Third Circuit: Gratuitous Use of Force on Prisoner Negates Qualified Immunity Defense by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the grant of summary judgment in a lawsuit against a guard at New Jersey’s Cumberland County Jail (CCJ). The Court held the guard was …
$170,000 Settlement and New Policy on Gender Identity from Lawsuit Against New Jersey DOC by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins The New Jersey Department of Corrections had a policy of housing prisoners according to their gender assignment at birth, regardless of whether they are transgender or of any non-binary sexual …
New Jersey Women’s Prison to Close After Latest Abuse Debacle by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins On the night of January 20, 2021, as the nation was buckling beneath the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, a cascade of violence was unfolding inside a women’s prison in New Jersey. Prisons …
Estate of Watson v. Cumberland County, NJ,Settlement, Suicide-Inadequate Medical Care, 2021 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY THE ESTATE OF JON LEON WATSON : by and through its Administrator ad Prosequendum, HELEN RAY LLOYD, : and HELEN RAY LLOYD, in her own right, : Plaintiffs, Hon. Joseph H. …
$170,000 Settlement By New Jersey DOC in Transgender Lawsuit With New Policy by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins The New Jersey Department of Corrections had a policy of housing prisoners according to their gender assignment at birth, regardless of whether they are transgendered or of any non-binary sexual orientation. As …
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 …
Witt v. County of Cumberland, NJ, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2021 RELEASE This Release (hereinafter "Release") dated Oc..+. 22 n.d ,. 2021 is given by the Plaintiff, Lourenzo Witt, (hereafterreferred to as "Releasor" or "I"), and assigns, to only Cumberland County, and any and all past, present or future employees, officers, …
U.S.A v. Makos, NJ, Criminal Complaint, Conspiracy to Deprive Inmates of Civil Rights, 2021 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Hon. Leda Dunn Wettre, U.S.M.J. v. Mag. No. 21-13331 (LDW) JOHN MAKOS CRIMINAL COMPLAINT I, Brittney S. Ketler, being duly sworn, state the following …
News in Brief by Alabama: A former guard at the Mobile Metro Jail was scheduled to be arraigned on May 19, 2021, after being indicted for his role in an alleged scheme to smuggle cellphones into the Alabama lockup in exchange for bribes. According to a report by local TV …
Estate of Allen v. Cumberland County, NJ, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2017 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY THE ESTATE OF ALISSA MARIE ALLEN, et al., Plaintiffs, HONORABLE JEROME B. SIMANDLE Civil Action No. 15-6273 (JBS-AMD) v. CUMBERLAND COUNTY, A. GARCIA, RN, et al., Defendants. …
USA v. State of NJ, NJ, Settlement, Sexual Assault by Staff, 2021 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY and THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Defendants. SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT I. INTRODUCTION 1. On August …
How Sheriffs Are Extracting Wealth from People in Jail by Katie Jane Fernelius by Katie Jane Fernelius, The Appeal, June 30, 2021 California’s legislature adopted a bill last year that would have limited the price of commissary items in county jails, and imposed new constraints on how the sheriffs who …
Adam X v. New Jersey Dept of Corrections, NJ, Order Granting Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Settlment, ADA Compliance 2021 Case 3:17-cv-00188-FLW-LHG Document 136 Filed 07/21/21 Page 1 of 10 PageID: 751 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY ADAM X., BRIAN Y., CASEY Z., on …
Adam X v. New Jersey Dept. Of Corrections, NJ, Settlement Agreement, ADA Compliance, 2021 Case 3:17-cv-00188-FLW-LHG Document 135-3 Filed 07/16/21 Page 2 of 105 PageID: 580 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY ______________________________________ ADAM X., BRIAN Y., CASEY Z., on behalf of themselves and …
Brian v. New Jersey Dept of Corrections, NJ, Settlement Agreement, Disabled Prisoners' Right to Education, 2021 Case 3:17-cv-00188-FLW-LHG Document 135-3 Filed 07/16/21 Page 1 of 105 PageID: 579 Exhibit 1 Case 3:17-cv-00188-FLW-LHG Document 135-3 Filed 07/16/21 Page 2 of 105 PageID: 580 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE …
New Jersey Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak Kept Quiet in State Prisons by Akela Lacy After one person died and another spent a month in a coma, state officials found Legionella bacteria in the water at two New Jersey prisons. by Akela Lacy, The Intercept After Jamil Robinson drank the water from the infirmary …
News in Brief by Alabama: According to a report by the Alabama Political Reporter, a state prisoner was fatally stabbed by another man incarcerated with him at Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore on May 4, 2021—just one day before his scheduled release, which would also have been his twenty-fourth birthday. …
Doe v. NJ Dept of Corrections, NJ, Settlement, Transgender Discrimination, 2021 MER-L-001586-19 06/29/2021 1:06:04 AM Pg 1 of 25 Trans ID: LCV20211544598 SONIA DOE (a pseudonym), SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY LAW DIVISION - MERCER COUNTY Plaintiff, Docket No. MER-L-1586-19 v. NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al. Defendants. CIVIL …
New Jersey Man Dies Soon After Exonerated of Sex Offense by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon "Watch out for the kids, he’s here,” was one of the hurtful comments Dion Harrell often overheard whenever he attended a neighborhood barbecue or get-together. In 1992, 22-year-old Harrell, an African American man, was …
