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Brief • May 6, 2024
Filed under: Excessive Force, Restraints
USA v. Hill, GA, Opinion, Excessive Force, 2024 Case 1:24-cv-01945-ELR Document 1-4 Filed 05/03/24 Page 1 of 56 USCA11 Case: 23-10934 Document: 60-1 Date Filed: 04/29/2024 Page: 1 of 56 [PUBLISH] In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 23-10934 ____________________ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, …
Brief • May 3, 2024
Filed under: Excessive Force, Restraints
Peterkin v. Hill, GA, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2024 Case 1:24-cv-01945-ELR Document 1 Filed 05/03/24 Page 1 of 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATLANTA DIVISION RAHEEM PETERKIN, Plaintiff, Civil Action No.: v. VICTOR HILL, individually, CORRECTHEALTH CLAYTON, LLC, JURY TRIAL DEMANDED Defendants. COMPLAINT 1. When Raheem Peterkin …
Two West Virginia Jail Guards Plead Guilty in Detainee Death, Six More Charged by Six guards at West Virginia’s Southern Regional Jail were charged on November 30, 2023, in the fatal beating of pretrial detainee Quantez Burks, 37, less than a month after two fellow guards pleaded guilty to federal …
$500,000 Settlement for Colorado Prisoner Forced to Defecate in Bucket for 12 Days by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 14, 2023, the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $500,000 to resolve a state prisoner’s allegation that his Eighth Amendment guarantee of freedom from cruel and …
These Men Fought White Supremacists and Got Sentenced to Over 200 Years by Victoria Law by Victoria Law How the criminal legal system slammed two Black men for standing up to white supremacist guards in an Indiana prison. This article was originally published by Truthout on March 12, 2023. It …
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
Pennsylvania Jail Warden Fired, Deputy Warden Resigns After Guard Assaults Detainee by Warden Dave Gallagher of Pennsylvania’s Clearfield County Jail was fired and escorted off the job on December 7, 2023, just over a month after Deputy Warden Eric Bush resigned on October 28, 2023. Their departures follow an alleged …
“There you go, Agent Orange!” Former South Carolina Sheriff Federally Indicted for Assaulting Jail Detainee by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Charles B. Lemon, the former Sheriff of South Carolina’s Marlboro County, pleaded not guilty on February 6, 2024, to federal civil rights charges laid out in an indictment unsealed …
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
Filed under: Restraints, Dogs
$15,000 to Virginia Prisoner Mauled by DOC K-9 by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke On December 14, 2023, the state of Virginia confirmed that it had agreed to pay $15,000 to settle a state prisoner’s lawsuit alleging retaliation and excessive use of force by officials with the state Department …
Sixth Circuit Refuses Michigan Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim Despite Guard’s Conviction for Battery by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 16, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed dismissal of a Michigan prisoner’s lawsuit with an outrageous-­sounding opinion that a guard “may have violated …
Ninth Circuit Says Federal Prisoner in California May Have Bivens Claim for Delays in Medical Care Allegedly to Cover Up Assault by BOP Guard by by David M. Reutter On August 15, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed dismissal of an Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference …
Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
California Prisons Locked Down After Massive Riot Hospitalizes Prisoner, Eight Guards by A riot broke out at Ironwood State Prison on January 31, 2024, triggering a “threat assessment” that locked down every facility run by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). Eight staffers and one prisoner were hospitalized …
Brief • March 25, 2024
Filed under: Excessive Force
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Brief • March 12, 2024
Filed under: Excessive Force
Francis v. Green, KY, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2024 Case: 0:24-cv-00030-DLB-EBA Doc #: 1 Filed: 03/12/24 Page: 1 of 15 - Page ID#: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY ASHLAND DIVISION CASE NO.__________________ [Electronically Filed on March 12, 2024] JOHN FRANCIS; TERRY LARUE; ERIC WILLIAMS; RANDY MCCLEARY; SAMUEL …
Brief • March 12, 2024
Filed under: Excessive Force
Joe v. Malboro County Sheriff's Office, SC, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2024 0:24-cv-01206-BHH-PJG Date Filed 03/12/24 Entry Number 1 Page 1 of 11 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA FLORENCE DIVISION Eldred Maliek Joe, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) Marlboro County Sheriff’s …
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
Four TDCJ Guards Resign, Seven Suspended for Beating Handcuffed Prisoner Into Coma by After allegedly attacking one guard on September 5, 2023, Texas prisoner Kiheem Grant, 48, was brutally beaten by a group of 11 more, four of whom have now resigned from the state Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). …
Four Dead in One Month in San Bernardino County Jails, $3,232,500 in Settlements Paid So Far by Douglas Ankney, Casey Bastian by Douglas Ankney and Casey J. Bastian A spate of jail deaths in California’s San Bernardino County dating back to 2017 has led to at least four legal settlements …
Alabama Prisons Facing Third Class-Action Lawsuit by In a lawsuit filed in federal court for the Middle District of Alabama on December 12, 2023, a group of state prisoners accused the state Board of Pardons and Paroles (BOPP) of denying them release so that the Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) …
Publication • February 21, 2024
BOC -City of New York-Statement on Chemical Agent Report -Feb. 2024 Dwayne C. Sampson, Chair DeAnna Hoskins, Vice Chair Rachael Bedard, M.D. Robert L. Cohen, M.D. Felipe Franco Jacqueline Miriam Pitts Joseph Ramos Jacqueline Sherman Jude Torchenaud BOARD OF CORRECTION CITY OF NEW YORK 2 LAFAYETTE STREET, SUITE 1221 NEW …
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Former Oklahoma Undersheriff Gets 22 Months In Prison for Beating Handcuffed Jail Detainee by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On July 13, 2023, Kendall Brian Morgan, 45, a former undersheriff in Oklahoma’s LeFlore County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO), was sentenced to 22 months in federal prison, followed by 36 months of …
Sixth Circuit Revives Suit by Pregnant Mentally Ill Michigan Detainee Allegedly Kicked in Her Womb by Jail Guard, Losing Baby by On July 17, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit deemed testimony by a pregnant mentally ill detainee no less credible than that of her Michigan …
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