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Seitz v. Allegheny Cty, PA, Settlement, Pregnant Solitary, 2017 Case 2:16-cv-01879-CRE Document 43-1 Filed 11/09/17 Page 1 of 37 Case 2:16-cv-01879-CRE Document 43-1 Filed 11/09/17 Page 2 of 37 Case 2:16-cv-01879-CRE Document 43-1 Filed 11/09/17 Page 3 of 37 Case 2:16-cv-01879-CRE Document 43-1 Filed 11/09/17 Page 4 of 37 Case …
Article • October 10, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
$200,000 Settlement for Restraint of Pregnant Prisoner after Ninth Circuit Vacates Summary Judgment by The Ninth Circuit vacated a summary judgment order in favor of Arizona jail officials in a case that involved a pregnant prisoner who was restrained while she was in labor and after she gave birth. Miriam …
Rats, bugs and ‘natural’ deaths at nation’s largest women’s prison by Julie K. Brown by Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald Yvonne McBride was a physically healthy 26-year-old woman when she entered Lowell Correctional Institution for women June 20, 2013. The Florida Department of Corrections noted in its exam of McBride …
Bitautas v. Zaruba, IL, Settlement, Conditions of Confinement, 2017 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ANNA BITAUTAS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) DUPAGE COUNTY SHERIFF JOHN ZARUBA, ) DUPAGE COUNTY, a municipal corporation, ) OFFICER JASPAR, OFFICER COGDELL, ) JANE DOE …
Publication • 2017
ACLU - U.S. ICE's Detention and Treatment of Pregnant Women, Letter to CRCL and DHS, 2017 September 26, 2017 VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL Cameron Quinn Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Department of Homeland Security 245 Murray Lane, SW Washington, DC 20528 John Roth Inspector General Department of Homeland Security …
Young v. County of Cook, IL, Settlement, Strip Searches, 2017 Case: 1:06-cv-00552 Document #: 858-1 Filed: 05/11/17 Page 1 of 6 PageID #:17034 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT This Settlement Agreement ("Settlement Agreement") is signed and effective as ofMay 9, 2017, by Illinois National Insurance Company, the Insurance Company of t.he State of …
Seitz v. Allegheny Cty, PA, Complaint, Pregnant in Solitary, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA ELIZABETH SEITZ; MERSIHA TUZLIC; RIVA DEPASSE; JILL HENDRICKS; KIARI DAY, Plaintiffs, v. ALLEGHENY COUNTY; ORLANDO HARPER, Warden of Allegheny County Jail; SIMON WAINWRIGHT, Deputy Warden; MONICA LONG, Deputy …
Tennessee District Attorney Ends Sterilization in Plea Bargains; Prosecutor Fired by David Reutter The District Attorney for Davidson County, Tennessee has banned the practice of seeking sterilization as part of plea bargains in criminal cases. The policy was implemented after an assistant prosecutor refused to discuss a plea unless a …
Bitautas v. Zaruba, IL, Complaint, Conditions of Confinement, 2016 Case: 1:16-cv-09416 Document #: 19 Filed: 11/03/16 Page 1 of 7 PageID #:48 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION ANNA BITAUTAS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) DUPAGE COUNTY SHERIFF JOHN ) ZARUBA, …
Los Angeles County Settles Prisoner's Medical Care Suit for $5 Million by On January 22, 2012, the County of Los Angeles, California settled a former jail prisoner's suit for over $5,000,000. The suit alleged that negligent medical care in the county jail injured the prisoner's unborn son. Karen Works, a …
Fifth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Suit Against Mississippi County Over Jail Prisoner's Death by Complaining of nausea and vomiting, Princess Anderson arrived at the emergency room (ER) of the Baptist Memorial Hospital in DeSoto, Mississippi, on the morning of February 7, 2011. ER staff determined she was pregnant with a …
Article • August 10, 2016
California Lawmakers Block Prison Sterilization Epidemic by Derek Gilna California legislators passed a bill in August of 2014 that should put an end to a clear abuse of power by the state's jailers. Female state prisoners in California have been the victim of scores of forced sterilizations by prison medical …
Article • August 10, 2016
Audit Shows California Sterilized Women Prisoners Improperly by Derek Gilna A report prepared by the California State Auditor has revealed yet another serious problem in prisoner medical care in the state.  The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation carried out dozens of illegal sterilizations of its women prisoners from 2005 …
Mothers Behind Bars, National Womens Law Center, 2010 Photo: © Rebecca Epstein The Rebecca Project for Human Rights 2029 P Street, NW, Suite 301 Washington, DC 20036 202.265.3906 202.265.3909 (fax) www.rebeccaproject.org National Women’s Law Center 11 Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036 202.588.5180 202.588.5185 (fax) www.nwlc.org Mothers Behind …
Brief • June 6, 2016
Filed under: OB/GYN, Mothers in Prison
Farley v. City of Philadelphia et al, PA, Amended Complaint, pregnant IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA _______________________________________ : : KELLY FARLEY, : CIVIL ACTION : Plaintiff, : No. 06-2110 : v. : JURY TRIAL DEMANDED : CITY OF PHILADELPHIA; : PRISON HEALTH SERVICES, …
Reproductive Health Care in Women’s Prisons “Painful” and “Traumatic” by Victoria Law By Victoria Law, Truthout It was Kim Dadou’s second day at New York’s Bedford Hills Correctional Facility. As part of the prison’s intake process, she was brought to the prison’s medical unit for a gynecological exam and pap smear. …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
Filed under: Corizon, OB/GYN
Why are Alameda County Jails Forcing Women to Take Pregnancy Tests? by Susie Cagle Why are Alameda County Jails Forcing Women to Take Pregnancy Tests? by Susie Cagle, RH Reality Check For pregnant women in Alameda County, California jails in the 1980s, the daily realities of life included shackled limbs, denial …
Brief • October 29, 2015
Filed under: OB/GYN
Kezer v. Hillsborough County, NH, Complaint, Pregnancy - Deliberate Indifference, 2015 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ****************************** Amanda Kezer, * Plaintiff, * * -against * * Hillsborough County, Matthew Masewic, MD, * Denise Ryan, LPN, Lynda Wheeler, RN, * FNU Morrison, FNU Barnes, FNU McKee, …
Article • October 28, 2015
$1.00 Awarded to Arkansas Female Prisoner Shackled During Labor by $1.00 Awarded to Arkansas Female Prisoner Shackled During Labor In the United States District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas at Batesville, on July 15, 2010, plaintiff Shawanna Nelson, a prisoner serving an identity fraud sentence at the McPherson facility in …
Article • October 1, 2015
Pregnant Behind Bars by Victoria Law Pregnant Behind Bars The shameful lack of prenatal care in U.S. prisons and jails  by Victoria Law Reprinted with permission from In These Times magazine http://inthesetimes.com/article/18410/u.s.-prisons-are-threatening-the-lives-of-pregnant-mothers-and-newborns. At 5 a.m. on June 12, 2012, lying on a mat in a locked jail cell, without a …
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