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News in Brief
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: A convicted bank robber had 30 months added to his 17-year prison sentence on September 26, 2022, for bribing an Alabama jail guard to smuggle him a cellphone, K2 “spice” paper, and other contraband. According to a federal Department of Justice (DOJ) press release, while …
Guard Held Over His Shift at Short-Staffed Montana Prison Files Kidnapping Charges
Article • September 16, 2022
Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Staffing
Guard Held Over His Shift at Short-Staffed Montana Prison Files Kidnapping Charges by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On July 28, 2022, Montana State Prison (MSP) Anthony Cotton filed a complaint with local law enforcement accusing two prison supervisors of a “forced holdover,” after he was allegedly locked …
Settlement Delivers Huge Gains for Montana Prisoners with Mental Illnesses
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Settlement Delivers Huge Gains for Montana Prisoners with Mental Illnesses by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss The Montana Department of Corrections (DOC) and Montana State Prison (MSP) entered into an agreement with Disability Rights Montana, Inc. (DRM) on March 10, 2022, settling a lawsuit DRM filed on behalf of …
News in Brief
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: A federal prisoner in Birmingham was gunned down outside a privately-operated reentry facility on July 16, 2022. The Associated Press reported that the prisoner, Larry Taylor, 47, had just been released from the facility, which is operated under contract from the federal Bureau of Prisons …
Parker v. Slaughter, MT, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2022
Brief • August 26, 2022
Filed under: Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Protect (Staff)
Parker v. Slaughter, MT, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2022 Case 4:22-cv-00065-BMM Document 13 Filed 08/26/22 Page 1 of 12 Timothy M. Bechtold BECHTOLD LAW FIRM, PLLC 317 East Spruce Street P.O. Box 7051 Missoula, MT 59807 406-721-1435 tim@bechtoldlaw.net Attorneys for Plaintiff IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT …
Guard Sentenced for Montana Women’s Prison Rape
Article • August 25, 2022
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Whistleblowing, Settlements
Guard Sentenced for Montana Women’s Prison Rape by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On June 30, 2022, a former guard at Montana Woman’s Prison (MWP) was sentenced in Yellowstone County District Court to 10 years in prison, with five years suspended, for raping a prisoner at the lockup …
News in Brief
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: On June 3, 2022, a guard was arrested for having sex with a prisoner at Alabama’s Pickens County Jail, according to a report by WTVA in Tupelo, Mississippi. The guard, Marquita Booker, 28, was fired after her arrest, which followed an investigation that earlier in …
GED Cheating Scheme Uncovered at Montana CoreCivic Prison
Article • July 19, 2022
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Education
GED Cheating Scheme Uncovered at Montana CoreCivic Prison by Kaden Gicker By Kaden Gicker The academic testing program at Montana’s Crossroads Correctional Center (CCC) was “indefinitely suspended” after a test administrator was found helping prisoners cheat. The tests under suspicion were high school equivalency exams, and the allegations resulted in …
Bartman v. Slaughter, MT, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2022
Brief • July 5, 2022
Filed under: Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Protect (Staff)
Bartman v. Slaughter, MT, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2022 Case 4:22-cv-00063-BMM-JTJ Document 1 Filed 07/05/22 Page 1 of 13 Timothy M. Bechtold BECHTOLD LAW FIRM, PLLC 317 East Spruce Street P.O. Box 7051 Missoula, MT 59807 406-721-1435 tim@bechtoldlaw.net Attorneys for Plaintiff IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT …
Lake v. CoreCivic, Inc.,MT, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2022
Brief • March 21, 2022
Filed under: Failure to Protect (General)
Lake v. CoreCivic, Inc.,MT, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2022 Case 4:21-cv-00116-BMM Document 17 Filed 03/21/22 Page 1 of 13 Melinda A. Driscoll FRED LAW FIRM, PLLC 214 N. 24th Street P.O. Box 2157 Billings, MT 59103-2157 (406) 294-8396 (T) (406) 294-8398 (F) mdriscoll@fredlawfirm.com Attorney for Plaintiff IN THE UNITED STATES …
Lake v. CoreCivic, MT, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2022
Brief • March 21, 2022
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Protect (Staff)
Lake v. CoreCivic, MT, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2022 Case 4:21-cv-00116-BMM Document 17 Filed 03/21/22 Page 1 of 13 Melinda A. Driscoll FRED LAW FIRM, PLLC 214 N. 24th Street P.O. Box 2157 Billings, MT 59103-2157 (406) 294-8396 (T) (406) 294-8398 (F) mdriscoll@fredlawfirm.com Attorney for Plaintiff IN THE UNITED STATES …
Disability Rights Montana v. Brian M. Gootkin, MT, Settlement Agreement, Cruel and Unusual Punishment,2022
Brief • March 10, 2022
Filed under: Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Disability Rights Montana v. Brian M. Gootkin, MT, Settlement Agreement, Cruel and Unusual Punishment,2022 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT This settlement agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into this 10th day of March, 2022 (“Effective Date”) between Disability Rights Montana, Inc. (“DRM”), Brian M. Gootkin (“Gootkin”), in his official capacity as the Director of the …
Montana Renews CoreCivic Contract; Major Water and Sewage Problems Persist
Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Sewage, Water
Montana Renews CoreCivic Contract; Major Water and Sewage Problems Persist by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins The private prison industry has been under fire recently across the country—from lawsuits filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to federal policies mandating a slow and unsteady move away from for-profit prisons …
News in Brief
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by California: A guard at San Quentin State Prison and one of two outside co-conspirators were arraigned on September 8, 2021, on federal charges they smuggled cellphones to an unnamed prisoner on death row at the California lockup. According to a statement by the U.S. Department of …
$50,000 Settlement for Denial of Medical Care at Tribal Jail in Montana
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Filed under: Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
$50,000 Settlement for Denial of Medical Care at Tribal Jail in Montana by The United States paid $50,000 to resolve a lawsuit alleging federal agents at Montana’s Fort Peck Tribal Jail failed to provide medical care for a detainee who was injured during an assault at the jail. Tyler Headdress …
Headdress v. USA, MT, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2021
Brief • 2021
Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Protect (General), Federal Tort Claims Act, Negligence/Reckless Endangerment
Headdress v. USA, MT, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2021 JOHN M. NEWMAN Assistant U.S. Attorney U.S. Attorney’s Office P.O. Box 8329 Missoula, MT 59807 105 E. Pine, 2nd Floor Missoula, MT 59802 Phone: (406) 829-3336 FAX: (406) 542-1476 Email: john.newman@usdoj.gov VICTORIA L. FRANCIS Assistant U.S. Attorney U.S. Attorney’s Office 2601 …
News in Brief
Article • April 1, 2021 • from PLN April, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Two Alabama jail guards were arrested in just two months for allegedly smuggling cellphones to inmates. In February 2021, 27-year-old D’Mario Jones was fired and charged with two counts of promoting prison contraband at the Lee County Detention Center in Opelika where he worked. According …
Montana Supreme Court: Jail’s Blanket Strip Search Policy Violates Law
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
Filed under: Strip Searches, Eighth Amendment
Montana Supreme Court: Jail’s Blanket Strip Search Policy Violates Law by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 15, 2020, the Montana Supreme Court reversed the granting of summary judgment in a case challenging a jail’s blanket strip search policy on constitutional and statutory grounds. The court held that the …
$6 Million Payout in Montana Wrongful Conviction Case
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Conviction
$6 Million Payout in Montana Wrongful Conviction Case by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Three Montana counties agreed on November 26, 2019, to pay $6 million to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit that accused their county sheriffs and employees of egregious civil rights violations that led to an innocent …
Efforts to Keep COVID-19 Out of Montana Prisons Fuels Outbreaks in County Jails
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Contagious Disease -- Misc., COVID-19, Failure to Protect (General)
Efforts to Keep COVID-19 Out of Montana Prisons Fuels Outbreaks in County Jails by Alex Sakariassen by Alex Sakariassen, Kaiser Health News, September 29, 2020 When Joshua Martz tested positive for COVID-19 this summer in a Montana jail, guards moved him and nine other inmates with the disease into a …
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