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Article • August 31, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Nevada: Federal Suit over Shackling of Pregnant Prisoner Settles for $130,000 and Policy Changes by Matthew Clarke Nevada: Federal Suit over Shackling of Pregnant Prisoner Settles for $130,000 and Policy Changes by Matt Clarke On February 4, 2014, the Nevada Department of Corrections (DOC) settled a federal civil rights lawsuit …
Article • July 31, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Michigan: $8 Million Settlement after Prisoner’s Baby Born with Brain Damage by Shepherd Litsey Michigan: $8 Million Settlement after Prisoner’s Baby Born with Brain Damage by Shepherd Litsey In the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, plaintiff Chelsie Barker (identified as C.B. in the pleadings), a minor, …
Article • June 11, 2015
$200,000 Verdict in Shackling of Tennessee Prisoner in Labor Overturned by Sixth Circuit by $200,000 Verdict in Shackling of Tennessee Prisoner in Labor Overturned by Sixth Circuit The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed the grant of summary judgment to a woman who was shackled to a hospital bed …
$690,000 Settlement in HRDC Suit Over Death of Prisoner’s Baby at CCA Jail by Derek Gilna $690,000 Settlement in HRDC Suit Over Death of Prisoner’s Baby at CCA Jail by Derek Gilna In August 2014, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest for-profit prison firm, settled a federal lawsuit …
Women, Incarcerated by Sharona Coutts Women, Incarcerated by Sharona Coutts and Zoe Greenberg, RH Reality Check Investigative Series Shows Systemic Abuses of Women in Prisons and Jails Keeley Schenwar learned she was pregnant the same day she was arrested. That spring of 2013, she didn’t pee on a stick and …
$250,000 Settlement for Women’s Loss of Child in CCA Tennessee Jail by $250,000 Settlement for Women’s Loss of Child in CCA Tennessee Jail Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $250,000 to settle a lawsuit claiming it provided inadequate medical care that caused her to lose her baby. Unable to make …
Pennsylvania: Wexford Settles Case Involving Death of Prisoner’s Baby by Pennsylvania: Wexford Settles Case Involving Death of Prisoner’s Baby A federal civil rights complaint filed in March 2013 accused employees of Wexford Health Sources of failing to provide appropriate medical care to a pregnant prisoner at Pennsylvania’s Westmoreland County Prison …
Article • January 10, 2015 • from PLN January, 2015
Colorado Prisoner Sues Security Guard Who Sexually Abused Her Moments after Giving Birth by Colorado Prisoner Sues Security Guard Who Sexually Abused Her Moments after Giving Birth Colorado prisoner sexually assaulted by a private security guard at a hospital only minutes after she gave birth has filed suit against her …
Article • December 3, 2014 • from PLN December, 2014
Despite Reforms, Shackling of Pregnant Prisoners Persists by Despite Reforms, Shackling of Pregnant Prisoners Persists In 2011, Valerie Nabors was serving a sentence at Nevada’s Florence McClure Women’s Correctional Center in Las Vegas for stealing more than $250 in casino chips. She was pregnant and went into labor while incarcerated. …
$690,000 Settlement in HRDC Suit Over Death of Prisoner’s Baby at CCA Jail by Derek Gilna $690,000 Settlement in HRDC Suit Over Death of Prisoner’s Baby at CCA Jail by Derek Gilna In August 2014, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest for-profit prison firm, settled a federal lawsuit …
Medical Neglect Killing Prisoners at CCA-Run Texas Prison? by Matthew Clarke Medical Neglect Killing Prisoners at CCA-Run Texas Prison?   by Matthew Clarke   Family members and former Dawson State Jail prisoners are alleging medical neglect led to the recent deaths of two prisoners at the Corrections Corporation of America …
Article • October 3, 2014
Filed under: OB/GYN, Stun Guns/Tasers
La Porte, Indiana Prisoner Loses Baby after Being Tasered by Derek Gilna La Porte, Indiana Prisoner Loses Baby after Being Tasered   by Derek Gilna   In an incident certain to reignite the controversy over the use of Tasers, a pregnant La Porte County jail prisoner was tasered during an …
Clemons v. Corrections Corporation of America, TN, Settlement, CCA medical neglect pregnant inmate infant death, 2014 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0378 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0379 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0380 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0381 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0382 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0383
Clemons v. CCA, TN, Order Sanctioning CCA for Spoliation, Death of Pregnant Prisoner's Child, 2014 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA COUNTESS CLEMONS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) 1:11-CV-339 v. ) ) Judge Curtis L. Collier CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF ) AMERICA, INC., et al., ) ) …
Publication • March 18, 2014
NV DOC - Use of Restraints on Pregnant Inmates, Ad. Reg. 455, 2014 NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION 455 USE OF HANDCUFFS AND RESTRAINTS ON PREGNANT INMATES Supersedes: NEW Effective Date: AUTHORITY NRS 209.131; NRS 209.376 RESPONSIBILITY 1. The respective Warden/Division Head is responsible for the overall operation of …
Article • March 15, 2014 • from PLN March, 2014
California Female Prisoners Sterilized by More than 130 female prisoners at two California facilities were sterilized over a four-year period without required state approval, and some of the women have claimed they were pressured, harassed and even tricked into signing forms agreeing to the sterilizations. The procedure, known as tubal …
Publication • February 1, 2014
No More Shackles Report on CA Policies on Pregnant Inmate Restraints SPLC 2014 A report on the written policies of California’s counties under the new law that limits the use of restraints on pregnant prisoners Prepared by JESSE STOUT Policy Director GEORGIA VALENTINE Intern February 2014 Table of Contents Introduction …
Brief • January 14, 2014
Nabors v. Nevada DOC, NV, Settlement Agreement, Ankle Shackles During Child Birth, 2014
Brief • January 14, 2014
Nabors v. Nevada DOC, NV, Settlement, Shackles During Child Birth, 2014 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 3 VALERIE NABORS, 4 Plaintiff, 5 v. 6 NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS (NDOC); JAMES GREG COX, (in his official capacity) as Director of the Nevadcf Department of Corrections; E.K. McDANIEL …
Clemons v. CCA, TN, Depo of DeLand, Death of Pregnant Prisoner's Child, 2013 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE 1 SOUTHERN DIVISION 2 3 4 COUNTESS CLEMONS, 5 Plaintiff, Case No. 6 VS. 7 CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, 10 G . MICHAEL …
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