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Article • November 15, 2011
State Not Liable for Escaped Juvenile Detainee’s Murder of Store Owner by The federal district court of the District of Columbia granted summary judgment to the defendants in a lawsuit seeking damages resulting from a store owner’s murder by an escaped juvenile detainee. The action was brought by the wife …
Article • November 15, 2011
Washington DOC Settles Claims over Food Poisoning Outbreak by Eight prisoners affected by food poisoning while incarcerated at the Washington State Penitentiary accepted settlement offers of $1000 each on their claims of unsanitary food service practices against the Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC). Plaintiffs experienced high fever, vomiting, cramps, diarrhea, …
Article • November 15, 2011
$2,000 Settlement Reached over Washington Guards' Neglect of Prisoner's Leg Injury by A $2,000 settlement was reached in an Eighth Amendment complaint against prison guards and medical staff in the Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC). On June 29, 2001, Chorner Brown, a prisoner housed at Stafford Creek Correctional Center, had …
Article • November 15, 2011
$2,750,000 Settlement Reached in Washington Parolee Wrongful Death Suit by A $2,750,000 settlement was reached in a wrongful death suit stemming from an accident caused by a Washington parolee. On August 15, 1999 Kenneth Chambers, who was on parole, struck a vehicle driven by Kim E. Simonds. Chambers was driving …
Article • November 15, 2011
Filed under: Medical, Kidney
Washington Department of Corrections Pays $4,500 Settlement for Prisoner’s Permanent Kidney Damage by A $4,500 settlement was reached in a medical negligence suit filed against the Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC). Between April 9, 1998 and January 13, 1999, Keith Fair was a prisoner being held by WDOC at the …
Article • November 15, 2011
Filed under: Medical, Misdiagnosis, Muscular
Misdiagnosed Achilles Tendon Rupture Nets $5000 Settlement for Washington Prisoner by A $5,000 settlement was reached in a medical negligence claim against the Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC). Oliver M. Wright was a prisoner at Stafford Creek Correctional Center when he suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon in his left leg …
Article • November 15, 2011
$12,000 Settlement Reached in Washington Parolee Wrongful Death Claim by A $12,000 settlement was reached in a wrongful death suit against the State of Washington and Pierce County. Tracy Joe Enoch-Jevne was convicted on four separate DUI counts spanning from February 1996 to December 1998. Due to an error, she …
Article • November 15, 2011
$15,000 Settlement in Washington Auto Accident Claim by A $15,000 settlement was reached in an auto accident that included a Washington State vehicle. Richard G. Thietje was traveling south on Capitol Way in Olympia, Washington when James Perez, who was driving a state vehicle, took an illegal left-hand turn and …
Article • November 15, 2011
26,500 Settlement Reached in Washington State Over-Detention Suit by A $26,500 settlement was reached in a wrongful imprisonment suit filed against the Washington State Department of Corrections (WDOC). In November 1997, Benjiman Abolafya was convicted of third degree rape and sentenced to 60 months in WDOC custody. After receiving the …
Article • November 15, 2011
$36,125 Settlement in California Prisoner’s Beating and Pepper Spray Claim by The California Department of Corrections (CDC) paid $36,125 to settle a lawsuit claiming Eighth Amendment violations over a guard’s pepper spraying and beating of a prisoner without provocation and for subsequent denial of medical care to treat resulting injuries. …
$45,500 Settlement over Washington Prison Psychologist’s Improper Reference to Prisoner’s Litigation History in Parole Review Report by A $45,500 Settlement was reached in a suit filed for illegal references to court actions, legal complaints and grievance activity in a psychological evaluation report for a parole review. Alvin L. Gilcrist filed …
Article • November 15, 2011
$50,000 Settlement Reached in Washington Over-Detention Suit by A $50,000 settlement was reached in an unlawful imprisonment suit filed against the Washington State Department of Corrections (WDOC). On March 31, 1992, Jeffrey Westfall pled guilty to one count attempted second-degree rape and two counts of residential burglary and was sentenced …
Report Finds Federal Prisoners Exposed to Toxic Metals in Recycling Jobs by A four-year study by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG), released in October 2010, found that prisoners and employees at ten federal prisons were exposed to hazardous metals and materials while handling electronic …
ICE, CCA Settle ACLU Lawsuit Regarding Health Care for Immigration Detainees by Derek Gilna A lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union that alleged deficiencies in health care at the San Diego Correctional Facility (SDCF) in Otay Mesa, California has been settled, according to a December 16, 2010 press …
CCA Psychiatrist’s License Restricted for Sexual Misconduct with Florida Female Prisoners by Florida’s Department of Health (FDH) issued an emergency order in March 2011 that placed restrictions on a psychiatrist accused of sexual misconduct while treating female prisoners at the Hernando County Jail (HCJ). At the time of the alleged …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Sixth Circuit: Prisoner Must be Allowed Direct Appeal When Prison Delayed Appeal Mailings by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Sixth Circuit held that Michigan had to allow the appeal of a prisoner’s criminal conviction when prison officials had delayed the mailing of his appeal documents until after the filing …
Louisiana Sex Offender Agrees to Surgical Castration by David Reutter What should be done with sex offenders who are not prison guards, cops or priests is an emotionally-charged issue. Most states have adopted some form of civil commitment, but others have adopted the more drastic option of chemical and surgical …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
CORRECTIONS To Danny Trejo Interview in August 2011 PLN by Prison Legal News always strives to get things right. Last August, our cover story was an interview with former prisoner and famous actor Danny Trejo. The interview was conducted live, in person, and transcribed to print. Unfortunately, due to difficulties …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News In Brief: by Alaska: On June 29, 2011, a federal pretrial detainee, Sabil Mujahid, 54, was convicted of a dozen charges related to raping and threatening three other prisoners at the Anchorage Correctional Center. Mujahid was accused of preying on smaller, younger prisoners who had cognitive disabilities. He was …
The Resistable Rise and Predictable Fall of the U.S. Supermax by Stephen Eisenman Stephen F. Eisenman In a recent article entitled “The Penal State in an Age of Crisis” (Monthly Review, June 2009), Hannah Holleman, Robert W. McChesney, John Bellamy Foster, and R. Jamil Jonna sought to account for the …
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