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US Parole Activists Aim to Overhaul a Failing System by Jean Trounstine by Jean Trounstine, originally published September 30, 2017, Truthout.org. The United States has the shameful reputation of being the world's largest jailer, and as the Prison Policy Initiative reported in March, 2017, 2.3 million people are currently locked up in …
Article • August 11, 2016
Washington State Settles Over Negligent Oversight of Sexual Predator by As a result of an egregious and ongoing episode of gross negligence on the part of caseworkers and their supervisors responsible for the supervision of Daniel Martineau, a repeat sexual predator, the State of Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) settled …
California Parole Agents Often Have Dangerously High Caseloads by When Jaycee Dugard escaped from captivity in Oakland, California sex offender Phillip Garrido's backyard, it became apparent that both state and federal parole officers had missed multiple opportunities to discover and rescue her during the 18 years she was held captive. …
Article • February 17, 2016
Oregon Grand Jury Faults Lenient Pass Policies for Murder by Mark Wilson "There seemed to be a permeating sense of leniency," that allowed an Oregon prisoner to brutally murder his ex-girlfriend while on a pass, a grand jury report concluded. "Consequently, we feel that the current attitudes and practices at …
Article • October 27, 2015
$2.8 Million Settlement in Washington DOC’s Failure to Supervise Parolee by $2.8 Million Settlement in Washington DOC’s Failure to Supervise Parolee The State of Washington paid $2.8 million to settle a lawsuit for injuries incurred by its failure to supervise a parolee. The Washington Department of Correction (WDOC) placed Richard …
Article • June 1, 2015
$8,500 Settlement for Sexual Assault of Minor by Alabama Prisoner on Work Release by $8,500 Settlement for Sexual Assault of Minor by Alabama Prisoner on Work Release The city of Cordova, Alabama, agreed to pay $8,564.26 to settle a lawsuit that charged it failed to properly supervise a prisoner who …
Louisiana Trustee Impregnates 11-Year Old; Trustee Program Cancelled by Louisiana's Morehouse Parish Sheriff's Office has ended its jail trustee work program in the wake of a detainee impregnating his 11-year old step-daughter while on trustee status. Rodney Morrison, 37, was arrested on August 14, 2006, for raping his 11-year old …
California: Parole Agents Saw and Spoke to Kidnap Victim, Yet Failed to Identify or Rescue Her by While providing a legal analysis of claims against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), a June 25, 2010 letter from the California Department of Justice noted that Jaycee Lee Dugard – …
Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
Washington State Pays $6.4 Million for Failure to Supervise Parolee by Washington State’s Department of Corrections (WDOC) has agreed to pay $6.4 million to settle claims involving the department’s failure to properly supervise a parolee, resulting in a string of violent crimes that included rape and murder. The settlements, filed …
State of Washington Settles Suit for $400,000 After Released Sex Offender Goes on Crime Spree by Michael Brodheim In June 2008, the State of Washington entered into a stipulated judgment to settle claims for damages, filed in both state and federal courts, by Diana McKissen, who was raped, tortured, and …
Article • October 15, 2009
$625,000 Jury Verdict in Negligence Suit for New York Hospital’s Failure to Protect Patient from Prisoner by In 1994 a New York County jury awarded a woman $625,000 in a lawsuit contending a hospital failed to coordinate a security plan with the Department of Corrections, resulting in a sexual assault …
Department of Justice Report on Prison Rape Elimination Act by Matthew Clarke Department of Justice Report on Prison Rape Elimination Act by Matt Clarke In September 2007, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released the annual report for calendar 2006 on DOJ’s implementation …
Oregon Parolee Negligent Supervision Case Reinstated by The Oregon Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s grant of summary judgment against a teenage girl who was raped by a violent parolee. In November 1997, 14-year-old Akilah Johnson was assaulted and raped by a stranger. More than four years later, on …
$300,000 Settlement in Murder of College Student by Released Sexual Predator by The State of Minnesota has paid $300,000 to the family of a University of North Dakota student who was kidnapped, raped and killed by a recently-released sexual predator. The payment was offered as a pre-litigation settlement before a …
Article • July 15, 2008
Washington Parolee Rapes Woman Who Wins over $200,000 in Lawsuit by Martin Schandel, a paroled Washington state sex offender, raped Margaret Savage. She sued the state for negligent supervision because Schandel wasn't being tested for drug and alcohol use, and wasn't being required to participate in mental health treatment. At …
Washington DOC Pays $4 Million in Parolee's Rape of Seven Year Old by In 2003 the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) paid a total of $4 million to settle a parole liability suit involving the sexual assault of a seven year old girl by a parolee under its supervision. This …
$1,500,000 Verdict in Half-Way Houses' Failure to Warn by After he was released from a Florida prison, Elmer Leon Carroll went to live at The Lighthouse Mission of Orlando. Carroll had a history of rape and had been in prison for nine of the 15 years prior to committing the …
Article • May 15, 2007
$260,000 Paid for Washington Parolee's Attempted Rape by On June 27, 1992, Kevin Ingalls assaulted and attempted to rape Deborah Kelly. At the time, Ingalls was on parole. The complaint alleged negligent supervision because Ingalls had violated parole before the incident. On March 25, 2002, the Washington Department of Corrections …
Article • May 15, 2007
$75,000 Settlement In Washington Parolee Sexual Assault Suit by In 1993 the Washington State Department of Corrections gave Melanie W. Watters a $75,000 stipulated judgment for being raped by George M. Boggs, Jr., who was a parolee from the Washington State Department Of Corrections. On March 16, 1991, the plaintiff …
Article • May 15, 2007
$100,000 Settlement In Washington Parolee Rape Of A Child by In 1997 the Washington State Department Of Corrections gave Taaisha Finkley McCoy, and Sabrina Finkley, Taaisha's mother a $100,000 settlement for the rape of Taaisha by a convicted child rapist. In 1993 Ben Querido, a convicted child molester worked as …
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