News in Brief by Alabama: A guard with the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) was indicted on April 27, 2023, on charges he sexually abused two prisoners at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Aliceville, according to a report by the Birmingham News. Robert D. Smith allegedly had sexual intercourse …
$142,500 Settlement After Pennsylvania Jail Guard Allegedly Knocked Out Detainee and Broke Her Jaw by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke On September 30, 2022, a lawsuit was dismissed against Pennsylvania’s Dauphin County, after a former pretrial detainee at the county lockup reached a $142,500 settlement on claims that a jail …
Pennsylvania Jail Hit With Over $1.5 Million in Overages for Guards, Healthcare by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On April 24, 2023, the board of Pennsylvania’s Westmoreland County Prison unanimously recommended requiring extended shifts for five sergeants who supervise guards at the jail. That’s because after county lawmakers ended …
Two Philadelphia Jail Escapees Recaptured After Ten Days on the Run by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi On May 7, 2023, at roughly 8:30 p.m., two detainees escaped from the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center. But it was not until the next day that guards realize they were missing. That was …
News in Brief by Arizona: A private prison guard in Arizona was picked up on drug charges in California on April 18, 2023, as he made his way back from Mexico with his wife and kids – along with almost 53 pounds of meth and heroin stashed in the gas …
Rivera v. Redfern, PA, Opening Brief, Failure to Protect, 2023 Case: 23-1554 Document: 11-1 Page: 1 Date Filed: 06/08/2023 No. 23-1554 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT MICHAEL RIVERA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. REDFERN, et al Defendants-Appellees. On Appeal from the United States District Court for the …
Rivera v. Redfern. PA, Opening Brief of Appellant, Excessive Force, 2023 Case: 23-1554 Document: 11-1 Page: 1 Date Filed: 06/08/2023 No. 23-1554 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT MICHAEL RIVERA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. REDFERN, et al Defendants-Appellees. On Appeal from the United States District Court for …
Federal Prisoner in Pennsylvania Gets Sentence Reduction After Guard Rapes Her by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian On December 15, 2022, the U.S, District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reduced Rashidah Brice’s sentence by 30 months. Brice had filed a motion for compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. …
Rosas v. PrimeCare Medical, Inc, PA, Complaint, Retaliation and Wrongful Discharge, 2023 SIDNEY L. GOLD & ASSOC., P.C. Brian C. Farrell, Esquire Pa. ID No.: 319145 1835 Market Street, Suite 515 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Tel. (215) 569-1999 Fax. (215) 569-3870 bfarrell@discrimlaw.net Attorney for Plaint(ff Garrett L. Rosas. P.\yD GARRETT L. …
Former Federal Prisoner Markets Game App He Developed Behind Bars by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Prison is often compared to as a pressure cooker, exerting powerful forces that can either make or break someone. With a stunning list of achievements, Eric Van Buren is not one of the …
Pennsylvania Politicians Push to Abolish Death Penalty by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On April 17, 2023, Democratic lawmakers in both chambers of Pennsylvania’s General Assembly filed bills to repeal the state’s death penalty. HB999 was introduced in the House and SB600 in the senate two months and one day …
News in Brief by Alabama: WBAM in Birmingham reported that a guard at the Blount County Jail was taken into custody and fired on January 31, 2023. Joseph Snow, 43, was charged with second-degree assault for injuring a detainee during an incident captured on surveillance video. Sheriff Mike Moon called …
Third Circuit Unbothered by Pennsylvania’s Discrimination Against Sex Offenders in Denying Parole to Halfway Houses by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In a precedential ruling displaying galling cowardice, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ordered summary judgment on November 9, 2022, against a group of sex …
News in Brief by News in Brief Alabama: On January 9, 2023, the Montgomery Police Department (MPD) arrested a guard at the city jail for an alleged off-duty assault, the Birmingham News reported. It’s unclear who filed the misdemeanor complaint against Reba Foulks, 36; MPD didn’t begin its investigation until …
Pennsylvania County Commissioner Barred from DA’s Email After Own Prison Record Is Purged and Jail Key Copied by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On January 3, 2023, when Debi Domenick was re-appointed to serve as Vice-Chairwoman for the Board of Commissioners of Pennsylvania’s Lackawanna County, she chided her colleagues …
Pennsylvania Guards and Their Attorneys Spanked for Discovery Abuse in Prisoner’s Excessive-Force Suit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 18, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania imposed sanctions for discovery abuse upon defendant state prison guards and their counsel, in a lawsuit …
Hypothermia Kills Prisoner in Cold Pennsylvania Jail Cell, One of 17 Deaths Since 2019 by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott When Richard A. Carter, died in Pennsylvania’s Dauphin County Prison (DCP) on Christmas Eve 2022, officials released key details that showed they had not neglected him. A nurse …
Fired Pittsburgh Jail Guard Wins Over $850,000 in Retaliation Case by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barret In October 2022, a jury in the federal Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania awarded $400,000 in compensatory damages to former Allegheny County Jail (ACJ) guard Jeffery Kengerski in his federal employment rights …
$959,000 Paid by Pennsylvania County in Deaths of Two Detainees, Plus at Least $750,000 from PrimeCare by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye For the 2018 deaths of two detainees at Pennsylvania’s Bucks County Correctional Facility (BCCF), the county has agreed to pay a total of $959,000. Its privately contracted …
Federal Judge in Pennsylvania Rules BOP Must Honor Transgender Prisoner’s Legal Name Change by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian On July 19, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted the motion of a transgender federal prisoner and compelled the U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) …
