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Article • February 29, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
$65,000 Settlement Plus Fees and Costs in New York City Jail Assault Suit by A New York federal district court awarded $47,429.27 in attorney fees and costs in a lawsuit seeking damages for assaults upon a prisoner by guards employed by the New York City Department of Correction (NYCDOC). In …
Mann v. Failey et al, SC, Verdict 1, guard brutality retaliation, 2016 0:11-cv-02232-RMG Date Filed 02/26/16 Entry Number 365 Page 1 of 5 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA Anthony L. Mann, Plaintiff, v. Lt. C. Failey, Maj. Sheronda Sutton, Officer Christian Manganelli, Cpl …
Mann v. Failey et al, SC, Verdict 2, guard brutality retaliation, 2016 0:11-cv-02232-RMG Date Filed 02/26/16 Entry Number 367 Page 1 of 4 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA Anthony L. Mann, Plaintiff, v. Lt. C. Failey, Maj. Sheronda Sutton, Officer Christian Manganelli, Cpl …
Brief • February 22, 2016
Reyes v. County of Santa Clara, CA, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2016 Case 5:16-cv-00876-NC Document 1 Filed 02/22/16 Page 1 of 15 .HAND-DELIVERED 2 3 4 5 6 ROBERT R. POWELL, ESQ. CSB# 159747 BRETT 0. TERRY, ESQ. CSB# 270694 LAW OFFICE OF ROBERT R. POWELL 925 West Hedding Street San …
Grand Jury Presentment - Inmate Death (Walker), Charlotte County FL, 2015 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA IN AND FOR CHARLOTTE COUNTY, FLORIDA PRESENTMENT OF THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY GRAND JURY CONVENED MAY 27, 2015 ************************************************************-****** REGARDING THE DEATH OF MATTHEW WALKER WHILE IN THE CUSTODY …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
$725,000 Award for Eye Loss Caused by Guard’s Assault by David Reutter A New York Court of Claims awarded $725,000 to a prisoner who lost an eye after being attacked by a jail guard. Prisoner Warren Davis, 31, suffers from keratoconus, a congenital eye condition in which the cornea changes …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
$2,250 Jury Award in Arkansas Prisoner’s Excessive Force Case by Matthew Clarke In a verdict handed down on August 21, 2014, a federal jury found in favor of an Arkansas prisoner who claimed prison guards had provoked him into attacking them so they could beat him. The jury award of …
Florida’s Department of Corrections: A Culture of Corruption, Abuse and Deaths by David Reutter Florida, with the nation’s third-largest prison system, has a long and sordid history of abusing, neglecting and even killing its prisoners. Because most state prisons are in insular rural areas, the general public, aside from those …
Will Lawsuits and Exposés Lead to Reform of Florida’s Brutal Prisons? by Laura Cepero Florida’s prisons have become notorious for their abuse and neglect of the people in their care. Now, as per an agreement between the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) and Disability Rights Florida, the state will be overhauling …
Article • February 1, 2016
Ohio Prisoner Awarded $155,000 for Assault by Guard by An Ohio federal district court awarded $155,000 to a prisoner who was assaulted by a guard. While at the Lebanon Correctional Institution on November 28, 2011, prisoner Michael Williams was assaulted by guard Charles Lake. At the time of the assault, …
Article • February 1, 2016
Nominal Damage Award Verdict Nets $197,505 in Attorney Fee Award by David Reutter A federal district court awarded $197,505 in attorney fees following a jury's nominal damage award after finding excessive force by guards upon detainees was a custom or practice at the Sacramento County Main Jail (SCMJ). The plaintiffs, …
Brief • January 29, 2016
Bosh v. Cherokee County, OK, Order, guard brutality, 2016 6:11-cv-00376-JHP Document 384 Filed in ED/OK on 01/29/16 Page 1 of 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA MICHAEL BOSH, Special Administrator of the Estate of Daniel Bosh, Plaintiff(s) vs. CHEROKEE COUNTY GOVERNMENTAL BUILDING AUTHORITY, …
Brief • January 25, 2016
Bosh v. Cherokee County, OK, CCGBA Board Minutes, 2016 CHEROKEE COUNTY GOVERNMENTAL BUILDING AUTHORITY SPECIAL MEETING JANUARY 25,2016 The CCGBA met for a special meeting on January 25, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. for which the time, place, and agenda were posted on the second floor of the Cherokee County Courthouse. …
Publication • January 15, 2016
Only Once I Thought About Suicide, Yale Law Forum Journal, 2016 THE YALE LAW JOURNAL FORUM JANUARY 15, 2016 Only Once I Thought About Suicide Reginald Dwayne Betts i. Every prison and jail in Virginia has a series of cells used for solitary confinement. Fairfax County Jail had three units …
Article • January 12, 2016
Texas Guards Who Fought with Juveniles Disciplined but Not Prosecuted by David Reutter Seven guards at a Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJ) facility have been fired or disciplined for assaulting teenage prisoners. Many of the incidents were caught on video. The TJJ established the Phoenix Program in 2012 to calm …
Denver Sheriff’s Office Mishandles Prisoners’ Grievances by Denver’s Office of Independent Monitor (OIM) filed a six chapter report critiquing procedures within the Denver Police Department (DPD) and the Denver Sheriff’s Department (DSD). Chapter two of the report detailed deficiencies in the manner in which the DSD handled prisoners’ most serious …
Brief • January 4, 2016
Garcia v. County of Santa Clara, CA, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2016 AO 399 (01/09) Waiver of the Service of Summons UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT for the Northern District of California RUBEN GARCIA Plaintiff . V. COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, et al., Defendant ) ) ) ) ) Civil Action No. …
Marden v. Midland County, MI, Complaint, 2015 1:15-cv-14504-TLL-PTM Doc # 1 Filed 12/31/15 Pg 1 of 19 Pg ID 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN NORTHERN DIVISION SHARYL MARDEN, Personal Representative of the Estate of JACK BRIAN MARDEN, deceased, Plaintiff, No. v Hon. COUNTY OF MIDLAND, a …
Snider v. Motter, PA, Second Amended Complaint, Excessive Force in Jail, 2015 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA JOEL SNIDER Plaintiff, v. WARDEN JAQUELINE MOTTER; LT. SMITH; OFC. NOLTE; OFC. SHEARER; OFC. GOSHORN; OFC. GRIMES; OFC. GRAY; OFC. WALKER; OFC. HUGHES; OFC. RICHARDS; NURSE …
Brief • December 18, 2015
Daniels v. Reddish et al, FL, Plf Res to Def MTD, transfer guard brutality inmate retaliation, 2015 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION RONNIE DANIELS, Case No. 3:15-cv-719-J-34MCR Daniels, v. BARRY REDDISH, MARK TAYLOR, HERBERT McCLOUD, CASEY CLARK, WILLIAM BENNETT, JAY GROVES, …
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