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Florida Prisoner’s Suicide Suit Settles for $500,000 by A $500,000 settlement has been reached in a lawsuit stemming from the 2006 suicide of an 18-year-old Florida prisoner. The suit was filed by the parents and estate of Aleshia Napier against the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC), two private medical contractors …
Smith v. Kane County Sheriff, IL, Demand Letter, Medical Neglect, 2011 ALBUKERK 8c ASSOCIATES A T T O RNEYS & COUNSELORS AT LAW 1450 W R AN DOL P H S T , 2•• FLOOR CHICAGO , ILL I NOI S 60607 TE L : 7 7 3 . 84 …
Brief • September 1, 2011
Bearden v. McKeithen et al, FL, Amended Complaint, jail suicide PTSD, 2011 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA PANAMA CITY DIVISION ESTATE OF MAUREEN BEARDEN, by JAMES BEARDEN as Personal Representative of the Estate, and on behalf of the Survivors, Elizabeth and Brooke Villella, …
Brief • August 31, 2011
Center for Legal Advocacy v. Bicha, CO, Complaint, Jail Mental Health, 2011 ~-- _., IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO CivilActionNo. 11-CV-228 5ME•alf . ·~ i ~ I 7 • t , ,..... ,,... ! _•_.) '-' j j. . i.... ' - ' • …
Rasho v. Walker, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2011 1:11-cv-01308-MMM # 5 Page 1 of 13 E-FILED Wednesday, 17 August, 2011 05:56:40 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS PEORIA DIVISION ASHOOR RASHO, ) ) ) ) ) Case No. …
Article • August 15, 2011
Mentally Ill Prisoners In South Dakota Are Receiving Inadequate Care by Derick Limberg By Derick Limberg According to statistics, South Dakota jails and prisons are failing to properly care for their mentally ill prisoners. A 2006 Department of Justice report found 56% of state and 64% of county prisoners reported …
California: Court Monitoring of Conditions at Pelican Bay State Prison Terminated by On March 21, 2011, the Honorable Thelton E. Henderson, U.S. District Court Judge for the Northern District of California, issued an order terminating all remaining aspects of federal court monitoring of conditions at Pelican Bay State Prison. In …
Article • July 15, 2011
BOP Abused Its Discretion in Denying Prisoner Drug Treatment by Brandon Sample By Brandon Sample On June 5, 2007, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia granted a habeas corpus petition challenging the Bureau of Prisons' (BOP) refusal to allow a prisoner to enter BOP's Residential Drug …
Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011
A Cage by Any Other Name is Still a Cage: Mentally Ill California Prisoners Caged by Michael Brodheim by Mike Brodheim A rose by any other name, Shakespeare wrote, would still smell as sweet. In California the question is, does referring to a cage as a “therapeutic module” make it …
Tenth Circuit Vacates Class Certification in Jail Conditions Suit; Case Settles Following Remand by Mark Wilson On February 4, 2009, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a Colorado sheriff’s interlocutory appeal challenging a class certification order and remanded the case for further proceedings, where it eventually settled in April …
U.S. Supreme Court Holds California’s Prison Overcrowding Violates Eighth Amendment, Must be Remediated by Population Reduction by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg In a landmark ruling upholding provisions of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) that permit specially convened three-judge federal court panels to order reductions in state prison …
Louisiana Sheriff Cages Suicidal Prisoners in Space Smaller than Required for Dogs by “These people need to be locked up,” said Louisiana’s St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Jack Strain, Jr., referring to prisoners at his jail. “They performed like animals in our society and they need to be caged like animals.” …
Washington: Pierce County Jail Suit Ends After 15 Years by In a report and recommendation to partly deny the defendants’ motion to terminate a consent decree related to conditions of confinement at Washington State’s Pierce County Jail, U.S. Magistrate Judge J. Kelley Arnold cited conditions that contributed to the deaths …
Sweeping Settlement Covers Medical and Mental Health Care at Wisconsin Women’s Prison by On August 23, 2010, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and ACLU of Wisconsin filed a settlement agreement in U.S. District Court that will improve medical and mental health care and conditions of confinement for disabled prisoners …
Class Certification Denied in Colorado Jail Mental Health Challenge by Mark Wilson The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the denial of class-action certification in a lawsuit concerning mental health care at a Colorado jail. Several prisoners at the El Paso County Jail filed suit in federal court in …
Article • May 15, 2011
Maricopa County Settles Prisoner Suicide Case for $575,000 by On October 12, 2007, Maricopa County, Arizona settled for $575,000 a lawsuit brought by survivors of a prisoner who committed suicide at the Maricopa County Jail. Stephan Cervantes was booked into the Maricopa County's Madison Street Jail on May 4, 2002. …
Massachusetts Prisoner Suicides More Than Four Times National Average by Mark Wilson Massachusetts has a relatively low state prison population, with approximately 11,000 prisoners. Yet its annual prisoner suicide rate has topped an alarming 71 suicides per 100,000 prisoners – more than four times the national average of 16 per …
Rashoo et al v. Walker et al, IL, Second Amended Complaint, Medical Negligence, 2011 1:07-cv-01298-MMM # 95 Page 1 of 27 E-FILED Friday, 29 April, 2011 10:56:38 AM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS PEORIA DIVISION ) ) ) …
Magistrate’s Recommendations Accepted in Texas Mental Health Case by On May 19, 2009, A U.S. Magistrate Judge filed his recommendations in a complaint brought by Miroslava Rodriguez-Grava (Rodriguez) and Iaias Vasquez Cisneros De Jesus (De Jesus) for their treatment while they were detained at the South Texas Detention Complex (STDC). …
Article • April 15, 2011 • from PLN April, 2011
Bexar County, Texas Fails to Properly Evaluate Mentally Ill Jail Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In 2009 the Texas legislature amended a law, codified at Article 16.22 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, with the intent to require early identification of mentally ill jail prisoners so they can …
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