Liddy v. MTC Medical, OH, Opp. to Mtn. for Protective Order, Disclosure of Confidential Med. Records, 2013 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION SHIRLEY J. LIDDY, et al., Plaintiffs, -vs.MTC MEDICAL, LLC, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Liberty for Sale: Should Ohio Prisoners be Commodities in a For-Profit Venture? by German Lopez by German Lopez, Cincinnati CityBeat In 1997, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) opened a private prison in Youngstown, Ohio. The Northeast Ohio Correctional Center was to hold out-of-state prisoners with the promise of profits and …
Piskura v Taser International OH SJ Order Taser Chest Contact Death 2012 Case: 1:10-cv-00248-HJW-KLL Doc #: 148 Filed: 10/29/12 Page: 1 of 40 PAGEID #: 4930 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO WESTERN DIVISION MARY PISKURA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. TASER INTERNATIONAL, et al., Defendants. Case No. 1:10-cv-248 …
S.H. v. Reed, OH, Expert Report, Juvenile Class Action, 2012 Case: 2:04-cv-01206-ALM-TPK Doc #: 328-3 Filed: 10/29/12 Page: 1 of 44 PAGEID #: 9265 Stuart Grassian, M.D. 401 Beacon Street Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 (617) 244-3315; fax (617) 244-2792 stgrassian@gmail.com Declaration: Psychiatric Report in S.H. v. Reed I, Stuart Grassian, …
$657,670 Settlement in Ohio Juvenile Facility Class-action Suit by Less than a year after the filing of a federal civil rights class-action, a settlement was reached in the lawsuit, which challenged conditions of confinement at the Washington County Juvenile Center (WCJC) in Marietta, Ohio. In October 2011, the parties to …
Prisoners and Families Connect with Video Visitation, for a Price by Since 2006, family members and friends of Virginia prisoners have been able to use modern videoconferencing equipment to enjoy visits with loved ones held in state prisons hundreds of miles away. The Video Visitation Program, operated by two Richmond-based …
“Fusion Centers” Gather Intelligence on U.S. Citizens by Derek Gilna Homeland Security-financed agencies called “fusion centers,” ostensibly formed to collect information to prevent 9/11-type terrorist attacks, have expanded their scope of operations to include ordinary street-level crime. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) recently expressed concerns about a fusion center …
Sand v. Lorain County et al., OH, Complaint - Guard Beating Inmate, Witholding Medical Treatment (2013) IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO JORDAN SAND 113 4th Street Elyria, OH 44035 Plaintiff, v. LORAIN COUNTY c/o Lorain County Board of Commissioners 226 Middle Avenue, Fourth Floor Elyria, OH …
Ohio Prison Guards Denied Qualified Immunity for Leaving Prisoner Handcuffed for 12 Hours by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s grant of qualified immunity to prison officials in a federal civil rights action alleging violations of a prisoner’s rights under the Eighth Amendment. Ohio state prisoner …
Ohio Motorist Shot in Face by Police Receives $450,000 Settlement by In August 2011, the Village of Middleport, Ohio agreed to settle a civil rights case filed by a West Virginia resident, James Gray IV, who claimed that he was shot in the face by a Middleport Police Department police …
Jackson v. Lebanon Corr. Inst., OH, Complaint, Inmate Struck by State Vehicle, 2012 IN THE COURT OF CLAIMS OF OHIO CHRISTOPHER T. JACKSON PLAINTIFF VS LEBANON CORRECTIONAL INST. THE STATE OF OHIO W. ESTEP DR. JAMES McWEENEY CLARENCE WALDER CAPTAIN QUINN MICHAEL DEMARTINO DEFENDANTS ~ N <c::::: ;e :x --.. …
Ohio Wrongful Conviction Results in $2.59 Million Settlement by On April 25, 2011, Raymond D. Towler, 53, received a settlement of $2,592,571 after serving almost 29 years for a rape he didn’t commit. The award included a $600,000 annuity to provide ongoing monthly payments plus a $1.91 million lump sum …
Reports on Privatizing Ohio Prisons Indicate Savings are Illusory by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Was Ohio’s attempt to sell off and privatize five of its state prisons in 2011 a race to the bottom? That’s the question raised and analyzed in a report titled Cells for Sale: Understanding …
Ohio Prison Industry Cuts Over 35% of Workforce by The workforce for Ohio Penal Industries (OPI) has been reduced by more than 35% since 2007. With budget cuts due to the economic downturn forcing state agencies – OPI’s largest customers – to reduce spending, revenue at OPI has spiraled downward. …
Juvenile Facility Guard’s Bigamous Marriage Complicates Death Benefits by Following the death of a guard at a Cleveland, Ohio juvenile detention center, the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits program (PSOB), which provides payments to the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty, made an award of $157,873 …
$1,000 for Ohio Public Record Destruction; Party Must Intend to Obtain Record to Collect by The Ohio Supreme Court held that a party may not prevail on a suit for destruction of public records unless they actually intend to obtain the records in question. In July, 2007, Timothy Rhodes made …
Former Ohio Sheriff Sentenced to One Year of House Arrest for Theft and Ethics Violations by Derek Gilna By Derek Gilna Gerald T. McFaul was Sheriff of Cuyahoga County, Ohio for decades, but the 76-year old Democrat was contrite as he apologized to the people of Cuyahoga County for theft …
Sixth Circuit Holds Lethal Injection Protocol Challenge Time Barred by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court's holding that a condemned Ohio prisoner's lethal injection procedure challenge was time-barred. In 1986, Richard Cooey, II was convicted of aggravated murder and sentenced to death in Ohio. His appeal …
Ohio Facility is Recycling Trash, Saving Money Thanks to Prisoners’ Slave Labor by Joe Watson Recycling was a foreign concept to Randy Cantebury, a training officer at the medium-security Marion Correctional Institute (MCI) in Marion, Ohio. In early 2011, MCI prisoners told Cantebury, who runs the facility’s gardening and aquatic …
