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Article • September 10, 2015
$7,000 Settlement for CCA’s Negligence Causing Prisoner’s Broken Arm by David Reutter $7,000 Settlement for CCA’s Negligence Causing Prisoner’s Broken Arm by David M. Reutter Corrections Corporation of America paid $7,000 to settle a negligence lawsuit stemming from a prisoner falling off a bunk. During his intake at CCA’s Silverdale …
Article • September 10, 2015
$6,000 Settlement for Negligent Failure to Treat at CCA Tennessee Prison by David Reutter $6,000 Settlement for Negligent Failure to Treat at CCA Tennessee Prison by David M. Reutter Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $6,184.71 to settle a lawsuit brought by a prisoner at Metro Davidson County Detention Facility …
Article • September 10, 2015
$6,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Injured During Transport by David Reutter $6,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Injured During Transport by David M. Reutter Corrections Corporation of America paid $6,000 to settle a claim that a prisoner was injured during a transport from Silverdale Detention Center in Tennessee. The settlement came …
Article • September 10, 2015
$5,000 Settlement for Harmful Treatment at CCA Tennessee Prison by David Reutter $5,000 Settlement for Harmful Treatment at CCA Tennessee Prison by David M. Reutter Corrections Corporation of America paid $5,000 to settle a lawsuit claiming it caused harm to Silverdale Detention Center prisoner Angela Mooney. The July 30, 2009 …
Article • September 9, 2015
$3,750 Settlement for CCA Prisoner in Failure to Treat Suit by David Reutter $3,750 Settlement for CCA Prisoner in Failure to Treat Suit by David M. Reutter Corrections Corporation of America paid $3,750 to settle a prisoner’s civil rights action alleging he was denied adequate medical care at the Hardeman …
Article • September 9, 2015
$3,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner in Slip and Fall by David Reutter $3,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner in Slip and Fall by David M. Reutter Corrections Corporation of America paid $3,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging a prisoner slipped and fell in her cell at the Hamilton County Workhouse. Prisoner …
Article • September 9, 2015
$1,500 Settlement for CCA Prisoner in Slip and Fall Suit by David Reutter $1,500 Settlement for CCA Prisoner in Slip and Fall Suit by David M. Reutter Corrections Corporation of America paid $1,500 to settle a lawsuit involving a slip and fall at the Silverdale Workhouse. While walking down a …
Article • September 9, 2015
$999.99 Settlement for Excessive Force against CCA Prisoner by $999.99 Settlement for Excessive Force against CCA Prisoner Corrections Corporation of America paid $999.99 to settle a lawsuit by prisoner Timothy Groce, who alleged guards used excessive force upon him at Whiteville Correctional Facility. Groce refused to remove his arm from …
Article • September 9, 2015
$35,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Forced to Act as Guard’s Gladiator by David Reutter $35,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Forced to Act as Guard’s Gladiator by David M. Reutter Corrections Corporation of America paid $35,000 to settle a lawsuit that alleged guards forced a prisoner to be a “kapo” and …
Article • September 9, 2015
$13,000 Jury Award to Tennessee Prisoner Held on Invalid Escape Warrant by $13,000 Jury Award to Tennessee Prisoner Held on Invalid Escape Warrant A Tennessee federal jury awarded $13,000 to a former prisoner alleging he was unconstitutionally imprisoned and denied medical treatment while held in Tennessee prisons. Samuel C. Key …
Article • September 9, 2015
$4,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Injured During Transport by David Reutter $4,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Injured During Transport  by David M. Reutter Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $4,000 to settle a negligence claim stemming from a prisoner being injured during a transport from a drug and rehabilitation facility …
Article • September 9, 2015
Wisconsin Jail’s 2013 Prisoner Fee Revenue Falls $130,000 by Mark Wilson Wisconsin Jail’s 2013 Prisoner Fee Revenue Falls $130,000          by Mark Wilson A litigation-compelled policy change has cut a Wisconsin County’s booking and pay-to- stay fees by $130,000. However, county officials are quickly recouping the revenue from other detainees. A …
Article • September 9, 2015
Court Finds for Defendants in Juvenile Class-Action Against Florida County Sheriff and Corizon by On March 15, 2012, suit was brought against Grady Judd, Sheriff of Polk County, Florida and the jail’s health care provider, Corizon Health Inc., for violating the constitutional rights of its juvenile prisoners. Plaintiffs filed for …
Article • August 31, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Life Without Parole by Beth Schwartzapfel Life Without Parole Inside the secretive world of parole boards, where your freedom may depend on politics and whim. by Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project* Reynaldo Rodriguez was 19 with a young son, a good job and no criminal record when he shot and …
Article • August 31, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by News in Brief Alabama: Ricky Deangelo Hinkle, 47, began threatening other prisoners and disrupting the lunch meal at the Jefferson County Jail on September 11, 2014. As jailers were placing him in a segregation cell, he allegedly started to fight. A guard then used his Taser …
Article • August 31, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Legislation Removes Secrecy from Georgia Parole Board’s Proceedings, Decisions by David Reutter Legislation Removes Secrecy from Georgia Parole Board’s Proceedings, Decisions by David M. Reutter Unlike any other state agency, Georgia’s Board of Pardons and Paroles (GBPP) makes its major decisions behind closed doors, and virtually all the information contained …
Article • August 31, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright From the Editor by Paul Wright Since PLN first began publishing in 1990 we have reported on parole systems and their inherent arbitrariness and cruelty. Today there is a lot of rhetoric about a “liberal-conservative alliance” on criminal justice issues and the need for …
Article • August 31, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Filed under: Telephone Rates
Delaware: Drop in Prison Phone Rates Called a “Drop in the Bucket” by Derek Gilna Delaware: Drop in Prison Phone Rates Called a “Drop in the Bucket” by Derek Gilna Delaware’s prison phone rates will be reduced as a result of a new contract entered into between the state Department …
Article • August 31, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Filed under: Water
Is Texas Poisoning Prisoners with Contaminated Water? by Panagioti Tsolkas Is Texas Poisoning Prisoners with Contaminated Water? by Panagioti Tsolkas When the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) named a prison unit after the late warden Wallace Pack they should have guessed it would have a problem with water, as …
Texas County Pays Prisoner’s Family $214,500 for Wrongful Death by Texas County Pays Prisoner’s Family $214,500 for Wrongful Death For two days in August 2011, Shawn Appell beat his head against a wall in his cell at the Llano County, Texas jail as guards Scottie Bryan Scoggins and Donny Stewart …
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