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Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Watchdog Calls for Hawaii Prisons, Jails to Stop Using Restraint Chairs by On April 18, 2024, Hawaii’s Correctional System Oversight Commission (CSOC) called on lockups in the state to stop using restraint chairs over concerns they are dangerous. CSOC said it wasn’t aware that any of the devices were still …
Ohio Pays $725,000 to Survivors of Two Prisoners Beaten to Death by Lying Guards by On July 17, 2024, the Ohio Court of Claims approved a settlement between the state Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC) and the Estate of mentally ill prisoner Dewey C. McVay, Jr., who died after …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Advanced Correctional Healthcare Ends Two Suits Over Deaths at Ohio Jail by Private jail medical providers usually win contracts with promises to save a county money. But after two federal lawsuits filed in federal court for the Northern District of Ohio in 2023 against Ohio’s Richland County and its privately …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
$1.8 Million Jury Award for San Diego Jail Overdose Death by Matthew Clarke On April 25, 2024, a federal jury in Southern California awarded $1.8 million to the Estate of a detainee who died of a methamphetamine overdose while incarcerated at the San Diego Central Jail. The verdict was preceded …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
More Alabama Prisoners Murdered in Overcrowded Lockups by After a string of killings at Alabama prisons blamed on overcrowding, the federal Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a statement of interest on July 7, 2024, in a long-running lawsuit over conditions at one state prison. With too few guards to adequately …
Brief • September 30, 2024
Estate of Janelle Marie Butterfield v. Wellpath, OR, Order, Wrongful Death-Suicide, 2024 Case 1:20-cv-00671-CL Document 212 Filed 09/30/24 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON CONNIE DENCE, personal representative for the Estate of JANELLE MARIE BUTTERFIELD, deceased, Plaintiff, Case No. 1:20-cv-00671-CL v. …
Brief • September 19, 2024
Estate of Shelly Monahan v. Clark County, WA, Complaint, Wrongul Death-Denial Medical Care, 2024 Case 3:24-cv-05392-TMC Document 29 Filed 09/19/24 Page 1 of 40 1 The Honorable Tiffany M. Cartwright 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 …
Brief • September 16, 2024
Filed under: Wrongful Death
Estate of David McGrath v. City Of Issaquah, WA, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2024 FULL AND FINAL RELEASE THIS IS A COMPLETE RELEASE READ IT BEFORE SIGNING IN CONSIDERATION for the sum of two million, five-hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000.00), Linda McGrath, as the Personal representative of the Estate of David McGrath; …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Turn Key Health Clinics: Another Private Jail Medical Provider Leaving a Trail of Death and Misery by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Jails face a monumental task in the provision of medical care. Those who’ve just been arrested are often experiencing withdrawal from drugs or alcohol. Other pre-existing medical …
Former Warden Added to Suit Over Brutal Killing of Disabled Virginia Prisoner by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In an amended complaint filed in federal court for the Western District of Virginia on January 19, 2024, the former warden of Marion Correctional Treatment Center (MCTC) was added to the list …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
“We Killed Him”: Alabama Jailers Cut Plea Deals After Detainee Freezes to Death by On July 31, 2024, a former guard at Alabama’s Walker County Jail agreed to plead guilty to federal charges filed after a detainee was left naked on his cell floor for two weeks and froze to …
$700,000 Settlement in BOP Prisoner’s Death After Court Refuses to Extend Bivens by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On February 6, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice agreed to pay $700,000 to settle a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) complaint in the death of a prisoner held by the …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Watchdog Faults BOP for Averaging 43 Prisoner Deaths a Year—More Than 23 by Suicide by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A report issued by the federal Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG) on February 15, 2024, identified “operational and managerial deficiencies” in the federal Bureau of …
Mom of Murdered California Prisoner Defeats Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit by Guard Who Posted Pics of Corpse Online by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 28, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California largely denied a motion to dismiss a civil rights action filed …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Trial Rescheduled for Ohio Prisoner Accused of Murdering Fellow Prisoner by Trial didn’t start as scheduled on July 26, 2024, for Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF) prisoner Austin Burke, 25, who is accused of murdering fellow prisoner Ruben Melendez, 65, in August 2023. That’s because Burke was handed a new …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
$1.1 Million Settlement for Colorado Prisoner Stabbed by Gang Members For Testifying About Prison Murder by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On February 1, 2024, an agreement was filed in the federal court for the District of Colorado by the state Department of Corrections (DOC), promising to pay $1.1 …
Chicago Jailers Publicly Call Detainee Death a Medical Emergency, Privately Admit Guard Brutality by After Corey Ulmer, 41, died at Chicago’s Cook County Jail on June 21, 2024, deputies of Sheriff Tom Dart informed the detainee’s survivors that “he went to the hospital, and unfortunately he didn’t make it,” recalled …
Brief • September 13, 2024
Filed under: Wrongful Death
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Alabama Denies Parole to Dead Prisoner by Having granted release to a whopping 3% of eligible state prisoners so far in 2024—that’s 25 parole grants out of 792 hearings—the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles (BPP) likely surprised no one when it denied release to Frederick Bishop on March 9, …
No Dismissal for San Diego Jail Medical Contractor from Suit Filed Over Detainee’s Withdrawal Death by On February 8, 2024, the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of California declined to dismiss all the claims brought by the family of a San Diego Jail detainee who died in custody …
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