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California Prison Settles Prisoner’s Excessive Force Suit for $15,000
Article • January 15, 2011 • from PLN January, 2011
Filed under: Retaliation, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Burning, Settlements
California Prison Settles Prisoner’s Excessive Force Suit for $15,000 by On January 28, 2010, California prisoner Garrison S. Johnson, proceeding pro se, signed a settlement agreement ...
$10.5 Million Settlement in Tennessee Juvenile’s Death Caused by Guard’s Chokehold
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Filed under: Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Settlements
$10.5 Million Settlement in Tennessee Juvenile’s Death Caused by Guard’s Chokehold by The privately-operated Chad Youth Enhancement Center (Chad) in Ashland City, Tennessee paid $10.5 ...
Washington State Federal Court: Unconstitutional to Shackle Prisoner in Labor
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Filed under: OB/GYN, Restraints, Civil Procedure, Settlements, Mothers in Prison
Washington State Federal Court: Unconstitutional to Shackle Prisoner in Labor by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 3, 2010, a U.S. District Court in Washington State held it was unconstitutional to shackle a prisoner in labor. Cassandra Brawley, 30, was a Washington state prisoner. In 2006 she was arrested …
$1.5 Million Settlement in Suffolk County Jail Class Action Toilet Suit
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Filed under: Toilets, Civil Procedure, Settlements
$1.5 Million Settlement in Suffolk County Jail Class Action Toilet Suit by A $1.5 million settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit on behalf of approximately 4,000 former ...
$1.8 Million Settlement in New Mexico Woman’s Attempted Jail Suicide
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Filed under: Medication, Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Civil Procedure, Settlements, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)
$1.8 Million Settlement in New Mexico Woman’s Attempted Jail Suicide by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A lawsuit that claimed insufficient suicide prevention procedures and staff training ...
$4 Million Settlement in R&B Singer’s Death from Drug Withdrawal in Ohio Jail for Failure to Pay Child Support
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Filed under: Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Civil Procedure, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
] withdrawal” according to the coroner’s verdict. The settlement in the lawsuit was reached on June 16, 2010. The plaintiff was represented by attorney Alphonse Gerhardstein. “My hope is that Cuyahoga County ...
Washington State Pays $6.4 Million for Failure to Supervise Parolee
Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
Filed under: Sexual Assault by Parolees, Settlements, Wrongful Death, Murder by Parolees
the department’s failure to properly supervise a parolee, resulting in a string of violent crimes that included rape and murder. The settlements, filed in Thurston County Superior Court, resolved claims filed ...
PLN Settles Censorship Suit Against Virginia DOC for $125,250
Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Settlements, Publications/Books, Due Process, PLN Litigation, Censorship
or magazine subscriptions on their behalf. Further, prisoners had to obtain permission before they were allowed to order or subscribe to publications. PLN argued in its federal complaint that such policies ...
Allison v. GEO Group, PA, Order granting Settlement, strip search, 2010
Brief • October 22, 2010
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Strip Searches, Settlements
Allison v. GEO Group, PA, Order granting Settlement, strip search, 2010 10/20/2010 18:08 2158511420 REED SMITH 26 S Case 2:08-cv-00467-JD Document 74 Filed 10/22/10 Page 1 of 2 PAGE ...
$13 Million Settlement in DC Mass Arrest of Protestors
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
Filed under: Protests, Civil Procedure, Settlements, False Arrest
$13 Million Settlement in DC Mass Arrest of Protestors by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The District of Columbia agreed to pay $13,302,500 to settle a class-action lawsuit related ...
Settlement Allows North Carolina Prisoners to Receive Compensation for Writings
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
Filed under: Settlements, Money/Property, Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Prisoner Property, Intellectual Property
. Keller, USDC, (E.D. North Carolina), Case No. 5:09-CV-0044. The settlement and complaint are available on PLN’s website. ...
$3.125 Million in Settlements in Oregon Prisoner’s Beating Death
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
Filed under: Private Contractors, Excessive Force, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Police, Excessive Force (Police)
$3.125 Million in Settlements in Oregon Prisoner’s Beating Death by On July 2, 2009, the estate and family of a mentally ill Oregon man who died in police custody settled claims against ...
$10 Million Settlement for Former Colorado Prisoner Cleared by DNA
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Filed under: Police Misconduct, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Malicious Prosecution, DNA Testing/Samples, Civil Procedure, Settlements, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment
$10 Million Settlement for Former Colorado Prisoner Cleared by DNA by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On February 16, 2010, Colorado’s Larimer County Commission approved a $4.1 million ...
$130,000 Settlement in Tennessee Jail Prisoner’s Beating, Rape
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Filed under: Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General), Settlements, False Arrest
$130,000 Settlement in Tennessee Jail Prisoner’s Beating, Rape by Local officials in Shelby County, Tennessee paid $130,000 to settle a lawsuit by a man who was beaten and raped while held ...
$2.9 Million Settlement in Suit against GEO over Suspicionless Strip Searches
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Strip Searches, Arrestee Searches, Civil Procedure, Settlements
$2.9 Million Settlement in Suit against GEO over Suspicionless Strip Searches by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 20, 2010, a $2.9 million settlement was reached in a Pennsylvania ...
GEO Group Settles $47.5 Million Texas Prisoner Wrongful Death Suit
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Civil Procedure, Settlements, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death)
already resulted in a jury verdict of $47.5 million – one of the largest prisoner wrongful death awards in the nation. Gregorio de la Rosa, Jr., 33, was incarcerated at a private prison in Willacy County ...
Texas Youth Commission Pays $625,000 to Settle Abuse Suit
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Legality of Rules, Settlements, Wrongful Imprisonment, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Failure to Protect (Juveniles), Juvenile Prisons
of the settlement for $150,000, $105,000 and $25,000, respectively. The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, and named thirty-eight individual defendants. Joseph Galloway, 20 ...
$145,000 Settlement by New York City After Holding Immigration Detainee Beyond 48 Hours
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Settlements, Wrongful Imprisonment, Detainers, Immigration
$145,000 Settlement by New York City After Holding Immigration Detainee Beyond 48 Hours by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A $145,000 settlement by the New York City Department ...
Washington DOC Settles MRSA Death Claim for $125,000
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
Filed under: Medical, Malpractice, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Swaser’s family threatened to file suit over the prison medical staff’s apparent negligence and deliberate indifference, the DOC agreed to pay $125,000 to settle the matter. The settlement was finalized ...
$3.5 Million Settlement to Former New York Prisoner Convicted Due to Perjured Testimony
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
Filed under: Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Disciplinary Hearings, Malicious Prosecution, Settlements, Wrongful Conviction
$3.5 Million Settlement to Former New York Prisoner Convicted Due to Perjured Testimony by The City of New York has paid $3.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by an innocent man who spent ...
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