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$125,000 Settlement for Wisconsin Prisoner’s Claim That Guards Set Him Up For Stabbing by David Reutter
At BOP California “Rape Club” Prison: Historic Ruling, FBI Raid, Warden Removed by On March 11, 2024, FBI agents raided the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Dublin, California, the troubled federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) lockup plagued by staff sexual assaults on prisoners—so many that it has become known as …
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Seventh Circuit Reinstates Claim of Illinois Prisoner Held 18 Months After Release for Refusing to Sign Incomplete Form by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke “Justice delayed is justice denied,” as former British Prime Minister William Gladstone famously said. On August 7, 2023, a former Illinois prisoner finally got a measure …
BOP Slammed for Prisoner Abuse in Now-Shuttered Segregation Unit at USP-Thomson in Illinois by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney A report on July 6, 2023, from the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs (WLCCR&UA) exposed abuses suffered by prisoners at the hands of Bureau of Prisons (BOP) …
Alabama DOC Proves Truly “Heartless” by In a weird-but-true story that’s oddly fitting for Alabama’s wretched prison system, the body of a state prisoner murdered on November 16, 2023, was returned to his survivors five days later without a heart. That is the claim of a lawsuit filed in federal …
$9,000 Settlement for Florida Prisoner’s Retaliation and Excessive Force Claims Against Guards by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 28, 2023, Florida prisoner Quincy Williams reached a settlement with the state and its Department of Corrections (DOC), which agreed to pay him $9,000 to resolve claims he was …
Kyles v. Beaugard, IL, Judgment, Retaliation, 2023 ILND 45o<Refan~oti>1,-§.ilgMe.Q~ij~~i1Q_ggiment #: 601 Filed: 08/21/23 Pa~e 1 of 2 PagelD #:20871 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS Timothy Kyles, Plaintiff(s), Case No. 1: 15-cv-08895 Judge Steven C. Seeger v. Fred Beaugard, et al., Defendant(s); · .. …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Colorado Prisoner Targeted by Gangs Wins Injunction for Placement in Protective Custody by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Finding a Colorado state prisoner was in grave danger from gang members he&rsquo;d testified against in a murder investigation, the federal court for the District of Colorado enjoined the state Department …
Fifth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Federal Prisoner’s Bivens Action Challenging Due Process in 280-Day SHU Stay and Alleging Retaliation by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 2, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a federal prisoner&rsquo;s claims of insufficient due …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Maine Supreme Judicial Court Holds Courts Have Authority to Enjoin DOC from Unconstitutional Segregation Practices by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On November 5, 2020, the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine (SJC) held that a trial court had the authority to enjoin the Maine Department of Corrections (DOC) from engaging …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Maine Court Rules Prisoner’s Rights Violated by 22 Months in Segregation Without Meaningful Review but Awards No Damages by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 24, 2019, a Maine state court found that a state prisoner&rsquo;s rights were violated when he was held in segregation for 22 months without …
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 …
Ashker, et al. v. Brown, et al., CA, amici curiae, former corrections officials in support of affirmance, uphold out-of-cell time, solitary confinement overused, 2019 Case: 18-16427, 06/07/2019, ID: 11323619, DktEntry: 48, Page 1 of 47 No. 18-16427 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT TODD ASHKER, …
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 …
Georgia Advocacy Office v. Jackson, GA, Complaint, Jail Conditions for Mentally Ill Prisoners, 2019 Case 1:19-cv-01634-WMR-JFK Document 1 Filed 04/10/19 Page 1 of 88 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATLANTA DIVISION GEORGIA ADVOCACY OFFICE; M.J.; K.H., on behalf of themselves and others similarly …
Kyles v. Beaugard, IL, Complaint, Retaliation, 2019 Case: 1:15-cv-08895 Document #: 295 Filed: 03/13/19 Page 1 of 28 PageID #:1942 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION TIMOTHY KYLES (B-11702), Civil Action No. 15-CV-8895 Plaintiff, Honorable Judge John Z. Lee Magistrate Judge Young …
Illinois Federal Jury Awards Prisoner $252,100 for Beating and Denial of Medical Care by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon During the noon meal on February 5, 2014, Illinois prison guard Nathan Berry found alcohol and an altered TV in a property box in a cell shared by Osbaldo Jose-Nicolas and …
Safe Alternatives to Segregation, Center on Sentencing and Corrections, 2018 December 2018 The Safe Alternatives to Segregation Initiative: Findings and Recommendations for the Virginia Department of Corrections Byron Kline, Elena Vanko, and Léon Digard, PhD Vera Institute of Justice, Center on Sentencing and Corrections © 2018 Vera Institute of Justice. …
Dorn v. Michigan Department of Corrections, et al., MI, settlement, retaliation against HIV prisoner, 2018 Case 1:15-cv-00359-PLM ECF No. 88 filed 11/06/18 PageID.486 Page 1 of 5 Case 1:15-cv-00359-PLM ECF No. 88 filed 11/06/18 PageID.487 Page 2 of 5 Case 1:15-cv-00359-PLM ECF No. 88 filed 11/06/18 PageID.488 Page 3 of …
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