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$1.1 Million Verdict Entered Against Florida Sex Crime Detective for Sexual Assault upon Minor by The Florida Federal District Court has awarded $1.1 million to a 14-year old female for a sexual assault by an Orlando sex crimes detective. The award came in after the court entered default for the …
Article • July 15, 2008
Seven California Women Prisoners Settle Sexual Assault Suit for $160,000 by Seven women between 25 and 60 years old settled their sexual assault suit against California for $160,000. Plaintiffs were confined at the Avenal State Prison, near Fresno in 1989 and 1990. Avenal was a male prison and most of …
Article • July 15, 2008
Arizona Jail Detainees' Offense Report's Disclosure Statutorily Mandated by Pima County (Arizona) Jail detainee Lawrence Carlson appealed a court dismissal of his action for defamation against Sheriff Clarence Duprik. Duprik released an offense report to the press resulting in a slanderous article. The report was ruled a public record and …
Article • June 15, 2008 • from PLN June, 2008
$900,000 Settlement in Illinois Jail Guard’s Sexual Assault of Juvenile by Another case of sexual abuse upon a minor by a custodial person has hit the taxpayer’s coffers. This time, a guard at Illinois’ St. Clair County juvenile custody center sexually assaulted a 15-year-old boy, causing the County to settle …
Son of Illinois Congressman Fired, Charged With Raping Prisoners by On September 10, 2007, the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) fired Jeffery M. Rush, son of U.S. Rep. Bobby L. Rush (D-IL). Jeffrey Rush, 42, who was employed as an assistant supervisor at the Fox Valley Adult Transition Center in …
Article • June 15, 2008
Federal Courts Can't Dismiss Prisoners' Civil Rights Actions Simply Because They're Inartfully Pleaded by Walter Gordon, a South Carolina state prisoner, sued prison officials in federal district court under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 after he was assaulted and raped by other prisoners. Stephen Young, a Maryland state prisoner, filed his …
Prison Doctors, Tainted by Regulatory Board Discipline, Administer Wisconsin Prisoner Care by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Whenever prisoners complain about inept healthcare, prison officials accuse them of being manipulating whiners, or assert they are being administered the ?community standard of care? by competent medical professionals. A review by …
Washington Jail Prisoners Suffer from Overcrowding, Abusive Guards, Inadequate Health Care and Indifferent Politicians by Roger Smith Since the mid-1990s, Washington State jail populations have increased exponentially. Obsolete facilities built decades ago to hold a handful of prisoners are now packed like sardine tins, with as many prisoners sleeping on …
Brief • May 14, 2008
Carr v. Hazelwood, VA, Complaint, sexual abuse female prisoner complaint, 2007 Case 7:07-cv-00001-jlk-mfu Document 49 Filed 05/14/2008 Page 1 of 4 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Roanoke Division ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 7:07-CV-00001 ) ) ) ) ) SHERIL …
Oregon Sheriff Sentenced to Jail/Sex-Offender Registration by On August 28, 2007, the former sheriff of Curry County Oregon, was sentenced to one year in jail and ordered to register as a sex offender, for groping three female county employees. Mark Metcalf spent nearly 25 years in law enforcement. He was …
Article • March 15, 2008 • from PLN March, 2008
Love, Sex and Violence KO Oregon Deputies, Jailers and Prison Guards by On August 16, 2007, in separate incidents, two Clackamas County, Oregon sheriff?s deputies were arrested on job-related criminal offenses. Deputy Bryan Lavigne, 36, used excessive force on a juvenile by strangling him during an arrest on July 15, …
Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
Oregon Parole Officer’s Molestation Victim’s Suicide Claims Settled for $210,000 by Oregon Parole Officer's Molestation Victim's Suicide Claims Settled for $210,000 Aaron Munoz never had a chance in life. He was born addicted to alcohol and heroin because his mother, Deanna Murphy, a longtime heroin user, abused drugs and alcohol …
Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
Arizona Prison Guard Awarded $750,000 for False Sexual Misconduct Allegations by On March 26, 2007, an Arizona jury awarded $750,000 to an Arizona prison guard who claimed a state investigator knowingly withheld evidence exonerating him of alleged malfeasance and sexual misconduct. A female state prisoner accused the plaintiff, a 31-year-old …
Scandal Rocks Texas Youth Commission; Youths Molested by School Supervisors by Gary Hunter During the 2006 elections, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott ran television ads touting the capture of the state's 500th Internet child predator. Shortly after elected lawmakers convened in 2007 they went to work on a bill that …
Death Sentence: The Feds Throw the Book at King County'sJail as Prisoner Fatalities Skyrocket by Rick Anderson Death Sentence: The Feds Throw the Book at King County's Jail as Prisoner Fatalities Skyrocket by Rick Anderson A few months after two prisoners in the downtown King County Jail in Seattle, Washington …
Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
Federal Suit Over Wisconsin Suicide Attempt Settles for Millions by Michael Rigby On February 22, 2007, a lawsuit against employees of the Monroe County Jail in Wisconsin settled for between $6,100,000 and $13,100,000. The suit alleged deliberate indifference in a suicide attempt that left a prisoner permanently disabled In 2002, …
Alabama Judge Resigns Amid Prisoner Spanking Allegations and Judicial Improprieties by In the face of a looming ethics trial and allegations that he spanked male prisoners, Alabama's Mobile County Circuit Judge Herman Thomas has resigned. Thomas had been on paid suspension since March 2007 while he awaited an October 29 …
Missouri Ordered to Pay Prisoner's $250,000 Judgment Plus Fees and Costs for Sexual Assaults by Work Supervisor by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On June 29, 2007, the Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that the state must pay a $250,000 judgment awarded in federal district court to a prisoner …
Nebraska Mental Health Patients' Class Action Shot Down for Class Overbreadth by Numerous involuntarily committed mental health patients in Nebraska filed a federal class action lawsuit seeking declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming sexual and physical abuse by male staff and patients at three state facilities. They also claimed an array …
Largest Oregon Jail a Cesspool of Misconduct and Mismanagement, Report Finds; Sheriff Faulted and Under Fire by Mark Wilson On November 1, 2006, the Multnomah County District Attorney?s (DA?s) Office in Portland, Oregon released a blistering 63-page report that found systemic, shocking problems in the state?s largest jail system. ?Conservative? …
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