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Brief • April 7, 2011
Hamze v. Doe et al, FL, Complaint, guard brutality, 2011 Case 1:11-cv-21227-JAL Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 04/07/2011 Page 1 of 8 Case 1:11-cv-21227-JAL Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 04/07/2011 Page 2 of 8 Case 1:11-cv-21227-JAL Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 04/07/2011 Page 3 of 8 Case …
Brief • April 7, 2011
Cox v. County of Otero, NM, Complaint, Excessive Force - Beating, 2011 Case 2:11-cv-00296-WPL -LAM Document 1 Filed 04/07/11 Page 1 of 9 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO MICHAEL COX Plaintiff, v. No. -------- BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR THE COUNTY OF OTERO, …
$373,000 Settlement in New York City Juvenile Facility “Building Tenders” Suit by Brandon Sample Echoing the violence of the Texas prison system during the 1970s where prisoners guarded other prisoners under an abusive practice known as the “building tenders” system, the City of New York has agreed to pay $373,000 …
Kentucky Guards Sentenced to Federal Prison in Detainee Abuse Prosecution by A Kentucky federal court has sentenced five guards from the Fayette County Detention Center (FCDC) who were prosecuted in connection with systematic abuse of prisoners at the facility. FCDC Sgt. John McQueen, 33, and Cpl. Clarence McCoy, 31, were …
Article • March 15, 2011
$17,000 Settlement in Guards’ Excessive Force against D.C. Prisoner by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $17,000 to settle the lawsuit of prisoner Darryl G. Wise for injuries sustained due to the use of excessive force against him by guards. The complaint in this action involved events that occurred at …
Article • March 15, 2011
$6,000 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Excessive Force Suit by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $6,000 to settle the lawsuit of prisoner Warren Cunningham for injuries sustained from guards using excessive force against him. While at D.C.’s Central Facility on May 15, 2001, Cunningham was beaten and slammed to the …
Article • March 15, 2011
$10,000 Settlement in DC Guard’s Assault on Prisoner by The District of Columbia (DC) paid $10,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by prisoner Leonard Day for injuries sustained due to a guard assaulting him. While at the DC Jail on December 25, 1998, Day was severely beaten by a guard. …
Article • March 15, 2011
$12,500 Settlement for DC Guard’s Assault of Prisoner During Shakedown by The District of Columbia (DC) paid $12,500 to settle a negligence and assault and battery suit filed by prisoner Cornell Barber for the injuries he sustained at the hands of guards. As he was exiting the visiting park at …
Article • March 15, 2011
$12,500 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Assault by Guards Lawsuit by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $12,500 to settle the cruel and unusual punishment lawsuit of prisoner John Lee, Jr. While incarcerated the D.C. Jail segregation until on February 2, 2001 Lee was handcuffed and escorted to the infirmary by …
Article • March 15, 2011
$1,000 Settlement for DC Jail Prisoner Assaulted by Guards, Property Destroyed by The District of Columbia (DC) paid $1,000 to settle the lawsuit of prisoner Gardner Bradley, arising from his assault by guards and the destruction of his property. The facts underlying the complaint occurred at the DC Jail. The …
Article • March 15, 2011
$1,000 Settlement in Washington DOC Prisoner’s Guard Assault Lawsuit by The State of Washington paid $1,000 to settle the lawsuit of prisoner Louis Batista for injuries sustained from being assaulted by Charles Rohrer, a Sergeant employed at the Stafford Creek Correction Center (SCCC). While incarcerated at SCCC on March 9, …
Article • March 15, 2011
Indiana Excessive Force Suit Not Heck-Barred by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s dismissal of an Indiana prisoner’s excessive force suit, concluding that the prisoner’s claims were not barred by Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994). “Police burst into the home of Ty Evans to …
D.C. Pays $80,000 to Settle Prisoner’s Civil Rights Suit by On August 2, 2006, the District of Columbia paid $80,000 to settle with a prisoner who alleged violations of his civil rights under the 5th and 8th Amendments and D.C.’s Lorton Act. The suit was filed in the U.S. District …
Article • February 15, 2011 • from PLN February, 2011
$240,001 Verdict in Boston Jail Beating Suit by Brandon Sample On February 23, 2009, a federal jury returned a $240,001 verdict in favor of a man who was violently beaten by a guard at the Suffolk County House of Correction (SCHC). Rodney Chaney ended up at the SCHC in August …
Mass Torture in America: Notes from the Supermax Prisons by Lance Tapley “Exterminate all the brutes!” – Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad “They beat the shit out of you,” said Mike James, hunched near the smeared plexiglass separating us. He was talking about the cell “extractions” he’d endured at the …
Study: CIA Doctors ‘Gave Green Light to Torture’ by Muriel Kane A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) reveals that physicians with the CIA’s Office of Medical Services (OMS) played an even greater role in facilitating the torture of detainees than was previously recognized. As …
Blind Texas Prisoner Dies after Confrontation with Guards by Thord “Catfish “ Dockray, 42, a blind Texas state prisoner with a history of mental illness, died on May 13, 2010 following a violent altercation with prison guards. Dockray was housed alone in a cell in the medical wing of the …
Physicians for Human Rights: CIA Performed Illegal Medical Experiments While Torturing Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke According to a report released by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) in June 2010, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) performed illegal non-consensual human medical experiments on high-value terrorism detainees in connection with …
Florida Guard’s Conviction for Falsifying Use-of-Force Report Affirmed by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On July 13, 2010, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of a former Florida prison guard for making a false entry in a report with the intent to impede a federal investigation. …
St. Louis Lockups Violate Constitutional Rights, ACLU Asserts by Mark Wilson A troubling investigative report by the American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri (ACLU-EM) has exposed a culture of abuse, corruption and cover-ups at the City Justice Center and the Medium Security Institution in St. Louis (CJC/MSI). The most …
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