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Violent Oregon Prisoner Murders Cellmate; County Points Fingers; Family Sues by By all accounts, 22-year-old Thomas Allen Tommy Gordon is an extremely dangerous man. In 2001 he fatally shot his friend, Dylan Beck, in the back of the head while they were driving in Vancouver, Washington. While awaiting trial Gordon …
Virginia Jail Disgraceful by Gary Hunter Richmond City Jail is in such bad shape newly elected Sheriff C.T. Woody called it a ...disaster. I knew it was bad, but I had no idea it was that bad, he said. On January 4, 2006 a report was issued detailing the deficiencies …
Floridas Civil Commitment Center Under Funded and Out-of-Control by David Reutter Floridas Civil Commitment Center Under Funded and Out-of-Control by David M. Reutter When first created in 1999, Florida's Civil Commitment Center (FCCC) was hyped as a place to house sexually violent predators for protection of the public while providing …
Problems Continue In Maryland Prisons and Jails by Michael Rigby A battle is raging in Maryland over how best to improve prison safety. Some advocate hiring more guards and medical personnel. Others want to expand prisoner rehabilitation services. Neither side seems to be considering the possibility that both are needed. …
Georgia Prisons: A Blight On The Peach State by Michael Rigby During the Civil War, General William Tecumseh Shermans devastating march through the South was a blight on Georgia and all who lived there. Today, the safety of many Georgians particularly the 50,000 confined in the states 37 prisons is …
Brief • April 15, 2006
Tillman v. Florida Department of Corrections, FL, Request for Discovery, Wrongful Death, Failure to Protect, 2006 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION SHELLEY TILLMAN , Plaintiff, Case No. 4:09-cv-423-RH/WCS v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et aI., Defendants. NOTICE OF SERVING PLAINTIFF'S FIRST …
Los Angeles County Pays $900,000 to Parents of Murdered Informant in Jail by The County of Los Angeles (L.A.) agreed to pay $700,000 to the mother, and $200,000 to the father, of a 20 year old county jail prisoner murdered in his cell by a free-roaming prisoner against whom he …
Incompetence, Brutality and Scandal Infest Tennessee Prisons and Jails by by Michael Rigby Tennessee isn't known for its huge prison system, like Texas or California. Nor is the state's capital city, Nashville, recognized for massively overcrowded jails such as the ones in Los Angeles or New York City. But one …
New York Employees Families Settle Attica Riot Claims for $12 Million by The State of New York has reached a $12 million settlement with the Forgotten Victims of Attica, a group of surviving state employees and relatives of 11 guards killed during the 1971 uprising at the Attica Correctional Facility. …
Fatal Justice: The New Maryland by Michael Rigby It's a state already steeped in heritage--birthplace of The Star Spangled Banner, home to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, and site of the bloody Civil War battle at Antietam. But now Maryland is raising a new legacy: a system of dangerous …
Another CCA Prison in Oklahoma, Another Riot by by Matthew T. Clarke On March 22, 2005, a riot at a private prison run by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) near Cushing, Oklahoma resulted in the death of one prisoner and injuries to fifteen others, one of them critically. No guards …
Arizona Boot Camp Director Convicted In Teen’s Death by On January 3, 2005, the founder of a tough-love boot camp in Arizona was convicted of reckless manslaughter in the 2001 death of a 14-year-old camper who collapsed under the relentless desert sun. On May 24, 2005, Long was sentenced to …
Five Homicides In L.A. County Jail Blamed On Security Lapses; 25 Sheriff's Deputies May Be Disciplined by Five Homicides In L.A. County Jail Blamed On Security Lapses; 25 Sheriff's Deputies May Be Disciplined by Marvin Mentor After investigating five brutal prisoner-on-prisoner slayings in a six month period inside the Los …
Nevada Prisoner Killed in Rec Yard Riot by Nevada Prisoner Killed In Rec Yard Riot On July 13, 2004, racial tension at the High Desert State Prison in southern Nevada erupted into a deadly riot. The fighting, reportedly between Blacks and Hispanics on the rock-strewn recreation yard, left one prisoner …
A Death in Custody: Massachusetts DOC Wracked by Scandal by Peter Costanza On August 23, 2003, the 26 men in Unit J-1 at SBCC, a "supermax" prison in Shirley, Massachusetts, were finishing lunch. It was just before noon. There was one guard in the unit, a prison guard named David …
California Private Prison Uprisings Kill 2, Injure 66 by Marvin Mentor Interracial prison riots occurred on October 27 and December 3, 2003 in two southern California privately-contracted minimum security prisons. Because California private prison contractors have no weapons not even pepper spray the riots continued for up to 90 minutes …
No Qualified Immunity for Florida Jail Guards in Prisoner Murder by The U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in a case involving a Florida pre-trial detainee's death at the hands of a mentally ill co-prisoner, affirmed denial of qualified immunity to two guards at the North Broward Detention Center (NBDC) …
$450,000 Settlement in California Prison Murder Suit by The California Department of Corrections (CDC) agreed on October 15, 2003 to pay $450,000 to settle the civil rights complaint brought by the surviving family of a prisoner murdered by his cellmate. Jeffrey Ford, an effeminate homosexual serving prison time for petty …
$1.4 Million Awarded in Kansas Prisoner Death by In August, 2003 a State Jury in Leavenworth County, Kansas, awarded the son of a Kansas State prisoner who was killed after being stabbed by another prisoner on August 8, 2000, $1.4 million. Donald R. Grisham was stabbed on his 27th birthday …
BOP, FBI Investigations in Texas, Oregon, Arizona, and California Federal Prisons by Michael Rigby BOP, FBI Investigations in Texas, Oregon, Arizona, and California Federal Prisons by Michael Rigby Murder, riots, drug overdoses, and allegations of official corruption have prompted the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and the FBI to launch investigations …
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