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Article • January 15, 2015
West Virginia Woman under House Arrest Awarded $275,000 for Rape by Court Officer by Matthew Clarke West Virginia Woman under House Arrest Awarded $275,000 for Rape by Court Officer by Matt Clarke On October 12, 2012, a West Virginia federal jury awarded $275,000 to a woman who’s home confinement supervisor …
Article • January 15, 2015
Houston Settles Wrongful Conviction Suit for $3 Million by Houston Settles Wrongful Conviction Suit for $3 Million by Matt Clarke On November 2, 2012, the City of Houston, Texas agreed to settle a lawsuit arising out of the wrongful conviction for rape and imprisonment for 17 years of George Rodriguez. …
Article • January 15, 2015
Former Minnesota Prisoner’s Inadequate Health Care Suit Settled for $275,000 by Matthew Clarke Former Minnesota Prisoner’s Inadequate Health Care Suit Settled for $275,000 by Matt Clarke In July 2011, the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) settled a lawsuit brought by a former state prisoner over allegedly inadequate medical attention after …
Article • January 14, 2015
$85,000 Settlement in Suit over Colorado Jail Prisoner’s Heart Attack Death by $85,000 Settlement in Suit over Colorado Jail Prisoner’s Heart Attack Death In May 2012, the county commissioners of El Paso County, Colorado, agreed to settle a federal civil rights action brought by the estate and heirs of an …
Guilty Brazilian Prison Guards Finally Convicted in 1992 Jail Massacre by Derek Gilna Guilty Brazilian Prison Guards Finally Convicted in 1992 Jail Massacre by Derek Gilna Justice was slow in coming for the families and friends of some of the 111 Brazilian prisoners at now-demolished Sao Paulo Carandiru prison who …
Article • January 14, 2015
Prisoner Beating in Erie County Results in Guard's Conviction and Settlement by Matthew Clarke Prisoner Beating in Erie County Results in Guard's Conviction and Settlement by Matt Clarke A guard at the Erie County Holding Center (ECHC) in Buffalo, New York, pleaded guilty to involvement in a prisoner beating and …
Nebraska: Dakota County Shells Out $575,000 to Settle Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Lawsuits Against Former Sheriff by Nebraska: Dakota County Shells Out $575,000 to Settle Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Lawsuits Against Former Sheriff In January 2013, Dakota County, Nebraska settled a federal lawsuit brought by Alana Crutcher-Sanchez, a former correctional …
Article • January 13, 2015
Maryland Prisoner Subject to “Hit” by Gang-Affiliated Guard Receives $40,000 Settlement by Maryland Prisoner Subject to “Hit” by Gang-Affiliated Guard Receives $40,000 Settlement A Maryland prisoner received $40,000 to settle a civil rights action that claimed he was assaulted three times due to a “hit” put out by a corrupt …
Department of Justice Releases 2012 Report on Local Jail and State Prison Deaths by Matthew Clarke The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice released a December 2012 report entitled "Mortality in Local Jails and State Prisons, 2000-2010 - Statistical Tables." The report showed that 4,150 state …
Article • January 13, 2015
Colorado: Parole Board’s Track Record Difficult to Assess by Colorado: Parole Board’s Track Record Difficult to Assess The killing of Tom Clements, executive director of the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC), made national news. Investigation ultimately connected the high-profile killing to a prisoner who was erroneously released from prison years …
Article • January 13, 2015
CMC Nurse Arrested for Having Sex with Syracuse Jail Prisoner by CMC Nurse Arrested for Having Sex with Syracuse Jail Prisoner Beth A. Ours, 37, a Correctional Medical Care (CMC) nurse who worked at the Justice Center jail in Syracuse, New York, was arrested on December 4, 2012, and charged …
Third Prisoner Dies at Illinois’ Overcrowded Menard Prison by Third Prisoner Dies at Illinois’ Overcrowded Menard Prison   by Derek Gilna   One of the jobs of prison officials in any department of corrections is not only to protect the public from possibly dangerous individuals, but also protect the older …
Article • January 13, 2015
Report Says Texas State Jails an Expensive Failure in Need of Reform by Report Says Texas State Jails an Expensive Failure in Need of Reform by Matt Clarke According to a November 2012 report published by the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative think tank, the Texas state jail system …
Article • January 13, 2015
Parker County, Texas Jail Uses Prisoners to Make Furniture by Parker County, Texas Jail Uses Prisoners to Make Furniture Larry Jergins, a certified jailer, has taught Parker County Jail trusties woodworking at a cabinet shop in Weatherford, Texas since the jail began a program of furniture making for county and …
Article • January 13, 2015
Louisiana Supreme Court Holds Out-of-State Sex Conviction Subject to Registration by Louisiana Supreme Court Holds Out-of-State Sex Conviction Subject to Registration The Louisiana Supreme Court held the state’s sex offender registration law requires new residents convicted of qualifying offenses to register even where their crime may have occurred well beyond …
Article • January 13, 2015
GEO Group Agrees to End Sexual Harassment; Pays $140,000 Settlement and Implements New Policies by GEO Group Agrees to End Sexual Harassment; Pays $140,000 Settlement and Implements New Policies The nation’s second-largest for profit prison company, the GEO Group, agreed to pay $140,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought …
Article • January 13, 2015
Ohio ACLU Report Exposes State's Unconstitutional Debtors' Prisons by Ohio ACLU Report Exposes State's Unconstitutional Debtors' Prisons An investigative report by Ohio's chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has revealed that a majority of the state's municipal courts are running modern-day debtors' prisons by jailing poor defendants who …
Article • January 13, 2015
Local Officials Decry Economic Disaster from Closure of North Carolina Prison by Local Officials Decry Economic Disaster from Closure of North Carolina Prison North Carolina officials plan to close the Robeson Correctional Center (RCC) because the state’s prison population has declined by 10 percent. Local officials are urging state legislators …
Article • January 13, 2015
Drug Makers Refuse to Sell Propofol for Death Row Executions by Drug Makers Refuse to Sell Propofol for Death Row Executions Two more pharmaceutical companies have joined efforts to keep propofol - the anesthetic that contributed to pop star Michael Jackson's death – from being used in state executions of …
Article • January 13, 2015
Tennessee Dumps Corizon for Higher Bidder on Prison Health Care Contract by Tennessee Dumps Corizon for Higher Bidder on Prison Health Care Contract The Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) has awarded its prisoner health care contract to Centurion, a company formed when MHM Services and Centene Corp. merged. TDOC’s current …
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