Tennessee Criminal Justice Investment Task Force review, 2019 Criminal Justice Investment Task Force Acknowledgements While the work of a number of subcommittees of the Tennessee Criminal Justice Investment Task Force is ongoing and not reflected within this report, the Task Force would like to thank the following agencies, associations, and …
Letter to Nashville LGBT Chamber of Commerce re CoreCivic membership, October 2019 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS October 4, 2019 Nashville LGBT Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors 41 Peabody Street Nashville, TN 37210 Re: CoreCivic’s Chamber membership Dear Board members: On September 13, Out & …
Adams v. Baker, TN, Trial Opinion, Retaliation, 2019 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA CHRISTOPHER ADAMS, Plaintiff, v. DAVE BAKER, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 1:16-cv-335 Judge Travis R. McDonough Magistrate Judge Susan K. Lee TRIAL OPINION Plaintiff Christopher …
Tennessee Adopts Alternative Sentencing for Primary Caregivers of Minor Children by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Study after study has shown that children of incarcerated parents often suffer, sometimes catastrophically. Children with an incarcerated parent have higher incarceration rates as adults themselves than children who never had a parent behind …
Tennessee Prisoners File Lawsuit Challenging Video Visitation Policy at County Jail by Chad Marks by Chad Marks In April 2014, then-Sheriff James “J.J.” Jones implemented a video visitation system at the Knox County, Tennessee jail through a contract with Securus Technologies. The video system coincided with the elimination of in-person …
Tennessee Jail Sexual Assault Lawsuit can Proceed, Federal Court Rules by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A Tennessee federal district court has held the Hamblen County Sheriff’s Department and Sheriff Esco Jarnagin can be held liable for the sexual assault of a pretrial detainee. The ruling was based …
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 …
HRDC v. Marshall County, TN, Stipulated Preliminary Injunction, Publications, 2019 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE COLUMBIA DIVISION HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER Plaintiff, v. MARSHALL COUNTY, TENNESSEE, BILLY LAMB, Sheriff of Marshall County Tennessee, in his official and individual capacities; SABRINA PATTERSON, Jail Administrator, …
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 …
