Silence: The Bureau of Prisons’ Pathetic Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The silence is deafening. Over a week in mid-May, Prison Legal News tried to contact public information officers at seven federal prisons seeking an answer to a straightforward question: What are you doing …
Human Rights Defense Center v. Ballard, KY, order granting fees and costs, censorship, 2020 Case: 3:17-cv-00057-GFVT-EBA Doc #: 77 Filed: 05/15/20 Page: 1 of 11 - Page ID#: 537 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY CENTRAL DIVISION FRANKFORT ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Undisclosed Settlement in Kentucky Case a Textbook Case of Negligent Privatized Prison Medical Care by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The provision of medical care is an expensive proposition regardless of whether a citizen or prisoner is in need of care. Tight budgets have pushed many jails and prisons …
Kentucky Governor’s Executive Order Restores Voting Rights for Felons by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear issued an executive order that restored the voting rights of over 140,000 convicted felons. The order was signed just days after Beshear was sworn in in December 2019, and it …
Anderson v. City of Fulton, Kentucky, KY, Motion, Excessive Force Police Shooting, 2020 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY PADUCAH DIVISION [Filed Electronically] BOB ANDERSON, Administrator of the Estate of Charles Christopher McClure, Deceased, and Next Friend of S.M., B.M., and C.M., Minor Daughters of McClure, PLAINTIFF v. …
Exonerated Kentucky Man’s High Bail Prevented His Release for Six Years by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter After nearly six years of languishing in jail because he could not afford a quarter-million dollar bond, a jury in Jefferson County, Kentucky acquitted Eugene “Red” Mitchell. The jury’s September 18, …
Prisoners Suffer and Die as Kentucky Overcrowds County Jails by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter In October 2019, the Kentucky Department of Corrections (KDOC) announced plans to lease a privately-owned prison in Floyd County that has sat idle since 2012. State Justice Secretary John Tilley, who oversees the …
Kentucky Jail Rents Texting Devices to Prisoners by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer The Noble County jail in Albion, Kentucky has found a new way to make money – by renting texting devices to prisoners. For $4.00 a month plus $0.10 per text, prisoners can send and receive monitored messages. …
KY DOC Inmate Access to Telephones 2013 501 KAR 6:020 Policy Number KENTUCKY CORRECTIONS Policies and Procedures Total Pages 16.3 Date Filed Effective Date October 12, 2012 Authority/References February 1, 2013 Subject ACA Standard 4-4497 4-4497-1, 4-4275, 2-CO-5D-01 KRS 196.035, 197.020 CPP 15.2 I. 2 INMATE ACCESS TO TELEPHONES DEFINITIONS …
Kentucky Corrections, Parole Officials Fired by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Rodney Ballard served as commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Corrections (DOC) from March 2016 to May 2017. He then abruptly left that job with a $100,000-plus annual salary for the private sector, and was replaced by deputy commissioner …
HRDC v. Ballard, KY, Settlement (Damages), Censorship, 2019 Case: 3:17-cv-00057-GFVT-EBA Doc #: 62-1 Filed: 07/15/19 Page: 1 of 6 - Page ID#: 323 IN THE MATTER OF: Human Rights Defense Center v. Ballard, eta!. Case No. 3:17-cv-00057-GFVT U.S. DISTRICT COURT, EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT OF DAMAGES CLAIM THIS …
Human Rights Defense Center v. Ballard, KY, settlement agreement, censorship, 2017 Case: 3:17-cv-00057-GFVT-EBA Doc #: 62-1 Filed: 07/15/19 Page: 1 of 6 - Page ID#: 323 IN THE MATTER OF: Human Rights Defense Center v. Ballard, eta!. Case No. 3:17-cv-00057-GFVT U.S. DISTRICT COURT, EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT OF …
Interim Attorney Fees Awarded in Kentucky Good Time Lawsuit by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter In December 2018, a Kentucky federal district court awarded interim attorney fees and costs totaling $228,445.08 in a class-action lawsuit alleging state prisoners were denied Educational Good Time (EGT) credit earned since July …
Kentucky police officer decertifications Last Name First Name Kentucky Revocation Report January 2004 to 7-6-17 Date of Reason for Last Agency Employed Detail Revocation Revocation stole approximately 85 firearms McKinney Brian Madisonville Police Department 5/12/2010 Felony Conviction Brown Mark Princeton Police Department 11/1/2006 Felony Conviction Gilkey Smith James Eric Kentucky …
Kentucky Prison Guards Settle Sexual Harassment Suit for $1.5 Million by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A $1.5 million settlement was reached in a lawsuit alleging a male sergeant at Kentucky’s Little Sandy Correctional Complex (LSCC) sexually harassed four female guards. The settlement ended an appeal that followed …
Love v. Franklin County, KY, Opinion and Order, Deliberate Indifference, 2019 Case: 3:18-cv-00023-GFVT Doc #: 16 Filed: 03/27/19 Page: 1 of 16 - Page ID#: 172 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY CENTRAL DIVISION FRANKFORT KELSEY LOVE, Plaintiff, V. FRANKLIN COUNTY, KENTUCKY, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) …
Human Rights Defense Center v. Ballard, KY, order approving injunctive settlement, censorship, 2019 Case: 3:17-cv-00057-GFVT-EBA Doc #: 51 Filed: 03/26/19 Page: 1 of 2 - Page ID#: 297 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY CENTRAL DIVISION FRANKFORT HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, V. RODNEY BALLARD, et al., Defendants. …
Kentucky Jailer Gets New Trial in Beating of Pretrial Detainee by In a December 12, 2018 ruling, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a new trial for a former guard at the Kentucky River Regional Jail. The appellate court found the admission into evidence of the guard’s prior beating …
HRDC v. Ballard, KY, Settlement, Censorship, 2018 Case: 3:17-cv-00057-GFVT-EBA Doc #: 50-1 Filed: 01/28/19 Page: 1 of 6 - Page ID#: 289 IN THE MATTER OF: Human Rights Defense Center v. Ballard, eta!. Case No. 3:17-cv-00057-GFVT U.S. DISTRICT COURT, EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT OF INJUNCTIVE CLAIMS THIS SETTLEMENT …
