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$1.375 Million Award in Hawaii Prisoner’s Suicide
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Filed under: Settlements, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, Emotional Distress
$1.375 Million Award in Hawaii Prisoner’s Suicide by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 29, 2022, the First Circuit Court of Hawaii awarded $1.375 million to the estate of Joseph O’Malley, who committed suicide while incarcerated at the Halawa Correctional Facility (HCF) in July 2017. O’Malley, 28, was …
Tenth Circuit Revives Suit Against Oklahoma Jail for Medical Neglect Leading To Detainee’s Death
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Filed under: Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
medications,” according to the complaint filed by his estate. He also began to experience fecal incontinence and catatonia, leaving him “able to communicate with jail staff only by using strange ...
$1,425,000 Paid to Epileptic Illinois Detainee Denied Medication Who Suffered Seizure and Fell From Upper Bunk in Jail
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Filed under: Medication, Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat, Settlements
Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq., as well as Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq., and state tort laws. In the settlement that the parties eventually reached ...
California Appellate Court Reverses $2.7 Million Award for Wrongful Death of Woman Murdered by Grandson on Parole
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Filed under: Settlements, Murder by Parolees, Appeals/Appellate Jurisdiction
California Appellate Court Reverses $2.7 Million Award for Wrongful Death of Woman Murdered by Grandson on Parole by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett In a stunning decision reached on December 16, 2021, the Court of Appeal of the State of California, Third Appellate District, absolved the state Department of Corrections …
$825,000 Paid to Estate of New Mexico Jail Detainee Who Died from Heroin Withdrawal
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Filed under: Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
$825,000 Paid to Estate of New Mexico Jail Detainee Who Died from Heroin Withdrawal by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In a settlement reached on March 1, 2022, Santa Fe County, New Mexico ...
$350,000 Paid to Victim Beaten in Jail by California Sheriff’s Deputy
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements
with his hands cuffed behind his back, twisting his fingers so hard that he pleaded with deputies not to break them, according to a complaint he later filed. Once in the jail, they took Jackson to a cell ...
$35,000 Settlement Paid by California County After Jail Death of Elderly, Mentally Ill Detainee
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Filed under: Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)
$35,000 Settlement Paid by California County After Jail Death of Elderly, Mentally Ill Detainee by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart California’s San Luis Obispo County reached ...
$177,500 in Settlements Reached with Detainees Assaulted by Guards at Pennsylvania Jail
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements
$177,500 in Settlements Reached with Detainees Assaulted by Guards at Pennsylvania Jail by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye Settlement agreements totaling $177,500 were approved in the winter ...
$1.4 Million Paid by King County, Washington to Settle Juvenile Solitary Confinement Class Action
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Filed under: Settlements, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders, Class Actions
of Washington approved a class-action settlement awarding 76 juvenile offenders a total of $1,357,665, or $500 a day for their solitary confinement at two adult jails in King County. The court also approved ...
After $10 Million Settlement in Pennsylvania Jail Mugshot Class-Action, Fewer-Than-Expected Claims Leave Windfall for Expungement Program
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Filed under: Settlements, Expungement/Removal, Class Actions
After $10 Million Settlement in Pennsylvania Jail Mugshot Class-Action, Fewer-Than-Expected Claims Leave Windfall for Expungement Program by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In September ...
Ohio Supreme Court Partially Reinstates Prisoner’s Pro Se Public Records Request, Sets Damages for Denial at $1,000
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Filed under: Settlements, Public Records
Ohio Supreme Court Partially Reinstates Prisoner’s Pro Se Public Records Request, Sets Damages for Denial at $1,000 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 23, 2021, the Supreme Court ...
Settlement Improves ADA Accessibility Features, Health Care and Training in Florida Prisons
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Filed under: Medical, Settlements, Americans with Disabilities Act
Settlement Improves ADA Accessibility Features, Health Care and Training in Florida Prisons by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) entered into another ...
Maine State Prison Guard Awarded $400,000 in Sex Discrimination Settlement
Article • July 19, 2022
Filed under: Gender Discrimination -- Women, Settlements
Maine State Prison Guard Awarded $400,000 in Sex Discrimination Settlement by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye A sex discrimination suit against filed by a female guard at the Maine State ...
$350,000 Paid To Victim Beaten in Jail by California Sheriff's Deputy
Article • July 18, 2022
Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements
with his hands cuffed behind his back, twisting his fingers so hard that he warned deputies not to break them, according to a complaint he later filed. Once in the jail, they took Jackson to a cell where ...
$17.5 Million Paid to Ohio Prisoner Left Quadriplegic After Brutal Attack by Guards
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements
a $17,500,000 settlement to conclude the civil rights complaint filed on his behalf against guards at Chillicothe Correctional Institution (CCI), after the developmentally disabled 21-year-old was the victim ...
$12.5 Million Settlement Over Invasive Strip and Body Cavity Searches of NYC Jail Visitors
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Filed under: Visitor Searches, Settlements
$12.5 Million Settlement Over Invasive Strip and Body Cavity Searches of NYC Jail Visitors by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On November 29, 2021, the federal court for the Southern District ...
Settlement Finally Reached in Prisoners’ Hep-C Class-Action Against Connecticut DOC
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Filed under: Hepatitis, Settlements
Settlement Finally Reached in Prisoners’ Hep-C Class-Action Against Connecticut DOC by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Nearly four years after a group of Connecticut prisoners sued the state ...
$275,000 Settlement Reached After Detainee’s Attempted Suicide at Illinois Jail
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Filed under: Settlements, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides
$275,000 Settlement Reached After Detainee’s Attempted Suicide at Illinois Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In April 2021, Illinois’ DuPage County Jail (DCJ) and its ...
Washington Pays $3 Million to Murdered Prisoner’s Family After Overriding Single-Cell Recommendation for Violent Cellmate
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Filed under: Failure to Protect (General), Settlements, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death)
million settlement in July 2021 [See: PLN, June 2022, p.20], DOC paid out in 2021 a sum many times the $1.4 million in legal settlements it paid the prior year, according to state risk-management data ...
$250,000 Paid to Woman Forced to Give Birth in California Jail Cell by Guards and CFMG Nurses
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, OB/GYN, Settlements, Fourteenth Amendment, rights
a diagnosed urinary tract infection that could cause pre-term labor if left untreated. Two days later, her delivery contractions began. However, her complaints were waved away as exaggerations by nurses ...
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