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Federal Court Approves $3 Million Settlement for Death of Virginia Jail Prisoner Jamycheal Mitchell by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer In a case that involved circumstances she called “heartbreaking and shocking,” U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Beach Smith approved a $3 million settlement in a wrongful death suit filed by …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
$115,000 Settlement after Nebraska Prison Nurses Ignore Prisoner Suffering Heart Attack by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon In mid-August 2015, diabetic Nebraska prisoner Aron Lee Boyd­-Nicholson was washing clothes in his cell when he began experiencing classic heart attack symptoms – including chest pain, dizziness and weakness – before he …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Jailed North Carolina Teenager Commits Suicide; $650,000 Wrongful Death Settlement by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon After a troubled and tormented life, capped by a year of being assaulted and bullied in a Durham, North Carolina adult jail, 17-year-old Uniece Fennell hanged herself in her cell.  Uniece was raised in …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Denver, Colorado Pays $30,000 Settlement Over a $50 Bond Fee by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  Denver, Colorado resident Mickey Howard, often homeless and unemployed, was arrested on June 9, 2018 and charged with public intoxication and domestic violence. He had $64 when he was booked into jail. The next …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
$1.6 Million Awarded to California Family After Man Dies in County Jail by Chad Marks by Chad Marks On February 15, 2019, a federal jury ruled that Mark Pajas, Sr. should not have died at a jail in Monterey County, California, prompting an award of $1.6 million to his family …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Corizon Settles Lawsuit Over Colorado Jail Prisoner’s Death for $3.7 Million; County Pays Another $200,000 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A lawsuit over the 2015 death of Adams County, Colorado jail detainee Tyler Tabor was secretly settled for $3.9 million in August 2018. The settlement only became public after …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Filed under: Dental Care, Settlements
Cook County to Pay Over $5 Million for Depriving Prisoners of Dental Care by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In May 2018, commissioners in Cook County, Illinois agreed to establish a $5,263,000 fund to settle four lawsuits, including one certified as a class-action, alleging a complete denial of dental treatment …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Illinois: Settlement in Suit Against Private Prison Medical Contractor is a Disclosable Public Record by The Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) contracts with a private company, Wexford Health Sources, Inc., to provide medical and mental health care in state prisons. In 2012, prisoner Alfonso Franco died from cancer; three years …
Michigan Hit with Multiple Lawsuits Related to Women’s Prison by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The State of Michigan and the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) have been named defendants in three separate lawsuits concerning the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility (WHV). In August 2018, the state agreed to pay …
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Filed under: Strip Searches, Settlements
New Jersey County Pays $1,975,000 to Settle Suit Over Unlawful Strip Searches by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Ocean County, New Jersey has agreed to pay $1.975 million to settle a class-action lawsuit, where the class was defined as “All persons who were admitted into the Ocean County Correctional Facility …
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
$750,000 Settlement After Mentally Ill Prisoner Dies at Virginia Jail by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  Natasha McKenna, a diagnosed schizophrenic, died at age 37 at a jail in Fairfax County, Virginia, where she was being held awaiting transfer to Alexandria on charges of assaulting a peace officer. Alexandria officials …
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Gladiator-Style Fight Club at San Francisco Jail Results in $60,000 Settlement by Chad Marks, Edward Lyon by Chad Marks and Ed Lyon For a second time, the City of San Francisco has agreed to settle a prisoner’s lawsuit stemming from a fight club orchestrated by jail deputies and induced by …
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Georgia Prisoner Left in Vegetative State; Lawsuit Settles for $1,500,000 by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon In March 2014, Mollianne Fischer’s term of probation for misusing a credit card was revoked and she began serving a two-year sentence at Arrendale State Prison. She appeared to be in good health at …
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Prisoner Enters Federal System Able to See, Leaves Nearly Blind; $2.6 Million Settlement by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  Vannara Nhar, 22, was sentenced to a term in federal prison for selling firearms to an undercover cop. He entered the Bureau of Prisons in October 2011 with near-perfect vision and …
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
California: Placer County to Pay up to $1.44 Million to Settle Class Action Suit for Jail Beatings by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In March 2019, Placer County, California agreed to create a fund of $1,449,700 to settle potential claims arising from a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of prisoners …
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Ohio County Pays $115,000 to Settle Second Suit Over Restraint Chair Pepper-Spraying by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 8, 2019, Montgomery County, Ohio agreed to pay $115,000 to resolve a federal civil rights lawsuit brought by a former jail prisoner who was pepper-sprayed while “largely strapped into” a …
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Los Angeles County to Pay Almost $4 Million for Sexual Abuse by Jail Deputy by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In November 2018, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors agreed to pay $3.9 million to settle claims against the county, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LACSD), Sheriff James …
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Filed under: Settlements, Mental Health
Settlement Provides for Improved Competency Procedures for Jailed Mentally Ill in Washington State by A Washington State federal district court has approved a settlement in the Trueblood case, a class-action lawsuit filed in 2014 to reform Washington’s forensic mental health system. [See: PLN, Aug. 2017, p.22]. The complaint alleged that “individuals …
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
$625,000 Settlement for Virginia Jail Prisoner’s Death from Untreated Ulcer by A $625,000 settlement was reached in the death of a pretrial detainee due to an untreated, ruptured ulcer at Virginia’s Hampton Roads Regional Jail (HRRJ). The August 6, 2016 death of Henry Clay Stewart, Jr., 60, came almost a …
Prisoner’s Death from Methadone Over-Prescription Results in Summary Judgment, Settlement by David Reutter by David Reutter In a November 30, 2018 decision, the Seventh Circuit upheld a summary judgment order in favor of county defendants in a lawsuit alleging they were deliberately indifferent to the medical needs of a pretrial …
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