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Brief • February 24, 2010
Doe v. Young et al, FL, Order granting leave to use fictitious name, sheriff sexual misconduct, 2010 Case 4:09-cv-00424-RH-WCS Document 9 Filed 02/24/10 Page 1 of 1 Page 1 of 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION JANE DOE, Plaintiff, v. CASE …
Brief • February 24, 2010
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault
Amador et al v. DOCCS, NY, Order, guard inmate sexual abuse, 2010 AMADOR v. SUPERINTENDENT ANGINELL ANDREWS OF DOCS, 03 Civ. 0650 (KTD) (GWG). (S.D.N.Y. Feb 24, 2010) United States District Court, S.D. New York. AMADOR v. SUPERINTENDENT ANGINELL ANDREWS OF DOCS 03 Civ. 0650 (KTD) (GWG). (S.D.N.Y. Feb 24, …
Denial of Medical Care Causes Two Riots at GEO Group Texas Prison by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 12, 2008, a riot erupted at the GEO Group-run Reeves County Detention Center (RCDC) in Pecos, Texas, which houses federal immigration detainees. The uprising was triggered by the death of …
Prison Supervisors Can be Liable for Guard’s Sexual Abuse by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In denying a motion to dismiss, the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts held on July 1, 2009 that prison supervisors could be held liable for the sexual abuse of a prisoner because they failed …
Brief • February 9, 2010
Doe v. Young et al, FL, Unopposed Mot for Leave to Proceed Under Fictitious Name, sheriff sexual misconduct, 2010 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION JANE DOE, Plaintiff, Case No. 4:09-cv-424-RH/WCS v. HON. MORRIS YOUNG, individually and as Sheriff, and JAMES ELIJAH …
Article • January 15, 2010
Judgment for Guards who Allegedly Sodomized and Burned Prisoner Upheld by On January 27, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed a grant of summary judgment for two guards accused of providing deliberately indifferent medical care and a jury verdict in favor of the guards on …
Remitter Granted In Malicious Prosecution Action; Court Denies Request for State to Indemnify Defendant by A remitter has been ordered in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action brought by a psychologist formerly employed by the New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (DMRDD) after the psychologist was …
The Crisis of Juvenile Prison Rape: A New Report by by David Kaiser and Lovisa Stannow When Troy Erik Isaac was first imprisoned in California, his cellmate made the introductions for both of them. “He said to me, ‘Your name is gonna be Baby Romeo, and I’m Big Romeo.’ He …
Former Alabama Judge Acquitted of Paddling, Sexually Abusing Jail Prisoners by Mark Wilson On March 27, 2009, former Mobile County, Alabama Circuit Court Judge Herman Thomas was indicted on 57 charges for allegedly checking young male prisoners out of the Metro Jail, taking them to his office, and paddling them …
Ohio Prison Employees Involved in Improper Relationships, Drug Smuggling, Sexual Misconduct by Mark Wilson Four Ohio prison employees resigned or were fired amid an investigation into their improper relationships with prisoners, while in unrelated incidents four state prison guards were accused of sexual misconduct, smuggling drugs and soliciting bribes. The …
Article • December 15, 2009
$32,527 Settlement for Woman Sexually Abused by Work Release Guard by California’s Sacramento County had paid $32,527 to Shantel Franklin, who filed a lawsuit for the sexually abusive acts of Sacramento County Sheriff’s Deputy James Perkins. Franklin began serving the part of her sentence that required her to work in …
$58,333 Settlement for Transgendered Woman’s Sacramento Jail Assault and Sexual Harassment by California’s County of Sacramento has paid $58,333.33 to settle the lawsuit of Richardo Medina-Tejada, who claimed that as a post-operative transgender male-to-female pretrial detainee at the Sacramento County Jail, she was placed in housing with male prisoners who …
Alabama Guards Get Qualified Immunity for Failing to Prevent Rape of 11-Year-Old Prisoner by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal has held that guards are entitled to qualified immunity on federal claims, but not to Alabama state-agent immunity on state-law claims, in a lawsuit involving the rape of an eleven-year-old …
$100 Million Settlement in Michigan Prisoners’ Sexual Abuse Suit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A record-breaking settlement has been reached in a 13-year-old class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of female prisoners who were “subjected to sexual abuse, sexual harassment, privacy violations by male [prison] staff ... and/or retaliation …
Brief • December 1, 2009
Lago v. City of New York, NY, Preliminary Statement, false arrest imprisonment police sexual assault, 2009 Case 1:09-cv-09863-LAK Document 1 Filed 12/01/2009 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK --------------------------------------------------------------X IRIS LAGO, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) -against) ) THE CITY OF NEW YORK; NEW YORK CITY ) …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
$1.55 Million Awarded in Female Colorado DOC Prisoner’s Rape by Guard by Mark Wilson On February 3, 2009, default judgment was entered in a lawsuit filed against a Colorado prison guard who had raped and sodomized a female prisoner. Afterwards, several other individual defendants and the Colorado Department of Corrections …
Pennsylvania County Prisons Mired in Conditions Litigation by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Whether or not a large number of lawsuits is indicative of management or operational problems at a prison or jail is a matter of debate that depends on one’s perspective – that is, which side of …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
$1 Million Settlement in Washington DOC Staff Sexual Abuse Suit of Women Prisoners by On June 12, 2009, the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) entered into a settlement agreement in a class-action lawsuit over staff sexual abuse of female prisoners which included $22,500 in attorney fees for future enforcement …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
$170,000 in Settlements to Sacramento Jail Prisoner Sexually Abused by Guards by California’s Sacramento County has paid $160,000 to settle a claim that a guard raped a prisoner. The settlement is in addition to a $10,000 payment out of personal funds paid by another guard for kissing the prisoner. The …
Article • October 15, 2009
Attorney Fees Measured by Degree of Success Need Not be Tethered to Damage Award by The California Court of Appeal held in a Los Angeles County Jail overdetention and jail-rape civil rights case that when a $25,000 damage award for the overdetention claim survived appeal, but the $1 million award …
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