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Cook County Deputies Charged in Beating Death by Three Cook County (Chicago, IL.) deputies were charged with murder for allegedly beating a prisoner in a courthouse holding cell May 5, 2000. The prisoner died two days later from injuries sustained in the beating. Louis Schmude, 40, was awaiting a court …
Texas Deputy Pays Price for Testifying by Without the testimony of former Bexar County (TX) Jail guard Linda Grady, one of her former colleagues would never have been indicted for striking a prisoner, prosecutors say. As it was, Charles Mizell was convicted June 8, 2000 on one count each of …
Article • February 15, 2001 • from PLN February, 2001
$330,000 Verdict in MI Beating by On October 8, 1999, a federal jury deliberated four hours before returning a $330,000 verdict in favor of Richard Johnson. Johnson, a Michigan state prisoner, had been imprisoned at the Ionia Correctional Facility. While being moved to a different cell, Johnson was shoved from …
Louisiana Abandons Private Juvenile Prisons by The state of Louisiana agreed to a settlement in federal court September 7, 2000 designed to radically alter the way it operates its juvenile prisons. The agreement was intended to settle several lawsuits against the state, including one by the U.S. Dept. of Justice, …
A.I. Reports on US Compliance with UN Convention Against Torture by Julia Lutsky In May 2000, a United States government delegation appeared before the UN Committee against Torture in Geneva to present its first report on the implementation of the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading …
$115,000 Settlement Where Guards Fed NY Prisoner Ground Glass by In September 1999, New York prison officials settled a lawsuit by prisoner Teno Gee for $115,000 in damages. Gee was the chairman of the Inmate Liaison Committee at the Great Meadow Correctional Facility in Comstock. In that capacity Gee had …
Brief • February 15, 2001
Turner v. Schultz, CO, Order Dismissing Claims, Guard Assault in Prison, 2001 130 F.Supp.2d 1216 (2001) William Vance TURNER, Plaintiff, v. Officer Roderick SCHULTZ, Officer Michael Lavallee, Officer James Bond, Lieutenant David D. Armstrong, Lieutenant Fnu King, Captain M. Mooneyham, Assistant Warden Greco, Warden Joel H. Knowles, Lieutenant Rowe, Lieutenant …
Brief • February 5, 2001
Jama v. Esmor Correctional Services, NJ, Deposition Slattery, Immigration Beating, 2001 1211 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 UNITED STATES DISTICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - …
DC Prisoners Sue VA Over Restraints by Since 1998, about 1,200 District of Columbia prisoners have been caged at the Sussex II highsecurity state prison in Virginia when D.C. closed its aging Lorton Correctional Complex. On August 29, 2000 a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of those prisoners claims …
Administrative Exhaustion Required in Third Circuit; U.S. S. Ct. Grants Review by The Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that the PLRA requires exhaustion of administrative remedies for all prisonerinitiated prisoncondition federal court actions, even if "available" remedies exclude the specific relief sought. Applying the rule to both …
Florida X-Wing Guard Acquitted in Valdes Beating by The first of five Florida State Prison guards to be tried in connection with the beating death of "XWing" prisoner Frank Valdes was acquitted by a jury in a rural county dominated by the state "corrections" industry. In the October 1999 PLN …
Excessive Force Claims Require Administrative Exhaustion by The court of appeals for the Sixth circuit held that prisoners filing suit seeking only money damages for excessive use of force by prison employees must exhaust their administrative remedies before they file suit. Dwight Freeman, an Ohio state prisoner, filed suit seeking …
Sexual Assault, Beatings State Claim by The court of appeals for the Second circuit held that a district court erred when it, sua sponte, dismissed a prisoner's claim that he was beaten and sexually assaulted by guards. The court also held that the lower court erred when it dismissed the …
PA Prisoner Awarded $300,000 in Guard Beating by On February 29, 2000, a federal jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania awarded Pennsylvania prisoner Raymond Pryer $300,000 in damages for a beating he suffered at the hands of prison guards. On September 27, 1990, Pryer complained that a guard at the State Correctional …
Stun Gun Death in VA Prison by After being electrocuted repeatedly by a stun gun, Lawrence James Frazier was strapped to a bed where he lapsed into a coma and never recovered. During a struggle with guards, Frazier was electrocuted 3 times by an Ultron II stun device that delivers …
Corcoran Show Trial Ends with Acquittals by Dan Pens Corcoran Show Trial Ends With Acquittals The saga of Corcoran's infamous SHU shootings ended June 8, 2000 when a jury acquitted eight California prison guards of federal charges that they entertained themselves by staging gladiator-style fights among prisoners from rival gangs. …
Pelican Bay's Bloody Wednesday by Willie Wisely By W. Wisely On Wednesday, February 23, 2000, one of the bloodiest riots in California prison history broke out among some 200 Black and Latino prisoners. The violence erupted at the state's infamous Pelican Bay prison. Guards sprayed rioting prisoners on the B …
Article • November 15, 2000 • from PLN November, 2000
$35,000 Awarded to CA Prisoner in Beating Suit by On October 14, 1999, U.S. district court judge Susan Illston ruled that three Pelican Bay state prison guards had violated the Eighth amendment rights of prisoner Ricky Gray. Gray had filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming that while being …
Detainee's Excessive Force Claim Requires Trial by The Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York denies dispositive motion to dismiss excessive force and religious discrimination retaliation claims brought against Putnam County Jail Sheriff and two guards by pretrial detainee Kareem Ali. Ali alleged that while he was …
Nassau Jail Guards Convicted, Sentenced for Fatal Beating by Two Nassau County (NY) jail guards who fatally beat an unarmed jail detainee were sentenced May 26, 1999, to 11 years in federal prison, and a jail supervisor who tried to cover up for them received nearly 6 years. In the …
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