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Settlement Reached in California Psychiatric Disabilities Class-action Suit by Matthew Clarke On August 7, 2014, federal district court judge Lawrence K. Karlton granted preliminary approval of a settlement in a class-action suit brought by California state prisoners who suffer from mental illnesses. The settlement ensures that such prisoners will not …
Siskiyou County pays to settle 2009 wrongful death suit , Kinkade, 2012 Siskiyou County pays to settle 2009 wrongful death suit  By Skye Kinkade Mount Shasta Area Newspapers Posted Jun 06, 2012 @ 09:59 AM Yreka, Calif. — The family of a 29 year old man who committed suicide …
Tulare Co settles jail suicide lawsuit - Mario Lopez family to receive USD 1 million, Visalia Times-Delta, 2012 Format Dynamics :: CleanPrint :: http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/article/20120601/NE... Page 1 of 5 Tulare County settles jail suicide lawsuit; Mario Lopez's family to receive $1m Tulare County has settled for $1 million a lawsuit filed …
Burke v. CorrectCare-Integrated Health, KY, Complaint, Inmate Starved to Death, 2016 Case 5:15-cv-00007-TBR Document 105 Filed 02/04/16 Page 1 of 30 PageID #: 684 Case 5:15-cv-00007-TBR Document 105 Filed 02/04/16 Page 2 of 30 PageID #: 685 Case 5:15-cv-00007-TBR Document 105 Filed 02/04/16 Page 3 of 30 PageID #: 686 …
Civil Rights Advocates Laud Healthcare Settlement with Arizona Prison System by Joe Watson by Joe Watson and Derek Gilna Civil rights organizations hailed the settlement of a class-action lawsuit filed against the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) in the wake of scores of prisoner deaths and preventable injuries stemming from …
$250,000 Settlement for Estate of PA Prisoner Killed by Mentally Ill Cellmate by David Reutter The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PDOC) paid $250,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the estate of an elderly, handicapped prisoner who was killed by his psychotic cellmate at State Correctional Institution Forest. Elwood Brasswell, …
$3 Million Settlement in Death of Mentally Ill Prisoner; Three Guards Indicted by Matthew Clarke A $3 million settlement was paid to the parents of a 23-year-old mental health patient killed by three guards at Bridgewater State Hospital who were attempting to strap him into four-point restraints on a small …
Florida’s Department of Corrections: A Culture of Corruption, Abuse and Deaths by David Reutter Florida, with the nation’s third-largest prison system, has a long and sordid history of abusing, neglecting and even killing its prisoners. Because most state prisons are in insular rural areas, the general public, aside from those …
Will Lawsuits and Exposés Lead to Reform of Florida’s Brutal Prisons? by Laura Cepero Florida’s prisons have become notorious for their abuse and neglect of the people in their care. Now, as per an agreement between the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) and Disability Rights Florida, the state will be overhauling …
Indiana Protection and Advocacy Svs Commission v. IN DOC, IN, Private Settlemetn Stipulation,2016 Case 1:08-cv-01317-TWP-MJD Document 496 Filed 01/27/16 Page 1 of 27 PageID #: 8852 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION INDIANA PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY SERVICES COMMISSION, et al., Plaintiffs, v. COMMISSIONER, INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF …
Johnson-Hess on behalf Estate of Robert Knott v. USA, US, Complaint, 2016 Case 1:16-cv-00117-MEH Document 1 Filed 01/15/16 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 22 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Elaine Johnson-Hess, personal representative of the estate of Robert Knott, Plaintiff; Case No. _________ The Hon. _________ …
Article • January 12, 2016
California’s Efforts to Hide Deficiencies at Prison Psych Unit Failed by David Reutter With a federal court order looming, the psychiatric unit at California’s Salinas Valley State Prison (SVPP) violated its own policies and made risky admissions to reduce its patient waiting lists. As a three-judge panel was about to …
Too Many Prisoners in New Mexico Needlessly Held in Solitary, Report Says by Joe Watson In spite of his history of mental illness, Stephen Slevin was locked away in a small, padded cell in solitary confinement at the Dona Ana County, New Mexico, Detention Center not long after he was …
Article • January 11, 2016
Childlike Man with Multiple Sclerosis Kept in Prison After Sentence Ends by Joe Watson On September 26, 2013, a 43-year-old man suffering from multiple sclerosis, and said to have the mental capacity of a 5-year-old, was free to depart New Mexico’s Department of Corrections after spending 25 years in prison. …
Article • January 11, 2016
Virginia’s Treatment of Jailed Mentally Ill Persons Found Lacking by David Reutter Jails have become an essential part of Virginia’s mental health system, but they lack the capacity to satisfy the current demand for mental health services. That is a finding of a report by Virginia’s Office of the State …
Vermont Law Shields For-Profit Healthcare Provider from Public Scrutiny by Joe Watson When Vermont's Department of Corrections hired a for-profit healthcare provider in 2010 to treat the state's 2,000 prisoners, it also hired an independent third-party to keep tabs on the private contractor. And yet, Correct Care Solutions (CCS) has …
Article • January 7, 2016
$700,000 Settlement in California Police Shooting Suit by The City of Napa, California settled a federal lawsuit over the November 28, 2010, shooting by police of an unarmed 60-year old man. Police were asked to check on the welfare of Richard Poccia. They were told he was in the midst …
Ellison v. State of Colorado, CO, Complaint, mental treatment overdose malpractice medical neglect, 2016 Case 1:16-cv-00026-LTB Document 1 Filed 01/06/16 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 25 Case 1:16-cv-00026-LTB Document 1 Filed 01/06/16 USDC Colorado Page 2 of 25 Case 1:16-cv-00026-LTB Document 1 Filed 01/06/16 USDC Colorado Page 3 of 25 …
Connecticut Prisoner Obtains Settlement in Civil Rights Case by Derek Gilna Connecticut Prisoner Obtains Settlement in Civil Rights Case by Derek Gilna Jerome Riddick, who has acknowledged he has a variety of mental disabilities, suffered for many years in the State of Connecticut’s prison system; at one point he was …
Villa v. County of Santa Clara, CA, Claim, Excessive Force, 2015 CLAIM AGAINST THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA Please submit the completed form to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, 70 W. Hedding St., East Wing, 10th Floor, San Jose, CA 95110 Please attach additional pages as needed. FOR …
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