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Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
Louisville Jail Records 15 Detainee Deaths, 16 Employees Fired by On September 26, 2023, Louisville Metro Corrections Department (LMCD) suspended guard Terry Henderson after he crashed his car into a vehicle driven by fellow guard Andrew Young. Responding Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) officers reportedly suspected Henderson was drunk, but …
At BOP California “Rape Club” Prison: Historic Ruling, FBI Raid, Warden Removed by On March 11, 2024, FBI agents raided the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Dublin, California, the troubled federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) lockup plagued by staff sexual assaults on prisoners—so many that it has become known as …
Eighth Circuit Affirms Qualified Immunity for Missouri Prison Chief in Sexual Abuse Claims Against Former Guard by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 23, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed denial of qualified immunity (QI) to Anne Precythe, Director of the Missouri Department …
Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
Georgia Sheriff Resigns After Groping TV Judge’s Breast by Nearly two years after Sheriff Kris Coody of Georgia’s Bleckley County publicly groped television Judge Glenda Hatchett’s chest, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor sexual battery in state court on August 21, 2023. Coody, 59, was then sentenced to 12 months of …
Brief • March 26, 2024
Filed under: Sexual Assault
Farris v. Kohlrus, IL, Settlement, Sexual Assault, 2024 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS SPRINGFIELD DIVISION JACQUELINE FARRIS, ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff. V. ERIC KOHLRUS, CHRISTINE BRANNON, CLARA CHARRON. NORINE ASHLEY. LISA JOHNSON, PATRICK KEANE. MIKE FUNK. FELIPE ZAVALA. ALAN PASLEY, ALEX …
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
BOP Pays $40,000 to Prisoner Sexually Assaulted at Florida Lockup by Guard, Who Must Pay Her $1 Million by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Back in June 2022, the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) agreed to pay $40,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a prisoner repeatedly subjected to …
Brief • February 20, 2024
Filed under: Sexual Assault
Doe v. Cheeks, GA, Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2024 Case 2:24-cv-00036-RWS Document 1 Filed 02/20/24 Page 1 of 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA GAINESVILLE DIVISION JANE DOE, Plaintiff, v. CAMERON CHEEKS, Defendant ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Civil Action …
Eighth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to Minnesota Jail Guard Accused of Grabbing and Squeezing Detainee’s Penis by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On August 24, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed denial of qualified immunity (QI) to a Minnesota jail guard in a …
Lawsuit Claims Kentucky Prison Officials Ignored Chaplain’s Sexual Abuse by A complaint filed on June 29, 2023, accused the former chaplain of Kentucky’s Eastern Correctional Complex (ECC), of repeatedly harassing and threatening a state prisoner, as well as subjecting him to abuse and sexual molestation. In addition, the suit alleged, …
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Misconduct Shades Sexual Assault Suit As Hawaii Settles With Prisoners for $2 Million by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In a surprising twist to a horrific story, the State of Hawaii agreed on July 27, 2023, to pay six state prisoners whose federal civil rights suit alleged they were sexually …
Alabama DOC Proves Truly “Heartless” by In a weird-but-true story that’s oddly fitting for Alabama’s wretched prison system, the body of a state prisoner murdered on November 16, 2023, was returned to his survivors five days later without a heart. That is the claim of a lawsuit filed in federal …
Article • January 1, 2024 • from PLN January, 2024
Fifth BOP Employee Sentenced in California “Rape Club,” Another Lawsuit Filed by Former Bureau of Prisons (BOP) guard Andrew Jones, 36, is now part of the notorious “rape club” at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, receiving the longest sentence so far in the ongoing scandal when U.S. District …
Article • January 1, 2024 • from PLN January, 2024
Former New Mexico Guard Convicted of Sexually Assaulting Prisoner, Suit Filed by A month after a former guard pleaded guilty to sexually abusing her, a prisoner at Western New Mexico Corrections Facility (WNMCF) filed suit against the state Corrections Department on July 27, 2023, claiming she was also threatened with …
$10,000 Verdict for Fired Guard’s Failure to Protect Louisiana Prisoner From Stabbing by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The federal court for the Middle District of Louisiana found on July 18, 2023, that a guard at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center (EHCC) violated a prisoner’s Eighth Amendment rights by failing …
West Virginia Pretrial Detainee’s Lawsuit for Sexual Abuse Survives Dismissal Stage by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 9, 2023, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia affirmed denial of defendant state prison officials’ motion to dismiss all but a negligent supervision and training claim that arose …
Eighth Circuit Says Arkansas Prisoner’s Medical Incapacity May Excuse PLRA Exhaustion Failure by As often reported in PLN, the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997e, imposes numerous requirements on incarcerated litigants—including exhaustion of administrative remedies before filing a lawsuit, by first filing a grievance and seeing it completely …
Brief • December 18, 2023
Expert Declaration of Kelly M. Socia, PH.d-Sexual Crimes and Mandatory Lifetime GPS Statute, Dec 2023 EXPERT DECLARATION OF KELLY M. SOCIA, PH.D. Individuals convicted of sexual crimes and Wisconsin’s mandatory lifetime GPS statute Prepared by: Kelly M. Socia, Ph.D. Professor School of Criminology and Justice Studies University of Massachusetts Lowell …
Brief • December 18, 2023
A.R. V. Brazos County, TX, Final Judgment, Sexual Assault, 2023 Case 4:23-cv-01167 Document 48 Filed on 12/18/23 in TXSD Page 1 of 2 United States District Court Southern District of Texas ENTERED UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON DIVISION A.R., Plaintiff, v. BRAZOS COUNTY, TEXAS …
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
Former Oregon Prison Nurse Gets 30 Years for Raping Prisoners by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson Five years after Oregon prison officials and state prosecutors abandoned them, a group of state prisoners sexually assaulted by a prison nurse finally secured a measure of justice from federal prosecutors. On October 17, …
Brief • November 28, 2023
Coomer v. Lowe, IN, Settlement, Assault, 2024 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release ("Agreement") is made and entered into by and between BEATRICE COOMER, individually, ("Plaintiff') and Scottie Maples, in his official capacity as Clark County Sheriff, David Lowe, Mark Meyer, Dakota Brown, Caleb Boger, Kassidy May-Wilson, …
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