New Indianapolis Jail Will Not be Run by a Private Prison Company, but is Being Built on Contaminated Land by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss The Indianapolis City-County Council has approved a proposal to enter into a 40-year lease to build a new 3,000-bed criminal justice center in …
Bell v. Sheriff of Henry County, et al., IN, order, class action, jail overcrowding, 2019 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION ADAM BELL, Plaintiff, v. SHERIFF OF HENRY COUNTY, et al. Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. 1:19-cv-00557-SEB-MJD Order Granting Motion …
Settlement Reached over Visitation, Communication with Prisoners’ Children at Indiana Jail by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer A class-action lawsuit, filed in federal court in 2016 against Allen County, Indiana Sheriff David Gladieux by plaintiffs Ronald Ward and Samuel Chinnis, claimed that prisoners at the county jail “have been and …
Figgs v. Geo Group Inc, IN, Motion, Labor Trafficking, 2019 Case 1:18-cv-00089-TWP-MPB Document 31 Filed 03/29/19 Page 1 of 23 PageID #: 244 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION DAMARCUS FIGGS individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, and DAVID CORBIN individually and on …
Indiana Prisoners Win Partial Summary Judgment in Jail Conditions Case by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon The Vigo County jail in Terre Haute, Indiana has a well-documented history of constitutional violations. In 2002, the county entered into a consent decree to cap the jail’s population at no more than 268 …
Perry v. Littlejohn, IN, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2019 I ·-· -: I 02/08/19 Page 1 of 14 PageID #: 98 Case 1:18-cv-02437-JPH-MJD Document 29 Filed : SCANNED at WVCF and Emailed on l , s..r ~ (num) IV pages. /),,f!✓ /lby i L___ (date) - _ (inltlals) AfrE.NDEO, COrJPLAIWT …
Federal Judge Orders Prison Doctor to Face Deliberate Indifference Claims by Chad Marks by Chad Marks A federal judge in Indiana ruled on June 12, 2018 that prison doctor Paul Talbot must answer a complaint filed by state prisoner Billy J. Lemond. Lemond was incarcerated at the Pendleton Correctional Facility …
Indiana Prisoner Obtains $85,000 Settlement After Being Beaten and Tased by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Brandon Garwood was incarcerated at a jail in Cass County, Indiana in October 2015. He was being held on a charge of endangering another person while driving drunk. On October 2, 2015, video cameras …
Seventh Circuit Reversal: Guards Immune from Prosecution in Wrongful Death Claim by Kevin Bliss Daniel Martin was booked into the Clay County, Indiana, jail on December 13, 2013, for drunk diving. His intake was performed by officers Landon Herbert and Zachary Overton. The two logged a 0.16 percent blood-alcohol content …
Jefferson v. Gladieux, IN, Class Action Complaint, Medical Treatment, 2018 Filed: 11/9/2018 9:50 AM Clerk Allen County, Indiana MC 02D09-1811-CT-000679 Allen Superior Court 9 STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF ALLEN ) ) SS: ) DORRION JEFFERSON, Plaintiff, v. ALLEN COUNTY SHERIFF DAVID J. GLADIEUX, in his official capacity, in his …
Class-Action Status Granted in Civil Rights Suit Over Disenfranchised Indiana Jail Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 17, 2018, a federal district court certified a class of Allen County, Indiana jail prisoners who were denied their right to vote in the November 2016 general election. Ian Barnhart …
Sweeney v. Indiana DOC, IN, Order for Preliminary Injunction, Prisoners' Right to Mail, 2018 Case 1:17-cv-03550-WTL-MPB Document 72 Filed 09/24/18 Page 1 of 7 PagelD # : 702 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION CHARLES SWEENEY and ANTHONY DELAROSA, on their own behalf and on behalf …
Prison Grievance Coordinator’s Responses Rendered Administrative Remedies Unavailable by David Reutter by David Reutter The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that an Indiana federal district court erred in dismissing a prisoner’s civil rights action for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. The Court held the record indicated the prisoner was …
Lake County, Indiana Establishes $8.2 Million Bond to Settle Jail Lawsuits by by Ed Lyon On March 25, 2015, Gregory Smith, 39, was arrested in Hobart, Indiana for driving five miles an hour over the speed limit. He was transferred to the Crown Point police, then booked into the Lake …
Robb et al. v. Loop et al., IN, Settlement, Inmate Death, 2018 Filed: 817/2018 12:31 PM Floyd County Circuit Court Floyd County, Indiana RELEASE This Release is made and entered into as of and on the last date set forth herein by MARK J. ROBB, as Administrator of the ESTATE …
Indiana DOC Settles Prisoner’s Retaliation Suit for $80,000 by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke In August 2017, the Indiana Department of Correction (DOC) agreed to settle a prisoner’s conditions of confinement lawsuit after he alleged DOC officials had retaliated against him for filing the complaint. Robert L. Holleman, an Indiana …
Growing Number of Local Jurisdictions Reject Correctional Privatization by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin On May 8, 2018, the City Council in Tucson, Arizona passed a historic resolution by unanimous vote that prohibits “contracting with private, for-profit prison companies like GEO Group or CoreCivic (formerly CCA) for jail operations.” City …
Dowell v. Cook, IN, Complaint, Medical Accommodations, 2018 Filed: 7/13/2018 10:28 AM Clerk Allen County, Indiana NF STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF ALLEN ) ) SS: ) IN THE ALLEN SUPERIOR COURT CASE NO. 02D03-1708-CT-000473 TERRY RAY DOWELL, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ) v. ) ALAN COOK, DAVID GLADIEUX, …
