News in Brief by News in Brief Alabama: On January 9, 2023, the Montgomery Police Department (MPD) arrested a guard at the city jail for an alleged off-duty assault, the Birmingham News reported. It’s unclear who filed the misdemeanor complaint against Reba Foulks, 36; MPD didn’t begin its investigation until …
Second Circuit Reinstates N.Y. Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim, Finding Grievance Procedure ‘Unavailable’ in Mental Health Unit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On September 15, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that a New York prisoner was excused from exhausting administrative remedies as required …
Third Former Guard at Troubled Federal Prison in Brooklyn Sentenced After Retrial and Conviction for Raping Prisoner by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On April 25, 2022, a former guard employed by the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn was sentenced to 10 years …
USA v. Seabrook, NY, Order and Opinion Granting Motion for Reduction of Sentence, Bribery, 2023 Case 1:16-cr-00467-AKH Document 459 Filed 02/23/23 Page 1 of 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK --------------------------------------------------------------- X UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, -against- ORDER AND OPINION GRANTING MOTION FOR REDUCTION OF SENTENCE …
Stanbro v. Palou, NY, Judgment, Excessive Force, 2023 Case 7:20-cv-01591-KMK Document 238 237 Filed 02/21/23 02/20/23 Page 1 of 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK JUDGMENT IN A CIVIL CASE CHAD STANBRO, Plaintiff, Case No. 7:19-cv-10857 (KMK-JCM) -againstWESTCHESTER COUNTY HEALTH CARE CORPORATION, WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER, FRANK …
Stanbro v. Palou, NY, Order, Medical Malpractice, 2023 Case 7:19-cv-10857-KMK Document 179 Filed 02/16/23 Page 1 of 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK CHAD STANBRO, Plaintiff, v. No. 20-CV-1591 (KMK) CORRECTION OFFICER NADYA PALOU, et al., Defendants. CHAD STANBRO, Plaintiff, v. No. 19-CV-10857 (KMK) WESTCHESTER COUNTY …
Johnson v. The City of New York, NY, Report and Recommendation, Retaliation, 2023 Case 1:16-cv-06426-KAM-VMS Document 255 Filed 02/08/23 Page 1 of 133 PageID #: 8867 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ------------------------------------------------------------ x MICHAEL JOHNSON, : : Plaintiff, : : -against: : THE CITY OF NEW …
Two Prisoners Stabbed, One Overdosed: Just Another Day at Rikers Island by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On January 14, 2023, the violence at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex began early, when a guard saw one detainee slashed by others. In a separate incident later that …
News in Brief by Alabama: WHNT in Huntsville reported on December 16, 2022, that a Morgan County Jail detainee was charged with assaulting a guard. Ashley Nicole Taymon, 36, had gotten into an altercation at the Community Corrections Office five days earlier and was taken to a hospital. There she …
Record Deaths at Rikers Island Blamed on Guards’ Absenteeism, Abuse and Corruption by Anthony Accurso, David Reutter by Anthony W. Accurso and David M. Reutter After 16 detainee deaths in 2021[See: PLN, Feb. 2022, p.1], the carnage continued at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex in 2022, leaving 19 …
Federal Judge Refuses to Shorten Corruption Sentence for Former Head of New York City Jail Guards’ Union by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 10, 2022, the federal court for the Southern District of New York denied a habeas corpus petition filed by the former head of the union …
$98,000 Paid by BOP to Immigrant Detainees Racially Profiled as Terrorists in New York City Lockup by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss An out-of-court settlement between the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and a group of former immigrant detainees was made public on July 5, 2022. The plaintiffs, all …
Bowden v. The State of New York, NY, Claim, Assault, 2023 CLAIM NO. 138757 FILED: NYS COURT OF CLAIMS 01/31/2023 04:49 PM NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 01/31/2023 NEW YORK STATE COURT OF CLAIMS EDWARD BOWDEN, WILBER BUTLER, SILVESTRE CAMPO, AUBREY CARTER, SEAN DAVIS, ROBERT GREGORY, ANTHONY GRIGOROFF, SHARDELL …
McGaffigan v. The City of Rochester, NY, Decision and Order, Excessive Force, 2023 Case 6:21-cv-06545-FPG-MWP Document 53 Filed 01/26/23 Page 1 of 16 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK SONIA McGAFFIGAN, Plaintiff, v. Case # 21-CV-6545-FPG DECISION & ORDER THE CITY OF ROCHESTER, et al., Defendants. INTRODUCTION …
New York City Guards Charged With Fraudulently Taking More Than a Year’s Paid Sick Leave by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On November 10, 2022, three guards who work for the New York City Department of Correction [DOC] at Rikers Island were arrested on charges of federal program …
News in Brief by Alabama: On November 2, 2022, a former state prison guard at the William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility near Birmingham pleaded guilty to federal contraband smuggling charges. The Birmingham News reported that Wilson Brian Clemons, 32, was arrested on November 23, 2021, on state counts of marijuana …
Massive Price Tags and Meager Results: The Legacy of Federal Monitors in New York City by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart From payoffs to teachers over biased tests to oversight for excessive force in New York City jails, there’s money in being a federal monitor for New York City agencies. …
BOP Settles for $4.18 Million With Six Prisoners Raped by Guard at Now-Shuttered Manhattan Federal Jail by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has been under intense scrutiny from lawmakers over misconduct by guards and officials at multiple prisons. Some of the worst behavior …
Second Circuit: N.Y. Detainee Didn’t Fail to Exhaust Administrative Remedies When Jail Grievance Procedure Excluded Matter Forming Basis of Claim by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 8, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reinstated a New York jail detainee’s claim, saying he couldn’t be …
Ex-Prisoner Re-Elected to New York State Assembly by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders One of the most unjust consequences of mass incarceration in America is that it removes millions of citizens from the political process. Most prisoners lose voting privileges at least through their parole, though sometimes for life. But …
