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Article • June 20, 2018
$45,000 Settlement Ends Pennsylvania Prisoner Federal Assault Suit Against Guards by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A former prisoner at Fayette County Prison, Pennsylvania, who was allegedly assaulted by prison guards on several occasions resulting in physical and emotional injuries, agreed to an out-of-court settlement totaling $45,000.      While Timothy …
Article • June 20, 2018
$1,500 Settlement After New York Prisoner Claims Smoke Injuries by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A prisoner at Franklin Correctional Facility in Malone, New York, received a settlement of $1,500 to drop his federal lawsuit in which he alleged suffering severe respiratory attacks from unauthorized smoking within the prison.      …
California Casino Patron Settles Civil Rights Suit with Casino and Tehama County Sheriff's Department by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis  A California man, who was allegedly mistreated by the staff of a casino he was visiting and sheriff's deputies who forcefully arrested him, accepted a settlement agreement of an undisclosed …
Article • June 20, 2018
$1.25 Million Settlement for Chicago Man Coerced into Confessing to Rape and Murder by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Harold Hill, who was coerced into confessing to a rape and murder, and freed from prison when DNA evidence exonerated him nearly 13 years later, settled with the Chicago Police Department …
$95,000 Settlement in Suit Over Idaho Jail Prisoner's Death by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In April 2016, a federal civil rights lawsuit against Canyon County, Idaho, over the death of a county jail prisoner due to denial of medical care was settled for $95,000. Alfred Girrard Young, 46, was …
Article • June 16, 2018
$12,500 Settlement in Suit Over Ohio Death Row Prisoner's Suicide by In April 2016, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections (ODRC) settled for $12,500 a lawsuit brought by the estate and survivors of a death row prisoner who committed suicide three days before he was scheduled to be executed. …
Article • June 16, 2018
California Prisoner Denied Medical Treatment Settles Suit with Prison Medical Staff by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis  Carlos Quiroz, who alleged that he lost 80 percent of the vision in his left eye due to medical neglect while incarcerated in three different California prisons, agreed to a settlement with the …
Jewish Prisoner Denied Kosher Meals Settles with Arizona Prison Officials by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Officials at Saguaro Correctional Center in Eloy, Arizona, a private prison operated at the time by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), a private prison company now known as CoreCivic, agreed to settle with a …
Man's Arrest Based on False Information Results in Settlement with City of Los Angeles, LAPD by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis  Robert Craig Bell, who was arrested and jailed based on information that later was found to be false, agreed to a settlement with the city of Los Angeles and …
Corrections Corporation of America Settles Medical Neglect Suit with Louisiana Prisoner by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis  Emmett Ellerbe, a prisoner at Louisiana's Winn Correctional Center who was allegedly denied adequate medical treatment, reached a settlement with the prison, the warden and the medical staff. The terms of the agreement …
Article • June 8, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Settlement in Lawsuit Over Missouri Jail Prisoner’s Death by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The family of a prisoner who died at a Richland Heights, Missouri jail after untreated deep vein thrombosis caused a fatal pulmonary embolism has settled a lawsuit brought against the jail, two hospitals and hospital employees. …
Article • June 8, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Settlement after Connecticut Police Chief’s Son Assaults Handcuffed Prisoner by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On May 1, 2010, Pedro Temich was arrested in Meriden, Connecticut. He was taken to jail, where video cameras recorded officer Evan Cossette pushing Temich, who was handcuffed and not resisting. Temich fell, hitting the …
Article • June 8, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Ohio: Federal Lawsuit Over Jail Beating Settles for $70,000 by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A federal lawsuit alleging various constitutional and state law violations related to the beating of a jail detainee in Euclid City, Ohio settled in October 2017 for $70,000. On January 14, 2015, Lucille Dumas was …
Article • June 8, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Indiana County Pays $28,000 to Settle Prisoner’s Excessive Force Suit by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell LaPorte County, Indiana has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a former prisoner who claimed county jailers used excessive force against him. The suit, filed by Marcin Kulbacki, alleged that guards at the …
Article • June 7, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Federal Civil Rights Suit for California Jail Beating Settles for $100,000 by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In September 2017, Derek Connor, incarcerated at the Placer County jail in Auburn, California, filed a federal lawsuit against the county and numerous deputies and jail employees over an unprovoked beating and other …
Article • June 7, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Filed under: Settlements, Suicides
Ohio: $275,000 Settlement in Jail Detainee’s Suicide by A $275,000 settlement was reached in a lawsuit over the March 5, 2015 suicide of a pretrial detainee at Ohio’s Fairfield County Jail. It was the second settlement related to a suicide at the facility since 2009. Jesse Whitlatch, 32, was arrested …
Article • June 7, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
$100,000 Settlement in Suit Over Hawaii Guard’s Sexual Assault of Prisoner by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The State of Hawaii and a former prison guard have each agreed to pay $50,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a female prisoner who was sexually assaulted. Stormy Rae Smith was serving …
Lawsuit Over Rikers Island Suicide Settles for $380,000 by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In July 2017, the family of a man who killed himself while in custody at the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City agreed to settle their wrongful death suit for $380,000. Aris Hiraldo, a …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Death
Numerous Deaths, Sealed Settlements in North Carolina Jails by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After two North Carolina prisoners died in county jails, lawsuits filed by their families resulted in settlements. Under state law, the details of those agreements should have been public record; in fact, in the absence …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
PLN Postcard-only Suit Against Knox County, Tennessee Settles for $87,000 by Steve Horn by Steve Horn On April 4, 2018, Prison Legal News settled a lawsuit over unconstitutional mail policies at a jail in Knoxville, Tennessee. The complaint centered around the censorship of 147 pieces of mail sent to prisoners …
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