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Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
After $300,000 Settlement for Detainee’s Death, Texas County Looks to Replace Jail by Using detainees’ money to push forward with plans to replace Texas’ Nueces County Jail, Sheriff J.C. Hooper tapped a commissary fund in April 2023 to spend up to $220,770 for an outside consultant to prepare a study …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
$8.25 Million Verdict Against Former Colorado Sheriff for Detainee’s Sexual Assault During Jail Transfer by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On October 4, 2022, a federal jury in Colorado awarded $8.25 million to a woman taken by a former sheriff to his home and sexually assaulted as he was transporting …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Calls for California Sheriff’s Department Oversight After Jail Deaths, $30,000 Settlement for Botched Traffic Stop by By January 7, 2023, after the second death in the county jail in just over 10 weeks, a grassroots nonprofit calling for civilian oversight of the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Department (SMSD) had rounded …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Two Dead and $4.675 Million Paid After Deputies’ Alleged Misconduct in California’s Sonoma County by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian A coroner’s report on March 14, 2023, confirmed that an undocumented worker was fatally shot by a Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department (SCSD) deputy after a foot chase the previous …
San Diego County Pays $4.35 Million After Jail Guards Failed to Stop Detainee From Blinding Herself by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The County of San Diego agreed on September 14, 2022, to pay $4.35 million to settle a lawsuit alleging a guard at the county lockup stood by …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
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 …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
“Be Christian or Be Penalized”: After Fourth Circuit Revives Muslim Prisoner’s Challenge, Virginia Jail Settles Suit for $30,000 by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On May 22, 2023, a $30,000 settlement was reached between officials with a Virginia jail and a Muslim prisoner who objected to its broadcasts of Christian …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
$50,002 Jury Award to Illinois Prisoner Retaliated Against for Daughter’s Facebook Posts by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 30, 2023, a jury sitting in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois awarded $50,002 in damages to state prisoner Larry ‘Rocky’ Harris on his claim …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
$120,000 Paid to Muslim Detainees for Discrimination by Maryland Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 31, 2023, the federal court for the District of Maryland granted dismissal to a suit by a former detainee at the Prince George’s County lockup, after he and co-Plaintiffs accepted a …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Filed under: Settlements, Suicides
$1 Million Settlement Reached After Detainee’s Suicide in Washington Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In November 2022, a $1 million settlement was reached in a lawsuit filed by the estate of a 23-year-old indigenous woman who committed suicide at Washington’s Fork City Jail in 2019. Kimberly Bender …
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
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 …
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
Alabama Prisoner’s Family Sues Over Allegedly Botched Execution by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On May 3, 2023, the family of Joe Nathan James Jr., an Alabama prisoner executed in July 2022, sued Gov. Kay Ivey (R) and other state officials, claiming he suffered excessive pain and was unconscious too …
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
Corizon Executes “Texas Two-Step,” Spinning Off Debt Into Bankrupt New Firm to Avoid Paying Creditors and Lawsuit Winners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Corizon Heath, Inc. has engaged in legal maneuvers over the course of the past year that are intended to limit how much it must pay on …
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
Ohio Supreme Court Grants State Prisoner Another $1,000 for Denied Records by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders  On March 15, 2023, the Ohio Supreme Court partially granted a writ of mandamus brought by a state prisoner, ordering Hamilton County Clerk of Courts Pavan Parikh to produce copies of court documents …
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
$30,000 Paid by Michigan to Prisoner Wrongfully Classified as Sex Offender by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 6, 2023, a Michigan prisoner dismissed his complaint against officials with the state Department of Corrections (DOC) after agreeing to accept $30,000 to settle claims that he suffered the “stigmatizing …
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
$150,000 Verdict for South Carolina Jail Detainee’s Groin Injury During Pat-Down by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm After turning down offers to settle for far less, South Carolina’s Aiken County wound up on the losing side of a $150,000 verdict on November 4, 2022, after a state court jury …
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
Over $7,600 Awarded to Tennessee Prisoner for Retaliatory Cell Search and Transfer by On March 13, 2023, the federal court for the Western District of Tennessee awarded $3,176.67 in costs to a state prisoner in his suit against the warden and three guards at West Tennessee State Penitentiary (WTSP). After …
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
$15,001 Verdict Against Delaware Guard for Gaping Prisoner’s Butt During Strip Search by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On February 6, 2023, Judge Paul Wallace in Delaware Superior Court upheld a jury’s $15,001 award for damages against George Pyle, a guard with the state Department of Corrections (DOC), in a …
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
Prisoner Who Reached $11,400 Retaliation Settlement with South Dakota Jail Tries Again with DOC by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On March 31, 2023, most of South Dakota prisoner Travis McPeek’s federal civil rights claims were dismissed against officials with the state Department of Corrections (DOC) – and he was …
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
$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 …
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