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Prison Industries Supervisor Liable for Attack by Jay Holloway is a prisoner at the Iowa State Penitentiary (ISP). He was assigned to work in the prison industries building under the supervision of Ray Miller. While at work Holloway was attacked by four other prisoners who believed he had summoned a …
Rape Victim States Claim by James Johnson is a Connecticut state prisoner. He filed suit against various prison officials claiming they were deliberately indifferent to his physical safety after he was placed in a cell with a prisoner who had a known history of sexual assaults who raped him. He …
Article • June 15, 1994 • from PLN June, 1994
Guards Have Duty to Protect Prisoners by Oscar Williams is a Missouri state prisoner. He was assaulted and beaten by two other prisoners in his dormitory. The guard on duty at the time, Clarence Davis, witnessed the attack but did not intervene. When Williams attempted to escape his assailants Davis …
Third Circuit Announces Rules for Appointment of Counsel by Harvey Tabron is a Pennsylvania state prisoner. He sued prison officials claiming they had failed to protect him from attack by another prisoner. In the course of the litigation Tabron requested that the district court appoint counsel to represent him, order …
Classification Chief Liable for Attack by Classification Chief Liable For Attack Israel Nelson was convicted in an Ohio court of assaulting his common law wife and was sent to a medium security prison. His wife contacted him and informed him that her brother, a major cocaine dealer, was plotting to …
Florida Conditions Victory Reversed by This 42 U.S.C. § 1983 case was initiated by ten present and former prisoners at Glades Correctional Institution (GCI) in Florida. They sought money damages and injunctive relief for cruel and unusual punishment and other unconstitutional conditions of confinement. The district court held a trial …
US Marshals Liable for Beating by Fred Sandoval is a federal prisoner. While being transported to a court hearing the Marshals Service placed him in a private jail run by the Wackenhut corporation, contracted to the US government. A Wackenhut guard antagonized another prisoner who, thinking Sandoval was the culprit, …
Judge Cannot Make Credibility Findings by Roland Pettengill is an Arkansas state prisoner. While in segregation he went to yard. Before entering the yard he alerted sergeant George Veasey that an enemy of his was in the yard. Veasey gave Pettengill the choice of going to yard with his enemy …
DOC Guard Liable for Not Stopping Beating by Roger Buckner is a Missouri state prisoner. He was transported from the Jackson county jail for commitment to the Missouri DOC prison at Fulton. Larry Hollins was a jail guard transporting Buckner. Once at Fulton, Hollins stripped Buckner naked, handcuffed him and …
Transfers May Violate Eighth Amendment by Timothy Taylor is a small, mentally retarded Michigan state prisoner. While at the Jackson state prison Taylor was transferred to a camp where he was raped. After being raped prison officials labeled him a homosexual and he was denied a job and resident home …
Court Bans Double Celling of New Prisoners by Prisoners at the Nebraska State Penitentiary filed a class action suit challenging numerous conditions of confinement at the penitentiary. Most of the claims relate to overcrowding and the overall poor living conditions which include: excessive noise, lack of ventilation, inadequate staff, assaults …
Nominal Damages Awarded in Prison Rape Case by Four Missouri state prisoners were repeatedly raped by other prisoners. Before and after the rapes they were unable to check into Protective Custody (PC). They filed suit against prison officials claiming the rapes violated their eighth amendment rights. After a trial, the …
Release Not Appropriate Relief for Beatings by Samuel Brown is a New York state prisoner. Brown was convicted of three counts of felony murder arising from an armored car robbery in upstate New York by the Revolutionary Armed Task Force. Brown became an FBI informant and was later tried and …
Punishment of Pretrial Detainees Unlawful by Spencer Parker is a pretrial detainee in Texas. While awaiting trial in the jail's minimum security section he was moved to the violent offenders section in retaliation for arguing with a guard. As a result of the transfer he was assaulted and lost his …
Blind Pretrial Detainees Entitled to Treatment by Anthony Harris was a pretrial detainee in the Cook county jail (Chicago). He is legally blind. While at the jail he repeatedly requested medical treatment for his blindness and frequent eye infections. He also requested special handicapped housing to prevent dangerous situations. Jail …
Death Threats and "Snitch Jacketing" by Guards Unlawful by Craig Northington is a Colorado state prisoner assigned to community placement. While going to his work site plainclothes prison officials surprised him, put guns to his head without identifying themselves as prison guards, threatened to kill him and verbally and physically …
Retrial for Damages Alone Appropriate by Tommy Williams is a Missouri state prisoner who was stabbed several times by two other prisoners. Williams filed suit against a guard and several other officials claiming they were deliberately indifferent and acted with reckless disregard to his safety when they knew the prisoners …
Damages Awarded in Beating Case by Rickke Greene is an Oklahoma state prisoner. While in a segregation unit Greene was scalded by another prisoner and received second degree burns. After not being treated at the prison infirmary he was returned to his cell, knocked to the floor, kicked and beaten …
Rampant Violence in Venezuelan Prisons by by María Dubayle, Venezuelan journalist The situation inside Venezuela's prisons reflects the serious deficiencies in the country's protection of human rights. According to figures from the Public Ministry's Human Rights Office, so far this year more than 160 prisoners have been killed inside Venezuelan …
Beaten Jail Prisoner Entitled to Counsel by James Swofford is a pre-trial detainee in the Franklin County (IL) jail charged with aggravated sexual assault. Upon being booked into the jail Swofford was placed in a cell with ten other prisoners. During the night they beat, kicked and stomped Swofford, urinated …
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