Georgia Court Clerk Liable for Failure to Inform Prison Officials of Sentence Reduction by The Georgia Supreme Court has held that a court clerk is not entitled to official immunity in a lawsuit claiming negligent performance of a ministerial duty. At the heart of the case was the clerk’s failure …
“Voluntary” Work Program in Private Detention Centers Pays Detained Immigrants $1 a Day by Yana Kunichoff In the Stewart Detention Center in rural Lumpkin, Georgia, Pedro Guzman cleaned the communal areas, cooked, painted walls, ran paperwork and buffed floors. But Guzman was not brought into Stewart as an employee – …
Prisoner Lacked Standing to Challenge Georgia’s Failure to Send Absentee Ballot to Jail by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held on February 2, 2012 that a former Georgia jail prisoner lacked standing to complain that state and local officials had failed to mail his absentee ballot to the jail, …
Single Incident of Deliberate Indifference Insufficient to Establish Policy or Custom by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a district court’s grant of summary judgment on the grounds that the plaintiff’s evidence, which indicated a single case of a constitutional violation, did not prove a private medical provider …
CCA Contract with Gainesville, GA, 2012 MODIFICATION AND ASSIGNMENT OF LEASE This Modification and Assignment of Lease (also herein the "Agreement") is entered into by and between Hall County, Georgia ("Assignor"), the City of Gainesville, Georgia ("Assignee"), and Corrections Corporation of America ("CCA" or "Tenant"), (the foregoing, collectively, the "Parties"). …
Work Crews Salvage Georgia Prison Contract by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Augusta City Commission voted in July 2011 to extend a contract with the Georgia Department of Corrections to house state prisoners at the city-owned Richmond County Correctional Institution (RCCI), despite the city facing a $9 million …
Georgia Court Rules Prisoners Held in County Facilities Barred from Suing State for Negligence by The Court of Appeals of Georgia held on October 21, 2011 that a county housing state prisoners under a contract with the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDOC) is an independent contractor; therefore, the state is …
HRDC, Other Organizations Send Joint Letter to Tennessee DOC Commissioner by Alex Friedmann On March 8, 2012, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC – the parent organization of Prison Legal News), in conjunction with three other organizations, sent a letter to Derrick Schofield, Commissioner of the Tennessee Dept. of Corrections …
Allen v. Grovetown, GA, Notice, Jail Suicide, 2012 GLORIA J. ALLEN, ET AL. vs. CITY OF GROVETOWN, ET AL. Jeffrey Eiser on 04/14/2012 Page 1 ·1· · · · · · · UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ·2· · · · · · ·SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ·3· · · · …
Georgia Jail Guards Charged in Prisoner Abuse Incident by Three guards at Georgia’s Dekalb County Jail (DCJ) were arrested and charged in connection with a May 15, 2011 altercation involving a pretrial detainee. The prisoner, whose name was not released, had been booked into the DCJ on a disorderly conduct …
Permanent Injury from Excessive Force by Georgia Jail Guards Worth $892,138 by A Georgia man was paid $892,138 to settle a suit for injuries suffered when jail guards subjected him to excessive force. The plaintiff, Mr. Viar, was arrested for public drunkenness. “Officers banged his head against the bars of …
Bloedorn v. Brooks, GA, Appeal Brief, University Speech Policy, 2012 Case 6:09-cv-00055-BAE-GRS Document 89 Filed 02/02/12 Page 1 of 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA BENJAMIN BLOEDORN, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, vs. DR. BROOKS A. KEEL, et. al., Defendants. …
Miller v. Deal, GA, Order on Class Certification, Child Support Cases, 2011 Judge Jerty W. Baxter SUPERIOR COURT OF FULTON COUNTY 185 emtralAventle, SW Stlite T4855 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Fax: (404) 224-1347 Phone: (404) 612-3740 Fax / Email COVER SHEET FAX / EMAlL ADDRESS: DATE SENT: I ~o_~~ ~ _~----le,---,-("d--l-""_~+---'Lf---~~""--=--_S_c..._IA._'_._o~~_'___ …
Eleventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of BOP Failure to Protect Suit by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed the dismissal of a failure to protect suit filed by a federal prisoner who claimed that he was attacked by a guard for participating in a prison investigation. “John …
Louisiana Sex Offender Agrees to Surgical Castration by David Reutter What should be done with sex offenders who are not prison guards, cops or priests is an emotionally-charged issue. Most states have adopted some form of civil commitment, but others have adopted the more drastic option of chemical and surgical …
No Constitutional Claim for Jail Guard Breaking Prisoner’s Hip and Wrist by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a constitutional violation did not occur when a guard told a prisoner to shut up and then shoved him with an open hand. Despite the serious injuries the prisoner sustained, …
Georgia Deputy Fired for Refusing Threesome with Sheriff by An employee at Georgia’s Clayton County Sheriff’s Office said she was fired because she refused to have a sexual threesome with the sheriff and a female deputy. The story began developing in April 2011 after the indictment of Clayton County Deputy …
Prisoners Used to Clean Foreclosed Houses in Georgia by According to several October 2010 news reports, foreclosed homes in Covington and Newton County, Georgia were being cleaned by prisoners. It was not mentioned whether the prisoners came from local jails or state prisons, but the reports referenced the use of …
Widow of Slain Fulton County Judge Settles Lawsuit for $5.2 Million by David Reutter By David M. Reutter Georgia’s Fulton County has agreed to pay the widow of slain judge Rowland Barnes $5.2 million. Barnes was killed by Brian Nichols, who went on a killing rampage in March 2005 at …
Fulton County’s Blanket Strip Search Policy Unconstitutional by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held unconstitutional a blanket strip search policy of arrestees as part of their point-of-booking into jail, of detainees who posted bond or were ordered released at the jail before booking was started or completed, and …
