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Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016
Former Wisconsin Corrections Secretary Fired by Wisconsin Attorney General Brad D. Schimel confirmed on April 15, 2016 that Ed Wall, the former state corrections secretary who responded to widespread prison violence by equipping prison employees with pepper spray and Tasers [see: PLN, May 2014, p.30], was fired by the state’s …
Incident Report - Lee Adjustment Center, CCA, 2004 PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL FORM 5-IA REVISED: 12/01/02 CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA INCIDENT REPORT INCIDENT NUMBER:04-i205-245-I DATE OF INCIDENT:September 14.2004 I. Type of Incident: PRIORITY I q q q q Death - any person Escape Rape (forced sexual assault) Inmate disturbance (major property …
"Major Use of Force" Incidents on the Increase in Texas Prisons by Matthew Clarke According to statistics released by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), the number of "major use of force" incidents climb sharply from 6,071 in 2005 to 7,151 in 2013, an increase of 17%. TDCJ officials …
Brief • May 12, 2016
Grier v. Anderson, IL, Complaint, Excessive Force & Retaliation, 2016 Case 3:16-cv-00525-MJR-SCW Document 1 Filed 05/12/16 Page 1 of 47 Page ID #1 UNITED STATES D ISTRICT ~ ~ h fl lN O l< Nt ~ oprd i:... fo r the ...... D5 "-1 2, Ilg by f rn· . …
Fourth Circuit Upholds Denial of Summary Judgment to Guards in Excessive Force Suit by In a May 19, 2015 decision, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court&rsquo;s denial of summary judgment to prison guards in a lawsuit claiming excessive use of force during a cell extraction. Sammy …
Article • May 5, 2016 • from PLN May, 2016
Ninth Circuit: Witnesses Cannot Refuse to Testify at Civil Trial by On March 31, 2015, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a magistrate judge abused her discretion by allowing prisoners to opt out of testifying at a civil rights trial alleging guards had used excessive force on another …
Lawsuit Filed Over Death of Pepper-sprayed, Mentally Ill California Prisoner by Gary Hunter The father and mother of a mentally ill California prisoner who died at the Mule Creek State Prison (MCSP) have filed suit against a host of prison and Amador County, California officials, alleging that their son&rsquo;s death …
Brief • April 12, 2016
Swink v. Montgomery County BoC, OH, Settlement, Pepper Spray, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION Lisa Craft, Administratrix of the Estate of Billy Slagle, et al., Plaintiffs, Case No. 1:14-CV-01682 Judge Donald C. Nugent v. Norman Robinson, et al., Defendants. Settlement Agreement and …
Bell v. Ducay, IL, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2016 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE Darcy Bell v. Chris Ducay, Richard Campbell; et al., ND IL Case No. 12 CV 7058 This Settlement Agreement and General Release ("Agreement") is made by and between Darcy Bell ("Plaintiff') and the County of Kane, on …
Report Finds Shortcomings at Santa Clara County, California Jail by Derek Gilna A report prepared by a San Francisco law firm following interviews with 944 prisoners and 33 staff members at the Santa Clara County Jail found numerous complaints of both physical and verbal abuse, uneven enforcement of rules, harassment …
Pepper-spraying Sleeping Prisoner Unconstitutional, but Case Loses at Trial by David Reutter The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that &ldquo;using a chemical agent in an attempt to wake a sleeping prisoner, without apparent necessity and in the absence of mitigating circumstances, violates clearly established law.&rdquo; The ruling came in …
Article • March 30, 2016
$55,000 Settlement in Suit over Beating/Restraint Chair Abuse at New Jersey Jail by Matthew Clarke In December 2014, Sussex County, New Jersey settled a lawsuit brought by a former jail prisoner who alleged he was brutally beaten, sprayed with chemicals and strapped into a restraint chair for 19 hours after …
Widespread Corruption in L.A. County Jails Leads to Federal Investigation, Indictments by David Reutter by David M. Reutter and Rod L. Bower Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Leroy David &ldquo;Lee&rdquo; Baca faces up to six months in prison after pleading guilty on February 10, 2016 to charges that he lied …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Arkansas Prisoner Prevails in Excessive Force Case by David Reutter A prisoner who was subjected to excessive force and denied due process at the Pike County Detention Center in Murfreesboro, Arkansas received $501 plus court costs following a summary judgment order and settlement agreement. Prisoner Alan C. Onstad was caught …
Mann v. Failey et al, SC, Verdict 1, guard brutality retaliation, 2016 0:11-cv-02232-RMG Date Filed 02/26/16 Entry Number 365 Page 1 of 5 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA Anthony L. Mann, Plaintiff, v. Lt. C. Failey, Maj. Sheronda Sutton, Officer Christian Manganelli, Cpl …
Mann v. Failey et al, SC, Verdict 2, guard brutality retaliation, 2016 0:11-cv-02232-RMG Date Filed 02/26/16 Entry Number 367 Page 1 of 4 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA Anthony L. Mann, Plaintiff, v. Lt. C. Failey, Maj. Sheronda Sutton, Officer Christian Manganelli, Cpl …
Grand Jury Presentment - Inmate Death (Walker), Charlotte County FL, 2015 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA IN AND FOR CHARLOTTE COUNTY, FLORIDA PRESENTMENT OF THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY GRAND JURY CONVENED MAY 27, 2015 ************************************************************-****** REGARDING THE DEATH OF MATTHEW WALKER WHILE IN THE CUSTODY …
Florida’s Department of Corrections: A Culture of Corruption, Abuse and Deaths by David Reutter Florida, with the nation&rsquo;s third-largest prison system, has a long and sordid history of abusing, neglecting and even killing its prisoners. Because most state prisons are in insular rural areas, the general public, aside from those …
Texas Grand Jury Indicts Two Jailers in Prisoner’s Death; Others Face Discipline by Texas Grand Jury Indicts Two Jailers in Prisoner&rsquo;s Death; Others Face Discipline On November 23, 2015, a grand jury in Tarrant County, Texas returned an indictment against two Arlington Police Department detention officers for one count each …
Snider v. Motter, PA, Second Amended Complaint, Excessive Force in Jail, 2015 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA JOEL SNIDER Plaintiff, v. WARDEN JAQUELINE MOTTER; LT. SMITH; OFC. NOLTE; OFC. SHEARER; OFC. GOSHORN; OFC. GRIMES; OFC. GRAY; OFC. WALKER; OFC. HUGHES; OFC. RICHARDS; NURSE …
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