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One Detainee Dying Every Week in L.A. County Jails by As of December 31, 2023, Los Angeles County jails had recorded 34 detainee deaths in seven months—over one every week, far more than New York City’s notorious Rikers Island complex, which recorded seven deaths during the same period. Overcrowding is …
Brief • March 20, 2024
Mathis v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Wrongful Death (Medical), 2024 Centurion 003092 RELEASE IN FULL AND SETILEMEN T AGREEMEN T THIS RELEASE IN FULL AND SEITLEMENf AGREEMENT ("Agreement'') is t)1} executed this day of March 2024, by Eugenio Mathis, as personal representative …
Brief • March 18, 2024
Estate of Melody Morgan v. The State of Nevada, NV, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2024 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND FULL AND FINAL RELEASE OF CLAIMS Case Name: Bonnie Lopez, individually as sister and for the Estate of Melody Morgan, deceased; Colleen Lackey, individually and as mother of Melody Morgan, deceased V. The …
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
After Eight Deaths in Eight Years, Virginia Jail Introduces—Pickleball? by Having recorded eight deaths in eight years, Virginia’s Arlington County Jail was likely desperate for good news when it reported in mid-November 2023 that detainees competed in the lockup’s first pickleball tournament. The densely populated county adjacent to Washington, D.C., …
Four Dead in One Month in San Bernardino County Jails, $3,232,500 in Settlements Paid So Far by Douglas Ankney, Casey Bastian by Douglas Ankney and Casey J. Bastian A spate of jail deaths in California’s San Bernardino County dating back to 2017 has led to at least four legal settlements …
$470,000 Settlement After Texas Jail Nurses Fabricate Vital Signs for Detainee Who Died by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On September 14, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit dealt a death blow to claims filed by the estate of a Texas jail detainee against the county …
$900,000 Settlement Reached With Ohio Jail in Detainee’s Fatal Seizure by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In October 2023, an attorney representing the estate of an Ohio pretrial jail detainee who suffered a fatal seizure after her June 2018 incarceration said the parties had reached a $900,000 settlement agreement. …
Suit Filed After Mentally Ill Detainee Starves to Death in Miami Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A civil rights action filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on July 1, 2023, alleged that officials at Miami-Dade County’s Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center (TGKCC) …
Brief • March 1, 2024
Estate of Carlos Escobar Mejia v. USA, CA, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2024 PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL-SETTLEMENT COMMUNICATION-FED. R. EVID. 408,501 CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS, AND COVENANT OF NON-DISCLOSURE RELEASORS: The Estate of Carlos Escobar Mejia by and through its Successor in Interest Rosa Escobar, Rosa Escobar, Maribel Escobar, …
Brief • February 29, 2024
Estate of Christopher Zumalt v. County of Riverside, CA, Settlement, Wrongful Death-Medical Neglect, 2024 Case 5:21-cv-01791-JGB-SP Document 88 Filed 02/29/24 Page 1 of 3 Page ID #:3610 1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA LEEYONNIE HERNANDEZ, …
Second Report and Recommendations on 2023 Deaths in New York City Department of Corrections Custody, Feb. 2024 BOARD OF CORRECTION CITY OF NEW YORK Second Report and Recommendations on 2023 Deaths in New York City Department of Correction Custody1 February 9, 2024 Co-Authored by Director of Special Investigations Rahzeem Gray …
Brief • February 6, 2024
Salazar v. Centurion Detention Health Services, LLC, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Wrongful Death (Medical), 2024 Centurion 003139 RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THIS RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ("Agreement") executed t h i s·t1, ~ day of - ttm:11.aDj 1s 2024, by Anna Salazar, Personal Representative to …
Brief • February 6, 2024
Estate of Dean Hoffmann v. Wisconsin Department of Corrections, WI, Complaint, Wrongful Death-Medical Neglect, 2024 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN ______________________________________________________________________________ MEGAN HOFFMANN KOLB, as Personal Administrator for the Estate of DEAN HENRY HOFFMANN, Deceased, Plaintiff, Case No. v. WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; …
Seventh Circuit Finds Jail Guard May Be Liable for Delayed Response to Illinois Detainee’s Fatal Heart Attack by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On July 20, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed a district court’s dismissal of a suit alleging delayed medical care caused the …
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Virginia Settles Suit Over Prisoner’s Death from Untreated Hepatitis C for $700,000 by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On April 5, 2023, a settlement was reached between the estate of a Virginia prisoner who died from untreated Hepatitis C and his physician with the state Department of Corrections (DOC). …
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
$3 Million Settlement for Illinois Pretrial Detainee’s Opioid Withdrawal Death by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A $3 million settlement in the 2020 withdrawal death of Illinois pretrial detainee Elissa A. Lindhorst at the Madison County Jail was fully executed on May 10, 2023. Lindhorst, 28, was another casualty …
Brief • January 23, 2024
Estate of Lucas Bellamy v. Omweri, MN, Complaint, Wrongful Death-Denial of Medical Care, 2024 CASE 0:24-cv-00170-DWF-TNL Doc. 1 Filed 01/23/24 Page 1 of 43 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA Louis Bellamy, as Trustee for the next of kin of Lucas John Bellamy, Deceased, Case …
Brief • January 23, 2024
Estate of Christopher Lapp v. USA, VA, Order Approving Distribution of Proceeds, Wrongful Death, 2024 Case 1:23-cv-00248-MSN-LRV Document 196 Filed 01/23/24 Page 1 of 2 PageID# 5533 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA (Alexandria Dhdsion) LISA LAPP, Plainriffs, \'. i TJIE UNlTED STATES OF AMERICA, f.:t al .. …
See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Treat No Evil: Centurion and the Curse of For-Profit Prison Healthcare by J.D. Schmidt by J.D. Schmidt On November 14, 2022, the Florida arm of Centurion Health, one of the nation’s largest private prison and jail healthcare companies, filed a lawsuit in Putnam County …
Record-Setting $7 Million Settlement Caps LaSalle’s Legacy at Texarkana Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A $7 million settlement reached in April 2023 marked the latest chapter in a sordid tale of mismanagement at Bi-State Jail (BSJ) in Texarkana, Texas, by former private operator LaSalle Corrections. But the family-owned …
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