18-Month Prison Sentence for Former Alabama Sheriff in Food Bank Scam by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The former sheriff of Alabama’s Pickens County was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for a scam to defraud a food bank and his church, and pocketing leftover funds to …
Alabama Jail Guards Face Liability for Inaction to Methadone Withdrawal Symptoms by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter In an unpublished opinion, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of qualified immunity to guards in a civil rights action alleging they were deliberately indifferent to a pretrial …
Gartman v. Cheatham, AL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2020 Case 2:18-cv-00534-MHT-JTA Document 101 Filed 03/02/20 Page 1 of 31 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA TRENTON GARTMAN, ) ) Plaintiff; ) ) v. ) ) ) ) PATRICK CHEATHAM, an Individual; ) JABARI AGEE, an …
Head v. Dunn, AL, Complaint, Suicides in Prison, 2020 Case 2:20-cv-00132-SMD Document 1 Filed 02/24/20 Page 1 of 77 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA RECEIVED NORTHERN DIVISION BETTY HEAD as Administrator of the Estate of BILLY LEE THORNTON,Jr., Deceased; JEFFERY RUST as Administrator of the …
Graphic Violence, Deaths in Alabama Prison Shown in Leaked Photos by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Over 2,000 photos taken by staff at Alabama’s St. Clair Correctional Facility paint a graphic picture of violence in the prison that was previously described only in words. But after the Southern …
Companies Compete to Build New Alabama Prisons by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter In the face of a looming federal lawsuit over conditions inside its prison system, Alabama is moving forward with a $900 million plan to build three new men’s facilities. Five companies have submitted a Statement …
Court Orders Changes to Alabama Prison System After 15 Suicides; Feds Threaten Suit by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer A May 4, 2019 federal district court order in a five-year-old lawsuit over inadequate mental health care and a resultant high suicide rate in Alabama’s prison system was entered “in the …
Eleventh Circuit: Tasing of Inert Detainee is Excessive Force by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 9, 2019, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals answered in the affirmative whether it is “excessive force to tase for a second time a man who, as a result of an …
Victim Notification Law Plagues Alabama’s Parole System by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Admitting it is an “uncalled-for-situation,” Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles (BPP) Director Charles Graddick announced on September 9, 2019 that all future parole hearings were being postponed in order to comply with a new law that …
Alabama Prisoners Bring Awareness of Abusive Conditions Through Hunger Strikes by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss In March 2019, nine Alabama prisoners went on a hunger strike after being placed in solitary confinement without being given any reason other than “preventative measures.” The prisoners, members of Convicts Against Violence or …
Alabama Jail Prisoner Accused of Conspiring to Get Pregnant, Claiming Rape by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Twenty-six-year-old pretrial detainee and capital murder defendant Latoni Daniel gave birth to a baby boy on May 29, 2019. But she wasn’t pregnant when she was processed into the Coosa County jail in …
DOJ Probe Finds Alabama Men’s Prisons Overcrowded, Plagued by Ongoing Violence by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter In April 2019 the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released the results of a three-year investigation into men’s prisons operated by the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC), finding that conditions in …
Arrestee Dies in a Jail with No Medical Staff; Eleventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On April 3, 2019, the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed a district court’s dismissal of a civil rights case concerning the death of a jail detainee. Almus Taylor, …
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United States v. Abston, AL, indictment, misuse of surplus jail food allowance money, 2019 FILED Case 7:19-cr-00312-LCB-HNJ Document 1 Filed 05/29/19 Page 1 of 18 2019 May-31 PM 01:36 U.S. DISTRICT COURT N.D. OF ALABAMA JET / JBW: June 2019 Grand Jury # 27 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT …
United States v. Abston, AL, indictment, sheriff's fradulent food scheme, 2019 FILED Case 7:19-cr-00312-LCB-HNJ Document 1 Filed 05/29/19 Page 1 of 18 2019 May-31 PM 01:36 U.S. DISTRICT COURT N.D. OF ALABAMA JET / JBW: June 2019 Grand Jury # 27 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA WESTERN …
Continued Problems with Mental Health Care, Suicides in Alabama DOC by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Counting 13 suicides among Alabama state prisoners within a 14-month period ending in early February 2019, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has accused the Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) of not …
Alabama DOC Stonewalling Federal Investigation; Eight Prisoners go on Hunger Strike by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On October 3, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a petition to enforce a subpoena naming Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC), as the respondent. The …
Alabama DOC Refuses Muslim Spiritual Adviser in Execution Chamber by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Domineque Hakim Marcelle Ray, 42, was put to death by lethal injection at Alabama’s Holman Correctional Facility on February 7, 2019, after his request to have his Muslim spiritual adviser, Imam Yusef Maisonet, …
Alabama Prison Warden Lacks Authority to Make End-of-Life Decisions for Prisoners by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held on October 2, 2018 that an Alabama prison warden was not entitled to qualified immunity because his actions of requesting a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order and decision to remove a prisoner from …
