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Webb v. The City of Maplewood, MO, Notice of Class Action Settlement, False Imprisonment, 2022
Brief • October 24, 2022
Filed under: False Imprisonment
Webb v. The City of Maplewood, MO, Notice of Class Action Settlement, False Imprisonment, 2022 Case: 4:16-cv-01703-CDP Doc. #: 260-1 Filed: 10/24/22 Page: 36 of 47 PageID #: 7364 Case: 4:16-cv-01703-CDP Doc. #: 260-1 Filed: 10/24/22 Page: 37 of 47 PageID #: 7365 Case: 4:16-cv-01703-CDP Doc. #: 260-1 Filed: 10/24/22 …
Webb v. The City of Maplewood, MO, Settlement Agreement, False Imprisonment, 2022
Brief • October 24, 2022
Filed under: False Imprisonment
Webb v. The City of Maplewood, MO, Settlement Agreement, False Imprisonment, 2022 Case: 4:16-cv-01703-CDP Doc. #: 260-1 Filed: 10/24/22 Page: 1 of 47 PageID #: 7329 Case: 4:16-cv-01703-CDP Doc. #: 260-1 Filed: 10/24/22 Page: 2 of 47 PageID #: 7330 Case: 4:16-cv-01703-CDP Doc. #: 260-1 Filed: 10/24/22 Page: 3 of …
Idaho Joins Missouri in Banning Incarceration for Inability To Pay Court Fines, Fees
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
Filed under: Ability to Pay, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
Idaho Joins Missouri in Banning Incarceration for Inability To Pay Court Fines, Fees by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins It is no secret that in most prisons, poverty is the characteristic most often shared by prisoners. Some countries are trying to reduce crime by reducing poverty. But in many American …
News in Brief
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: A jail guard in Chilton County, Alabama, was arrested on July 21, 2022, and charged with promoting contraband, the Clanton Advertiser reported. The guard, Tyler Ryan Couch, is accused of organizing an effort to smuggle drugs to detainees. Though jail policy forbids guards from transmitting …
Malcich v. St. Louis County, MO, Settlement, Failure to Provide Medical Needs, 2022
Brief • September 8, 2022
Filed under: Failure to Treat
Malcich v. St. Louis County, MO, Settlement, Failure to Provide Medical Needs, 2022 Case: 4:20-cv-01030-AGF Doc. #: 196 Filed: 09/08/22 Page: 1 of 5 PageID #: 4603 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION ANGELA MALCICH, Plaintiff, v. ST. LOUIS COUNTY, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) …
News in Brief
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by   Alabama:The Birmingham News reported that a jail guard in Mobile was arrested on May 17, 2022, for smuggling adult movies intoMobile County Metro Jail. The guard, Fredrick Johnson, 37, was charged with 21 counts of promoting contraband that included a camera, phone chargers, and flash drives, …
News in Brief
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: A former Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) guard was indicted on April 22, 2022, for assaulting three prisoners and then filing a false report to cover it up, the Associated Press reported. The guard, Lorenzo Mills, 55, was charged with beating three male prisoners with a wooden baton at Draper Correctional …
Nelson v. Frazier, MO, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2022
Brief • 2022
Filed under: Excessive Force, Restraints
Nelson v. Frazier, MO, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2022 2316-CV05188 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI AT KANSAS CITY MACK C. NELSON, c/o JPLaw 1301 Oak Street, Suite 605 Kansas City, Missouri 64106 PLAINTIFF, v. P.O. Frazier -Badge# 50085 c/oKCMOPD 1125 Locust Kansas City, Missouri 65106 P.O. Surges -Badge …
Hill v. Advanced Correctonal Healthcare, Inc, MO, Complaint, Lack of Medical Care, 2021
Brief • May 26, 2022
Filed under: Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Hill v. Advanced Correctonal Healthcare, Inc, MO, Complaint, Lack of Medical Care, 2021 Case: 4:20-cv-00804-JMB Doc. #: 122 Filed: 05/26/21 Page: 1 of 32 PageID #: 1268 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Hill v. Phelps County Sheriff's Department, MO, Judgment, Lack of Medical Care, 2022
Brief • May 26, 2022
Filed under: Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Hill v. Phelps County Sheriff's Department, MO, Judgment, Lack of Medical Care, 2022 Case: 4:20-cv-00804-JMB Doc. #: 264 Filed: 05/26/22 Page: 1 of 2 PageID #: 12696 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION LADY MAAKIA CHARLENE SMITH, personal representative of the Estate of Bilal Hasanie Hill, …
Keil v. MHM Services, INC, MO, Jury Verdicts, 2022
Brief • April 28, 2022
Filed under: Sexual Assault
Keil v. MHM Services, INC, MO, Jury Verdicts, 2022 VERDI CT Note: Complete this form by writing in the names required by your verdict. On Plaintif f Karen Keil 's claim against Defendant Bearden, as submitted in Instruction No. 15, we find in favor of (Plainti ff Keil) Note: or …
News In Brief
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News In Brief by Arizona: After two escaped prisoners were recaptured and returned to the Arizona State Prison in Florence on January 31, 2021, Phoenix station KNXV reported that at least part of the blame for their escape was assigned to short-staffing of guards at the state Department of Corrections …
Centurion Health Supplants Corizon in Missouri After Court Ruling
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Filed under: Corizon, Centurion
Centurion Health Supplants Corizon in Missouri After Court Ruling by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders After a trial on November 3, 2021, a Missouri court ruled in favor of the state Department of Corrections (DOC) in a challenge to its decision replacing its private healthcare contractor Corizon with a competitor, …
Eighth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Private Companies Providing Missouri Prisoner’s Health Care
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Filed under: Private Contractors, Failure to Treat, Qualified Immunity
Eighth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Private Companies Providing Missouri Prisoner’s Health Care by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 24, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that private companies providing health care for prisoners are not entitled to assert qualified immunity or appeal …
News in Brief
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: According to Birmingham Real-Time News, a kidnapper was recaptured after being erroneously released from jail in Jefferson County, Alabama, on December 17, 2021. The prisoner, Matthew Burke, 35, was apprehended during a traffic stop after being released from the Jefferson County Jail on Dec. 11 …
Eighth Circuit Rules Guard’s History of Excessive Force too Prejudicial or a Jury to Hear in Prisoner’s Excessive-Force Case
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Prejudice - Potential for Undue
Eighth Circuit Rules Guard’s History of Excessive Force too Prejudicial or a Jury to Hear in Prisoner’s Excessive-Force Case by Jacob Barrett, Matthew Clarke Another Guard Escapes Liability by Refusing to Participate by Jacob Barrett and Matt Clarke What happens to a prison guard accused of using excessive force who …
Hoppock Law Firm v. Munita, MO, Complaint, Censorship, 2022
Brief • January 28, 2022
Filed under: Censorship
Hoppock Law Firm v. Munita, MO, Complaint, Censorship, 2022 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF WESTERN MISSOURI Hoppock Law Firm, LLC and Kelly Hewitt, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) Cynthia Munita, Director of FOIA ) Operations with U.S. Citizenship and ) Immigration Services, ) ) Ur Jaddou, …
St. Louis Jail Guard Charged with Allowing Brutal Beating of Prisoner
Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Failure to Treat
St. Louis Jail Guard Charged with Allowing Brutal Beating of Prisoner by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins A former guard at the St. Louis Justice Center (SLJC) was indicted by a federal grand jury on July 28, 2021, on charges that she allowed two prisoners to beat a third in …
News in Brief
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by California: A guard at San Quentin State Prison and one of two outside co-conspirators were arraigned on September 8, 2021, on federal charges they smuggled cellphones to an unnamed prisoner on death row at the California lockup. According to a statement by the U.S. Department of …
Benevolent or Predatory?
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Filed under: Sexual Harassment, Government Misconduct
Benevolent or Predatory? by Casey Bastian Lake Ozark Politician Gives Women Prisoners Help, Gets Sex by Casey J. Bastian In 2015, Gerry Murawski was an elected city alderman for Lake Ozark, Missouri. Murawski was also engaging in questionable relationships with several young women. During the period of 2015-2016, Murawski would …
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