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Settlement in Idaho Jail Condition Class-Action Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 4, 2009, a consent decree was entered in a class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of jail prisoners with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) over conditions of confinement at the Canyon County …
Settlement Promises Improvements at Baltimore City Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 18, 2009, a settlement was reached in a class-action lawsuit over conditions of confinement at the Baltimore City Detention Center (BCDC). The lawsuit dates back to 1971 and had been on the federal district court’s …
U.S. DOJ Calls Houston Jail Unconstitutional, Prisoner Death Rate Alarming by Gary Hunter As a follow-up to PLN’s October 2009 cover story, this article examines in greater detail findings by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) related to conditions at the Harris County jail in Houston, Texas. From 2001 through …
Federal Court Awards $1.47 Million in Attorney Fees and Costs against Sheriff Arpaio by Last May, PLN reported that a U.S. District Court in Arizona had found that jails in Maricopa County, managed by Sheriff Joe Arpaio, continued to violate the civil rights of pretrial detainees. That ruling came in …
$26,000 Settlement for Public Records Violations by Washington Jail by Washington state’s Kitsap County Jail paid $26,000 to settle an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) claim that resulted in “catastrophic injuries” to a prisoner. The claim also asserted violations of Washington’s public records law. The claim was filed on behalf …
Article • December 15, 2009
Illinois Federal Court Refuses to Dismiss Chicago Jail Strip Search Suit by On September 15, 2008, a federal court in Illinois denied a motion to dismiss by the Sheriff of Cook County and Cook County, Illinois, in a suit involving the strip searching of prisoners returning from court appearances. Charles …
$150,000 Settlement in Tennessee Jail Beating by Sullivan County, Tennessee has paid $150,000 to settle the claim of a former prisoner who was beaten at the county’s jail. The suit alleged the sheriff’s department failed to properly train and supervise jail guards, deliberately placed the prisoner in a dangerous situation, …
$58,333 Settlement for Transgendered Woman’s Sacramento Jail Assault and Sexual Harassment by California’s County of Sacramento has paid $58,333.33 to settle the lawsuit of Richardo Medina-Tejada, who claimed that as a post-operative transgender male-to-female pretrial detainee at the Sacramento County Jail, she was placed in housing with male prisoners who …
Arizona Jail’s Medical Failures Due to Inadequate Record Keeping, Understaffing by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Medical care for approximately 10,000 prisoners in the Maricopa County jail system is an abject failure. That may explain why the Arizona county, which is the fourth largest in the nation, has had to …
$750,000 Settlement in Chicago Jail Mass Beating Suit by On June 4, 2009, the finance litigation subcommittee of the County Board of Cook County, Illinois moved to settle a lawsuit over an alleged mass beating at the Cook County Jail. In August 2006, Dwond Donahue, Jerome Fountain, Bernard Garcia, Darryl …
New York City Jail Conditions Still Unconstitutional a Quarter Century Later by After 25 years of litigation, officials overseeing New York City jails are still unable to provide environmental conditions that do not violate the constitutional rights of the pretrial detainees they hold. As such, a federal district court refused …
Garcia v. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, class action complaint, jail special education services, 2009 Case 2:09-cv-08943-DMG-SH Document 1 Filed 12/04/09 Page 1 of 110 Page ID #:1 Case 2:09-cv-08943-DMG-SH Document 1 Filed 12/04/09 Page 2 of 110 Page ID #:2 Case 2:09-cv-08943-DMG-SH Document 1 Filed 12/04/09 Page 3 of …
Pennsylvania County Prisons Mired in Conditions Litigation by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Whether or not a large number of lawsuits is indicative of management or operational problems at a prison or jail is a matter of debate that depends on one’s perspective – that is, which side of …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
CRIPA Investigation Finds “Woefully Inadequate” Conditions in Erie County, NY Jails; Lawsuits Filed by Jimmy Franks An investigation conducted by the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice uncovered significant civil rights violations at two New York detention facilities – the Erie County Holding Center (ECHC) and the …
Article • September 15, 2009
$2,500 Settlement for Jail’s Failure to Treat Broken Hand by Washington State’s King County Jail has paid Edward D. Bland $2,500 to settle a claim that the Jail failed to treat his broken right hand. Upon booking on March 9, 2004, a jail nurse examined Bland’s hand, which was as …
Article • September 15, 2009
$3,300 Settlement for Cruel and Unusual Punishment by Jail Guards by Washington State’s King County Jail paid $3,298.53 to settle the claim of James D. Wilks, who alleged that he was subject to cruel and unusual punishment in January and February 2002. The complaint alleges that Wilks was not treated …
Article • September 15, 2009
$1,500 Settlement for Prisoner-on-Prisoner Assault at Seattle Jail by Washington State’s King County paid $1,500 to settle the claim of prisoner Steven L. Morris, who claimed that as he concluded a visit on December 24, 2003 at the Regional Justice Center King County Jail, he was attacked by another prisoner …
Article • September 15, 2009
$10,000 Settlement for Ill Treatment Prisoner Colostomy Bag by Washington State’s King County jail has paid $10,000 to settle the claim of Patrick Gaines, who entered jail on May 17, 2002 wearing a colostomy bag that had been surgically implanted in December 2001. Up until May 20, Gaines was kept …
Article • September 15, 2009
$10,000 Settlement in Failure to Protect From Tuberculosis by Seattle Jail by Washington State’s King County Jail paid $12,500.32 to settle the claim of Michael Regan, who claimed that he contracted tuberculosis (TB) while in the jail from June 28 to July 4, 2001, because he was housed with a …
Marin County Agrees to Pay $300,000 to Prisoner Severely Injured After Being Denied Psych Meds by On September 13, 2006, the County of Marin, California agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by a former Marin County prisoner who severely injured himself after being denied psychiatric medications. Jacob Neitzel had a …
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