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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? …
Brief • January 2, 2008
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault
Ortiz v. Lasker, NY, Complaint, Assault of Prisoner by Guard, 2008 Case 6:08-cv-06001-DGL-JWF Document 1 Filed 01/02/08 Page 1 of 6 Case 6:08-cv-06001-DGL-JWF Document 1 Filed 01/02/08 Page 2 of 6 Case 6:08-cv-06001-DGL-JWF Document 1 Filed 01/02/08 Page 3 of 6 Case 6:08-cv-06001-DGL-JWF Document 1 Filed 01/02/08 Page 4 of …
Pennsylvania County Jail System Overcrowded, Under-Regulated by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Almost everyone with experience on the incarceration side of America's criminal justice system will tell you they would rather do time in prison than in a jail. The primary reason is that the overall conditions of confinement …
Arizona Jail Sex Results in Charges for Guards, Prisoner by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Sexual relationships involving guards and prisoners in Arizona jails have resulted in criminal charges on both sides of the bars. An investigation at the Yuma County Jail snared three guards and four female prisoners. …
Records Disclosure Ordered In Deputies' Misconduct And Remanded To Determine Attorney's Fees by Ray Burton, III, and East Coast Newspapers, Inc. (Burton), sought injunctive relief and declaratory judgment to obtain documents regarding a 2000 complaint, and the response to the complaint, against South Carolina's York County Sheriff's (YCS) deputies. The …
Article • December 15, 2007
Los Angeles Deputy Sheriff's Attempted Sexual Assault Settles For $55,000 by The Law Enforcement Services Division (LESD) of Los Angeles County, California, authorized a settlement in a claim of attempted sexual assault against Dominique Daniel by an on duty deputy sheriff. The settlement saved them over $400,000 in litigation and …
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