CoreCivic Prisons in Tennessee Have Twice as Many Murders, Four Times the Homicide Rate as State-Run Facilities by On June 10, 2019, the Human Rights Defense Center and No Exceptions Prison Collective reported that from 2014 through June 2019, there were twice as many murders in the four Tennessee prisons …
TN DOC - GTL commission data 2015 Tennessee DOC Commission Summary January 2015 (12/26/14 - 1/25/15) Cost Center Site Name Site Cost Cen1 Site Name TN_DOC-Morgan County Complex (Original) TN_DOC-DeBerry Special Needs Facility TN_DOC-Luttrell Correctional Center TN_DOC-Charles Bass Correctional Main TN_DOC-Northeast Correctional (Annex) TN_DOC-Northeast Correctional (Main) TN_DOC-Northwest Correctional Main TN_DOC-Riverbend …
TN DOC - GTL commission data 2016 Tennessee DOC Commission Summary January 2016 (12/26/15 - 1/25/16 ) Cost Center Site Name Site Cost Cen- Site Name 5101 TN_DOC-Morgan County Complex (Original) 5102 TN_DOC-DeBerry Special Needs Facility 5103 TN_DOC-Luttrell Correctional Center 5106 TN_DOC-Northeast Correctional Annex 5107 TN_DOC-Northeast Correctional Complex 5108 TN_DOC-Northwest …
TN DOC - GTL commission data 2017 Tennessee DOC Commission Summary January 2017 (12/26/16 - 1/25/17) Cost Center Site Name Site Cost Cen- Site Name 5101 TN_DOC-Morgan County Complex (Original) ---5102 TN_DOC-DeBerry Special Needs Facility ---5103 TN_DOC-Luttrell Correctional Center - -- -- 5106 TN_DOC-Northeast Correctional Annex ---- 5107 TN_DOC-Northeast Correctional …
TN DOC - GTL commission data 2018 Tennessee DOC Commission Summary January 201 8 (12/26/17 - 1/2 5/18) Cost Center Site Name Site Cost Cen- Site Name 5101 TN_DOC-Morgan County Complex (Original) ----5102 TN_DOC-DeBerry Special Needs Facility ---5103 TN_DOC-Luttrell Correctional Center ---5106 TN_DOC-Northeast Correctional Annex ----5107 TN_DOC-Northeast Correctional Complex ---5108 …
TN DOC - GTL contract 2018-2020 CONTRACT (state revenue contract with an individual, business, non-profit, or government entity of another state or country and from which the state receives monetary compensation) Begin Date Agency Tracking # End Date October 1, 2018 December 31 2019 1 Edison ID 32901-31177 Procuring Party …
Tennessee: Federal Court Grants Class-Action Status in Shareholder Suit Against CoreCivic by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 26, 2019, a federal district court in Tennessee granted class-action certification in a shareholder lawsuit brought against CoreCivic, formerly Corrections Corporation of America, that alleged the company made statements misrepresenting the …
Duran Ortega v. City of Memphis, TN, Complaint, ICE Detention, 2019 Case 2:19-cv-02206-SHL-dkv Document 40 Filed 06/25/19 Page 1 of 9 PageID 157 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE WESTERN DIVISION ______________________________________________________________________________ MANUEL DURAN ORTEGA, PLAINTIFF, VS. CAUSE NO.:2:19-cv-02206-SHL-dkv CITY OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE; SHELBY COUNTY, TENNESSEE; …
HRDC Files Censorship Suit Against Tennessee County Jail by On March 7, 2019, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), PLN’s parent organization, filed suit in federal court against Marshall County, Tennessee, Sheriff Billy Lamb, Jail Administrator Sabrina Patterson and other defendants, raising claims of unconstitutional censorship at the county jail. …
Beleaguered Tennessee Community Corrections Program Set to Close by Stephen Newton by Stephen Newton After months of financial uncertainty and damaging allegations that began in 2018, the John R. Hay House, one of only 20 Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) community corrections programs in the state, has opted not to …
Beck v. Hamblen County, TN, Memorandum Opinion and Order, Unsafe Jail Conditions, Assault, 2019 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE AT GREENEVILLE ZACKERY BECK, Plaintiff, v. HAMBLEN COUNTY, TENNESSEE and ESCO JARNAGIN, Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 2:17-cv-178 Judge Travis …
Tennessee County Settles Jail Prisoner’s Excessive Use of Force Claim for $160,000 by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee has agreed to pay Timothy Warren $110,000 in damages for injuries he suffered at the county jail, plus an additional $50,000 in attorney’s …
Grae v. Corrections Corp. of America / CoreCivic, TN, motion to reconsider class certification denial, securities fraud, 2019 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION NIKKI BOLLINGER GRAE, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) …
HRDC v Marshall County, TN, Complaint, Jail Censorship, 2019 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE COLUMBIA DIVISION HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, Case No.: v. MARSHALL COUNTY, TENNESSEE, BILLY LAMB, Sheriff of Marshall County, Tennessee, in his official and individual capacities; SABRINA PATTERSON, Jail …
Free Phone Calls for Juvenile Offenders Jailed in Memphis, Tennessee by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin Bliss In November 2018, Shelby County, Tennessee – which includes the City of Memphis – renegotiated its contract with Global Tel*Link (GTL), the phone service provider for around 5,000 prisoners at the county’s four …
Imagine Pleading Guilty Because You Can’t Afford to Call Your Lawyer by Victoria Law By Victoria Law, Truthout Imagine paying $20.12 for a 15-minute phone call. That’s how much a call from the Jennings Adult Correctional Facility in Missouri costs. In 2013, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) set price caps …
Tennessee: Class-Action Suit Against Private Prison Over Diabetic Care Can Proceed by In October 2018, a federal district court declined to dismiss a class-action lawsuit that claimed insulin-dependent diabetic prisoners at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center in Tennessee are denied basic care for their medical condition. Trousdale is operated by …
Tennessee Sheriff, Captain Arrested for Improper Use of Prisoner Labor by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Sheriff Jimmy Brown and Captain Adam Brewer, with the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office, were arrested in May 2018 following an investigation into inappropriate conduct. At the request of 22nd District Attorney General Brent …
$550,000 Settlement for Detainee Rendered Quadriplegic by Guard’s Excessive Force by The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee agreed to pay $550,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging a guard at the Davidson County Male Correctional Development Center (CDC) used excessive force on a pretrial detainee, leaving him a …
