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Oregon: Grand Jury Cites Problems at Multnomah County Jails

Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013

Filed under: Overcrowding, Staffing, Jail Specific, Mental Health, Suicides

Oregon: Grand Jury Cites Problems at Multnomah County Jails by Sal Rodriquez A Corrections Grand Jury report released on December 18, 2012 made recommendations to remedy problems in Multnomah County’s jail system, adding to suggestions the Grand Jury had previously made in 2011. In its most recent report, the Grand …

Federal Court Enters Interim Fee Award Against BOP in FOIA Suit

Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Freedom of Information Act

Federal Court Enters Interim Fee Award Against BOP in FOIA Suit by The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) began 2013 with an adverse ruling from the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, after the BOP had spent several years refusing to disclose allegedly confidential information that was, in …

More Oregon Prison Employees Accused of Sexual Abuse

Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct

More Oregon Prison Employees Accused of Sexual Abuse by As previously reported in PLN, between 2006 and 2009, employees at Oregon’s only women’s prison were charged with sexually abusing more than a dozen female prisoners. [See: PLN, Nov. 2010, p.18; July 2009, p.47]. The abuse continues unabated, with at least …

Disabled Oregon Detainee's ADA, Retaliation and Deliberate Indifference Claims Go to Jury

Article • April 15, 2013

Filed under: Federal Statutory Law, Americans with Disabilities Act

Disabled Oregon Detainee's ADA, Retaliation and Deliberate Indifference Claims Go to Jury by An Oregon federal court denied jail officials summary judgment on a disabled prisoner's deliberate indifference, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and retaliation claims. Nathan Deffenbaugh is a wheelchair-bound double amputee below the knees. Most of his fingers …

El Salvadorian Hangs Himself in Oregon Jail

Article • April 15, 2013

Filed under: Mental Health, Suicides

El Salvadorian Hangs Himself in Oregon Jail by A man facing criminal charges in Washington County, Oregon, hanged himself in his cell, according to Washington County Sheriff's Sergeant Bob Ray. El Salvadorian, Mario Alfredo Bautista-Garcia, 28, was arrested on May 15, 2012, after stabbing two men at a Tigard, Oregon, …

Jury Awards Oregon Man $306,000 Excessive Force Verdict

Article • April 15, 2013

Filed under: Stun Guns/Tasers, Police, False Arrest, Excessive Force (Police)

Jury Awards Oregon Man $306,000 Excessive Force Verdict by On December 10, 2012, a Portland, Oregon man was awarded $306,000 for false arrest, excessive force and malicious prosecution. Gallagher Smith, then 25, argued with a doorman at a Portland nightclub on November 13, 2010. The doorman told Smith he had …

Statute of Limitations Kills Oregon False Imprisonment Suit

Article • April 15, 2013

Filed under: Limitations, Sentencing, Wrongful Imprisonment

Statute of Limitations Kills Oregon False Imprisonment Suit by The Oregon Court of Appeals affirmed the statute of limitations dismissal of a former prisoner's false imprisonment suit. In three separate judgments, Loren MacNab was convicted of four counts of failing to register as a sex offender and sentenced to jail …

Oregon Prison Assault Brings Attempted Murder Charge

Article • April 15, 2013

Filed under: Sentencing

Oregon Prison Assault Brings Attempted Murder Charge by An Oregon prisoner faces attempted murder charges and at least 10 more years in prison for brutally assaulting another prisoner at an intake facility in December 2011. While at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility's (CCCF) Intake Center in December 2011, prisoner James …

Oregon Cop Sued for On-duty Forced Fellatio

Article • April 15, 2013

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Assault by Police

Oregon Cop Sued for On-duty Forced Fellatio by A woman who was forced to perform oral sex on an on-duty Beaverton, Oregon police officer has brought federal suit against the officer and the City. On at least two occasions in 2010, Beaverton police officer Joshua Michael Jensen, 27, arranged to …

Two Women Sue for Oregon Guard's Sexual Abuse

Article • April 15, 2013

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct

Two Women Sue for Oregon Guard's Sexual Abuse by Two women have brought suit against Marion County, Oregon, alleging that they were sexually abused for more than a year by a guard of Marion County Work Release Center. As we've previously reported, on December 8, 2011, the Marion County Sheriff's …

Oregon Cop Guilty of Federal Child Porn Charge; State Charges Still Pending

Article • April 15, 2013

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Police Misconduct

Oregon Cop Guilty of Federal Child Porn Charge; State Charges Still Pending by A Portland, Oregon police officer who was responsible for registering sex offenders pleaded guilty to a federal charge of receiving child pornography and still faces trial on several state sex crimes. Scott E. Elliott, 50, was a …

Oregon Schizophrenic Gets 7.5 Years for Stabbing Guard

Article • April 15, 2013

Filed under: Mental Health

Oregon Schizophrenic Gets 7.5 Years for Stabbing Guard by A schizophrenic Oregon criminal defendant was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison for stabbing a jail guard in the face with a pencil. On August 7, 2011, Washington County Jail (WCJ) guard Adam Slater, then 27, was working …

Cox v. City of Portland, OR, Complaint, Police Excessive Force and Taser, 2013

Brief • April 9, 2013

Filed under: Stun Guns/Tasers, Excessive Force (Police)

Cox v. City of Portland, OR, Complaint, Police Excessive Force and Taser, 2013 APR - 9 2013 1 2 3 4 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON 5 FOR THE COUNTY OF MULTNOMAH 6 JASON COX, Case No.: Plaintiff, 7 8 9 1304-05070 COMPLAINT FOR ASSAULT, BATTERY …

Sweeney v. Lorain County, OH, Complaint, Jail Suicide, 2013

Brief • March 20, 2013

Filed under: Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Suicides

Sweeney v. Lorain County, OH, Complaint, Jail Suicide, 2013 Case: 1:13-cv-00601-CAB Doc #: 1-1 Filed: 03/20/13 1 of 14. PageID #: 4 Case: 1:13-cv-00601-CAB Doc #: 1-1 Filed: 03/20/13 2 of 14. PageID #: 5 Case: 1:13-cv-00601-CAB Doc #: 1-1 Filed: 03/20/13 3 of 14. PageID #: 6 Case: 1:13-cv-00601-CAB …

Coos County Sheriff's Office Contract Summary With Conmed, 2013

Publication • March 19, 2013

Filed under: CONMED

Coos County Sheriff's Office Contract Summary With Conmed, 2013 ~00SCOUNTY CLERK COOS COUNTY FILING COVER SHEET TO: Coos County Clerk's Office FROM: Coos County Sheriff's Office M.4R2 6.2013 FILE;)Q/J (}/J__# .:b 7 BY_ __ _ O~PUl Please file the attached document in the selected category indicated in the box below …

Oregon ACLU Sues Jail over Mail Policy; County Quickly Capitulates

Article • March 15, 2013 • from PLN March, 2013

Filed under: Mail Regulations, Legal Mail, Media, PLN Litigation

Oregon ACLU Sues Jail over Mail Policy; County Quickly Capitulates by The American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon filed a federal lawsuit against a county jail in June 2012, challenging a policy that prevented prisoners from receiving ACLU correspondence. County officials quickly agreed to change the policy and the suit …

Oregon Service by Mail Adds 3 Days

Article • March 15, 2013

Filed under: Appeals, Mail, Legal Mail

Oregon Service by Mail Adds 3 Days by The Oregon Court of Appeals vacated a lower court's dismissal of a prisoner's appeal as untimely. The court held that a state rule of civil procedure added three days to the applicable time limit. Oregon prisoner William Harvey sued Elizabeth Christie in …

Thompson v. Peters, OR, Complaint, Transexual Classification, 2013

Brief • March 13, 2013

Filed under: Classification, Transgender, Discrimination (Transgender)

Thompson v. Peters, OR, Complaint, Transexual Classification, 2013 Case 2:13-cv-00094-CL Document 20 Filed 03/13/13 Page 1 of 9 Page ID#: 112 David T. Johnson, OSB #123553 Olsen Daines, P.C. 9415 SE Stark St. Ste. 207 Portland, OR 97216 Telephone (503) 274-4252 Facsimile (503) 362-1375 djohnson@olsendaines.com Attorney for Plaintiff UNITED STATES …

Oregon Jail Guard Convicted of Assaulting Prisoner, Gets 30 Days in Jail

Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings

Oregon Jail Guard Convicted of Assaulting Prisoner, Gets 30 Days in Jail by On April 6, 2012, a jury convicted a former Oregon jail guard of assaulting a prisoner. The following month he was sentenced to 30 days in jail and a two-year term of probation. One day before his …

Oregon Prosecutor’s Son Escapes Mandatory Prison Time for Sexual Assault

Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013

Filed under: Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution, Sentencing, U.S. Sentencing Guidelines

Oregon Prosecutor’s Son Escapes Mandatory Prison Time for Sexual Assault by Commit sexual abuse in Oregon and you face a mandatory prison sentence of 75 months – unless your father happens to be a prosecutor, apparently. In December 2011, Jacob Frasier, 17, the son of Coos County District Attorney Paul …