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$7,500,000 Class-Action Settlement for Illegal Strip-Searches in Camden, NJ
Article • August 7, 2017
Filed under: Strip Searches, Bail
$7,500,000 Class-Action Settlement for Illegal Strip-Searches in Camden, NJ by Joe Watson by Joe Watson A class-action, Fourth Amendment lawsuit originally filed by Laverne Hicks and Michael Velez, two New Jersey men who had each been stopped by state police for alleged traffic violations and subsequently strip-searched and jailed by …
$20,000 Settlement for NJ Jail Guard Harassed for Years After Pregnancy
Article • August 4, 2017
Filed under: Gender Discrimination -- Women, Employee Litigation
$20,000 Settlement for NJ Jail Guard Harassed for Years After Pregnancy by Joe Watson by Joe Watson Lisa Knowlton and her husband, Ronald--both guards at the Morris County, N.J. jail--settled a workplace harassment suit against the county in August 2008 for $20,000 after years of what Lisa claimed was employment …
Dittimus-Bey v. Taylor, NJ, Order Approving Consent Decree, Jail Conditions, 2017
Brief • June 30, 2017
Filed under: Contagious Disease -- Misc., Failure to Treat, Food, Overcrowding, Eighth Amendment, Staffing, Toilets, Water, Sanitation, Protective Custody
Dittimus-Bey v. Taylor, NJ, Order Approving Consent Decree, Jail Conditions, 2017 Case 1:05-cv-00063-JBS-JS Document 225 Filed 06/30/17 Page 1 of 3 PageID: 3929 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY CORRI DITTIMUS BEY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CAMDEN COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, et al., CIVIL ACTION NO. 05-cv-0063 …
Securus Technologies v. Chris Christie, NJ, ACLU Amicus Brief, 2017
Brief • June 7, 2017
Filed under: Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Fifth Amendment
Securus Technologies v. Chris Christie, NJ, ACLU Amicus Brief, 2017 P.O. Box 32159 Newark, NJ 07102 Tel: 973-854-1714 Fax: 973-642-6523 ashalom@aclu-nj.org www.aclu-nj.org AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION of NEW JERSEY June 7, 2017 Honorable Kay Walcott-Henderson, J.S.C. Superior Court of New Jersey Law Division, Mercer County 175 South Broad Street Trenton, …
Cantoni v. Cumberland County, NJ, Settlement Agreement, Sexual Abuse, 2017
Brief • 2017
Filed under: Prisoner-Staff Assault
Cantoni v. Cumberland County, NJ, Settlement Agreement, Sexual Abuse, 2017 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE OF CLAIMS The SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE OF CLAIMS ("Agreement") is being entered into among and between JENNIFER CANTONI ("CANTONI") or "Releasor") and CUMBERLAND COUNTY ("CUMBERLAND"), its officers, directors, and employees, past and present, …
American Friends Service Committee - From the Inside Out, 2017
Publication • 2017
Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat, Eighth Amendment, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides
American Friends Service Committee - From the Inside Out, 2017 89 Market Street, 6th Floor | Newark, NJ 07102 | 973-643-1924 “​FROM THE INSIDE OUT​” A report by the Prison Watch Community Oversight Initiative Issue 3 - June 2017 This is a community effort created by the voices inside. With …
$49,500 Settlement in New Jersey Jail Beating Suit
Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017
Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Mental Health
$49,500 Settlement in New Jersey Jail Beating Suit by A mentally ill former New Jersey prisoner and Salem County officials agreed on March 4, 2016 to settle a lawsuit that alleged guards at the Salem County Jail beat him to the point where he had to be hospitalized. Harold Jones, …
Dittimus-Bey v. Taylor, NJ, Consent Decree, Jail Conditions, 2017
Brief • May 5, 2017
Filed under: Contagious Disease -- Misc., Failure to Treat, Food, Overcrowding, Eighth Amendment, Staffing, Toilets, Water, Sanitation, Protective Custody
Dittimus-Bey v. Taylor, NJ, Consent Decree, Jail Conditions, 2017 Case 1:05-cv-00063-JBS-JS Document 215-2 Filed 05/15/17 Page 2 of 15 PageID: 3760 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY CORRI DITTIMUS BEY, MEL VIN CLARK, MARK ELLIOTT and DONALD RUDD on behalf of themselves and all others similarly …
New Jersey rates as of April 2017
Kickback publication • April 26, 2017
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
New Jersey rates as of April 2017 4/26/2017 NJDOC Inmate Telephone System Information AgriIndustries home about us frequently asked questions contact us escapes offender search engine offender visit restrictions in the news offender statistics careers in corrections PREA DEPTCOR New Jersey Administrative Code 10a LexisNexis link to the New Jersey …
Kirkland v. DiLeo, NJ, Settlement, Judicial Misconduct, 2017
Brief • April 12, 2017
Filed under: Judicial Misconduct, Public Defenders, Indigent Defense, Overdetention
Kirkland v. DiLeo, NJ, Settlement, Judicial Misconduct, 2017 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND MUTUAL RELEASE BETWEEN WENDELL KIRKLAND and ANTHONY KIRKLAND AND LOUIS M.J. DiLEO and THE CITY OF LINDEN This Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release (hereinafter "Agreement"), dated , 2017, is made by and between Wendell Kirkland and Anthony Kirkland (alternatively …
Securus Technologies v. Chris Christie, NJ, AG Letter Supporting MTD - DOC Phone Contracts (2017)
Brief • April 10, 2017
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Securus Technologies v. Chris Christie, NJ, AG Letter Supporting MTD - DOC Phone Contracts (2017) of THe ~~+r y~ja~2k: ~~~~~ ~ ~~~~~~-,;~,~ ~- ~ yk ~ s ~~ T~J ~i:~ ~ h. (,~ S State of New Jersey Jersey State CHRIS CHRISTIE CHRISTIE Governor G overnor ATTORNEY GENERAL GENERAL OFFICE …
Adam X v. New Jersey Dept. Of Corrections, NJ, First Amended Class Action Complaint, ADA Compliance, 2017
Brief • April 7, 2017
Filed under: Americans with Disabilities Act
Adam X v. New Jersey Dept. Of Corrections, NJ, First Amended Class Action Complaint, ADA Compliance, 2017 Case 3:17-cv-00188-FLW-LHG Document 26 Filed 04/07/17 Page 1 of 60 PageID: 162 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY ______________________________________ ADAM X., BRIAN Y., CASEY Z., on behalf …
Brian v. New Jersey Dept of Corrections, NJ, Amended Class Action Complaint, Disabled Prisoners' Right to Education, 2017
Brief • April 7, 2017
Filed under: Disabled Prisoners, Prisoners' Rights
Brian v. New Jersey Dept of Corrections, NJ, Amended Class Action Complaint, Disabled Prisoners' Right to Education, 2017 Case 3:17-cv-00188-FLW-LHG Document 26 Filed 04/07/17 Page 1 of 60 PageID: 162 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY ______________________________________ ADAM X., BRIAN Y., CASEY Z., on …
Afdahl v. Melgar, NJ, Consent Judgment, Sexual and Physical Assault, 2017
Brief • March 15, 2017
Filed under: Consent Decrees
Afdahl v. Melgar, NJ, Consent Judgment, Sexual and Physical Assault, 2017 Marc D. Haefner Katelyn O'Reilly WALSH PIZZI O'REILLY FALANGA LLP One Newark Center l 085 Raymond Blvd., 19th Floor Newark, New Jersey 07102 11 I ·,~ ,. Attorneys.for Plaint([fs THERESE AFDAHL; TASHA CANADA; BARBARA CLARK; MICHELLE ELLIS; JOANN SATARIOUS; …
New Jersey: Jail Time for Unpaid Littering Fine Results in Civil Suit
Article • March 10, 2017 • from PLN March, 2017
Filed under: Judicial Misconduct, Costs, Money/Property
New Jersey: Jail Time for Unpaid Littering Fine Results in Civil Suit by Anthony Kneisser flicked a cigarette butt out of his car window on the New Jersey Turnpike and found himself jailed when he appeared in court in 2014 for the littering offense, as he couldn’t pay the $200 …
New Jersey Appellate Court Modifies Use of Polygraphs for Paroled Sex Offenders
Article • March 10, 2017 • from PLN March, 2017
Filed under: Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Polygraphs, Parole, Parole Conditions
New Jersey Appellate Court Modifies Use of Polygraphs for Paroled Sex Offenders by On January 21, 2016, a New Jersey appellate court upheld the State Parole Board’s requirement that sex offenders take polygraph examinations but modified how the results could be used, prohibiting evidentiary use that could result in the …
Estate of Hennis v. Cumberland County, NJ, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2017
Brief • January 11, 2017
Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Estate of Hennis v. Cumberland County, NJ, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2017 Case 1:16-cv-04216-RBK-AMD Document 26 Filed 01/11/17 Page 1 of 16 PageID: 124 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY CAMDEN VICINAGE The Estate of David Hennis by and through its administrator Ad Prosequendum, Patricia Hennis, And Patricia Hennis, …
Jail Official Convicted of Illegally Recording Phone Conversations Loses Appeal
Article • January 10, 2017 • from PLN January, 2017
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Jail Misconduct, Telephone Monitoring, Guard Unions
Jail Official Convicted of Illegally Recording Phone Conversations Loses Appeal by Christopher Zoukis A former high-ranking official at a New Jersey county jail, convicted on federal charges for illegally listening to and recording the private phone conversations of jail union leaders, has lost his appeal and will remain in federal …
American Friends Service Committee - From the Inside Out, 2016
Publication • December 1, 2016
Filed under: Sexual Assault, Medical, Dental Care, Strip Searches, Conditions of Confinement, Totality of Conditions, Court Access, Legal Mail
American Friends Service Committee - From the Inside Out, 2016 “FROM THE INSIDE OUT” A report by the Prison Watch Community Oversight Initiative December 2016 Issue #1 This report was created by Program Director Bonnie Kerness (973-410-3978/ bkerness@afsc.org), Interns Rachel Frome and Marshall Justice Rountree, and with further assistance from …
Third Circuit Reverses Dismissal of New Jersey Prisoner’s Suit
Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016
Filed under: Gender Discrimination -- Women, Dental Care, Failure to Protect (General), Eighth Amendment, Clothing, Showers, Water, Transportation
Third Circuit Reverses Dismissal of New Jersey Prisoner’s Suit by On November 16, 2015, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a civil rights action brought by a former New Jersey state prisoner who was housed at a community corrections facility and allegedly mistreated when she was …
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