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$8.6 Million Award Against Wexford for Deliberate Indifference to Prisoner’s Kidney Cancer

Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Cancer, Settlements, Deliberate Indifference

$8.6 Million Award Against Wexford for Deliberate Indifference to Prisoner’s Kidney Cancer by An Illinois prisoner was awarded $11 million by a federal jury in a lawsuit alleging doctors with Wexford Health Sources, Inc. (Wexford), were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs by failing to treat his kidney cancer. …

$23,000 Settlement Against Pennsylvania Dental Healthcare Company for Inadequate Dental Care

Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021

Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Private Contractors, Settlements

$23,000 Settlement Against Pennsylvania Dental Healthcare Company for Inadequate Dental Care by Charles Talbert settled with Correctional Dental Associates (CDA) and Dental Practitioner Dr ...

$731,000 Jury Award to Illinois DOC Prisoner Held 23 Months Beyond Release Date, Over $210k in Fees Awarded As Well

Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021

Filed under: Settlements, Overdetention

damages and $10,000 in punitive damages. That result was reached in a lawsuit by former Illinois prisoner Walter Brzowski, which he filed on December 28, 2017. According the complaint, in 2010 Brzowski ...

Indiana DOC Settles HRDC Mail Censorship Suit

Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021

Filed under: Settlements, PLN Litigation, Censorship

to pay HRDC a total of $265,000 in damages and attorney’s fees. HRDC’s complaint was filed in November 2020 after what it termed “haphazard” censorship of its publications at INDOC ...

$750,000 Settlement in South Carolina Pretrial Detainee’s Suicide by Southern Health Partners

Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021

Filed under: Private Contractors, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Suicides

$750,000 Settlement in South Carolina Pretrial Detainee’s Suicide by Southern Health Partners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 17, 2021, Southern Health Partners paid $750,000 ...

Prisoner’s Suicide in Sherburne County Minnesota Jail Results in $2.3 Million Settlement

Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021

Filed under: Private Contractors, Settlements, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides

Prisoner’s Suicide in Sherburne County Minnesota Jail Results in $2.3 Million Settlement by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders A recent investigation by KARE 11, a Minnesota-based NBC news ...

$30,001 Jury Verdict Over Discriminatory ICE Notification Policy By Minnesota Jail

Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021

Filed under: Settlements, False Arrest, Enforcement of Immigration Laws

$30,001 Jury Verdict Over Discriminatory ICE Notification Policy By Minnesota Jail by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Myriam Parada was awarded $30,001 from the Minnesota District Court January 28 ...

Human Rights Defense Center Prevails in Censorship Lawsuit Against Napa County Jail, California

Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021

Filed under: Settlements, PLN Litigation, Censorship

by HRDC in its complaint, “there is no legitimate penological justification for Defendants to refuse to accept magazines for delivery at the Jail that are held together with ordinary staples ...

$750,000 Settlement in South Dakota Pretrial Detainee’s Overdose Death

Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021

Filed under: Drug Overdose, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Pretrial Detention and Detainees

$750,000 Settlement in South Dakota Pretrial Detainee’s Overdose Death by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A $750,000 settlement was reached in the methamphetamine overdose death of a female ...

HRDC v. U.S. ICE, DC, Complaint, Public Records, 2021

Brief • August 30, 2021

Filed under: Complaints, Public Records, PLN Litigation, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

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$10.3 Million Verdict Against City of Albuquerque in Man's Wrongful Death by Cop Shooting

Article • August 13, 2021

Filed under: Settlements, Police--Excessive Force

$10.3 Million Verdict Against City of Albuquerque in Man's Wrongful Death by Cop Shooting by David Reutter By David M. Reutter A New Mexico state court jury awarded $10,342,558 ...

$7,500 Settlement for Arrest Without Probable Cause

Article • August 13, 2021

Filed under: Settlements, False Arrest, Probable/Proximate Cause

$7,500 Settlement for Arrest Without Probable Cause by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The City of Albuquerque, New Mexico, paid $7,500 to settle a lawsuit alleging police officers ...

$5,000 Settlement for Prisoner Subjected to Pepper Spray for Requesting Medication

Article • August 13, 2021

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Settlements

$5,000 Settlement for Prisoner Subjected to Pepper Spray for Requesting Medication by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The GEO Group paid $5,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging violations ...

HRDC Settles Censorship Lawsuit with Johnson County, Kansas Jail for $50,000 and Policy Changes

Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021

Filed under: Settlements, PLN Litigation, Censorship

mail handling policy. As part of the settlement the jail agreed to pay HRDC $50,000 in damages and attorney fees and agreed to deliver HRDC books and magazines to the jail’s prisoners. The court ...

HRDC v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare, et al., NM, Complaint, Public Records, 2021

Brief • July 22, 2021

Filed under: Complaints, Public Records, PLN Litigation, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

to the August 12, 2020 records request. 25. On August 12, 2020, HRDC sent a request to NMCD for verdicts, settlements, and other records of litigation against Centurion and/or its employees or agents where ...

$54,000 Award of Attorney Fees to Enforce Settlement Agreement on Behalf of Deaf Prisoners

Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021

Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Settlements

$54,000 Award of Attorney Fees to Enforce Settlement Agreement on Behalf of Deaf Prisoners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court ...

$200,000 Settlement for Kentucky Woman in Jail Childbirth Suit

Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021

Filed under: Failure to Treat, Settlements

$200,000 Settlement for Kentucky Woman in Jail Childbirth Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 17, 2021, a Kentucky federal court dismissed a lawsuit brought by a woman who ...

HRDC v. Johnson County, Kansas, et al., KS, Censorship, Settlement, 2021

Brief • April 29, 2021

Filed under: Settlements, PLN Litigation, Censorship

HRDC v. Johnson County, Kansas, et al., KS, Censorship, Settlement, 2021 IN THE MATTER OF: Human Rights Defense Center v. Johnson County, KS, et al. Case No. 2:20-cv-02447 U.S. DISTRICT COURT ...

$105,000 Settlement in Wisconsin Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim

Article • April 1, 2021 • from PLN April, 2021

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements

$105,000 Settlement in Wisconsin Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Wisconsin Department of Corrections paid $105,000 to settle a prisoner’s ...

$300,000 Award for Illinois Prisoner in Sexual Assault Claim

Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Settlements

not appear but her counsel did. Quickle was the only person to testify. The court found that Quickle’s complaint and testimony “painted a disturbing picture of abuse and manipulation&rdquo ...