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Williams v. Snohomish County, WA, Settlement, Wrongful Death TASER, 2017 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS 1. Plaintiffs. Nancy Williams, a single person, individually and as the Personal Representative of the Estate of William Charles Williams, deceased; and Trina Blau, individually and Jeffrey Williams, individually. 2. Defendant. Snohomish County. …
State of Louisiana - Security & Contract Compliance Review, CCA, 2014 BOBBY JINDAL jAMES M. Le B L\NC Governor Secretary Department of Public Safety and Corrections December 31, 2014 Harley Lappin, Executive Vice·President CCA - Winn Correctional Center 10 Burton Hills Boulevard Nashville, TN 37215 Dear Mr. Lappin: I appreciate …
Publication • May 9, 2017
Filed under: Suicides, Staff Training
San Diego County Grand Jury - Examining the Issue of Suicides in San Diego Jails, 2017 EXAMINING THE ISSUE OF SUICIDES IN SAN DIEGO JAILS SUMMARY The suicide rate in San Diego County jails is the highest in all of California's large county jail systems. According to the San Diego …
$200,000 Settlement Over Oklahoma Jail Prisoner’s Death by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A $200,000 settlement in a lawsuit filed over the death of a mentally ill Oklahoma jail prisoner emphasizes what Oklahoma sheriffs have been saying for years: they are ill prepared to deal with the rapidly increasing number …
Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017
Filed under: Staffing, Staff Training
Healthcare and Handcuffs: BOP Assigns Medical Staff to Security Positions by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), facing chronic guard shortages, has resorted to either paying overtime to officers who work additional shifts or assigning nurses and other healthcare staff to security positions. In the …
Florida’s Prison System Agrees to Upgrade Care of Mentally Ill by David Reutter by David Reutter In 2015, Disability Rights of Florida obtained a settlement that requires the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) to more humanely care for mentally ill prisoners at Dade Correctional Institution (DCI), the same prison where …
California Sheriff’s Largest Campaign Donors include Corizon and Aramark by Greg Dober by Greg Dober  In Alameda County, California, Corizon Correctional Healthcare is facing questions regarding campaign contributions to County Sheriff Greg Ahern.  While investigating two inmate deaths at Santa Rita jail, in Alameda County, television station, KTVU-2 uncovered public …
Vigil v. Crowther, UT, First Amended Complaint, Wrongful Prisoner Death, 2017 Case 1:16-cv-00132-BSJ Document 32 Filed 04/19/17 Page 1 of 65 RANDALL W. RICHARDS (No. 4503) Richards & Brown 938 University Park Blvd #140 Clearfield, UT 84015 Telephone: (801) 773-2080 lawyers@richardsbrownlaw.com Emily A. Swenson (No. 12257) Emily A. Swenson, PC …
Videos Show the Dark Side of Shadow Mountain Youth Psych Facility by Rosalind Adams by Rosalind Adams, BuzzFeed TULSA, Oklahoma — By the time police arrived at the psychiatric hospital, one of the adolescent units was out of control. The new manager had been attacked, a handful of its teenage patients …
West v. Kind, WI, Complaint, Strip Search, 2017 Bismillah ir Rahman ir Rahim. Al-Handulillah. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT T COUHI L THICT-Wi EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSJN. 2nn APR -LI A a: '- 1 RUFUS WEST A/K/A MUSLIM MANSA LUTALO IYAPO, JON W. SArff \UPPO CLERK Plaintiff, -vs- Case No. SECURITY …
What Are Correction Officers So Afraid Of? by Dana Goldstein Besides the danger, being ignored. by Dana Goldstein, The Marshall Project If you're a correction officer (CO), you know what each day is likely to have in store: a treadmill of stress and often nastiness, in an environment outsiders rarely think …
‘We Felt We Weren’t Qualified To Be Making These Decisions’ by A former corrections officer talks about her frustration with the lack of mental health care in jails. By Jacquie Lee, The Huffington Post Melanie Bailey, 44, was a corrections officer at Lancaster County Correctional Center in Lincoln, Nebraska, until …
‘People Who Work In The System Become Desensitized To How Brutal It Is To Cage Someone’ by Alec Karakatsanis of Equal Justice Under Law explains how even a few days in jail can throw a life “into disarray.” By Ryan J. Reilly, The Huffington Post Alec Karakatsanis is the co-founder …
No place to be sick: When jail cell becomes a death chamber by Olympia makes no effort to regulate Washington’s jails, the state’s psychiatric hospitals of last resort By Levi Pulkkinen, SeattlePI.com Jimi Johnson, bottom, was 27 when he killed himself at Mason County Jail on April 23, 2013. Two …
Seventh Circuit Reinstates Illinois Jail Prisoner’s Failure-to-Protect Suit by In a September 16, 2015 ruling, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a district court had improperly dismissed an Illinois jail prisoner’s failure-to-protect lawsuit based on his refusal to sign a medical release form. Mario Reyes was a pretrial …
Brief • January 17, 2017
Lamontagne v. Georgia Department of Corrections, GA, summons and complaint, wrongful death, 2017 2. Amber LaMontagne, Bazlyn Lewis and Stevie McGilvray are the surviving children of. . . Bonnie Rocheleau, and are therefore authorized to bring this action for the wrongful death of . . . Bonnie Rocheleau. 3. Amber …
Dodson v. CoreCivic, TN, Complaint, Lack of Diabetes Treatment, 2017 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION DOUGLAS DODSON, TAZARIUS LEACH, RICHARD LITTLE, JASPER VICK, ET AL, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Nebraska: Portions of Lawsuit over Guard’s Sexual Assault Allowed to Proceed by Last year, the Nebraska Court of Appeals held a prisoner’s claim alleging an intentional tort related to a sexual assault by a guard was barred by the State Tort Claims Act (STCA), but claims of intentional and negligent …
Ohio Prison Guards Use JPay System to Illegally Download Thousands of Copyrighted Songs by Joe Watson Ohio’s top watchdog has recommended that the use of state owned computers by employees of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) should be heavily restricted to prevent prison guards from again illegally …
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