Bureau of Prisons Physician Charged With Sexually Assaulting Prisoners by Matthew Clarke On September 20, 2012, Dr. Lewis Jackson, 30, who worked as a physician for the federal Bureau of Prisons, was arraigned and released on bond after being indicted three weeks earlier on three counts of sexually abusing a …
Appeal for Summary Judgment Upheld for Qualified Immunity by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Georgia Federal District Court’s order granting dismissal of a lawsuit alleging use of excessive force on a prisoner. On January 28, 2007, Reginald Fennell was arrested for several misdemeanor charges. As he was …
High Costs, Not Human Rights, Forces Georgia to Release Its Sickest Prisoners by For now, fiscal crises in Georgia will have to suffice for human decency with the state's Board of Pardons and Paroles releasing dozens of sick and elderly prisoners annually to save millions in medical spending. But even …
$4.9 Million Settlement for Family of Woman Killed in Drug Raid by The City of Atlanta has agreed to pay $4.9 million to the family of a woman who was killed during a botched drug raid. On November 21, 2006, Atlanta narcotics officers executed a “no-knock” warrant at the home …
Federal Bureau of Prisons Settles for $1.2 Million on Wrongful Death by The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) elected to settle a wrongful death demand letter from the attorney for the deceased’s estate to the BOP. No claim was filed. The deceased, Thomas M. Fitzgerald, was incarcerated under the control …
Walker v. City of Calhoun, GA, Brief of Amicus Curiae, Indigent Arrestee Bail Debtors Prison, 2016 Case: 16-10521 Date Filed: 08/18/2016 No. 16-10521-HH Page: 1 of 34 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT _________________ MAURICE WALKER, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellee …
Police Cruiser Accident Costs Georgia County $400,000 by A $400,000 settlement was reached in a lawsuit brought by a man who was injured when an Athens-Clarke County, Georgia police car turned directly into a van driven by Ralph Bell, 62. The county did not contest liability in the December 11, …
Georgia District Court Deals Blow to Involuntary Debit Card Prisoner Refunds by Derek Gilna Robert Regan, a 67 year old arrested on a warrant in Rockdale County, Georgia, was carrying $764.00 when he was arrested. When he finally released, instead of being given cash or a check for the money …
Results from Seven States Shows Program-Driven Recidivism Reduction by The National Reentry Resource Center has published a new study of seven states showing that with proper pre-release programming, recidivism rates can be reduced by a significant amount. The study, which covered the states of Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, …
Georgia Law Giving More Power and Secrecy to Private Probation Companies Vetoed by David Reutter Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal vetoed a bill that would have expanded the powers of private probation companies and shrouded their activities in secrecy. House Bill 837 was introduced shortly after lawsuits were filed in Richmond …
Roadblocks to Reform - Perils of Georgia’s Criminal Justice System, SCHR, 2012 Roadblocks to Reform REF OR Perils for Georgia’s Criminal Justice System M Submitted to the Georgia Criminal Justice Reform Council November 2012 THE LAW OFACE OF 'HE - SOUTHERN Cllrlll F •• HUMAN RIGHTS 83 Poplar Street, NW …
BOP Pays $5,000 to Settle Lawsuit Claiming it Failed to Comply with EEOC Order by The federal Bureau of Prisons paid $5,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging BOP failed to comply with an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission order. Marlene Dawkins worked at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta from December 23, …
Settlement in condition Suit Challenging Birmingham Jail by A settlement agreement was reached in a class action lawsuit concerning the conditions of confinement in Alabama’s Birmingham jail. The suit was filed in 2011 and was the subject of several PLN reports. The April 15, 2014, settlement required 100 pre-trial detainees …
Supreme Court Sets Aside Death Penalty Conviction on Batson Grounds by Derek Gilna The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 7-1 decision, left no doubt that it did not believe prosecutors’ assertions that race was not a factor during jury selection in a death penalty case. Chief Justice John Roberts, writing …
Dekalb County Settles Lawsuit, Ends Debtors’ Prisons by Last year, the American Civil Liberties Union reached a settlement that will end debtors’ prisons in Dekalb County, Georgia. The settlement is the latest in a string of lawsuits challenging contracts involving for-profit probation company Judicial Correction Services (JCS). [See: PLN, Jan. …
Georgia: Federal Court Finds Bond System Unfair to Indigent Defendants, Enters Injunction by Derek Gilna Maurice Walker, 54, was arrested in the City of Calhoun, Georgia for public intoxication in September 2015, and told that if he posted a $160 bond he could go free until his first court date. …
GA DOC rates as of July 2016 Georgia Department of Corrections Offender Telephone System Global Tel*Link Customer User Guide Revised 4/7/2016 1 Offender Telephone System Provider – Global Tel*Link The Georgia Department of Corrections’ (GDC) current contractor for offender telephone system services is Global Tel*Link (GTL). All offender collect calls …
Shuford v. Conway, 11th Cir., Appellant's Brief - Force Against Pretrial Detainees for Past Conduct (2016) CASE NO. 16-12128-FF IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT __________________________________________________________________ JUSTIN SHUFORD, RYAN ANISKO, ANDRES DE JESUS and DEVIN LUNDE, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, …
