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Indiana ACLU Announces Settlement to Help Mentally Ill Prisoners by Derek Gilna In 2008, long before the issue became a focus of national attention, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Indiana filed a federal civil rights suit against the Indiana Department of Correction (DOC), challenging inadequate treatment of mentally …
Multiple Suicides at Florida Jail a Cause for Concern by David Reutter Suicide is the leading cause of death among jail detainees according to an August 2015 report by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. While 80% of jails in the U.S. reported no deaths in 2013, six percent reported …
Coroner: California Prisoner’s Death Due to Starvation by Ann Marie Patrick wants an investigation into the death of her son at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville. Michael Stanley Galliher, 49, was found dead six days after he was transferred to the prison from a state mental hospital. A coroner’s …
Fuerstenberg v. Zaruba, IL, Amended Complaint, Failure to Treat Mental Illness, 2016 Case: 1:15-cv-10469 Document#: 17 Filed: 07/01/16 Page 1 of 16 PagelD #:38 IN THE UNITED STATESDISTRICTCOURT FOR THE NORTHERNDISTRICTOF ILLINOIS DIVISION CASE NO.1 :15-CV-10469 DEAN FUERSTENBERG, Plaintiff, JUDGE JOHN Z. LEE vs. JURY TRIAL DEMANDED JOHN E. ZARUBA …
Aging, Sick and Incarcerated: The Need for Compassionate Release by Victoria Law By Victoria Law, Truthout.org Mary Ziman already had debilitating fibromyalgia and, unable to work, was on permanent disability. Then she was arrested and sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute marijuana, methamphetamine and cocaine, charges she says …
Nunez v. County of San Diego, CA, Complaint, mentally ill death excessive water consumption, 2016 Case 3:16-cv-01412-BEN-MDD Document 1 Filed 06/08/16 Page 1 of 30 1 EUGENE G. IREDALE, SBN 75292 JULIA YOO, SBN 231163 2 GRACE JUN, SBN 287973 3 IREDALE & YOO, APC 105 West F Street, Fourth …
U.S. Prisons Filled with America’s Mentally Ill by Derek Gilna In April 2014, the National Sheriffs’ Association and Treatment Advocacy Center released a comprehensive joint report titled “The Treatment of Persons with Mental Illness in Prisons and Jails: A State Survey.” Authored by both experts in mental illness and law …
Petrolino v. City of San Francisco, CA, Complaint and Jury Trial Demand, Wrongful Death, 2016 Case 3:16-cv-02946 Document 1 Filed 06/02/16 Page 1 of 40 1 JEFFREY L. BORNSTEIN – 099358 ERNEST GALVAN – 196065 2 BENJAMIN BIEN-KAHN – 267933 ROSEN BIEN GALVAN & GRUNFELD LLP 3 50 Fremont Street, …
Rendon v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2016 CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE This Settlement_Agreement and Full Release (the "Settlement Agreement'') is made and entered into this 1,,-z... day of January, 2013, by and between: "Plaintiff', Janet Rendon, Independent Administrator of the Estate of Carol Czubernat, Deceased and "Defendant'' …
Using ADA to Prevent Discrimination in CJS, TASC, 2016 TASC is sponsored by the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD), the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA), the Social Security Administration (SSA), and the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA). TASC is a …
Jail diversion efforts for mentally ill, Bazelon Center, 2016 …indicated you may be interested in hearing from the Bazelon Center regarding … efforts to divert people with mental illness from jail. Our general take is that many people with mental illness are incarcerated as a result of the failings of …
DOJ Closing Letter to PA DOC re Use of Solitary Confinement on Prisoners with Mental Illness or Intellectual Disabilities, April 14, 2016 U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Assistant Attorney General Washington, D.C. 20530 APR 14 2016 The Honorable Tom Wolf Office of the Governor 225 Main Capitol Building …
Investigation of Critical Incident at Hampton Road Regional Jail, OSIG, 2016 OFFICE OF THE STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL Report to Governor Terence R. McAuliffe INVESTIGATION OF CRITICAL INCIDENT AT HAMPTON ROADS REGIONAL JAIL April 2016 June W. Jennings, CPA State Inspector General Report No. 2016-BHDS-002 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA Office of the …
Scott v. County of Ventura, CA, Complaint, Mental Health Treatment Delays, 2016 1 2 3 4 5 6 BRIAN A. VOGEL (No. 167413) HEATHER A. QUEST (No. 186749) THE LAW OFFICES OF BRIAN A. VOGEL, PC 770 County Square Drive, Suite 104 Ventura, CA 93003 Telephone: (805) 654-0400 Facsimile: (805) …
Article • May 13, 2016
Connecticut State Prisoner Settles with DOC, Receives Cash and Art Supplies by Derek Gilna Ian Cooke, a Connecticut state prisoner, filed a federal action under 42 U.S.C. 1983 to protest his lack of medical and psychiatric treatment while he was in custody awaiting trial, has settled with the Connecticut Department …
Texas Executes Mexican National despite Unresolved Vienna Convention Claim by On January 22, 2014, Texas executed Edgar Arias Tamayo, 46, for the 1994 murder of Houston police officer Guy Gaddis despite an unresolved claim of a Vienna Convention violation. As applied to Tamayo, the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations required …
Solitary Confinement Increases Risks of Self-Harm in NYC Jails, Study Says by Joe Watson A study of self-harm cases in New York City jails published in the March 2014 issue of the American Journal of Public Health found that prisoners placed in solitary confinement are almost seven times more likely …
Rasho v. Baldwin, IL, Settlement Agreement, Mental Health Services, 2016 1:07-cv-01298-MMM # 696 Page 1 of 34 E-FILED Tuesday, 10 May, 2016 03:14:23 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD IN THE UNITEDSTATESDISTRICTCOURT FOR THE CENTRALDISTRICT OF ILLINOIS PEORIA DIVISION ASHOOR RASHO et al., ) ) ) Plaintiffs, No. l:07-CV-1298-MMM-JEH ) …
Adams v. NaphCare, VA, Complaint, Jail Death, 2016 Case 2:16-cv-00229-RBS-LRL Document 1 Filed 05/10/16 Page 1 of 112 PageID# 1 FILED UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Norfolk Division ROXANNE ADAMS, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF JAMYCHEAL M. MITCHELL, Deceased, Plaintiff, CLERK. US DISTRICT COURT ^FOI.k, …
Disputed PLRA Administrative Exhaustion Issues Properly Resolved in Bench Trial by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held on June 18, 2015 that disputed issues of fact regarding exhaustion under the PLRA may be resolved in a bench trial. The appellate court also found the plaintiff had failed to exhaust …
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