Dying for Being Deadbeat Dad in Missouri Jail by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On January 23, 2023, just 10 days after Ryan Everson was put in Missouri’s Clay County Jail, the 42-year-old was found dead in his cell. That his three children no longer had a father is cruelly …
Eighth Circuit Requires Source-of-Funds Finding Before Allowing BOP to Raid Account of Federal Prisoner in Missouri by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In a decision reached on August 10,2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit stayed the hand that the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) had …
Street v. O'Toole, MO, Settlement, Protest, 2023 Case: 4:19-cv-02590-CDP Doc. #: 114 Filed: 06/13/23 Page: 1 of 9 PageID #: 3085 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION ALICIA STREET, et al., Plaintiffs, v. LT. COL. LAWRENCE O’TOOLE, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) …
Eighth Circuit Lets Public Defender Withdraw from BOP Prisoner’s “Frivolous” Appeal by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 11, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted a motion to withdraw from an attorney appointed to represent a federal prisoner in Missouri appealing his civil commitment. …
News in Brief by Alabama: On March 26, 2023, a former state prison guard at Easterling Correctional Facility was arrested for taking bribes to smuggle contraband into the lockup. The Montgomery Advertiser reported that Quindarius Thagard, 27, was fired and charged with use of office for personal gain and promotion …
Former Missouri Prisoners Awarded $20 Million for Sexual Abuse by “Resident Pervert” Guard by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye On March 16, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit turned away an appeal by a former Missouri prison guard and affirmed a jury verdict against him …
Missouri Senior Citizen Jailed Three Days After Letting Dog Off Leash by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On March 13, 2023, an attorney in Missouri’s Iron County helped a 64-year-old resident file a pro se motion in court, asking for an indigency hearing she never got before being ordered to …
Webb v. The City of Maplewood, MO, Order Granting Setlement, False Imprisonment, 2023 Case: 4:16-cv-01703-CDP Doc. #: 273 Filed: 04/05/23 Page: 1 of 13 PageID #: 7519 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION CECELIA ROBERTS WEBB, et al., Plaintiffs, v. THE CITY OF MAPLEWOOD, MISSOURI, Defendant. …
$1.2 Million Paid by St. Louis County for Jail Detainee’s Death from Untreated Ulcer by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On September 8, 2022, the federal court for the Eastern District of Missouri approved a settlement under which St. Louis County agreed to pay $1.2 million to resolve claims …
Despite Official Claims, Stopping Mail to Missouri Prisoners Has No Effect on Drug Overdoses by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart The drugs are coming in the mail. Or so they say. There’s no question that the drugs are coming into Missouri state prisons; an average of 34 prisoner overdoses a …
Hynes v. Missouri Dept of Corrections, MO, Judgment, Violation of Sunshine Law, 2023 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COLE COUNTY STATE OF MISSOURI WILLA HYNES, Plaintiff, V. MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Cause No: 21AC-CC00327 Division: II JUDGMENT The …
News in Brief by News in Brief Alabama: On January 9, 2023, the Montgomery Police Department (MPD) arrested a guard at the city jail for an alleged off-duty assault, the Birmingham News reported. It’s unclear who filed the misdemeanor complaint against Reba Foulks, 36; MPD didn’t begin its investigation until …
Eighth Circuit Holds Delaying Surgery for Reducible Hernia Not Deliberate Indifference to Missouri Prisoner’s Serious Medical Needs by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke What happens if you develop a hernia while jailed? One Missouri prisoner found the answer when he was forced to wait 16 months for surgical relief. Then, …
Jury Awards $2 Million to Nurse in Sexual Harassment Case against Missouri Prison Officials by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On December 27, 2022, in Missouri’s 19th Circuit Court, Judge Jon Beetem ordered the state Department of Corrections (DOC) to pay $2 million in punitive damages to a …
News in Brief by Alabama: WHNT in Huntsville reported on December 16, 2022, that a Morgan County Jail detainee was charged with assaulting a guard. Ashley Nicole Taymon, 36, had gotten into an altercation at the Community Corrections Office five days earlier and was taken to a hospital. There she …
First Transgender Prisoner Execution Carried Out in Missouri by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Missouri executed Amber McLaughlin, 49, by lethal injection on January 3, 2023, after she sat on death row for at least a decade as Scott McLaughlin. Hers was the first state-sanctioned murder of the …
Mega-stars Accused of Plagiarizing Song from Nameless Missouri Prisoner by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss In October 2022, movie star Johnny Depp and musician Jeff Beck countersued artist and educator Bruce Jackson for libel and slander, after he accused them of plagiarizing lyrics for the song Sad Motherfuckin Parade, …
News in Brief by Alabama: On November 2, 2022, a former state prison guard at the William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility near Birmingham pleaded guilty to federal contraband smuggling charges. The Birmingham News reported that Wilson Brian Clemons, 32, was arrested on November 23, 2021, on state counts of marijuana …
Eighth Circuit Revives Missouri Prisoner’s Claim Against Prison Food Manager for Denying Renal Diet by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 14, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed the grant of summary judgment to a Missouri prison food service director accused of interfering …
Daughter of Condemned Missouri Prisoner Unsuccessfully Sues to Witness His Execution by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On November 29, 2022, Missouri administered a lethal injection at the state prison in Bonne Terre to murder prisoner Kevin Johnson, 37. But his 19-year-old daughter was not by his side. …
