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How Many Inmate Deaths is too Many? by Dave Maass by Dave Maass & Kelly Davis San Diego CityBeat Bernard Joseph Victorianne was a 28-year-old black male with a ticking time bomb in his stomach. Victorianne was arrested on September 12, 2012, less than two blocks from the San Diego …
Five Prisoner Deaths in Eighteen Months at Small Ohio Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The deaths of five prisoners in 18 months might pass without notice in a large jail system, but that many deaths at the 270-bed Portage County jail, located about 30 miles southeast of Cleveland, …
Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013
How Privatization Destroyed an Illinois Jail's Award-winning Suicide Prevention Program by Brian Dolinar Several years ago, while working at our local Books to Prisoners, I met a volunteer who was formerly a mental health counselor in the local jail in Champaign County, Illinois. This was just after there had been …
Article • August 15, 2013
Filed under: Mental Health, Suicides
Sheriff May Be Liable for Cell-Check Policy that Led to Teenager’s Suicide by In July 2010, a federal district court in Illinois held that a sheriff may be held liable in his official capacity for instituting a cell-check policy under which guards could not personally observe all detainees during overnight …
Suicides at CCA-run ICE Detention Center Spark Investigation by Derek Gilna Human rights organizations monitoring complaints regarding conditions of confinement for prisoners held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities were likely not surprised when they received news that two detainees had committed suicide at the Eloy Detention Center outside …
Brief • August 9, 2013
Appell v. Stewart, TX, Settlement, Jail Suicide, 2013 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND MUTUAL RELEASE WHEREAS, on or about November 8, 2012, Shirley Appell, individually and as heit'at law and the representative of the Estate of Shawn Appell (hereinafter "Plaintiff' or "Appell") brought suit against Donny Stewart and Scottie Scoggins, in their …
Article • July 15, 2013 • from PLN July, 2013
$737,500 Settlement after Seventh Circuit Finds No Qualified Immunity for Prisoner's Suicide by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a district court's partial denial of qualified immunity in a case involving the suicide of a Wisconsin prisoner. "Jessie Miller led a tragically short and troubled life. Exposed to …
Arizona Prison System Plagued by Politics, Privatization and Prisoner Deaths by Joe Watson By the time Jan Brewer replaced Janet Napolitano as Arizona’s governor in 2009, it had been 22 years since the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) built the first prison in the United States designed exclusively for permanent …
Brief • June 20, 2013
Smith v. Wayne County, MI, R&R to Approve Settlement, Jail Suicide, 2013 2:10-cv-14257-NGE-DRG Doc # 137 Filed 06/20/13 Pg 1 of 44 Pg ID 3976 UNITE D STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT O F MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION GLORIA H. SMITH, el 01., Pl aint iffs, v. C ivil Act ion …
Brief • June 19, 2013
Arms-Adair v. Black Hawk County, IA, Release and Settlement, Wrongful Death, Suicide, 2013 RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT '' The undersigned, Merry J. Arms-Adair (alk/a Merri J. Arms-Adair), Individually, as Administrator of the Estate of Michael Adair, and as Parent and Next Friend of Caleb Arms-Adair and Isaiah Arms-Adair, minor children, …
Brief • June 18, 2013
Appell v. Stewart, TX, SJ Motion, Jail Suicide, 2013 Case 1:12-cv-01027-SS Document 30 Filed 06/18/13 Page 1 of 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AUSTIN DIVISION SHIRLEY APPELL, individually and as heir at law and the representative of the Estate of Shawn Appell, PLAINTIFF v. DONNY STEWART, …
Locklear v. Marlboro, SC, SHP Drug Formulary, Wrongful Death - Medical Neglect, 2013 •v" I Southern Health Partners You r Partner In Affordab le Inmate Healthcare Southern Health Partners DRUG FORMULARY Effective: April, 2013 This is a confidential work product of Southern Health Partners, Inc. Southern Health Partners, Inc. DRUG …
Brief • May 24, 2013
Vega v. Davis, CO, Courtroom Minutes, inmate suicide, 2013 Case 1:12-cv-01144-RPM Document 30 Filed 05/24/13 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Senior District Judge Richard P. Matsch Date: May 24, 2013 Courtroom Deputy: J. Chris Smith FTR Technician: Kathy …
Article • May 15, 2013 • from PLN May, 2013
Eighth Circuit Overturns Jury’s $850,000 Verdict for Nebraska Detainee’s Suicide by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a jury’s verdict in favor of the estate of a pre-trial detainee who committed suicide at Nebraska’s Dodge County Jail. Circuit Judge Kermit E. Bye filed a dissenting opinion that criticized …
Lawsuits Filed Over Unrelated Deaths of Two Oregon Prisoners by Just ten days before his release, A 22-year-old autistic Oregon state prisoner died in a segregation cell after injecting himself with an “undetermined drug or toxin,” according to a federal lawsuit filed by his estate and his mother. On July …
Article • May 15, 2013 • from PLN May, 2013
New York: $225,000 Settlement for Prisoner’s Suicide Attempt, Abuse at Rikers Island by In July 2012, the City of New York paid $225,000 to settle a lawsuit that alleged 17 causes of action arising “from a chain of disturbing events” that involved the treatment of a mentally ill prisoner at …
California: CDCR Pays $475,000 to Settle Wrongful Death Suit by In November 2009, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) entered into a Settlement Agreement with the parents and siblings of Joseph Sullivan who, in June 2006, took his own life while incarcerated at Chuckawalla Valley State Prison (CVSP). …
Brief • May 7, 2013
Vega v. Davis, CO, Amended Complaint, inmate suicide, 2013 Case 1:12-cv-01144-RPM Document 27 Filed 05/07/13 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 15 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 12-cv-1144-RPM RAYMOND VEGA, Plaintiff, v. BLAKE DAVIS, and CERTAIN UNKNOWN AGENTS OF THE UNITED STATES …
Brief • April 25, 2013
Aughenbaugh v. DeJulia, PA, Amended Complaint, Wrongful Death Suicide, 2013 Case 3:09-cv-00159-KRG Document 148 Filed 04/25/13 Page 1 of 25 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA DONNA R. AUGHENBAUGH, individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of NATHAN AUGHENBAUGH, and JAMES C. AUGHENBAUGH, Plaintiffs, …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
New York: Provision Requiring Independent Jail Oversight Board Ignored for 23 Years by Joe Watson For more than two decades, the Nassau County Jail in East Meadow, New York has lacked accountability in the form of an oversight board. But that lapse may be coming to an end after prisoner …
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