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News in Brief
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: State prisoner Brigido Montoya made the briefest of escapes from the State Prison Complex in Eyman on August 10, 2024, before he was recaptured 48 minutes later by Florence Police, the Florence Reminder & Blade-Tribune reported. The state Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (DCRR) …
Mentally Ill Detainee Allegedly “Stomped” In the Head By South Carolina Jailer
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)
Mentally Ill Detainee Allegedly “Stomped” In the Head By South Carolina Jailer by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso A federal civil rights suit filed on March 12, 2024, accused a guard at South Carolina’s Marlboro County Detention Center of brutalizing a homeless mentally ill detainee—even stomping on his head. …
News in Brief
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Mobile Metro Jail guard Robert Aaron Small was fired and arrested for assault on June 27, 2024, one day after he allegedly used excessive force against an unnamed detainee. WKRG in Mobile said that the guard had worked at the lockup since 2019. Mobile County …
South Carolina Supreme Court Grants Prisoner Credit for Time Served Awaiting Revocation of Supervised Release
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
Filed under: Good Time Credits, Revocation Proceedings
South Carolina Supreme Court Grants Prisoner Credit for Time Served Awaiting Revocation of Supervised Release by On January 9, 2024, the Supreme Court of South Carolina held that a prisoner detained while awaiting proceedings to revoke community supervision must receive credit for time served prior to the revocation becoming final. …
Mentally Ill Detainee Allegedly Tasered and Starved to Death At South Carolina Jail
Article • July 1, 2024 • from PLN July, 2024
Filed under: Food, Stun Guns/Tasers, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Chemical Spraying of Mentally Ill Inmates
Mentally Ill Detainee Allegedly Tasered and Starved to Death At South Carolina Jail by A suit removed to federal court for the District of South Carolina on December 15, 2023, accuses Bamberg County and its jailers of Tasering a 51-year-old mentally ill detainee and starving him to death the year …
“There you go, Agent Orange!” Former South Carolina Sheriff Federally Indicted for Assaulting Jail Detainee
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Police/Govt Misconduct
“There you go, Agent Orange!” Former South Carolina Sheriff Federally Indicted for Assaulting Jail Detainee by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Charles B. Lemon, the former Sheriff of South Carolina’s Marlboro County, pleaded not guilty on February 6, 2024, to federal civil rights charges laid out in an indictment unsealed …
Fourth Circuit: South Carolina Prisoner’s Bivens Claim Must Detail Unconstitutional Acts of Each Defendant
Article • April 26, 2024
Filed under: Complaints, Civil Rights Actions or Offenses/Bivens Actions, Dismissal
Fourth Circuit: South Carolina Prisoner’s Bivens Claim Must Detail Unconstitutional Acts of Each Defendant by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart  The Supreme Court of the U.S. (SCOTUS) recognized a limited cause of action for money damages against agents of the federal government in Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of …
Nine Employees Arrested at Troubled South Carolina Jail
Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Jail Specific, DOJ CRIPA Actions
Nine Employees Arrested at Troubled South Carolina Jail by In just a month in early 2024, nine employees were arrested at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center, the lockup run by South Carolina’s Richland County. The state Department of Corrections (DOC) opened an investigation at the jail in Columbia in …
Joe v. Malboro County Sheriff's Office, SC, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2024
Brief • March 12, 2024
Filed under: Excessive Force
Joe v. Malboro County Sheriff's Office, SC, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2024 0:24-cv-01206-BHH-PJG Date Filed 03/12/24 Entry Number 1 Page 1 of 11 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA FLORENCE DIVISION Eldred Maliek Joe, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) Marlboro County Sheriff’s …
South Carolina Sheriff Ordered to Pay $37,500 in Fees and Costs in Jail FOIA Case
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards, Public Records Act, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
South Carolina Sheriff Ordered to Pay $37,500 in Fees and Costs in Jail FOIA Case by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 1, 2023, a South Carolina court awarded the parent company of a local newspaper $37,500 in attorney fees and costs in a successful action to enforce the …
Estate of Davon Gillians v. USA, FL, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2024
Brief • February 6, 2024
Filed under: Wrongful Death, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death)
Estate of Davon Gillians v. USA, FL, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2024 IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS IN THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF CHARLESTON CASE NO.: 2024-CP-10-0284 Robert Conyers, Jr., as Personal Representative of the Estate of Davon Gillians, Plaintiff, ORDER APPROVING SETTLEMENT vs. United States of America, Defendant. …
South Carolina Pays $200,000 to Jail Detainees Exposed to Toxic Fumes
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Filed under: Toxic Fumes/Chemicals, Ventilation, Jail Specific
South Carolina Pays $200,000 to Jail Detainees Exposed to Toxic Fumes by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In June 2023, the South Carolina Insurance Reserve Fund paid $8,700 to each of 23 former detainees at Berkeley County’s Hill-Finklea Detention Center (HFDC)—a total of $200,100—to settle claims they were exposed to …
Restorative Justice Program Boosts South Carolina Prison and Public Safety
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Alternative Sentencing
Restorative Justice Program Boosts South Carolina Prison and Public Safety by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Assistant U.S. Attorney General Amy L. Solomon, Director of the U.S. Justice Department’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP), and National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Director Nancy La Vigne visited South Carolina’s Turbeville Correctional …
News in Brief
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Three jail guards in the Yellowhammer State were hit with drug smuggling charges in August 2023 and another the month after. WAFF in Huntsville reported that Morgan County Jail guard Bobby Simmons, 19, was arrested on August 3, 2023, when he was charged with promoting …
South Carolina DOC Investigates Jail After 30 Detainee Injuries, Two Escapes and Five Guard Arrests
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Escapes, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Acceptance of Responsibility, Relevant Conduct
South Carolina DOC Investigates Jail After 30 Detainee Injuries, Two Escapes and Five Guard Arrests by According to a report by the Charleston Post & Courier on July 31, 2023, the South Carolina Department of Corrections (DOC) had dispatched a team to inspect the Richland County jail, after a series …
South Carolina Supreme Court Denies Prisoner’s Challenge to DOC Policy Restricting Visitors to People He Knew Before Incarceration
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Filed under: Visiting, Video Visitation
South Carolina Supreme Court Denies Prisoner’s Challenge to DOC Policy Restricting Visitors to People He Knew Before Incarceration by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On April 5, 2023, the South Carolina Supreme Court affirmed that denying a state prisoner visits from people he didn’t know prior to incarceration did not …
Fourth Circuit: Dismissal of South Carolina Prisoner’s Complaint Cannot Prematurely Be Called a “Strike” Under PLRA
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Filed under: Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), Three Strike Litigants
Fourth Circuit: Dismissal of South Carolina Prisoner’s Complaint Cannot Prematurely Be Called a “Strike” Under PLRA by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On April 13, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that a district court cannot dismiss a prisoner’s complaint and at the same time …
Estate of Alan R. Thibodeau v. Southern Health Partners, SC, Complaint, Wrongful Death-Medical Malpractice, 2023
Brief • November 6, 2023
Filed under: Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Estate of Alan R. Thibodeau v. Southern Health Partners, SC, Complaint, Wrongful Death-Medical Malpractice, 2023 COUNTY OF BAMBERG ) ) ) EDWIN THIBODEAU, As Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF ALAN RONALD THIBODEAU, IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CIVIL ACTION 2023-NI-05-__________ ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Estate of Alan R. Thibodeau v. Bamberg County, SC, Complaint, Wrongful Death-Medical Malpractice, 2023
Brief • October 26, 2023
Filed under: Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Estate of Alan R. Thibodeau v. Bamberg County, SC, Complaint, Wrongful Death-Medical Malpractice, 2023 COUNTY OF BAMBERG ) ) ) IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CIVIL ACTION 2023-CP-05-_______ EDWIN THIBODEAU, As Personal ) Representative of the ESTATE OF ALAN ) R. THIBODEAU, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) …
News in Brief
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: On August 12, 2023, an Alabama jail guard was caught – in uniform – stealing Pokemon cards from a Walmart. WBMA in Birmingham reported that Josh Hardy then fled store security on foot before cops caught him in a nearby restaurant. Calhoun County Sheriff Matthew …
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