Rehder v. Huggins, TN, Settlement, Excessive Force - Pepper Spray, 2012 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEAS~. PLEASE READ CAREF'(JJ.,LY. TIDS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT At"JD GENERAL RELEASE INCLUDES A RELEASE OF ALL KNOWN AND UNKNOWN CLAIMS. WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, Christopher Rehder alleges that, while an inmate in the _. · _. · · …
Tennessee Court Again Orders CCA to Produce Records in PLN Public Records Case by On December 1, 2011, Chancellor Claudia C. Bonnyman of the Chancery Court of Davidson County, Tennessee issued a bench ruling directing Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest private prison firm, to produce records in …
Tennessee: Felony Friendly Job Fairs an Unexpected Hit by When Tennessee state Representative Brenda Gilmore and other event organizers planned a Felony Friendly Job Fair in North Nashville on April 23, 2011, they expected a turnout of about 100 former prisoners looking for work. They grossly underestimated the interest among …
Tennessee: Incident Rates at CCA Facilities Higher Than at Public Prisons by According to an analysis of incidents involving assaults and disturbances at government-run and privately-managed prisons in Tennessee from January 2009 to June 2011, incident rates were consistently higher at the state’s three private prisons. Those were the findings …
Recording of Nashville, Tennessee Jail Prisoners’ Attorney Calls Criticized by In February 2011 it was revealed that the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office in Nashville, Tennessee had recorded approximately 300 phone calls between jail prisoners and their lawyers, then gave the recordings to federal prosecutors. The calls were recorded despite the …
Clemons v CCA TN Complaint Miscarriage in custody 2011 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE SOUTHERN DIVISION COUNTESS CLEMONS, Plaintiff, v. Case No.______________ JURY DEMANDED CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, INC.; HAMILTON COUNTY, TENNESEE; PAUL JENNINGS; DANIEL GARCIA; JUANITA MONTGOMERY; TERESA SMITH; and BRENDA BADGER. …
Luhowiak v CCA TN Complaint Miscarriage in custody 2011 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE SOUTHERN DIVISION G. MICHAEL LUHOWIAK, Administrator Ad Litem of the Estate of Roland Lebron Clemons, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. Case No.______________ JURY DEMANDED CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, INC.; HAMILTON COUNTY, …
Countess Clemons v. Corrections Corporation of America, Complaint 2011 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE SOUTHERN DIVISION COUNTESS CLEMONS, Plaintiff, v. Case No.______________ JURY DEMANDED CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, INC.; HAMILTON COUNTY, TENNESEE; PAUL JENNINGS; DANIEL GARCIA; JUANITA MONTGOMERY; TERESA SMITH; and (FIRST NAME …
Ohio Prisoner Escape and Hostage-Taking Results in Lawsuit Against CCA, Settlement by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) has agreed to a confidential settlement in a negligence suit following an escape from one of the company’s private prisons. On April 2, 2007, prisoner Billy Jack Fitzmorris, held at the CCA-run Northeast …
Summary Judgment for CCA Reversed in Filthy Jail Conditions Case by David Reutter On April 15, 2011, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s grant of summary judgment to Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) in a civil rights action alleging Eighth Amendment violations after CCA staff left …
Forcible Removal of Drugs from Rectum Does Not Violate Fourth Amendment by Brandon Sample By Brandon Sample U.S. Magistrate Judge H. Bruce Guyton recommended the denial of a motion to suppress evidence recovered from a defendant’s rectum during a forced body cavity search. Felix Booker was taken to the emergency …
Entire Tennessee Prison System Found Unconstitutional by Brandon Sample By Brandon Sample On August 23, 1978, the Chancery Court of Davidson County, Tennessee declared the entire Tennessee prison system to be unconstitutional. Under the Tennessee constitution, prisoners are entitled to “humane treatment” and to confinement in “safe and comfortable” prisons. …
Judicial Conference Committee Disciplines Federal Judge for Membership in Discriminatory Country Club by Alex Friedmann In May 2011, PLN reported that the Sixth Circuit Judicial Council, on a vote of 10 to 8, had dismissed a misconduct complaint filed against a federal judge in Tennessee who was accused of being …
Tennessee Prison System Ruled Unfit for Human Habitation by The U.S. District Court of Tennessee determined the living conditions of Tennessee’s prisons were unfit for human habitation. Officials have known since 1937 what was necessary to correct prison housing problems, but failed to do so. The overcrowding exacerbated all other …
Corizon TDOC Contract Solicitation, 2011 November 9, 2011 William M. Anderson, Director of Contracts Administration Department of Correction 3rd Floor, Rachel Jackson Building 320 Sixth Avenue North Nashville, TN 37243‐0465 Re: RFP # 32901‐31140 Dear Mr. Anderson: Corizon, Inc. (Corizon) is pleased to submit this proposal in response to the …
Tennessee Jail Detainee Shackled During Childbirth Awarded $200,000 by Juana Villegas won a $200,000 jury award in a § 1983 action against the Metro-Davidson County Sheriff’s Office in Nashville, Tennessee for being shackling while she was in the final stages of labor during her pregnancy and past-partum recovery. Villegas had …
CCCF Inmates v. CCR, CO, Plaintiff Apellate Brief, Deposition Costs, 2011 Plaintiff-Petitioners, by and through their attorneys, William A. Trine of Trine & Metcalf, P.C., and Cheryl Trine of Cheryl Trine Law Firm LLC hereby petition this Court pursuant to C.A.R. 2.1, and in support states: I. STANDARD OF REVIEW. …
Tennessee GPS Monitoring of Sex Offenders Upheld by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that Tennessee’s Sex Offender Registration and Monitoring acts do not violate the ex post facto prohibition of the U.S. Constitution. In doing so, the appellate court determined that tracking via a global positioning system …
