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Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Ohio Jail Detainee Receives $500,000 Settlement for Assault by Guard by A prisoner who was slammed headfirst into a wall by a guard at Ohio’s Hamilton County Jail reached a $500,000 settlement in his civil rights action. The incident occurred after Mark Myers, 61, was arrested on the morning of …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Texas Prison Officials Demoted, Fired after Disciplinary Quota System and Planted Contraband Exposed by In April 2018, prisoners at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s (TDCJ) Ramsey Unit in Rosharon smuggled out of the facility and into the hands of the Houston Chronicle records that proved the existence of a …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
California Muslim Prisoner Defeats Summary Judgment Order in Mixed Appellate Ruling by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Darrell Eugene Harris is a Muslim prisoner confined in California’s prison system. He filed a civil rights suit raising state and federal claims against prison guard S. Escamilla. Harris alleged that Escamilla removed …
Brief • October 23, 2018
E.D. V. Sharkey, 3rd Circuit, Brief of Appellee, Sexual Harassment and Assault, 2018 Case: 18-1688 Document: 003113069089 Page: 1 Date Filed: 10/23/2018 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT _____________________ NO. 18-1688 ____________________ E.D. Appellee, v. DANIEL SHARKEY; COUNTY OF BERKS, PENNSYLVANIA; DIANE EDWARDS, DIRECTOR OF …
Brief • October 17, 2018
Palomar v. Hoffman, IL, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2018 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE PALOMAR v. SWICK AND BULLIS ND IL Case No. 18 CV 2231 This Settlement Agreement and General Release ("Agreement'') is made by and between Luis Palomar ("Plaintiff') and the County of Kane, on behalf of James Swick …
Franklin v. Bebout, IL, Complaint, Failure to Protect and Retaliation, 2018 Case 3:18-cv-01963-SMY Document 4 Filed 10/16/18 Page 1 of 1 Page ID #9 AO 398 (Rev. 01/09) Notice ofa Lawsuit and Request to Waive Service ofa Summons UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT for the Southern District of Illinois MARTELL FRANKLIN …
Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Crime
Florida: Federal Prison Guard Sentenced for Accepting Bribe by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin Former FCC Coleman guard Albert Larry Harris, Jr., 27, was sentenced to 24 months in prison on February 15, 2018 after Senior U.S. District Court Judge James D. Whittemore accepted his guilty plea for taking a …
Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Escapes
U.S. Marshals Capture Fugitive Former Prison Guard After 10 Years on the Run by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin William F. Lawrence, a former Utah Department of Corrections guard, apparently thought that hiding out in a tropical paradise would spare him from a prison term after he pleaded guilty to …
Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
New Jersey County Pays $95,000 to Female Lawyer “Wanded” Between Legs at Jail by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Bonita Bourke is a 56-year-old attorney and former president of the Warren County, New Jersey Bar Association. She regularly visits clients at the Sussex County jail, and as with all visitors …
Article • September 5, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Jail’s Failure to Protect Juvenile from Sexual Assault Supports $25,000 Verdict by David Reutter by David Reutter The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a $25,000 verdict in a civil rights action alleging the sheriff in Tulsa County, Oklahoma was deliberately indifferent to conditions that resulted in a 17-year-old prisoner …
Leibelson v. Cook, WV, Amicus Brief, Abuse of Inmates, 2018 Appeal: 18-1202 Doc: 33-1 Filed: 09/05/2018 Pg: 1 of 38 No. 18-1202 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT ________________________ MICHAEL LEIBELSON, Administrator of the Estate of Benjamin Leibelson, deceased Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHRISTOPHER COOK and DOUGLAS …
Article • September 3, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Ohio City, Medical Center Settle Lawsuit Over Jail Prisoner’s Death for $210,000 by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke In January 2018, the City of Cleveland Heights, Ohio agreed to pay $200,000 to settle a lawsuit over the death of a prisoner two days after she arrived at the city’s jail. …
Article • September 3, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Florida Board Rules Convicted Prison Guard Can’t Collect Retirement Benefits by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin PLN’s regular readers will recall our previous coverage of the arrests and convictions of three Ku Klux Klan members who formerly worked as prison guards at Florida’s Reception and Medical Center, who conspired to …
NT v. Guadalupe County Correctional Facility, NM, Settlement, Sexual Assault, 2018 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE This SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE ("Agreement") is entered into by l\ 1 ("Plaintiff' or "Releasor"), Warden Timothy Hatch, Warden Johnny Johnson, Warden Gerald Morris, Michael Campos and The GEO Group, Inc. (hereinafter "GEO"). GEO …
15 Years to Life for Jailers Who Beat Mentally Ill Prisoner to Death by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Three former California jail guards were convicted of second-degree murder for fatally beating a mentally ill prisoner who suffered what prosecutors called an “agonizing and painful” death. In January 2018, the …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Filed under: Guard Misconduct
Tennessee Jailer Convicted of Official Misconduct, “Extreme Provocative Contact” by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin PLN previously reported the January 2016 grand jury indictments of former Morgan County, Tennessee jail guard Joe D. Shoffner, Jr. and fellow jailers Garren Austin Luke Cooper and Michael Alan Lloyd for their roles in …
Article • August 6, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
$375,000 Settlement for Ohio Woman Pepper Sprayed in Jail’s Restraint Chair by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In August 2017, a lawsuit brought by a woman who was pepper sprayed at the Montgomery County jail in Dayton, Ohio – despite being held in a restraint chair – settled for $375,000. …
Article • August 5, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
New Jersey Jail Scrutinized after Suicides; Guards Charged, Families Sue by Edward Lyon by Edward B. Lyon, Jr. The Cumberland County jail in Bridgeton, New Jersey, parts of which are nearly 80 years old, is scheduled for replacement in 2020. Meanwhile, the facility has been plagued with a high prisoner …
$125,000 Awarded to Pennsylvania Prisoner over Excessive Force by Guards by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Cornell L. Warren, a diabetic prisoner held in a Pennsylvania state prison, was awarded $125,000 in damages after a jury found that a guard used excessive force against him that resulted in a broken …
Article • July 6, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
Ex-Prisoner Awarded $150,000 after 'Savage Beating' Arranged by Guards by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Sussex County, New Jersey, has agreed to pay a former prisoner $150,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging guards at the Keogh-Dwyer Correctional Facility (KDCF) – the county’s jail – put a “hit” on him and …
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