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BOP Pays $340,000 in SHU Cellmate Assault by The federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) agreed to a $340,000 settlement in a lawsuit brought by a prisoner who was assaulted upon being moved into a Special Housing Unit (SHU) cell. Prisoner Brendan Reilly was incarcerated at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, now …
Alabama Prisoners Bribed to Dance Nude for Doughnuts by Three Alabama jail guards have been charged in a “dancing for doughnuts” practice. Pickens County Jail guards Demetrius Harris, Anthony Lavender, and Chance Draper were charged with felony ethics violations for coercing female prisoners to dance nude for donuts and cell …
Settlement in condition Suit Challenging Birmingham Jail by A settlement agreement was reached in a class action lawsuit concerning the conditions of confinement in Alabama’s Birmingham jail.  The suit was filed in 2011 and was the subject of several PLN reports.  The April 15, 2014, settlement required 100 pre-trial detainees …
$700,000 Settlement in BOP Prisoner’s Delayed Treatment Claim by The federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) agreed to a $700,000 settlement in a lawsuit alleging prison doctors failed to properly treat a prisoner who suffered a head injury form an assault. Prisoner Nathaniel Askew was incarcerated at FCI-Safford in Arizona on …
Penn v. Ryder, IL, Settlement, Reckless Driving, 2016 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, LAW DIVISION BRIAN PENN, ) ) Plamtiff, vs, JOSHUA RYDER, ET. AL., . ) 14 L 012947 ) ) ) ) ) Defendants. ) The under~igned, BRIAN PENN, in comideration of the …
Goings v. Jones, IL, Merit Review, Failure to Protect, 2016 Case 3:16-cv-00833-NJR-DGW Document 1 Filed 07/22/16 Page 1 of 26 Page ID #1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS FREDRICK GOINGS, M36022 ) ) ) Plaintiff, vs. JOHN BALDWIN, DONALD STOLWORTHY, KIM BUTLER, BENEFIELD, …
Jaramillo v. Sisneroz, NM, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2016 JlJL/20/2013/WED 09:13AM FAXtio. P.002 SETfLEMENT AGREEMENT, RELEASEAND COVENANTOF NON-DISCLOSURE For the consideration of the swn of TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND Al-,1D00/100 ($25,000.00), paid by CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, the receipt and sufficiencyof which is hereby acknowledged,T. EUGENEJARAMILLOdoes hereby-release, acquit and forever discharge CORRECTIONS CORPORATION …
USA v. Hinds County, MS, Settlement Agreement, use of force 8th Am sexual misconduct grievances, 2016.pdf THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI The Justice Department and Hinds County, Mississippi, Hinds County Board of Supervisors and the Hinds County Sheriff have entered into a court-enforceable settlement agreement …
Canadian Prison Staff, Cellmate Charged in Prisoner’s Beating Death by Joe Watson An understaffed, poorly-designed prison in Ontario, Canada has been under close scrutiny over the past three years after a prisoner serving a 165-day sentence was bludgeoned to death on Halloween night by a possibly intoxicated cellmate with a …
DC Prisoner Awarded $70,000 for ADA Violations at CCA-run Jail by Derek Gilna William Pierce, a prisoner held by the District of Columbia’s Department of Corrections (DCDOC), has won a $70,000 jury verdict for repeated violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Pierce, who suffers from severe hearing loss, …
Mississippi DOC Guard Trainee Busted for Smuggling Contraband by Sherrice Richardson, a guard trainee at the South Mississippi Correctional Institution, was arrested on January 25, 2016 and charged for her role in a major contraband smuggling ring at the facility. Richardson, 22, admitted to prison officials that she had been …
Contaminated Sites and Prisons in New Jersey by Panagioti Tsolkas When journalist Raven Rakia embarked on an investigation of “the Superfund State” of New Jersey, she found another layer to the environmental justice disaster that sits just south of New York City. While New Jersey leads the nation in federally-designated …
Connecticut Prisoner Wins Motion for Sanctions over Destruction of Evidence; Case Settles for $40,000 by Derek Gilna Connecticut state prisoner Tye Thomas won an important pretrial motion that found employees of the Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) were “grossly negligent” in failing to preserve key video surveillance footage of assaults …
Amnesty International: Sudanese Prisoners Housed in Shipping Containers by On May 27, 2016, Amnesty International reported that the South Sudan was using repurposed shipping containers to house prisoners at a detention site in Gorom. Amnesty’s Regional Director for East Africa, the Horn and the Great Lakes, Muthoni Wanyeki, warned that …
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 …
Wisconsin Prisoner’s Civil Rights Action Alleging Verbal Harassment Reinstated by Derek Gilna Ronald J. Beal, a Wisconsin state prisoner, filed a complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging violations of his civil rights by Department of Corrections (DOC) staff who had subjected him to verbal harassment. After his complaint was …
Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
Supreme Court Allows Prisoner’s § 1983 Action after Dismissal of Federal Tort Claim by Derek Gilna In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held on June 6, 2016 that a federal prisoner, Walter J. Himmelreich, could file a § 1983 federal civil rights complaint after the dismissal of his …
Ohio Prison Guards Cited for Sexual Misconduct with Prisoners by Christopher Zoukis Several Ohio state prison guards have been disciplined following at least 19 allegations of sexual misconduct and inappropriate relationships with female prisoners between 2012 and 2013. Most of the allegations arose shortly after the Dayton Correctional Institution (DCI) …
Breaking News: 18 Deaths in Six Months at Mississippi State Penitentiary by Derek Gilna Prison Legal News has learned through a public records request that 18 prisoners died at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman in just over a six-month period. The most recent reported death was that of Terry …
U.S. Supreme Court: Prisoners Must Exhaust “Available” Administrative Remedies by Derek Gilna Shaidon Blake, a Maryland prisoner, claimed that he was punched in the face and had his head slammed into a wall by guard James Madigan while handcuffed during a move to a segregation cell – an assault that …
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