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Article • January 15, 2010
Judgment for Guards who Allegedly Sodomized and Burned Prisoner Upheld by On January 27, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed a grant of summary judgment for two guards accused of providing deliberately indifferent medical care and a jury verdict in favor of the guards on …
Remitter Granted In Malicious Prosecution Action; Court Denies Request for State to Indemnify Defendant by A remitter has been ordered in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action brought by a psychologist formerly employed by the New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (DMRDD) after the psychologist was …
The Crisis of Juvenile Prison Rape: A New Report by by David Kaiser and Lovisa Stannow When Troy Erik Isaac was first imprisoned in California, his cellmate made the introductions for both of them. “He said to me, ‘Your name is gonna be Baby Romeo, and I’m Big Romeo.’ He …
Former Alabama Judge Acquitted of Paddling, Sexually Abusing Jail Prisoners by Mark Wilson On March 27, 2009, former Mobile County, Alabama Circuit Court Judge Herman Thomas was indicted on 57 charges for allegedly checking young male prisoners out of the Metro Jail, taking them to his office, and paddling them …
Ohio Prison Employees Involved in Improper Relationships, Drug Smuggling, Sexual Misconduct by Mark Wilson Four Ohio prison employees resigned or were fired amid an investigation into their improper relationships with prisoners, while in unrelated incidents four state prison guards were accused of sexual misconduct, smuggling drugs and soliciting bribes. The …
Article • December 15, 2009
$32,527 Settlement for Woman Sexually Abused by Work Release Guard by California’s Sacramento County had paid $32,527 to Shantel Franklin, who filed a lawsuit for the sexually abusive acts of Sacramento County Sheriff’s Deputy James Perkins. Franklin began serving the part of her sentence that required her to work in …
$58,333 Settlement for Transgendered Woman’s Sacramento Jail Assault and Sexual Harassment by California’s County of Sacramento has paid $58,333.33 to settle the lawsuit of Richardo Medina-Tejada, who claimed that as a post-operative transgender male-to-female pretrial detainee at the Sacramento County Jail, she was placed in housing with male prisoners who …
Alabama Guards Get Qualified Immunity for Failing to Prevent Rape of 11-Year-Old Prisoner by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal has held that guards are entitled to qualified immunity on federal claims, but not to Alabama state-agent immunity on state-law claims, in a lawsuit involving the rape of an eleven-year-old …
$100 Million Settlement in Michigan Prisoners’ Sexual Abuse Suit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A record-breaking settlement has been reached in a 13-year-old class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of female prisoners who were “subjected to sexual abuse, sexual harassment, privacy violations by male [prison] staff ... and/or retaliation …
Brief • December 1, 2009
Lago v. City of New York, NY, Preliminary Statement, false arrest imprisonment police sexual assault, 2009 Case 1:09-cv-09863-LAK Document 1 Filed 12/01/2009 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK --------------------------------------------------------------X IRIS LAGO, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) -against) ) THE CITY OF NEW YORK; NEW YORK CITY ) …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
$1.55 Million Awarded in Female Colorado DOC Prisoner’s Rape by Guard by Mark Wilson On February 3, 2009, default judgment was entered in a lawsuit filed against a Colorado prison guard who had raped and sodomized a female prisoner. Afterwards, several other individual defendants and the Colorado Department of Corrections …
Pennsylvania County Prisons Mired in Conditions Litigation by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Whether or not a large number of lawsuits is indicative of management or operational problems at a prison or jail is a matter of debate that depends on one’s perspective – that is, which side of …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
$1 Million Settlement in Washington DOC Staff Sexual Abuse Suit of Women Prisoners by On June 12, 2009, the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) entered into a settlement agreement in a class-action lawsuit over staff sexual abuse of female prisoners which included $22,500 in attorney fees for future enforcement …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
$170,000 in Settlements to Sacramento Jail Prisoner Sexually Abused by Guards by California’s Sacramento County has paid $160,000 to settle a claim that a guard raped a prisoner. The settlement is in addition to a $10,000 payment out of personal funds paid by another guard for kissing the prisoner. The …
Article • October 15, 2009
Attorney Fees Measured by Degree of Success Need Not be Tethered to Damage Award by The California Court of Appeal held in a Los Angeles County Jail overdetention and jail-rape civil rights case that when a $25,000 damage award for the overdetention claim survived appeal, but the $1 million award …
Texas Prisoners Still Dying in Houston Jails, Among Other Problems by Gary Hunter Clarence Freeman’s hot check turned out to be his death warrant after it resulted in his arrest and incarceration at the Harris County Jail in Houston, Texas, where he was fatally assaulted by a guard. On New …
Pennsylvania Jail Mired in Scandal ... Again by by David M. Reutter With the suspension of two top officials at the Monroe County Correctional Facility (MCCF) in Snydersville, Pennsylvania, efforts to turn the jail around have hit yet another stumbling block. The February 27, 2009 suspensions – and later resignations …
Hawaii to Remove Prisoners from CCA Facility Over Abuse Charges by Ian Urbina Hawaii prison officials said Tuesday that all of the state’s 168 female inmates at a privately run Kentucky prison will be removed by the end of September because of charges of sexual abuse by guards. Forty inmates …
Article • October 15, 2009
$625,000 Jury Verdict in Negligence Suit for New York Hospital’s Failure to Protect Patient from Prisoner by In 1994 a New York County jury awarded a woman $625,000 in a lawsuit contending a hospital failed to coordinate a security plan with the Department of Corrections, resulting in a sexual assault …
Former Oklahoma Sheriff Convicted of Sex Crimes Now Where to Put Him? by by Gary Hunter Oklahoma officials are trying to decide the best way to incarcerate ex-sheriff Mike Burgess, 56, now that he is a convicted sex offender. On January 9, 2009 the former Custer County lawman was convicted …
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