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California Jail Settles Class-Action Lawsuit Over Conditions of Confinement

Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements, Wrongful Death, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Mental Health

for compliance monitoring. The settlement, reached in November 2018, requires the jail to follow a monitoring plan that provides for significant reforms related to conditions of confinement, medical care ...

Ohio County Jail Settles PLN Censorship Suit for $45,000

Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019

Filed under: Settlements, PLN Litigation, Censorship

on October 12, 2018. The lawsuit had raised claims under both the First and Fourteenth Amendments. In its October 2017 complaint, HRDC wrote that the Greene County jail had “adopted and implemented ...

California Prison Psychologist Blows Whistle on LGBTQ Harassment, Settles Lawsuit for Retaliation

Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019

Filed under: Gay/Lesbian, Settlements, Discrimination (Transgender)

California Prison Psychologist Blows Whistle on LGBTQ Harassment, Settles Lawsuit for Retaliation by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A prison psychologist who filed a complaint under ...

$150,000 Settlement after Michigan DOC Discriminates Against HIV Positive Prisoner

Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019

Filed under: Discrimination, HIV/AIDS, Settlements, Americans with Disabilities Act

$150,000 Settlement after Michigan DOC Discriminates Against HIV Positive Prisoner by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss John Dorn sued the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) for subjecting ...

No Summary Judgment for Jail’s Denial of Mental Health Treatment; $150,000 Settlement

Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019

Filed under: Corizon, Settlements, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

No Summary Judgment for Jail’s Denial of Mental Health Treatment; $150,000 Settlement by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On June 8, 2018, an Oregon fed-eral district court denied a summary ...

Female Prisoner Wore Wire to Take Down Rikers Island Guards, Wins $425,000 Settlement

Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Settlements

Female Prisoner Wore Wire to Take Down Rikers Island Guards, Wins $425,000 Settlement by Rick Anderson by Rick Anderson A female prisoner in New York who wore a wire to help bust three Rikers ...

Taser Misuse at California Jail Costs County $1.15 Million

Article • February 6, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019

Filed under: Stun Guns/Tasers, Settlements

rights lawsuit that alleged deputies at the Rancho Cucamonga jail engaged in a practice of “tasing” prisoners for their own personal amusement. The $1.15 million settlement on behalf ...

$1 Million Settlement in Lawsuit Over Texas Jail Prisoner’s Death

Article • February 6, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019

Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

$1 Million Settlement in Lawsuit Over Texas Jail Prisoner’s Death by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A federal civil rights lawsuit brought by the family of a Texas prisoner who died after ...

$10 Million Award for Wrongly Jailed Philadelphia Man

Article • February 6, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019

Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Imprisonment

. A jury in the criminal case, as in the civil case, believed that Boozer had been framed, and he was acquitted of the charges on September 18, 2014. Boozer then filed a civil complaint in state court ...

$1.6 Million Settlement for Missouri Prison Guard Subjected to Sexual Harassment

Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019

Filed under: Sexual Harassment, Staff-Staff Harassment, Settlements

$1.6 Million Settlement for Missouri Prison Guard Subjected to Sexual Harassment by The Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC) has agreed to a $1.6 million settlement in a lawsuit brought ...

$1 Million Award for Two Women Sexually Assaulted by Florida Jail Guard

Article • January 9, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Settlements

Jail (BCJ). Brandy Carnley and Virginia Lindsey alleged in a May 2017 civil rights complaint that they were forced into sex acts by guard Pedro Reyes. Both women were assigned to the jail’s laundry ...

$32,000 Settlement in Excessive Force Case Involving Mentally Ill Alabama Prisoner

Article • January 8, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019

Filed under: Disabled Prisoners, Excessive Force, Settlements

$32,000 Settlement in Excessive Force Case Involving Mentally Ill Alabama Prisoner by A settlement was reached in a civil rights action alleging guards at Alabama’s Madison County Jail ...

$750,000 Settlement for Family of Man Who Died in Illinois Jail

Article • January 8, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019

Filed under: Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Settlements, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Medical Neglect/Malpractice

$750,000 Settlement for Family of Man Who Died in Illinois Jail by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Illinois’ Whiteside County Jail (WCJ) agreed to pay $750,000 to settle a civil ...

$550,000 Settlement for Detainee Rendered Quadriplegic by Guard’s Excessive Force

Article • December 7, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018

Filed under: Skeletal Injury, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements

$550,000 Settlement for Detainee Rendered Quadriplegic by Guard’s Excessive Force by The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee agreed to pay $550,000 to settle ...

Indiana Prisoner Obtains $85,000 Settlement After Being Beaten and Tased

Article • December 5, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Settlements

Indiana Prisoner Obtains $85,000 Settlement After Being Beaten and Tased by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Brandon Garwood was incarcerated at a jail in Cass County, Indiana in October 2015. He ...

Rodriguez, et al. v. Mach, et al., TX, class action complaint, driver's license suspension scheme, 2018

Brief • December 5, 2018

Filed under: Conspiracy, Complaints, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights

Rodriguez, et al. v. Mach, et al., TX, class action complaint, driver's license suspension scheme, 2018 Case 5:18-cv-01265 Document 1 Filed 12/05/18 Page 1 of 66 THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ...

Humphrey v. Stored Value Cards, DBA Numi Financial, et al, OH, opinion and order, class certification, unfair debit card fees, 2018

Brief • November 16, 2018

Filed under: Settlements, Filing Fees

. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : : : : : : : CASE NO. 1:18-CV-1050 OPINION & ORDER [Resolving Doc. 32] JAMES S. GWIN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE: Plaintiff Amber Humphrey brings this class action complaint against Defendants Stored Bank Cards ...

Pennsylvania: Allegheny County Jail Settles Sexual Assault Claim for $32,000

Article • November 7, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Settlements

Pennsylvania: Allegheny County Jail Settles Sexual Assault Claim for $32,000 by A settlement of $32,000 was reached with the Allegheny County Jail (ACJ) in Pittsburgh, in a federal lawsuit ...

Oklahoma County Pays $150,000 to Settle Suit Over Jail Suicide

Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018

Filed under: Settlements, Suicides

arrest on a bench warrant for a larceny charge, and died shortly thereafter in a Tulsa hospital. Last year, county commissioners approved a payout of $150,000 to his family in a settlement agreement ...

Ohio Jail Detainee Receives $500,000 Settlement for Assault by Guard

Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements

Ohio Jail Detainee Receives $500,000 Settlement for Assault by Guard by A prisoner who was slammed headfirst into a wall by a guard at Ohio’s Hamilton County Jail reached a $500,000 ...