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Prison Pays: Geo Corp Profits from Half-Way House Murder and Mayhem in Texas by Craig Malisow Despite a history of abuse and bad conditions, private-prison corporation GEO Group keeps getting contracts in Texas by Craig Malisow Anthony Ferrell left the Ben A. Reid halfway house in northeast Houston on October …
Texas: $5 Million Settlement in TransCor Sex Abuse Case by In October 1999, prisoner Cheryl Schoenfeld was sexually assaulted by two TransCor employees while being transported through Texas. TransCor, a subsidiary of private prison firm Corrections Corp. of America (CCA), transports prisoners nationwide. TransCor guards Michael Jerome Edwards and David …
Article • April 15, 2011
Pennsylvania DOC Agrees to Pay $110,000 to Settle Sex Abuse Suit by On August 27, 2007, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $110,000 to settle a lawsuit by a female prisoner who alleged that she was forced to perform sex acts on another prisoner while another guard …
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, …
Kentucky Jail Guards’ Convictions Affirmed in Sexual Abuse of Young Prisoner by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the convictions and prison sentences of two guards who were found guilty of violating a prisoner’s civil rights. The guards’ actions resulted in the …
Prison Health Services Doctors Caught in Scandals by In a two-week period in July 2010, two doctors employed by Prison Health Services (PHS) were involved in scandals that led one to resign while the other was arrested. PHS regional medical director Dr. Trevor P. Parks was accused of not being …
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds $625,000 Judgment for Female Prisoner Molested by Ohio Prison Guard by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On January 24, 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court (USSC), ruling on a relatively minor procedural issue regarding the timing of a defense motion for summary judgment, upheld a $625,000 …
Article • March 15, 2011
$10,000 Sex Abuse Suit Settled in Washington County by On June 5, 2008, Snohomish County agreed to pay $10,000 to a woman who was sexually abused by a guard at the Snohomish County Jail (SCJ). While at SCJ, Linda Ward was sexually abused by William Cassel, a former guard at …
Illinois Guard’s Wrongful Termination Suit Dismissed; Guard Terminated for Sex with Prisoners by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of a Black Illinois guard’s wrongful termination action. In March or April 2003, Nicole Burns, a female detainee at the Cook County, Illinois jail reported that …
Illinois Guard Terminated for Sex with Prisoners; Wrongful Termination Suit Dismissed by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of an Illinois African-American guard’s wrongful termination action. In March or April 2003, Nicole Burns, a female detainee at the Cook County, Illinois jail reported that guards …
D.C. Settles Unreasonable Strip Search, Sexual Battery Allegations for $15,750 by On May 11, 2006, the District of Columbia paid $15,750 to settle a lawsuit filed by two prisoners who claimed they were subjected to unreasonable strip searches and sexual battery by guards at the Central Facility in Lorton, Virginia. …
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 …
Kentucky Jail Under Investigation After Prisoner Dies; Sexual Abuse, Financial Mismanagement Also Alleged by Derek Gilna The Big Sandy Regional Detention Center, a jail in Paintsville, Kentucky, became the focus of a Kentucky State Police investigation after the death of a prisoner in March 2009. Additionally, a jail guard was …
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 …
Article • January 15, 2011 • from PLN January, 2011
$300,000 Settlement for New York Guard’s Fondling of Prisoner by The New York State Department of Correctional Services agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a prisoner’s Eighth Amendment claim involving a sexual assault. Arthur Kill Correctional Facility prisoner Stephen Lewis advised his unit guard on November 8, 2007 that he …
Article • January 15, 2011 • from PLN January, 2011
Oregon Jail Guard Latest to be Indicted for Sexual Misconduct by Mark Wilson On May 13, 2010, Oregon jail guard Darin L. Fox was charged with having sexual contact with female prisoners. He was arrested and booked into the Clackamas County Jail, where he had worked since 1998. He was …
California: Parole Agents Saw and Spoke to Kidnap Victim, Yet Failed to Identify or Rescue Her by While providing a legal analysis of claims against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), a June 25, 2010 letter from the California Department of Justice noted that Jaycee Lee Dugard – …
Former Texas Youth Commission Official Gets Ten Years in Prison by On April 22, 2010, a former Texas Youth Commission (TYC) official convicted of sexually abusing a young offender was sentenced to ten years in prison. Ray Edwards Brookins, formerly the assistant superintendent of TYC’s West Texas State School, was …
Hammonds v. CCA, KY, Complaint, internal affairs staff-inmate rape, 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 337 Pewee Valley, …
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 …
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