News in Brief by Alabama: A detainee assaulted aguard at the Calhoun County Jail on August 6, 2022, the Anniston Star reported. Sheriff Matthew Wade blamed an ongoing staffing shortage, which has typically left three guards on duty to supervise 300 detainees. One of them, Jacob Hammett, was out of …
Office of the Washington State Auditor-Whistleblower Investigation Report-Nov. 2022 Whistleblower Investigation Report Department of Corrections Published November 17, 2022 Report No. 1031424 Find out what’s new at SAO by scanning this code with your smartphone’s camera Office of the Washington State Auditor Pat McCarthy November 17, 2022 Cheryl Strange, Secretary …
Washington DOC Fined $84,000 for Health Code Violations Found After TB Outbreak by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On September 9, 2022, the Washington Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) levied an $84,000 fine against the state Department of Corrections (DOC) for safety violations at a state prison that was …
Tapa v. Naphcare, WA, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2022 HONORABLE TANA LIN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF KING 8 JAVIER TAPIA, NO. 2:22-cv-01141-TL 10 Plaintiff, SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT 11 v. JURY DEMANDED 12 NAPHCARE, …
$3.75 Million Settlement for Estate of Washington Prisoner Who Died From Untreated Breast Cancer by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On February 17, 2022, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) stipulated to a $3.75 million judgment in state court to settle all claims — including costs and attorney’s fees …
$1.4 Million Paid by King County, Washington to Settle Juvenile Solitary Confinement Class Action by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On January 18, 2022, the federal court for the Western District of Washington approved a class-action settlement awarding 76 juvenile offenders a total of $1,357,665, or $500 a day for …
Washington DOC Ends Use of Solitary Confinement (Sort of) by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On September 16, 2021, headlines trumpeted the end of solitary confinement in Washington state prisons, even quoting Gov. Jay Inslee (D) to call it “the right thing to do.” So come March 2022, why was …
$805,000 Paid by Washington to Former Detainees at Juvenile Camp, But Sex Abuse Charges Dropped against Counselor by Between May and July 2021, the state of Washington paid a total of $805,000 to settle a quartet of sexual abuse claims brought by former detainees at the state’s Naselle Youth Camp. …
Tremaine v. USCBP, WA, Settlement, Denial of Records, 2022 1 Chief District Judge Ricardo S. Martinez 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 8 9 10 11 12 DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP, Plaintiff, v. CASE NO. 2:19-cv-334-RSM SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT UNITED STATES …
Rogers v. DCYF, WA, Settlement, Strip Search, 2022 1 2 3 4 5 The Honorable RICHARD A. JONES U.S. Magistrate Judge MICHELLE L. PETERSON 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 8 9 MICHAEL ROGERS, et. al., 10 11 12 CASE NO. 3:21-cv-05248-RAJ-MLP Plaintiffs, vs. …
News in Brief by Alabama: A former Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) guard was indicted on April 22, 2022, for assaulting three prisoners and then filing a false report to cover it up, the Associated Press reported. The guard, Lorenzo Mills, 55, was charged with beating three male prisoners with a wooden baton at Draper Correctional …
Washington Pays $3.25 Million for Negligent Medical Care Causing Preventable Prisoner Death by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On July 6, 2021, a Washington state court disbursed $3.25 million paid by state officials to settle a lawsuit filed by the estate of a prisoner who died of a treatable condition …
Washington Pays $3 Million to Murdered Prisoner’s Family After Overriding Single-Cell Recommendation for Violent Cellmate by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On November 19, 2021, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $3 million to a murdered prisoner’s family for overriding recommendations to house his violent cellmate in …
Spring COVID-19 Outbreak Sickens Hundreds at Washington State Prisons by Brooke Kaufman By Brooke Kaufman In early April 2022, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) reported the largest COVID-19 outbreak seen in its prisons since the pandemic began over two years earlier. At Coyote Ridge Corrections Center in Connell, 20% of its 1,800 prisoners …
Conditions at the NWDC- Reporting of Sexual Abuse and Assault, 2022 Conditions at the NWDC: Reporting of Sexual Abuse and Assault Photo courtesy La Resistencia MAY 16, 2022 This report is part of a series regarding Human Rights Conditions at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, based on ongoing …
Washington State Supreme Court Holds that Denying Wheelchair-Bound Prisoner Access to Water and Toilet Facilities Violates State Constitution by Douglas Ankney by Doug Ankney In an opinion issued on October 7, 2021, the Supreme Court of Washington ruled that holding wheelchair-bound prisoner Robert Rufus Williams in a cell that lacked …
News in Brief by Alabama: A state Department of Corrections (DOC) guard in Birmingham was arrested on March 9, 2022, for allegedly beating a prisoner to death, according to the Alabama Political Reporter. As PLN previously reported, prison officials at first insisted no foul play was suspected in the death of Victor …
$14.3 Million in Costs, Attorney Fees and Interest Awarded Against GEO Group in Suits for Not Paying Minimum Wage to Immigrant Detainee Workers in Washington by Matthew Clarke Brings total the firm is ordered to pay to $37.6 million by Matt Clarke On December 14, 2021, a Washington federal court …
Meagher v. King County, WA, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2022 Case 2:19-cv-00259-JLR Document 119 Filed 03/29/22 Page 1 of 5 1 Honorable James L. Robart 2 3 4 5 6 7 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 8 9 10 11 12 …
