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Article • May 15, 2011
$150,000 Settlement in Juvenile’s Jail Tour Strip Search Suit by The District of Columbia on August 15, 2003, entered into a $150,000 consent judgment in order to settle a lawsuit by a teenager who was strip searched by guards during a tour of the D.C. jail. On May 17th, 2001, …
Washington Prison Guards Paid $65,000 for Harassment, Threats by Coworker by On October 28, 2006, the State of Washington paid $65,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by two female prison guards who were sexually harassed and physically threatened by a male coworker. The women filed suit in the U.S. District …
$20,000 Settlement in Oklahoma Nuisance Claim, Prisoner’s Suicide by Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Sheriff John Whetsel and Oklahoma County paid $20,000 to settle a nuisance claim. The settlement came in a lawsuit filed by David Bard and his two minor children. Bard, in his April 11, 2007 complaint alleged that from …
Article • April 15, 2011 • from PLN April, 2011
Facebook Lands Prison Guards, Prisoners in Hot Water by Michael Rigby by Mike Rigby One downside of the information age is that both prison guards and prisoners have found themselves in trouble due to their accounts on Facebook, the Internet’s premier social networking site. Three Nebraska prison guards were fired …
Article • April 15, 2011 • from PLN April, 2011
Twelve Indiana Prison Employees Suspended for Positive Drug Tests, Contraband by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In September 2010, Indiana Department of Corrections (DOC) officials announced the suspension of a dozen employees at the Pendleton Correctional Facility following a crackdown on contraband smuggling. [See: PLN, Oct. 2010, p.50]. Pendleton houses …
Brief • March 31, 2011
[Plaintiff] v. Smith, OH, Complaint, Sexual Assault Women's Prison, 2011 Case: 2:11-cv-00277-ALM-MRA Doc #: 1 Filed: 03/31/11 Page: 1 of 22 PAGEID #: 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO plaintiff's name redacted c/o David B. Malik 8437 Mayfield Road, Suite 101 Chesterland, Ohio 44026 Plaintiff, …
Tennessee: Private Prison Guards Considered “Public Servants” by Employees of Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest for-profit prison company, are public servants within the meaning of Tennessee’s criminal code. In July 2008, CCA guards David Gilliam and Joe Edward McCown III, who worked at the Hamilton County Workhouse …
Kentucky Guards Sentenced to Federal Prison in Detainee Abuse Prosecution by A Kentucky federal court has sentenced five guards from the Fayette County Detention Center (FCDC) who were prosecuted in connection with systematic abuse of prisoners at the facility. FCDC Sgt. John McQueen, 33, and Cpl. Clarence McCoy, 31, were …
Article • February 15, 2011 • from PLN February, 2011
New Epidemic: Contraband Cell Phones in Prison Cells by Mark Wilson For decades, prison officials across the U.S. have lined their pockets with multi-million dollar kickbacks from telephone companies that are awarded lucrative prisoner phone service contracts. In doing so, they unwittingly created an “epidemic” that they are now desperately …
Abuse and Assaults Continue at Pennsylvania Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An attorney representing a prisoner who suffered a near-fatal attack by another prisoner at Pennsylvania’s Lackawanna County Prison (LCP) has claimed that the incident demonstrates a pattern of mistreatment by staff at the facility. Prisoner Nicholas …
Florida Guard’s Conviction for Falsifying Use-of-Force Report Affirmed by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On July 13, 2010, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of a former Florida prison guard for making a false entry in a report with the intent to impede a federal investigation. …
Mucha v. Boehm, PA, Complaint, Willful Failure to Protect Gang Beating, 2011 Case 5:11-cv-00624-TR Document 1 Filed 01/28/11 Page 1 of 22 IN TIlE liN U) STATES lllSTRICT conn FOR nUl EASTERN DlSTllICT OF PENNSYLVANIA JOliN H'litS MI'l'iIA. ;~ \I ~ PI;l1nufr '_, Lilli JAMI'S IlUIIIM. TOI 1!l1l1 iSl,mK. WILLIAM …
St. Louis Lockups Violate Constitutional Rights, ACLU Asserts by Mark Wilson A troubling investigative report by the American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri (ACLU-EM) has exposed a culture of abuse, corruption and cover-ups at the City Justice Center and the Medium Security Institution in St. Louis (CJC/MSI). The most …
Brief • January 5, 2011
Willis v. Vasquez, CA, 4th Amended Complaint, Brutal Beating by Jail Guard Gang, 2011 1 Sonia M. Mercado (SBN: 117069) SONIA MERCADO & ASSOCIATES 2 5711 W. Slauson Avenue, Suite 100 Culver City, California 90230 3 Tel: 310-410-2981 - Fax: 310-410-2957 E-mail: Soniamer2002@yahoo.com 4 Counsel for Plaintiff Tyler H. Willis …
Hammonds v. Corrections Corporation of America, KY, Complaint, CCA guard sexual assault, 2011 Case 3:11-cv-00008-JGH Document 1 Filed 01/05/11 Page 1 of 17 PageID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE DIVISION CIVIL ACTION NO. _____________________ 3:11-cv-8-H FUNDA HAMMONDS Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women P.O. Box …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Florida Prison Guards Plead Guilty to Federal Cocaine Charges by As a result of plea agreements reached between April and May 2010, eleven Florida prison guards and five other defendants have pleaded guilty to federal cocaine possession charges. The arrests occurred following a two-year investigation into corruption at Florida prisons …
Virginia Grand Jury Finds Misconduct at County Jail by Michael Brodheim The findings of a Virginia grand jury convened in September 2007 to investigate “conditions that involve or tend to promote criminal activity” at the Henry County Jail were released to the public on February 1, 2010. After interviewing current …
Townsend v. CCA, TN, Settlement, inmate murder in double cell segregation, 2010 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0195 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0196 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0197 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0198 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0199 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0200
Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
Sex Scandal Rocks Oregon’s “Camp Cupcake” Women’s Prison – Again by Mark Wilson On March 25, 2008, an Oregon prisoner we’ll call “Jane” reported to work in the physical plant of the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility (CCCF). Her boss, Paul W. Golden, was a civilian ground crew supervisor employed at …
Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
Investigation Reveals Montana Prisoner Had Relationships with Five Female Staff by In both state and federal prisons it is illegal for staff members to have sex with prisoners. Five female employees of the Montana Department of Corrections, however, reportedly had personal relationships with prisoner Michael Murphy, 36. Documents obtained by …
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