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Article • August 25, 2016
Former Prison Warden Pleads Guilty in Misconduct Case by A former warden at a prison in American Samoa pled guilty to conspiring to violate the civil rights of a prisoner. Mike Kelemete, as the warden of Tafuna Correctional Facility, was accused of beating one of his prisoners with a board …
Article • August 24, 2016
Appeal for Summary Judgment Upheld for Qualified Immunity by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Georgia Federal District Court’s order granting dismissal of a lawsuit alleging use of excessive force on a prisoner. On January 28, 2007, Reginald Fennell was arrested for several misdemeanor charges. As he was …
$4,000 Settlement in Assault at CCA Prison by Corrections Corporation of America paid $4,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging a guard at the Shelby Training Center in Tennessee assaulted a juvenile, Brandon D. Jones. The April 2006 confidential settlement was obtained via public records request by PLN. The complaint was …
7th Circuit Affirms as Proper Jury Instructions on Intent and Harm Elements of Excessive Force Claim Brought by Wisconsin Pretrial Detainee by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has affirmed a lower court’s use of jury instructions including harm and subjective intent elements of a use of …
Article • August 23, 2016
Federal Jury Awards $45,001 to Maryland Prisoner Assaulted By Guards by Michael Rigby On October 22, 2004, a federal jury awarded a Maryland state prisoner $45,001 in damages after concluding that Institution (WCI) guards violated his civil rights by beating him while he was handcuffed. The jury found guards Gary …
Confidential Report Reveals Rampant Violence at CCA-Run Idaho Prison by Matthew Clarke FIN has gained access to a confidential report by Tim Higgins, the Investigation and Intelligence Coordinator for the Idaho Department of Corrections (DOC) regarding rampant prisoner-on-prison violence at the Idaho Correctional Center (ICC), a Boise prison operated by …
Article • August 23, 2016
Ohio: Hunger Striker Represents Himself, Beats Attempted Murder Charges by An Ohio supermax prisoner, representing himself while on a month-long hunger strike, won his acquittal in February of attempted murder charges stemming from fights with prison guards. Cornelius Harris, a 27-year-old prisoner serving a 97-year sentence for robbery and kidnapping …
Article • August 22, 2016
Second BOP Guard Convicted In Assault-For-Hire by Brandon Sample A second Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) guard involved with arranging the assault of a prisoner has been convicted of federal civil rights violations. On July 8, 2010, Michael Kennedy was found guilty of violating the civil rights of Richard Delano, …
$1 Million Settlement in Oklahoma City Jail Fatal Prisoner Beating Suit by Matt Clarke by Oklahoma County approved a $1 million settlement in a civil rights suit involving a prisoner who was first denied his anti-seizure medication then fatally beaten by guards when he had a seizure in an Oklahoma …
Article • August 22, 2016
Pennsylvania Jail Fires Guard Major Accused of Beating Prisoner by On October 29, 2011, James M. Donis, who had been major of the guards and the third-highest-ranking official at the Allegheny County Jail in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was fired from his $68,631/year position. Donis had worked at the jail since 1989. …
Fifth Circuit Says Private Prisons Liable Under § 1983 by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that private prison-management corporations and their employees may be sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. “Billy Rosborough is a prisoner of the Bradford State Jail, a Texas prison owned and operated by…Management and …
Brief • August 22, 2016
Fordley v. Lizarraga, CA, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2016 Case 2:16-cv-01985-MCE-EFB Document 1 Filed 08/22/16 Page 1 of 14 Name and Prisoner/Booking Number M ctL 00 c I./UI tb-- Place ofConfinement p C1 u•~f1 'f ~ 'i 1-- Mailing Address FILED c; 1-p;_ n; Pl ,'•;-CfJ Aug 22, 2016 & cil-.. …
Brief • August 19, 2016
Hawks v. Chicago Police Dept, IL, Complaint, False Arrest & Excessive Force, 2016 Case: 1:16-cv-08236 Document #: 1 Filed: 08/19/16 Page 1 of 9 PageID #:1 /Y1 RECEI VED UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DMSION (Enter above the full name of the plaintiff or plaintiffs in …
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Rikers Island Excessive Force Monell Claims Survive Dismissal by Mark Wilson A New York federal court refused to dismiss Monell Claims in a Rikers Island excessive force case. On September 28, 2013, Bobby White was incarcerated at Rikers Island, when guard Marlene Ocasio sprayed him with a chemical agent and …
Article • August 11, 2016
D.C. Circuit: No Summary Judgment on Guard's Termination Claims by Mark Wilson The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (DC) Circuit held that a lower court improperly granted prison officials summary judgment on a former guard's wrongful termination claims. On the morning of June 4, 2006, …
Los Angeles Sheriff's Office Settles Visitor Beating Case for $1 Million by Derek Gilna Los Angeles County Jail deputies have a reputation for brutal treatment of prisoners, and have paid out millions of dollars in settlements as a result. However, even a man visiting his brother Robert at Men's Central …
Iowa Jail Guard Who Tased Mentally Ill Woman Missed Training for Three Years by After a guard tased a mentally ill woman in October 2013 to compel her to change her clothes, officials at the Muscatine County, Iowa, Jail are considering requiring less Taser training for guards rather than more. …
Article • August 10, 2016
Prisoner at Manhattan Detention Complex Wins Excessive Force Award from New York by Derek Gilna Plaintiff Wilfred Rosado brought a 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 lawsuit against the City of New York for excessive force used against her at the Manhattan Detention Complex (MDC) in 2010.&nbsp; After several failed settlement attempts, …
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