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“More jobs than people”: Prisoners Training to Work on Ohio Infrastructure Projects after Release
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
Filed under: Education, jobs, Education and Vocational Skills/Training
“More jobs than people”: Prisoners Training to Work on Ohio Infrastructure Projects after Release by With unemployment at historic lows, Ohio is preparing prisoners for jobs after release by offering training in technical skills. In December 2023, the first group of eight state prisoners completed one such program, after training …
$900,000 Settlement Reached With Ohio Jail in Detainee’s Fatal Seizure
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
Filed under: Seizures, Jail Specific, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Deliberate Indifference
$900,000 Settlement Reached With Ohio Jail in Detainee’s Fatal Seizure by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In October 2023, an attorney representing the estate of an Ohio pretrial jail detainee who suffered a fatal seizure after her June 2018 incarceration said the parties had reached a $900,000 settlement agreement. …
Stone v. Mahoning County, OH, Settlement, Sex Based Employment Discrimination, 2024
Brief • March 1, 2024
Filed under: Discrimination, Gender Discrimination -- Women
Stone v. Mahoning County, OH, Settlement, Sex Based Employment Discrimination, 2024 SETTLEMENT RELEASE The following is a Release of all Claims between Plaintiff, Mary Stone (Pseudonym), and Defendants, Mahoning County, Ohio, William Cappabianca, Kenneth Kountz, and Joseph Hood in Mary Stone (Pseudonym), v. Mahoning County, et al., Northern District of …
Bleise v. Ohio Department of Rehab and Corrections, OH, Complaint, Breach of Contract -Failure to Protect, 2024
Brief • February 13, 2024
Filed under: Failure to Protect (Staff)
Bleise v. Ohio Department of Rehab and Corrections, OH, Complaint, Breach of Contract -Failure to Protect, 2024 ELECTRONICALLY FILED COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Tuesday, February 13, 2024 2:25:40 PM CASE NUMBER: 2024 CV 00813 Docket ID: 273926626 Mike Foley CLERK OF COURTS MONTGOMERY COUNTY OHIO IN THE COMMON PLEAS COURT …
Ohio Prisoner Has Now Collected $5,700 for Denied Public Records Requests
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Filed under: Public Records Act
Ohio Prisoner Has Now Collected $5,700 for Denied Public Records Requests by On July 26, 2023, the Ohio Supreme Court affirmed a lower court’s award of $700 in damages to state prisoner Kimani E. Ware for a public records request denied by the Hamilton County court clerk’s office. However, the …
Ohio Prisoner Wins $2,000 Settlement for Guard Abuse Claims, Loses Appeal to Uncover Identity of Prison Officials Who Negotiated It
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Filed under: Settlements, Mandamus, Public Records, Public Records Act
Ohio Prisoner Wins $2,000 Settlement for Guard Abuse Claims, Loses Appeal to Uncover Identity of Prison Officials Who Negotiated It by Matthew Clarke Matt Clarke On July 13, 2023, the Supreme Court of Ohio held that a state prisoner who previously settled his excessive force claim against the state Department …
Fry v. Lorain County Sheriff, OH, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2024
Brief • January 23, 2024
Filed under: Excessive Force
Fry v. Lorain County Sheriff, OH, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2024 Case: 1:24-cv-00126-BMB Doc #: 1 Filed: 01/23/24 1 of 28. PageID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION JEFFREY FRY c/o Spangenberg Shibley & Liber LLP 1001 Lakeside Avenue East, Suite 1700 Cleveland, OH 44114 …
Fry v. Stammitti, OH, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2024
Brief • January 23, 2024
Filed under: Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings
Fry v. Stammitti, OH, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2024 Case: 1:24-cv-00126-BMB Doc #: 1 Filed: 01/23/24 1 of 28. PageID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION JEFFREY FRY c/o Spangenberg Shibley & Liber LLP 1001 Lakeside Avenue East, Suite 1700 Cleveland, OH 44114 Plaintiff, vs. …
Koch v. Lorain County, OH, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2024
Brief • January 5, 2024
Filed under: Excessive Force
Koch v. Lorain County, OH, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2024 Case: 1:24-cv-00031-CAB Doc #: 1 Filed: 01/05/24 1 of 17. PageID #: 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO CHARLES KOCH C/O THE ALBENZE LAW GROUP LLC 124 MIDDLE AVE 9TH FLOOR ELYRIA, OHIO 44035 Plaintiff v. …
State of Ohio v Moore, OH, Motion of Amici Curiae, Death Penalty, 2023
Brief • December 21, 2023
Filed under: Death Penalty/Death Row, Death Penalty
State of Ohio v Moore, OH, Motion of Amici Curiae, Death Penalty, 2023 IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO STATE OF OHIO, Plaintiff, v. Case No. B-9400481 Judge: Patrick T. Dinkelacker Death Penalty Case LEE MOORE, Defendant. MOTION OF AMICI CURIAE NATHANIEL R. JONES CENTER FOR RACE, …
News in Brief
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Within 48-hours of booking into the Morgan County Jail on August 29, 2023, Miles Rea Batson, 39, had two second-degree assault charges added to his public intoxication charge as well as another for disarming a law enforcement agent. WHNT in Huntsville reported that during booking …
Ohio Supreme Court Grants Prisoner’s Mother Names of Fellow Prisoners Who Attacked Him
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
Filed under: Disclosure of Records, Unpublished/Withdrawn/Redacted Decisions
Ohio Supreme Court Grants Prisoner’s Mother Names of Fellow Prisoners Who Attacked Him by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On April 12, 2023, the Supreme Court of Ohio compelled the Mansfield Correctional Center (MCC) to provide to Amirah Sultaana the names and identification numbers of the prisoners who assaulted her …
$40,000 Paid to Ohio Detainee Kicked in the Face While Restrained
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Settlements
$40,000 Paid to Ohio Detainee Kicked in the Face While Restrained by On March 1, 2023, the federal court for the Southern District of Ohio granted dismissal of a suit brought by a former Cincinnati jail detainee after she accepted a $40,000 settlement from the Hamilton County Board of County …
NaphCare Nurse Faces Liability in Ohio Detainee’s Death from Sickle Cell Disease
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
Filed under: Naphcare, Contractor Liability, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
NaphCare Nurse Faces Liability in Ohio Detainee’s Death from Sickle Cell Disease by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 1, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed the grant of summary judgment to a NaphCare nurse accused of deliberate indifference to a pretrial detainee’s …
Ward v. Atkinson, OH, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2023
Brief • November 29, 2023
Filed under: Excessive Force, Restraints
Ward v. Atkinson, OH, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2023 Case: 1:23-cv-02296-PAB Doc #: 1 Filed: 11/29/23 1 of 10. PageID #: 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO FRANKLIN WARD 2602 172 WILLIAMS, APT. A NORWALK, OH 44857 Plaintiff, -vsCORRECTIONS OFFICER SHAY ATKINSON In his official and …
News in Brief
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Three jail guards in the Yellowhammer State were hit with drug smuggling charges in August 2023 and another the month after. WAFF in Huntsville reported that Morgan County Jail guard Bobby Simmons, 19, was arrested on August 3, 2023, when he was charged with promoting …
Ohio Supreme Court Awards Prisoner $700 From Sheriff Who Failed to Comply with Public Records Request
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Filed under: Settlements, Public Records
Ohio Supreme Court Awards Prisoner $700 From Sheriff Who Failed to Comply with Public Records Request by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On April 19, 2023, the Supreme Court of Ohio awarded prisoner Franklin Woods $700 in statutory damages against the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) for failure to comply …
Seven Deaths in Seven Months at Dayton Jail
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Filed under: Drug Overdose, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Suicides
Seven Deaths in Seven Months at Dayton Jail by Though its population is relatively small, with just over 600 detainees, Ohio’s Montgomery County Jail lost seven of them in the first seven months of 2023. That’s more jail deaths than the combined total in the state’s five most populous counties. …
SCOTUS Lets Ohio Detainee’s Suit Die Over Incarceration for Parodied Police Facebook Page
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
SCOTUS Lets Ohio Detainee’s Suit Die Over Incarceration for Parodied Police Facebook Page by When Anthony Novak created a Facebook page that parodied the police department in Parma, Ohio, he may have been attempting satirical humor. But he wasn’t laughing when police officers searched his apartment, seized his phone and …
Ohio Prisoner’s Suit Claims Exposure to Toxic Chemicals Released in Train Derailment
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Filed under: Toxic Fumes/Chemicals, Transportation, Class Actions
Ohio Prisoner’s Suit Claims Exposure to Toxic Chemicals Released in Train Derailment by On May 31, 2023, the federal court for the Northern District of Ohio consolidated a state prisoner’s pro se suit into a class-action with almost 30 others that have been filed over exposure to toxic vinyl chloride …
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