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Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
Female Prisoner Wore Wire to Take Down Rikers Island Guards, Wins $425,000 Settlement by Rick Anderson by Rick Anderson A female prisoner in New York who wore a wire to help bust three Rikers Island jailers who sexually abused her has received a $425,000 settlement from the city.  The trio …
Article • February 6, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Taser Misuse at California Jail Costs County $1.15 Million by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On March 5, 2018, the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department in California settled a federal civil rights lawsuit that alleged deputies at the Rancho Cucamonga jail engaged in a practice of “tasing” prisoners for their own …
Article • February 6, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
$1 Million Settlement in Lawsuit Over Texas Jail Prisoner’s Death by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A federal civil rights lawsuit brought by the family of a Texas prisoner who died after jailers ignored his rapidly deteriorating mental and physical condition settled for $1 million.  When Fernando Longoria, 29, reported …
Article • February 6, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
$10 Million Award for Wrongly Jailed Philadelphia Man by A Philadelphia jury awarded Khanefah Boozer $10 million in a state court lawsuit that alleged police officer Ryan Waltman had falsely accused Boozer of firing shots at him. Boozer was the designated driver during a January 22, 2011 night out with friends. …
Article • February 6, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Three Wrongfully Convicted Ohio Prisoners Receive $19.5 Million by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Eugene Johnson, Derrick Wheatt and Laurese Glover, also known as the East Cleveland Three, wrongfully convicted of the 1995 murder of Clifton Hudson, Jr., received a settlement totaling $4.5 million from Cuyahoga County, Ohio in March …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Illinois DOC Settles Lawsuit Filed by Deaf, Hard of Hearing Prisoners by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) has settled a class-action suit brought by deaf and hard of hearing prisoners who said they were denied sign-language interpreters for what was called “high-stakes interactions” with …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Filed under: Settlements, Suicides
California: $1 Million Settlement in Suit Over Mentally Ill Jail Prisoner’s Suicide by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 28, 2017, the family and estate of a mentally ill prisoner who committed suicide while incarcerated at the Yuba County jail in California filed suit in federal court alleging violations …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
$1.6 Million Settlement for Missouri Prison Guard Subjected to Sexual Harassment by The Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC) has agreed to a $1.6 million settlement in a lawsuit brought by a female guard who alleged she was subjected to sexual harassment at the Kansas City Reentry Center (KCRC). Tina Gallego …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Connecticut DOC Settles Cancer Misdiagnosis Lawsuit for $1.3 Million by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell After misdiagnosing a prisoner’s skin cancer as psoriasis for years and refusing to perform tests when treatment was not working, the Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) agreed to pay $1.3 million to settle the prisoner’s …
Illinois Federal Jury Awards Prisoner $252,100 for Beating and Denial of Medical Care by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon During the noon meal on February 5, 2014, Illinois prison guard Nathan Berry found alcohol and an altered TV in a property box in a cell shared by Osbaldo Jose-Nicolas and …
Article • January 9, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019
$1 Million Award for Two Women Sexually Assaulted by Florida Jail Guard by A Florida federal jury awarded $1 million to two women who were sexually assaulted by a guard at the Bay County Jail (BCJ). Brandy Carnley and Virginia Lindsey alleged in a May 2017 civil rights complaint that …
New Mexico DOC Guards Receive $2.5 Million Settlement for Sexual Harassment by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Six female prison guards employed by the New Mexico Corrections Department (DOC) at the Central New Mexico Correctional Facility (CNMCF) in Los Lunas entered into a $2.5 million settlement with the department in …
Article • January 9, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019
Colorado County Pays $800,000 for Latest Excessive Force Settlement by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Philippa Grace McCully, a 21-year-old college student and cancer survivor arrested in 2014 for erratic driving that she blamed on a reaction to various prescription psychiatric drugs, was taken to a jail in El Paso, …
Article • January 9, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019
$5 Million Settlement in Lawsuit Over Preventable Death of New Mexico Jail Prisoner by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In January 2018, Cibola County, New Mexico agreed to pay $5 million to settle a lawsuit over the death of a jail prisoner who was repeatedly denied medical treatment despite vomiting …
Article • January 9, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019
Filed under: Settlements
Book Seller Sued for Defrauding Federal Prisons by In June 2018, the U.S. Attorney’s Office reached a $75,689 settlement with a couple accused of trying to scam the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) into buying textbooks it had not ordered. The civil complaint alleged John P. Ryan and Marie Motz …
Article • January 8, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019
$3.279 Million in Costs and Fees Awarded in Wrongful Death Suit Involving Epileptic Prisoner by R. Bailey by R. Bailey Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988, a federal district court was asked to resolve an attorney fees dispute as part of a settlement in a prisoner’s wrongful death case. Robert …
Article • January 8, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019
Settlement in HRDC Suit Against Solitary Confinement of Juveniles at Florida Jail by On November 15, 2018, the Human Rights Defense Center, PLN’s parent organization, as well as the Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, Florida and the law firm of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, announced a settlement …
Article • January 8, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019
$32,000 Settlement in Excessive Force Case Involving Mentally Ill Alabama Prisoner by A settlement was reached in a civil rights action alleging guards at Alabama’s Madison County Jail (MCJ) used excessive force on a mentally ill prisoner during a cell extraction. Haraesheo Rice, 31, was well known to MCJ staff, …
$750,000 Settlement for Family of Man Who Died in Illinois Jail by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Illinois’ Whiteside County Jail (WCJ) agreed to pay $750,000 to settle a civil rights action alleging jail officials failed to treat Walter E. Divers, Jr. for severe alcohol withdrawal, resulting in …
Article • December 7, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018
$550,000 Settlement for Detainee Rendered Quadriplegic by Guard’s Excessive Force by The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee agreed to pay $550,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging a guard at the Davidson County Male Correctional Development Center (CDC) used excessive force on a pretrial detainee, leaving him a …
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