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CSC Alien Abuse Class Action Settled for $2.5 Million by On August 10, 2005, a federal court in New Jersey approved a settlement in Brown v. Esmor Correctional Services Inc., USDC No. 98-1282 (DNJ). Esmor Correctional Services Inc. (Esmor) later known as Correctional Services Corporation (CSC), agreed to pay the …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
New York Strip-Search Suit Settled for $1.7 Million by A federal class action suit, challenging a New York jail's blanket misdemeanor strip-search policy has been settled for $1,783,670.20. Timothy Maneely brought suit in federal court, challenging the City of Newburgh, New York policy of strip searching all arrestees without reasonable …
Brief • July 18, 2006
Gallagher, et al. v. San Mateo County Sheriff ‘s Office, et al, CA, Amended Complaint, 2006 Case 4:04-cv-00448-SBA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Document 48-1 Filed 07/18/2006 Page 1 of 13 Andrew C. Schwartz (State Bar No. 64578) Thom Seaton (State Bar No. 62713) CASPER, MEADOWS, SCHWARTZ …
$20,500 New Hampshire Jail Award Upheld for False Disciplinary Charges by The First Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a jurys award of $20,500 to a pretrial detainee in a civil rights action, alleging denial of due process from the filing of false disciplinary charges. Jason Surprenant was a pretrial …
Scandal, Suicides, Corruption and Abuse Abound at New York Citys Rikers Island Jail by Gary Hunter Scandal, Suicides, Corruption and Abuse Abound at New York Citys Rikers Island Jail by Gary Hunter When Rikers Island was purchased in 1884 it was only 87 acres. The city of New York made …
Cell-Block Beatdown: Do Boston Prisoners Have Any Chance of Holding Abusive Prison Guards Responsible? Signs Are Not Promising by David S. Bernstein Cell-Block Beatdown: Do Boston Prisoners Have Any Chance of Holding Abusive Prison Guards Responsible? Signs Are Not Promising by David S. Bernstein Stories about prison guards beating up …
Michigan Jail's Disproportionate Treatment of Women Results in $855,000 Settlement Agreement by A Michigan federal district court has approved a settlement awarding $855,000 in a class action alleging the conditions of confinement for women at the Livingston County Jail were disproportionate to that of men held at the jail. The …
New York City Jail Strip Search Suit Settles For $30 Million by by John E. Dannenberg On April 27, 2005, the City of New York agreed to settle a federal court class action 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights suit with 57,634 past misdemeanant prisoners at its city jails, paying …
Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006
York County, Maine, Settles Class Action Strip-Search Suit for $3,300,000 by In April 2005, York County, Maine, agreed to settle for $3,300,000 a class action lawsuit alleging the county maintained an unconstitutional policy of strip-searching all pre-arraignment detainees in the York County Jail regardless of the charge against them. Plaintiffs …
Article • February 15, 2006 • from PLN February, 2006
Massachusetts Prisoner Awarded $250,000 for Assault During Strip Search by On March 25, 2005, a federal jury awarded a Massachusetts prisoner $250,000 in damages for injuries sustained when he was assaulted by a guard during a strip search. Guards William Shugrue and a Jeffrey Padula were members all the Inner …
North Carolina Pays $43,500 to Women Strip-Searched By Prisoners by by Michael Rigby The North Carolina Department of Corrections (DOC) has paid $43,500 to four women who were subjected to strip and body-cavity searches performed by other prisoners and to a fifth who was beaten when she refused to undress. …
Brief • December 6, 2005
Gallagher, et al. v. San Mateo County Sheriff ‘s Office, et al, CA, Order, 2006 FIDLER v. SAN MATEO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, No. C-04-1404 SC. (N.D. Cal. Dec 06, 2005) United States District Court, N.D. California. FIDLER v. SAN MATEO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE No. C-04-1404 SC. (N.D. Cal. Dec 06, …
Brief • November 23, 2005
McCloud v. Fortune, FL, Plf Omnibus Memo, Unwarranted Invasive Bodily Search, 2005 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION ARNETTA McCLOUD, FREDDY McCLOUD, CYNTHIA McCLOUD, MARCUS FRASIER, BARBARA KING, BERNARD KING and CHESLEY KING, CASE NO: 4:05cv-101-RH-WCH Plaintiffs, vs. KENNETH W. FORTUNE, Sheriff of Jefferson County, in …
Brief • October 6, 2005
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Haney v. Miami-Dade County, FL, Agreed Order Judgment Dismissal, Strip Searches, 2005 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA MIAMI DIVISION 1- .LiLi I>)~ 'J.r. CASE NO. 04-20516-CIV-Jordan/Brown 1 ---- 1 JUDITH HANEY, LIAT MAYER, JAMIE LOUGHNER, DARCY SMITH, and AMANDA WELLS, individuany and on behalf of a Class …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
Miami-Dade Pays $6.25 Million to Settle Illegal Strip Search Suit by A Florida federal district court has approved a $6.25 million settlement in a lawsuit alleging thousands of female prisoners were illegally strip searched at the Miami-Dade County Correctional Facilities. The settlement entitles l0,000 women who were strip searched after …
Article • April 15, 2005 • from PLN April, 2005
Wisconsin County Pays $6.95 Million To Settle Strip-Search Suit by by Michael Rigby St. Croix County, Wisconsin, and its insurer has paid $6.95 million to settle a federal class-action lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the county jail's blanket strip-search policy, according to the terms of a February 27, 2004, settlement …
Article • March 15, 2005 • from PLN March, 2005
New York Jail Settles Strip-Search Suit For $2.7 Million by On March 10, 2004, the parties involved in a class action lawsuit over unlawful strip-searches performed during intake at the Rensselaer County (New York) Jail agreed to settle the case for $2.7 million. On various occasions between June 26, 1999 …
$15 Million Class Settlement In Sacramento Jail Strip-Search Suits by The Sacramento California Sheriff's Department agreed to a record $15 million settlement on June 4, 2004 to resolve federal and state lawsuits for damages and injunctive relief regarding illegal strip-search practices at the Sacramento County Jail. The suits stemmed from …
Doe v. Balaam, NV, Strip Search Suit Complaint, 2004 Case 3:04-cv-00214-RAM Document 14-2435075 Filed 07/27/2004 Page 1 of 19 Case 3:04-cv-00214-RAM Document 14-2435075 Filed 07/27/2004 Page 2 of 19 Case 3:04-cv-00214-RAM Document 14-2435075 Filed 07/27/2004 Page 3 of 19 Case 3:04-cv-00214-RAM Document 14-2435075 Filed 07/27/2004 Page 4 of 19 Case …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
Los Angeles County Pays $2.75 Million for Illegal Strip Searches by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The County of Los Angeles settled for $2.75 million the complaints of illegal strip searches and body cavity searches of female demonstrators at the Democratic National Convention in August, 2000, and the …
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