BOP Settles Prisoner Beating/Restraint Lawsuit for $99,000 by BOP Settles Prisoner Beating/Restraint Lawsuit For $99,000 In the summer of 1997, Lealon Muldrow was incarcerated in the Special Housing Unit (SHU) of the United States Penitentiary (USP) at Atlanta .On July 1 of that year, Muldrow was threatened with being chained …
Federick v. U.S., GA, Medical, Wrongful Death, BOP Complaint, 2002 '11.EIJ itj CI.Elll('S Offt« U.8.D C.·A""'� r1u1:;iQ0Z Wirt&A:U/r':r_. ..,... IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTII< F'OR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORG[A ATLA.J'ITA DIVISION JANIE FEDERICK. as Administrator of the Estate ofRonney Ruff, Deceased, TRINISHA PERRY, Individually and DEMETRIUS PERRY by …
Administrative Remedies Need Not Identify Wrongdoers by The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has held that prisoners do not need to identify those persons directly involved in the alleged deprivations in their administrative remedies to satisfy the exhaustion requirement of 42 U.S.C. § 1997(e)a. Prisoner Raymond Brown filed …
America's Jails: The Dungeons of the New Millenium by Sam Rutherford At any given time there are approximately 500,000 people incarcerated in the more than 3,500 city and county jails across the United States. Some of these individuals are confined while awaiting trial, others are serving relatively short sentences for …
Non-Physical Damage Claims Barred Until Released by The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has held that a lawsuit which seeks damages for emotional and mental claims filed by a prisoner while confined are barred, but the same claim can be pursued if filed after release. Eleven Georgia prisoners …
Georgia Parole Law May Violate Ex Post Facto by The Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit held that a Georgia law changing the frequency between parole hearings may violate the ex post facto clause. Georgia prisoner Paul Harris claimed the retroactive application of Ga. Comp. R & Reg. r. …
BOP Imposter Scheme Discovered by For more than a year, the BOP had an imposter in its midst officials discover last October. One man paid another to do his time and the BOP remained clueless until the imposter escaped. After pleading guilty to a charge of receiving proceeds from a …
BOP Possession Offense Requires Specific Intent by The U.S. court of appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1791(a)(2), which makes it unlawful for federal a prisoner to possess a "prohibited object," is a specific intent crime, and intent to use the object as …
"The Judge Gave Me Ten Years--He Didn't Sentence Me to Death" by Anne-Marie Cusac "The Judge Gave Me Ten Years--He Didn't Sentence Me to Death" Prisoners with HIV deprived of proper care By Anne-Marie Cusac In prisons and jails across the country, prisoners with HIV or AIDS are denied proper …
$1.75 Million Verdict in Juvenile Death Suit by On February 9, 2000, a federal jury in Macon, Georgia held that Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice employees were liable for the death of a 15 year old female juvenile prisoner who was given Tylenol to treat a serious brain injury and …
Tide Turns Against Prison Privatization by North Carolina, Georgia, Utah and Louisiana are among states that experimented with private prisons and because of problems encountered have eliminated them altogether or scaled back plans for future privatization. North Carolina officials converted both of the state's private prisons to public operation, and …
No Immunity for Private Prison Physician by The U.S. court of appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that a privately employed prison physician was ineligible to claim qualified immunity. Disputed material facts surrounding his response to a prisoner's serious medical condition also precluded summary judgment on the merits. In June …
Private Citizen Liable for Jail Slavery Under §1983 by Private Citizen Liable for Jail Slavery Under §1983 A federal district court in Georgia held that a private citizen who exercises authority over a county prisoner can be held liable under 42 U.S.C. §1983 as a state actor. Lamar County, Georgia …
Claim Exhausted When Prison Refuses Grievance Appeal by The court of appeals for the Eleventh circuit held that a Georgia prisoner had exhausted his administrative remedies as required under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) when the prison refused to process his grievance appeal. Tracy Miller, a paraplegic Georgia state …
The Restraint Chair: Safe and Humane? by Anne-Marie Cusac Jail and prison employees call it the "strap-o-lounger," the "barcalounger," the "we care chair," and the "be sweet chair." Prisoners and their lawyers have other names for the device: "torture chair," "slave chair," and "devil's chair." They are not referring to …
Change in Fulton County, GA: Indigent Defense, HIV, and Community Organizing by Lisa Zahren The Fulton County Jail in Atlanta is the largest jail in Georgia, with approximately 3,000 prisoners held there for months and sometimes years waiting for their cases to be resolved or to be transferred to a …
BOP Settles Medical Death Suit for $700,000 by In February, 1999, the federal Bu reau of Prisons settled a medical neglect suit for $700,000. David Deen, a BOP prisoner, was 30 years old and confined at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia for five months. He was prescribed nitroglycerin for …
$100,000 Awarded Under ICCPR in GA Jail Suit by On February 24, 2000, a federal jury In Augusta, Georgia awarded 1100,000 in damages to a Danish citizen who was denied medical care and phone calls to his family in Denmark while he was awaiting trial in the Lincoln county jail …
Pro Se Tips and Tactics by John Midgley Supreme Court Decides Georgia Parole Case by John Midgley In many states, there are parole boards that decide when prisoners will be released. In these states, the timing of when the parole board will consider parole the timing of "initial" parole consideration …
$59,177 in Damages and Fees Awarded in Georgia Braille Suit by On April 15, 1999, a federal district court in Georgia issued a directed verdict awarding a blind Georgia state prisoner $2,000 in damages. Eddy Stephens, a blind prisoner, was denied access to braile books and writing instruments. He was …
