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$100 Million Settlement in Michigan Prisoners’ Sexual Abuse Suit

Article • December 15, 2009 • from PLN December, 2009

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Retaliation for Litigating, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Attorney Fee Awards, Damages, Settlements, Injunctions, Class Notice, Federal Statutory Law, Prison Rape Elimination Act

they would stand, while the settlement was assured even if it meant less money for the class members who won at trial. The Court of Appeals had upheld the first jury verdict on January 27, 2009 in a lengthy ...

Michigan Jail's Disproportionate Treatment of Women Results in $855,000 Settlement Agreement

Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006

Filed under: Work Release, Sexual Harassment, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Prison Labor, Strip Searches, Clothing, Hygiene Supplies, Damages, Settlements

Michigan Jail's Disproportionate Treatment of Women Results in $855,000 Settlement Agreement by A Michigan federal district court has approved a settlement awarding $855,000 in a class ...

Michigan's Restrictive Placement Of HIV+ Prisoners Enjoined; $2 Million Damages Awarded

Article • May 15, 2005 • from PLN May, 2005

Filed under: Medical, HIV/AIDS, Damages, Settlements, Injunctions, State Law Claims, Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act

this litigation, the prisoner class was finally permitted to file their amended complaint, with causes of action under the ADA and RA, as well as MCL 37.1101; they then moved for partial summary judgment. Senior ...

Alabama Settles Class Action Medical Suit; Institutes HCV Treatment Protocol

Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005

Filed under: HIV/AIDS, Systemic Medical Neglect, Respiratory, Tuberculosis, Diabetes, Hepatitis, Civil Procedure, Settlements, Expert Witnesses, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

. Dannenberg In a major milestone along the Southern Poverty Law Center's (SPLC) march towards gaining humane medical care in Alabama's prisons, a Settlement Agreement was signed in June, 2004 that commits ...

Alabama DOC Settles Mental Health Class Action

Article • July 15, 2003 • from PLN July, 2003

Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Settlements, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Alabama DOC Settles Mental Health Class Action by James Quigley The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama approved a settlement agreement between a class of prisoners ...

$53,000 Settlement in AL Conditions Suit

Article • September 15, 2000 • from PLN September, 2000

Filed under: Prison Industries, Fire Hazards, Overcrowding, Ventilation, Toilets, Water, Bedding, Lighting, Vermin, Exposure to Heat, Civil Procedure, Damages, Settlements

$53,000 Settlement in AL Conditions Suit by On April 8, 2000, the Alabama Department of Corrections settled a conditions lawsuit by agreeing to pay eight prisoners $53,000 in damages ...