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$12,003.74 in Fees/Costs Awarded in Excessive Force Use; PLRA Fee Cap Inapplicable to Stipulated Set by $12,003.74 in Fees/Costs Awarded in Excessive Force Use; PLRA Fee Cap Inapplicable to Stipulated Settlements A federal court in New York awarded attorneys' fees of $10,858 and costs of $1,144.95 for a total of …
Abu Ghraib's Stain on Military Medicine by Steven Miles by Steven H. Miles, MD This article examines the relationship of military medical personnel to abuses of detainees at Abu Ghraib and other detention centers in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay. It is based on testimony before the US Senate and …
Nine California Guards Fired For Prisoner Assaults by Nine guards at California's maximum security Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP), including some belonging to the Green Wall" satanic gang of rogue guards, were fired on November 8, 2004 as a disciplinary action for allegedly assaulting a prisoner and then conspiring to …
California Youth Authority Fires Six For Pummeling Prisoners And Filing False Reports by On September 10, 2004, six California Youth Authority (CYA) Correctional Counselors (guards) were fired for using excessive force" in beating two prisoners at a Stockton, California youth prison on January 20, 2004, and then falsifying the reports. …
$40,000 To Settle Excessive Force Claim At Los Angeles County Jail by In September, 2004, the Los Angeles County Claims Board (Board) agreed to pay $40,000 to settle an excessive force claim brought by a prisoner injured at the L.A. County Main Jail. On March 17, 2002, prisoner Joseph Amezola …
Baker v State of California, CA, Complaint,youth guard beating, 2005 FEB-18-2005 FRI 02:09 PM CYA LEGAL OFFICE .. '---C;-'se 2:05-cv-00589-GEB-KJM Document 1-2 4 Laurence E. Drivon, S.B.N 46660 THE DRIVON LAW FIRM Davey L. Turner, SBN #196886 215 North San Joaquin Street Stockton, CA 95202 Telephone: (209) 644-1234 Fax: (209) …
Exhaustion of Administrative Remedy Requirement May be Excused by The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has held that the failure to exhaust administrative remedies may be excused in limited circumstances and should be excused in this case. This civil rights action arose from events that occurred while Ivan Rodriguez was …
Seventh Circuit Interprets "Brought" As Used 42 U.S.C. § 1197e(a) by Seventh Circuit Interprets "Brought" As Used 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a) The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit has interpreted the word "brought" in 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a) to mean "when the complaint is tendered to the district …
Report Lambastes New York Lockdowns by Michael Rigby by: Michael Rigby Emotional and physical distress...restricted diets... "greeting beatings" ...high rates of mental illness...a reliance on warehousing instead of treatment. This is the troubling reality of disciplinary confinement in New York, according to a 54-page report released on October 22, 2003, …
Prisoner's Release Fails to Excuse PLRA's Exhaustion Requirement by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held the Prison Litigation Reform Act's (PLRA) administrative remedy exhaustion requirement was not excused by the fact the plaintiff had been released at the time the district court considered the motion to dismiss. While a …
Government Says No Criminal Conduct in New Jersey Mass Prisoner Beating, But Jury Awards Abused Prisoner $19,000; Sexual Harassment Suit Settled for $250,000 by Government Says No Criminal Conduct in New Jersey Mass Prisoner Beating, But Jury Awards Abused Prisoner $19,000; Sexual Harassment Suit Settled for $250,000 by Matthew T. …
Baker v. CCA, VT, Complaint, Lee riot guard beating, 2005 W011 02,08/2005 15:50 FAX 615 366 7333 JOB MASTER STATE OF VE ' ONT ADDISON COUNTY, SS. GENE BAXER, Plaintiff, Superior Court Docket No. V. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Defendant COMPLAINT NOW COMES Plaintiff Gene Baker, by and through his …
Cruz v. CCA, VT, Complaint, Lee riot guard beating, 2005 02/0842005 15:53 FAX 515 355 I 7333 JOB MASTER LaJUU4/UUU I STATE OF VE ' ONT ADDISON COUNTY, SS. CONCEPCION L. CRUZ, Plaintiff, Superior Court Docket No. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Defendant. COMPLAINT NOW COMES Plaintiff Concepcion L. Cruz, by …
Latest Honduran Prison Massacre: "Homies Were Burning Alive" by Tom Hayden In first-ever interviews, representatives of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS) gang in Tegucigalpa, Honduras this May described how security forces were to blame for the May 17, 2004 prison fire that killed 105 of those they call their homeboys. In …
Brief • January 2, 2005
Brown et al v. Esmor Correctional Services, NJ, Settlement - Plan of Allocation, immigration beating, 2005 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY ________________________________ SAMSON BROWN, et al., Plaintiffs, vs. ESMOR CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, INC., Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Civil …
Business as Usual by Todd Matthews Wackenhut further angered state officials by saying they must pay for the empty bed space at the Santa Rosa facility caused by transferring prisoners to the Virginia supermax. According to the state's contract, Wackenhut claimed, the state must pay as though the prison is …
Death Exposes Inadequate Mental Health Care in Oregon Prisons by Mark Wilson On April 29, 2002, the tormented life of 45-year-old Oregon prisoner William Owens came to a tragic end in the Disciplinary Segregation Unit (DSU) of the Snake River Correctional Institution (SRCI). His death exposed numerous problems with the …
Article • December 15, 2004 • from PLN December, 2004
Abuse, Torture and Rape Reported at Unlisted U.S.-Run Prisons in Iraq by Lisa Ashkenaz Croke Abuse, Torture and Rape Reported at Unlisted U.S.-run Prisons in Iraq by Lisa Ashkenaz Croke American legal investigators have discovered evidence of abuse, torture and rape throughout the US-run prison system in Iraq. A Michigan …
Untimely Grievances Satisfy PLRA; $70,000 Beating Verdict Upheld by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that even an untimely grievance satisfied the exhaustion requirement of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) so long as the prisoner goes through every step of the grievance process. In doing so, the court …
Cowboy Justice: BOP Guards Convicted by Alan Pendergast by Alan Prendergast The seven men sat around the defense table Tuesday afternoon, June 24, 2003, murmuring quietly to each other and exchanging hearty good-luck handshakes with their attorneys. The tension was thick, anticipation high. Shortly after 4 p.m., the jurors filed …
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