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Article • May 15, 2011
TDCJ Pays $80,162.50 to Settle Suit over Truck Collision by In June, 2004, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) agreed to settle a lawsuit over a collision caused by a prisoner-driven tractor trailer for $80,162.50. On July 20, 2000, Texas state prisoner Richard Wayne Howe, Jr. was driving a …
Article • May 15, 2011
$8,000 Settlement in D.C. Assault Case by On October 7, 2003, the District of Columbia agreed to pay $8,000 to a prisoner who was assaulted with a metal pipe and homemade knife. On March 15, 2000, while on his way to the shower at Central Security Facility, John Garner was …
Article • May 15, 2011
D.C. Jail Prisoner Stabbed Multiple Times Receives $11,000 Settlement by On March 1, 2007, the District of Columbia agreed to pay $11,000 to a prisoner who was stabbed multiple times at the D.C. Jail. Melvin Givens was stabbed repeatedly in the back, head and stomach by another prisoner after exiting …
Article • May 15, 2011
$11,126.40 Settlement in Washington DOC Car Accident Claim by The State of Washington paid $11,126.40 to settle the lawsuit of Titus-Will Ford Inc. for vehicle damages due to driver negligence. While waiting for a clear intersection on December 4, 2003, in the left hand turn lane on S. Tacoma way, …
Massachusetts Prisoner Suicides More Than Four Times National Average by Mark Wilson Massachusetts has a relatively low state prison population, with approximately 11,000 prisoners. Yet its annual prisoner suicide rate has topped an alarming 71 suicides per 100,000 prisoners – more than four times the national average of 16 per …
Article • May 15, 2011 • from PLN May, 2011
CA Inspector General Finds 15 of 17 Prisons Demonstrate Low Adherence to Established Medical Policies and Procedures by Michael Brodheim by Mike Brodheim In August 2010, California’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued a report summarizing and analyzing the results of medical inspections at 17 of 33 adult prisons …
Prison Pays: Geo Corp Profits from Half-Way House Murder and Mayhem in Texas by Craig Malisow Despite a history of abuse and bad conditions, private-prison corporation GEO Group keeps getting contracts in Texas by Craig Malisow Anthony Ferrell left the Ben A. Reid halfway house in northeast Houston on October …
Article • May 15, 2011 • from PLN May, 2011
Ninth Circuit Rules PLRA Requires Exhaustion Even if Prison Grievance Process Cannot Provide Monetary Relief by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a California prisoner’s Eighth Amendment damages claim due to his failure to exhaust administrative remedies. In June 2003, Bruce Alan Morton was assaulted in …
Holmes et al. v. Baldwin, IL, Complaint, Mistreatment Deaf Prisoners, 2011 Case: 1:11-cv-02961 Document #: 1 Filed: 05/04/11 Page 1 of 45 PageID #:1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION RALPH HOLMES, DANIEL BAXTER, GEORGE CHILDRESS, HANNIBAL EASON, CURTIS FOSTER, CURTIS HALTERMAN, BILLY JOHNSON, …
Rashoo et al v. Walker et al, IL, Second Amended Complaint, Medical Negligence, 2011 1:07-cv-01298-MMM # 95 Page 1 of 27 E-FILED Friday, 29 April, 2011 10:56:38 AM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS PEORIA DIVISION ) ) ) …
Manuel v. Atkins, DE, Demand for Jury Trial, Injury while Incarcerated, 2011 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE KARL B. MANUEL, SBI NUMBER 00332040 Plaintiff, v. SERGEANT ATKINS, an employee at Sussex Violation of Probation Center (SVOP) 23207 Dupont Boulevard, Georgetown, Delaware 19947 WARDEN WILLIAM OETTEL, an …
Texas: $5 Million Settlement in TransCor Sex Abuse Case by In October 1999, prisoner Cheryl Schoenfeld was sexually assaulted by two TransCor employees while being transported through Texas. TransCor, a subsidiary of private prison firm Corrections Corp. of America (CCA), transports prisoners nationwide. TransCor guards Michael Jerome Edwards and David …
Hurricane Rita FTCA Action Dismissed by On September 22, 2009, a federal court in Texas dismissed a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) action brought by one attorney on behalf of more than 400 prisoners who were injured during Hurricane Rita. The plaintiffs were all incarcerated at the U.S. Penitentiary in …
Article • April 15, 2011
California Prisoner, As Pro Per Plaintiff In Civil Complaint, Has Right To Reasonable Law Library Access by John Dannenberg By John E. Dannenberg The California Court of Appeal (1st District) held that an indigent pro per prisoner plaintiff who is prosecuting a bona fide civil complaint is entitled to meaningful …
Article • April 15, 2011
Prisoners Who Fear for Their Safety Must Give Details to Prison Officials, Seventh Circuit Decides by Brandon Sample By Brandon Sample Prisoners who feel that their safety is in danger must do more than make generalized assertions of potential harm, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit decided …
Article • April 15, 2011
Purposeful Exposure to Ultraviolet Light Warrants Denial of Qualified Immunity by On March 25, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit affirmed in part a summary judgment denial is a 42U.S.C. §1983 suit that alleges Arkansas prison guards maliciously and out of retaliation exposed a prisoner to …
Article • April 15, 2011
D.C. Court of Appeals Upholds $450,000 Verdict for Motorist in Traffic Accident with Cop by On May 13, 2010, the D.C. Court of Appeals upheld a $450,000 verdict against two D.C. cops who were involved in the arrest of a motorist following a traffic accident with an off-duty D.C. cop. …
Article • April 15, 2011
$250,000 Settlement in Florida Auto Accident Claim Against Geo by The Geo Group paid $250,000 to settle an auto accident claim. The settlement came in a lawsuit filed by Elsworth Noel Seals. In her complaint, Seals alleged that on March 1, 2006. While approaching an intersection in her vehicle in …
Article • April 15, 2011
GEO Group Car Accident Settlement by The GEO Group Inc. paid $20,000 to settle a car accident suit with injuries. In his complaint, plaintiff Keven Freeze claimed on May 1, 2006, that Harold Eades, an employee of the GEO Group, was operating a motor vehicle in a reckless manner causing …
Summary Judgment Granted to a County Sheriff for a Civil Detainees Civil Violation by A California Federal District Court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit alleging violation of a civil detainee’s Fourth Amendment rights. Civil detainee John T. Sundquist was at the Atascadero State Hospital under the …
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