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Two Illinois Jail Guards Indicted in 2011 'Take Down,' Death of Homeless Man by Joe Watson Two former Illinois jail guards who were employed by the Lake County Sheriff's Office north of Chicago were indicted October 29, 2014, on felony charges related to the death of a homeless man booked …
Oregon Prisoner Assailant Shot to Death by On August 29, 2014, an Oregon prison guard shot and killed a prisoner for the first time in at least 30 years. Jayson Matthew Withers entered Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) custody on May 13, 2010. Sentenced to eight and a half years …
Rikers Island Guards Treat Mental Illness with Violence by Matthew Clarke With around 4,000 of its 11,000 prisoners classified as mentally ill, Rikers Island jail holds more psychiatric patients than all 24 of the psychiatric hospitals in New York State combined. In 2006, prisoners with mental illness comprised about 20% …
Suit Charges Florida Detainee Died of Neglect by David Reutter The estate of a pretrial detainee who was “neglected to death” sued Florida’s Broward County Jail (BCJ) and its medical contractor, Armor Correctional Health Services (Armor). In other BCJ news, a guard was acquitted of assaulting a pretrial detainee. Upon …
Article • August 4, 2016
Law Forbidding the Shackling of Pregnant Women Fails to End Practice by David Reutter Four years after Pennsylvania passed legislation prohibiting the shackling of pregnant prisoners after their second trimester, the law is frequently disobeyed. As a result, many prisoners are enduring “barbaric” shackling while in labor.                 PLN previously …
Publication • August 3, 2016
Filed under: Stun Guns/Tasers
The Health Effects of Conducted Energy Weapons, Canadian Academies Expert Panel Report, 2013 THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF CONDUCTED ENERGY WEAPONS The Expert Panel on the Medical and Physiological Impacts of Conducted Energy Weapons THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF CONDUCTED ENERGY WEAPONS The Expert Panel on the Medical and Physiological Impacts of …
Los Angeles County Undersheriff Convicted on Federal Obstruction, Conspiracy Charges by Christopher Zoukis Paul K. Tanaka, 57, the former second-in-command of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) and the elected mayor of Gardena, California, was found guilty on federal charges of obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice …
Restraint Chair Deaths, Abuses Prompt Questions, Criticism and Lawsuits by Joe Watson Like another jail detainee more than seven years before him, Joshua Grose died while strapped into a restraint chair at the York County Detention Center in South Carolina. In the early morning hours of October 12, 2013, following …
Oklahoma Jail Detainee Handcuffed, Pepper-sprayed and Choked to Death by Caddo County District Attorney Jason Hicks cited his interpretation of the state’s open records law as justification for withholding reports and video footage documenting the death of Darius Robinson at the county lockup in the rural town of Anadarko, Oklahoma. …
Denver Settles Suit over Sanctioned Assaults of Prisoner for $3.5 Million by On July 24, 2014, the City and County of Denver, Colorado signed off on a $3.5 million settlement of a federal civil rights lawsuit brought by a prisoner who was allegedly beaten and scalded with steaming water by …
Article • August 1, 2016
California Police Pay $4.7 Million in Shooting of Unarmed Men: Refuse to Release Video by The City of Gardena, California, paid $4.7 million to settle a lawsuit involving the shooting death and wounding of two unarmed men.  The case illustrates problems with the failure of police to release video evidence …
Article • August 1, 2016
California City Settles Fatal Police Shooting Suit for $2.2 Million by On April 7, 2014, the City of Manteca, California settled a lawsuit over an allegedly unjustified fatal police shooting for $2.2 million. Parolee Ernesto Duenez, Jr., 35, was sitting in a pickup truck along with his friend, Rudy Camarena …
BOP Over-detention of Prisoner Nets $35,000 Settlement by The federal Bureau of Prisons paid $35,000 to settle a claim alleging it over-detained a prisoner by 154 days. Lester Coleman was due to be released on July 5, 2000, but he was not released until December 7, 2000.  His complaint stated …
Publication • August 1, 2016
Filed under: Excessive Force, Restraints
Investigation of Restraint Device Use in Iowa’s County Jails, Iowa Citizens’ Aide, 2009 Investigation of Restraint Device Use in Iowa’s County Jails Appanoose County Jail Jefferson County Jail Polk County Jail Wapello County Jail Woodbury County Jail Iowa Citizens’ Aide/Ombudsman William P. Angrick II Issued: November 5, 2008 Released: February …
Publication • August 1, 2016
ACLU National Prison Project - U.S. Cases Citing U.N. Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules), 2016 U.S. Cases Citing U.N. Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules) David C. Fathi ACLU National Prison Project 915 15th St. N.W., 7th …
Article • July 29, 2016
Award of Nominal Damages Negates Attorney Fee Awards by The Eleventh Circuit Court of appeals held that, under the circumstances before it, the award of attorney fees is improper to a party awarded only a nominal damage award. This was the fifth time this case was before the court.  At …
$5.5 Million Dollar Award for Estate of Unarmed Ohio Man Killed by Police by On Ohio federal jury awarded $5.5 million against an off-duty Cleveland police officer who shot and killed an unarmed man. The suit concerns the March 10, 2012, death of 20 year old Kenneth C. Smith.  He …
Brothers Win Further Proceedings in Police Excessive Force Claim by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held on Ohio Federal District Court erred in finding a plaintiff voluntarily assented to a Release-dismissal Agreement that barred a lawsuit against defendants for excessive force.  The Court further held it was improper to …
Article • July 29, 2016
$662,500 Award for VA Man subject to Illegal Home Search and Tasing by A Virginia federal jury awarded $62,000 to a man in a claim police officers illegally entered his home and tased him. Marcus Mial called police in 2010 after his wife grabbed a knife and threatened to harm …
Publication • July 29, 2016
Independent Review of the Officer Involved Shooting of May 11, 2009, Keypoint, 2009 REPORT ON THE INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING OF MAY 11, 2009 Prepared for Office of the Police Monitor for the City of Austin PREPARED BY: KeyPoint Government Solutions The Chrysler Building | 405 Lexington …
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