Tennessee CCA Warden Denied Summary Judgment for Excessive Force by A Tennessee federal court denied a private prison warden summary judgment on an excessive force claim for assaulting a handcuffed prisoner. James Ingram was a prisoner at the Hardeman County Correctional Facility (HCCF) in Tennessee, which is operated by Corrections …
Tennessee CCA Warden Fails to Prove Non-Exhaustion in Prisoner’s Excessive Force and Retaliation Suit by A Tennessee federal court denied prison officials summary judgment for non-exhaustion under the Prison Litigation Reform Act, finding that they failed to satisfy their burden of proving non-exhaustion. James Ingram was a prisoner at the …
Tennessee Court Grants Prisoner’s Investigative Record Request by The Chancery Court of Shelby County, Tennessee, for the Thirtieth Judicial District at Memphis, has granted a Tennessee prisoner, George Campbell, his request for the complete investigative record of his case covering the death of Kevin M. McConico from the Sheriff of …
Villegas v Davidson Co Sheriff, TN, Amicus Brief, Shackling Pregnant Inmates, 2012 Case: 11-6031 Document: 006111300751 Filed: 05/09/2012 Page: 1 CASE NO. 11-6031 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT JUANA VILLEGAS, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF DAVIDSON COUNTY/NASHVILLE – DAVIDSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, Defendant/Appellant, On …
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 …
Jury Awards $13,000 in Tennessee CCA False Imprisonment Suit by A Tennessee federal court awarded $13,000 to Samuel Key for civil rights violations resulting from his false imprisonment. The case began in 1987, when Key was convicted and sentenced to prison in Georgia. During that time, a phony escape charge …
Braswell v. CCA, TN, Plf Opp to Def Mot for PO, confidential financial documents, 2012 IN THE FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE MARY BRASWELL, as conservator of FRANK D.HORTON, individually, ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF ) AMERICA, INC., ) …
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 …
