New York Prison System Found Liable for Failure to Protect Prisoner from Assault by On July 19, 2022, the New York Court of Claims found the state’s Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) partially liable for failing to protect a prisoner from being assaulted by another prisoner. Jeremy Sanchez …
Second Circuit Affirms $600,000 Punitive Damage Award to New York Prisoner Brutally Beaten by Guards by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On July 18, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed an earlier ruling for the federal court for the Southern District of New York …
The Fortune Society, Inc. V. iAFFORD NY, LLC, NY, Judgment, Discrimination, 2023 Case 1:22-cv-06584-PKC-SJB Document 49 Filed 08/16/23 Page 1 of 2 PageID #: 364 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK THE FORTUNE SOCIETY, INC. Civ. Action No. 1:22-cv-06584 Plaintiff, v. Judge Pamela …
Corizon Bankruptcy Stalls Suit By Alleged Rape Victims of Rikers Island Guard by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A group of women who claimed they were raped by a physician’s assistant at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex has now been screwed two more times. First, prosecutors apparently bungled …
News in Brief by Alabama: A state Department of Corrections (DOC) guard was arrested on June 10, 2023, for allegedly smuggling drugs, including meth, to a prisoner at Kilby Correctional Facility, 1819 News reported. Charlie Townsend, 28, resigned from his position upon his arrest by the Law Enforcement Services Division. …
Former Prisoner Uses “Look Back” Window to Sue for Sexual Abuse at Shuttered New York Prison by David Reutter by David M. Reutter “For decades, women incarcerated in New York state prisons have been raped, assaulted, sexually abused, harassed, and verbally degraded” by male guards, as officials “turned a blind …
Second Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to N.Y. Prison Official Who Imposed Post-Release Supervision on Prisoner – But Reverses Damages Award by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 23, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held it was not error to deny qualified …
Estate of Kenny Lazo v. County of Suffolk, NY,Verdict Sheet, Wrongful Death, 2023 Case 2:09-cv-01023-ST Document 160 Filed 08/11/23 Page 1 of 56 PageID #: 2915 Jury Instructi ons Gonzalez et al v. County of Suffolk et al. August 9, 2023 Court Exhibit 1 .• ED STATES DISTRICT COURT · …
Pagan v. The City of New York, NY, Complaint, Harassment, 2023 Case 1:23-cv-05980 Document 1 Filed 08/07/23 Page 1 of 11 PageID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -----------------------------------------------------------------X JOSHUA PAGAN; JOCELYN MARTINEZ; X.P., by his parent and natural guardian Eli Pagan; and K.M., by …
Miles v. The City of New York, NY, Complaint, Sexual Assault-Transgender, 2023 Case 1:23-cv-07538-CM Document 1 Filed 08/24/23 Page 1 of 29 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT: SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------X DYLAN MILES Plaintiff, Case No.:1:23-cv-7538 -againstTHE CITY OF NEW YORK, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AMKC (RIKERS ISLAND), NEW YORK …
Jimenez v. City of New York, NY, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2023 Case 1:23-cv-06751-NRB Document 1 Filed 08/02/23 Page 1 of 29 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ------------------------------------------------------------------X RICARDO JIMENEZ, Docket No. COMPLAINT Plaintiff, -againstCITY OF NEW YORK, WENDELL STRADFORD, MICHAEL SERRANO, CHRISTOPHER HORN, and BRONX COUNTY …
Estate of Kenny Lazo v. County of Suffolk, NY, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2023 Case 2:09-cv-01023-ST Document 133 Filed 07/24/23 Page 1 of 38 PageID #: 2789 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK PATRICIA GONZALEZ and JENNIFER GONZALEZ, individually and as co-administrators of the Estate of KENNY LAZO, …
Sow v. City of New York, NY, Declaration of Jonathan C. Moore, Protest, 2023 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ADAMA SOW, DAVID JAKLEVIC, ALEXANDRA DE MUCHA PINO, OSCAR RIOS, BARBARA ROSS, MATTHEW BREDDER, SABRINA ZURKUHLEN, MARIA SALAZAR, DARA PLUCHINO, and SAVITRI DURKEE, on behalf of themselves …
Sow v. City of New York, NY, Stipulation of Settlement and Order, Protest, 2023 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ADAMA SOW, DAVID JAKLEVIC, ALEXANDRA DE MUCHA PINO, OSCAR RIOS, BARBARA ROSS, MATTHEW BREDDER, SABRINA ZURKUHLEN, MARIA SALAZAR, DARA PLUCHINO, and SAVITRI DURKEE, on behalf of themselves …
Sow v. City of New York, NY, Memo Law, Protest, 2023 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ADAMA SOW, DAVID JAKLEVIC, ALEXANDRA DE MUCHA PINO, OSCAR RIOS, BARBARA ROSS, MATTHEW BREDDER, SABRINA ZURKUHLEN, MARIA SALAZAR, DARA PLUCHINO, and SAVITRI DURKEE, on behalf of themselves and others similarly …
Martinez v. City of New York, NY Memorandum and Order, Assault and Battery, 2023 Case 1:16-cv-00079-NRM-CLP Document 261 Filed 07/19/23 Page 1 of 56 PageID #: 4609 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ------------------------------------------------------------------x ROSIE MARTINEZ Plaintiff, -against- MEMORANDUM AND ORDER 16-CV-79 (NRM) (CLP) CITY OF NEW …
Sow v. City of New York, NY, Memo of Law, Protest, 2023 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ADAMA SOW, DAVID JAKLEVIC, ALEXANDRA DE MUCHA PINO, OSCAR RIOS, BARBARA ROSS, MATTHEW BREDDER, SABRINA ZURKUHLEN, MARIA SALAZAR, DARA PLUCHINO, and SAVITRI DURKEE, on behalf of themselves and others …
New York Bail Reform Laws Reduced Recidivism, Contrary to Critics’ Claims by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A study released on March 14, 2023, revealed that New York’s controversial new bail laws have not led to more rearrests of offenders, as some politicians claimed. In fact, according to the study’s …
News in Brief by Alabama: A guard with the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) was indicted on April 27, 2023, on charges he sexually abused two prisoners at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Aliceville, according to a report by the Birmingham News. Robert D. Smith allegedly had sexual intercourse …
$120,000 Settlement Reached With Long Island Detainee Assaulted by Jail Guards by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barret On April 27, 2023, the Ways and Means Committee of New York’s Suffolk County legislature approved a $120,000 settlement with a former detainee assaulted by guards at the county lockup. In addition to …
