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Powell v. Barnes, WA, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2017
Brief • June 14, 2017
Filed under: Mental Health, Failure to Protect (Staff)
Powell v. Barnes, WA, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2017 RELEASE (TORT) FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of the sum of ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($1,500,000.00), the Estate of Gordon "Casey" Powell, by and through its personal representative Stephanie Powell Leisure, and Gordon Clay Powell, Sr., or other …
Cobb v. Fitch, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2017
Brief • June 14, 2017
Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Medication, Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat, Inadequate Health Care Facilities
Cobb v. Fitch, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2017 Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release This Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release ("Release") is made by and among Plaintiff Murry L. Cobb ("Cobb" or "Plaintiff') and named Defendants Scoti Fitch, Deputy Chief Theodore Uchiek (together, "Defendants,") and, in addition, the named Defendants current …
Galvez v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Settlement Agreement, Failure to Protect, 2017
Brief • June 14, 2017
Filed under: Failure to Protect (General)
Galvez v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Settlement Agreement, Failure to Protect, 2017 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release (''Settlement Agreement") is made by and between Plaintiff, Angel Galvez, ("Plaintiff'), and Defendants, County of Los Angeles ("County"), Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department, Deputy Randy Johnson and its/their …
ACLU - $elling Off Our Freedom, 2017
Publication • June 14, 2017
Filed under: Lobbying, Bail, Bail Bonds
ACLU - $elling Off Our Freedom, 2017 MAY 2017 $ELLING OFF OUR FREEDOM How insurance corporations have taken over our bail system CONTENTS Color Of Change and ACLU’s Campaign for Smart Justice would like to acknowledge: Katie Unger, who spearheaded the research and analysis for this report. Thanks to the …
Drouin v. Contra Costa County, CA, Settlement, Medical Neglect - Disabled Inmate, 2017
Brief • June 12, 2017
Filed under: Disabled Prisoners, Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Protect (General), Negligence/Reckless Endangerment
Drouin v. Contra Costa County, CA, Settlement, Medical Neglect - Disabled Inmate, 2017 FULL AND FINAL RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT This Full and Final Release and Settlement Agreement ("Agreement") is entered into as of the date it is fully executed by the parties hereto, as defined below, and is made …
Affluenza Epidemic Rampant in Our Nation’s Criminal Justice System
Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017
Filed under: Discrimination, Bail, Alternative Sentencing, Money/Property, Drug Treatment/Rehab
Affluenza Epidemic Rampant in Our Nation’s Criminal Justice System by Gary Hunter by Gary Hunter Af-flu-en-za /n. <L. affluentia, see AFFLUENCE + <LL. Influens, see INFLUENCE/: an acute and infectious disease caused by greed and favoritism in the judicial system and characterized by preferential treatment and lenient sentences for wealthy …
Utah Attorney Plans Wrongful Death Suit Against County Jail
Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017
Filed under: Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Utah Attorney Plans Wrongful Death Suit Against County Jail by Attorney Michael Studebaker announced on February 17, 2017 that he planned to file a lawsuit on behalf of the family of Marion Herrera, a 40-year-old Ogden woman who died after 3½ days in custody at a jail in Weber County, …
Double Blind: Preventing Eyewitness Error
Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017
Filed under: Statistics/Trends, Trials, Wrongful Conviction
Double Blind: Preventing Eyewitness Error by Christopher Moraff by Christopher Moraff, The Crime Report On the evening of November 20, 1998, two teenaged girls left a Rite Aid in East Baltimore and were accosted by a knife-wielding man demanding money. During the confrontation, a 16-year-old named Toni Bullock was dragged into …
Arkansas Attorney Sues to Gain Access to Incarcerated Client
Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017
Filed under: Medical, Attorney Visits
Arkansas Attorney Sues to Gain Access to Incarcerated Client by A lawyer in Little Rock, Arkansas was forced to file a lawsuit to gain access to his client in a criminal case. Attorney Patrick Benca, who represented Antoine Ramon Jackson on a capital murder charge, filed the six-page suit on …
Major Measles Outbreak at Detention Center in Arizona
Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Contagious Disease -- Misc., Immigration
Major Measles Outbreak at Detention Center in Arizona by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis An infectious outbreak at an immigration detention facility in Pinal County, Arizona operated by CoreCivic (formerly known as CCA) resulted in over 20 people contracting measles. The outbreak was discovered in May 2016 when one detainee …
New Mexico State Court Orders Disclosure of Corizon’s Litigation Records
Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017
Filed under: Corizon, Freedom of Information Act
New Mexico State Court Orders Disclosure of Corizon’s Litigation Records by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna New Mexico District Court Judge Raymond Z. Ortiz ruled in August 2016 that Corizon Health, a for-profit medical services provider, must release its settlement agreements in lawsuits filed against the company by New Mexico …
University of Texas Researcher Makes Data on In-custody Deaths Comprehensible
Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017
Filed under: Databases, Wrongful Death
University of Texas Researcher Makes Data on In-custody Deaths Comprehensible by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke All law enforcement agencies, jails and prisons in Texas are required by state law to report in-custody deaths, but the raw statistics are not easily understood. That shortcoming prompted University of Texas Institute for …
Chief Federal Judge in D.C. Resigns after Lawsuit Accuses Him of Rape
Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017
Filed under: Sexual Assault by Judges, Judicial Misconduct
Chief Federal Judge in D.C. Resigns after Lawsuit Accuses Him of Rape by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Richard Roberts, 63, unexpectedly stepped down on March 16, 2016. Although the official reason for his departure was listed …
Michigan Prisoner’s Suicide Under Investigation; Lawsuit Filed
Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Medication, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Suicides
Michigan Prisoner’s Suicide Under Investigation; Lawsuit Filed by David Reutter by David Reutter A Michigan prison guard has been criminally charged following an investigation into her role in a prisoner’s suicide – an investigation that also resulted in a federal lawsuit and an admission of misconduct from the Michigan Department …
Private Prisons in Oklahoma Prove Costly
Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017
Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Cost of Prison Systems
Private Prisons in Oklahoma Prove Costly by Private prisons cost the state of Oklahoma $92.7 million in 2015 alone, and almost $1 billion since 2004. With its prison system currently operating at 122 percent of capacity, the Oklahoma Board of Corrections (OBOC) will need even more private prison bed space, …
Seventh Circuit Affirms Award of $1.00 in Excessive Force Case
Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017
Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Damages
Seventh Circuit Affirms Award of $1.00 in Excessive Force Case by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an award of $1.00 in a case where a jury found a prison guard had used excessive force. The plaintiff, Sammy J. Moore, an Illinois state prisoner, …
Texas Leads the Nation in Exonerations, Costing More than $93 Million
Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017
Filed under: Statistics/Trends, Cost of Prison Systems, Wrongful Conviction
Texas Leads the Nation in Exonerations, Costing More than $93 Million by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis On March 13, 1997, 41-year-old Dahn Clary, Jr. of Texarkana, Texas was arrested and charged with the aggravated sexual assault of his best friend’s 11-year-old son. The boy told his father and police …
ICE Settles Suit Filed by Immigration Detainees, Pays $405,000 in Attorney Fees
Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017
Filed under: Appointment of Counsel, Immigration, Attorney Calls
ICE Settles Suit Filed by Immigration Detainees, Pays $405,000 in Attorney Fees by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Immigration and Customs (ICE) officials in northern California agreed to settle a three-year-old federal class-action lawsuit that focused on ICE policies which unnecessarily restricted the ability of immigration detainees to communicate with …
Three Murders in Alabama Prisons in Ten Days; State Senate Passes Reform Bill
Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017
Filed under: Prison Reform, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death)
Three Murders in Alabama Prisons in Ten Days; State Senate Passes Reform Bill by Alabama state prisons tallied a deadly streak of three unrelated homicides within the 10-day period between February 16 and 26, 2017. Two stabbing deaths were reported at the Elmore Correctional Facility; the third death occurred after …
Perfect Storm of Overcrowding, Violence and Staff Shortages in Tennessee Prisons
Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017
Filed under: Overcrowding, Staffing
Perfect Storm of Overcrowding, Violence and Staff Shortages in Tennessee Prisons by David Reutter by David Reutter An increasing prison population within the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC), combined with staff shortages, created a perfect storm that spawned high levels of violence in the state’s prison system. The TDOC has …
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