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Estrada v. Otero County, NM, Complaint, 2017 Case 2:16-cv-00749-SMV-GBW Document 3 Filed 08/31/16 Page 1 of 23 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO ROXANNE ESTRADA Plaintiff, v. No. 2:16-cv-00749 SMV/GBW OTERO COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISIONERS VIRGINIA BLANSETT, DANIEL STUMP, AUDREY HILES, LT. SESLER, …
Incarceration, Justice and the Planet: How the Fight Against Toxic Prisons May Shape the Future of Environmentalism by Panagioti Tsolkas Prisons inspire little in terms of natural wonder. It might be a weed rises through a crack and blooms for a moment. It might be a prisoner notices. But prisoners, …
Article • September 11, 2015
$349,500 Settlement in Los Angeles Jail MRSA Suit by $349,500 Settlement in Los Angeles Jail MRSA Suit Los Angeles County agreed to a $349,500 settlement in a class action alleging conditions at various jails in the county placed them at a heightened risk of contracting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The …
Brief • July 13, 2015
Goins v. Aguilar, AZ, Settlement, Conditions of Confinement, 2015 \ ... SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release ("Settlement Agreement") 1s entered into, on, by, and among ROBERT C. GOINS, Kansas Department of Corrections ("KDC") ~ individually (the "Plaintiff'); and the STATE OF ARIZONA ("the State") on behalf …
CCA Pays $6,000 Settlement in Dangerous Conditions Causing Tennessee Prisoner’s Slip and Fall by CCA Pays $6,000 Settlement in Dangerous Conditions Causing Tennessee Prisoner’s Slip and Fall Corrections Corporation of America paid $6,184.71 to settle a claim brought by Metro-Davidson County Detention Facility prisoner James A. Reese, who alleged negligence …
Riley v Walsh IL Settlement 2015 04/08/2015 From ~ 15:52 # 24 6 FULL AND FINAL REL~ASE OF ALL CLAIMS TO INCLUDE COUNSEL'S FEES, COSTS AND EXPENSES FOR THE SOLE AND ONLY CONSIDERATION of a total of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) paid by and on behalf of Defendants …
Brief • October 7, 2014
Bodnar v. County of Riverside, CA, Settlement Agreement, Denial of Cleaning Supplies in Prison, 2014 SETILEMENT AGREEMENTAND RELEASE This SettlementAgreementand Release("Agreement")is entered into by and between plaintiff Thomas Bodnar ("Plaintiff'), on the one hand, and the County of Riverside ("Defendant"),on the other hand (collectively,the "Parties").All referencesin this Agreement to a …
Former Detainee Alleges Unconstitutional Conditions at Illinois Jail, Accepts $7,501 Judgment by On April 24, 2013, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a former pretrial detainee at the Edgar County Jail (ECJ) in Illinois stated a claim concerning unconstitutional conditions of confinement at the facility. The appellate court …
Article • August 15, 2013
Massachusetts Jail Subject to Department of Public Health Inspections and Regulations by Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court has held that the Department of Public Health has authority to implement regulations on isolation unit conditions, and the Attorney General can file a civil action to require a sheriff to comply with those …
Article • August 15, 2013
Closure Proper Remedy if Court’s Order Balked by Officials by The First Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a district court has the authority to order a jail or prison closed if its order to correct constitutional violations is not complied with. This civil rights action was brought by …
Report Cites Rising Violence, Other Problems at Illinois Maximum-Security Prison by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A report by the John Howard Association of Illinois (JHA) found that overcrowding and understaffing at the Menard Correctional Center (Menard) has resulted in an “alarming” increase in staff and prisoner assaults. Opened …
Hurricane Rita FTCA Action Dismissed by On September 22, 2009, a federal court in Texas dismissed a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) action brought by one attorney on behalf of more than 400 prisoners who were injured during Hurricane Rita. The plaintiffs were all incarcerated at the U.S. Penitentiary in …
Article • March 15, 2011
$2,000 Settlement in DC Prisoner’s Burn from Exposed Hot Pipe by The District of Columbia (DC) paid $2,000 to settle a negligence suit filed by prisoner Neal Bowman for injuries sustained from burning his leg on an exposed hot pipe. While working out in the gymnasium of DC’s Occoquan Facility …
Article • March 15, 2011
$3,000 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Raw Sewage Suit by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $3,000 to settle the lawsuit of prisoner Arnold A. Jefferson for negligence. While at the D.C. Jail on September 21, 1999, Jefferson was bitten by a “black worm” from backed up sewage pipes, causing him …
Canyon County Jail in Idaho Settles Conditions Suit With Consent Decree and $190,000 in Attorney’s Fees by Brandon Sample On November 12, 2009, Canyon County, Idaho agreed to settle a federal class-action suit against the Canyon County Jail (CCJ) that raised a myriad of claims related to unconstitutional conditions. Filed …
California Prison Officials Settle Deliberate Indifference Suit for $12,000 by Michael Brodheim Following mediation in July 2008, Peter Cockcroft, proceeding pro se, agreed to a $12,000 settlement of his § 1983 suit for damages alleging Eighth Amendment violations that transpired between March 2004 and January 2006, when he was a …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
$300,000 Settlement in New York City Jail Prisoner’s Slip and Fall Accident by The City of New York paid $300,000 to settle a prisoner’s slip and fall injury. The settlement came after a jury was picked for trial. As prisoner Troy Washington was walking back to his cell at the …
New Orleans Jail Conditions Found Unconstitutional by Jimmy Franks In June, August and November 2008, the Orleans Parish Prison (OPP) in New Orleans, Louisiana was the target of a U.S. Department of Justice investigation conducted by the agency’s Civil Rights Division. Under the auspices of the Civil Rights of Institutionalized …
Settlement in Idaho Jail Condition Class-Action Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 4, 2009, a consent decree was entered in a class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of jail prisoners with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) over conditions of confinement at the Canyon County …
Settlement Promises Improvements at Baltimore City Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 18, 2009, a settlement was reached in a class-action lawsuit over conditions of confinement at the Baltimore City Detention Center (BCDC). The lawsuit dates back to 1971 and had been on the federal district court’s …
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