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Publication • August 8, 2016
HRDC comments to Surface Transportation Board re PTS merger - Aug. 2016 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS Opposing Comment for Docket No. MCF 21067 August 8, 2016 Surface Transportation Board 395 E Street S.W. Washington, DC 20423-0001 Re: Opposing Comment for Docket No. MCF 21067 Dear …
Woman Dies during 1,000 Mile Private Prisoner Transport Trip by David Reutter The death of a woman on a private transport van raised a much needed spotlight on the private prisoner transport industry. The 54-year-old woman was found slumped over in the back of the Prisoner Transportation Services of America …
Article • August 1, 2016
BOP Pays $12,773 to Settle Negligence Suit by The federal Bureau of Prisons paid $12,773.46 to settle a lawsuit claiming injuries incurred during an accident involving a BOP vehicle. Beverly Oliver was a passenger in a vehicle stopped at an intersection on January 31, 1995, in Memphis, Tennessee, when it …
Article • July 28, 2016
$490,000 Settlement for Philadelphia Man Injured during Rough Police Transport by The City of Philadelphia paid $490,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging unlawful arrest and injuries suffered during a police transport. James McKenna, 34, was at a bar on June 23, 2011, with his girlfriend when his offer of complimentary …
Publication • February 16, 2016
MI DOC Audit Report - Prisoner Transportation, MI AG, 2008 MICHIGAN OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL AUDIT REPORT PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF PRISONER TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS December 2008 THOMAS H. MCTAVISH, C.P.A. AUDITOR GENERAL 471-0623-07L The auditor general shall conduct post audits of financial transactions and accounts of the state …
Publication • February 12, 2016
CEO Letter to Board re Inmate Participation Fire Suppression Camp, LA County, 2015 September 29, 2015 The Honorable Board of Supervisors County of Los Angeles 383 Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration 500 West Temple Street Los Angeles, California 90012 Dear Supervisors: AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO AGREEMENT NUMBER 78039 FOR FIRE …
Article • January 13, 2016
New York Ex-Prisoner Awarded $700K for Slip and Fall by Lonnie Burton After a bifurcated bench trial on the question of damages only, a former New York state prisoner was awarded over $700,000 by a Court of Claims judge for injuries suffered after the ex-prisoner fell while exiting a prison …
Article • January 12, 2016
Overcrowding Causes Unrest in Oklahoma Jail by Matthew Clarke By Matt Clarke Around 43 prisoners in Oklahoma's Bryan County Jail took part in unrest on August 18, 2013. According to Bryan County Sheriff Ken Golden, the prisoners, who had been sentenced to serve time in prison and were awaiting transfer …
Privatized Prisoner Transportation Service Poses Problems by David Reutter Privatized Prisoner Transportation Service Poses Problems by David M. Reutter Several lawsuits against the self-proclaimed “nation’s largest prisoner extradition company and one of the largest international transporters of detainees” have cast a harsh light on a contractor hired to fulfill the …
Article • November 10, 2015
Michigan Federal Court Has Granted Motion to Compel Law Enforcement Officers to Produce Documents by Michigan Federal Court Has Granted Motion to Compel Law Enforcement Officers to Produce Documents The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan has granted in part a motion to compel the defendants, law …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
Failure to Protect New York Prisoner Nets $12,500 Award by David Reutter Failure to Protect New York Prisoner Nets $12,500 Award by David Reutter A New York Court of Claims awarded $12,500 to a prisoner based on his complaint that guards were negligent in failing to ensure his safety. However, …
Article • September 10, 2015
$6,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Injured During Transport by David Reutter $6,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Injured During Transport by David M. Reutter Corrections Corporation of America paid $6,000 to settle a claim that a prisoner was injured during a transport from Silverdale Detention Center in Tennessee. The settlement came …
Article • September 9, 2015
$4,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Injured During Transport by David Reutter $4,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Injured During Transport  by David M. Reutter Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $4,000 to settle a negligence claim stemming from a prisoner being injured during a transport from a drug and rehabilitation facility …
Article • June 3, 2015 • from PLN June, 2015
Filed under: Escapes, Transportation
Wyoming Prisoner Escapes from Private Transport Van, Remains on the Run by Mark Wilson Wyoming Prisoner Escapes from Private Transport Van, Remains on the Run by Mark Wilson If his history is any indication, Wyoming fugitive Kenneth James Ward probably didn’t need a head start. But he got one when …
Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015
Dehydration Death of North Carolina Prisoner Prompts Investigations, Firings, Resignations by Christopher Zoukis North Carolina prisoner with a history of mental illness who was found dead in a transport van after being transferred to another prison died due to dehydration, according to the North Carolina Medical Examiner’s Office. However, the …
Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Fifth Circuit Dismisses Female Immigration Detainees’ Sexual Assault Claims by Matthew Clarke Fifth Circuit Dismisses Female Immigration Detainees’ Sexual Assault Claims by Matt Clarke The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held on May 6, 2014 that federal employees responsible for overseeing immigration detainee contracts were entitled to qualified immunity even …
Article • October 10, 2014 • from PLN October, 2014
Colorado Law Grants Immunity to Law Enforcement Officers Transporting Juveniles by David Reutter Colorado Law Grants Immunity to Law Enforcement Officers Transporting Juveniles by David M. Reutter The Colorado Supreme Court held on January 13, 2014 that “allegations of negligence alone are not sufficient to overcome the statutory grant of …
Brief • October 8, 2014
Thomas v. Community Educ. Ctrs., Inc., TX, Complaint, Sexual Assault by Transport Officer, 2014 Case 4:14-cv-00648 Document 1 Filed 10/08/14 Page 1 of 16 PageID #: 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS SHERMAN DIVISION DEBRA THOMAS, and NATALIE DAVIS, Plaintiffs, v. COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTERS, INC., …
Article • September 20, 2014 • from PLN September, 2014
Fifth Circuit Holds Prison Guard’s Injury-Causing Reckless Driving States Nonfrivolous Claim by Matthew Clarke Fifth Circuit Holds Prison Guard’s Injury-Causing Reckless Driving States Nonfrivolous Claim by Matt Clarke The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held last year that a district court erred when it dismissed a prisoner’s claim that he …
Article • September 18, 2014 • from PLN September, 2014
Alabama Work Release Transportation, Medical and Drug Screen Costs Not “Incidental to Confinement” by David Reutter Alabama Work Release Transportation, Medical and Drug Screen Costs Not “Incidental to Confinement” by David M. Reutter Alabama’s Supreme Court has held that the plain language of § 14-8-6, Ala. Code 1975 does not …
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