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Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
$87,000 Paid to Virginia Prisoner Kicked in Testicles by Guard by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart On June 22, 2022, an attorney for theVirginia Department of Corrections signed off on an agreement to pay $87,000 to settle a state prisoner’s claims that he was kicked in the testicles by a …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Fourth Circuit Reinstates Virginia Prisoner’s Spoliation Motion for Lost Video of His Alleged Assault by Guards by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On July 25, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that a district court in Virginia abused its discretion by implicitly overruling a …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
$60,000 Paid by Pennsylvania County to Jail Detainee Savagely Beaten by Cellmate While Guards Allegedly Ignored Cries for Help by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart On July 15, 2022, Pennsylvania’s Bedford County agreed to pay $60,000 to a former detainee in the county jail, settling claims that guards purposefully failed …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Former Texas Prisoner Wins 12-Year Fight for Justice by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss In May 2006, Daryl Davis was serving a 37-year sentence for beating his girlfriend with a beer bottle, when he was assaulted — twice — at Texas’ Polunsky Unit by members of a Black prison …
Brief • January 31, 2023
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 …
Article • January 20, 2023
Denver Jailer Breaks Detainee’s Wrist with Nunchucks, Gets Whopping 3-Day Suspension by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Back on April 25, 2021, while attempting to remove handcuffs and leg shackles from an unruly and apparently intoxicated detainee, Denver Sheriff’s Deputy Daniel Rodriguez broke out a pair of nunchucks. …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
California Prison Guards Sentenced for Assaulting Prisoners by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett A pair of former guards with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) have been sentenced to federal prison for assaulting prisoners, one of whom died. A third guard has also been indicted on charges of …
Brief • December 7, 2022
MacFarlane v. Ewald, NY, Judgment, Excessive Force, 2022 Case 2:10-cv-02877-MKB-ARL Document 227 Filed 12/07/22 Page 1 of 1 PageID #: 1826 AO 450 (Rev. 11/11) Judgment in a Civil Action UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT for the Eastern ELDEN MACFARLANE Plaintiff v. CORRECTIONS OFFICER FRANK MELE and CORRECTIONS OFFICER DOUGLAS GUBITOSI …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Former Deputy Warden Gets Two Years for Assaulting Mississippi Prisoner by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On September 2, 2022, the former deputy warden of Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman was sentenced to 24 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for a brutal assault that …
Fourteen Officials Indicted in New Jersey Women’s Prison Abuse Scandal, $21 Million Class-Action Settlement Reached by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye On September 27, 2022, a New Jersey grand jury indicted 14 officials at Edna Mahan Correctional Facility (CF), the state’s only women’s prison. It was the latest fallout …
Article • November 18, 2022
Florida Jail Guard Fired and Charged with Battery After Slamming Prisoner into Concrete Wall by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On October 26, 2022, a guard at Florida’s Nassau County Jail was arrested and charged with using excessive force on a detainee. Because Joshwa Edsall, 27, was still …
Article • November 18, 2022
Still No Charges in 2017 Homicide of Florida Prisoner Paralyzed During Guard Beat-Down by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott It’s been five years since Florida prison guards broke Craig Ridley’s neck and then denied him treatment for five days. He eventually died, and his death was ruled a …
Brief • November 4, 2022
Owens v. Aiken County Sheriff's Office, SC, Verdict, Excessive Force, 2022 STATE OF SOUTH CAROU A COUNTY OF AIKEN ) ) IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Otis Owens, ) ) CASENO.: 20 17-CP-02-014 13 Plai ntiff, vs. Michael Hunt, in his official capacity as Sheriff of …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Excessive-Force Claim by Now-Incarcerated Former Maryland Guard Survives by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead On September 2, 2021, the federal court for the District of Maryland denied a motion for summary judgment made by a state prison guard who is the defendant in a case brought by a prisoner who …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
$215,000 Awarded to New Jersey Detainee Assaulted by Jail Guards by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On October 22, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey awarded $215,000 in damages to a former pretrial detainee at the Cumberland County Jail (CCJ) for injuries suffered during an …
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
Ohio County Pays $4 Million To Settle Claim Over Death of Jail Detainee by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 9, 2021, an agreement was reached by Richland County, Ohio, paying $4 million to settle claims in a suit that was about to be brought by the family of …
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
After $90,000 Settlement for Sexual Abuse of Oregon Juvenile Detainee, Second Suit Filed Against Now-Imprisoned Former Youth Counselor by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On December 30, 2021, a second suit was filed in Oregon state court accusing former state youth worker Frank Milligan of sexually assaulting a juvenile detainee. …
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
After Summary Judgment Denied, California Jail Officials Pay $55,000 for Breaking Detainee’s Arm by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On July 27, 2021, just 25 days after a federal court in California denied summary judgment to San Mateo County Jail guards on a detainee’s excessive force claims, county officials quickly …
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
Third Illinois Guard Found Guilty In Fatal Beating of Handcuffed State Prisoner, but Attorney General Refuses To Settle With Family by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 23, 2022, a jury convicted the last of three ex-prison guards indicted in the fatal beating of a prisoner at Western Illinois …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Embattled Los Angeles County Sheriff, Brawling Over Closing Decrepit Jail, Accused of Ignoring Deputy “Gangs” by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Forced into a November 2022 runoff by a close primary vote, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva came out swinging at the Civilian Oversight Commission (COC) the very next …
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