News in Brief by Alabama: Former state Department of Corrections (DOC) guard Henry Guice, Jr., 46, was sentenced to 75 months in federal prison on September 9, 2024, for his role in a drug smuggling conspiracy at Staton Correctional Facility. The Birmingham News reported that a fellow guard was inspecting …
Milwaukee County Pays $1.05 Million Judgment for Bankrupt Armor Correctional Health to Former Jail Detainee by Miami-­based Armor Correctional Health had virtually no experience in providing medical care to prisoners when Dr. Jose Jesus Armas started the firm in 2004, but over the next few years it amassed millions of …
“Like Being Back in Jail”: Wisconsin Returns Released Sex Offenders to Lifetime GPS Monitoring by On April 1, 2024, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) signed SB 874 into law, effectively nullifying a state Supreme Court ruling issued the previous year that directed the state Department of Corrections (DOC) to remove …
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) …
Seventh Circuit Avoids Deciding Whether Wisconsin Statute of Limitations Tolls from Prisoner’s Incident or Grievances by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 5, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit vacated dismissal of a Wisconsin prisoner’s civil rights action for failure to exhaust administrative remedies, …
USA v. Wisconsin Department of Corrections, WI, Settlement, Disability Discrimination, 2024 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT DJ # 204-85-131 I. BACKGROUND & JURISDICTION 1. The parties (“Parties”) to this Settlement Agreement (“Agreement”) are the United States …
Contractor Fined $300,000 for Illegal Asbestos Dumping at Wisconsin Federal Prison by On February 7, 2024, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Wisconsin filed criminal charges against Texas-­based Brazos Urethane, Inc. for conspiracy to defraud the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at a lockup it operates in …
News in Brief by Alabama: On June 24, 2024, Walker County Sheriff Nick Smith told the Birmingham News that county jail guard Tony Dewayne Jackson, 29, had been arrested for smuggling “non-­drug” contraband into the lockup. Jackson was no longer working at the jail, but Smith didn’t say how or …
$275,000 Settlement for Wisconsin Jail Detainee’s Death from Untreated Heart Infection by As the bankruptcy of private jail medical provider Armor Correctional Health Services, Inc. wound down on October 23, 2023, the firm sold off its one remaining asset, a contract to provide medical services to prisoners at Texas’ Nueces …
Human Rights Defense Center v. Milwaukee Cnty., WI, Complaint, Censorship, 2024 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, a not-for-profit corporation, Plaintiff, Case No. v. MILWAUKEE COUNTY, WISCONSIN; DENITA R. BALL, Sheriff, individually and in her official capacity; and JOHN AND JANE DOES 1-10, Staff, …
Human Rights Defense Center v. Milwaukee Cnty., WI, Complaint, Censorship, 2024 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, a not-for-profit corporation, Plaintiff, Case No. v. MILWAUKEE COUNTY, WISCONSIN; DENITA R. BALL, Sheriff, individually and in her official capacity; and JOHN AND JANE DOES 1-10, Staff, …
Warden, Eight Employees Arrested After Four Deaths at Wisconsin Prison in Eight Months by Just days before he was set to retire from the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC), Waupun Correctional Institution (WCI) Warden Randall Hepp was arrested on June 5, 2024, along with eight other staffers charged in the …
$700,000 Jury Verdict for Wisconsin Prisoner Denied Due Process in Disciplinary Hearing by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On November 27, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin denied state prison officials’ motion for new trial. That left standing a jury verdict finding that …
$32,000 Settlement for Failure to Provide Insulin to Diabetic Wisconsin Prisoner by In federal court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin on October 6, 2023, state prisoner Carl F. Self stipulated to dismissal of his medical neglect claims against the state Department of Corrections (DOC), after he accepted a $32,000 …
Months-Long Wisconsin Prison Lockdown Prompts Lawsuits by A federal lawsuit filed on October 26, 2023, seeks class-­action status for a group of Wisconsin prisoners challenging poor healthcare and conditions of confinement in the state Department of Corrections (DOC), resulting from “a prolonged, unnecessary and unexplained lockdown” that has so far …
$9,000 Settlement in Wisconsin Prisoner’s Heat-Related Illness Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On October 3, 2023, the Wisconsin Department of Justice sent a check for $9,000 to a state prisoner in settlement of his claims that he suffered a heat-­related illness, fell and injured himself after state Department …
Seventh Circuit Reinstates Wisconsin Prisoner’s ADA Claim for Untreated Knee Injury by Matthew Clarke Matt Clarke On August 25, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reinstated a Wisconsin prisoner’s claim that officials with the state Department of Corrections (DOC) violated Title II of the Americans with …
Seventh Circuit Revives Prisoner’s Challenge to Seized $10,000 by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 7, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed summary judgment for Defendant Wisconsin prison officials in a prisoner’s lawsuit that alleged a due process violation when he was deprived …
Estate of Dean Hoffmann v. Wisconsin Department of Corrections, WI, Complaint, Wrongful Death- Inadequate Medical Care, 2024 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN ______________________________________________________________________________ MEGAN HOFFMANN KOLB, as Personal Administrator for the Estate of DEAN HENRY HOFFMANN, Deceased, Plaintiff, Case No.: 2:24-cv-00160 v. WISCONSIN …
