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Pennsylvania County Prisons Not Reporting Critical Incidents by The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PDOC) requires county prisons to submit monthly “extraordinary occurrence” reports as part of the department’s duty to inspect local lock-ups and identify deficiencies. However, the accuracy of the self-reported data has been faulty in some cases and …
Seven Florida Prison Guards Arrested by Seven Florida state prison guards, employed at two facilities at opposite ends of the state, have been charged with criminal misconduct in unrelated incidents. The first four arrests occurred on June 10, 2011, when U.S. Marshals arrested South Florida Reception Center (SFRC) guards Alexander …
Moore v. Hill, AR, Complaint, Provoked by Guards, 2012 Case 5:12-cv-00206-DPM Document 2 Filed 06/06/12 Page 1 of 9 FILED U.S. DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT ARKANSAS . FORM TO BE USED BY PRISONERS IN FILING A COMPLAtm..O 6 2012 UNDER THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT. 42 U.S.C. §~S W. McCORMAC~K ~!< …
Article • May 15, 2012
Eighth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Arkansas Jail Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court's dismissal of an Arkansas prisoner's excessive force claims. On May 22, 2007, prisoners in B-Pod of the Ouachita County Detention Center created a disturbance when they were mistakenly …
California Prison System Settles Prisoner's Excessive Force Suit for $1,000 by On May 14, 2007, Tyun Sockee Dodson, a California state prisoner, filed a pro se federal civil rights action under 42 U.S.0 § 1983 alleging he was severely beaten by guards at the Calipatria State Prison without provocation while …
Article • May 15, 2012
California Settles Prisoner's Excessive-Use-of-Force Suit for $5,000 by Michael D. Fulton, a former California state prisoner, filed a federal civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 after he allegedly was assaulted by Guard E. Jensen on December 1, 2004, while he was handcuffed and being transferred between housing …
Michigan’s Abu Ghraib? Teaching Anthropology inside a Women’s Prison, On the Edge of a $100 Million Sex Abuse Scandal by Brian McKenna Brian McKenna Every prison has a story. At the Robert Scott Correctional Facility, in Michigan, the women were not allowed to touch one another or risk a "major …
Culture of Abuse Continues at Oregon Mental Hospital Despite Ongoing DOJ Investigation by In June, 2006, the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) began investigating the Oregon State Hospital (OSH) for patient abuse and deficient care. On November 17, 2010, DOJ officials alerted the state …
Alaska Scope-of-Employment Certification Reviewable; State Immune from Guards' Excessive Force by The Alaska Supreme Court held that the Attorney General's certification that Defendant prison guards were acting within the scope of their employment is subject to judicial review. The Court also held that the State was immune for a prisoner's …
District Court Awards over $300,000 in Attorney’s Fees in LAPD Excessive Force Case by In March 2011, the Honorable George H. King, U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California, awarded $299,400 in attorneys' fees and $4,317.44 in costs to a plaintiff who prevailed on her claims of excessive …
Tennessee CCA Warden Denied Summary Judgment for Excessive Force by A Tennessee federal court denied a private prison warden summary judgment on an excessive force claim for assaulting a handcuffed prisoner. James Ingram was a prisoner at the Hardeman County Correctional Facility (HCCF) in Tennessee, which is operated by Corrections …
Tennessee CCA Warden Fails to Prove Non-Exhaustion in Prisoner’s Excessive Force and Retaliation Suit by A Tennessee federal court denied prison officials summary judgment for non-exhaustion under the Prison Litigation Reform Act, finding that they failed to satisfy their burden of proving non-exhaustion. James Ingram was a prisoner at the …
Third Circuit Troubled by Courtroom Shackling of Prisoners by The Third Circuit Court of Appeals expressed concern about shackling prisoners during a civil jury trial. However, the court concluded that any error was harmless, given a cautionary jury instruction. Anthony Sides was a prisoner at Pennsylvania's SCI Greene Correctional Facility, …
Porter v. Thurman, WA, Complaint, Excessive Force - Beating, Tasers, 2012 1 2 3 ROBERTS. MAGNUSON, WSBA #19706 505 W. RIVERSIDE, STE. 508 Spokane, WA 99201 (509) 252-so36 Attorney for Plaintiff ~~ V. ~e.c~~i\lE.0 t.lr.." lilt\\ 4 ti t\\\t :':~LA:.::c~~.m, ~~ . . .GTON UNITED STATES DIS~~c°~URT FOR THE EASTERN …
HRDC, Other Organizations Send Joint Letter to Tennessee DOC Commissioner by Alex Friedmann On March 8, 2012, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC – the parent organization of Prison Legal News), in conjunction with three other organizations, sent a letter to Derrick Schofield, Commissioner of the Tennessee Dept. of Corrections …
Brief • March 30, 2012
Keehn v. Lucas, PA, Settlement, taser guard-inmate assault, 2012 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA GERALD KEEHN, Plaintiff, vs. CIO LUCAS, ELSTNER, CIO CHIPIKITIS, CIO Defendants. } } } } No. 09-16 } } Magistrate Judge Kelly } } } } } } Electronically …
Brief • March 29, 2012
Williams v. Swack, NY, Removal to Federal Court, Complaint, Attica Beating, 2012 ------Case 1:13-cv-00974-WMS-JJM Document 1 Filed 03/29/12 Page 1 of 28 I .I .. '' UNITED STATES DISTRJCT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK I GEORGE WILLIAMS, ! 1552 Plaintiff, v. KEITH SWACK, SEAN WARNER, MATTHEW RADDEMACHER AND ERIC …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
Georgia Jail Guards Charged in Prisoner Abuse Incident by Three guards at Georgia’s Dekalb County Jail (DCJ) were arrested and charged in connection with a May 15, 2011 altercation involving a pretrial detainee. The prisoner, whose name was not released, had been booked into the DCJ on a disorderly conduct …
Settlement in Alabama Prison Overcrowding and Violence Suit by David Reutter A class-action lawsuit that alleged conditions at Alabama&rsquo;s Donaldson Correctional Facility (DCF) placed prisoners &ldquo;at a substantial risk of injury due to violence, lack of security, understaffing, corruption, and severe overcrowding&rdquo; has concluded with a settlement agreement designed to …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
California: Orange County Settles Suit Over Jail Detainee’s Death for $2.1 Million by Michael Brodheim by Mike Brodheim In April 2011, the family of a detainee who died while being restrained by Orange County jail guards agreed to settle a lawsuit against the county for $2.1 million. The April 1, …
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