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Preventable Sacramento County Jail Death Costs Taxpayers $1.45 Million by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The systemic failure of medical care at California’s Sacramento County Main Jail (SCMJ) resulted in a prisoner’s avoidable death that has cost taxpayers $1.45 million. For years, SCMJ’s healthcare system has been severely deficient …
Denial of Medical Care Causes Two Riots at GEO Group Texas Prison by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 12, 2008, a riot erupted at the GEO Group-run Reeves County Detention Center (RCDC) in Pecos, Texas, which houses federal immigration detainees. The uprising was triggered by the death of …
Article • February 15, 2010 • from PLN February, 2010
$245,000 Settlement in Michigan Jail Prisoner’s Death by In what one lawyer described as round one, Michigan’s Lenawee County has paid $245,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that the deficient medical care at the County’s jail caused a prisoner’s death. The 24 page second amended complaint in the action begins …
Prison Health Care, Political Choice and the Accidental Death Penalty in Michigan by Elizabeth Alexander by Elizabeth Alexander1 In Hadix v. Caruso, I represent a class of prisoners in a decades-long case challenging conditions of confinement, including medical care, at various Michigan prison facilities.2 Since August 2006 I have been …
U.S. DOJ Calls Houston Jail Unconstitutional, Prisoner Death Rate Alarming by Gary Hunter As a follow-up to PLN’s October 2009 cover story, this article examines in greater detail findings by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) related to conditions at the Harris County jail in Houston, Texas. From 2001 through …
$75,000 Settlement in Heart Attack Death of Missouri Jail Prisoner by On June 3, 2009, Greene County, Missouri agreed to pay half of a $75,000 settlement in a wrongful death action brought by the family of a prisoner who died while at the Greene County Jail. In July 2005, Winston …
$125,000 Settlement in Suicide Death Of New York Jail Prisoner by On April 29, 2009, Onondaga County, New York agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of a prisoner who committed suicide at the Onondaga County Justice Center (OCJC) for $125,000. On October 7, 2006, William O’Neil hung …
Oneida County, NY Jail Suicide Litigation Settled for $225,000 by In May 2008 the County of Oneida agreed to pay $100,000, and CNY Services agreed to pay $125,000, in settlement of a wrongful death claim brought by the parents of a 17-year-old detainee who committed suicide in the Oneida County …
Brief • December 31, 2009
Brandon v. Advanced Correctional Healthcare, IL, Deposition of Scott, Wrongful Death, 2009 1:06-cv-01316-JAG # 190-48 Page 1 of 487 E-FILED Thursday, 31 December, 2009 01:34:33 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD 1 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS 3 PEORIA DIVISION 4 5 LAZINNIAL BRANDON, ) …
Arizona Jail’s Medical Failures Due to Inadequate Record Keeping, Understaffing by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Medical care for approximately 10,000 prisoners in the Maricopa County jail system is an abject failure. That may explain why the Arizona county, which is the fourth largest in the nation, has had to …
Prison, Jail and Law Enforcement Corruption Continues in Georgia by David Reutter by David M. Reutter As the number of people in prison and jail in Georgia has increased, so too has the number of corruption cases involving detention and police officials. One of every 13 Georgians are under the …
Article • December 15, 2009
Prisoner Wrongful Death Suicide claim Dismissed as Untimely by In a decision filed on June 9, 2009, the West Virginia Supreme Court affirmed a circuit court's dismissal of a wrongful death claim filed by the estate of a prisoner who allegedly killed himself at a local jail because the case …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
$395,000 Settlement in Los Angeles Jail Prisoner’s Lung Infection Death by The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office paid $395,000 to settle a lawsuit claiming it provided inadequate medical treatment to a prisoner, causing his death. The claim was brought by the estate of Michael Buford. When Buford, 32, was arrested …
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 …
Privatized Prison Medical Care in Mississippi Still Problematic by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Anyone looking for evidence that privatized prison health care is a complete failure need look no further than Mississippi. In 2001, the per capita death rate for Mississippi prisoners was around the national average. By …
Revised List of ICE Detainee Deaths Still Incomplete, Updated Again by Mark Wilson At least 92 detainees died in immigration detention facilities between October 2003 and February 2009, according to an updated list compiled by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The list, which was obtained by the New York Times …
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 …
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
No Qualified Immunity for Guards Who Failed to Help Vomiting Prisoner Who Died by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has affirmed a denial of qualified immunity for three Greene County, Arkansas jail guards accused of violating a prisoner’s Eighth Amendment rights. On January 4, 2002, Phil …
$112,500 Settlement in Kitsap County Jail Wrongful Death by Washington State’s Kitsap County Jail paid $112,500 to settle the lawsuit of the estate of Desiree Wilson, who hanged herself with a bed sheet tied to the smoke detector in her cell on April 22, 1997. Her death left her 4-year-old …
Jail Guards Allowed to Assert Qualified Immunity Defense; Nurses Not by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a Michigan federal district court’s decision that denied a group of jail guards qualified immunity in a case in which a prisoner died after complaining of chest pain and breathing problems. …
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