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New Jersey Detainees Entitled to Medical Care by A federal district court in New Jersey held that material issues of fact precluded summary judgment on a former prisoner's claim that he was denied adequate medical care. The court also rejected defendants' claim of qualified immunity. Dana Andrews, a former prisoner …
CCA Faulted in Texas Jail Escape by Staff shortages, unwatched video surveillance monitors, unlocked doors, untrained staff and a security alarm that was ignored by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) employees contributed to the August 27, 2000 escape from the Bartlett State Jail near Austin, Texas. Sixteen problems, the biggest …
New York Jury Awards $900,000 for Jail's Failure to Protect by A federal jury awarded judgment of $900,000 against the County of Nassau and the Sheriff of Nassau for failing to protect prisoner Steven W. Arnold from being assaulted and severely beaten while detained in the Nassau County Jail. PLN …
Maynor v. Morgan County, AL, Complaint, Inmate Funds Misappropriation, 2001 Case 5:01-cv-00851-AKK Document 1 Filed 04/05/01 Page 1 of 17 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA C. / "~i - 3 i.. ; ~·: NORTHERN DMSION JOHNNY MAYNOR, Anthony Murphree, Christopher Nichols, Yvette Barbee, …
$1.18 Million in Santa Clara Co. Sexual Assault/Harassment Suit by $1.18 Million In Santa Clara Co. Sexual Assault/Harassment Suit Female prisoners were awarded a total of $1,180,000 in damages and attorney's fees in the settlement of a suit filed against the Santa Clara County, California, Board of Supervisors and Department …
$16 Million Agreement to Revamp NJ Prison Mental Health Care by A federal district court in New Jersey has approved a $16 million settlement in a class-action suit against state prison officials for constitutionally deficient prison mental health care. Patricia P. Pearlmutter, assistant professor of clinical law at the Center …
Wackenhut Wracked by Sexual Abuse Scandals by Ronald Young Wackenhut Wracked By Sexual Abuse Scandals by Ron Young After a decade as a leading operator of corporate-owned prisons, Wackenhut Corrections has become a prisoner of its own problems. In New Mexico, a 500-page legislative report written by five consultants calls …
New York Jail Guards Charged with Raping Prisoners by New York Jail Guards Charged With Raping Prisoners On January 26, 2000, Westchester county, New York, jail guards Carlos Aldarondo, 33, Javier Corona, 31, Michael Downey, 39 and Robert Escalera, 39, were charged in Westchester county court with assorted felony charges …
Michigan Legislature Kills Class Action Suit by Female Prisoners by Maia Justine Storm In March, 1996, seven women pris- oners filed suit in the Washtenaw County Circuit Court against the Michigan Department of Corrections, Director Kenneth McGinnis, and ten individual wardens and officers. (96-6986 CZ) The complaint alleged that the …
Michigan DOC Settles DOJ Sexual Abuse Lawsuit by Maia Justine Storm This past May, the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) which alleged a pattern and practice of sexual misconduct and invasions of privacy at the women's prisons …
Article • December 15, 1999 • from PLN December, 1999
Many Florida Prison Guards Are Law Breakers by After a review of state records, two Florida newspapers have revealed that state and county prison guards are twice as likely to be disciplined for violations of standards than police officers and that nearly ten percent of Florida state prison guards have …
Sheriff Liable for Inadequate Staffing and Refusing Medical Treatment to Assaulted Prisoner by The Tenth Circuit court of appeals held that a sheriff may be liable for insufficient jail staffing and refusing medical treatment to a prisoner who was beaten by other prisoners. Genaro Lopez was a prisoner in the …
$100,000 Settlement in South Carolina Jail Death by On May 12, 1999, Spartanburg county in South Carolina announced it would pay $100,000 to settle a wrongful death suit filed by the estate of a prisoner. On June 7, 1998, John Pruitt, a detainee in the Spartanburg county jail, collapsed and …
Wreaking Medical Mayhem in Washington Prisons by Tara Herivel In 1993, prisoner Gertrude Barrow crawled to the clinic at the Washington Corrections Center for Women. Her peptic ulcer ruptured, Barrow's requests for treatment had been dismissed by health care staff who diagnosed her ulcer as a bad case of gas. …
No Qualified Immunity for Texas Sheriff and CCRI Guards Who Abused Missouri Prisoners by by Matthew Clarke Afederal district court in Texas has ruled that prisoners who were kicked, bitten by dogs, shocked, and subjected to a public strip and body cavity search by untrained, improperly supervised private guards during …
Medical Care Unconstitutional in Puerto Rico Prisons by Medical Care Unconstitutional In Puerto Rico Prisons A federal court in Puerto Rico has held that the lack of medical care in the Puerto Rican prison system is unconstitutional. This is a class action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 brought by Puerto …
Spanish Speaking Prisoners Entitled to Interpreters by In a wide ranging and extensive ruling a federal court in the District of Columbia held that by failing to provide interpreters to non English speaking Hispanic prisoners the DOC violated the plaintiffs' eighth and fourteenth amendment rights. As the first published ruling …
Inadequate Prison Security Violates 8th Amendment by Afederal district court in Puerto Rico held a prison security officer could be held liable for a prisoner's murder when he knew of inadequate staff supervision and non functioning cell locks, among other things, and did nothing to improve security. Angel Orta Fernandez, …
AL Jail Enjoined From Holding Prisoners Overnight by Afederal district court in Alabama held that conditions in the Pickens county jail in Carrolton, Alabama, were so abysmal it was not fit for human or animal habitation. Prisoners in the jail filed a class action suit challenging the conditions of their …
Article • December 15, 1997 • from PLN December, 1997
Ohio Overtime Gravy by According to a report in the Columbus Dispatch, overtime pay for Ohio state employees is expected to reach an all-time high of $72 million in 1997. Among the 68 Ohio state agencies, employees of the state's burgeoning prison system account for $23.7 million, about a third …
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