Kentucky: Women Sexually Harassed By Jail Officials Awarded $230,000 Each by On September 18, 2002, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky awarded a total of $230,000 to each of two women, former employees of the Whitley County Jail, who alleged sexual harassment and …
Kentucky Pschiatrist Gets Qualified Immunity in Forced Medication Suit by In April of 2003, Anthony Hills was in a Kentucky jail on state burglary charges. He was sent to the Kentucky Correctional Psychiatric Center (KCPC) for evaluation. He told Dr. Robert Sivley that God told him that the burglary victim …
PLRA Doesn't Apply to Released Prisoners, Delay in Seizure Medication Okay by The plaintiff was jailed for ten days for shoplifting. She was not consistently given her seizure medication (as well as her medication to control anxiety, which can trigger seizures), and had seizures; jail personnel would not take her …
Strip Search of Female Jail Prisoner in View of Male Guard Upheld by The plaintiff was being strip searched by female jailers, with reasonable suspicion, on intake to the jail, and a male jail employee viewed her bare breasts. The Fourth Amendment was not violated. The plaintiff offered no evidence …
BOP Ordered to Consider Work Release Placement by The Federal Bureau of Prisons' abrupt imposition of a new statutory interpretation holding that placement in a community corrections center was not "imprisonment" and could not be done for more than the last 10 per cent of a prisoner's sentence did not …
LeClair v. Hoffmann, VT, Settlement, personal injury negligence, 2006 LYL ] THOMAS MIHALIM-1 9 P.C. ATTORNEYS AT LAW JEFFREY S. MARLIN BARBARA R. BLACKMAN STEVEN C. COLLIER JENNIFER G. MIHALICH KATHERINE L. DUMONT HEATHER E. THOMAS PIETRO J. LYNN October 26, 2006 Walter LeClaire North Fork Correctional Facility 1605 East …
Kentucky County Jail Settles Lawsuit Alleging Overcrowded Conditions by Michael Rigby On November 30, 2005, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky tentatively approved the settlement of a class action lawsuit alleging unconstitutionally overcrowded conditions at the Campbell County Jail in Newport, Kentucky. Built in 1991, the …
U.S. Corrections Corporation Suit Settled for $13.2 Million by The former owners of U.S. Correctional Corporation (USCC) have agreed to settle a lawsuit over misuse of the employee stock-ownership plan for $13.2 million. Prior to 1998, when it was purchased by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) for $225 million, USCC …
Cruz v. CCA, VT, Settlement, Lee riot guard beating, 2006 LANGROCK SPERRY & WOOL, LLP MIDDLEBURY BURUNGTON Michael W. Wool Mark L. Sperry Christopher L. Davis Thomas Z. Carlson Susan M. Murray Alison ). Bell Lisa B. Shelkrot Eric M. Knudsen David W. M. Conard ATTORNEYS AT LAW Peter F. …
Baker v. CCA, VT, Settlement, Lee riot guard beating, 2005 LYNN, TM1 & M1HALICH 7 FC ATTORNEYS AT LAW BARBARA R. BLACKMAN STEVEN C. COLLIER PIETRO J. LYNN JENNIFER G. MIHALICH MATTHEW A. SIEBEL HEATHER E. THOMAS JEFFREY S. MARLIN March 13, 2006 Devin McLaughlin, Esq. Langrock Sperry & Wool …
Kentucky Prisoner Injured In Transport Vehicle Awarded $9,000 by On June 3, 2005, a Kentucky jury awarded $9,000 to a prisoner who was injured while riding in a jail transport vehicle. Plaintiff Steven Jarmon was imprisoned in a Louisville jail on robbery charges. On February 15, 2000, Jarmon, 38, and …
Company Uses Prison Slave Labor for $100 Million Military Contract by The prison and military industrial complexes have collided, with a private military contractor poised to make millions off the sweaty backs of prisoners. Pennsylvania-based Woolrich Inc. plans to use the labor of federal prisoners to fulfill two multi-million-dollar contracts …
Wrongfully Convicted Kentucky Man Wins $590,000 Judgment Against Defense Attorney by On June 3, 2004, a Louisville, Kentucky, jury awarded $590,000 to a wrongfully convicted man who spent two years in prison because his defense counsel was negligent. Plaintiff Gary Puckett and his mother Peggy Puckett were at their home …
U.S. Corrections Corporation Stock Suit by U.S. Corrections Corporation Stock Suit Settled for $13.2 Million The former owners of U.S. Correctional Corporation (USCC) have agreed to settle a lawsuit over misuse of the employee stock-ownership plan for $13.2 million. Prior to 1998, when it was purchased by Corrections Corporation of …
CCA Guard Arrested for Sexually Abusing Vermont Prisoners by Sexual abuse by a Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) guard has spurred three lawsuits against CCA and resulted in the guard's arrest. The legal activity resulted from incidents at CCA's prisons at the Marion Adjustment Center (MAC) and St. Mary's Kentucky. …
Kentucky State Auditor Blasts Prison Industries After $377K in Undeposited Payments Found in Manager’s Desk by by Matthew T. Clarke It is hard to imagine the surprise of Kentucky Correctional Industries (KCI) employees when they discovered $377,751.86 in undeposited payments in a KCI manager’s desk in April, 2004. As a …
Uprising by Vermont Prisoners Damages CCA Prison in Kentucky by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke On September 14, 2004, a prisoner uprising rocked the 816-bed, 88-acre Lee Adjustment Center (LAC), a private prison owned and operated by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) in Lee County, Kentucky. The Prison LAC …
Kentucky Prison Guard Awarded $34,000 in Sexual Harassment Suit by Kentucky Prison Guard Awarded $34,000 in Sexual Harassment Suit On May 27, 2003, a state circuit court in Oldham, Kentucky, awarded prison guard Karen Lemarr a total of $34,000 for the lost wages, embarrassment, and emotional distress she suffered as …
Cruz v. CCA, VT, Complaint, Lee Riot assault, 2005 02/0842005 15:53 FAX 515 355 I 7333 JOB MASTER LaJUU4/UUU I STATE OF VE ' ONT ADDISON COUNTY, SS. CONCEPCION L. CRUZ, Plaintiff, Superior Court Docket No. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Defendant. COMPLAINT NOW COMES Plaintiff Concepcion L. Cruz, by and …
Baker v. CCA, VT, Complaint, Lee riot guard beating, 2005 W011 02,08/2005 15:50 FAX 615 366 7333 JOB MASTER STATE OF VE ' ONT ADDISON COUNTY, SS. GENE BAXER, Plaintiff, Superior Court Docket No. V. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Defendant COMPLAINT NOW COMES Plaintiff Gene Baker, by and through his …
