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Exonerated Kentucky Man’s High Bail Prevented His Release for Six Years

Article • February 5, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020

Filed under: Release and Reentry, Bail, Bail Bonds

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

Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020

Filed under: Overcrowding

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

Article • August 7, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019

Filed under: Prisoner Privileges, Computers

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

Kickback publication • August 7, 2019

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

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

Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019

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

Filing • July 15, 2019

Filed under: Publications/Books, Censorship

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

Brief • July 15, 2019

Filed under: Reading Materials, Publications/Books, First Amendment, HRDC Publications, First Amendment, rights, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, Fourth Amendment

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

Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019

Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards, Education

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

Publication • 2019

Filed under: Police Misconduct

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

Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019

Filed under: Sexual Harassment, Staff-Staff Harassment, Settlements

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

Brief • March 27, 2019

Filed under: Gender Discrimination -- Women, Systemic Medical Neglect, Supervisory Liability, Failure to Train/Supervise, Deliberate Indifference

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

Brief • March 26, 2019

Filed under: Access to Media, Censorship, First Amendment, HRDC Publications, First Amendment, rights, Fourteenth Amendment, rights

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. …

Burke v. CorrectCare-Integrated Health, KY, Settlement, Inmate Starved to Death, 2019

Brief • March 8, 2019

Filed under: Failure to Treat, Failure to Protect (General), Eighth Amendment, Wrongful Death, Mental Health

Burke v. CorrectCare-Integrated Health, KY, Settlement, Inmate Starved to Death, 2019

Kentucky Jailer Gets New Trial in Beating of Pretrial Detainee

Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings

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

Filing • January 28, 2019

Filed under: Publications/Books, Censorship

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 …

Human Rights Defense Center v. Ballard, KY, settlement agreement injunctive, censorship, 2019

Brief • January 28, 2019

Filed under: First Amendment, HRDC Publications, First Amendment, rights, Fourteenth Amendment, rights

Human Rights Defense Center v. Ballard, KY, settlement agreement injunctive, censorship, 2019 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 …

Prisoners File Environmental Lawsuit Against Proposed Federal Prison in Kentucky

Article • January 8, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019

Filed under: Environmental Law

Prisoners File Environmental Lawsuit Against Proposed Federal Prison in Kentucky by Panagioti Tsolkas by Panagioti Tsolkas More than three years after a controversial environmental review process for a new federal prison, conducted by the federal Bureau of Prisons and its consulting firm Cardno, attorneys filed suit in November 2018 on …

KY DOC - Evercom performance bond 2006

Kickback publication • December 6, 2018

Filed under: Telephones

KY DOC - Evercom performance bond 2006

KY DOC - Evercom performance bond 2018

Kickback publication • December 6, 2018

Filed under: Telephones

KY DOC - Evercom performance bond 2018

KY DOC - Evercom contract extension 2019

Kickback publication • December 6, 2018

Filed under: Telephones

KY DOC - Evercom contract extension 2019 Doc ID No: MA 758 M-05332599 Page: 1 of 5 version 20 Commonwealth of Kentucky MASTER AGREEMENT MODIFICATION Inmate Telephone Service Doc Description: Doc ID No: MA 758 M-05332599 20 Procurement Type: Standard Services 06/01/2006 Effective Date: Issued By: SUSAN NOLAND Telephone: IMPORTANT …