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Article • March 1, 2025 • from PLN March, 2025
Ninth Circuit Revives Lawsuit Over Arizona Prisoner’s Heat-Related Death by The family of Monnie Washburn moved one step closer to holding Arizona prison officials accountable for his preventable heat-related death. On September 10, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court’s grant of …
Article • February 15, 2025 • from PLN February, 2025
Florida Prisoners Sue Over Deadly Heat by A group of Florida prisoners held at Dade Correctional Institution near Miami sued the state Department of Corrections (DOC) on October 31, 2024, alleging that sweltering conditions were leading to serious health risks and deaths. Filed by attorneys with the Florida Justice Institute, …
Brief • February 10, 2025
Estate of Bryan Debbs v. County of Sacramento, CA,Judgment, Wrongful Death-Failure to Protect, 2025 Case 2:20-cv-01153-DC-SCR Document 61 Filed 02/10/25 Page 1 of 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ESTATE OF BRYAN DEBBS, et …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
$28.75 Million Settlement Paid by New York City in Suit Alleging Rikers Guards Stood by and Watched Detainee Hang Himself by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On April 5, 2024, the City of New York agreed to pay $28.75 million to settle a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint filed by Madeline …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
San Bernardino Jail Partially Released from Court Monitoring After Paying Another $150,000 in Settlements for Detainee Deaths by On July 15, 2024, the federal court for the Central District of California removed medical care from continued monitoring of conditions at San Bernardino County jails under a 2018 consent decree. The …
After $750,000 Settlement, Georgia Guard Sued Second Time For Letting One Prisoner Murder Another by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On July 26, 2024, the Georgia Department of Corrections (DOC) was sued by the surviving parents of murdered state prisoner Joseph Walter Brown, 36, who was killed in July 2022 …
$1.5 Million Settlement Approved in Chicago Jail Suicide Case by On July 12, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois approved a $1.5 million settlement in a case involving the suicide of detainee Areon Marion in Chicago’s Cook County Jail. The order directed how the funds …
Brief • September 30, 2024
Estate of Janelle Marie Butterfield v. Wellpath, OR, Order, Wrongful Death-Suicide, 2024 Case 1:20-cv-00671-CL Document 212 Filed 09/30/24 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON CONNIE DENCE, personal representative for the Estate of JANELLE MARIE BUTTERFIELD, deceased, Plaintiff, Case No. 1:20-cv-00671-CL v. …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Watchdog Faults BOP for Averaging 43 Prisoner Deaths a Year—More Than 23 by Suicide by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A report issued by the federal Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG) on February 15, 2024, identified “operational and managerial deficiencies” in the federal Bureau of …
Mom of Murdered California Prisoner Defeats Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit by Guard Who Posted Pics of Corpse Online by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 28, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California largely denied a motion to dismiss a civil rights action filed …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Trial Rescheduled for Ohio Prisoner Accused of Murdering Fellow Prisoner by Trial didn’t start as scheduled on July 26, 2024, for Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF) prisoner Austin Burke, 25, who is accused of murdering fellow prisoner Ruben Melendez, 65, in August 2023. That’s because Burke was handed a new …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
$1.1 Million Settlement for Colorado Prisoner Stabbed by Gang Members For Testifying About Prison Murder by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On February 1, 2024, an agreement was filed in the federal court for the District of Colorado by the state Department of Corrections (DOC), promising to pay $1.1 …
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
Bar Complaint Revives 10-Year-Old Question: Why No Charges Filed Against Florida Guards Who Killed Prisoner? by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A dustup between Republican politicians landed in Florida’s Charlotte County Circuit Court on February 15, 2024, when presiding Judge Lisa Porter reserved ruling on disclosure of grand jury …
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
Illinois Prisoner Succumbs to Heat Wave by The death of Illinois prisoner Michael Broadway, 51, during a heatwave on June 19, 2024, has focused attention on squalid conditions at Stateville Correctional Center. Windows remained unopened and no working fan was provided at the un-­air-­conditioned lockup, according to family attorney Terah …
First Circuit Tolls Claim for Maine Jail Death from Date of Detainee’s Injury, Rather Than When He Died by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Of the many hurdles prisoners and jail detainees face, the statute of limitations for a civil rights claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 is among the first. …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Memphis Jail Accused of Routine Over-Detention in Suit Over Detainee’s Murder by A lawsuit filed on November 18, 2023, accused the Shelby County Jail in Memphis of routinely and deliberately denying release to eligible detainees. That’s how Marcus Donald’s family alleged the 38-year-old was still in the jail despite a …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
$5 Million Settlement in Death of Georgia Prisoner Left by Guards in Cell on Fire by David Reutter by David M. Reutter   On November 16, 2023, the Georgia Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $5 million to the estate of Thomas Henry Giles, 31, a mentally ill prisoner …
Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
$1.75 Million Settlement Reached in Washington Jail Suicide by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Washington city of Lynnwood agreed on September 20, 2023, to pay $1.75 million to settle a lawsuit alleging guards at the Lynnwood Municipal Jail were negligent in the suicide death of Tirhas Tesfatsion two …
Brief • April 1, 2024
Hynes v. Missouri Dept of Corrections, MO, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2024 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF MISSISSIPPI COUNTY STATE OF MISSOURI WILLA HYNES, Individually, and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jahi Hynes, deceased, Plaintiff, Case Number: v. JURY TRIAL DEMANDED MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Serve: 2729 Plaza Drive …
Second Report and Recommendations on 2023 Deaths in New York City Department of Corrections Custody, Feb. 2024 BOARD OF CORRECTION CITY OF NEW YORK Second Report and Recommendations on 2023 Deaths in New York City Department of Correction Custody1 February 9, 2024 Co-Authored by Director of Special Investigations Rahzeem Gray …
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