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Florida: Suit Continues Against CoreCivic for Rape of Developmentally Disabled Child by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin In November 2017, a U.S. District Court judge set a February 2019 trial date in a civil suit to resolve allegations that CoreCivic – formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America – failed …
BJS Report Finds Prisoner Sexual Abuse Allegations Continue to Rise by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss A July 2018 report by the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) found the number of alleged incidents of sexual victimization among state and federal prisoners increased 180 percent from 2011 to 2015. …
Johnson v. CoreCivic, et al., TN, order, wrongful death, 2018 Case 1:18-cv-01051-STA-egb Document 19 Filed 11/05/18 Page 1 of 20 PageID 103 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE EASTERN DIVISION _____________________________________________________________________________ CAROLYN JOHNSON, as survivor and next of kin of EARL WAYNE JOHNSON, ) …
New York: $100,000 to Settle Suit over Rape of Trans Prisoner Held in Men’s Prison by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a male-to-female transgender prisoner who was raped while housed …
$380,000 settlement in Cook County Jail abuse case by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon A 26-year-old law student and former medical student was held in Chicago’s Cook County Jail for 27 days. She was arrested for the non-violent misdemeanor offense and was being held for extradition to another state for …
Texas Settles Suit Over Rape and Beating of Transgender Prisoner by On March 15, 2018, Lambda Legal, an organization that advocates for LGBT rights, announced the settlement of a lawsuit brought by a male-to-female transgender Texas prisoner who was beaten and raped while serving 14 years in all-male facilities. After …
Florida: $60,000 Settlement for Juvenile Offender Raped During “Test of Heart” Ritual by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Florida juvenile offender who was beaten and raped by other prisoners as a guard stood by and watched has received a $60,000 settlement from the state. According to the U.S. …
Illinois: $380,000 Settlement in Lawsuit Over Jail Prisoner Assaulted by Other Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 23, 2017, Cook County, Illinois paid $380,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a woman using the pseudonym “Jane Doe,” who alleged she was repeatedly beaten and sexually assaulted by …
M.M. V. Lea County Correctional Facility, NM, Settlement, Sexual Assault, 2018 SETTLEMENT AGREE1\1ENT AND GENERAL RELEASE This SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE ("Agreement") is entereJ inlo by M M ("Plaintiff'' or "Rclcasor"), Jeff Wrigley, John Beaird, Marcario Arroyos anci The GEO Group, Inc. (hereinafter "GEO"). GEO explicitly includes the aforementioned Jeff …
Hubbard v. Butler, IL, Merit Review, Failure to Protect, 2018 Case 3:17-cv-00672-SMY-RJD Document 10 Filed 03/15/18 Page 1 of 8 Page ID #69 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS MICHAEL HUBBARD. Plaintiff, vs. KIMBERLY BUTLER, UNKNOWN CORRECTIONAL OFFICER, UNKNOWN SERGEANT, and UNKNOWN LIEUTENANT ) …
The High Cost of Texas Prison Rape Data by Edward Lyon by Edward B. Lyon A recent request for sexual assault data in Texas prisons since 2013 was estimated to cost $1,132,024.30. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) stated it needs over 61,000 hours to "hand search" more than …
Florida Legislator Tackles Abuse of Juvenile Prisoners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Florida legislator who was disturbed by publicized accounts of violence being inflicted on the state’s juvenile prison is using his experience as an auditor to get to the bottom of the problem and recommend change.  …
Report Finds Texas Prison Staff Often Ignore Reports of Prison Rape by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke In November 2016, the Texas Association Against Sexual Assault and the Prison Justice League (PJL) published a report on sexual assaults in Texas prisons. The report concluded that Texas has failed to stem …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Montana County Settles Suit over Prisoner’s Rape for $125,000 by In November 2016, Jefferson County, Montana agreed to pay $125,000 to settle a civil rights lawsuit filed by a prisoner who was allegedly raped in the county jail. Audemio Orozco-Ramirez was being held on immigration charges when he claimed he …
Article • November 6, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
Tenth Circuit Holds Jail Guard May be Liable for Prisoner-on-Prisoner Assault by On November 14, 2016, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the denial of qualified immunity to a Colorado jail guard who failed to protect a prisoner from being assaulted. James Durkee was incarcerated at the Summit County …
Beck v. Hamblen County, TN, Complaint, Unsafe Jail Conditions, Assault, 2017 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NORTHEASTERN DIVISION ZACKERY BECK, Plaintiff, vs. Case No. HAMBLEN COUNTY, Tennessee, a governmental entity, ESCO R. JARNAGIN, Hamblen County Sheriff, JOHN and JANE DOES, employees of the Hamblen County Sheriff’s Department, …
Butzer v. CoreCivic, FL, Complaint, Juvenile Sexual Assault, 2017 Case 5:17-cv-00360-JSM-PRL Document 1 Filed 08/07/17 Page 1 of 8 PageID 1 Fl LED UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 2Dl1 AUG - 7 AH 9: 33 CASE NO. ('" ' .. ., LESLEY BUTZER, as Mother and Next …
Illinois Pays $450,000 to Prisoner Who was Raped, Punished for Reporting It by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton An Illinois State prisoner who was raped agreed to settle his lawsuit against Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) officials who punished him for reporting the sexual assault. The $450,000 payout was one …
ACLU - Cruel and Usual Punishment, LA County Jails, 2011 Cruel and Usual Punishment: How a Savage Gang of Deputies Controls LA County Jails A report by the ACLU National Prison Project and the ACLU of Southern California September 2011 Principal Authors Sarah Liebowitz ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Jails …
Bureau of Justice Statistics - PREA Data Collection Activities, 2017 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics DATA COLLECTION PROFILE June 2017, NCJ 250752 Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 PREA Data Collection Activities, 2017 The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA; P.L. 108-79) …
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