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Brief • June 7, 2018
Porter v. Daggett County, UT, Complaint, Guard Torture, 2018 Case 2:18-cv-00389-JNP-EJF Document 3 Filed 06/07/18 Page 1 of 26 John Mejia (Bar No. 13965) Leah Farrell (Bar No. 13696) AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF UTAH FOUNDATION, INC. 355 N. 300 W. Salt Lake City, Utah 84103 Telephone: 801.521.9862 Facsimile: 801.532.2850 …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Abuses at Orange County and San Bernardino Jails Cost Taxpayers Millions by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell “Chicken-winging,” it’s called – when guards twist a prisoner’s arms behind his back and wrench them upward, inflicting extreme pain. Without the upward yank, the technique is an acceptable means of physical control …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Guards Sentenced for Beating Prisoners at Kentucky Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Three Kentucky River Regional Jail guards have been sentenced to federal prison terms for beating prisoners in two separate incidents – including one where a prisoner died. In 2013, guards Damon Wayne Hickman and William …
Rodriguez v. Dept of Homeland Security, IL, Settlement, Excessive Force & False Arrest, 2018 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ) BRYAN RODRIGUEZ as next friend of ) S.R., a minor, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) No: 18-CV-3558 v. ) ) UNITED …
In the Public Interest - An Examination of Private Financing for Correctional and Immigration Detention Facilities, 2018 An examination of private financing for correctional and immigration detention facilities Report · In the Public Interest · June 2018 While governments have traditionally used municipal bonds to finance the construction of correctional …
Garcia v. County of Santa Clara, CA, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2018 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and General Release ("Agreement") is made by and between Ruben Garcia ("Plaintiff') and the County of Santa Clara ("County") in recognition of the following facts: A. On September 9, 2016, Plaintiff …
Asay v. Daggett County, UT, Complaint, Guard Torture, 2018 Case 2:18-cv-00422-DAK-CMR Document 2 Filed 05/30/18 Page 1 of 25 John Mejia (Bar No. 13965) Leah Farrell (Bar No. 13696) AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF UTAH FOUNDATION, INC. 355 N. 300 W. Salt Lake City, Utah 84103 Telephone: 801.521.9862 Facsimile: 801.532.2850 …
Llamas v. DuPage County, IL, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2018 t' ; .I UNITEDSTATESDISTRICTCOURT FORTHENORTHERNDISTRICTOFILLINOIS EASTERNDMSION CHRYSTILLLAMAS, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, vs. DUPAGECOUNfY,DUPAGECOUNTY SHERIFF JOHNE.ZARUBA, Sgt.C.VANHOOSE,Dep.B.BEEBE Dep. BEBBER, and Sgt. T. REPA, Defendants. Case Number 16 CV 9501 Hon. Andrea R. Wood …
Article • May 9, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Ohio: $75,000 Settlement Reached after 60-Year-Old Woman Body Slammed by Jail Guard by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A federal lawsuit filed by an elderly woman who suffered injuries after being slammed to the floor by a jail guard has ended in a settlement, and the guard disciplined. Marsha Pate-Strickland …
$437,500 Settlement for Brutal Beating at Missouri Jail by A pretrial detainee who was brutally beaten without cause by guards at Missouri’s Jackson County Detention Center (JCDC) accepted $437,500 to settle his civil rights suit. James J. Ramirez was being held in the medical wing at JCDC after his arrest …
$330,000 for Florida Prison Guards Abused at Training Academy by The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) agreed to pay $330,000 to settle claims brought by a trio of former guards who alleged they were fired after complaining of being physically abused at the department’s training academy at the Wakulla Correctional …
Brief • May 4, 2018
Davis v. Abdeljaber, IL, Amended Complaint, Excessive Force, 2018 Case: 1:16-cv-10764 Document#: 10 Filed: 05/04/18 Page 1 of 7 PagelD #:61 IN THE UNITED ST ATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION CHRISTOPHERDAVIS, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. RAME I. …
A Puerto Rican Federal Prisoner’s Horrifying Account of What the Prison did After Hurricane Maria by Milton Pinilla describes a horrific week of violence, humiliation and fear. by Nick Chrastil,  ThinkProgress Like much of Puerto Rico, the island’s only federal detention center ­– the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Guaynabo – …
Article • April 20, 2018
7th Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Illinois Prisoner's Civil Rights Lawsuit by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke On February 7, 2018, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of an Illinois prisoner's civil rights lawsuit. Guards at the Menard Correctional Center were preparing prisoners to be walked to the …
Tortured and Wrongly Held at Guantánamo for 14 Years, Abdul Zahir Now Has Freedom, but No Justice by Adam Hudson by Adam Hudson, Truthout | Report Before Barack Obama left office, he released 10 detainees from Guantánamo to Oman. Among them was Abdul Zahir, a 45-year-old man from Afghanistan. Zahir was detained at Guantánamo for 14 …
Florida KKK Guards Convicted in Plot to Kill Former Prisoner by Three former Florida prison guards, who were members of a Ku Klux Klan chapter, were convicted of conspiring to kill a former prisoner. The plot was reportedly hatched in retaliation for a scuffle that occurred at the Reception and …
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Colorado Federal Jury Awards $50,000 to Prisoner Assaulted by Deputy in Court by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 12, 2017, a Colorado federal jury awarded $50,000 to a former jail prisoner who was assaulted by a deputy while speaking with a judge in a Denver courtroom. According to …
Brief • April 2, 2018
Robertson v. Milam County, Tx, Complaint, jail assault leaves prisoner injured, 2018 Case 6:18-cv-00096 Document 1 Filed 04/02/18 Page 1 of 9 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS WACO DIVISION JOHN L. ROBERTSON, Plaintiff, vs. MILAM COUNTY, TEXAS; DAVID GREENE; WILLIAM W. TORREY; CHRIS …
Myers v. Mize, OH, Settlement, Head Injury by Guard, 2018 COM'RS MIN 150 MAY 0 9 2018 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND WAIVER AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS IMAGE 1 1252k This Settlement Agreement and Waiver and Release of All Claims ("Agreement') is made this 2iS day of ri1e.te41 , 2018, by …
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