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The Cost of Running Washington's Rape Camps

Article • October 15, 2001 • from PLN October, 2001

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Sexual Harassment, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Damages, Settlements

by staff that are taking place, there is relatively little litigation ensuing as a result. A PLN investigation of settlements and verdicts paid out by the Washingon Department of Corrections (DOC) between ...

Montana Court Awards PLRA-Capped Attorney Fees Under Catalyst Theory

Article • June 15, 2001 • from PLN June, 2001

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Totality of Conditions, Attorney Fee Awards, Attorney Fees (PLRA), Settlements, Costs, Consent Decrees

Settlement Agreement. Plaintiffs then sought attorneys fees associated with the prosecution of the contempt actions. Defendants objected that, as part of the settlement agreement, there was not finding ...

Washington DOC Hit with almost $50 Million in Verdicts and Settlements in Parole Victim Suits

Article • May 15, 2001 • from PLN May, 2001

Filed under: Sexual Assault by Parolees, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Victims, Damages, Settlements, Parole, Municipal Liability, Parole Liability, Wrongful Death, Murder by Parolees, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Washington DOC Hit with almost $50 Million in Verdicts and Settlements in Parole Victim Suits by Paul Wright In a four-month period between September, 2000 and January, 2001, the Washington ...

New York Strip Search Suit Settled for $50 Million

Article • May 15, 2001 • from PLN May, 2001

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

the amount of attorney fees in the case. PLN has previously reported large jury verdicts and settlements involving wrongly strip searched prison and jail visitors and arrestees. The law is clearly ...

Washington DOC Settles Public Disclosure Suits

Article • April 15, 2001 • from PLN April, 2001

Filed under: Civil Procedure, Damages, Settlements, Costs, Disclosure of Records

Washington DOC Settles Public Disclosure Suits by Roger Smith Plaintiffs Roger Smith, Donald Miniken, and Karl Twilleager, prisoners at the McNeil Island Correction Center (MICC) near Steilacoom, Washington, settled their consolidated Public Disclosure Act claims against defendants Washington Department of Corrections, MICC, and MICC Public Disclosure Officer, Rosemarie Routson on …

Welfare Retaliation Suit Reinstated

Article • April 15, 2001 • from PLN April, 2001

Filed under: Work Release, Retaliation, Retaliation for Litigating, Notice of Rules, Damages, Settlements, Seizure of Prisoner Funds

refused to allow Friedl to amend his original complaint. In December 1993, Friedl was granted work release from the Queensboro Correctional Facility, which is operated by the New York State Department ...

Attica Compensation Served Up 29-Years-Cold

Article • April 15, 2001 • from PLN April, 2001

Filed under: Prison Rebellion, Attorneys, Attorney Fee Awards, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Damages, Settlements

Attica Compensation Served Up 29-Years-Cold by Two weeks short of 29 years after the Attica massacre, a federal judge divided an $8 million settlement to compensate more than 500 Attica ...

$1.18 Million in Santa Clara Co. Sexual Assault/Harassment Suit

Article • March 15, 2001 • from PLN March, 2001

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Sexual Harassment, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Guard Misconduct, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Strip Searches, Staffing, Attorney Fee Awards, Damages, Settlements, Municipal Liability

in damages and attorney's fees in the settlement of a suit filed against the Santa Clara County, California, Board of Supervisors and Department of Corrections over a pattern of sexual assaults, intimidation ...

$7,500 Paid to Settle Delay of Legal Property Suit

Article • February 15, 2001 • from PLN February, 2001

Filed under: Court Access, Legal Property, Damages, Settlements

$7,500 Paid to Settle Delay of Legal Property Suit by On September 27, 1999, District of Columbia federal judge Stanley Sporkin entered judgment on a settlement for $7,500, plus $47.81 ...

$115,000 Settlement Where Guards Fed NY Prisoner Ground Glass

Article • February 15, 2001 • from PLN February, 2001

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Gastrointestinal, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Damages, Settlements

$115,000 Settlement Where Guards Fed NY Prisoner Ground Glass by In September 1999, New York prison officials settled a lawsuit by prisoner Teno Gee for $115,000 in damages. Gee ...

Qualified Immunity Denied in CO Rape Case; Suit Settled for $70,000

Article • January 15, 2001 • from PLN January, 2001

Filed under: Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General), Damages, Settlements, Qualified Immunity

Qualified Immunity Denied in CO Rape Case; Suit Settled for $70,000 by In an unpublished ruling, the Tenth Circuit has denied qualified immunity to prison officials who failed to protect a prisoner from being raped by another prisoner. Marvin Gray, a "large and powerful individual with a violent past," was …

Fired Washington Parole Officer Wins $250,000 Settlement

Article • December 15, 2000 • from PLN December, 2000

Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Retaliation against Staff, Victims, Settlements, Parole, Immunity/Liability, Parole Liability, Employee Litigation

Fired Washington Parole Officer Wins $250,000 Settlement by Washington state parole officer Barbara A. Nelson was fired in 1998 after the state was hit for more than $6.4 million to pay off ...

$16 Million Agreement to Revamp NJ Prison Mental Health Care

Article • November 15, 2000 • from PLN November, 2000

Filed under: Hearing Officers, Staff Assistance, Staffing, Attorney Fee Awards, Damages, Settlements, Americans with Disabilities Act, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

$16 Million Agreement to Revamp NJ Prison Mental Health Care by A federal district court in New Jersey has approved a $16 million settlement in a class-action suit against state prison ...

Washington Radiation Suit Settled for $2.4 Million

Article • November 15, 2000 • from PLN November, 2000

Filed under: Medical, Medical Experiments/Exploitation, Male Reproductive, Attorney Fee Awards, Damages, Settlements

to the defendants' appeal of portions of the District Court's ruling, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals directed the parties in the suit to participate in a settlement conference. The parties agreed to engage ...

$586,000 to Settle KY Jail Strip Search Suit

Article • November 15, 2000 • from PLN November, 2000

Filed under: Searches, Strip Searches, Arrestee Searches, Settlements, Injunctions, Municipal Liability

of the various lawsuits, and paying out over $3 million in settlements and jury verdicts, the Jefferson County Jail now only strip searches felony arrestees. ...

Male NJ Guard's Sexual Harassment Suit Settled for $425,000

Article • November 15, 2000 • from PLN November, 2000

Filed under: Staff-Staff Harassment, Discrimination, Gender Discrimination -- Men, Damages, Settlements, Employee Litigation

. As part of the settlement the state of New Jersey admitted to no wrongdoing and Ferri agreed to retire. Sexual harassment claims by men are sometimes referred to as "reverse discrimination" suits ...

$100,000 Settlement in TX Restraint Chair/Pepper Spray Death

Article • October 15, 2000 • from PLN October, 2000

Filed under: Private Contractors, Excessive Force, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Damages, Settlements, Municipal Liability, Contractor Liability, Wrongful Death

$100,000 Settlement in TX Restraint Chair/Pepper Spray Death by On February 22, 2000, Tarrant County, Texas agreed to pay a $100,000 settlement to the estate of James Livingston, 30 ...

$50,000 to Settle CA Jail Beating Suit

Article • October 15, 2000 • from PLN October, 2000

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Damages, Settlements

that prisoner's lawsuit for $600,000. Ransom filed suit, claiming Berringer and Clio violated his rights by beating him. The jail agreed to pay Ransom $50,000 to settle the lawsuit and defended the settlement ...

Former Political Prisoner Settles Suit for $4.5 Million

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

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Discrimination, Political Prisoners, Informants, Damages, Settlements, Wrongful Conviction

Former Political Prisoner Settles Suit for $4.5 Million by On April 26, 2000, the city of Los Angeles, California and the federal government agreed to pay former political prisoner Geronimo Ji Jaga (formerly known as Elmer Pratt) $4.5 million to settle a wrongful imprisonment suit he had filed. Ji Jaga …

$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 ...