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Florida Prisoner Released to Die Settles With Centurion Over Ignored Prostate Cancer by In a lawsuit filed by a former Florida prisoner who was released to die from prostate cancer that private prison healthcare giant Centurion allegedly ignored, officials with the company agreed to an undisclosed settlement and claims were …
Article • May 1, 2025 • from PLN May, 2025
$2.95 Million Settlement for Untreated Pneumonia Death in Washington Jail by Washington’s Pacific County agreed in state Court on November 22, 2024, to a $2.95 million settlement resolving claims by the survivors of Crystal R. Greenler, 38, who died of untreated pneumonia in the county lockup nearly two years earlier. …
Kentucky Jail Sued for Detainee’s Death, Prisoner’s Stillborn Child by On March 3, 2025, the federal court for the Eastern District of Kentucky denied a motion to dismiss Eighth Amendment violation and negligence claims lodged against jail medical contractor West Kentucky Correctional Healthcare LLC (WKCH) by a former prisoner whose …
New Jersey DOC Sued Twice for Turning “Blind Eye” to “Pervasive” Drug-Smuggling Blamed for Prisoner Deaths by A suit filed in federal court for the District of New Jersey on February 19, 2025, accused officials with the state Department of Corrections (DOC) of failing to protect prisoner Phillip Kellerman from …
Article • May 1, 2025 • from PLN May, 2025
Six Deaths in Eleven Months at Washington Jail by The South County Correctional Entity, a jail shared by six cities in Washington’s King County and located in the Seattle suburb of Des Moines, recorded its sixth death in 11 months on February 1, 2025. Known locally as SCORE, the lockup …
Washington DOC On Hot Seat Over “Unexpected Fatalities,” Missed Autopsies by A report released on January 10, 2025, by the Office of the Corrections Ombuds (OCO) of the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) counted 26 “unexpected fatalities” during the fiscal year that ended on June 30, 2024. A report released …
Los Angeles County Jails Record Almost One Death Every Nine Days by Los Angeles County jails counted 87 deaths of prisoners and detainees in 813 days since the beginning of 2023, according to a report by the nonprofit Vera Institute of Justice on March 25, 2025. The high mortality rate …
Wellpath Sanctioned for Discovery Violation in Suit Over Kentucky Prisoner’s Death by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Private prison and jail medical provider Wellpath, LLC has announced a plan to exit bankruptcy proceedings, as reported elsewhere in this issue. [See: PLN, May 2025, p.56.] The plan offers some relief to …
Article • May 1, 2025 • from PLN May, 2025
$3.4 Million Settlement for Minnesota Jail Death Called “Real-Life Nightmare” by When Lucas John Bellamy, 41, was booked into jail in Minnesota’s Hennepin County on July 18, 2022, he informed staff that he had swallowed a bag of drugs shortly before his arrest. He was taken to a hospital, where …
New York Guards Indicted for Prisoner’s Murder by Two New York Department of Corrections and Community Services (DOCCS) guards were charged with murder on April 16, 2025, in the death of prisoner Messiah Nantwi at Mid-State Correctional Facility. The mentally ill 22-year-old was sobbing in a shower where he was …
Article • May 1, 2025 • from PLN May, 2025
20 Charged in Nevada Prison Brawl That Left Three Dead by The last of 20 arrests was made on March 5, 2025, of Nevada state prisoners accused in a brawl that left three fellow prisoners dead at Ely State Prison. The state Department of Corrections (DOC) said at the time …
Brief • April 10, 2025
Estate of Esther Truax v. Waters, FL, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2025 Case 3:23-cv-01414-WWB-MCR Document 40-1 Filed 04/10/25 EXHIBIT 1 Page 1 of 3 PageID 140 Case 3:23-cv-01414-WWB-MCR Document 40-1 Filed 04/10/25 Page 2 of 3 PageID 141 COMPLETE RELEASE STATE OF FLORIDA COUNTY OF DUVAL WHEREAS, the undersigned, NANCY SIMMERSON, …
Brief • April 9, 2025
Estate of Jackson Maes v. Board of County Commissioners of the County of Saguache, CO, Verdict Form, Wrongful Death, 2025 Case No. 1:21-cv-00628-NYW-NRN Document 329 pg 1 of 4 filed 04/09/25 USDC Colorado IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 21-cv-00628-NYW-NRN SARAH LIEBERENZ, …
Article • April 1, 2025 • from PLN April, 2025
Deaths, Deplorable Conditions, Staff Misconduct Plague Memphis Jail by Memphis, the largest city in Tennessee’s Shelby County, is known for several things. Elvis Presley’s former residence, Graceland, is a popular tourist attraction, as are bars and nightlife attractions on Beale Street, the epicenter of world-renowned jazz and blues music. The …
Three More Prisoners Die, Three More Staffers Fired at Wisconsin Prison by At Wisconsin’s Waupun Correctional Institution, 11 staffers have now been fired or resigned in the wake of a federal probe sparked by a spate of prisoner deaths that has now reached a total of seven in just two …
Nurse Charged, $2.6 Million Settlement Reached in Minnesota Jail Death by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) filed manslaughter charges on March 7, 2025, against a former nurse at the Beltrami County Jail in the 2018 death of detainee Hardel Sherrell. His mother previously collected a $2.6 million settlement from …
$2.5 Million Settlement After South Carolina Jail Detainee Lost 2 Lbs.Per Day and Died by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso A settlement filed in federal court for the District of South Carolina on September 3, 2024, brought a resolution to a lawsuit filed by the survivors of a Greenville …
Article • April 1, 2025 • from PLN April, 2025
14 Overdoses in Two Weeks Leave One Dead at Phoenix Jail by Two detainees overdosed at the Maricopa County Jail in Phoenix on February 18, 2025, joining another dozen who overdosed the week before—one of whom later died. Deputies of newly elected Sheriff Jerry Sheridan suspected that one or more …
Article • April 1, 2025 • from PLN April, 2025
Three Former Virginia Jailers Charged After Detainee Dies in “WRAP” Restraint by Three former Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Department (VBSD) deputies were indicted on January 3, 2025, in the death of Rolin Hill, who suffocated in a “WRAP” restraint device at the city jail in June 2024. Charged with second-degree murder …
Article • April 1, 2025 • from PLN April, 2025
More New York Guards Suspended After Another Prisoner’s Fatal Beating by New York prisoner Messiah Nantwi, 22, was fatally beaten by guards at the Mid-State Correctional Facility on March 1, 2025, in plain view of at least nine prisoners as well as National Guard troops deployed during a wildcat guard …
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