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Estrada v. Otero County, NM, Complaint, 2017 Case 2:16-cv-00749-SMV-GBW Document 3 Filed 08/31/16 Page 1 of 23 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO ROXANNE ESTRADA Plaintiff, v. No. 2:16-cv-00749 SMV/GBW OTERO COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISIONERS VIRGINIA BLANSETT, DANIEL STUMP, AUDREY HILES, LT. SESLER, …
Crandall v. Godinez, IL, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTIUCT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS SPRINGFIELD DIVISION CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and General Release is made and entered into this _th day of August 2016, by and between Plaintiff, Marc Crandall, Representative …
Minnesota's 'Million-Dollar Prisoners' Become Scapegoats in Tough Economy by Weathered old-timers often postulate that incarceration preserves the human body. Absent the stresses of life on the street—no bills to pay, no job to grind, no imbibing hard booze or drugs—the body heals, even reverses course, and rests peacefully until their …
MN Judge Sends HIV-Positive Prisoner to Psych Hospital, Blasts System that Jails Mentally Ill by A Minnesota judge in April 2012 blamed political indifference for a justice system that warehouses the mentally-ill in county jails and ultimately led to a guard's death 10 weeks after he fought with a schizophrenic …
Arizona Prison Conditions Unconstitutional Alleges ACLU Class-Action Federal Lawsuit by Matthew Clarke On March 6, 2012, the Phoenix-based Arizona Center for Disability Law (ACDL) and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Arizona (Arizona ACLU) with the assistance of the Berkeley, California-based Prison Law Office, filed a 42 U.S.C. § …
Settlement Prohibits Lengthy Segregation of Mentally-Ill Massachusetts Prisoners, Awards $1,250,000 in Attorney Fees by Matthew Clarke On April 12, 2012, a Massachusetts federal court entered an order approving a private settlement agreement between the Massachusetts Department of Correction (DOC) and the Boston-based Disability Law Center (DLC) which prohibits lengthy segregation …
New Wrongful Death Trial Prompts Potential $600,000 Settlement; Judge Gave Faulty Jury Instructions, Finds Excessive Force by On December 5, 1999, 29 year-old Damon Lowery’s life came to a tragic and, in police custody.  Now, more than five years later, the new trial looming, Portland, Oregon, officials are considering paying …
North Carolina Prisoner Who Sustained Injuries in Suspicious Circumstances Dies by A North Carolina state prisoner who was found in his segregation cell with a smashed skull in August 2008 has died. The cause of his injuries, officially, remains unknown. Alexander Correctional Institution prisoner Timothy Helms, 49, died in the …
Deaths at Louisville Jail Prompt Investigations, Corizon Changes by Five of eight prisoner deaths since 2011 at the Metro Corrections jail in Louisville, Ky., are currently under investigation, all of them involving allegations against private healthcare contractor Corizon Inc. that it pro­vides inadequate treatment to maintain its revenues. Investigations into …
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Spurs Re-Training of Syracuse, N.Y. Jail Guards by In the wake of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by a former prisoner's widow, guards at the Onondaga County Justice Center Jail in Syracuse, N.Y., have purportedly been re-trained in the humane treatment of prisoners with drug abuse and …
Unusually High Rate of Prisoners Suicides at San Antonio, Texas Jail by Matthew Clarke In 2009, all five of the Bexar County Adult Detention Center's (the jail) prisoner deaths were suicides by hanging and a sixth Bexar County prisoner being held in the Crystal City jail due to overcrowding at …
$7,000 Reached in Taser Use on Disabled Vermont Man by Police by A $7,000.00 settlement was reached between Vermont State Police and the family of a mentally disabled man.             Timothy Bernier, 23, of Coventry, Vermont, suffers from Down’s syndrome, as well as other physical and mental disabilities. He was …
Article • August 19, 2016
Oregon Jail Provides "Sub-Optimal" Mental Health Treatment by Mental health services for prisoners in the Multnomah County, Oregon, jail system are inadequate, a 2015 Corrections Grand Jury found. Under Oregon law, a Corrections Grand Jury may be impaneled to inspect jail and prison conditions. The Grand Jury then issues a …
Mentally Ill Held in Canadian Prison's 'Unsuitable' Former Segregation Unit by Joe Watson Despite recommendations from the United Nations, the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) and from within its own federal corrections system, Ontario, Canada's Millhaven Institution continues to lock up prisoners with acute mental illnesses inside cells that are …
Iowa Jail Guard Who Tased Mentally Ill Woman Missed Training for Three Years by After a guard tased a mentally ill woman in October 2013 to compel her to change her clothes, officials at the Muscatine County, Iowa, Jail are considering requiring less Taser training for guards rather than more. …
Media Tip Cast Light on Medical Neglect as Prisoner Starved by David Reutter Absent a tip to the Associated Press, the death of a prisoner at Kentucky State Prison would have remained shrouded in darkness. The tip led to an investigation that uncovered lapses in medical care as the prisoner …
Federal Detention Center in Chicago Agrees to $1 Million Wrongful Death Settlement by Derek Gilna For over ten years defense attorneys and their clients in Chicago have complained about the quality of medical treatment for prisoners at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC), Chicago, located in a decaying 28-story high rise …
Article • August 9, 2016
Significant Lack of Mental Health Treatment for United States Prisoners by Christopher Zoukis Mental health disorders are common for individuals who are incarcerated. In fact, according to a 2012 study by the National Institutes of Health, 26 percent of prisoners identified as having a mental health disorder while only 18 …
Processing and Treatment of Mentally Ill, Urban Institute, 2015 CRIME AND JUSTICE RESEARCH REPORT The Processing and Treatment of Mentally Ill Persons in the Criminal Justice System A Scan of Practice and Background Analysis KiDeuk Kim March 2015 Miriam Becker-Cohen Maria Serakos ABOUT THE URBAN INSTITUTE The nonprofit Urban Institute …
Article • August 8, 2016
Montana Jury Awards $80,000 in Jail Suicide by A Montana jury found that Fergus County and the Fergus County Sheriff’s department was partially negligent in a prisoner’s suicide. It awarded the prisoner’s estate nearly $80,000. Carl Odell Stacy, 40, was no stranger to officials at the Fergus County Jail (FCJ). …
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