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Reynolds v. Burchett, KY, Settlement, Sexual Harassment, 2017

Brief • July 16, 2017

Filed under: Staff-Staff Harassment, Retaliation against Staff

Reynolds v. Burchett, KY, Settlement, Sexual Harassment, 2017 SETTLEMENT, RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS This Settlement, Release of All Claims (hereinafter, Agreement") is entered into by Dianna Reynolds and Gordon Dill, her attorney, (hereinafter collectively referred to as, "Plaintiff) and in favor of Boyd County, Kentucky, Joe Burchett, personally and in …

Fulton v. Mason County, KY, Settlement, Heroin Withdrawal, 2017

Brief • July 10, 2017

Filed under: Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Fulton v. Mason County, KY, Settlement, Heroin Withdrawal, 2017 SETTLEMENT. RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT This Settlement, Release of All Claims and Indemnity Agreement (hereinafter, "Agreement") is entered into by Teresa Fulton, Administratrix of the Estate of Audrey Geneva Fulton, deceased (hereinafter collectively referred to as, "Plaintiff') and …

Continued Failure in Privatized Medical Care at Kentucky Jails

Article • June 30, 2017 • from PLN July, 2017

Filed under: Private Contractors, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Continued Failure in Privatized Medical Care at Kentucky Jails by David Reutter by David Reutter Private medical contractors have become popular among corrections officials eager to reduce the cost of providing health care to prisoners. As PLN continues to chronicle this phenomenon, we continue to find substantial evidence that for-profit …

Is Risk Prediction Real Criminal Justice Reform or Junk Science?

Article • June 30, 2017 • from PLN July, 2017

Filed under: Racial Discrimination, Statistics/Trends

Is Risk Prediction Real Criminal Justice Reform or Junk Science? by Joe Watson by Joe Watson With its criminal justice system bursting at the seams, one state has decided to take a controversial step to alleviate the pressure. In 2015, Pennsylvania officials indicated the state would become the first in …

Wiley-Stiger v. O'Bannon, KY, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2017

Brief • June 30, 2017

Filed under: Injury -- Misc., Guard Brutality/Beatings, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement

Wiley-Stiger v. O'Bannon, KY, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2017 RELEASE In consideration of the payment of the sum of Thirty-five Thousand Dollars by LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT") to PAMELA WILEY-STIGER GOVERNMENT ("METRO the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, PAMELA WILEY-STIGER does hereby release and forever discharge METRO GOVERNMENT, along with …

States Wrestle with Prison Privatization

Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Cost of Prison Systems

States Wrestle with Prison Privatization by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In 2016, questions were raised in at least three states about the amount of taxpayer money flowing into the coffers of private, for-profit prison companies. Take Colorado, for example. When lawmakers were considering an almost $26 billion state budget …

Kentucky: Disciplinary Proceeding Reversed for Failure to Review Video Footage

Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017

Filed under: Evidence, Videotaping

Kentucky: Disciplinary Proceeding Reversed for Failure to Review Video Footage by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On May 20, 2016, a Kentucky Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, held that a prisoner has the right, upon request, to have video surveillance footage reviewed and considered by the hearing officer …

Opposition to Prison Is an Environmental Fight in Appalachia

Article • May 19, 2017

Filed under: Hepatitis, Environmental Law, Sewage, Water, National Environmental Policy Act, PLN related

Opposition to Prison Is an Environmental Fight in Appalachia by Sara Imperiale by Sara Imperiale A proposed federal prison has become the focus of opposition for advocates concerned about the project's most notable feature: it’s slated for a mountaintop coal removal site. Coal companies mine by mountaintop removal predominately in …

Kindoll v. Southern Health Partners Inc., et al., KY, medical malpractice, 2017

Brief • May 12, 2017

Filed under: Pain, Injury -- Misc., Stroke, Malpractice, Failure to Protect (General), Eighth Amendment, Jail Specific, Failure to Train/Supervise, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights

Kindoll v. Southern Health Partners Inc., et al., KY, medical malpractice, 2017 Case: 2:17-cv-00084-DLB-CJS Doc #: 1 Filed: 05/12/17 Page: 1 of 13 - Page ID#: 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY NORTHERN DIVISION AT COVINGTON MICHELLE KINDOLL c/o Gerhardstein & Branch Co. LPA 441 …

Healthcare and Handcuffs: BOP Assigns Medical Staff to Security Positions

Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017

Filed under: Staffing, Staff Training

Healthcare and Handcuffs: BOP Assigns Medical Staff to Security Positions by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), facing chronic guard shortages, has resorted to either paying overtime to officers who work additional shifts or assigning nurses and other healthcare staff to security positions. In the …

BOP Settles Prisoner Retaliation Claim for $7,350

Article • April 26, 2017

Filed under: Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Prison Labor, Settlements

BOP Settles Prisoner Retaliation Claim for $7,350 by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Bureau of Prisons settled a claim of retaliation brought by prisoner Kevin L. Shehee for $7,350.00 in December 2000. Shehee was serving a 262-month sentence at Federal Correctional Institution Manchester, Kentucky when he filed his 42 …

Kentucky Prisoners Entitled to Review of Audio Recordings at Disciplinary Hearing

Article • February 8, 2017 • from PLN February, 2017

Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Hearing Officers, False Charges (Disciplinary Hearings), Evidence, Administrative Exhaustion, Due Process

Kentucky Prisoners Entitled to Review of Audio Recordings at Disciplinary Hearing by A Kentucky Court of Appeals held on February 26, 2016 that prisoners have a due process right to request the review of audio recordings at a prison disciplinary hearing. Proceeding pro se, Kentucky state prisoner Sammy F. Mobley, …

Advanced Correctional Healthcare’s Brutal Brand of Jailhouse Medicine

Article • January 12, 2017

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Medication, Cardiovascular, Private Contractors, Skin, Kidney, Hernias, Failure to Treat, Malpractice, Infections, Overcrowding, Jail Specific, Collateral consequences of prison

Advanced Correctional Healthcare’s Brutal Brand of Jailhouse Medicine by Timothy Strayer in his hospital bed in Dearborn County ICU after spending just one month behind bars at the county jail. by Brian Sonenstein, Shadowproof Timothy Strayer was approaching 70 years of age and suffering from multiple chronic illnesses in the …

Rice v. Montgomery County, KY, Settlement Agreement, Wrongful Death Seizure, 2016

Brief • December 20, 2016

Filed under: Seizures, Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Private Contractors, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Rice v. Montgomery County, KY, Settlement Agreement, Wrongful Death Seizure, 2016 SETTI.FTVIENT. RELEASE qF ALL CLAIMS AND INDEMNITYAGREEMENT This Settlement, Release of All Claims and Indemnity Agreement (hereinafter, "Agreement") is entered into by Diana Rice, Adminisffatrix of the Estate of Ronald Calvin Gaunce, deceased, and Della Ford, as natural mother …

Southern Health Partners to Face Liability in Kentucky Pre-trial Detainee’s MRSA Death

Article • November 8, 2016 • from PLN November, 2016

Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Private Contractors, Contagious Disease -- Misc., Failure to Treat, Malpractice, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Southern Health Partners to Face Liability in Kentucky Pre-trial Detainee’s MRSA Death by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a grant of summary judgment to Southern Health Partners, Inc. (SHP) in a civil rights action alleging the company failed to train and supervise its nurses at Kentucky’s Hopkins County …

Kentucky Court of Appeals Upholds Jail Confiscating Cash and Checks to Pay Fees

Article • October 27, 2016

Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Prisoner Property

Kentucky Court of Appeals Upholds Jail Confiscating Cash and Checks to Pay Fees by Matthew Clarke On November 13, 2015, a Kentucky court of appeals held that neither a jail nor a bank acted illegally when the confiscated the checks prisoners had on them when they were booked into the …

Private Medical Contractors in Kentucky Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity

Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016

Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Respiratory, Private Contractors, Gastrointestinal, Failure to Treat, Qualified Immunity

Private Medical Contractors in Kentucky Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity by The Kentucky Court of Appeals held that a trial court improperly granted summary judgment to the defendants in a civil action alleging a prisoner received negligent medical care at the Hardin County Detention Center (HCDC). HCDC contracts with Southern …

Senator McConnell's Message to Unicor: Back Off

Article • September 9, 2016

Filed under: Prison Industries, Prison Labor, Fair Labor Standards Act

Senator McConnell's Message to Unicor: Back Off by Derek Gilna When one of the most powerful United States Senators makes a suggestion, even a federal bureaucracy takes notice. Kurt Wilson, an executive with American Apparel, Inc., an Alabama company that makes military uniforms, and Michael Marsh of Kentucky-based Ashland Sales …

Suit Against Kentucky Jail Officials for Prisoner-on-Prisoner Assault Dismissed for Failure to State a Claim

Article • September 8, 2016

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Skeletal Injury, Injury -- Misc., Failure to Treat, Failure to Protect (General), Jail Specific

Suit Against Kentucky Jail Officials for Prisoner-on-Prisoner Assault Dismissed for Failure to State a Claim by Lonnie Burton On June 3, 2016, a three judge panel of the Court of Appeals of Kentucky issue a 3-0 decision affirming the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a state prisoner who was …

Kentucky Court Upholds Guard's Conviction for Raping Female Prisoners

Article • September 7, 2016

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct

Kentucky Court Upholds Guard's Conviction for Raping Female Prisoners by On June 17, 2016, the Court of Appeals of Kentucky affirmed the conviction of a Carter County deputy sheriff in a case where he forced two female prisoners to perform oral sex on him. Following an investigation by the Kentucky …