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Iowa Jail Guard Who Tased Mentally Ill Woman Missed Training for Three Years by After a guard tased a mentally ill woman in October 2013 to compel her to change her clothes, officials at the Muscatine County, Iowa, Jail are considering requiring less Taser training for guards rather than more. …
DOJ Intervenes in Ohio Jail Taser Class Action; County Settles by On February 4, 2011, Franklin County, Ohio officials agreed to substantially upgrade jail Taser training, use and accountability policies to settle a Class Action law suit in which the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) had intervened. On July 16, …
California Prison Staff Told to Fake Suicide Checks, Union Says by Joe Watson The new medical facility for prisoners in Stockton, California, run by the state's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), was supposed to help correct the systemic problems CDCR has in providing adequate medical, dental and mental health …
Los Angeles County Undersheriff Convicted on Federal Obstruction, Conspiracy Charges by Christopher Zoukis Paul K. Tanaka, 57, the former second-in-command of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) and the elected mayor of Gardena, California, was found guilty on federal charges of obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice …
Restraint Chair Deaths, Abuses Prompt Questions, Criticism and Lawsuits by Joe Watson Like another jail detainee more than seven years before him, Joshua Grose died while strapped into a restraint chair at the York County Detention Center in South Carolina. In the early morning hours of October 12, 2013, following …
Oklahoma Jail Detainee Handcuffed, Pepper-sprayed and Choked to Death by Caddo County District Attorney Jason Hicks cited his interpretation of the state’s open records law as justification for withholding reports and video footage documenting the death of Darius Robinson at the county lockup in the rural town of Anadarko, Oklahoma. …
BOP Settles Sexual Harassment Suit for $1,000 by The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) paid $1,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a female guard at the Federal Medical Center in Minnesota. Guard Beth Koenck alleged that in 1992 and 1993 guard Scott Christensen subjected her to “unwanted …
BOP Pays $340,000 in SHU Cellmate Assault by The federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) agreed to a $340,000 settlement in a lawsuit brought by a prisoner who was assaulted upon being moved into a Special Housing Unit (SHU) cell. Prisoner Brendan Reilly was incarcerated at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, now …
BOP Pays $20,000 to Settle Sex Discrimination Complaint by The federal Bureau of Prisons paid $20,000 and agreed to review policies to settle a sexual discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. On February 3 and 4, 1999, while working as a guard at FCC Butner Medium in North …
Alabama Prisoners Bribed to Dance Nude for Doughnuts by Three Alabama jail guards have been charged in a “dancing for doughnuts” practice. Pickens County Jail guards Demetrius Harris, Anthony Lavender, and Chance Draper were charged with felony ethics violations for coercing female prisoners to dance nude for donuts and cell …
White v. Watson, et al., IL, amended complaint, wrongful death, 2016 Case 3:16-cv-00560-JPG-DGW Document 26 Filed 07/19/16 Page 1 of 16 Page ID #85 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS DWAYNE WHITE, as Administrator of the ESTATE OF BRADLEY C. SCARPI, Plaintiff, v. ST. …
Canadian Prison Staff, Cellmate Charged in Prisoner’s Beating Death by Joe Watson An understaffed, poorly-designed prison in Ontario, Canada has been under close scrutiny over the past three years after a prisoner serving a 165-day sentence was bludgeoned to death on Halloween night by a possibly intoxicated cellmate with a …
Illinois Sheriff Demotes One, Fires 3, Suspends 10 after Death of Jail Detainee by Derek Gilna Lake County, Illinois Sheriff Mark C. Curran, Jr. demoted a jail supervisor and suspended ten guards over an incident in which a prisoner was paralyzed after an altercation with jailers and later died. Three …
Mississippi DOC Guard Trainee Busted for Smuggling Contraband by Sherrice Richardson, a guard trainee at the South Mississippi Correctional Institution, was arrested on January 25, 2016 and charged for her role in a major contraband smuggling ring at the facility. Richardson, 22, admitted to prison officials that she had been …
Connecticut Prisoner Wins Motion for Sanctions over Destruction of Evidence; Case Settles for $40,000 by Derek Gilna Connecticut state prisoner Tye Thomas won an important pretrial motion that found employees of the Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) were “grossly negligent” in failing to preserve key video surveillance footage of assaults …
Multiple Suicides at Florida Jail a Cause for Concern by David Reutter Suicide is the leading cause of death among jail detainees according to an August 2015 report by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. While 80% of jails in the U.S. reported no deaths in 2013, six percent reported …
Wisconsin Prisoner’s Civil Rights Action Alleging Verbal Harassment Reinstated by Derek Gilna Ronald J. Beal, a Wisconsin state prisoner, filed a complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging violations of his civil rights by Department of Corrections (DOC) staff who had subjected him to verbal harassment. After his complaint was …
Ohio Prison Guards Cited for Sexual Misconduct with Prisoners by Christopher Zoukis Several Ohio state prison guards have been disciplined following at least 19 allegations of sexual misconduct and inappropriate relationships with female prisoners between 2012 and 2013. Most of the allegations arose shortly after the Dayton Correctional Institution (DCI) …
UK Security Company’s Long History of Controversy, Misconduct by Derek Gilna According to its website, G4S is the world’s “leading global integrated security company.” Besides providing security services, it also operates private prisons and immigration detention centers, provides electronic tagging (monitoring) for offenders on community supervision and has a prisoner …
USA v. Hinds County, MS, Mot for Entry of Settlement Agreement, use of force 8th Am sexual misconduct grievances, 2016.pdf Case 3:16-cv-00489-WHB-JCG Document 2 Filed 06/23/16 Page 1 of 5 Case 3:16-cv-00489-WHB-JCG Document 2 Filed 06/23/16 Page 2 of 5 Case 3:16-cv-00489-WHB-JCG Document 2 Filed 06/23/16 Page 3 of 5 …
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