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Beating, Pepper Spraying of Prisoners on Bus Ride Upheld by The plaintiff was "subdued" after protesting the treatment of another prisoner in the yard. The next day, he and other inmates were put shackled on a bus for transfer, and some of the prisoners created a disturbance on the bus. …
Article • August 15, 2008 • from PLN August, 2008
Washington Inter-Prison Property-Shipping-Fee Class Action Suit Settles For $1,262,500 by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Between 1995 and 2005, Washington State Department of Corrections (WADOC) policy 440.000 required prisoners who were being transferred between WADOC prisons to pre-pay the shipping costs of their personal property in excess of two …
Florida DCF Responsible for Transportation of Mental Patients Committed Under Fla. Stat. § 393.11, et seq. by David Everette, a Florida state mental patient, was committed to the Department of Children & Family Services (DCF) under Fla. Stat. 916.13, et seq., after being found incompetent to stand trial for an …
No Safety or Security for Maryland Prisoners by Michael Rigby Twenty-five guards have been fired amid allegations that they beat prisoners at two Maryland prisons. The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) initially terminated the employment of eight guards on April 4, 2008. Another nine were fired …
Article • July 15, 2008
Paruresis Requires Medical Verification to Excuse Urinalysis Failure; Agreement Willingly Signed Upheld by New York City Transit Authority (Authority) and Transit Workers Union (TWU) employee Joseph Kwok brought action for U.S. Constitutional violations and racial discrimination after being demoted for urinalysis compliance failure. He allegedly suffered from paruresis (shy bladder …
Article • July 15, 2008
Michigan Pays $450,000 to Woman Hit by Prison Van by On March 30, 2006, the State of Michigan paid $450,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a woman who suffered severe leg fractures after being hit by a prison van. Rosalee Farraher, a 69-year-old retired female, claimed in her lawsuit …
OH DOC Not Required to Take Prisoners Outside of Prison for Religious Rites by Ralf Beasley, an Ohio state prisoner, wanted to convert to Orthodox Judaism, but to do so he would have to visit an outside synagogue to receive a ritual bath called a Mikvah. When prison officials refused …
Littles v. CCA, TN, Complaint, transport dental injury, 2008 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0067 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0068 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0069 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0070
Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
New York Prisoner Awarded $4,250 for Knee Injury While Shackled by On March 19, 2007, a court of claims in Rochester, New York, award $4,250 to a state prisoner who fell and injured his knee while walking to a transport van in leg shackles. State prisoner Earl Martin, 54, fell …
Article • December 15, 2007
State Secrets Privilege Protects U.S. in. Erroneous Rendition Suit by Matthew Clarke By Matthew T. Clarke 0n May 12, 2006, a federal district court in Virginia ruled that a German citizen who allegedly was mistaken for a terrorist, kidnapped, flown to a foreign country, isolated and tortured by CIA personnel …
Sovereign Immunity Not Waived by Federal Extradition Act by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that the Federal Extradition Act does not waive a state's sovereign immunity. This action was filed by St. Charles County, Missouri (County), seeking $5,421.86 from the State of Wisconsin for costs incurred for …
Escape From TransCor Van Not a Crime in Montana by On January 11, 2006, a Montana state district court set aside two prisoners, convictions for escape and acquitted them after holding that no evidence had been presented that they were in the custody of a peace officer, a requirement for …
Article • December 15, 2007
New York Jail Visitor Injured in Prison Van Accident Awarded $1,476,431 by A New York woman injured while she was a passenger in a prison van was awarded $1,476,431. Mrs. Tejada visited her sister at Riker's Island prison. A prison owned and operated bus transported visitors to the prison. Following …
Quadriplegic California Prisoner Baked to Death in Transport Van by A California state prisoner being transferred in 109-degree weather from a Central Valley prison to a remote desert facility baked to death in the back of a transport van after the air conditioning in the passenger section of the vehicle …
Littles v. CCA, TN, Complaint, transport dental injury, 2007 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0071 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0072
Arkansas Ups Work-Release Fees to Pay for Guard-Drivers by On October 27, 2006, the Arkansas Board of Corrections unanimously voted to increase the daily fees charged prisoners participating in the work-release program from $15 to $17. The increase is to be used to pay for guards to drive the prisoners …
Escape From TransCor Van Not a Crime in Montana by On January 11, 2006, a Montana state district court set aside two prisoners' convictions for escape and acquitted them after holding that no evidence had been presented that they were in the custody of a peace officer, a requirement for …
Jane Doe v. McKeithen, FL, Amended Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2007 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR JACKSON COUNTY, FLORIDA JANE DOE, Plaintiff, vs. Case No.:05-509-CA BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF JACKSON COUNTY, FLORIDA, W. FRANK MCKEITHEN, Sheriff of Bay County, Florida (as successor to …
Article • May 15, 2007
Washington DOC Pays $78,150 in Bus Slip and Fall by On October 23, 1992 Cheryl Turner Jennings, a free citizen of the State of Washington visiting a prisoner, fractured her left ankle while attempting to exit a bus owned by the State of Washington and the Department of Corrections. Jennings, …
Article • May 15, 2007
Ferry Rams Dock, State of Washington Pays $1,294 by On June 8th, 1997, Colleen E. Castanada was riding the Department of Corrections operated Callam Ferry when it rammed into the side of a dock. Castanada, who was on her way to visit a prisoner at McNeil Island Corrections Center in …
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