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Article • October 24, 2016
9th Circuit Dismisses Most of Prisoner Wrongful Death Suit by Lonnie Burton The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has upheld the dismissal of the majority of a lawsuit brought by the estate of a prisoner who was beaten to death by his cellmate. In 1997, prisoner Daniel …
$40,000 for Federal Prisoner in Slip and Fall Case by Lonnie Burton On May 22, 2000, the U.S. Attorney General's Office reached a settlement agreement with a federal prisoner who had injured himself when he slipped and fell in his cell shower at the Federal Detention Center (FDC) near Seattle. …
Ekman v. AZ, AZ, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2016 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, GENERAL RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS, AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT TIDS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, GENERAL RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS, AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT ("this Agreement") is intended by the parties as a release of all claims, known and unknown, past and present, and …
Florida Jail Policy Changes, but Housing Naked Suicidal Detainees Together Continues by The rape of a pretrial detainee and a subsequent lawsuit forced Florida’s Duval County Jail (DCJ) to change its policies in housing. Advocates, however, argue the new policy is still “incredibly ill-advised.” Mark Baker, 35, was arrested for …
Tennessee Prison’s Body Scanner Mothballed Due to Violations by After a spat of bad publicity from contraband cellphones becoming prolific inside its prisons, the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) spent $118,750 on a body scanner to use at its Riverbend prison. However, the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) …
Article • October 14, 2016
Prison-Area Cell Phone Companies Not Liable for Attempted Hit on Guard by Matthew Clarke In a March 25, 2015, opinion, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that cell phone service providers and owners of cell towers in the area around a South Carolina prison were not liable for the …
CCA Prison Not Reporting Valley Fever Cases among Hawaii Prisoners by Coccidioidomycosis is the medical term for valley fever, an airborne fungal disease that led to more than 5,600 reported infections in Arizona in 2014; the disease is also prevalent in some areas of California. PLN has previously reported on …
Federal Court Finally Ends Oversight at Fulton County Jail by David Reutter Three years ago, the Southern Center for Human Rights (SCHR) moved to dismiss its federal contempt of court proceeding that cited staff shortages, broken locks and an overcrowding problem that resulted in prisoners sleeping on the floor at …
Exonerated Prisoner Appointed to Connecticut’s Parole Board by Christopher Zoukis In an unusual turn of events, a former prisoner was appointed to Connecticut’s Parole Board. While ex-prisoners are typically not considered as parole board members, state officials decided that Kenneth F. Ireland was a qualified candidate. In 1989, when he …
Los Angeles County Settles Jail Suicide Suit for $1.6 Million by Almost two years after a prisoner committed suicide at the Los Angeles County Jail, the county settled a lawsuit brought by his parents for $1.6 million. [See: PLN, March 2016, p.1]. Austin Losorelli hung himself at the jail despite …
Drastic Sentence Reduction for Mentally Ill Former Tamms Prisoner by Matthew Clarke When Anthony Gay, then-19 years old, was sentenced by an Illinois court for a 1993 probation violation and strong arm robbery that netted a hat and a dollar bill, he was sent to prison for 7 years. But …
Ellis v. Pfister, IL, Complaint and Jury Demand - Prison Death at Pontiac Correctional Center, 2016 Case: 1:16-cv-09449 Document #: 1 Filed: 10/03/16 Page 1 of 17 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION PHYLLIS ELLIS, as Administrator of the Estate …
Article • September 30, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016
Wisconsin Prison Enters into Consent Decree to Correct Tainted Water by Derek Gilna In 2014, Wisconsin’s Fox Lake Correctional Institution (Fox Lake) executed a consent decree with the state Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) in response to complaints about high levels of copper and lead in the prison’s water supply. …
Massachusetts’ Anti-shackling Law Limits Restraints on Pregnant Prisoners but Problems Persist by Joe Watson by Joe Watson and Matt Clarke Being pregnant is stressful – just ask any woman who has been pregnant. Incarceration adds to that stress and removes support systems, so prisoners face problems during their pregnancy, birthing …
List of Deaths in ICE Custody, ICE, 2016 List of Deaths in ICE Custody Date 10/1/2003 to 9/27/2016 ALIEN NAME SEX DATE OF BIRTH COUNTRY OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH LOCATION OF DEATH LOCATION OF LAST DETENTION IHSC STAFFED FACILITY TYPE (DETAILED) FINAL CAUSE OF DEATH 1 TINO‐Lopez, Moises M …
“Deadly Heat” in U.S. Prisons is Killing Inmates and Spawning Lawsuits by By Alice Speri, The Intercept In the summer months, 84 inmates at the Price Daniel Unit, a medium-security prison four hours west of Dallas, share a 10-gallon cooler of water that’s kept locked in a common area. An …
Loberg v. Los Angeles, CA, Complaint, Jail Suicide, 2016. Case 2:16-cv-06190-RAO Document 1 Filed 08/17/16 Page 1 of 37 Page ID #:1 1 RONALD O. KAYE, SBN 145051 2 Email: rok@kmbllaw.com LINDSAY BATTLES, SBN 262862 3 Email: lbattles@kmbllaw.com 4 KAYE, McLANE, BEDNARSKI & LITT, LLP 234 East Colorado Boulevard, Suite …
D.C. Prisoner’s Stabbing Suit Nets $3,000 Settlement by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $3,000 to settle the negligence lawsuit of prisoner Cardell Richard Torney, Jr., for failure to protect his assault and stabbing. While being held at the D.C. Jail on December 27, 1998, Torney was stabbed by another …
$12,500 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Negligent Maintenance Suit by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $12,500 to settle the lawsuit of prisoner Theodore Jones for injuries sustained for lack of proper maintenance. While at the D.C. Jail on July 31, 2000, Jones was playing basketball on the recreation court when …
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