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Article • June 8, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Mentally Ill Colorado Prisoner Who Gouged Out His Eyes Sues Sheriff by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On December 7, 2017, Ryan Partridge, a mentally ill prisoner, sued the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office and other county employees, claiming they failed to provide him with adequate mental health care and abused …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Mentally Incompetent Detainees Stuck in California Jails Spark Class-action Lawsuit, Fines by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis California county jails are facing lawsuits and court-imposed fines over their handling of detainees who have been determined incompetent to stand trial due to mental illness. In Ventura County, the families of mentally …
Lawsuit Over Rikers Island Suicide Settles for $380,000 by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In July 2017, the family of a man who killed himself while in custody at the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City agreed to settle their wrongful death suit for $380,000. Aris Hiraldo, a …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Crisis in Maryland as Mentally Incompetent Defendants Languish in County Jails by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis When criminal defendants are found mentally incompetent to stand trial, a judge typically orders their transfer to a psychiatric hospital for treatment to restore competency. But many states struggle with a shortage of …
Spies v. El Dorado County, CA, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2018 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS This Settlement Agreement and Release of All Claims ("Agreement") is made between LAWRENCE SPIES, SR. (through LINDA SPIES, BRIAN SPIES, STEPHANIE SPIES, and THERESA SPIES pursuant to the Court's Order ECF No. 98), …
Rasho v. Walker, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2018 I r CONFIDENTIAL FULL AND FINAL RELEASE-SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT Plaintiff, ASHOOR RAS HO, filed a Section 1983 claim alleging violations of his Constitutional rights as relates to his incarceration at the Pontiac Correctional Center. Said claims are more particularly described in a lawsuit …
Wrongful Death Case Against New York Jail Settles for $101,500 by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Lucky Lee Wilkins, Jr., who suffered from depression, committed suicide while in the custody of the Schenectady County jail in New York on May 28, 2014. His family filed suit alleging civil rights violations, …
Martin v. Michigan DOC, MI, Complaint, Wrongful Death - Dehydration, 2018 A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION • FIEGER, FIEGER, KENNEY& HARRINGTON, P.C. 19390 WEST TEN MILE ROAD • SOUTHFIELD MICHIGAN 48075 • TELEPHONE (248) 355-5555 • FAX (248) 355-5148 Case 2:17-cv-11845-DML-SDD ECF No. 137 filed 05/01/18 PageID.1138 Page 1 of 41 UNITED …
Locklear v. Marlboro County, SC, Exhibit 5 - Response to Ptf. Request to Admit, Wrongful Death - Medical Neglect, 2018 SWB SWEENY WINGATE & BARROW P.A. April 18, 2018 Reply to: Main Office John E. Tyler (803) 256-2233 x7110 jet@swblaw.com Patrick J. McLaughlin, Esquire Wukela Law Firm 403 2nd Loop …
Brief • April 11, 2018
Matysik v. County of Santa Clara, CA, Settlement, Wrongful Death - Medical Neglect, 2018 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and General Release ("Agreement") is made by and between Kristina Matysik and the County of Santa Clara in recognition of the following facts: A. On August 15, 2016, …
Burrell v. Armor Correctional Health Services, et al., FL, complaint, wrongful death, 2018 Case 0:17-cv-62007-DPG Document 37 Entered on FLSD Docket 04/06/2018 Page 1 of 85 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO.: 17-cv-62007-GAYLES KARIN BURRELL as personal representative of the Estate of SCOTT BURRELL, Deceased, Plaintiffs, …
Despite Class-action Settlement, Mental Healthcare Problems at CA Jail Persist by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The parties to a May 2015 class-action settlement between prisoners at the Monterey County jail in California, county officials and the jail’s medical provider – which was supposed to address issues of poor medical …
Filing Date of Operative Complaint Dictates if PLRA Exhaustion Applies by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held on August 31, 2017 that “a plaintiff who was in custody at the time he initiated his suit but was free when he filed his amended operative complaint is not a ‘prisoner’ …
Rash of North Carolina Jail Deaths Due to Lack of Supervision and Medical Care by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Todd L. Caveness, 40, had a long history of bipolar disorder, anxiety attacks and paranoia when he was booked into North Carolina’s Wilson County Jail on attempted murder charges …
Louisiana Prison Officials Sued for Trying to Block Investigation into Abuse of Disabled Prisoners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Alleging a “culture of cover-up and excessive force,” the MacArthur Justice Center and the Advocacy Center of Louisiana (ACL) filed a class-action lawsuit in February 2018 against officials at …
California: Mentally Ill Jail Prisoner Dies after Two Days in Restraint Chair; $5 Million Settlement by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A 36-year-old California prisoner with a documented history of schizophrenia died in a jail cell on January 22, 2017, less than an hour after his release from a restraint …
Penal Reform International, Thailand Institute of Justice: Global Prison Trends, 2018 GLOBAL PRISON TRENDS 2018 SPECIAL FOCUS Pull-out section The rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders in the era of sustainable development Global Prison Trends 2018 This document is co-published and produced with financial assistance from the Thailand Institute of Justice …
Villa v. County of Santa Clara, CA, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2018 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and General Release ("Agreement") is made as of the 15th day of March 2018 by and between Juan Villa, by and through the court-appointed Guardian Ad Litem and Conservator Yvonne Villa …
The Campaign to Close the Workhouse and Promote a New Vision for St. Louis, 2018 -EXECUTIVE SUMMARY- The City of St. Louis condemns hundreds of mostly poor and Black people to suffer in unspeakably hellish and inhumane conditions at the “Workhouse,” officially known as the Medium Security Institution. Over 95% …
The Criminalization of the Mentally Ill in Maine by by Lance Tapley, Pine Tree Watch In April, 2017, while incarcerated at the Maine State Prison’s Intensive Mental Health Unit in Warren, James Staples removed his own eyeball. The 66-year-old prisoner, who has a lengthy history of both mental illness and assault …
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