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Multiple Staffers Arrested at Georgia’s Clayton County Jail by Eight employees were arrested at Georgia’s Clayton County Jail in 2023, including guard Jalen Clausel. He was taken in five days after Sheriff Levon Allen said the guard let four detainees assault a fifth on October 28, 2023. None of the …
“Brushed It Under the Rug”: Investigation Refutes Florida Sheriff’s Story About Jail Detainee’s Death by On September 8, 2022, Carl Harper, Jr. died in Florida’s Lee County Jail, a day after his arrest. A press statement five days later from the office of the county Sheriff (LCSO), Carmine Marceno, and …
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
$40,000 Paid to Ohio Detainee Kicked in the Face While Restrained by On March 1, 2023, the federal court for the Southern District of Ohio granted dismissal of a suit brought by a former Cincinnati jail detainee after she accepted a $40,000 settlement from the Hamilton County Board of County …
Brief • November 29, 2023
Filed under: Excessive Force, Restraints
Ward v. Atkinson, OH, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2023 Case: 1:23-cv-02296-PAB Doc #: 1 Filed: 11/29/23 1 of 10. PageID #: 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO FRANKLIN WARD 2602 172 WILLIAMS, APT. A NORWALK, OH 44857 Plaintiff, -vsCORRECTIONS OFFICER SHAY ATKINSON In his official and …
Brief • June 28, 2023
Filed under: Excessive Force, Restraints
Nelson v. Frazier, MO, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2023 I I ITUAL RELEASE & SETliLEMENT AGREEMENT This Gene Release and Settlement Agreemert (the "Agreement"} is entered into by and betwe i the parties, Mack Nelson, ("Plaintiffi'), and Sergeant Herb Robinson and Officers Davi i=razier, Alyssa Surges, and Mitchell Powell ("Defendants"), and …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Minnesota Supreme Court: Prisoner Abused with Overtight Handcuffs Need Only Show Deliberate Indifference, Not Malicious Intent by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clark On December 14, 2022, the Minnesota Supreme Court took up a state prisoner’s claim that he was left with permanent nerve damage from restraints guards misused during a …
Article • April 24, 2023
Texas Jail Guard Indicted in Fatal Shooting of Shackled Detainee by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On April 7, 2023, a Texas grand jury indicted a guard at the Hays County Jail for shooting a shackled detainee in the back and killing him. Isaiah Garcia, 27, was charged with felony …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Former Georgia Sheriff Gets 18 Months for Punishing Detainees in Restraint Chair by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 14, 2023, a federal judge in Georgia sentenced former Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill to an 18-month federal prison term for violating the civil rights of pretrial detainees in …
No Discipline for California Probation Supervisor Filmed Assaulting Restrained Juvenile Detainee by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On a Friday in October 2020 at Camp Kilpatrick, a juvenile facility in Los Angeles County’s Malibu, a teenage detainee went looking for something to eat in the common area. “Beckham” …
Autistic Texan Dies in Bondage and Isolation After Being Committed to State Hospital by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Justin Reeder, 32, died alone in a restraint chair at North Texas State Hospital (NTSH) on September 17, 2022. That night, staff could not control a spell of aggressive …
Article • September 16, 2022
$6,500 Paid by Illinois DOC to Settle Three Prisoner’s Mistreatment Claims by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Proving that even a small victory is still a victory, a trio of Illinois prisoners accepted a total of $6,500 to settle separate claims they were mistreated while in custody of the …
$1 Million Paid After Indiana Jailers Fatally Beat and Taser Detainee, But Prosecutor Finds No Crime by Keith Sanders, Benjamin Tschirhart by Keith Sanders and Benjamin Tschirhart When a caregiver fails to seek medical attention for a person during an emergency, inflicting instead additional pain and suffering and looking on …
Seventh Circuit Refuses to Hold Wexford Liable for Prisoner’s Pain from Medical Transports in “Black Box” Restraint by David Reutter David M. Reutter For prison officials and healthcare providers who refused to grant an Illinois prisoner an exemption from wearing “black box restraints” during medical transport, a federal district court …
Brief • 2022
Filed under: Excessive Force, Restraints
Nelson v. Frazier, MO, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2022 2316-CV05188 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI AT KANSAS CITY MACK C. NELSON, c/o JPLaw 1301 Oak Street, Suite 605 Kansas City, Missouri 64106 PLAINTIFF, v. P.O. Frazier -Badge# 50085 c/oKCMOPD 1125 Locust Kansas City, Missouri 65106 P.O. Surges -Badge …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
$325,000 to Detainee Assaulted at East Texas Jail, 90 Days to Former Deputy Who Beat Him While Restrained in Wheelchair by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On February 24, 2022, a former sheriff’s deputy in Harrison County, Texas, was sentenced for savagely beating a restrained detainee at the …
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
$4,000 Federal Bench Verdict to Kentucky Prisoner Assaulted by Guard While Restrained by On March 26, 2021, the U.S. DistrictCourt for the Western District of Kentucky granted summary judgment to a state prisoner who sued a former guard for assaulting him while he was compliant and restrained. Kentucky State Penitentiary …
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
After Second Circuit Rules in His Favor, Connecticut Prisoner Required to Exercise in Full Restraints for Six Months Takes $100,000 Settlement by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke After a federal appeals court vacated a district court’s judgment in favor of Connecticut prison officials, they settled for $100,000 with a prisoner …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Seven Guards Fired Over Collins County Texas Jail Death by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Marvin David Scott III was far from what most people would consider a criminal. The 26-year-old played football in high school, made straight As, and was described by friends and family as “generous to everyone …
Brief • September 15, 2021
Casaccia v. City of Rochester, NY, Decision and Order, Excessive Force, 2021 Case 6:17-cv-06323-FPG-MJP Document 108 Filed 09/15/21 Page 1 of 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK MICHAEL CASACCIA and MARYBETH CASACCIA, Plaintiffs, DECISION AND ORDER -vs- 17-CV-6323-FPG-MJP CITY OF ROCHESTER, et al., Defendants. APPEARANCES For …
Edwards v. Hooks, NC, Complaint, Shackling Pregnant Prisoners, 2021 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA TRACEY EDWARDS, Plaintiff, v. ERIK HOOKS, in his official capacity as Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, BENITA WITHERSPOON, in her personal capacity, CLAUDETTE EDWARDS, in her …
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