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No Liability for Prison Killing by Mass Murderer by The decedent was brutally murdered by another prisoner who had previously murdered his two sons, his girlfriend, and a prostitute, who had a non-trivial disciplinary record, and who had written a letter to the warden from segregation describing himself as homicidal …
Townsend v. CCA, TN, Complaint, inmate murder in double cell segregation, 2008 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0201 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0202 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0203 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0204
Indicted California Sheriff Resigns to Fight Federal Corruption Charges by Orange County, California Sheriff Michael Carona, 52, resigned his post on January 14, 2008 to fight corruption charges. As a result of his leaving office he became eligible to receive pro bono legal assistance from a Los Angeles-based law firm …
No Safety or Security for Maryland Prisoners by Michael Rigby Twenty-five guards have been fired amid allegations that they beat prisoners at two Maryland prisons. The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) initially terminated the employment of eight guards on April 4, 2008. Another nine were fired …
$3,101,876 Awarded Deceased FBI Informant's Estate After Former Agent Revealed Identity by Emily Mclntyre, as administratix of her deceased son's estate, sued former FBI Agent John Connolly for proximately causing the informant's 1984 death by revealing his identity to mobsters. The estate was awarded $3,101,876. A fisherman and FBI informant, …
Montana Guards' Disciplinary Sanctions and Names Held Disclosable by Several guards at the Montana State Prison were disciplined for their behavior during a riot in which several prisoners in protective custody were killed. Numerous newspapers' requests for a copy of the report outlining the guards' discipline was granted, but the …
Washington Jail Prisoners Suffer from Overcrowding, Abusive Guards, Inadequate Health Care and Indifferent Politicians by Roger Smith Since the mid-1990s, Washington State jail populations have increased exponentially. Obsolete facilities built decades ago to hold a handful of prisoners are now packed like sardine tins, with as many prisoners sleeping on …
Los Angeles Settles County Jail Murder Suit For $1 Million by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On August 14, 2007, Los Angeles County settled a lawsuit brought by the family of a mentally ill prisoner who was stomped to death in a holding cell by two prisoners, while guards …
Largest Oregon Jail a Cesspool of Misconduct and Mismanagement, Report Finds; Sheriff Faulted and Under Fire by Mark Wilson On November 1, 2006, the Multnomah County District Attorney?s (DA?s) Office in Portland, Oregon released a blistering 63-page report that found systemic, shocking problems in the state?s largest jail system. ?Conservative? …
$195,000 Paid to Family of Slain Florida Prison Guard by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) has agreed to pay $195,000 to the family of murdered prison guard Darla Kay Lathrem, 38. PLN previously reported the incident. [See: PLN, April 2006, p.42]. Lathrem was …
Prisoners Died By the Thousands Between 2001 and 2004 by Michael Rigby by Michael Rigby Elderly prisoners are more than twice as likely to die behind bars as those who are not in prison, a report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) on prison mortality rates reveals. White and …
$4 Million Settlement In Rape and Beating Death of Mentally Ill New Jersey Prisoner by Michael Rigby by Michael Rigby The daughters of a mentally ill man who was raped and beaten to death by another prisoner in New Jersey's Camden County Correctional Facility (CCCF) will receive a combined $4 …
Management & Training Corp. Struggles to Maintain Market Share by Gary Hunter For-profit private prison operator Management & Training Corporation (MTC) has recently lost lucrative contracts to run prisons in the United States and Canada. While the private prison industry is dominated by industry giants Corrections Corporation of America, Geo …
Sixth Circuit: United States Not Liable in Prisoner's Murder by On February 26, 2004 the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the United States was immune, pursuant to the "discretionary function exemption" of the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), from liability in a lawsuit brought by the family …
$3,500 Paid for Injuries Sustained in WA Prison Riot by Reginald Halsell, a McNeil Island prisoner, filed suit in Washington's Pierce County Superior Court alleging negligent supervision on September 5, 1995, that resulted in riot that caused death to one prisoner and unspecified serious injuries to Halsell. On September 7, …
Estate of Murdered Tennessee Prisoner Awarded $75,000 by In January 1999, a Tennessee court awarded $75,000 to the estate of a prisoner who was attacked and killed by another prisoner. The estate claimed that prison officials were negligent for housing the decedent with a convicted murderer who had previously threatened …
Article • May 15, 2007
Family Lacks Standing to Sue over Prisoner Murder by The decedent was stabbed to death in prison and family members sued. The family members lack standing to sue in their personal capacities because these facts don't give rise to a claim for interference with familial relationships. At 309: "State action …
No One Liable in Jail Prisoner's Mysterious Death by The decedent, a 39-year-old homemaker, dropped her kids off at school, then was arrested for driving while drugged because she was having difficulty speaking and walking. A few hours later she was found strangled to death. Nobody knows who did it …
133 Prisoners Killed in Dominican Republic Prison Fire by A fight between rival gangs for control of a Dominican Republic prison resulted in a fire that killed 133 prisoners. Prisoners caused the blaze by setting ablaze their pillows and sheets. Attempts to rescue them were thwarted by a jammed door. …
Sixth Circuit Finds No Deliberate Indifference in Prison Employee's Death by The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court's grant of summary judgment to officials of the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) and the Huron Valley Men's Facility (HVMF) in a case alleging that a prison employee's …
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