$4,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Injured During Transport by David Reutter $4,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Injured During Transport by David M. Reutter Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $4,000 to settle a negligence claim stemming from a prisoner being injured during a transport from a drug and rehabilitation facility …
Tennessee Jail Considers Charging for Toilet Paper, Underwear by Christopher Zoukis Tennessee Jail Considers Charging for Toilet Paper, Underwear by Christopher Zoukis On August 19, 2013, commissioners in Anderson County, Tennessee approved a resolution authorizing an expansion of pay-to-stay fees at the county jail. The resolution included a $50 daily …
Mhoon v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville, TN, Settlement, Excessive Force Paralysis, 2018 Resolution No. RS2018-1192 A resolution authorizing the Metropolitan Department of Law to compromise and settle the claims of Edgar Mhoon against the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County in the amount of $550,000.00, and that said amount …
Tennessee Prisoners Suing Private Prisons Not Required to File in Local Venue by David Reutter Tennessee Prisoners Suing Private Prisons Not Required to File in Local Venue by David Reutter The Tennessee Supreme Court has held that a state statute requiring a local venue for lawsuits filed by indigent prisoners …
Joint letter re TN Taskforce on Sentencing and Recidivism July 2015 July 30, 2015 Governor Bill Haslam 1st Floor, State Capitol Nashville, TN 37243 Derrick Schofield, Commissioner Tenn. Dept. of Correction 320 6th Avenue North Rachel Jackson Building Nashville, TN 37243-0465 Bill Gibbons, Commissioner Tenn. Dept. of Safety & Homeland …
No State Medical Privilege in § 1983 Actions; CCA Compelled to Provide Discovery by No State Medical Privilege in § 1983 Actions; CCA Compelled to Provide Discovery by Mark Wilson A Tennessee federal court refused to “recognize the state peer review privilege” in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, and …
$200,000 Verdict in Shackling of Tennessee Prisoner in Labor Overturned by Sixth Circuit by $200,000 Verdict in Shackling of Tennessee Prisoner in Labor Overturned by Sixth Circuit The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed the grant of summary judgment to a woman who was shackled to a hospital bed …
$20,000 Settlement in CCA’s Failure to Treat Tennessee Prisoner’s Ankle Injury by $20,000 Settlement in CCA’s Failure to Treat Tennessee Prisoner’s Ankle Injury Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $20,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging It failed to provide proper medical care for a prisoner at the Metro-Davidson County Detention …
CCA Pays $6,000 Settlement in Dangerous Conditions Causing Tennessee Prisoner’s Slip and Fall by CCA Pays $6,000 Settlement in Dangerous Conditions Causing Tennessee Prisoner’s Slip and Fall Corrections Corporation of America paid $6,184.71 to settle a claim brought by Metro-Davidson County Detention Facility prisoner James A. Reese, who alleged negligence …
CCA Pays $400,000 in Suicide Death of Tennessee Juvenile by CCA Pays $400,000 in Suicide Death of Tennessee Juvenile Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $400,000 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of a juvenile who committed suicide at the Shelby Training Center in Tennessee. The …
CCA Pays $120,000 in Stabbing Death of Tennessee Prison Counselor by CCA Pays $120,000 in Stabbing Death of Tennessee Prison Counselor Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $120,000 to settle a lawsuit in the stabbing death of one of its employees, Delbert Steed, at Hardeman County Correctional Facility in Tennessee. …
CCA Pays Tennessee Prisoner $6,250 for Brown Recluse Spider Bite by CCA Pays Tennessee Prisoner $6,250 for Brown Recluse Spider Bite Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and Hamilton County, Tennessee, paid $6,250 to prisoner Teresa Allen to settle a negligence claim. Allen alleged that while housed at the Silverdale Correctional …
CCA Pays $4,500 for Failure to Treat Tennessee Juvenile Detainee’s Eye Injury by CCA Pays $4,500 for Failure to Treat Tennessee Juvenile Detainee’s Eye Injury Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $4,500 to settle an Eighth Amendment claim brought by a juvenile held at its Silverdale Detention Facilities in Tennessee. …
CCA Pays $1,000 for Failure to Protect Stabbing of Tennessee Prisoner by CCA Pays $1,000 for Failure to Protect Stabbing of Tennessee Prisoner Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $1,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging the negligence of guards resulting in a prisoner being stabbed. Prisoner David Gardner alleged that …
CCA Paid $3,000 Settlement to Prisoner Assaulted with Issued Lock by CCA Paid $3,000 Settlement to Prisoner Assaulted with Issued Lock Correction Corporation of America (CCA) paid $3,000 to settle the lawsuit of Silverdale Correctional Facility prisoner Jeffrey L. Pines who alleged CCA was negligent in issuing a lock that …
CCA and Aramark Pay $2,000 Settlement in Prisoner’s Slip and Fall Suit by CCA and Aramark Pay $2,000 Settlement in Prisoner’s Slip and Fall Suit The Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and Aramark Correctional Services (Aramark) paid a combined $2,000 to settle a Tennessee prisoner’s slip and fall claim. The …
$690,000 Settlement in HRDC Suit Over Death of Prisoner’s Baby at CCA Jail by Derek Gilna $690,000 Settlement in HRDC Suit Over Death of Prisoner’s Baby at CCA Jail by Derek Gilna In August 2014, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest for-profit prison firm, settled a federal lawsuit …
Tennessee County Agrees to Improve Mental Health Care for Prisoners by Tennessee County Agrees to Improve Mental Health Care for Prisoners The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has reached an agreement to settle a civil complaint that alleged the rights of mentally ill prisoners at …
Feds and Tennessee Officials Investigate Prisoners Using Facebook by David Reutter Feds and Tennessee Officials Investigate Prisoners Using Facebook by David Reutter The Bureau of Prisons is investigating two prisoners who were discovered using Facebook to “broadcast live” from a federal facility in Atlanta, where they are serving time on …
Judicial Misconduct Results in Mild Sanctions by Matthew Clarke Judicial Misconduct Results in Mild Sanctions by Matt Clarke In November 2011, the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct (TCJC) temporarily suspended Aransas County Court-at-Law Judge William Adams after a 2004 video of Adams viciously beating his then-16-year-old daughter, Hillary, went viral. …
