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Mentally Ill Oregon Prisoner’s “Needless & Preventable” Death From Flu Complications Nets Record $3 Million Settlement

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

Filed under: Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Mental Health

Mentally Ill Oregon Prisoner’s “Needless & Preventable” Death From Flu Complications Nets Record $3 Million Settlement by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson "Michael Barton died a brutal death ...

After $625,000 Settlement, Oregon Deputy Charged in Assault of Prisoner

Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements

After $625,000 Settlement, Oregon Deputy Charged in Assault of Prisoner by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On June 30, 2020, an Oregon county agreed to pay Albert Molina $625,000 to settle his ...

$4.65 Million Settlement for Florida Female Prisoner Left Quadriplegic After Brutal Beating by Guards

Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements

$4.65 Million Settlement for Florida Female Prisoner Left Quadriplegic After Brutal Beating by Guards by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Florida Department of Corrections (FDC ...

$1.1 Million Settlement in Kentucky Jail Sex Abuse Suit

Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Settlements

$1.1 Million Settlement in Kentucky Jail Sex Abuse Suit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 7, 2020, Kentucky’s Larue County Detention Center agreed to pay $1.1 million ...

New Mexico Corrections Pays $1.4 Million to Settle Whistleblower Complaint Alleging Retaliation for Exposing Deficiencies in Corizon Medical Care

Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021

Filed under: Corizon, Whistleblowing, Settlements

New Mexico Corrections Pays $1.4 Million to Settle Whistleblower Complaint Alleging Retaliation for Exposing Deficiencies in Corizon Medical Care by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney ...

Salt Lake County, Utah, Settles Federal Civil Rights Wrongful Death Claim for $950,000

Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021

Filed under: Failure to Treat, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

stemming from the in-custody death in 2016 of Lisa Marie Ostler, who died when jail officials ignored her symptoms of serious Crohn’s disease. The settlement concluded a federal civil rights lawsuit ...

CoreCivic and Securus Technologies Agree to Pay $3.7 Million to Settle Suit for Illegally Recording Attorney-Client Conversations

Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Settlements, Telephones, Contractor Liability, Breach of Contract

illegal recording of attorney-client conversations at the Leavenworth Detention Center (LDC) in Kansas City, Missouri. The complaint was filed on August 31, 2016, by attorney Adam Crane on behalf of himself ...

$2 Million Settlement in Lawsuit Over N.Y. Prisoner Denied Emergency Eye Surgery Until She Went Blind

Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021

Filed under: Blind Prisoners, Failure to Treat, Settlements

$2 Million Settlement in Lawsuit Over N.Y. Prisoner Denied Emergency Eye Surgery Until She Went Blind by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 10, 2020, the U.S. signed off on a settlement ...

$6 Million Payout in Montana Wrongful Conviction Case

Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020

Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Conviction

Jenkins, Kenneth Jenkins and Crystal Combs alleged in the complaint that misconduct carried out by authorities in Ravalli, Jefferson, and Lewis and Clark counties resulted in “extensive injuries ...

$177,500 Settlement in Lawsuit Over Five Louisiana Prisoners Pepper-Sprayed While Handcuffed

Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020

Filed under: LaSalle Management Company, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Settlements

$177,500 Settlement in Lawsuit Over Five Louisiana Prisoners Pepper-Sprayed While Handcuffed by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Thanks to a public records request by The Associated Press ...

$5.9 Million Settlement in Death of Transgender Prisoner at New York’s Rikers Island

Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020

Filed under: Settlements, Failure to Protect (Transgender)

$5.9 Million Settlement in Death of Transgender Prisoner at New York’s Rikers Island by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In August 2020, New York City agreed to settle a lawsuit over the death ...

$11 Million Settlement in Illinois for Three Men Freed From Prison in Wrongful Convictions

Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020

Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Conviction

$11 Million Settlement in Illinois for Three Men Freed From Prison in Wrongful Convictions by Anthony Accurso by Anthony A. Accurso The City of Rockford, Illinois, settled a lawsuit on March ...

$70,000 Settlement in Private Firm’s Failure to Treat Arizona Prisoner’s Broken Wrist

Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020

Filed under: Corizon, Failure to Treat, Settlements

$70,000 Settlement in Private Firm’s Failure to Treat Arizona Prisoner’s Broken Wrist by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Corizon Health, Inc. agreed to pay $70,000 to settle a civil rights ...

$400,000 Settlement in Lawsuit over Kentucky Prisoner’s Starvation Death

Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020

Filed under: Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

$400,000 Settlement in Lawsuit over Kentucky Prisoner’s Starvation Death by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In February 2020, WDRB News revealed a previously undisclosed $400,000 settlement ...

$12.5 Million Settlement for Oklahoma Prisoner’s In-Custody Death Riled Sheriff’s Race

Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020

Filed under: Settlements, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death)

$12.5 Million Settlement for Oklahoma Prisoner’s In-Custody Death Riled Sheriff’s Race by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss At a June 23, 2020, forum with the three candidates for sheriff ...

Michigan Settles Sex Abuse Claims by 1,300 Former Juvenile Offenders Housed With Adults for $80 Million

Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Settlements, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Failure to Protect (Juveniles)

from October 15, 2010 to February 24, 2020. All of these juveniles were charged, convicted, and sentenced as adults, and MDOC placed them in adult facilities upon receiving them. The complaint contained ...

Court Approves $1,250,000 Settlement in Suit Against Tennessee County for Fair Labor Violations

Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020

Filed under: Settlements, Fair Labor Standards Act

Court Approves $1,250,000 Settlement in Suit Against Tennessee County for Fair Labor Violations by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On December 10, 2019, the U.S. District Court ...

Williams & Connolly, HRDC Win Censorship Case Against Virginia Regional Jail, $210,000 in Attorney Fees

Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020

Filed under: Settlements, PLN Litigation, Censorship

Williams & Connolly, HRDC Win Censorship Case Against Virginia Regional Jail, $210,000 in Attorney Fees by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Williams & Connolly LLP of Washington, D.C. and the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), parent organization of Prison Legal News (PLN), have won a federal civil rights judgment against …

$550,000 Settlement in Georgia Prisoner’s Starvation Death

Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020

Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Death, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement

$550,000 Settlement in Georgia Prisoner’s Starvation Death by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A $550,000 settlement was reached in a civil rights lawsuit alleging 19-year-old Jimmy ...

Tioga County, New York Police Informant Paid $50,000 to Settle False Arrest Claims

Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020

Filed under: Informants, Settlements, False Arrest

false arrest claims brought by an informant they charged with conspiring to kill an Assistant District Attorney (ADA), the settlement agreement and court records show. In March 2014, Russell D. Towner ...