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Article • May 15, 2011
Fifth Circuit Affirms Judgment for Deputies in Excessive Force Suit by On October 28, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a grant of summary judgment for sheriff’s deputies accused of excessive force in the death of a prisoner. Debbie Loggins died while being transported to …
Brief • May 12, 2011
Greer v. County of Beaufort, SC, Depo of Leach, Chair Restraint Asphyxiation, 2011 Page 1 I IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA BEAUFORT DIVISION Rita Faye Greer, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jesse Len Greer, Plaintiff, vs. CASE NO.: 9:09-CV-03057 County of …
California: $2,005,000 Verdict for Wrongful Death Caused by Police Officers’ Excessive Force by After four days of trial and five hours of deliberations, on April 11, 2011, a federal jury found that defendant police officers had used excessive force against a mentally ill man, which caused his death. The jury …
Article • March 15, 2011 • from PLN March, 2011
State Inspections Compel Changes at Abusive Michigan Juvenile Facility by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Inspection reports by Michigan’s Department of Human Services (DHS) concerning conditions at the Muskegon County Juvenile Detention Center (MCJDC) found an abusive environment caused by understaffing. On the verge of losing the state license …
Article • March 15, 2011
$12,500 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Assault by Guards Lawsuit by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $12,500 to settle the cruel and unusual punishment lawsuit of prisoner John Lee, Jr. While incarcerated the D.C. Jail segregation until on February 2, 2001 Lee was handcuffed and escorted to the infirmary by …
Article • March 15, 2011
Taser and Asphyxiation Death By New Mexico Cops Leads to $1,000,000 Settlement by The City of Raton, New Mexico has agreed to pay $1,000,000 to the estate of a man who died after police Tasered him 23 times and essentially asphyxiated him. On November 18, 2007, in the wee hours …
Article • March 15, 2011
Motion to Dismiss in Eighth Amendment Suit Denied in Part by U.S. District Judge Christopher Conner has granted in part and denied in part a motion to dismiss filed by four Bureau of Prisons (BOP) defendants accused of Eighth Amendment violations. David Lee Womack sued D. Scott Dodrill, Harley Lappin, …
Mass Torture in America: Notes from the Supermax Prisons by Lance Tapley “Exterminate all the brutes!” – Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad “They beat the shit out of you,” said Mike James, hunched near the smeared plexiglass separating us. He was talking about the cell “extractions” he’d endured at the …
Study: CIA Doctors ‘Gave Green Light to Torture’ by Muriel Kane A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) reveals that physicians with the CIA’s Office of Medical Services (OMS) played an even greater role in facilitating the torture of detainees than was previously recognized. As …
Blind Texas Prisoner Dies after Confrontation with Guards by Thord “Catfish “ Dockray, 42, a blind Texas state prisoner with a history of mental illness, died on May 13, 2010 following a violent altercation with prison guards. Dockray was housed alone in a cell in the medical wing of the …
Ninth Circuit Holds Private Prison Companies Can Be Sued Under Bivens for Violating Federal Prisoner’s Rights by Derek Gilna On June 7, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that Richard Lee Pollard, a prisoner in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at …
Article • February 15, 2011 • from PLN February, 2011
$42,000 Verdict in Iowa Jail Excessive Force Case by A federal jury has awarded $42,000 to a woman who was placed in a restraint chair for seven hours. On January 25, 2006, while incarcerated at the Scott County Jail in Scott County, Iowa, Lillian Slater had a painful flare-up of …
Brief • January 10, 2011
Castillo v. City of Oakland et al, CA, Deposition - Cameron, police use of restraints, 2011 1 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 RAYMOND CASTILLO, 4 Plaintiff, 5 -vs- CASE NO. 6 C09-04679SI CITY OF OAKLAND, et al., 7 Defendant. 8 _________________________________/ 9 10 11 …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
AMA Passes Resolution Prohibiting Shackling of Pregnant Prisoners in Labor by On June 15, 2010, the American Medical Association (AMA) adopted a resolution prohibiting the use of restraints on a female prisoner “in labor, delivering her baby or recuperating from the delivery,” absent compelling grounds to believe that she poses …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
$10.5 Million Settlement in Tennessee Juvenile’s Death Caused by Guard’s Chokehold by The privately-operated Chad Youth Enhancement Center (Chad) in Ashland City, Tennessee paid $10.5 million to settle a lawsuit involving a juvenile’s death. The youth, Omega “Manny” Leach, 17, died from asphyxiation caused by a guard’s chokehold on June …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Washington State Federal Court: Unconstitutional to Shackle Prisoner in Labor by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 3, 2010, a U.S. District Court in Washington State held it was unconstitutional to shackle a prisoner in labor. Cassandra Brawley, 30, was a Washington state prisoner. In 2006 she was arrested …
Taser Timeout by Kelly Virella In 2005, the sheriff of Kankakee County, Illinois discovered the alchemy necessary to turn the financial burden of operating jails into a financial boon. He rented to other agencies—including Cook County Jail—as many of his 668 beds as possible. Running a jail—particularly, leasing the beds—is …
Carter v. Wilkinson et al, LA, Ruling, CCA guard brutality choking, 2010 Case 1:06-cv-02150-DDD-JDK Document 49 Filed 12/09/10 Page 1 of 17 PageID #: 156 Case 1:06-cv-02150-DDD-JDK Document 49 Filed 12/09/10 Page 2 of 17 PageID #: 157 Case 1:06-cv-02150-DDD-JDK Document 49 Filed 12/09/10 Page 3 of 17 PageID #: …
Brief • November 23, 2010
Filed under: Medical, Restraints
Reynolds v. Schriro, NY, Court Order, Prisoner Health Services, 2010 Case 1:81-cv-00107-RJS Document 154-1 Filed 11/23/10 Page 1 of 2 Medical Conditions For Which Mechanical Restraints Are Contraindicated Pregnancy or Any Complication of a Pregnancy (bleeding, pre-eclampsia, DVT, medical complications of pregnancy, high risk pregnancies) Hypercoagulable conditions (pregnancy, post-surgery, post-trauma, …
Brief • October 19, 2010
Filed under: Restraints, Overdetention
Jackson v Lombardi, CA, Plfs Opp to Def Mot for Atty Fees, excessive force handcuffs unlawful detention, 2010 Case3:09-cv-01016-WHA Document262 Filed10/19/10 Page1 of 6 Case3:09-cv-01016-WHA Document262 Filed10/19/10 Page2 of 6 Case3:09-cv-01016-WHA Document262 Filed10/19/10 Page3 of 6 Case3:09-cv-01016-WHA Document262 Filed10/19/10 Page4 of 6 Case3:09-cv-01016-WHA Document262 Filed10/19/10 Page5 of 6 Case3:09-cv-01016-WHA Document262 …
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