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Oklahoma Commutations Largest Mass Release in U.S. History

Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020

Filed under: Release and Reentry, Post-release, ex-offender, re-entry

Oklahoma Commutations Largest Mass Release in U.S. History by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss On November 1, 2019, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt approved commutation for 527 prisoners. The Oklahoma commutation is the largest mass commutation in the history of the nation. The citizens of Oklahoma voted yes on State Question …

Oklahoma County Settles Jail Death Lawsuit for $3.2 Million

Article • February 5, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020

Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Death

Oklahoma County Settles Jail Death Lawsuit for $3.2 Million by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The family of a man who was neglected to the point that he died in jail in Carter County, Oklahoma has settled a lawsuit against the county for $3.2 million, plus interest, after new and …

Estate of Terral Ellis II v. Ottawa County Board of County Commissioners, OK, Response in Opposition to Dft's MSJ, Wrongful Death, 2020

Brief • January 17, 2020

Filed under: Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Estate of Terral Ellis II v. Ottawa County Board of County Commissioners, OK, Response in Opposition to Dft's MSJ, Wrongful Death, 2020 Case 4:17-cv-00325-JED-FHM Document 152 Filed in USDC ND/OK on 01/17/20 Page 1 of 46 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA ROBBIE EMERY …

Oklahoma Breaks Pattern of Protracted, Expensive Prison Conditions Litigation

Article • January 9, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement

Oklahoma Breaks Pattern of Protracted, Expensive Prison Conditions Litigation by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon For the last 50 to 60 years, improvements in prison conditions have typically only come about through lengthy, adversarial litigation. During and after losing such lawsuits, state prison systems often delay, fail to adhere to …

Oklahomans Pay for Release of Woman Whose Case Helped Start Marijuana Reform Movement

Article • January 9, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020

Filed under: Release and Reentry

Oklahomans Pay for Release of Woman Whose Case Helped Start Marijuana Reform Movement by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke When she received a 12-year prison sentence for selling $31 worth of marijuana to a police informant in December 2009 and January 2010, first-time felony offender Patricia Spottedcrow, then-25, thought she …

In Oklahoma, Lawsuit Options Limited When Prisoners Claim Constitutional Rights Violations

Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020

Filed under: Constitution, U.S.

In Oklahoma, Lawsuit Options Limited When Prisoners Claim Constitutional Rights Violations by Quinton Chandler by Quinton Chandler, StateImpact Oklahoma When a private citizen’s civil rights are violated by the government, typically, they have the opportunity to sue, but under a recent Oklahoma Supreme Court decision, that might not be the …

Burke v. Glanz, OK, Final Agreed Judgment, OK, Wrongful Death, 2019

Brief • December 2, 2019

Filed under: Medical, Failure to Treat, Failure to Protect (General), Eighth Amendment, Jail Specific, Failure to Train/Supervise, Wrongful Death, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights

Burke v. Glanz, OK, Final Agreed Judgment, OK, Wrongful Death, 2019 Case 4:11-cv-00720-JED-PJC Document 615 Filed in USDC ND/OK on 12/02/19 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA ROBBIE BURKE, as the Special Administrator of the Estate of Elliot Earl Williams, …

Bennett v. Carter County, OK, Judgment, Wrongful Death, 2019

Brief • September 19, 2019

Filed under: Failure to Treat, Wrongful Death

Bennett v. Carter County, OK, Judgment, Wrongful Death, 2019 6:17-cv-00289-SPS Document 295 Filed in ED/OK on 09/19/19 Page 1 of 5 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA (1) JEANNE BENNETT, Administrator of the Estate of Michael Manos, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. (1) CARTER COUNTY SHERIFF …

Oklahoma Jail Administrator, Guard Receive 55-Hour Sentence for Prisoner’s Death

Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019

Filed under: Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Oklahoma Jail Administrator, Guard Receive 55-Hour Sentence for Prisoner’s Death by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer Anthony Dewayne Huff, 58, was arrested in Garfield County, Oklahoma on June 4, 2016 for public intoxication and booked into the Garfield County Detention Facility. Two days later he was put in a restraint …

Oklahoma County Settles Lawsuit Over Jail Prisoner’s Suicide for $350,000

Article • August 7, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019

Filed under: Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Suicides

Oklahoma County Settles Lawsuit Over Jail Prisoner’s Suicide for $350,000 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 20, 2019, Tulsa County, Oklahoma agreed to pay $350,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the estate of a man who committed suicide while incarcerated in the county’s jail. The suit accused …

Federal Court Caps Attorney Fees in Suit Over Teen Girl Raped in Oklahoma Jail

Article • August 7, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Jail Specific, Attorney Fee Awards

Federal Court Caps Attorney Fees in Suit Over Teen Girl Raped in Oklahoma Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In March 2019, a federal district court held that attorney fees in a lawsuit filed by a teenage girl who was repeatedly raped by a guard at the David L. …

Sheriff, Undersheriff and Deputies Resign Over Safety Issues at Oklahoma Jail

Article • July 3, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019

Filed under: Guards/Staff, Failure to Protect (Staff)

Sheriff, Undersheriff and Deputies Resign Over Safety Issues at Oklahoma Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  On March 18, 2019, Terry Sue Barnett, the sheriff of Nowata County, Oklahoma, resigned. So did her undersheriff, all of her deputies and everyone else in the sheriff’s department except for two dispatchers …

PLRA Attorney Fee Award Discussed after Oklahoma Jail Prisoner Awarded $35,001

Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019

Filed under: PLRA, Attorney Fees (PLRA)

PLRA Attorney Fee Award Discussed after Oklahoma Jail Prisoner Awarded $35,001 by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna James Jordanoff, a former pre-trial detainee at the Cleveland County Detention Center in Oklahoma, won a $35,001 judgment following a jury trial based on a First Amendment retaliation claim against ex-guard Josh Coffey.  …

Oklahoma police officer decertifications

Publication • 2019

Filed under: Police Misconduct

Oklahoma police officer decertifications Name - Date to Legal 12/12/2011 ·Anderson, Ray __ ___ 1/5/2012 ·Anderson, Ray · _ 12/12/2011 Arghanbr ight, Ronald D · 12/12/2011. Barthelme, Delmer _ _ _ _ -1/5/2012-Bowden, M ichael _ _ _ _ ___ 12/12/2011 Cacy, Robert _-_ 12/12/2011 Cope, Daris lee -_ _ …

Oklahoma: Sovereign Immunity Prohibits Lawsuits Over Prisoner Medical Care

Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019

Filed under: Medical, Immunity/Liability, Sovereign Immunity

Oklahoma: Sovereign Immunity Prohibits Lawsuits Over Prisoner Medical Care by Oklahoma’s Supreme Court held on December 4, 2018 that the state is entitled to sovereign immunity to all tort suits, including violations of constitutional rights, arising out of the “operation or maintenance of any prison, jail or correctional facility.” That …

Fourth Circuit: BOP Must Consider State Court’s Designation to Serve Concurrent Federal Sentence

Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019

Filed under: Sentencing

Fourth Circuit: BOP Must Consider State Court’s Designation to Serve Concurrent Federal Sentence by The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held on December 12, 2018 that the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) had violated the Court’s earlier mandate when considering a prisoner’s request for nunc pro tunc designation of an …

CoreCivic Bilked Rural Oklahoma Town, Forced to Pay Back Money in Lawsuit

Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic

CoreCivic Bilked Rural Oklahoma Town, Forced to Pay Back Money in Lawsuit by Steve Horn by Steve Horn Located in heartland America in an area historically dominated by the oil and gas industry, the small town of Sayre, Oklahoma recently found itself in the middle of a lawsuit against private …

Cox v. Regalado, OK, Judgment, Wrongful Death, 2019

Brief • February 20, 2019

Filed under: Medication, Eighth Amendment, Mental Health, Suicides, Fourteenth Amendment, rights

Cox v. Regalado, OK, Judgment, Wrongful Death, 2019 Case 4:11-cv-00457-JED-FHM Document 373 Filed in USDC ND/OK on 02/20/19 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA CAROLYN COX, as the Special Administrator of the Estate of Charles Jernegan, Deceased, ) ) ) …

Oklahoma is Number One ... in Incarceration Rates

Article • February 6, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019

Oklahoma is Number One ... in Incarceration Rates by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke According to a June 2018 report by the Prison Policy Initiative (PPI), Oklahoma’s incarceration rate has surpassed not only that of every other state in the U.S., but also of almost every other nation. To calculate …

HRDC v. BOCC Pontotoc Co, OK, Consent Decree, Censorship, 2019

Filing • January 31, 2019

Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship

HRDC v. BOCC Pontotoc Co, OK, Consent Decree, Censorship, 2019 6:18-cv-00149-RAW Document 37 Filed in ED/OK on 01/31/19 Page 1 of 5 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, a not–for–profit corporation, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 6:18-CV-00149-RAW BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS …