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Article • October 15, 2005
$80,000 Punitives Awarded against Sex Offending Canadian Guard by A former Canadian prison guard sexually assaulted countless prisoners. Eight of his victims were awarded $10,000 in punitive damages, each. Roderick David MacDougall was a British Columbia prison guard from 1976 to 1997. He worked as a classification officer during most …
USP Beaumont, Texas: Murder and Mayhem in the Thunder Dome by Leah Caldwell Located in East Texas, the Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) at Beaumont is made up of a trio of federal prisons that are home to 5,667 prisoners. These prisons are run by the Bureau of Prisons, which is …
CCA Guard Arrested for Sexually Abusing Vermont Prisoners by Sexual abuse by a Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) guard has spurred three lawsuits against CCA and resulted in the guard's arrest. The legal activity resulted from incidents at CCA's prisons at the Marion Adjustment Center (MAC) and St. Mary's Kentucky. …
Ban On Male Guards In Michigan Women's Prisons Upheld by Michael Rigby The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a Michigan Department of Corrections policy prohibiting male guards from holding certain positions in the state's female prisons did not violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act …
PREA Data Collection Efforts Underway by Michael Rigby Efforts to implement the data collection requirements of the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) have begun, according to a Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) report. Signed into law by President George W. Bush on September 4, 2003, the Prison Rape Elimination Act …
Article • August 15, 2005 • from PLN August, 2005
Report: Federal Prison Guards Sexually Abuse Prisoners With Near Impunity by Michael Rigby By Michael Rigby Federal prison guards and other employees who have sex with prisoners are rarely prosecuted, and when convictions do result the punishment is often trivial, according to a report by the Justice Department’s Office of …
Suit Over Rape of Prisoner By TDCJ Employee Settled for $118,318.56 and Beach Property by By Matthew T. Clarke On November 19, 2004, a Texas prisoner who was raped by a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) guard settled his suit against the guard and TDCJ for a total of …
Colorado Teenagers Raped By Guards Settle For $165,000 Each by Michael Rigby In August 2004, two teenage girls raped by guards at a Colorado juvenile prison settled their lawsuits for $165,000 apiece. Both girls had been imprisoned at the Youthful Offender System (YOS), which is operated by the Colorado Department …
CSC May Be Liable For Retention of Sexually Abusive Employee by by Matthew T.Clarke A federal district court in New York has held that Correctional Services Corporation (CSC) may be liable for retaining an employee at a CSC-run halfway house after his sexual abuse of female prisoners was reported to …
Chicago Jail Still Rife With Prisoner Abuse, Crimes By Guards by Chicago Jail Still Rife With Prisoner Abuse, Crimes By Guards by Matthew T. Clarke The Cook County Jail in Chicago, Illinois, remains the scene of controversy involving beatings of prisoners, stealing of drugs held for evidence, and guards having …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
$195,900 in Damages, Fees/Costs Awarded in Prison Sexual Abuse Case; PLRA Fee Caps Inapplicable to Former Prisoners by A federal court in New York awarded a former prisoner $179,900 in attorney's fees and costs, against the prison guard who sexually assaulted her. The court concluded that the fee cap provisions …
Texas: "Prison-Rape Capital Of The Country" by Michael Rigby Texas: "Prison-Rape Capital Of The Country" by Michael Rigby Despite reputed efforts by officials in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to curb prison rapes, the number of reported sexual assaults has increased 160% in the past 4 years, from …
Wisconsin Enacts Law, Prison Reforms Regarding Sex Assaults by by Michael Rigby On August 31, 2004, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (WDOC) announced it would immediately implement sweeping policy changes in the way it views and handles staff-on-prisoner sexual assaults. The reforms come a year after legislation was enacted criminalizing …
Article • March 15, 2005 • from PLN March, 2005
Pennsylvania Statute Banning Sex Between Staff and Prisoners Upheld by In a unanimous decision, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed a trial court ruling that had found a Pennsylvania statute prohibiting sex between prisoners and prison staff unconstitutional. The court remanded the case to the lower court for trial. Eileen Mayfield …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
Texas County, Deputy Settle Sex Assault Case For $50,000 by A woman who claimed she was sexually assaulted by a Kleberg County, Texas, sheriff's deputy has settled her civil rights lawsuit against the county and the deputy for $50,000. On May 16, 2001, Sarah Jean Hernandez, 22, was arrested at …
Brief • January 20, 2005
Downey v. CCA, VT, Complaint, guard prisoner assault, 2005 01/20/2005 11:21 FAX 616 306 7333 II II =1"),.. ...u.lb STATE OF VE ONT ADDISON COUNTY, SS. ADDISON SUPERIOR COURT DO. T NO. BARRETT C. DOWNEY V. I: CORRECTIONS CORPORATION ;1 OF AMERICA CO LAINT NOW COMES Plaintiff Barrett C. Downey, …
Article • January 15, 2005 • from PLN January, 2005
Qualified Immunity Denied to Supervising Driver's License Examiner in Oklahoma Prisoner's Rape by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a state driver's license examiner who exercised supervisory control over a prisoner acted as a state actor and can be held liable …
Doe v. CCA, VT, Settlement, Sexual Assault by Staff, 2005 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF VERMONT * * * * JOHN DOE, Plaintiff, v. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Defendant. CIVIL ACTION * * * * * * Docket No.: 2:04-CV-144 SETTLEMENT BRIEF NOW COMES the Plaintiff, by …
Roe v. CCA, VT, Settlement, Sexual Assault by Staff, 2005 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF VERMONT JOHN ROE, Plaintiff, v. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Defendant. * * * * * * * * * * * CIVIL ACTION Docket No.: SETTLEMENT BRIEF NOW COMES the Plaintiff, by …
Business as Usual by Todd Matthews Wackenhut further angered state officials by saying they must pay for the empty bed space at the Santa Rosa facility caused by transferring prisoners to the Virginia supermax. According to the state's contract, Wackenhut claimed, the state must pay as though the prison is …
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