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Article • July 28, 2016
$52,500 Settlement for Man Wrongfully Arrested During New York City Protest by The City of New York paid $52,500 to a man who was falsely arrested on October 14, 2011, during the Occupy Wall Street Movement (OWSM). Eric J. Russell was a participant in the OWSM.  He alleged that at …
Article • July 28, 2016
$45,000 Settlement for Federal Prisoner Denied Care for Broken Arm by The federal Bureau of Prisons paid $45,000 to settle a Federal Tort Claims Act action alleging negligent medical treatment, or non-treatment in connection with a broken wrist. While at Leavenworth Prison on August 5, 1995, prisoner Arthur Mitchell broke …
Article • July 28, 2016
$42,000 Settlement for Catholic Nun Sexually Harassed by BOP Chaplain by The federal Bureau of Prisons paid $42,000 to settle a sexual harassment claim brought by a Catholic nun who worked as a Chaplin at FCT La Tuna in New Mexico. Sister Sofia Berrones’ Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint alleged …
Article • July 28, 2016
$23,770 Settlement for Sheriff’s Censorship of Facebook Comments by The San Diego County Sheriff’s Office (SDCSO) paid $23,770 to settle a lawsuit alleging it violated a man’s First Amendment rights by deleting his comments on SDCSO’s Facebook page. Dimitrius Karras posted comments asking Sheriff William D Gore, “Do you plead …
Article • July 28, 2016
$20,000 Settlement in Slip and Fall on BOP Property by The federal Bureau of Prisons paid $20,000 to settle a Federal Tort Claims Act action for a slip and fall injury. Wealth Liggins alleged that on November 21, 1993, she was an invitee on the premises of the Federal Medical …
Article • July 28, 2016
10-Month Lockdown at North Carolina Prison Caused by Fights or Understaffing by About 600 prisoners at North Carolina’s Scotland Correctional Institution (SCI) were on a 10-month lockdown as of September 2014.  The lockdown proceeded in stages from total isolation to a few privileges. The lockdown began on December 28, 2013, …
Article • July 28, 2016
$18,778 Settlement for Leavenworth Employee Discrimination Claim by The federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) paid $18,778 to wattle an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) complaint. Arvid D. Bergman’s 1994 complaint alleged he was fired as Counselor GS-09 because he was “handicapped”.  The complaint alleged he had over 20 years of experience …
$6.4 Million Settlement in Death of Baltimore Man in Police Custody by The City of Baltimore reached a settlement of $6.4 million in the high-profile death of Freddie Gray, 25, in April 2015.  The September 2, 2015, agreement “spares us all having the scab of April this year picked over …
Article • July 28, 2016
Filed under: Employee Litigation
$2,500 Settlement for Terminated BOP Employee by The federal Bureau of Prisons paid $2,500 to settle a civil rights action brought by a terminated employee. Pamela M. Saterdalen alleged that between December 1, 1995, and August 16, 1996, she was subjected to violations of her civil rights while employed as …
Article • July 28, 2016
$1,000 Settlement in BOP Employee’s Age Discrimination Complaint by The federal Bureau of Prisons paid $1,000 to settle an employee’s age discrimination complaint. Ronald Riggs, 51, worked at FCI Milan in Michigan when he applied in December of 1999 for a position as Supervisory Clinical Psychologist at FCI Butner in …
Betraying the Promise of Accreditation: Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? by Gary Hunter Widespread disdain for people held in prisons and jails, public apathy for humane conditions in detention facilities, tough-on-crime political rhetoric and the privatization of correctional services by for-profit companies have taken a collective toll on the quality of …
Supreme Court Sets Aside Death Penalty Conviction on Batson Grounds by Derek Gilna The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 7-1 decision, left no doubt that it did not believe prosecutors’ assertions that race was not a factor during jury selection in a death penalty case. Chief Justice John Roberts, writing …
Congressional Black Caucus PAC Urged to Cut Ties with Private Prison Lobbyists by The Congressional Black Caucus Political Action Committee (CBC PAC) says that it works to increase the number of African-Americans in the U.S. Congress, support non-black candidates who champion black interests, and promote African American participation in the …
Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
Filed under: Prison Reform, Education
Court Issues New Injunction Mandating Education for NYC Prisoners at Rikers Island by Derek Gilna Prisoners’ rights advocates know that education is a key element of reducing recidivism, and the federal Bureau of Prisons and most state departments of corrections agree. However, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District …
Pennsylvania: Woman Dies in Jail While Serving Sentence for Truancy Fines and Court Costs by Christopher Zoukis A 55-year-old mother of seven died in a Pennsylvania jail cell on June 7, 2014 while serving a 48-hour sentence for failure to pay truancy fines and court costs that totaled about $2,000. …
Seventh Circuit Affirms Prison Policy Banning Adult Magazines, with Caveats by Derek Gilna Tobias Payton, a prisoner at the Stateville Correctional Center in Illinois, was denied access to a number of adult magazines depicting naked or scantily clad women, and filed suit in federal court alleging violation of his First …
Private Prison Execs Continue to Make Much More than Guards by Information collected by the federal government has revealed the conspicuous inequality between private prison executives and the guards that their corporations employ. According to data compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median salary for private …
Courts Divided on Confidentiality of Attorney-Prisoner Email by Derek Gilna The fact that prosecutors and corrections officials read emails between prisoners and their lawyers comes as no surprise to most defense attorneys, many of whom find it ironic that the very public officials paid to enforce the laws do not …
Pfizer Deals Blow to Lethal Injections by Christopher Zoukis Pfizer, Inc., the world’s second-largest pharmaceutical manufacturer, recently announced new restrictions on the distribution of drugs used to execute prisoners. The May 13, 2016 announcement detailed “distribution restrictions” that the company is placing on certain drugs used in lethal injection protocols, …
Medical Statistical Model Used to Estimate Wrongful Conviction Rate in Death Penalty Cases by Matthew Clarke An interesting collaboration between medical and law professionals, under the leadership of University of Michigan Law School professor Samuel R. Gross, led to the application of medical statistical analysis to exonerations of death-sentenced prisoners, …
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