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In the Public Interest - An Examination of Private Financing for Correctional and Immigration Detention Facilities, 2018

Publication • June 1, 2018

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Staff Assault, Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Prison Industries, Workplace Injury, Work Conditions/Safety, Prison Gangs, Staffing, Security Systems, Guard Brutality/Beatings

In the Public Interest - An Examination of Private Financing for Correctional and Immigration Detention Facilities, 2018 An examination of private financing for correctional and immigration detention facilities Report · In the Public Interest · June 2018 While governments have traditionally used municipal bonds to finance the construction of correctional …

Jones v. State of Wisconsin, WI, Complaint, Retaliation, 2018

Brief • May 22, 2018

Filed under: Retaliation

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Estate of Michael Madden v. Milwaukee County, WI, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2018

Brief • May 17, 2018

Filed under: Wrongful Death

Estate of Michael Madden v. Milwaukee County, WI, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2018 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN ________________________________________________________________________ GAIL STOCKTON, Individually, and as Special Administrator of the ESTATE OF MICHAEL MADDEN, deceased, Civil Action No. 2:18-cv-758 Plaintiffs, v. MILWAUKEE COUNTY, a municipal corporation, DAVID A. CLARKE, JR., …

Confusion Over Insanity Defense Leads One Jury to Issue Two Verdicts in Triple Murder

Article • May 9, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018

Filed under: Defenses, Jury Instructions, Juries, Mental Health

Confusion Over Insanity Defense Leads One Jury to Issue Two Verdicts in Triple Murder by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A jury’s decision that a defendant on trial for murder was mentally ill but should go to prison led a judge to initially withhold judgment in the case. Dan Popp, …

Seventh Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity in Jail Suicide Suit

Article • May 7, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018

Filed under: Qualified Immunity, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Suicides

Seventh Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity in Jail Suicide Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 26, 2017, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a Wisconsin federal district court’s denial of qualified immunity to a jail guard and privately-contracted nurse after they ignored a prisoner’s risk …

Benson v. Meisner, WI, Complaint, Revealing Prison Informant, 2018

Brief • April 6, 2018

Filed under: Racial Discrimination, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, False Charges (Disciplinary Hearings), Failure to Protect (General), Eighth Amendment, Telephone Access, First Amendment, rights

Benson v. Meisner, WI, Complaint, Revealing Prison Informant, 2018 Case 2:18-cv-00538-DEJ Filed 04/06/18 Page 1 of 12 Document 1 Case 2:18-cv-00538-DEJ Filed 04/06/18 Page 2 of 12 Document 1 Case 2:18-cv-00538-DEJ Filed 04/06/18 Page 3 of 12 Document 1 Case 2:18-cv-00538-DEJ Filed 04/06/18 Page 4 of 12 Document 1 Case …

Washington v. Boughton, WI, Opinion, Pro Se, Ineffective Counsel, 2018

Brief • March 8, 2018

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Appointment of Counsel, Self-representation, Denial of Due Process

Washington v. Boughton, WI, Opinion, Pro Se, Ineffective Counsel, 2018 In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 16‐3253 RODNEY WASHINGTON, Petitioner‐Appellant, v. GARY A. BOUGHTON, Warden, Wisconsin Secure Program Facility, Respondent‐Appellee. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of …

Federal Lawsuit Filed in Dehydration Death at Wisconsin Jail; Three Jailers Charged

Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Water, Federal Statutory Law, Wrongful Death

Federal Lawsuit Filed in Dehydration Death at Wisconsin Jail; Three Jailers Charged by by Derek Gilna A federal civil rights suit was filed in federal court in Wisconsin on August 14, 2017, after a prisoner died at the Milwaukee County Jail (MCJ) – reportedly after being deprived of water for …

Summary Judgment Reversed for Delay in Treating Prisoner in Extreme Pain

Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018

Filed under: Failure to Treat, Summary Judgment

Summary Judgment Reversed for Delay in Treating Prisoner in Extreme Pain by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed summary judgment in favor of a guard and a nurse in a civil rights action alleging they were deliberately indifferent to a prisoner’s serious medical needs and unnecessarily prolonged his suffering. …

Brown v. Dept Corrections, WI, Settlement, 2015

Brief • February 26, 2018

Filed under: Staff-Staff Harassment

Brown v. Dept Corrections, WI, Settlement, 2015

State of WI v. Armor, WI, Complaint, Medical Misconduct, 2018

Brief • February 21, 2018

Filed under: Armor Correctional Health Services, Contractor Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Medical Records, Failure to Protect (General), Wrongful Death

State of WI v. Armor, WI, Complaint, Medical Misconduct, 2018 FILED 02-21-2018 John Barrett STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT MILWAUKEE COUNTY STATE OF WISCONSIN Plaintiff, DA Case No.: 2018ML004041 Court Case No.: Clerk of Circuit Court 2018CM000748 Honorable Joseph R. Wall Branch 20 VS. CRIMINAL COMPLAINT ARMOR CORRECTIONAL HEALTH SERVICES, …

Cates v. USA, WI, Opinion, Sexual Assault by Police Officer, Ineffective Counsel, 2018

Brief • February 20, 2018

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Assault by Police, Police Misconduct, Appointment of Counsel

Cates v. USA, WI, Opinion, Sexual Assault by Police Officer, Ineffective Counsel, 2018 In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 16-1778 LADMARALD CATES, Petitioner-Appellant. v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent-Appellee. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. …

$11.5 Million Awarded in Suits Over Wisconsin Jailer’s Sexual Assaults

Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Prisoner Assault

$11.5 Million Awarded in Suits Over Wisconsin Jailer’s Sexual Assaults by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 3, 2017, a jury in Madison, Wisconsin awarded two women $11.5 million in the first two of five federal lawsuits brought by former Polk County jail prisoners who were sexually abused by …

Lawsuits Challenge Treatment of Pregnant Prisoners at Milwaukee County Jail

Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Gender Discrimination -- Women, OB/GYN, Failure to Treat, Malpractice, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints

Lawsuits Challenge Treatment of Pregnant Prisoners at Milwaukee County Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Five women who served time at Wisconsin’s Milwaukee County jail have filed lawsuits against the county and former Sheriff David Clarke, Jr., alleging mistreatment while they were pregnant – including shackling, the death of …

US v. Ricky Olson, WI, Appeal, Faulty Plea, 2018

Brief • January 25, 2018

Filed under: Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas, Withdrawal, Grounds For Withdrawal

US v. Ricky Olson, WI, Appeal, Faulty Plea, 2018 In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 16-3583 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RICKY OLSON, Defendant-Appellant. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. No. 16-CR-001-BBC — Barbara …

Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Wisconsin Property Claim

Article • January 16, 2018

Filed under: Money/Property, Prisoner Property

Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Wisconsin Property Claim by Edward Lyon by Edward Lyon Wisconsin prisoner Christopher Streckenbach submitted two boxes of personal property for his son to pick up at a visit. The son never came within the policy's 30 day period. The property was weighed for mailing by …

$675,000 in Wrongful Death of Federal Prisoner

Article • December 28, 2017

Filed under: Cancer, Failure to Treat, Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

$675,000 in Wrongful Death of Federal Prisoner by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Estate of James F. Norton, formerly a prisoner at Federal Correctional Institution Oxford, Wisconsin, was awarded a total of $678,505.67 for the wrongful death of Norton due to negligence by prison medical staff between 1989 and …

$15,000 to Wisconsin Jail Prisoner for Medical Neglect

Article • December 26, 2017

Filed under: Failure to Treat, Jail Specific

$15,000 to Wisconsin Jail Prisoner for Medical Neglect by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A former Wisconsin jail prisoner settled his medical neglect lawsuit for $15,000. After Brian Shebelske had been incarcerated at the Marathon County Jail for twenty months, he had to be transported to the hospital emergency room …

Most Black “Neighborhoods” in Wisconsin are Actually Jails, Prisons

Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017

Filed under: Racial Discrimination, Crime/Demographics, Statistics/Trends, Racial Profiling

Most Black “Neighborhoods” in Wisconsin are Actually Jails, Prisons by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A 17-year-old has made a startling discovery about Wisconsin: more than half of the state’s black “neighborhoods” are actually jails. The young researcher, Lew Blank, used the Weldon Cooper Center’s Racial Dot Map and Google …

Seventh Circuit: District Court Erred in Dismissing Prisoner’s § 1983 Suit for Failure to Exhaust

Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017

Filed under: Failure to Treat, Administrative Exhaustion

Seventh Circuit: District Court Erred in Dismissing Prisoner’s § 1983 Suit for Failure to Exhaust by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has reversed a district court’s order dismissing a Wisconsin state prisoner’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 lawsuit on the grounds that he …