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Suit Filed After Mentally Ill Detainee Starves to Death in Miami Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A civil rights action filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on July 1, 2023, alleged that officials at Miami-Dade County’s Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center (TGKCC) …
DOJ Concludes BOP Pretrial Detainees Need Improvements in Access to Attorneys by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 23, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) published a report and recommendations concerning access to attorneys for pretrial detainees in federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) facilities. The report focused on …
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
South Carolina Pays $200,000 to Jail Detainees Exposed to Toxic Fumes by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In June 2023, the South Carolina Insurance Reserve Fund paid $8,700 to each of 23 former detainees at Berkeley County’s Hill-Finklea Detention Center (HFDC)—a total of $200,100—to settle claims they were exposed to …
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Subclass Certified and Settlement Proposed to Address ADA Violations at Long-Plagued San Diego County Jails by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On June 21, 2023, Judge Anthony J. Battaglia of the federal court for the Southern District of California signed an order in a suit alleging violations at San Diego …
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
San Diego County Jail Accused of Letting Mentally Ill Detainee Starve to Death by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 26, 2023, two sons filed suit for the estate of their schizophrenic dad, accusing officials at San Diego County’s Central Jail where he was incarcerated of letting him die …
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Filed under: Jail Specific
Deaths and Lawsuits Mount at “Disgusting” Atlanta Jail by After a gruesome toll of 10 detainee deaths in 2023, Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail (FCJ) recorded its first fatality of the new year on January 10, 2024. Michael Anthony Holland, 36, was found unresponsive in his cell and later died at …
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
$3 Million Settlement for Illinois Pretrial Detainee’s Opioid Withdrawal Death by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A $3 million settlement in the 2020 withdrawal death of Illinois pretrial detainee Elissa A. Lindhorst at the Madison County Jail was fully executed on May 10, 2023. Lindhorst, 28, was another casualty …
Long Waits for Montana Jail Detainees Needing Competency Restoration Services by As of June 30, 2023, an unnamed detainee at Montana’s Flathead County Jail (FCJ) had been held over nine months on a burglary charge, though she was not scheduled for trial. Instead the woman, who suffers from mental illness, …
$7.75 Million Paid by San Diego County After Jail Detainee Severely Injured in Fall from Top Bunk by A lawsuit filed in federal court against San Diego County and various jail employees settled on March 20, 2023, for $7.75 million, following four years of litigation. The underlying facts unfolded the …
Fifth Circuit Revives Suit Against Texas Jailers Who Tasered Detainee Suffering Epileptic Seizure by Douglas Ankney On July 18, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed a district court’s grant of summary judgment to jailers who tasered a detainee suffering an epileptic seizure at the Pasadena …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Indiana Will Now Send Low-Level Felons to Prison Instead of Jail by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian On July 1, 2022, Indiana House Enrolled Act No. 1004 took effect, amending sections of the state code governing parole, supervised release, and placement in community corrections programs in ways that primarily …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Embattled Los Angeles County Sheriff, Brawling Over Closing Decrepit Jail, Accused of Ignoring Deputy “Gangs” by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Forced into a November 2022 runoff by a close primary vote, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva came out swinging at the Civilian Oversight Commission (COC) the very next …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Pennsylvania County Pays $147,500 to Jail Detainees Held in Solitary for Refusing To Cut off Dreadlocks by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 6, 2022, the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project (PILP) announced a settlement had been reached in a lawsuit filed for a trio of its clients, who were …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
California Jail Enters Settlement Agreement Resolving DOJ Investigation into ADA Violations by David Reutter by David M. Reutter California’s San Luis Obispo County entered into a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on June 23, 2021, resolving alleged violations at the county jailof the Americans with Disabilities …
Brief • April 14, 2022
Filed under: Jail Specific
USA v. South Carolina Dept of Juvenile Justice, SC, Complaint, Jail Conditions, 2022 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA COLUMBIA DIVISION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. _______________ SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE Defendant. COMPLAINT The United States of America (the “United …
Publication • April 14, 2022
Filed under: Jail Specific
Investigation of South Carolina Dept of Juvenile Justice's Broad River Road Complex, DOJ CRD, 2022 INVESTIGATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE’S BROAD RIVER ROAD COMPLEX United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division United States Attorney’s Office District of South Carolina April 14, 2022 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. …
Brief • April 13, 2022
Filed under: Jail Specific
USA v. South Carolina Dept of Juvenile Justice, SC, Settlement Agreement, Jail Conditions, 2022 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE i. INTRODUCTION 1. This matter involves security, safety, and the use of isolation at the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice’s (“DJJ”) Broad …
Gray v. City of Forks, WA, Complaint, Wrongful Death - Suicide, 2021 Case 3:21-cv-05778-DGE Document 1 Filed 10/21/21 Page 1 of 29 1 2 3 4 5 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 6 7 8 9 JUDSON GRAY as Personal Representative …
Brief • August 23, 2021
State of California v. City of Bakersfield, CA, Complaint, Use of Force, 2021 ELECTRONICALLY FILED 8/23/2021 8:00 AM Kern County Superior Court By Vickie Fogerson, Deputy 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (Exempt from Filing Fees Pursuant to Gov. Code, § 6103(a)) ROB BONTA Attorney General …
Brief • August 23, 2021
State of California v. City of Bakersfield, CA, Final Judgment, Use of Force, 2021 1 RoBBONTA (Exempt from Filing Fees Pursuant to Gov. Code, § 6103(a)) Attorney General of California 2 MICHAEL L. NEWMAN 3 NANCY A. BENINATI (SBN 177999) 4 ANTHONYV. SEFERIAN (SBN 142741) MARISOL LEON (SBN 298707) TANYA …
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