$7,000 Settlement for CCA’s Negligence Causing Prisoner’s Broken Arm
by David M. Reutter
Corrections Corporation of America paid $7,000 to settle a negligence lawsuit stemming from a prisoner falling off a bunk. During his intake at CCA’s Silverdale Detention Facility, prisoner Jeremy Shinn informed guards that he …
$6,000 Settlement for Negligent Failure to Treat at CCA Tennessee Prison
by David M. Reutter
Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $6,184.71 to settle a lawsuit brought by a prisoner at Metro Davidson County Detention Facility (MCDF). The complaint alleged the faucet overflowed the sink in the …
$6,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Injured During Transport
by David M. Reutter
Corrections Corporation of America paid $6,000 to settle a claim that a prisoner was injured during a transport from Silverdale Detention Center in Tennessee. The settlement came following a demand letter from attorney Bill Pemerton.
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$5,000 Settlement for Harmful Treatment at CCA Tennessee Prison
by David M. Reutter
Corrections Corporation of America paid $5,000 to settle a lawsuit claiming it caused harm to Silverdale Detention Center prisoner Angela Mooney.
The July 30, 2009 settlement agreement does not detail the total factual …
$3,750 Settlement for CCA Prisoner in Failure to Treat Suit
by David M. Reutter
Corrections Corporation of America paid $3,750 to settle a prisoner’s civil rights action alleging he was denied adequate medical care at the Hardeman County Correctional Facility (HCCF) in Tennessee.
Prior to entering …
$3,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner in Slip and Fall
by David M. Reutter
Corrections Corporation of America paid $3,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging a prisoner slipped and fell in her cell at the Hamilton County Workhouse.
Prisoner Kelia Robinson alleged that the ceiling in her …
$1,500 Settlement for CCA Prisoner in Slip and Fall Suit
by David M. Reutter
Corrections Corporation of America paid $1,500 to settle a lawsuit involving a slip and fall at the Silverdale Workhouse. While walking down a hallway on the way to church on May 8, 2005, …
$999.99 Settlement for Excessive Force against CCA Prisoner
Corrections Corporation of America paid $999.99 to settle a lawsuit by prisoner Timothy Groce, who alleged guards used excessive force upon him at Whiteville Correctional Facility.
Groce refused to remove his arm from his segregation cell “bean flap” on …
$13,000 Jury Award to Tennessee Prisoner Held on Invalid Escape Warrant
A Tennessee federal jury awarded $13,000 to a former prisoner alleging he was unconstitutionally imprisoned and denied medical treatment while held in Tennessee prisons.
Samuel C. Key was serving a Georgia-imposed sentence in April of 1994 …
$4,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Injured During Transport
by David M. Reutter
Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $4,000 to settle a negligence claim stemming from a prisoner being injured during a transport from a drug and rehabilitation facility to CCA’s Silverdale Detention Center in Hamilton County, …
