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Montoya v. Board of County Commissioners of the County of Rio Arriba, NM, Amended Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2015 Case 1:16-cv-00253-JCH-GBW Document 4-1 Filed 04/18/16 Page 65 of 86 STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF RIO ARRIBA FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT RHIANNON MONTOYA, Plaintiff, v. No. D-117-CV-2015-00078 COUNTY OF RIO ARRIBA …
Report Finds Shortcomings at Santa Clara County, California Jail by Derek Gilna A report prepared by a San Francisco law firm following interviews with 944 prisoners and 33 staff members at the Santa Clara County Jail found numerous complaints of both physical and verbal abuse, uneven enforcement of rules, harassment …
Tennessee Prisoner Awarded $60,000 for Guards’ Use of Excessive Force by A Tennessee federal jury awarded $60,000 to a prisoner after finding three guards at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution (RMSI) in Nashville had used excessive force. The verdict found that prison guards Joshua McCall, Gaelen Doss and Sean Stewart …
Pepper-spraying Sleeping Prisoner Unconstitutional, but Case Loses at Trial by David Reutter The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that “using a chemical agent in an attempt to wake a sleeping prisoner, without apparent necessity and in the absence of mitigating circumstances, violates clearly established law.” The ruling came in …
Privately-operated Texas Prison Rebounds by Matthew Clarke Despite years of controversy that included sitting vacant for months after it was built and staff members being arrested for smuggling contraband and having sexual relationships with prisoners, the Jack Harwell Detention Center in Waco, Texas has rebounded. It now houses more prisoners, …
Defense Verdict in Kentucky Prisoner’s Death; Appellate Court Reverses by David Reutter A Kentucky state jury found for the defendants in a lawsuit alleging a jail guard and nurse failed to monitor and treat a pretrial detainee’s serious medical condition, resulting in her death. Recently, however, the Court of Appeals …
Brief • March 25, 2016
Martin v. County of Milwaukee, WI, Amended Complaint, Sexual Abuse Shackling, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN JANE DOE, on behalf of herself and others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. COUNTY OF MILWAUKEE, DAVID A. CLARKE, JR., in his Official capacity, XAVIER D. THICKLEN, And JOHN …
Clark v. Lind, IL, Complaint, Retaliation for Filing Lawsuit, 2016 RECEIVED APR 2 8 2016 . UNITED STAIBS DISTRICT COURT ADMI NI STRATIVE REVIEW BOARD for the Southern District of Illinois vs. CaseNumber. NOTICE AND CONSENT TO PROCEED BEFORE A MAGISTRATE JUDGE Notice of a magistrate judge's availability. In accordance …
Article • March 7, 2016
Federal Lawsuit, Criminal Charges Follow Beating of Prisoners In Florida Jail by Christopher Zoukis The repeated beating of a prisoner at the DeSoto County Jail in Florida has resulted in some serious consequences: a $3.5 million federal lawsuit, criminal charges against the jail guards, and the firings and a resignation …
Publication • March 7, 2016
Correctional Officers and Domestic Violence, FSU, 2012 Florida State University Libraries Faculty Publications The College of Social Work 2012 Correctional Officers and Domestic Violence: Experiences and Attitudes Colby Lynne Valentine, Karen Oehme, and Annelise Martin Follow this and additional works at the FSU Digital Library. For more information, please contact …
Systemic Abuse of Prisoners in U.S. by By John Kiriakou Two federal prison guards in Florida recently agreed to plead guilty for beating a prisoner and then covering it up. One officer faces up to three years in a federal prison, while the other is looking at a year. The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) issued …
Widespread Corruption in L.A. County Jails Leads to Federal Investigation, Indictments by David Reutter by David M. Reutter and Rod L. Bower Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Leroy David “Lee” Baca faces up to six months in prison after pleading guilty on February 10, 2016 to charges that he lied …
Federal Jury Awards $950,000 to Prisoners Beaten at L.A. County Jail by Derek Gilna As indicated by this month’s cover story, violence or the threat of violence has long been part of life for prisoners in Los Angeles County’s jail system. An incident that occurred in August 2008, however, demonstrated …
Report Highlights Continuing Problems with Florida Department of Corrections by Derek Gilna The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) was the subject of a recent Prison Legal News cover story that detailed prisoner deaths, excessive use of force by guards, and other types of misconduct and corruption. [See: PLN, Feb. 2016, …
Federal Judge Refuses to Dismiss Suit Filed by Widow of Workplace-Harassed Prison Guard by Derek Gilna California state prison guard Scott Jones committed suicide in 2011, leaving a note that said, “the job made me do it.” His wife, Janelle Jones, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the California …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Third Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Federal Prisoner’s Eighth Amendment Suit by Derek Gilna Norman N. Shelton, confined in the Special Management Unit (SMU) at the U.S. Penitentiary in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, filed suit alleging that prison officials had “engaged in a pattern, practice, or policy of improperly placing inmates who are …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Tennessee: Theft, Misconduct Charges Pending Against Former Jail Supervisor, Son by David Reutter A father and son have been charged with misconduct and theft for inappropriate conduct with prisoners and double-billing supervision over a work crew from a Tennessee jail. According to Police Chief Mark Sirois, the Johnson City Police …
PLN Obtains Confidential CCA Litigation Records in Tennessee by David Reutter There are many arguments against the privatization of prisons, jails and other detention facilities. Over the years, Prison Legal News has published numerous articles detailing the problems with having a for-profit company fulfill the essential governmental function of incarceration …
Texas County Jail, Beset by Prisoner Deaths, has Highest Suicide Rate by Matthew Clarke A wrongful death suit filed by the parents of a 30-year-old Bexar County, Texas jail prisoner who died of a methadone overdose while in solitary confinement at the lock-up settled in February 2015 for $200,000, and …
Sexual Harassment, Abuse Alleged at Oklahoma Halfway House for Women by Joe Watson Ownership of a privately-operated Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) halfway house near Tulsa has changed hands in the midst of at least two lawsuits and possible criminal charges stemming from allegations that the owner of a sandwich …
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