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Wisconsin Pays $8,000 To State Prisoner After Seventh Circuit Revives Retaliation Claim Against Guard Over Destroyed Legal Documents

Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022

Filed under: Retaliation for Litigating, Settlements

. The settlement comes on the heels of a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on March 7, 2022, reinstating the claim by William Jones, a prisoner at Green Bay Correctional Institution (GBCI ...

$90,000 Paid to Settle Lawsuit Over Recorded Attorney-Client Calls at Wisconsin Jail

Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022

Filed under: Settlements, Recorded Calls

. Under the settlement, Defendants and their insurer agreed to establish a $90,000 fund to pay for damages, costs and attorney’s fees suffered by the class, plus a small award to its representative ...

$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 ...

Barnes v. Clarke, WI, Complaint and Jury Demand, Neglecting Inmate Mental and Physical Health, 2017

Brief • March 9, 2017

Filed under: Medical, Security Systems, Complaints, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Mental Health

Barnes v. Clarke, WI, Complaint and Jury Demand, Neglecting Inmate Mental and Physical Health, 2017 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN TERRILL BARNES, CURTIS PIGGEE ...

Wisconsin County Pays $750,000 to Settle Jail Sex Abuse Suit

Article • July 15, 2010 • from PLN July, 2010

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Settlements

Wisconsin County Pays $750,000 to Settle Jail Sex Abuse Suit by A woman who was sexually assaulted at a jail in Monroe County, Wisconsin has received $750,000 as part of a settlement ...

Oxford Federal Facility Sticks Company For Two Thirds Of Recycling Bill

Article • March 15, 2009

Filed under: Government Misconduct, Civil Procedure, Settlements

moved for dismissal with prejudice and the award of her fees and costs. The complaint was removed to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. The court authorized a settlement ...

$2,000 Settlement For Federal Prisoner's Lost Property And Legal Work

Article • February 15, 2009

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Legal Materials, Damages, Settlements, Money/Property, Prisoner Property, Federal Tort Claims Act

$2,000 Settlement For Federal Prisoner's Lost Property And Legal Work by Wisconsin federal prisoner Joseph Davis brought a combined 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and federal tort action in 1997 after ...

Federal Suit Over Wisconsin Suicide Attempt Settles for Millions

Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Settlements, Suicides

Federal Suit Over Wisconsin Suicide Attempt Settles for Millions by Michael Rigby On February 22, 2007, a lawsuit against employees of the Monroe County Jail in Wisconsin settled for between $6,100,000 and $13,100,000. The suit alleged deliberate indifference in a suicide attempt that left a prisoner permanently disabled In 2002, …

Wisconsin Ban on Sexually Explicit Materials Unconstitutional

Article • May 15, 2002 • from PLN May, 2002

Filed under: Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Civil Procedure, Summary Judgment, Settlements, Class Notice, Sexually Explicit Materials, Tapes/Music (Mail)

later approved a class action settlement whereby a new, more relaxed regulation is to be implemented. In 1994, the WDOC appointed a committee to reevaluate the mail regulations governing materials ...

Wisconsin Jail Settles Escape Lawsuit with Escapee

Article • May 15, 2002 • from PLN May, 2002

Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Escapes, Settlements

Wisconsin Jail Settles Escape Lawsuit with Escapee by In September, 2001, Wausau Insurance, the insurer for the city of Shawano, Wisconsin, agreed to pay Nicholas Bishop, 22, $5,000 to settle a lawsuit Bishop had filed against the city in federal court in Madison. The lawsuit claimed that two city policemen …

WI Guard Settles Discrimination Suit for $105,000

Article • August 15, 1998 • from PLN August, 1998

Filed under: Racial Discrimination, Settlements, Guards/Staff, Employee Litigation

WI Guard Settles Discrimination Suit for $105,000 by Ablack prison guard who filed a discrimination suit against the Wisconsin Department of Corrections agreed to a $105,000 settlement ...