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Political Contributions Drove Juvenile Prison Privatization by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Florida is moving to privatize all of its state-run juvenile detention centers. The move comes despite allegations of abuse at two of the state’s private juvenile detention centers. “These programs offer unique services and facilities that should …
Florida Legislator Tackles Abuse of Juvenile Prisoners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Florida legislator who was disturbed by publicized accounts of violence being inflicted on the state’s juvenile prison is using his experience as an auditor to get to the bottom of the problem and recommend change.  …
Article • December 22, 2017
$75,000 Awarded in NY for Police Excessive Force During Pat Down by Matthew Clarke In May 1997, hotel operator Mr, Shangraw was 47 and a prisoner when a police officer struck him in the groin during a pat-down search. He was denied medical treatment and suffered impotence. With the assistance …
Brief • December 22, 2017
MacFarlane v. Ewald, NY, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2017 Case 2:10-cv-02877-MKB-ARL Document 127 Filed 12/22/17 Page 1 of 35 PageID #: 844 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK _________________________________X Elden MacFarlane, Plaintiff, Docket No: 2:10-cv-2877 (JFB) (ARL) -AgainstSECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT Charles Ewald, et al. SUFFOLK COUNTY, SUFFOLK COUNTY …
Article • December 21, 2017
$145,000 Settlement for Fatal Beating of Texas Prisoner by Matthew Clarke In 1999, defendants settled for $145,000 in a lawsuit brought by the estate and family of a Texas prisoner who was brutally beaten by guards and restrained in a position that caused fatal asphyxiation. Gary Lee Crensaw was serving a 45-year sentence …
Article • December 21, 2017
Eighth Circuit: Restraint Board Order Entitled to Qualified Immunity by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed a lower court’s denial of qualified immunity to a guard who ordered a prisoner confined to a restraint board for more than three hours. …
Brief • December 21, 2017
Williams v. Papi, PA, Plt. Reply Brief to Disqualify Counsel, Medical Malpractice, 2017 Case 3:13-cv-01151-RDM Document 114 Filed 12/21/17 Page 1 of 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA MELINDA WILLIAMS, as Administrator of the Estate of BRIAN P. WILLIAMS, : : Plaintiff : CIVIL ACTION–LAW V. : …
Article • December 20, 2017
Filed under: Stun Guns/Tasers
$95,000 in Tasing Excessive Force Settlement--in Tazewell County, Illinois! by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis An Illinois man who claimed that he was excessively Tased and pepper-sprayed while imprisoned in the Tazewell County Jail has settled his excessive force claim for $95,000. Everett Lewis was arrested and booked into the …
Article • December 20, 2017
$2,500 Settles New York Man's Excessive Force Case by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A New York prisoner held at the Five Points Correctional facility has agreed to accept $2,500 to settle a federal lawsuit in which he alleged violations of his civil rights. Bryant Wheeler was a prisoner at …
Brief • December 18, 2017
Garcia v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Complaint, Wrongful Death (Negligent Police Shooting), 2017 l PANISH SHEA & BOYLE LLP BRIAN J. PANISH, State Bar No. 116060 2 panish(@psblaw.com THOMAS. A SCHULTZ, State Bar No. 149578 3 schultz@psblaw.com JOHN W. SHALLER, State Bar No. 276084 4 shaller@psblaw.com 11111 Santa Monica …
Article • December 14, 2017
Florida Prisoner Awarded $70,000 in Excessive Force Claim by A Florida federal jury awarded $70,000 to a prisoner in a civil rights action alleging excessive force and failure to intervene to stop the beating. In the first few weeks he was at the South Florida Reception Center, prisoner Abdelaziz Bilal …
Article • December 13, 2017
Prisoner Settles Conditions of Confinement, Excessive Force Lawsuit with Nevada County Jail by In October 2015, Washoe County officials and a former jail prisoner settled a lawsuit which had alleged numerous constitutional violations, including unlawful conditions of confinement, use of excessive force, medical indifference, and due process violations. The amount …
Article • December 13, 2017
Filed under: Excessive Force
Use of Force Authorized to Extract DNA Sample from Prisoner; Conviction for Refusal to Comply Upheld: CT Supreme Court by On July 15, 2016, the Supreme Court of Connecticut upheld the conviction of a prisoner who was charged with refusing to submit a DNA sample. The court also found that …
Publication • December 13, 2017
Solitary at Southport (Correctional Association of New York) Solitary at Southport SOLITARY AT SOUTHPORT A 2017 Report based upon the Correctional Association’s Visits, Data Analysis, & First-Hand Accounts of the Torture of Solitary Confinement from One of New York’s Supermax Prisons 1 Solitary at Southport “Caging animals for years is …
Article • December 11, 2017
BOP Prison Guard's 30 Day Suspension for Biting Inmate Reversed in Arbitration by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis The 30-day suspension of Kenneth O. Davis for biting a prisoner was overturned by federal arbitrator Michael L. Allen on December 12, 2002. Davis, a senior officer specialist (prison guard), was working …
Article • December 11, 2017
Texas Prison Guards' Union Chief Decries Indoor Use of Gas Gun by Matthew Clarke By Matt Clarke Lance Lowry, a Texas prison guard and the head of the Huntsville local of the union representing the most prison guards in Texas, said a prison supervisor who fired a gas gun at …
Brief • December 11, 2017
Dumas v. Chappell, OH, Settlement, Restraint Chair Punch, 2017 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS, entered into this 31st day of October, 2017, by and between LUCILLE DUMAS and MADELINE CHAPPELL, CRAIG MUROWSKY, DELONTE BROWN, CHERYL MOTT, MACARTHUR WILLIAMS, and CUYAHOGA …
Article • December 7, 2017
Illinois Prisoner Granted Transfer in Injunctive Relief in Rare Ruling by David Reutter by David Reutter The U.S. Southern District Court of Illinois granted a preliminary injunction for prisoner Calvin Mitchell as failed against Correctional Officer Stephen Baker and Warden Kim Butler. The order required that Mitchell be transferred away …
USA v. Cowden, WV, Opinion, Police False Statement, 2017 PUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 17-4046 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. MARK COWDEN, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Wheeling. …
Austin v. Correct Care Solutions, VA, Amended Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2017 Case 2:17-cv-00291-RJK Document 79-1 Filed 12/04/17 Page 1 of 101 PageID# 1128 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Norfolk Division JOE AUSTIN AND MICHELLE WILSON, CO-ADMINISTRATORS OF THE ESTATE OF HENRY CLAY STEWART, Deceased, Plaintiffs, …
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