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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 • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
Washington State Pays $6.4 Million for Failure to Supervise Parolee by Washington State’s Department of Corrections (WDOC) has agreed to pay $6.4 million to settle claims involving the department’s failure to properly supervise a parolee, resulting in a string of violent crimes that included rape and murder. The settlements, filed …
Washington DOC Pays $3,275,000 to Family of Deputy Killed by Former Prisoner by In September 2009, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to settle a wrongful death suit filed by the family of a King County deputy who was murdered by a recently-released prisoner. On December 2, 2006, while …
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
$900,000 Settlement in Washington State Suit Over Parolee Murdering Woman by On December 10, 2008, Washington State agreed to a $900,000 settlement in a suit alleging negligent supervision of a violent parolee who murdered a woman. Laurence Owens, a level 3 sex offender and violent felon, was under the supervision …
Article • December 15, 2009 • from PLN December, 2009
$2.2 Million Settlement: Murder by Washington State Community Service Releasee by On October 17, 2008, the State of Washington settled a lawsuit brought by the survivors of a man killed by a man on community supervision for $2.2 million. Andrew J. Brown, a state prisoner in Washington State, was convicted …
Article • May 15, 2009 • from PLN May, 2009
Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $850,000 to Family of Victim Killed by Drunk Driver Under Community Supervision by On April 16, 2008, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) settled a lawsuit brought by the family of a woman killed by a drunk driver under DOC community supervision for $850,000. Charles …
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
Pennsylvania Prison Crowding, Parole Crisis Result in New Laws, Parole Suspension by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 29, 2008, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell ordered a moratorium on paroles. Three weeks later he lifted the suspension of paroles for non-violent offenders, and the moratorium was completely withdrawn last December. …
Washington DOC Pays $2.2 Million to Settle Inadequate Supervision Claim Resulting in Death by The Washington State Department of Corrections (WDOC) agreed to pay $2.2 million to the family of a man who was brutally beaten by a probationer. The lawsuit claimed WDOC was liable for wrongful death because it …
Article • April 15, 2009
County Pays $500,000 for Negligent Supervision of Probationer by Washington’s Whatcom County has settled a claim that it was negligent in failing to monitor the actions of a probationer for $500,000. The lawsuit was brought by the parents of Michael C. Busby, Jr., 8, who was killed by the probationer. …
$12,000,000 Awarded To family of Victim Allegedly Murdered by Convicted Felon by A California jury has awarded $12,000,000 to the family of a woman allegedly murdered by an apartment complex maintenance man who was a convicted felon. The plaintiff’s 30-year-old daughter was reported missing on August 17, 2004. Several weeks …
Massachusetts’ Mental Health Treatment Policies Prove Deadly for Public, Prisoners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter As America’s prisons continue their transformation into mental health institutions, little thought is given to mentally ill prisoners who languish within the harsh confines of prison environments with little if any treatment. That …
Article • August 15, 2008
Washington DOC Settles Failure to Supervise Parolee Suit for $975,000 by Nathan Hipsher, a Washington state parolee, was using drugs, failing to participate in drug treatment and not reporting to his parole officer, who didn't have him arrested. He was living with Amber Bulus-Steed at the time, who he eventually …
Article • August 15, 2008
“Discretionary Function Immunity” Inapplicable to Alaska PO Duties by The Alaska Supreme Court has held that a parole officer’s day-to-day supervisory activities related to parolees are operational duties which are not entitled to discretionary function immunity. On November 23, 1996, Alaskan prisoner Calvin McGrew was released on parole. He was …
Article • July 15, 2008
Washington DOC Settles Failure to Supervise Parolee Suit for $975,000 by Nathan Hipsher, a Washington state parolee, was using drugs, failing to participate in drug treatment and not reporting to his parole officer, who didn't have him arrested. He was living with Amber Bulus-Steed at the time, who he eventually …
Article • July 15, 2008
Mistakenly Released Washington Jail Prisoner Kills Woman; Estate Wins $1,525,000 in Lawsuit by Lloyd Monroe, a state prisoner in the Whatcom County, Washington jail for no-contact order violations, was mistakenly released. A couple of days later he raped and killed Michelle Smith, the woman who the no-contact order was supposed …
Article • April 15, 2008 • from PLN April, 2008
Wrongful Death Following Alleged Mistaken Washington Jail Release Settles For $1,800,000 by On September 6, 2007, the City of Algona and King County, Washington, agreed to pay $1,800,000 to the estate of a man killed by a hit and run driver who was, according to the lawsuit, mistakenly released from …
Prisoners Died By the Thousands Between 2001 and 2004 by Michael Rigby by Michael Rigby Elderly prisoners are more than twice as likely to die behind bars as those who are not in prison, a report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) on prison mortality rates reveals. White and …
California Granted Immunity in Parolee Wrongful Death Suit by George Martinez filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of San Diego County against the Department of Corrections (DOC) and the State of California (defendants) for the wrongful death of his daughter, Mary Ellen Martinez, who was kidnapped and murdered by …
Article • May 15, 2007
Parolee Negligent Supervision DUI Death Suit Settles for $6,000 by Tracy Joe Enoch-Jeune was convicted on four separate occasions of DUI or possession of drugs. Upon release from jail the final time, she was supposed to report to a probation officer within 24 hours. She never appeared and remained at …
Article • May 15, 2007
Washington DOC Exonerated in Negligent Supervision Case by On April 11, 1998, Cynthia Bordon died in an auto accident caused by Richard Jones, a Washington State parolee, who was driving while intoxicated. Jones was on parole, in part, for attempting to elude police. He was not to drive without a …
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