Green, a 51 year old African-American prisoner, filed a pro se §1983 action against Robert Konkel, a prison guard at Calipatria State Prison, alleging that Konkel violated his eighth amendment rights by shooting him. The case proceeded to trial where …
Article • June 15, 1997 • from PLN June, 1997
$7,500 Awarded in Guard Beating by A federal district court in Delaware awarded a prisoner $7,500 in damages after ruling the prisoner was beaten without provocation by a prison guard. Augustus Evans, a Delaware state prisoner was in segregation and repeatedly asked guards to turn off his cell light. When …
Lucas v. White, CA, Amended Complaint, Abuse of Inmates, 1997 1 ROSEN, BIEN & ASARO MICHAEL W. BIEN - 096891 155 Montgomery Street, 8th Floor San Francisco, California 94104 Telephone (415) 433-6830 2 3 4 LAW OFFICES OF GERI L. GREEN GERI L. GREEN - 127709 368 Hayes Street San …
Article • May 15, 1997 • from PLN May, 1997
Racial Rioting Erupts in L.A. Jail by Two days of bloody fighting between black and Latino prisoners at Los Angeles County jails left 200 injured, 188 with serious wounds and 26 with minor scraps and bruises. Three deputies were also hurt in the eight incidents at the Pitchess Detention Center …
$1.65 Million Jury Verdict in Cell Assignment Case Affirmed by The court of appeals for the seventh circuit affirmed a jury verdict against prison official defendants finding that they were deliberately indifferent to a prisoner's safety by leaving him in a cell with a mentally ill prisoner who later tried …
Consent Decrees Create Enforceable Right by A federal district court in South Carolina held that a consent decree created an enforceable due process right and a prisoner's § 1983 claim for violation of the consent decree was not barred by Sandin v. Conner, 115 S.Ct. 2293 (1995). As court's explore …
Beating and Strip Cell Require Trial by The court of appeals for the tenth circuit held that beating a naked, handcuffed, non-resisting prisoner violates the eighth amendment; that placing a prisoner in a strip cell without blankets or heating violates the eighth amendment as well. The court also discussed when …
Article • April 15, 1997 • from PLN April, 1997
Racial Violence in California Lockups by Willie Wisely On Friday, September 27, 1996, rioting broke out among more than 200 black and Latino prisoners in New Folsom's B Facility. The violence lasted some 31 minutes with fighting on the yard, in the medical clinic, and in prison industries. Guards fired …
Article • April 15, 1997 • from PLN April, 1997
Louisiana Jail Abuse Settlement by Iberia Parish, Louisiana, reached an agreement December 2, 1996, with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to settle a lawsuit alleging prisoner abuse in the parish jail. The suit was filed by the DOJ in June, 1996, against then-sheriff Errol Romero and then jail warden …
Tent City Jail Erupts in Flames by Most PLN readers are aware of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's reputation as "the meanest sheriff in America," infamous for his tent-city jail, stripped of amenities, sweltering in the Arizona sun under a large neon "Vacancy" sign. Arpaio is unabashedly proud of his …
Article • March 15, 1997 • from PLN March, 1997
BOP Brutality Info Wanted by Kenneth Trentedue died at the Federal Transfer Center in Oklahoma City some time between 9:00 p.m. on August 20 and 3:00 in the morning of August 21, 1995. According to U.S. Department of Justice officials, Kenneth committed suicide. The Oklahoma State Medical Examiner, however, refuses …
Article • March 15, 1997 • from PLN March, 1997
Filed under: Excessive Force, Shootings
Strife in Pleasant Valley by N.H. In August and September of 1996, Pleasant Valley State Prison (PVSP, in California) had several incidents resulting in shots fired at unarmed prisoners. Three incidents on C yard with at least one serious bullet wound to a black prisoner. There are four level three …
Detainee Excessive Force Jury Instructions Reversed by The court of appeals for the seventh circuit held that a district court erred when it instructed a jury on jail guards' good faith immunity defense. Anyone bringing an excessive use of force involving pretrial detainees to trial will find this case helpful. …
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