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Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Filed under: Medical, ENT, Settlements
$525,000 Settlement for Loss of Federal Prisoner’s Eye by In August 2018, a former prisoner at USP Lewisburg accepted a $525,000 settlement to resolve a civil rights action alleging guards violated Bureau of Prisons (BOP) policy by using excessive force against him, resulting in the loss of an eye. James …
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Beating of Michigan Jail Prisoner Results in $36.6 Million Verdict,$12.9 Million Settlement by Chad Marks by Chad Marks In 2010, William Jennings was booked into Michigan’s Genesee County Jail on a DUI charge. According to surveillance video footage, within hours he was brutally beaten by sheriff’s deputies – slammed to …
Wisconsin Pays Largest Civil Rights Settlement in State’s History –$18.9 Million – for Juvenile Offender’s Suicide Attempt by Chad Marks, Derek Gilna by Chad Marks and Derek Gilna Sydni Briggs was 16 years old in July 2015 when she was remanded to a Wisconsin state youth prison for breaking into …
Article • May 2, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Vermont Prisoner Sexually Abused at Private Prison in Michigan Receives $750 by Steve Horn by Steve Horn Bernard Carter was incarcerated at the privately-operated North Lake Correctional Facility in Baldwin, Michigan when he alleged a prison nurse coerced him into sexually uncomfortable situations. In a federal lawsuit, Carter v. GEO …
Brief • April 22, 2019
Sutherland v. City of Manteca, CA, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2019
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Kentucky Prison Guards Settle Sexual Harassment Suit for $1.5 Million by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A $1.5 million settlement was reached in a lawsuit alleging a male sergeant at Kentucky’s Little Sandy Correctional Complex (LSCC) sexually harassed four female guards. The settlement ended an appeal that followed …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Colorado: $190,000 Settlement for Prisoners Ordered Released but Kept in Jail for Inability to Pay $55 Fee by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  El Paso County, Colorado has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by a woman who remained in jail for 27 days because she was unable to pay …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Settlement Reached over Visitation, Communication with Prisoners’ Children at Indiana Jail by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer A class-action lawsuit, filed in federal court in 2016 against Allen County, Indiana Sheriff David Gladieux by plaintiffs Ronald Ward and Samuel Chinnis, claimed that prisoners at the county jail “have been and …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
New York City Settles Kalief Browder Lawsuit for $3.3 Million by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  The untimely death of Kalief Browder at age 22 sparked a nationwide movement to enact bail reform and end the use of segregation for young detainees. Both President Obama and New York City Mayor …
$4.75 Million Settlement for Pennsylvania Teenager’s Withdrawal Death in Jail by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The death of a teenager is a sad event. But when it was entirely preventable, it becomes tragic. The death of Victoria Jeanette Herr, 18, just four days after being booked into …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Middlesex County, New Jersey Settles Solitary Confinement Suit by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell In September 2018, Middlesex County, New Jersey agreed to settle a civil rights lawsuit and give prisoners held in a secure housing unit more freedom.  “It’s no longer possible to lock someone in solitary confinement and …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Filed under: Strip Searches, Settlements
Michigan Prisoner Obtains $2,000 Settlement in Group Strip Search Suit by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer On February 10, 2017, Mario Cavin, incarcerated at the Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility, filed a handwritten civil rights complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan. He alleged that he …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Georgia Pays More Than $3 Million to Settle Prison Medical Negligence Suits by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss The state of Georgia paid over $3 million in 2018 to settle lawsuits involving two former doctors hired by Augusta University’s Georgia Correctional HealthCare (GCHC) to work in state prisons. …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Tennessee County Settles Jail Prisoner’s Excessive Use of Force Claim for $160,000 by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee has agreed to pay Timothy Warren $110,000 in damages for injuries he suffered at the county jail, plus an additional $50,000 in attorney’s …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Filed under: Sexual Assault, Settlements
New Jersey DOC Settles Sexual Abuse Suit, but More Cases are Pending by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The New Jersey Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to settle a federal complaint that alleged multiple civil rights violations at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women. That same facility, located in …
California Jail Settles Class-Action Lawsuit Over Conditions of Confinement by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A federal civil rights suit filed by the Prison Law Office against Santa Clara County, California after a mentally ill prisoner was beaten to death by guards at the county’s jail has settled for policy …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Ohio County Jail Settles PLN Censorship Suit for $45,000 by Steve Horn by Steve Horn In response to a censorship lawsuit filed in 2017 by Prison Legal News’parent organization, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), Greene County, Ohio agreed to settle the case for $45,000. Filed in the U.S. District …
Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
California Prison Psychologist Blows Whistle on LGBTQ Harassment, Settles Lawsuit for Retaliation by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A prison psychologist who filed a complaint under the California Whistleblower Protection Act alleging blatant abuse by state prison guards against LGBTQ prisoners has agreed to settle her lawsuit and resign. Dr. …
Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
$150,000 Settlement after Michigan DOC Discriminates Against HIV Positive Prisoner by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss John Dorn sued the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) for subjecting him to harsher disciplinary penalties than other prisoners simply because he was HIV positive.  Represented by attorneys Chris E. Davis and Mark A. …
Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
No Summary Judgment for Jail’s Denial of Mental Health Treatment; $150,000 Settlement by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On June 8, 2018, an Oregon fed-eral district court denied a summary judgment motion filed by jail officials, concluding that a reasonable jury could find a psychotic detainee’s 16-day confinement without treatment …
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