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Article • December 15, 2005 • from PLN December, 2005
Former California Warden Allegedly by Former California Warden Allegedly Assaults News Reporter The former warden of Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP), Anthony Lamarque, allegedly swung a cane at Sacramento News and Review reporter Stephen James and then pinned him against a wall, when Lamarque apparently objected to being photographed at …
Article • December 15, 2005 • from PLN December, 2005
Excessive Force Claim Nets $3,200 in Attorney's Fees; $1,000 in Damages by An Illinois Federal District Court has awarded $3,200 in attorney's fees in a prisoner's claim that his Eighth Amendment rights were violated. The civil rights action was brought by Illinois prisoner Frank Farella against Logan Correctional Center guards …
New York Prisoner Assaulted By Guard Awarded $4,200 by On September 8, 2004, a court of claims in Buffalo, New York, awarded $4,200 to a state prisoner who was assaulted by a guard at the Attica Correctional Facility. Juan Matias, a 36-year-old prisoner, claimed that he was assaulted by a …
Article • December 15, 2005 • from PLN December, 2005
Michigan Jail Settles Unreasonable Use of Force Case for $130,000 by Amanda Hickman On March 1, 2005, the Wayne County jail in Detroit, Michigan settled an excessive use of force case for $130,00. Plaintiff, Victor Walker, alleged that on October 12, 2000, while being held in the Wayne County Jail …
Seventh Circuit Upholds $56.5 Million Jail Murder Verdict by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a $56.5 million jury verdict against former jail guards who murdered a pretrial detainee. This is the largest verdict for abuses against a single victim in an American jail/prison case that we are aware …
Article • December 15, 2005 • from PLN December, 2005
California Youth Prison Superintendent by California Youth Prison Superintendent Removed For Using Unreasonable Force The Superintendent of a California youth prison was permanently removed from his position for using unreasonable force against a ward, and then not reporting it. Steve Kruse, Superintendent at the N.A. Chaderjian Youth Correctional Facility in …
Brief • November 25, 2005
Ingle v. Toro, NY, Motion to Exclude Criminal History, Jail Excessive Force, 2005 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -------·- · - -- -·------------------ --------------- . ----------.X ADAM INGLES, et aL, 01 Civ. 8279 (DC) Plaintiffs, -againstELMER TORO, et aL, Defendants. ---------------·- ------- -·--·-- --· --· --------------------------X …
Article • November 15, 2005 • from PLN November, 2005
CIA Private Jet Takes Prisoners on Torture Trips by by Matthew T. Clarke When you step on board a 14-passenger Gulfstream V jet plane, you expect to be treated to a flight teeming with luxuries. The Gulfstream is, after all, a favorite small jet for corporate CEOs and celebrities. Stepping …
Article • November 15, 2005 • from PLN November, 2005
Mississippi Juvenile Legal Access Class Action Settled by On January 12, 2005, Mississippi settled a class action suit challenging a policy at the Colombia Training School (CTS) which severely limited residents' access to legal counsel. CTS is a co-ed juvenile detention facility in Mississippi. The residents range in age from …
Brief • November 5, 2005
Brown et al v. Esmor Correctional Services, NJ, Proof of Claim, immigration beating, 2005 DUE NOVEMBER 10, 2005 PROOF OF CLAIM & RELEASE FOR PARTICIPATION IN BROWN CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT Members of the Brown Class Action should use this form in order to qualify for and receive distributions from the …
Problems Mount In Maryland Prisons by by Michael Rigby Even as the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) reels amid mounting criticism over pervasive violence, inadequate medical care, overcrowding, understaffing, and other systemic deficiencies, new tremors continue to rattle the division. Eight guards accused of beating a …
Reliance Solely On Guard's Version of Incident Improper by In an unpublished decision, the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the summary judgment dismissal of a prisoner's civil rights action against Michigan prison guards holding that the district court had erroneously relied on the guards' version of disputed fats. …
Article • October 15, 2005
Court Allows Amendment, Adding New Defendants to Brutality Suit by The plaintiff sued over excessive force and now seeks to amend to add new defendants after the statute of limitations had run. Claims against new defendants relate back for limitations purposes only if they were not named because of a …
Sexual and Physical Abuse at Florida Girl's Prison Under Investigation by By David Reutter In June, 2003, The State Attorney for Florida's Palm Beach County initiated a grand jury investigation into sexual assaults and physical abuse at the State's only maximum security prison for girls. In April, 2000, the Florida …
Article • October 15, 2005
Guard's Liability Unaffected by NY Prisoner's Guilty Plea in Excessive Force Claim; $38,000 in Damages Awarded, Plus Fees by A New York Federal District court has held that a prisoner's guilty plea to attempted assault does not preclude a guard's liability for use of excessive force. This holding came on …
Grand Jury Finds Criminal Conduct In Chicago Jail Prisoner Abuse Scandal by Matthew T. Clarke As previously reported in PLN, the Cook County Jail has been the scene of controversy involving the wanton beating of prisoners by an elite squad of guards known as the SORT team. [PLN Feb. 2004, …
What's Wrong With the ACA? by Elizabeth Alexander The American Correctional Association (ACA) is the largest and best-known organization of prison and jail staff in the country. It offers higher education programs designed to train prison industry professionals and, like a traditional professional association, it certifies persons as members in …
California Guards Union Intimidates Prison Staff For Infracting Guard Misconduct by California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) local chapter president Chris Trott, of Calipatria State Prison in Imperial, admitted his union placed a rat trap on the prison CCPOA bulletin board in an intimidating retort to three union members having …
Fatal Justice: The New Maryland by Michael Rigby It's a state already steeped in heritage--birthplace of The Star Spangled Banner, home to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, and site of the bloody Civil War battle at Antietam. But now Maryland is raising a new legacy: a system of dangerous …
Pennsylvania Jail Prisoner Settles Use-Of-Force Suit For $15,000 by On January 3, 2005, a Pennsylvania prisoner settled his claims of excessive use of force and deliberate indifference against Lackawanna County Prison officials for $15,000. According to the complaint, plaintiff Mario Ludovici was arrested on October 13, 2001, on a warrant …
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