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Article • May 15, 2010
Sacramento County Agrees to Pay $25,000 after Jail Failed to Give Prisoner Immunosuppressant Medication by On January 14, 2005, the County of Sacramento agreed to settle a suit for $25,000 for alleged negligence by Sacramento County Main Jail (SCMJ) staff in providing a prisoner with her medication. Prior to Tabitha …
First Circuit Upholds Prison Regulation Banning Sexually Explicit Materials by The First Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a district court’s grant of summary judgment to prison officials, which upheld a prison regulation banning prisoners’ receipt of publications that feature “nudity” or are “sexually explicit” and the display of “semi-nude, …
Kansas DOC Ban on Bare Buttocks Magazines Questioned by A Kansas federal district court granted prison officials summary judgment on a procedural due process claim and ordered further discovery in a civil rights action alleging First Amendment violation for banning publications that depict bare buttocks. In granting prison officials partial …
Washington State Settles DOC Disability Accommodation Suit for $30,000 by On January 24, 2008, the State of Washington settled a suit over lack of disability accommodation at the Department of Corrections (DOC) for $30,000. Carolea Mathison, a DOC guard with astigmatism, was assigned to the information desk. The DOC was …
Washington State Settles DOC Slip-and-Fall Claim for $20,000 by On July 7, 2007, the State of Washington settled for $20,000 a tort claim filed by woman who was injured by a fall at a Department of Corrections office in Kennewick. The woman was a health care provider earning $829.00 a …
Washington State Settles Excessive Force/Injury Suit for $2,000 by On October 30, 2008, the State of Washington settled for $2,000 the federal suit of a prisoner injured by a guard's alleged excessive use of force. Larry Gene Heggem, a Washington state prisoner, was confined in segregation when he was allegedly …
Washington State Settles Prisoner's Premises Defect Suit for $5,000 by On June 29, 2007, the State of Washington settled for $5,000 a lawsuit brought by a prisoner who had been injured due to a premises defect at a state prison kitchen. Louis R. Pace was a Washington State prisoner incarcerated …
Article • May 15, 2010
Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $8,685.60 to Prisoner Hurt in Van Accident by The State of Washington has agreed to pay $8,685.60 to a prisoner who was injured during a car accident while on work release. On May 29, 2007, Tracy Sehmel was injured when a Department of Corrections employee …
Pierce County, Washington Pays $2,500 Settlement for Violation of Civil Rights and Missing Vehicle by Washington State’s Pierce County paid $2,500 to settle a claim for violation of civil rights and misplacing a vehicle. For no apparent reason, Officer J. Billings of the Steilacoom Police department activated his emergency police …
Article • May 15, 2010
District of Columbia Pays $6,000 for Breach of Duty of Care by On May 12, 2003, District of Columbia (D.C.) DOC prisoner Jeremiah Lester accepted a $6,000 settlement from District officials for injuries he suffered during a brutal attack that occurred in May 1999 at the Youth Center One facility …
Article • May 15, 2010
District of Columbia to Pay $5,000 for Breach of Duty of Care by On October 2, 2000, a District of Columbia (D.C.) prisoner, Antonio Avery, accepted a $5,000 settlement for injuries he suffered during an attack on him by two other prisoners at Central Facility in Lorton, Virginia on June …
Article • May 15, 2010
$1,000 Claim Settlement for Washington State Prisoner Injured in Fall by On September 13, 2007, Washington State settled for $1,000 a tort claim brought by a state prisoner who slipped and fell in a prison kitchen. Michael Laursen, a Washington State prisoner, was working in the dishwashing area of the …
Article • May 15, 2010
Washington State Pays Employee $1,152.99 for Damage to Car by On May 9, 2007, Washington State paid $1,152 to a Department of Corrections (DOC) employee whose car was .damaged as she pulled out of an employee parking space. Elain Harmon, a DOC employee, was pulling out of a parking space …
Appalling Prison and Jail Food Leaves Prisoners Hungry for Justice by David Reutter by David M. Reutter, Gary Hunter & Brandon Sample Prison food. The very words conjure images of unidentifiable mystery meat, chili-mac, watery oatmeal and creamed chipped beef – the latter being commonly, though not very appetizingly, known …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
From the Editor by Paul Wright This is the first issue of PLN published from our new office location in Vermont. On March 16 a shipping truck arrived in Brattleboro with the bulk of our office on it. Thanks to volunteers Samual Schwartzkopf, Sam Phillips, Zach Phillips, Dan and Elizabeth …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Texas Tech and TDCJ Settle Prisoner Suicide Suit for $85,000 by On April 2, 2009, Texas Tech University Health Science Center (TTUHSC) and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) settled for $85,000 a lawsuit involving a prisoner who committed suicide at the Clements Unit. Theodore Schmerber was a Texas …
Sex Addicted Ohio Sheriff’s Jail Supervisor Receives $1,000 Following Termination by Ohio’s Warren County Sheriff’s Office has agreed to pay $1,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a former jail supervisor who was fired for viewing pornography and masturbating at work. A 2006 investigation of former Lieutenant Shaun Wells resulted …
Dying in Cell 40: Vermont’s Flawed Contract and Prison Health Service’s Drive for Profit Lead to Prisoner’s Death by Terry J. Allen Ashley Ellis’ misdemeanor arrest turned into a death sentence. Her crime was careless and negligent operation of a motor vehicle. On Aug. 16, 2009, less than two days …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Georgia Grand Jury Critical of Ticket-Fixing Scam by A Grand Jury in Georgia’s DeKalb County found that the County Recorder’s Court suffered from “a leadership competency issue.” The Grand Jury’s review of the court followed a scandal that cost the county millions of dollars plus the court’s credibility and reputation. …
California AG’s Spokesman Resigns After Caught Taping Phone Conversations by Michael Brodheim Just days after being accused of violating state law by secretly recording telephone conversations with reporters, Scott Gerber resigned from his position as communications director for California Attorney General Jerry Brown. In a move fit for airing on …
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