Virginia Takes Back One Prison from GEO Group, Closes Four More by On July 1, 2024, Virginia’s Department of Corrections (DOC) closed four prisons and was set to terminate its contract with private prison giant GEO Group, Inc. just over a month later, taking back operational control of its only …
Psychiatrist Settles Virginia Jail Suicide Suit for $1.75 Million by The leading cause of death among people held in local jails is suicide. The family of Christopher Lapp, 62, learned that the hard way when he killed himself at Virginia’s Alexandria Adult Detention Center in 2021, while being held on …
Fourth Circuit Chides Virginia Magistrate for Assuming Prisoners Proceed IFP by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held on November 15, 2023, that a lower court erred in assuming that a group of Virginia prisoners proceeded in forma pauperis (IFP) when they …
Decoding Recidivism: Unraveling Its Complex Metrics and Real Impact by When the Iowa Department of Corrections (DOC) reported a drop in the recidivism rate for its state prisoners on December 15, 2023, it joined prison systems in Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia that have also celebrated lower recidivism rates. …
Washington, Virginia Advance Bills to Make Prison Calls Free by Lawmakers on both coasts of the U.S. sponsored legislation in January 2024 to make telecommunications free to state prisoners and their families. This follows a national trend to ease the financial burden on families with incarcerated loved ones and reduce …
Virginia Legislature Tables “Second-Look” Bills by Virginia’s General Assembly tabled a pair of bills that would have provided a path to early release for state prisoners after serving at least 15 years with good behavior, with Senators continuing S.B. 427 to next year’s session on February 28, 2024, and the …
Puryear v. Dotson, VA, Complaint, False Imprisonment, 2024 Case 3:24-cv-00479-REP Document 1 Filed 06/28/24 Page 1 of 27 PageID# 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA RICHMOND DIVISION LESLIE PURYEAR, on behalf of himself and all those similarly situated, Plaintiffs, CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT v. …
Virginia Sheriff Sued After “Catfishing” Deputy Kills Family of California Teen Victim by A lawsuit filed on November 26, 2023, lays out the bizarre story of a Virginia Sheriff’s deputy who “catfished” a California teen and murdered her family before abducting her and then turning his gun on himself as …
Virginia Supreme Court Denies New Sentence Credits to State Prisoner Serving “Mixed” Sentence by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney To paraphrase Job 1:21, the Supreme Court of Virginia did not giveth but taketh away on October 12, 2023, with a ruling on prisoner sentence credits that were extended by a …
Three-Year Sentence for One of Four BOP Employees Charged With Ignoring Fatally Ill Federal Prisoner in Virginia by On November 28, 2023, a federal judge in Virginia sentenced a former lieutenant with the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to a three-year term for failing to intervene in a prisoner’s preventable …
$15,000 to Virginia Prisoner Mauled by DOC K-9 by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke On December 14, 2023, the state of Virginia confirmed that it had agreed to pay $15,000 to settle a state prisoner’s lawsuit alleging retaliation and excessive use of force by officials with the state Department …
BOP Guard, Nurse in Virginia Indicted in Prisoner’s Death by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On June 6, 2023, a federal grand jury indicted two employees of the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) in Virginia for allegedly showing deliberate indifference to a prisoner suffering a cardiac emergency that killed him …
Estate of Brad S Hensley v. Wellpath, LLC, VA, Complaint, Wrongful Death-Medical Neglect, 2024 Case 4:24-cv-00014-TTC-CKM Document 1 Filed 04/12/24 Page 1 of 23 Pageid#: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Danville Division ROBERT HENSLEY and ROBIN HENSLEY, as Co-Administrators of the Estate of Brad …
$8.5 Million Settlement After Pretrial Detainee Suffocated by Guards and Medical Staff at Virginia Psychiatric Hospital by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On September 19, 2023, the Commonwealth of Virginia, the County of Henrico and its Sheriff Alisa A. Gregory agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle claims arising …
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Weathers v. Witham, VA, Jury Verdict, Conditions of Confinement, 2024 Case 4:23-cv-00008-RBS-LRL Document 58 Filed 03/22/24 Page 1 of 8 PageID# 749 EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA NEWPORT NEWS DIVISION . MA D 2 2 2024 ANTOINETTE WEATHERS, Plaintiff, V. ROY C. WITHAM, 4JY Case No. 4:23-cv-00008 eVaf?R~'A) Defendants. VERDICT FORM …
After Eight Deaths in Eight Years, Virginia Jail Introduces—Pickleball? by Having recorded eight deaths in eight years, Virginia’s Arlington County Jail was likely desperate for good news when it reported in mid-November 2023 that detainees competed in the lockup’s first pickleball tournament. The densely populated county adjacent to Washington, D.C., …
Federal Prisoner in Virginia Convicted on Fresh Kiddie Porn Charges After Drawing His Own by In a stunning example of government overreach, a federal judge in Virginia handed an additional child pornography conviction to a prisoner at the Federal Correctional Complex in Petersburg on August 7, 2023—not for possessing images …
Wall v. Rasnick, VA, Plaintiff's Response to Dft's Objections to Ruling on Motion for Sanctions, Spoliation of Video Evidence, 2024 Case 7:17-cv-00385-JPJ-PMS Document 169 Filed 02/09/24 Page 1 of 26 Pageid#: 2570 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA ROANOKE DIVISION GARY WALL, Plaintiff, CASE …
Virginia Settles Suit Over Prisoner’s Death from Untreated Hepatitis C for $700,000 by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On April 5, 2023, a settlement was reached between the estate of a Virginia prisoner who died from untreated Hepatitis C and his physician with the state Department of Corrections (DOC). …
