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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 …
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
Sheriff and Guards Indicted: Sex, Misconduct and Contraband Scandal at Texas Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 27, 2009, a grand jury in Montague County, Texas returned a 106-count indictment against former Sheriff Bill Keating and ten jail guards, four prisoners and two other people in connection …
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
Sixth Circuit Overturns $625,000 Verdict for Ohio Prisoner Sexually Abused by Guard by Brandon Sample In what one judge described as a “legal travesty,” on March 13, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit overturned a jury verdict in favor of a prisoner who had been sexually …
Article • September 15, 2009
$9,000 Settlement for Sexual Assault by Seattle Jail Chaplain by Washington State’s King County paid $8,935.92 to settle the law suit of Terry Shanklin, who claimed he was sexually assaulted by Regional Justice Center Chaplain Warren Ungles from April 30 to May 10, 2001. Shanklin says he was coerced into …
$75,000 Settlement in Sexual Harassment Suit Against Seattle Jail by Washington’s King County paid $75,000 to settle the sexual harassment and hostile work environment lawsuit of Dolores Riganti-Curtiss. She claimed that while working at the Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention from November 1997 until she was “constructively discharged” in …
Article • September 15, 2009
$18,000 Settlement in Female Guard’s Sexual Assault on Male Juvenile by Washington State’s King County paid $18,000 to settle the civil rights suit by Jose Hernandez, alleging he was sexually assaulted at the King County Youth Services Detention Facility between April 2002 and May 2003. He claimed that guard Lydia …
Massachusetts Federal Court Dismisses DOC from Prisoner's Rape Suit; Amendment Allowed by On October 24, 2008, a Massachusetts federal court dismissed the claims against prison official defendants (defendants) by a former Massachusetts Department of Corrections (DOC) prisoner who allegedly had between 50 and 100 sexual encounters with a former guard. …
Federal Prison Guards’ Convictions Affirmed in Sex Scandal by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the convictions of two guards convicted in a sex-for-contraband scheme at the Women’s Federal Correctional Institute in Tallahassee, Florida. PLN previously reported the arrests and indictments in …
Judge Not: Judges Benched for Personal Misconduct by by Gary Hunter & Alex Friedmann They decide hot-button topics ranging from abortion and racial discrimination to religious freedoms and contested elections. They can put you in prison or vindicate your civil rights. They can even sentence you to death. Who am …
Spurlock v. Townes, NM, Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2009 Case 1:09-cv-00786-LH-DJS Document 1 Filed 08/12/2009 Page 1 of 12 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO HEATHER SPURLOCK, & SOPHIA CARRASCO, Plaintiff, v. No. 1:09-cv-00786 ANTHONY TOWNES & BARBARA WAGNER in their individual capacities, & CORRECTIONS …
Palton v Remley, AR, Verdict, sexual abuse, 2009 Case 5:06-cv-00198-SWW-HLJ Document 223 Filed 07/16/2009 JURY INTERROGATORIES Page 1 of 3 NOTE: Complete the following interrogatories by writing in the names required by your verdict. 1. On plaintiff Jason Palton' s claim against defendant Antonio Remley, as submitted in Jury Instruction …
Preserving the Rule of Law in America’s Jails and Prisons: The Case for Amending the Prison Litigation Reform Act by Margo Schlanger by Margo Schlanger and Giovanna Shay** Prisons and jails pose a significant challenge to the rule of law within American boundaries. As a nation, we are committed to …
ADA Routinely Violated by Prisons in the case of Deaf Prisoners by McCay Vernon, Ph.D. Over the last forty years, Congress has enacted numerous laws specifically designed to assure disabled individuals access to the programs, activities, services, public facilities and other resources available to the general population. This access was …
$500,000 Awarded to New York Prisoner Raped by Jail Guard; Vacated on Post-Trial Motion by A New York federal jury awarded a woman $500,000 in a lawsuit claiming that her constitutional rights were violated when a guard forcibly raped her. The verdict, however, found the sheriff was not guilty of …
Positive Correlation between Mental Illness and Prison Victimization by Jimmy Franks In September 2008, the Center for Behavioral Health Services & Criminal Justice Research (the Center) published its Policy Brief regarding a recent survey conducted to determine the quality of life for prisoners in New Jersey’s Department of Corrections (DOC). …
Article • July 15, 2009 • from PLN July, 2009
$10,000 Verdict in Sexual Assault by Virginia Guard by On October 20, 2008, a Virginia federal jury awarded a former Pittsylvania County Jail prisoner $10,000 in a lawsuit that claimed a guard had “sexually molested, harassed, and assaulted” her. The suit alleged that jail guard Hank Hazelwood violated Sheril Ann …
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