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$1.25 Million Settlement for Chicago Man Coerced into Confessing to Rape and Murder

Article • June 20, 2018

Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Conviction, Police, Excessive Force (Police)

$1.25 Million Settlement for Chicago Man Coerced into Confessing to Rape and Murder by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Harold Hill, who was coerced into confessing to a rape ...

Family of Man Shot and Killed by San Bernardino Police Agrees to $575,000 Settlement

Article • June 16, 2018

Filed under: Settlements, Police, Excessive Force (Police), Fourth Amendment, rights, Fourteenth Amendment, rights

Family of Man Shot and Killed by San Bernardino Police Agrees to $575,000 Settlement by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The city of San Bernardino, California, along with two of its ...

Settlement in Lawsuit Over Missouri Jail Prisoner’s Death

Article • June 8, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018

Filed under: Cardiovascular, Failure to Treat, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Settlement in Lawsuit Over Missouri Jail Prisoner’s Death by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The family of a prisoner who died at a Richland Heights, Missouri jail after untreated deep vein ...

Ohio: Federal Lawsuit Over Jail Beating Settles for $70,000

Article • June 8, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Settlements

into the Euclid City Jail by Corporal Madeline Chappell, a verbal exchange turned into a full-on assault. According to the complaint, which cited an after-action report by a county detective, Chappell ran around ...

Indiana County Pays $28,000 to Settle Prisoner’s Excessive Force Suit

Article • June 8, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018

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

in the jail’s shower area where there are no cameras. When Kulbacki asked to be seen by medical staff, he was told “the nurse was too busy to see him,” his complaint stated. After he ...

Federal Civil Rights Suit for California Jail Beating Settles for $100,000

Article • June 7, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements

, California, filed a federal lawsuit against the county and numerous deputies and jail employees over an unprovoked beating and other civil rights violations. The complaint, filed in the Eastern District ...

Ohio: $275,000 Settlement in Jail Detainee’s Suicide

Article • June 7, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018

Filed under: Settlements, Suicides

Ohio: $275,000 Settlement in Jail Detainee’s Suicide by A $275,000 settlement was reached in a lawsuit over the March 5, 2015 suicide of a pretrial detainee at Ohio’s Fairfield County ...

$100,000 Settlement in Suit Over Hawaii Guard’s Sexual Assault of Prisoner

Article • June 7, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Settlements

$100,000 Settlement in Suit Over Hawaii Guard’s Sexual Assault of Prisoner by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The State of Hawaii and a former prison guard have each agreed to pay $50,000 ...

PLN Postcard-only Suit Against Knox County, Tennessee Settles for $87,000

Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018

Filed under: Settlements, Publications/Books, PLN Litigation, Censorship

at a jail in Knoxville, Tennessee. The complaint centered around the censorship of 147 pieces of mail sent to prisoners at the Knox County jail between November 2014 and when the suit was filed in October ...

Wrongful Death Suit Against Tennessee Town Settles for $6,000

Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018

Filed under: Settlements, Accidents

’s death, which was attributed to a multi-drug overdose. The settlement, which dismissed the lawsuit by stipulation, covered the cost of Honaker’s funeral expenses. See: Honaker v. City ...

Garwood v. Cass County, IN, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2018

Brief • May 10, 2018

Filed under: Pain, Failure to Treat, Strip Searches, Failure to Protect (General), Eighth Amendment, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Settlements, Mental Health, Fourth Amendment, rights, Fourteenth Amendment, rights

Garwood v. Cass County, IN, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2018 ...

New Jersey Student Receives $290,000 Settlement after July 4 Police Assault

Article • May 9, 2018

Filed under: Medical, Injury -- Misc., Excessive Force, Settlements, Staff Training, Excessive Force (Police)

New Jersey Student Receives $290,000 Settlement after July 4 Police Assault by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Jonathan Wilson, a 22-year-old student and resident of Middletown, New ...

Ohio: $75,000 Settlement Reached after 60-Year-Old Woman Body Slammed by Jail Guard

Article • May 9, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements

Ohio: $75,000 Settlement Reached after 60-Year-Old Woman Body Slammed by Jail Guard by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A federal lawsuit filed by an elderly woman who suffered ...

$437,500 Settlement for Brutal Beating at Missouri Jail

Article • May 9, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements

$437,500 Settlement for Brutal Beating at Missouri Jail by A pretrial detainee who was brutally beaten without cause by guards at Missouri’s Jackson County Detention Center (JCDC ...

$14.3 Million Settlement for Probationers Subject to Extortion by Private Company

Article • May 8, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018

Filed under: Private Contractors, Settlements, Probation

$14.3 Million Settlement for Probationers Subject to Extortion by Private Company by Pathways (formerly Providence) Community Corrections (PCC) and officials in Rutherford County, Tennessee ...

New York Issues New Solitary Confinement Rules for Local Jails Amid Lawsuits, $5 Million Settlement

Article • May 7, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018

Filed under: Settlements, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement

New York Issues New Solitary Confinement Rules for Local Jails Amid Lawsuits, $5 Million Settlement by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis On October 17, 2017, the New York Commission ...

Jersey City Settles Police Negligence Suit for $300,000

Article • April 20, 2018

Filed under: Settlements, Police

closing arguments were to be made at trial, the city and Franco agreed to a $300,000 settlement with Murray. The city's claim against Velez was dismissed for lack of evidence showing what injuries could ...

Georgia Man Settles for $20,000 Against Atlanta Police Officer

Article • April 20, 2018

Filed under: Excessive Force, Settlements, Wrongful Imprisonment, False Arrest, Excessive Force (Police)

to the trial, the parties agreed to a settlement of $20,000, which included costs and attorney fees. See: Johnson v. The City of Atlanta, et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia ...

Vigil v. Crowther, UT, Release of Claims, Prisoner Death, 2018

Brief • January 22, 2018

Filed under: Prison Gangs, Eighth Amendment, Settlements, Failure to Protect (Staff), Staff Training, First Amendment, rights, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights

Vigil v. Crowther, UT, Release of Claims, Prisoner Death, 2018 l'-=J TE G rc IV E JAN 3 I 2rlß UTAH ATTORNF Y Emily A. Swenson, PC ATTORNEY AT LAW 2661 Washington Boulevard, Suite 203 Ogden, Utah 84401 Telephone : 8Ot-409 -027 t Fa csi m i e : 801-62L-487 …

Hampton v. Dept Corrections, IL, Settlement, 2017

Brief • January 9, 2018

Filed under: Settlements, Transgender, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights

Hampton v. Dept Corrections, IL, Settlement, 2017 ...