Newsday, LLC v. Nassau County Police Dept, NY, FOIL Denial, 2023 Newsday, LLC v. Nassau County Police Department, --- N.Y.S.3d ---- (2023) 2023 N.Y. Slip Op. 06050 2023 WL 8102717 Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York. In the Matter of NEWSDAY, LLC, appellant, v. NASSAU COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT, …
News in Brief by Alabama: Three jail guards in the Yellowhammer State were hit with drug smuggling charges in August 2023 and another the month after. WAFF in Huntsville reported that Morgan County Jail guard Bobby Simmons, 19, was arrested on August 3, 2023, when he was charged with promoting …
When Prison Workers Are Exploited for Cheap Sheets by An article published in The Nation on March 10, 2023, chronicled the experience of former New York prisoner Johnny Perez. He spent over four years in a factory making hundreds of bedsheets daily, before ascending near the top of the pay …
New York Succeeds in Firing Fewer Than 10% of Guards Accused of Prisoner Abuse by A report published by The Marshall Project (TMP) on May 19, 2023, found that the disciplinary process in the New York Department of Corrections and Community Services (DOCCS) “fails to hold many guards accountable” in …
Cooper v. Clancy, NY, Verdict, Wrongful Death, 2023 Case 9:19-cv-00362-AMN-ML Document 226 Filed 11/15/23 Page 1 of 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK TRACY YVONNE COOPER, as Administrator, of the Estate of TERRY L. COOPER, JR., 9: 19-cv-362 (AMN/ML) Plaintiff, V. PATRICKM. CLANCY, STEVEN W. WOOD, …
First Report and Recommendations on 2023 Deaths in New York City Department of Correction Custody, Nov. 2023 BOARD OF CORRECTION CITY OF NEW YORK First Report and Recommendations on 2023 Deaths in New York City Department of Correction Custody1 November 9, 2023 Authored by Deputy General Counsel Melissa Cintrón Hernández, …
Estate of Lavell R. Jones v. State of New York, NY, Decision, Unjust Conviction and Imprisonment, 2023 FILED STATE OF NEW YORK COURT OF CLAIMS ESTATE OF LAVELL R. JONES, SAKINA M. MITCHELL AND TADRE R. JONES AS CO-ADMINISTRATORS, OCT 2 7 2023 STATE COURT OF CLAIMS ALBANY, N.Y. Claimant, …
Ellis v. City of Buffalo, NY, Jury Trial Transcript, Personal Injury-Motor Vehicle, 2023 STATE OF NEW YORK: SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF ERIE: PART 12 BRANDON P. ELLIS, as Guardian of the Person and Property of CHELSEA L. ELLIS, an Incapacitated Individual, JURY TRIAL Plaintiff, vs. INDEX NO. 809973/2020 CITY OF …
News in Brief by Alabama: On August 12, 2023, an Alabama jail guard was caught – in uniform – stealing Pokemon cards from a Walmart. WBMA in Birmingham reported that Josh Hardy then fled store security on foot before cops caught him in a nearby restaurant. Calhoun County Sheriff Matthew …
New York Jailhouse Lawyer Wins Resentencing, Release by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart At 28 years old, drug addicted and semi-homeless, Kelly Harnett was nobody’s idea of a model citizen. So when implicated along with boyfriend Thomas Donovan in a July 2010 murder in a public park in Queens, New …
$2,060,000 Awarded to Former New York Prisoner Left Quadriplegic After Assault by Guards by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On February 21, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered judgment in favor of a now-paroled prisoner against the state Department of Corrections and Community …
Santos v. The U.S.A., NY, Stipulation and Order of Settlement and Dismissal, Excessive Force, 2023 Case 7:21-cv-08009-PMH Document 106 Filed 10/10/23 Page 1 of 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ARFHY SANTOS, Plaintiff, -againstTHE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SPECIAL AGENT WILLIAM SHEEHAN, Individually, 21 Civ. 8009 …
New York State Police, Sgt. Eric P. Lovgren and Trooper Elias E. Strickland Letter of Censure and Notice of Suspension, 2023 PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS BUREAU PERSONNEL COMPLAINT TRACKING DCN: 2023-0020 CTV: F5664 REGIO : SRO Subject(s): Sergeant Eric Lovgren, Trooper Elias E. Strickland Investigated by: CaQtain Mark A. Nielson Staff Inspector: …
News in Brief by Alabama: According to WSFA in Montgomery, a guard at the Montgomery County Detention Center was charged on July 18, 2023, with conspiracy to provide contraband to a prisoner as well as bribing a public official. Timothy Bernard Summerlin, 33, had worked at the lockup for roughly …
LGBTQ+ Detainees at Rikers Island Suffer Under Mayor Adams by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On June 8, 2023, the New York City Council passed legislation to ensure transgender, gender-nonconforming, non-binary and intersex (TGNCNBI) detainees and prisoners at city lockups are provided with services designed to make their reentry …
New York Prison System Found Liable for Failure to Protect Prisoner from Assault by On July 19, 2022, the New York Court of Claims found the state’s Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) partially liable for failing to protect a prisoner from being assaulted by another prisoner. Jeremy Sanchez …
Second Circuit Affirms $600,000 Punitive Damage Award to New York Prisoner Brutally Beaten by Guards by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On July 18, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed an earlier ruling for the federal court for the Southern District of New York …
The Fortune Society, Inc. V. iAFFORD NY, LLC, NY, Judgment, Discrimination, 2023 Case 1:22-cv-06584-PKC-SJB Document 49 Filed 08/16/23 Page 1 of 2 PageID #: 364 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK THE FORTUNE SOCIETY, INC. Civ. Action No. 1:22-cv-06584 Plaintiff, v. Judge Pamela …
Corizon Bankruptcy Stalls Suit By Alleged Rape Victims of Rikers Island Guard by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A group of women who claimed they were raped by a physician’s assistant at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex has now been screwed two more times. First, prosecutors apparently bungled …
News in Brief by Alabama: A state Department of Corrections (DOC) guard was arrested on June 10, 2023, for allegedly smuggling drugs, including meth, to a prisoner at Kilby Correctional Facility, 1819 News reported. Charlie Townsend, 28, resigned from his position upon his arrest by the Law Enforcement Services Division. …
