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10th Circuit Reverses Sua Sponte Medical Claim Dismissal

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Skin, Male Reproductive, Failure to Treat, Civil Procedure, Complaints

of the defendants, which is not actionable in a § 1983 lawsuit. The Tenth Circuit read the complaint to allege that defendants knew of his serious medical condition and despite this knowledge, failed to ensure ...

PLN Uncovers Secret Sweetheart Settlement Between PRIDE and Former Board Members

Article • May 15, 2007 • from PLN May, 2007

Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Prison Industries, Settlements, Immunity/Liability, Contractor Liability

PLN Uncovers Secret Sweetheart Settlement Between PRIDE and Former Board Members by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In its continual effort to expose corruption within prisons, PLN has ...

NJ Parole Class Action Settled

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Prompt Hearings, Settlements, Class Certification, Parole

for its consistent failure to conduct timely parole hearings, warranted certification as a class action for the purpose of settlement. Once that issue was resolved, the court found the proposed settlement ...

Summary Judgment Partly Reversed for Refusing Amended Complaint Filing

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Summary Judgment, Complaints

Summary Judgment Partly Reversed for Refusing Amended Complaint Filing by The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed an Arizona federal district court for refusing to allow ...

Plaintiffs Awarded Attorney Fees For Criminal Defense In § 1983 Action

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Attorneys, Attorney Fee Awards, Settlements

Plaintiffs Awarded Attorney Fees For Criminal Defense In § 1983 Action by Plaintiffs Awarded Attorney Fees For Criminal Defense In § 1983 Action The United States District Court for the Central District of California, in ruling on a novel issue in the Ninth Circuit, held that a plaintiff in a …

Altercation Suit Brought By Prisoner Backfires; $250,000 Awarded to Guard

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Civil Procedure, Damages, Complaints, Assaults on Staff, Employee Litigation

Altercation Suit Brought By Prisoner Backfires; $250,000 Awarded to Guard by Virginia state prisoner Lament Douglas brought a § 1983 suit against prison guard J. McCarty for an altercation which left both parties injured. The Court granted remittur and awarded $250,000 to McCarty on his counterclaim. Douglas' motion for a …

Scruggs v. WA DOC, WA, Settlement Agreement, 2004

Brief • May 7, 2007

Filed under: Settlements

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Marin County, California Settles Wrongful Jail Death For $1 Million

Article • April 15, 2007 • from PLN April, 2007

Filed under: Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Civil Procedure, Settlements

customs (hog-tying) of Marin County; and violation of Grime?s civil rights by threats, coercion and intimidation. After two days of mediation, the parties finalized a written settlement agreement on May 29 ...

$2.5 Million Settlement for Illegal Strip Searches in Connecticut Jail

Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007

Filed under: Searches, Strip Searches, Arrestee Searches, Damages, Settlements

$2.5 Million Settlement for Illegal Strip Searches in Connecticut Jail by The State of Connecticut has entered into a settlement agreement that will cost it $2.5 million for a correctional ...

Washington Women’s Prison Healthcare Violations Continue

Article • January 15, 2007 • from PLN January, 2007

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, DOC/BOP misconduct, Medication, Systemic Medical Neglect, Staffing, Settlements, Sanctions

Advocate, to help prisoners address healthcare complaints at WCCW. [PLN, July 2005, p. 26]. Plaintiffs were represented by Columbia Legal Services and the Seattle law firm of McDonald, Hogue & Bayless. ...

$225,000 Settlement for Female Colorado Prisoner Raped By Guard

Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006

Filed under: Retaliation, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Settlements, Disclosure of Records

$225,000 Settlement for Female Colorado Prisoner Raped By Guard by In August 2005, Penifer Salinas, a female Colorado Department of Correction (CDOC) prisoner at Denver Womens Correctional ...

District of Columbia Jail Pays $14 Million For Over-Detentions and Strip Searches

Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006

Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Searches, Strip Searches, Arrestee Searches, Databases, Overcrowding, Damages, Settlements, Wrongful Imprisonment

. In reaching a settlement, the District has agreed to pay $3 million from the $12 million court settlement to a reversion fund plus an additional $2 million to build a modern state of the art IPC. This reversion ...

New York Strip-Search Suit Settled for $1.7 Million

Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006

Filed under: Searches, Strip Searches, Arrestee Searches, Attorney Fee Awards, Settlements

on September 6, 2005. The settlement requires Defendants to pay $1,200,000 to pay the claims of Maneely and all Eligible Class Members (ECMs). Maneely was awarded $25,000, with the remaining $1,175,000 ...

Second Circuit Holds PLRA Fee Cap Inapplicable To So-ordered Stipulated Dismissals

Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006

Filed under: PLRA, Attorney Fees (PLRA), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements

. In 1994, Ramon Torres filed a 42 U.S.C. §1983 complaint against New York state guards claiming excessive force during an interrogation about a fire at the Auburn Correctional Facility. His 1997 second ...

Texas Prison Slaves No Savings for Direct Marketing Firm; Data Mining Results in $ 15 Million Settle

Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006

Filed under: Prison Industries, Prison Labor, Crime/Demographics, Databases, Damages, Settlements

Results in $ 15 Million Settlement Fund by Michael Rigby A class action lawsuit involving thousands of women who received threatening letters from prisoners employed to process data for a private company ...

Ohio DOC Stipulates To Vastly Improved Medical Care

Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006

Filed under: Transfers, Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect, Dental Care, Medical Expenses, Hepatitis, Food, Staffing, Settlements, Standing, Consent Decrees

that the proactive reforms would pay for themselves in the long run because much of the emphasis will be placed on preventive measures. In a class action complaint, prisoners Rodney Fussell (S. Ohio Correctional ...

$232,700 in Attorney Fees Awarded In Colorado Censorship Settlement

Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006

Filed under: Attorney Fees (PLRA), Settlements, Mail, Publications/Books

$232,700 in Attorney Fees Awarded In Colorado Censorship Settlement by Bob Williams The United States District Court for the District of Colorado on April 26, 2005, awarded $232,700 in fees ...

GEO Buys CSC After Settling $38.8 Million Judgment in Texas Boot Camp Death

Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006

Filed under: Private Prisons, Esmor/CSC, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Financing, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

the settlement. The rest will be made up by the companys liability insurers--Northland Insurance Company and AIGwhich had initially balked at paying the award. A Texas jury had found CSC and Knyvett Reyes ...

New York Brutality Settlement Affecting Twenty Two Prisoners, Fourteen Units Settles for $2.2 Millio

Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Attorney Fee Awards, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Damages, Settlements

New York Brutality Settlement Affecting Twenty Two Prisoners, Fourteen Units Settles for $2.2 Millio by Gary Hunter New York Brutality Settlement Affecting Twenty Two Prisoners, Fourteen ...

Connecticuts Mistreatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners and Detainees Enjoined

Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006

Filed under: Disabled Prisoners, Medication, Settlements, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides

The Connecticut Department of Corrections (CDOC) entered into a settlement agreement in September 2005 that specified extensive changes to its policies for confining and treating mentally ill prisoners ...