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“Deep-Seated Culture of Violence” and Abysmal Medical Care at Rikers Island by Gary Hunter “Deep-Seated Culture of Violence” and Abysmal Medical Care at Rikers Island by Gary Hunter Pressure is mounting to speed the progress of reforms at New York City’s infamous Rikers Island jail complex, as city and federal …
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
Deaths, Lawsuits Plague San Diego County Jail by Gary Hunter Deaths, Lawsuits Plague San Diego County Jail by Gary Hunter Sixty prisoners died in San Diego County, California’s jail system over the past five years, but the facts surrounding those deaths sometimes remained a mystery as prisoners’ families waited for …
32 Deaths at CCA-operated Immigration Detention Facilities Include at Least 7 Suicides by Alex Friedmann 32 Deaths at CCA-operated Immigration Detention Facilities Include at Least 7 Suicides by Alex Friedmann On June 17, 2015, U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, requesting an investigation …
Fifteen Minute Cell Checks Insufficient to Shield Texas Jail from Liability for Inmate Suicide by Fifteen Minute Cell Checks Insufficient to Shield Texas Jail from Liability for Inmate Suicide A Texas federal court refused to grant summary judgment to a sheriff who claimed that his policy of having jailers check …
Article • July 1, 2015
Three Ohio Prison Suicides in a Month Prompts Review; Guards Falsified Tier Check Logs by Mark Wilson Three Ohio Prison Suicides in a Month Prompts Review; Guards Falsified Tier Check Logs by Mark Wilson The party was set, invitations were in the mail and Ohio officials were fussing over all …
ACLU Report Condemns Colorado’s Warehousing of Mentally Ill Prisoners in Solitary Confinement by David Reutter ACLU Report Condemns Colorado’s Warehousing of Mentally Ill Prisoners in Solitary Confinement By David Reutter Despite being aware that prolonged isolation of seriously mentally ill prisoners can be devastating, the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) …
Article • June 20, 2015
32 Deaths at CCA-operated Immigration Detention Facilities Include at Least 7 Suicides by 32 Deaths at CCA-operated Immigration Detention Facilities Include at Least 7 Suicides by Alex Friedmann On June 17, 2015, U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, requesting an investigation into recent …
Article • June 20, 2015
From Death Row at 16 to Suicide at 45: The Life and Death of Paula Cooper by Liliana Segura From Death Row at 16 to Suicide at 45: The Life and Death of Paula Cooper by Liliana Segura Just before 8 a.m. this past Memorial Day, 45-year-old Paula Cooper decided …
CCA Pays $400,000 in Suicide Death of Tennessee Juvenile by CCA Pays $400,000 in Suicide Death of Tennessee Juvenile Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $400,000 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of a juvenile who committed suicide at the Shelby Training Center in Tennessee. The …
Pfeifer v. Thompson et al, KY, Complaint, wrongful death mental dehydration starvation Embry, 2015 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY PADUCAH DIVISION [Filed Electronically] MARK PFEIFER, Administrator of the Estate of James Embry, deceased, ) ) ) PLAINTIFF ) ) v. ) ) LADONNA THOMPSON, INDIVIDUALLY ) Serve: …
Community Legal Aid Society v. Coupe - DE DOC, DE, Complaint, solitary confinement mental medical neglect, 2015 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE COMMUNITY LEGAL AID SOCIETY, INC., Plaintiff, v. ROBERT M. COUPE, solely in his official capacity as Commissioner of the Delaware Department of …
Article • June 3, 2015 • from PLN June, 2015
Massachusetts: Wrongful Death Claims Survive Summary Judgment in Prisoner Suicide Case by Mark Wilson Massachusetts: Wrongful Death Claims Survive Summary Judgment in Prisoner Suicide Case by Mark Wilson n September 15, 2014, a Massachusetts superior court denied summary judgment to jail officials on a wrongful death claim related to a …
Article • June 3, 2015 • from PLN June, 2015
Tennessee County Agrees to Improve Mental Health Care for Prisoners by Tennessee County Agrees to Improve Mental Health Care for Prisoners The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has reached an agreement to settle a civil complaint that alleged the rights of mentally ill prisoners at …
Article • June 3, 2015 • from PLN June, 2015
Two Former Oklahoma Prison Guards Get Deferred Sentences in Prisoner’s Death by Matthew Clarke Two Former Oklahoma Prison Guards Get Deferred Sentences in Prisoner’s Death by Matt Clarke Two former guards at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary (OSP) received deferred sentences in connection with the death of an OSP prisoner who …
Article • June 3, 2015 • from PLN June, 2015
$110,000 Settlement in Suit over Nebraska Jail Prisoner’s Suicide by Matthew Clarke $110,000 Settlement in Suit over Nebraska Jail Prisoner’s Suicide by Matt Clarke Lincoln County, the City of North Platte and Great Plains Regional Medical Center agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by the sister of a Nebraska jail …
Nebraska Court Awards Prisoner $267,000 in Failure to Protect Suit by David Reutter Nebraska Court Awards Prisoner $267,000 in Failure to Protect Suit by David M. Reutter Following a bench trial, a Nebraska state court found prison officials were aware of threats to prisoner James M. Saylor but failed to …
Grand Jury Investigates Santa Cruz County Jail Deaths by N.H. Putnam Grand Jury Investigates Santa Cruz County Jail Deaths by N.H. Putnam, Sin Barras Santa Cruz County, California is seen by many as a model for enlightened jail policies. But in May 2014 the Santa Cruz County Grand Jury released …
Wadsworth v. Beard, et al. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation), Amended Complaint, CA, Mental Health Negligence, 2015 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Case 3:15-cv-02322-EMC Document 8 Filed 06/03/15 Page 1 of 162 MARVIN FIRESTONE, MD, JD & ASSOCIATES Marvin H. Firestone, State Bar No. 103678 Michael …
$207,500 Settlement in Ohio Prisoner’s Suicide by $207,500 Settlement in Ohio Prisoner’s Suicide The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction paid $207,500 to settle a wrongful death claim brought by the estate of a prisoner who committed suicide. Candace Van Sickle, 21, was sentenced to eight years in prison for …
Gay v. Chandra, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2015 FULL AND FINAL RELEASE/CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT For the sole and only consideration of TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($27,500.00), paid on behalf of RAKESH CHANDRA, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, I do hereby fully and forever …
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