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Drastic Sentence Reduction for Mentally Ill Former Tamms Prisoner by Matthew Clarke When Anthony Gay, then-19 years old, was sentenced by an Illinois court for a 1993 probation violation and strong arm robbery that netted a hat and a dollar bill, he was sent to prison for 7 years. But …
Reyes v. Atchison, IL, Merit Review, Solitary Confinement, 2016 Case 3:16-cv-00826-NJR-DGW Document 6 Filed 09/26/16 Page 1 of 13 Page ID #83 IN THE UNITEDSTATES DISTRICTCOURT FOR THE SOUTHERNDISTRICTOF ILLINOIS JAIRO REYES, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. } Case No. 16-cv-0826-NJR ) ILLINOISDEPARTMENTOF CORRECTIONS, MICHAELP. ATCHISON, SALVADORGODINEZ, RICHARD HARRINGTON, …
Preayer v. Ryan, AZ, Order re SJ, Solitary Conditions, 2016 . ,41 C�e: ,. .• . 2· - 5-cv-00069-DGC-DKD Document#: 109-1 Date Filed: 09/23/2016 Page 1 of 27 1 2 IDN WO 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 …
V.W. v. Conway, NY, Complaint, Juvenile Solitary, 2016 Case 9:16-cv-01150-DNH-DEP Document 1 Filed 09/21/16 Page 1 of 42 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ---------------------------------------------------------------x V.W., a minor, by and through his parent : and natural guardian DERECK WILLIAMS; : R.C., a minor, by and through his …
$340,000 Settlement for Federal Prisoner Severely Beaten by Cellmate While Handcuffed by Lonnie Burton On October 2, 1997, the United States agreed to pay a federal prisoner a total of $340,000 to settle a lawsuit filed just months earlier alleging that negligence and deliberate indifference on the part of prison …
Report Finds Abuse of Blind, Deaf, Elderly and Disabled Texas Prisoners by Matthew Clarke The Prison Justice League (PJL), a group advocating prison reform in Texas, released a report entitled Cruel & Unusual Punishment: Excessive Use of Force at the Estelle Unit. The report found that blind, deaf, elderly and …
Bureau of Prisons Pays $300,000 for Claim Relating to Beating of Prisoner by Christopher Zoukis The Bureau of Prisons agreed to settle claims relating to the severe beating of one inmate by another in February 1993. The plaintiff, Mark D. Lang, was beaten unconscious on the first day of an …
Suicides Plague North Carolina Prison System by Four suicides occurred in North Carolina state prisons during a 17-day period from April 19 to May 5, 2016, bringing the total number of self-inflicted prisoner deaths to five this year and surpassing last year’s total of three. An investigation by The Charlotte …
Massachusetts Prisoners Involved in Reform Efforts Transferred, Held in Solitary by Christopher Zoukis Three Massachusetts state prisoners have been placed in segregation in apparent retaliation for their prison reform activism. Timothy Muise, Shawn Fisher and Steven James, all incarcerated at the medium-security prison MCI Shirley, were taken from their cells …
Allegheny County Reaches $2.09 Million Settlement for Prisoner’s Death by A $2.09 million settlement was reached in a lawsuit stemming from the death of a prisoner who was denied medical care at Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County Jail. Derek E. Black, 28, was involved in an April 16, 2012 altercation with another …
Crandall v. Godinez, IL, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTIUCT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS SPRINGFIELD DIVISION CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and General Release is made and entered into this _th day of August 2016, by and between Plaintiff, Marc Crandall, Representative …
Settlement Prohibits Lengthy Segregation of Mentally-Ill Massachusetts Prisoners, Awards $1,250,000 in Attorney Fees by Matthew Clarke On April 12, 2012, a Massachusetts federal court entered an order approving a private settlement agreement between the Massachusetts Department of Correction (DOC) and the Boston-based Disability Law Center (DLC) which prohibits lengthy segregation …
Second Circuit Upholds Implicit Waiver of Appearance at Disciplinary Hearing by Bruce Smith was a New York state prisoner when he was charged with the disciplinary infraction of fighting with another prisoner. On the day of his disciplinary hearing, Smith was brought to the hearing room, but the hearing officer …
Article • August 25, 2016
State of Washington Settles in Damages Claim Brought by Prisoner by The State of Washington reached a settlement of $11,000 and appropriate dental care in February 2004 with Patrick J. Hoffman, a prisoner at Stafford Creek Correctional Center, Intensive Management Unit. Hoffman was housed at Walla Walla State Prison serving …
North Carolina Prisoner Who Sustained Injuries in Suspicious Circumstances Dies by A North Carolina state prisoner who was found in his segregation cell with a smashed skull in August 2008 has died. The cause of his injuries, officially, remains unknown. Alexander Correctional Institution prisoner Timothy Helms, 49, died in the …
The Dead Zone: How Privatization, Isolation and Cruelty Are Killing Prisoners in Arizona by By the time Jan Brewer replaced Janet Napolitano as Arizona's governor in 2009, it had been 22 years since the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) built the first prison in the United States designed exclusively for …
Solitary Confinement Emboldens Recalcitrant Witnesses, Breaks Court's Resolve by A Washington federal court ordered the release of two recalcitrant federal grand jury witnesses, after five months of confinement. In September 2012, Katherine Olejnik and Matthew Duran refused to testify before a Federal Grand Jury. As a result, a Washington federal …
Federal Consent Decree Bans Isolation at Mississippi Youth Prison by Matthew Clarke In February 2012, the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) agreed to stop housing juveniles at a privately-run prison in Leake County, Mississippi and enact multiple reforms to protect both the juveniles and the adult prisoners who will remain …
Federal Bureau of Prisons Settles for $1.2 Million on Wrongful Death by The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) elected to settle a wrongful death demand letter from the attorney for the deceased’s estate to the BOP. No claim was filed. The deceased, Thomas M. Fitzgerald, was incarcerated under the control …
Article • August 22, 2016
Dismissal of Prisoner 1983 for “Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies” Denied by Derek Gilna Trevor Griffith, a prisoner in the New York Department of Correctional Services (DOCS), had filed a 42 U.S.C.A. Section 1983 Civil Rights case against the DOCS alleging mistreatment while he was in the Special Housing Unit …
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