$20,000 Settlement in CCA’s Failure to Treat Tennessee Prisoner’s Ankle Injury
Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $20,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging It failed to provide proper medical care for a prisoner at the Metro-Davidson County Detention Facility.
Marcie Thomas Warrick was arrested on January 22, …
CCA Pays $6,000 Settlement in Dangerous Conditions Causing Tennessee Prisoner’s Slip and Fall
Corrections Corporation of America paid $6,184.71 to settle a claim brought by Metro-Davidson County Detention Facility prisoner James A. Reese, who alleged negligence for CCA’s improper housing of him and failure to provide safe conditions.
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CCA Pays $400,000 in Suicide Death of Tennessee Juvenile
Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $400,000 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of a juvenile who committed suicide at the Shelby Training Center in Tennessee.
The complaint alleged that prisoner Alex E. Bass …
CCA Pays $120,000 in Stabbing Death of Tennessee Prison Counselor
Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $120,000 to settle a lawsuit in the stabbing death of one of its employees, Delbert Steed, at Hardeman County Correctional Facility in Tennessee.
Steed was a Corrections Counselor who entered a …
CCA Pays $4,500 for Failure to Treat Tennessee Juvenile Detainee’s Eye Injury
Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $4,500 to settle an Eighth Amendment claim brought by a juvenile held at its Silverdale Detention Facilities in Tennessee.
The juvenile, Paul D. Lavender, was injured on January 9, …
CCA Pays $1,000 for Failure to Protect Stabbing of Tennessee Prisoner
Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $1,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging the negligence of guards resulting in a prisoner being stabbed.
Prisoner David Gardner alleged that while housed at the Hardeman County Correction Facility on …
CCA Paid $3,000 Settlement to Prisoner Assaulted with Issued Lock
Correction Corporation of America (CCA) paid $3,000 to settle the lawsuit of Silverdale Correctional Facility prisoner Jeffrey L. Pines who alleged CCA was negligent in issuing a lock that was subsequently used to assault him on the head …
CCA and Aramark Pay $2,000 Settlement in Prisoner’s Slip and Fall Suit
The Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and Aramark Correctional Services (Aramark) paid a combined $2,000 to settle a Tennessee prisoner’s slip and fall claim.
The complaint of Janice Wellington-Hammonds alleges two separate slip and fall …
Massachusetts: Wrongful Death Claims Survive Summary Judgment in Prisoner Suicide Case
by Mark Wilson
n September 15, 2014, a Massachusetts superior court denied summary judgment to jail officials on a wrongful death claim related to a prisoner’s suicide, though the court dismissed deliberate indifference claims against three defendants.
Eric Adams was taken into custody by the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) on December 5, 2008. During intake at the Worcester County House of Corrections (WCHC), a jail employee conducted a suicide screening that identified only a “psychiatric history (psychotropic medication or treatment)” as a suicide risk factor. A psychiatric screening conducted at the same time revealed “that Adams had a history of psychotropic medication, outpatient mental health treatment, violent behavior, and substance abuse/treatment.”
WCHC contracts with Advocates, Inc., a private entity, to provide prisoner mental health services. Advocates employee Brian McNeil reviewed Adams’ mental health screening and concluded that no further evaluation was necessary.
As a result, Adams was assigned to the general population and not placed on suicide watch. WCHC physician Thomas Patnaude later learned of Adams’ prior methadone history and placed him on methadone detoxification, including Tranxene and Donnatal three times a …
