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Brooks v Tensing, OH, Complaint, wrongful death shooting - DuBose, 2016

Brief • February 12, 2016

Filed under: Police--Excessive Force

Brooks v Tensing, OH, Complaint, wrongful death shooting - DuBose, 2016 Case: 1:16-cv-00308-SJD Doc #: 1 Filed: 02/12/16 Page: 1 of 6 PAGEID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO WESTERN DIVISION MS. RAEGAN BROOKS, as Administratrix of the Estate of her Father, SAMUEL DuBOSE c/o Gerhardstein …

Brooks v Tensing, OH, Settlement Agreement, wrongful death shooting - DuBose, 2016

Brief • February 12, 2016

Filed under: Police--Excessive Force

Brooks v Tensing, OH, Settlement Agreement, wrongful death shooting - DuBose, 2016 Case: 1:16-cv-00308-SJD Doc #: 3-1 Filed: 02/12/16 Page: 1 of 5 PAGEID #: 24 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, FULL RELEASE AND COVENANT NOT TO SUE This Settlement Agreement, Full Release and Covenant Not To Sue (“Agreement”), which is __ pages …

Prison Violence Report 2007-2012, Jan, OH DOC, 2013

Publication • February 11, 2016

Filed under: Excessive Force

Prison Violence Report 2007-2012, Jan, OH DOC, 2013 A Report on Assaults, Disturbances, Violence, and Prosecution in the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction: January 1, 2007 through September 30, 2012 Prepared in Response to Section 9 of Amended Substitute HB 86, enacted by the 129th General Assembly and effective …

Review of Deaths at Portage Co Jail, OH Division of Parole & Community Services, 2012

Publication • February 11, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Audits, Jail Specific, Wrongful Death

Review of Deaths at Portage Co Jail, OH Division of Parole & Community Services, 2012

OH Butler County Coroner Autopsy Report of Taser Death, OH Butler County, 2010

Publication • February 10, 2016

Filed under: Excessive Force, Stun Guns/Tasers

OH Butler County Coroner Autopsy Report of Taser Death, OH Butler County, 2010 OCT-25-2010 12:39 From: r To: 9121634494 1280000 P.3 I, i: l3utler C()Unt" £()rVner I, L 1~1ton, 315 High Street - S ita 650 Ha Ohio 45011 Phone (513) 785-5860 ·;x (513) 785-5866 1 1 !: l Richard …

Justice Reinvestment in Ohio, Justice Center Council of State Govts, 2009

Publication • February 9, 2016

Filed under: Organizing, Prison Reform

Justice Reinvestment in Ohio, Justice Center Council of State Govts, 2009 December 2009 Justice Reinvestment in Ohio Reducing Spending on Corrections and Reinvesting in Strategies to Increase Public Safety Background I n 2008, Governor Ted Strickland, Senate President Bill Harris, then-House Speaker Jon Husted, and Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas …

USA v Cleveland OH PD Agreement to Conclude Investigation, CRIPA, 2004

Publication • February 8, 2016

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, DOJ CRIPA Actions

USA v Cleveland OH PD Agreement to Conclude Investigation, CRIPA, 2004 U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Special Litigation Section - PHB 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20530 February 9, 2004 Subodh Chandra, Director Department of Law City of Cleveland City Hall Cleveland, OH 44113 Re: Agreement to …

Ohio Prisoner Awarded $155,000 for Assault by Guard

Article • February 1, 2016

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings

Ohio Prisoner Awarded $155,000 for Assault by Guard by An Ohio federal district court awarded $155,000 to a prisoner who was assaulted by a guard. While at the Lebanon Correctional Institution on November 28, 2011, prisoner Michael Williams was assaulted by guard Charles Lake. At the time of the assault, …

$10,000 Negligence Settlement for Ohio Prisoner

Article • February 1, 2016

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Pain, Failure to Treat

$10,000 Negligence Settlement for Ohio Prisoner by David Reutter The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) agreed to a $10,000 settlement in a prisoner’s lawsuit alleging injuries due to a guard’s negligence and failure to provide medical treatment. While working on a work crew at Lebanon Correctional Institute (LCI), …

Luke v. Warren County, OH, Dismissal, jail medical epilepsy, 2016

Brief • January 28, 2016

Filed under: Seizures, Failure to Treat, Jail Specific

Luke v. Warren County, OH, Dismissal, jail medical epilepsy, 2016 Case: 1:15-cv-00288-TSB Doc #: 30 Filed: 01/28/16 Page: 1 of 2 PAGEID #: 147 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO Cheryl Luke, : : Case No. 1:15-CV-288 Plaintiff, : : Judge Timothy S. Black vs. : …

Ohio County Jail Overcrowded, Understaffed and On Verge of 'Catastrophe'

Article • January 12, 2016

Filed under: Overcrowding, Staffing, Jail Specific, Failure to Train/Supervise

Ohio County Jail Overcrowded, Understaffed and On Verge of 'Catastrophe' by Joe Watson The results of a September 2013 inspection of the Hamilton County Jail in Cincinnati, Ohio, revealed that the facility failed to adequately meet 48 of 69 standards set by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC). …

Prison Guard Implicated in Derailing Drug Probe Avoids Prosecution

Article • January 12, 2016

Filed under: Guard Misconduct

Prison Guard Implicated in Derailing Drug Probe Avoids Prosecution by Christopher Zoukis A former guard at Lebanon Correctional Institution in Ohio will not be prosecuted in connection with allegations that he not only participated in drug and tobacco smuggling into the prison, but accessed a state computer and tipped off …

Ohio ACLU Study Shows Pay-to-Stay Programs Don't Generate Much Revenue

Article • January 12, 2016

Filed under: Booking Fees

Ohio ACLU Study Shows Pay-to-Stay Programs Don't Generate Much Revenue by Matthew Clarke A report released by the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio (ACLU) in June 2013 shows that the pay-to-stay fees charged by Ohio jails do not generate much revenue and damage indigent prisoners and their families. It …

Dimora v. CCA, OH, Def Mot for SJ, inmate slip fall, 2016

Brief • January 4, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Injury -- Misc., Eighth Amendment

Dimora v. CCA, OH, Def Mot for SJ, inmate slip fall, 2016 Case: 4:14-cv-01221-BYP Doc #: 34 Filed: 01/04/16 1 of 29. PageID #: 219 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO JAMES DIMORA, Civil Action No. 4:14-cv-01221-BYP Plaintiff, Judge: Benita Y. Pearson v. NORTHEAST …

Wilder v. OH DOC, OH, Settlement, inmate dog bit injury, 2015

Brief • December 31, 2015

Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Prison Labor, Workplace Injury

Wilder v. OH DOC, OH, Settlement, inmate dog bit injury, 2015 . FILED COURT QF CLA!NS OF OHIO : ··- ~-ORIGINAL THE COURT OF CLAIMS OF OHIO ARCHIE WILDER #414-917, Plaintiff, -vsOHIO DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION AND CORRECTION, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 2015 DEC …

Gondor v. State of Ohio, OH, Judgment, Wrongful Conviction, 2015

Brief • December 21, 2015

Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment

Gondor v. State of Ohio, OH, Judgment, Wrongful Conviction, 2015 IN THE COURT OF CLAIMS OF OHIO ROBERT GONDOR, et al. Case No. 2015-00921-WI Plaintiffs Judge Patrick M. McGrath v. ENTRY STATE OF OHIO Defendant On May 12, 2014, the Portage County Court of Common Pleas issued a decision and …

Ohio Magistrate Finds for Plaintiff in Prisoner’s Deliberate Indifference Death

Article • November 18, 2015

Filed under: Respiratory, Summary Judgment, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Ohio Magistrate Finds for Plaintiff in Prisoner’s Deliberate Indifference Death by Ohio Magistrate Finds for Plaintiff in Prisoner’s Deliberate Indifference Death On November 21, 2012, a magistrate judge for the United States District Court Southern District of Ohio, hearing motions ancillary to a suit brought by the plaintiff, the mother …

Reclassification of Sex offender Status Requested

Article • November 13, 2015

Filed under: Sex Offender Registration

Reclassification of Sex offender Status Requested by Reclassification of Sex offender Status Requested William Clay filed a motion with the Miami County Court of Common Pleas for reclassification of his sex offender status after the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled it unconstitutional to apply Ohio’s Adam Walsh Law to defendants …

Sixth Circuit Rules in Excessive Force Case

Article • November 13, 2015

Filed under: Stun Guns/Tasers

Sixth Circuit Rules in Excessive Force Case by Sixth Circuit Rules in Excessive Force Case The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment in a case brought by a jail detainee against Franklin County, Ohio, its Sheriff, and fourteen deputies. Michael Reed claimed deputies used excessive force against him …

Budget Constraints Force Ohio County to Move Female Prisoners

Article • November 10, 2015

Filed under: Jail Specific

Budget Constraints Force Ohio County to Move Female Prisoners by Derek Gilna Budget Constraints Force Ohio County to Move Female Prisoners by Derek Gilna         The Lorain County, Ohio women’s detention center has fallen victim to the failed attempt of county officials to raise the sales tax to continue funding the …