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Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Filed under: Food, Jail Specific
Report: Summit Food Services Provides Inadequate Nutrition at Missouri Jail by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Attorney and retired judge Gary Oxenhandler conducted a study in 2017 on the prisoner population at the Boone County Jail (BCJ) in Columbia, Missouri. He reported that prisoners were complaining about the quality and …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
$2 Million Settlement in Lawsuit Over California Jail Prisoner’s Suicide by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In March 2019, Kern County, California agreed to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the parents and estate of a man who committed suicide at the county’s jail. The suit alleged …
Investigations into Texas Jail Deaths Find Thousands of Guards Untrained, on Temporary Licenses by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke An investigation by the Dallas Morning News into the Christmas Eve 2016 death of prisoner Andy Debusk at the Parker County jail revealed that not only did the guards at the …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
California Federal Court Orders City to Pay $150,000 for Failure to Comply with Jail Settlement by Chad Marks by Chad Marks n May 2013, a class-action lawsuit was filed on behalf of prisoners housed at the Monterey County Jail in California. A settlement agreement was reached on May 1, 2015, …
Barnes v. Zaruba, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2019 IN THE UNITEDSTATESDISTRICTCOURT NORTHERNDISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERNDIVISION KEVIN D. BARNES, SR., ) ) ) No. 1:17 CV 01901 ) vs. ) Honorable Rebecca R. Pallmeyer JOHN E. ZARUBA, both individually and ) in his official capacity as DuPage County ) Sheriff, GERARDO …
California County Settles Jail Death for $300,000 by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On February 10, 2015, Alexander Jeffrey Sutherland was arrested in Manteca, California and charged with public intoxication. The police took him to the San Joaquin County Jail (SJCJ). After booking, Sutherland, 27, was placed in an isolated …
Brief • October 4, 2019
Dowell v. Cook, IN, Settlement, Medical Accommodations, 2019
Article • October 3, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
California Tried to Fix Its Prisons. Now County Jails Are More Deadly by Jason Pohl, Ryan Gabrielson In a 48-hour stretch during January 2018, three men were booked into the Fresno County Jail. One was beaten into a coma. Two died soon afterward. Their cases kicked off a nightmarish year in …
Velasco-Rodas v. Washington DOC, WA, Settlement, Jail Suicide, 2019
Brief • September 26, 2019
Varela v. Kontagiannis, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2019 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release ("Agreement" or "Release") is made by and among Plaintiff Vincent Varela ("Varela" or "Plaintiff') and Defendants, Correctional Officer Dina Kontagiannis (k/n/a Dina Jakupovic), Correctional Officer Nancy Rivera, and the County of Lake (together, …
Brief • September 19, 2019
Graves v. Penzone, AZ, Order, Jail Conditions and Care, 2019 Case 2:77-cv-00479-NVW Document 2525 Filed 09/19/19 Page 1 of 24 1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 10 Fred Graves, Isaac Popoca, on their own behalf …
Wade v. Ohio DRC, OH, Judgment, Wrongful Death, 2019 Judgment Detail EUGENIA WADE, Admx., etc. Plaintiff v. DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION AND CORRECTION Defendant Case Number 2018-00224JD Location Case Manager Case Type Judicial Determination Judgment 09/17/2019 Judgment  Judicial Officer McGRATH, JUDGE PATRICK M. Judgment Type ORDER APPROVING SETTLEMENT Monetary Judgment …
Publication • September 16, 2019
Filed under: Jail Specific
Virginia State Oversight of Local and Regional Jails, 2019 Commonwealth of Virginia September 16, 2019 Report to the Governor and the General Assembly of Virginia State Oversight of Local and Regional Jails 2019 JLARC JOINT LEGISLATIVE AUDIT AND REVIEW COMMISSION Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission Senator Thomas K. Norment, …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Virginia Jail Not Responding to Problems Cited in Department of Justice Report by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney "Help us.” “We are dying in here.” “They are trying to kill us.” Those were just some of the pleas that civil rights and mental health advocates heard from prisoners who shouted …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Jackson, Mississippi Pays $300,000 to Settle Jail Wrongful Death Suit by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The City Council in Jackson, Mississippi approved a payment of $300,000 on October 4, 2018 to settle a wrongful death claim after the family of a man who died in the city jail filed …
Brief • September 6, 2019
Filed under: Jail Specific
Harvard v. Inch, FL, Memorandum, Prison Conditions, 2019 Case 4:19-cv-00212-MW-CAS Document 42 Filed 09/06/19 Page 1 of 46 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION JAC’QUANN (ADMIRE) HARVARD, et al., ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) ) MARK S. INCH, et al., ) ) …
Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Maine: Female Detainee Raped by Jailer Wins Lawsuit by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On October 2, 2016, Amanda Bridges was housed in an administrative segregation cell at Maine’s York County jail, serving a six-month sentence for violating her probation. Jailer Jonathan Carpenter entered her cell and began to kiss …
Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Jails in Oregon and Washington State Have High Prisoner Death Rates by Matthew Clarke, Mark Wilson by Matt Clarke and Mark Wilson The Spokane County jail in Washington State recently marked its ninth prisoner death since June 2017. But it was hardly unique. A study released in May 2019 by …
Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
When Going to Jail Means Giving Up the Meds that Saved Your Life by Beth Schwartzapfel How the Americans with Disabilities Act could change the way the nation’s jails and prisons treat addiction. by Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project Before Geoffrey Pesce got on methadone, his addiction to heroin and oxycodone …
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