News in Brief by Alabama: WBAM in Birmingham reported that a guard at the Blount County Jail was taken into custody and fired on January 31, 2023. Joseph Snow, 43, was charged with second-degree assault for injuring a detainee during an incident captured on surveillance video. Sheriff Mike Moon called …
Perry v. Beltrami County, MN, Settlement, Wrongful Death-Medical Neglect, 2023 CASE 0:19-cv-02580-KMM-LIB Doc. 140 Filed 03/08/23 Page 1 of 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA Del Shea Perry, Court File No. 19-cv-02580 (KMM/LIB) ORDER FOR DISTRIBUTION OF SETTLEMENT PROCEEDS Plaintiff, vs. FILED UNDER SEAL Beltrami County, et al., …
$1.455 Million Settlement for Discrimination Against Black Minnesota Jail Guards Barred from Watching Floyd Killer by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 9, 2022, the Board of Commissioners (BOC) of Minnesota’s Ramsey County approved a payment of $1.445 million to settle a lawsuit alleging Black guards at the …
USA v. Minnesota DOC, MN, Consent Decree, Discrimination, 2023 CASE 0:23-cv-00367-JWB-ECW Doc. 7 Filed 02/14/23 Page 1 of 26 EXHIBIT 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA Civil Action No. 0:23-cv-00367-JWB-ECW UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, CONSENT DECREE v. MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Defendant. I. 1. INTRODUCTION This Consent …
USA v. Minnesota DOC, MN, Complaint, Discrimination, 2023 CASE 0:23-cv-00367 Doc. 1 Filed 02/14/23 Page 1 of 17 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA Civil Action No. 0:23-cv-367 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, COMPLAINT v. DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT CORRECTIONS, OF Defendant. INTRODUCTION 1. The United States …
Elgersma v. City of Saint Paul, MN, Order, False Arrest, 2023 CASE 0:21-cv-01792-KMM-DJF Doc. 34 Filed 01/23/23 Page 1 of 16 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA David Elgersma, Case No. 21-cv-1792 (KMM/DJF) Plaintiff, v. ORDER City of Saint Paul, Lynette Cherry, Christopher Hansen, and Heather Weyker, in their …
Minnesota Department of Corrections Searching for Tattooist for New Prison Program by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) began advertising for a new position in April 2022: A professional tattoo artist. The new hire will serve prisoners from a tattoo parlor being opened at Stillwater …
Eighth Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to Minnesota Jailers and Medical Provider Who Misdiagnosed Prisoner’s Leukemia as Gingivitis by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead On April 12, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit said a Minnesota jail detainee was not subjected to unconstitutional treatment by jailers and …
Stevenson v. Bauer, MN, Order on Motion for Atty's Fees, Excessive Force, 2022 CASE 0:20-cv-02007-SRN-TNL Doc. 103 Filed 11/17/22 Page 1 of 35 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA Soren Stevenson, Case No. 20-cv-2007 (SRN/TNL) Plaintiff, ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES Temporarily Filed Under Seal v. Benjamin …
Stevenson v. Bauer, MN, Order on Plaintiff's Motion for Attorney's Fees, Excessive Force, 2022 CASE 0:20-cv-02007-SRN-TNL Doc. 103 Filed 11/17/22 Page 1 of 35 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA Soren Stevenson, Case No. 20-cv-2007 (SRN/TNL) Plaintiff, ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES Temporarily Filed Under Seal v. …
News in Brief by Alabama: A convicted bank robber had 30 months added to his 17-year prison sentence on September 26, 2022, for bribing an Alabama jail guard to smuggle him a cellphone, K2 “spice” paper, and other contraband. According to a federal Department of Justice (DOJ) press release, while …
Sullivan v. County of Ramsey, MN, Minutes-BOCC, Discrimination, 2022 -"" RAMSEY Board of Commissioners Minutes 15 West Kellogg Blvd. Saint Paul, MN 55102 651-266-9200 COUNTY August 9, 2022 - 9 a.m. Council Chambers - Courthouse Room 300 The Ramsey County Board of Commissioners met in regular session at 9:00 a.m. …
News in Brief by Alabama: A former Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) guard was indicted on April 22, 2022, for assaulting three prisoners and then filing a false report to cover it up, the Associated Press reported. The guard, Lorenzo Mills, 55, was charged with beating three male prisoners with a wooden baton at Draper Correctional …
Sullivan v. County of Ramsey, MN, Complaint, Discrimination, 2021 62-CV-21-651 Filed in District Court State of Minnesota 5/12/2022 3:38 PM STATE OF MINNESOTA DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF RAMSEY SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT CASE TYPE: CIVIL ________________________________________________________________________ Devin Sullivan, Mohamud Salad, Timothy Ivory, Anabel Herrera, Stanley Hafoka, Nathaniel Gomez-Haustein, Cedric Dodds, and …
News in Brief by Alabama: A state Department of Corrections (DOC) guard in Birmingham was arrested on March 9, 2022, for allegedly beating a prisoner to death, according to the Alabama Political Reporter. As PLN previously reported, prison officials at first insisted no foul play was suspected in the death of Victor …
News in Brief by Alabama: In Mobile on January 21, 2022, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Alabama announced that an 18-month federal prison sentence for bribery had been handed down by a federal court to Lakerdra Shanta Snowden, 31, a former guard at the Escambia County …
Activists Play Whack-a-Mole Closing ICE Detention Centers by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Bloomberg Equality report published on January 11, 2022, gave little hope that the omicron variant behind a resurgence in the COVID-19 pandemic would spare immigrant detainees held for federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), with …
Sherburne County, MN, Settles with HRDC for $98,000 Plus New Jail Publications Policy by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A settlement was reached on May 11, 2021, in a censorship complaint filed in August 2020 against Sherburne County, Minnesota, and its Sheriff, Joel Brott, by the Human Rights Defense Center …
Eighth Circuit Clarifies Legal Standards for Conditions-of-Confinement Lawsuits Brought by Civilly-Committed Sex Offenders by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 21, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued an opinion clarifying the legal standards to be applied to lawsuits over conditions of confinement brought …
News in Brief by Alabama: On August 19, 2021, twoconvicted robbers were convicted of murder in the death of a fellow prisoner they and two others attacked in 2017 at Bibb Correctional Facility in Brent, Alabama. According to a report by Montgomery TV station WSFA, Dominique Covin and Roderick DeLaune …
