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Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
New Jersey Federal Court Approves $1.5 Million Jail Strip-Search Settlement by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell On January 31, 2019, U.S. District Court Judge Noel L. Hillman approved a $1.5 million class-action settlement in a case against Burlington County, New Jersey, where hundreds of people were improperly strip-searched at the …
Arrestee Dies in a Jail with No Medical Staff; Eleventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On April 3, 2019, the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed a district court’s dismissal of a civil rights case concerning the death of a jail detainee. Almus Taylor, …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
Monterey County, California Pays $365,000 for Jail Prisoner’s Death by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Officials in Monterey County, California agreed to pay the family of Jacob Parenti $365,000 to settle a lawsuit over his death while he was held at the Monterey County Jail (MCJ). In 2013, Parenti was …
Nevada: Jail Death Due to Excessive Force Leads to $175,000 in Settlements by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell An excessive force death at the hands of Washoe County, Nevada sheriff’s deputies ended in settlements totaling $175,000. It was the third excessive force death in a two-year period for the Sheriff’s …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
New Indianapolis Jail Will Not be Run by a Private Prison Company, but is Being Built on Contaminated Land by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss The Indianapolis City-County Council has approved a proposal to enter into a 40-year lease to build a new 3,000-bed criminal justice center in …
Vera Institute of Justice - Preventing suicide and self-harm in jail, 2019 July 2019 Preventing Suicide and Self-Harm in Jail: A Sentinel Events Approach Jason Tan de Bibiana, Therese Todd, and Leah Pope From the Director Suicide is the leading cause of death in jails across the country. Each year, …
Article • June 26, 2019
Jail Suicide Suit Rejected by Nebraska's Courts by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Gage County, Nebraska, pretrial detainee Chad Gesin hanged himself in a jail cell in 2013, shortly after being booked for domestic assault and third-degree assault. Five days later, he died. Gesin had been placed in a sobering …
Bell v. Sheriff of Henry County, et al., IN, order, class action, jail overcrowding, 2019 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION ADAM BELL, Plaintiff, v. SHERIFF OF HENRY COUNTY, et al. Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. 1:19-cv-00557-SEB-MJD Order Granting Motion …
Mays, et al. v. County of Sacramento, CA, class action proposed consent decree, cruel treatment of prisoners with disabilities, 2019 Case 2:18-cv-02081-TLN-KJN Document 85-1 Filed 06/20/19 Page 1 of 119 $DURQ-)LVFKHU6%1 $DURQ)LVFKHU#GLVDELOLW\ULJKWVFDRUJ $QQH+DGUHDV6%1 DQQHKDGUHDV#GLVDELOLW\ULJKWVFDRUJ ',6$%,/,7<5,*+76&$/,)251,$ %URDGZD\6XLWH 2DNODQG&$ 7HOHSKRQH )D[ 7LIDQHL5HVVO0R\HU6%1 WLIDQHLUHVVOPR\HU#GLVDELOLW\ULJKWVFDRUJ ',6$%,/,7<5,*+76&$/,)251,$ .6WUHHW 6DFUDPHQWR&$ 7HOHSKRQH )D[ 'RQDOG6SHFWHU6%1 GVSHFWHU#SULVRQODZFRP 0DUJRW0HQGHOVRQ6%1 PPHQGHOVRQ#SULVRQODZFRP …
Article • June 17, 2019
Monterey County, California, Jail Struggles, History of Suicides by Edward Lyon Three prisoners in the Monterey County jail in California committed suicide by hanging in the first nine months of 2015. The first was 34-year-old Cervantes Huerta in February, followed a month later by 52-year-old Sandra Lee Vela. The third …
Kelly v. Wayne County, et. al., NC, amended complaint, wrongful death, 2019 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA WESTERN DIVISION Case No. 5:19-ct-03137-BO MARGARET JEAN KELLY as Administratrix of the Estate of Graydon Jerome Parker, III, ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) …
Al-Kadi v. Ramsey County, MN, Ruling, Religious Discrimination, 2019 CASE 0:16-cv-02642-JRT-TNL Document 97 Filed 06/12/19 Page 1 of 45 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA Civil No. 16-2642 (JRT/TNL) AIDA SHYEF AL-KADI, Plaintiff, v. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER RAMSEY COUNTY; RAMSEY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE; and OFFICER JESSICA WALKER, OFFICER …
Ceraulo v. Zaruba, IL, Settlement, Wrongful Death - Drug Withdrawal, 2019 UNITEDSTATESDISI'RICTCOURT FOR THE NORTHERNDISTRICTOF ILLINOIS EASTERNDMSION TOTIJCCIOCBRAULOandDIANALAW as co-SpecialAdministratoaof the Estateof SEBASTIANO CBRAULO, deceased. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, vs. 16CV 1848 Judge.Aspen DUPAGBCOUNTYSHERIFFJOHNZARUBA, ) In his officialcapacity,and OFPICERRAPP, ) DEPUTYcurrs, MSUDEOUZMAN, ) OFFICP.RK. …
Washington v. City of New York, NY, Second Amended Complaint, Inmate Abuse, 2019 Case 1:18-cv-12306-CM Document 112 Filed 06/06/19 Page 1 of 103 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DAVON WASHINGTON, PARIIS TILLERY, JOHN DOE, and STEVEN ESPINAL, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Filed under: Jail Specific
Texas Lawmakers Consider State Jails a “Complete Failure” by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke&nbsp; In 2019, the Texas House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence issued a report that called the state jail system &ldquo;a complete failure.&rdquo; Created in 1993, the category of crime known as a state jail felony was intended …
Brown v. DPSCS, MD, Final General Settlement Argreement, Discrimination Against Blind Prisoners, 2019 RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT This Release and Settlement Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered this 5th day of June, 2019, between Steven Brown, Wilbert Delano, Gregory Hammond, Sedric Holley, Russell Hopkins, Johnny James, Tyrell Polley, Maynard Snead and Robert …
Brown v. DPSCS, MD, Settlement Exhibit, Discrimination Against Blind Prisoners, 2019 Steven Brown, et al. v. Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, et al. Exhibit 1 to Release and Settlement Agreement Non-Monetary Term Sheet All of the following terms apply to currently incarcerated Plaintiffs in Brown v. Department of …
Howie v. Nevada County, CA, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2019 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS Plaintiff CHRISTOPHER JOSHUA HOWIE and Defendants COUNTY OF NEVADA and WELL PATH MANAGEMENT GROUP, INC. (formerly known as CORRECTIONAL MEDICAL GROUP COMPANIES, INC.) and CALIFORNIA FORENSIC MEDICAL GROUP, INC. (hereinafter "CFMG") hereby enter into …
Brief • May 31, 2019
United States v. Abston, AL, indictment, misuse of surplus jail food allowance money, 2019 FILED Case 7:19-cr-00312-LCB-HNJ Document 1 Filed 05/29/19 Page 1 of 18 2019 May-31 PM 01:36 U.S. DISTRICT COURT N.D. OF ALABAMA JET / JBW: June 2019 Grand Jury # 27 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT …
Brief • May 29, 2019
Filed under: Food, Jail Specific, Tax Law
United States v. Abston, AL, indictment, sheriff's fradulent food scheme, 2019 FILED Case 7:19-cr-00312-LCB-HNJ Document 1 Filed 05/29/19 Page 1 of 18 2019 May-31 PM 01:36 U.S. DISTRICT COURT N.D. OF ALABAMA JET / JBW: June 2019 Grand Jury # 27 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA WESTERN …
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