Privately-operated Texas Prison Rebounds by Matthew Clarke Despite years of controversy that included sitting vacant for months after it was built and staff members being arrested for smuggling contraband and having sexual relationships with prisoners, the Jack Harwell Detention Center in Waco, Texas has rebounded. It now houses more prisoners, …
Texas: $400,000 Settlement Award to Mentally Ill Jail Prisoner by On June 2, 2015, the Harris County Commissioners Court awarded $400,000 to Terry Goodwin, a mentally ill prisoner, to settle a civil lawsuit stemming from his extreme neglect while housed at the Harris County Jail in Houston. “I have never …
Texas Disciplinary Appeals Board Upholds Disbarment of State Prosecutor by On February 8, 2016, the Texas Board of Disciplinary Appeals, appointed by the state Supreme Court, upheld the disbarment of former prosecutor Charles J. Sebesta, Jr. for using tainted testimony and false statements to obtain a death sentence against now-exonerated …
Texas Parole Records Mistake Could Cost Taxpayers Millions by Gary Hunter Prisoners in Texas and their families are still feeling the impact of a botched Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) policy change in 2012 that led to the destruction of documents for some 86,000 parole-eligible prisoners, whose files were …
Balle v. City of Corpus Christi, TX,Settlement, Excessive Force, 2016 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made by and among the following: • • • • Adam Balle; The City of Corpus Christi and its insurer Star Insurance Company; CCPD Officer Alberto Salinas; CCPD Officer Benjamin Perriraz; The individuals …
$350,000 Settlement in Suit over Texas Jail Prisoner's Murder by Matthew Clarke On August 21, 2014, Tarrant County, Texas settled for $350,000 a lawsuit brought under the Civil Rights Act and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by the sister and administrator of the estate of deceased Tarrant County Jail prisoner …
Death In-Custody Review - Courtney, 12-22-14, TCJS, 2015 TEXAS COMMISSION ON JAIL STANDARDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Brandon S. Wood P.O. Box 12985 Austin, Texas 78711 Voice: (512) 463-5505 Fax:· (512) 463-3185 http://www.tcjs.state.tx.us info@tcjs.state.tx.us February 10, 2015 Subject: Date of Death: Facility: VM David Courtney Death-In-Custody Review December 22, 2014 at approximately …
Prison Legal News v. Betterton, TX, Complaint, mail censorship, 2012 Case 2:12-cv-00699-JRG Document 1 Filed 11/01/12 Page 1 of 8 PageID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS MARSHALL DIVISION PRISON LEGAL NEWS, PLAINTIFF v. ANTHONY BETTERTON, individually and in his official capacity as Sheriff of Upshur …
Prison Legal News v. Livingston et al., TX, Order, TDCJ censorship, 2011 Case 2:09-cv-00296 Document 96 Filed in TXSD on 01/04/11 Page 1 of 32 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION PRISON LEGAL NEWS, Plaintiff, VS. BRAD LIVINGSTON, et al, Defendants. § § § § …
Austin Lawyers Guild et al v. Securus and Travis Co, TX, Settlement Agreement - Escamilla, illegal telephone recording, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AUSTIN DNISION AUSTIN LAWYERS GUILD; CARL GOSSETT, DAVID GRASSBAUGH, MARK SAMPSON, and FRANCIS WILLIAMS, for themselves and those similarly …
Austin Lawyers Guild et al v. Securus and Travis Co, TX, Settlement Agreement - Lehmberg, illegal telephone recording, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AUSTIN DMSION AUSTIN LAWYERS GUILD; CARL GOSSETT, DAVID GRASSBAUGH, MARK. SAMPSON, and FRANCIS WILLIAMS, for themselves and those similarly …
Discipline Letter re Carnaby shooting - Foster, HPD TX, 2008 CITY OF HOUSTON Houston Police Department 1200Travis Houston. Texas 77002-6000 713/247-1000 Bill White, Mayor CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS: Toni Lawrence Jarvis Johnson Anne Clutterbuck Wanda Adams Michael Sullivan James Rodriguez Peter Brown Sue Lovell Melissa Noriega Ronald C. Green Jolanda Jonas …
Discipline Letter re Carnaby shooting - Washington, HPD TX, 2008 CITY OF HOUSTON Houston Police Department Bill White, Mayor 1200 Travis CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS: Toni Lawrence Jarvis Johnson Anne Clutterbuck Wanda Adams James Rodriguez, Peter Brown Sue LoveH Melissa Noriega Ronald C. Green Houston. Texas 77002-6000 Michael Sullivan Jolanda Jones …
Press Release - HPD police shooting Carnaby, Randall Kallinen PLLC, 2008 CARNABY KILLER AND HPD SUPERVISOR RECEIVE MULTIPLE SUSTAINED DISCIPLINARY FINDINGS BY THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE BACK SHOOTING OF UNARMED ROLAND CARNABY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE In a rare departure from the closing of ranks in police shootings the …
Review of Solitary Confinement in Texas Lacks Funding to Proceed by Joe Watson A legislatively-mandated, detailed review of the use of solitary confinement in Texas prisons—where the average stay in administrative segregation, or "ad seg," is more than three years—had not been initiated four months after Gov. Rick Perry signed …
Texas State Jails: Private Drug Counselors Ordered to Downplay Mental Illness by Matthew Clarke Former employees of Houston-based Turning Point, Inc., a private, for-profit company which contracted with Texas to provide substance abuse treatment in its state jail system, are revealing how supervisors pressured them to falsify Addiction Severity Index …
Making friends with a ‘murderer’ – and proving he’s innocent by By Colby Itkowitz Alfred Dewayne Brown spent 10 years on death row for a crime he did not commit. During that time, he formed an unlikely friendship with a man who would eventually fight to set him free. Theirs was …
FFRF v. Brewster Co, TX, Complaint, Christian Crosses on Sheriff Cars, 2016 Case 4:16-cv-00014 Document 1 Filed 03/02/16 Page 1 of 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS ALPINE DIVISION FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION, INC.; KEVIN PRICE; and JESSE CASTILLO, Plaintiffs, -vs- BREWSTER COUNTY, TEXAS, and SHERIFF RONNY …
"No Cost" License Plate Readers Are Turning Texas Police into Mobile Debt Collectors and Data Miners by Dave Maass Vigilant Solutions, one of the country’s largest brokers of vehicle surveillance technology, is offering a hell of a deal to law enforcement agencies in Texas: a whole suite of automated license …
