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OK Prisoners' Argument, Raised for First Time on Appeal, Not Considered by On November 15, 2001, Leticia Smedley was arrested by police in Tulsa, Oklahoma on suspicion of being intoxicated. She was jailed at the David L. Moss Criminal Justice Center, a facility operated by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). …
Article • December 15, 2007
Secret Settlement in Illinois Cell Fire Suit by On March 19, 1996, Illinois' Joliet Correctional Center prisoner Cutues White piled all his personal possessions in the front of his cell, and lit them on fire. The prison was undergoing a renovation project, which included removal of smoke exhaust fans and …
$1.6 Million Settlements by PHS and Hillsborough County in Death of Baby Born in Florida Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Inadequate medical care by Prison Health Services (PHS) has resulted in yet another death and $1.6 million in settlements for the mother of a baby boy who …
A RE-BIRTH FOR CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION: USING THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT TO OVERCOME SECTION 1983 HURDLES AND HOLD GOVERNMENT AND POLICE ACCOUNTABLE by A RE-BIRTH FOR CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION: USING THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT TO OVERCOME SECTION 1983 HURDLES AND HOLD GOVERNMENT AND POLICE ACCOUNTABLE A Review of …
Alaska Jail Settles Alcohol Withdrawal Death Case For $573,000 by On June 12, 2006, the State of Alaska settled a federal civil rights lawsuit over the wrongful death of a prisoner in a state-run jail for $573,000. Julia Walker is the mother of Troy Wallace, who died while a prisoner …
Washington DOC Pays $50,000 to Injured Contractor by In 1999, the State of Washington paid Ramon Martin $50,000. Martin, a free citizen of the State of Washington was employed as a contractor with Washington State. On June 30, 1996, Martin delivered a bucket loader to Clallam Bay Corrections Center in …
Federal Prisoner Possible Beneficiary in BOP/County Contract by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that a prisoner's civil rights suit stated a claim; that the statute authorizing a contract between the Federal Bureau of Prisons and a county to house prisoners did not create a private …
Article • May 15, 2007
Federal Filed Rate Doctrine Preempts State Action Challenging Prisoner Phone Rates by The New Hampshire Supreme Court has held that the federal filed rate doctrine preempts, state causes of action for violation of the anti- monopoly statute and the Consumer Protection Act (CPA). This action was brought by friends and …
EMSA Not Liable for Ohio Prisoner's Restraint-Related Injury by In this case involving an Ohio prisoner whose fingers required amputation due to allegedly improperly applied restraints, the Ohio Court of Appeals, Tenth Appellate District, affirmed a jury's verdict in favor of EMSA Correctional Care, a for-profit health care provider. Plaintiff …
Article • May 15, 2007
Dismissal Denied for Delay of Dental Treatment by A federal district court in Delaware has held that a prisoner's claim of proper dental treatment being delayed defeats the Defendant's Motion for Dismissal. While incarcerated at Delaware's Multi-purpose Criminal Justice Facility, prisoner David W. Williamson developed an abscessed tooth and periodontal …
Federal Detainee May Pursue Bivens Action Against Private Prison Guards by In a matter of first impression, the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island held that a federal pretrial detainee could pursue a Bivens action against guards employed by a privately operated detention facility. Plaintiff George …
$24,000 Paid in WA Disability Termination Suit by Thomas J. Miller, a visually impaired individually applied for, was interviewed, and hired by Second Chance, a non-profit organization that is a Washington DOC Contractor, to be an on-call supervisor. Bruce Kuennan, Second Chance Director, told Miller that the Washington DOC would …
OH DORC Liable for Property Damage Done by Prisoners by K. Michael Deem Investment Corp., Inc. (Deem Inc.), an Ohio corporation, allowed the state Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DORC) to operate a pallet-restoration industry on its property. While working there, prisoners damaged a cinder block wall, a dumpster and …
Contract Doctor Negligently Liable As Agent Of State DOC by State prisoner Joe Medley filed a medical negligence claim with the North Carolina Industrial Commission alleging that a doctor hired by the Department of Correction s(DOC), caused the amputation of his leg due to infection. The Commission granted summary judgment …
$1,226,625 Verdict in Wrongful Death of Prisoner on Jail Outing by While participating in an outing of a state sponsored pretrial detention program, the 21-year-old decedent prisoner in this case decided to swim in a reservoir owned by Connecticut's City of Waterbury. The reservoir was off limits to the public, …
$1,500,000 Verdict in Half-Way Houses' Failure to Warn by After he was released from a Florida prison, Elmer Leon Carroll went to live at The Lighthouse Mission of Orlando. Carroll had a history of rape and had been in prison for nine of the 15 years prior to committing the …
Article • May 15, 2007
PHS Avoids Liability in Maine Prison Suicide by The decedent committed suicide in prison. The court refuses to draw an adverse inference against the medical defendants from missing records because almost all of them were from a period later than when they had any dealings with the decedent, and the …
Article • May 15, 2007
Wackenhut is a State Actor for Section 1983 Liability by Wackenhut is a State Actor for Section 1983 Liability The Wackenhut Corporation and its employees are "state actors" under § 1983 with respect to their operation of a jail under contract with the state. The plaintiff's allegation that a nurse …
Georgia Appeals Court Upholds $600,000 Judgment Against CMS by On July 5, 2001, the Court of Appeals of Georgia Upheld a trial court's $600,000 award to Stephanie Stitt, a former state prisoner, who suffered permanent nerve damage as a result of Correctional Medical Service's (CMS) egregiously inadequate treatment of her …
No Remedy for Contractor Suit Against Unicor by The plaintiff contractor sued Federal Prison Industries (a/k/a/ Unicor) under the Contract Disputes Act in the Court of Federal Claims. That court lacked jurisdiction because Federal Prison Industries is a "non-appropriated fund instrumentality" for which the United States was not financially answerable …
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