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"Major Use of Force" Incidents on the Increase in Texas Prisons by Matthew Clarke According to statistics released by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), the number of "major use of force" incidents climb sharply from 6,071 in 2005 to 7,151 in 2013, an increase of 17%. TDCJ officials …
Federal Prisoner Awarded $7,500 After Beating by Goon Squad by Christopher Zoukis Marion Bryant, Jr., a federal prisoner housed at the medium-security Federal Correctional Institution Florence, Colorado, received $7,500.00 in a lawsuit for damages against several prison officials who allegedly assaulted him on two occasions in October, 1995. In the …
Brief • May 9, 2016
Rivera v. Dickenson, VA, Order, Guard brutality failure to treat, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA ROANOKE DIVISION DENIS RIVERA, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, V. SGT J. B. DICKENSON, ET AL., CaseNo.7:14CV00573 OPINION AND ORDER By: James P. …
Alabama Forced to Confront Criminal Justice Reform by David Reutter “We’re at a fork in the road,” Alabama state Senator Cam Ward, chairman of the Prison Reform Task Force, said in June 2014. “We have two paths to choose from and neither one is easy. Those of us on the …
Fourth Circuit Upholds Denial of Summary Judgment to Guards in Excessive Force Suit by In a May 19, 2015 decision, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court’s denial of summary judgment to prison guards in a lawsuit claiming excessive use of force during a cell extraction. Sammy …
$30,000 Settlement for New York Prisoner Assaulted by Guard by A New York state prisoner received almost $30,000 to settle a civil rights action alleging he was assaulted by a guard at the Fishkill Correctional Facility. Prisoner Mayer Sadian, an orthodox Jew, approached a guard on May 14, 2011 in …
Hawaii Prisons Experience Security Failures, Other Troubling Incidents by David Reutter Operations and management at two Hawaii prisons are under scrutiny following a series of incidents over the past several years that have ranged from prisoner deaths and escapes to sexual harassment by staff members and the beating of a …
Article • May 5, 2016 • from PLN May, 2016
Second Circuit: Administrative Remedies Unavailable for Beating at Holding Facility by The Second Circuit Court of Appeals held the defendants in a civil rights action failed to establish that a prisoner had an available administrative remedy for exhaustion purposes under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA). After a New York …
Article • May 5, 2016 • from PLN May, 2016
Ninth Circuit: Witnesses Cannot Refuse to Testify at Civil Trial by On March 31, 2015, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a magistrate judge abused her discretion by allowing prisoners to opt out of testifying at a civil rights trial alleging guards had used excessive force on another …
McCully v. El Paso County, CO, Amended Complaint, Excessive Force, 2016 Case 1:16-cv-00867-WJM-MEH Document 23 Filed 05/02/16 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 50 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No.: 16-CV-00867-WJM-MEH PHILIPPA GRACE MCCULLY, Plaintiff, v. EL PASO COUNTY; TERRY MAKETA; PAULA PRESLEY; …
Jose-Nicolas v. Berry et al, IL, Second Amended Complaint, Excessive Force, 2016 Case 3:15-cv-00964-NJR-DGW Document 50 Filed 05/02/16 Page 1 of 22 Page ID #367 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EAST ST. LOUIS DIVISION OSBALDO J. NICOLAS, Plaintiff, v. NATHAN BERRY; WILLIAM QUALLS; …
Waters v. City of Arlington, TX, Settlement, inmate death restraints strangulation, 2016 Staff Report Settlement of Estate of Jonathan Paul Claim City Council Meeting Date: 4-12-16 Document Being Considered: Resolution RECOMMENDATION Authorize the execution of a settlement agreement and related documents in connection with the claim by the Estate of …
Atkins and Walker v. FL DOC, FL, Complaint, wrongful death beating asphyxia restraints, 2016 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR CHARLOTTE COUNTY, FLORIDA MAE HELEN ATKINS as Personal Representative of the Estate of MATTHEW WALKER Plaintiff, v. CIVIL DIVISION CASE NO. ________________ FLORIDA DEPARTMENT …
Bell v. Ducay, IL, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2016 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE Darcy Bell v. Chris Ducay, Richard Campbell; et al., ND IL Case No. 12 CV 7058 This Settlement Agreement and General Release ("Agreement") is made by and between Darcy Bell ("Plaintiff') and the County of Kane, on …
Brief • April 4, 2016
Griffin v. Zaruba, IL, Amended Complaint, Excessive Force, 2016 Case: 1:15-cv-03474 Document #: 30 Filed: 04/04/16 Page 1 of 5 PageID #:99 FIL0E16D 4/4/2 . BRUTON T THOMAS G TRICT COUR IS D . CLERK, U.S UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS MICHAEL GRIFFIN (Enter above the full …
Excited Delirium Syndrome: Medical Condition or Cover-Up? by David Reutter Debate is quietly raging within the medical and law enforcement communities about a diagnosis first identified more than 160 years ago which more recently has become associated with the deaths of people in police custody, many of whom were involved …
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 …
Second Circuit Allows Muslim Prisoners’ Bivens Claims to Proceed by Derek Gilna Although Muslim prisoners held at the harsh U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba have received more publicity, conditions of confinement for prisoners of Middle-Eastern descent in domestic prisons have also been abusive. So abusive, in fact, that …
DOJ Settlement to Improve Conditions at Mississippi Juvenile Facility by The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has reached a settlement to address conditions at Mississippi’s Leflore County Juvenile Detention Center (LCJDC). The settlement agreement is the culmination of a DOJ investigation and a March 31, 2011 findings letter from the …
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