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From Cages to the Community: Prison Profiteers and the Treatment Industrial Complex by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Criminal justice reform is slowly taking hold in the U.S. Since 2014, at least 30 states have passed legislation aimed at reducing their prison populations. And following the election of “law and …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
$5 Million Settlement After Mentally Ill Prisoner Dies in Restraint by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A 36-year-old California prisoner with a documented history of schizophrenia died in a jail cell on January 22, 2017, less than an hour after his release from a restraint chair where he had been …
Oregon Jail 'Tortures' Mentally Ill Prisoners by The people who work there are for the most part good people trying to do the best they can,” said Dr. Wil Berry, a psychiatrist who completed a six-month rotation at the Multnomah County Detention Center (MCDC). “However, the product of the system …
Langford v. Bullock, MT, Settlement Agreement III, ADA Compliance, 2018 Case 6:93-cv-00046-DWM-JCL Document 1542 Filed 02/23/18 Page 1 of 100 ERIC BALABAN National Prison Project of the ACLUF 915 15th Street, 7th Floor Washington, DC 20005 202.393.4930 ALEX RATE ACLU of Montana P.O. Box 9138 Missoula, MT 406.443.8590 JON ELLINGSON …
Criminal Justice, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and People with Mental Illnesses, David Bazelon, SAMHSA, 2018 Criminal Justice, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and People with Mental Illnesses The Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law Washington, DC Disclaimer This webinar was developed [in part] under contract number …
Brief • February 15, 2018
Neuroth v. Mendocino County, CA, Deposition of John Peters, Wrongful Death, 2018 Atkinson-Baker Court Reporters www.depo.com 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 --o0o-- 4 JAMES NEUROTH, individually and as Successor in Interest of Decedent Steven Kellogg Neuroth, 5 6 Plaintiff, 7 vs. 8 MENDOCINO COUNTY, …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Prisoner Suicides a Problem in Oklahoma by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A rash of suicides at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary (OSP) in McAlester gave it the highest suicide rate among Oklahoma prisons – six times that of the second-highest. According to a February 20, 2017 article by Oklahoma Watch, …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Lawsuit Alleges Inadequate BOP Mental Health Treatment in SMU by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A federal class-action suit filed in June 2017 paints the U.S. Penitentiary at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania essentially as a solitary confinement warehouse filled with prisoners who suffer from serious mental illness. The suit alleges that …
Stipulation to Admit Video Created Error When Video Was Excluded at Trial by On July 14, 2017, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals remanded a civil rights action for a new trial after it found the exclusion of a video left it with “no assurance that [the plaintiff’s] claim was …
Slinker v. Grundy County, IA, Complaint, Jail Suicide, 2018 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA CEDAR RAPIDS DIVISION EARL SLINKER, individually and as Personal Representative of the ESTATE of JARED SLINKER, deceased, and as next friend of C.K.S., W.J.S. I, and W.J.S. II, Case No.: _________________ …
$5.75 Million Payout in Death of Rikers' Prisoner Denied Medical by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton In a settlement of a lawsuit previously mentioned in Prison Legal News, New York City agreed on September 27, 2016, to pay $5.75 million to the mother of a mentally ill Rikers Island prisoner …
$3,802,000 Settlement, Rikers' Guard Conviction in Prisoner Death by On December 17, 2014, former Rikers Island Guard Captain Terrence Pendergrass, 52, was sentenced to five years in a federal prison for violating the civil rights of deceased prisoner Jason Echevarria, 25. Echevarria’s estate received a $3,802,000 settlement from the City …
Estrada v. Otero County, NM, Settlement Agreement, 2018 RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT PRISCILLA SANCHEZ, as Next Friend of Roxanne Estrada, and ROXANNE ESTRADA ("SANCHEZ/ESTRADA") desire to settle and discharge any and all claims which have or could have been asserted by Sanchez/Estrada against the Otero County Board of County Commissioners …
$150,000 in Damages Ordered Paid to Injured Prisoner by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis The Bureau of Prisons lost a tort claim brought by a prisoner who was attacked by another prisoner in 1991. The plaintiff, Stephen E. Usselman, alleged that he was placed in the special housing unit at …
Virginia Mentally-Ill Man’s Death by Deterioration in Jail Cell Exhibits Policy Failures by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The death of a mentally-ill Virginia man jailed on a misdemeanor and confined in isolation while awaiting transfer to a psychiatric hospital exhibits the folly of current policies in dealing with …
Article • December 13, 2017
Washington Supreme Court: Jail Not Responsible for Crimes Committed by Ex-Prisoner by On September 22, 2016, a split Washington Supreme Court reversed a Court of Appeals ruling and affirmed the trial court's dismissal of a lawsuit brought by the families and victims of a shooting instigated by a former jail …
Article • December 11, 2017
South Carolina’s Treatment of Mentally Ill Unconstitutional by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A South Carolina Court of Common Pleas found the South Carolina Department of Corrections’ (SCDC) “mental health system exposes seriously mentally ill inmates to a substantial risk of serious harm.” The court began its order by …
Brief • December 7, 2017
Partridge v. Pelle, CO, Complaint, 2017 Case 1:17-cv-02941 Document 1 Filed 12/07/17 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 43 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. _________ RYAN PARTRIDGE, Plaintiff, v. JOE PELLE, in his official capacity as Boulder County Sheriff; BRUCE HAAS, in …
Henderson v. State, GA, Opinion, Medication Refusal, 2017 3/14/2018 HENDERSON v. THE STATE | FindLaw Not a Legal Professional? Visit our consumer site Register | Login CASES & CODES PRACTICE MANAGEMENT Forms FindLaw Caselaw Georgia GA Ct. App. JOBS & CAREERS NEWSLETTERS Lawyer Marketing Corporate Counsel BLOGS LAW TECHNOLOGY Law …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
$10.25 Million Jury Award in Suit over Oklahoma Jail Prisoner’s Death by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 20, 2017, an Oklahoma federal jury awarded $10.25 million to the estate of a prisoner who died at the Tulsa County Jail. According to court documents, Elliot Earl Williams, 37, a …
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