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Investigations into Texas Jail Deaths Find Thousands of Guards Untrained, on Temporary Licenses by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke An investigation by the Dallas Morning News into the Christmas Eve 2016 death of prisoner Andy Debusk at the Parker County jail revealed that not only did the guards at the …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Former DOC Employee Awarded $300,000 in Workplace Sexual Harassment Case by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In May 2019, a federal district court issued an amended judgment awarding $300,000 to a former employee of the Idaho Department of Correction (DOC) in a lawsuit over sexual harassment and a hostile work …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Filed under: Medication, Malpractice
New York State Prisoner Wins Medical Malpractice Suit, Awarded $30,000 by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On April 15, 2019, a New York Court of Claims awarded prisoner Dain Morawski a total of $30,000 for pain and suffering caused by an overdose of incorrectly filled prescription medication. The judgment followed …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
As Climate Changes, High Temperatures Plague Prisons and Jails by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke At a September 2019 hearing, a U.S. District Court judge threatened to throw officials with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) into the same excessively hot prison cells that the agency had failed to …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Filed under: Sexual Assault, Settlements
Former Hawaii Prisoner’s Sexual Assault Lawsuit Settles for Paltry $10,000 by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Christina C. Riley was a model prisoner at the Maui Community Correctional Center in Hawaii, and thus was allowed to participate in a work-release program. Parking her car at the jail, she left for …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
The Sentencing Project Issues Report on Reducing Excessive Punishment for Violent Crimes by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Cutting the U.S. prisoner population by half is the goal of the #cut50 and End Mass Incarceration movements, and of the criminal justice reform group JustLeadershipUSA, but that will not be possible …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
California Federal Court Orders City to Pay $150,000 for Failure to Comply with Jail Settlement by Chad Marks by Chad Marks n May 2013, a class-action lawsuit was filed on behalf of prisoners housed at the Monterey County Jail in California. A settlement agreement was reached on May 1, 2015, …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Fourth Circuit: Three Tasings in 70 Seconds May Constitute Excessive Force by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a grant of summary judgment to guards who tased a prisoner three times during a 70-second period. In its May 10, 2019 ruling, the …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
California Prisoner Wins $365,000 Settlement for Assault by Jail Guards by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer On April 18, 2016, Rikki Martinez, 39, was a pretrial detainee at the Elmwood Correctional Facility in Santa Clara, California. According to a complaint filed in federal court, on that day deputies alleged that …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Denial of Summary Judgment for Prison Officials Affirmed in West Virginia Excessive Force Case by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer Miguel Delgado, incarcerated at the Mount Olive Correctional Complex (MOCC), alleged in a civil rights complaint that MOCC Warden David Ballard had authorized policies and procedures that allowed guards to …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Michigan Prisoner Prevails in First Amendment Retaliation Case; $30,000 in Damages and Attorney Fees by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A Michigan federal district court has awarded $18,325.28 in attorney fees and costs in a prisoner’s civil rights action, which followed a jury verdict on First Amendment retaliation …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Filed under: Settlements, Suicides
Cook County, Illinois to Pay $1.7 Million for Former Marine’s Suicide in Jail by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In April 2019, the Cook County Board of Commissioners agreed to pay $1.7 million to settle a lawsuit over the death of Devin Lynch, a Marine Corps veteran and active reservist, …
Court Grants Remittitur in Former Prison Teacher’s Sexual Harassment Case – Total Award of $6.4 Million Plus Fees, Costs, Interest by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke New York federal jury awarded a former state prison teacher $9.19 million after she proved that a guard had sexually harassed and stalked her …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Arizona Prisoner Receives $175,000 after Guards Read His Legal Mail, Shared it with FBI and Prosecutors by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 7, 2019, Maricopa County, Arizona agreed to pay a prisoner $175,000 to settle claims related to jail guards reading his legal mail, sharing it with the …
Author John Grisham Pens Editorial Criticizing Death Penalty in North Carolina by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer On October 11, 2018, world-famous author and attorney John Grisham published an editorial in a North Carolina newspaper regarding capital punishment in that state. “Today, there are 141 people on North Carolina’s death …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Santa Clara County Jail Captain Accused of Misconduct, Retires by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer In early June 2019, Captain Amy Le, 51, former president of the Santa Clara County Correctional Peace Officers’ Association, was walked off the sheriff’s office property and placed on paid leave. The reasons for her …
Article • October 4, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Family of California Prisoner Who Committed Suicide Settles Suit for $595,000 by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer Jason Nishimoto, 44, committed suicide on August 27, 2015 by hanging himself with a bedsheet after being placed in solitary confinement at the Vista Detention Facility (VDF) in San Diego, California. Nishimoto had …
California County Settles Jail Death for $300,000 by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On February 10, 2015, Alexander Jeffrey Sutherland was arrested in Manteca, California and charged with public intoxication. The police took him to the San Joaquin County Jail (SJCJ). After booking, Sutherland, 27, was placed in an isolated …
Article • October 4, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Alabama Jail Prisoner Accused of Conspiring to Get Pregnant, Claiming Rape by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Twenty-six-year-old pretrial detainee and capital murder defendant Latoni Daniel gave birth to a baby boy on May 29, 2019. But she wasn’t pregnant when she was processed into the Coosa County jail in …
Tenth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of New Mexico Prisoner’s First Amendment Claims by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer Monte Whitehead was incarcerated at the Otero County Prison Facility in New Mexico, operated by for-profit contractor Management & Training Corp. (MTC). He filed suit in state court raising various claims under the …
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