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Hammonds v. Corrections Corporation of America, KY, Complaint, CCA guard sexual assault, 2011

Brief • January 5, 2011

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Guard Misconduct

Hammonds v. Corrections Corporation of America, KY, Complaint, CCA guard sexual assault, 2011 Case 3:11-cv-00008-JGH Document 1 Filed 01/05/11 Page 1 of 17 PageID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE DIVISION CIVIL ACTION NO. _____________________ 3:11-cv-8-H FUNDA HAMMONDS Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women P.O. Box …

Hawaii to Remove Prisoners from CCA Facility Over Abuse Charges

Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Prison Rebellion

. A bill to increase the penalties for such sexual misconduct failed to pass in the Kentucky legislature this year. The private prison industry has generated extensive controversy, with critics arguing ...

Aramark Discontinues, Loses Prison Food Service Contracts

Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009

Filed under: Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Work, Prison Industries, Prison Labor, Prison Rebellion, Food

is prepared. Taking back food operations from a private contractor is “quite unprecedented for a department of corrections,” noted Aramark spokeswoman Sarah Jarvis. In addition to Florida, Aramark has suffered ...

Sexual Abuse by Prison and Jail Staff Proves Persistent, Pandemic

Article • May 15, 2009 • from PLN May, 2009

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Cornell Corrections, GRW Corp., Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution

and Jacqueline Overturf, were being held at the Brush Correctional Facility, a private prison operated by GRW Corp., when they were sexually assaulted by prison guard Russell E. Rollison. They filed a lawsuit ...

Kentucky County Settles Loss of Consortium Suit for Undisclosed Amount

Article • August 15, 2008

Filed under: Work Release, CMS, Medication, Diabetes, Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Kentucky County Settles Loss of Consortium Suit for Undisclosed Amount by Phillip D. Hurst, a Kentucky prisoner, was taking prescribed methadone. When he returned one night to a Lexington County work release center in an intoxicated state, he was examined by two nurses who thought he was experiencing diabetes-related symptoms. …

Sexually Harassed Prison Kitchen Worker Awarded $90,000

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Sexual Harassment, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Title VII

Sexually Harassed Prison Kitchen Worker Awarded $90,000 by On August 20, 2002, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky awarded $90,000 to a prison kitchen worker who was sexually harassed by a prison captain. The judgment was against her former employer, Kellwell Food Management (KFM). While working …

Work Release Lacks Standing to Challenge BOP Policy

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Work Release, Private Prisons, Dismas Charities, Standing

protected by the statute giving the Bureau of Prisons discretion to select where prisoners serve their sentences. See: Dismas Charities, Inc. v. United States Dep't of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 287 ...

LeClair v. Hoffmann, VT, Settlement, personal injury negligence, 2006

Brief • October 26, 2006

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Protect (General)

LeClair v. Hoffmann, VT, Settlement, personal injury negligence, 2006 LYL ] THOMAS MIHALIM-1 9 P.C. ATTORNEYS AT LAW JEFFREY S. MARLIN BARBARA R. BLACKMAN STEVEN C. COLLIER JENNIFER G. MIHALICH KATHERINE L. DUMONT HEATHER E. THOMAS PIETRO J. LYNN October 26, 2006 Walter LeClaire North Fork Correctional Facility 1605 East …

U.S. Corrections Corporation Suit Settled for $13.2 Million

Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006

Filed under: Private Prisons, Financing, U.S. Corrections Corp, Contractor Misconduct

-ownership plan for $13.2 million. Prior to 1998, when it was purchased by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) for $225 million, USCC ran four private prisons in Kentucky: Marion County Adjustment Center ...

Cruz v. CCA, VT, Settlement, Lee riot guard beating, 2006

Brief • March 30, 2006

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Rebellion, Failure to Protect (General), Guard Brutality/Beatings

Cruz v. CCA, VT, Settlement, Lee riot guard beating, 2006 LANGROCK SPERRY & WOOL, LLP MIDDLEBURY BURUNGTON Michael W. Wool Mark L. Sperry Christopher L. Davis Thomas Z. Carlson Susan M. Murray Alison ). Bell Lisa B. Shelkrot Eric M. Knudsen David W. M. Conard ATTORNEYS AT LAW Peter F. …

Baker v. CCA, VT, Settlement, Lee riot guard beating, 2005

Brief • March 13, 2006

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Rebellion, Failure to Protect (General), Guard Brutality/Beatings

Baker v. CCA, VT, Settlement, Lee riot guard beating, 2005 LYNN, TM1 & M1HALICH 7 FC ATTORNEYS AT LAW BARBARA R. BLACKMAN STEVEN C. COLLIER PIETRO J. LYNN JENNIFER G. MIHALICH MATTHEW A. SIEBEL HEATHER E. THOMAS JEFFREY S. MARLIN March 13, 2006 Devin McLaughlin, Esq. Langrock Sperry & Wool …

U.S. Corrections Corporation Stock Suit

Article • November 15, 2005 • from PLN November, 2005

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, U.S. Corrections Corp, Contractor Misconduct, Employee Litigation

a lawsuit over misuse of the employee stock-ownership plan for $13.2 million. Prior to 1998, when it was purchased by Corrections Corporation of America for $225 million, USCC ran four private prisons ...

CCA Guard Arrested for Sexually Abusing Vermont Prisoners

Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Criminal Prosecution, Staffing

CCA Guard Arrested for Sexually Abusing Vermont Prisoners by Sexual abuse by a Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) guard has spurred three lawsuits against CCA and resulted in the guard's arrest. The legal activity resulted from incidents at CCA's prisons at the Marion Adjustment Center (MAC) and St. Mary's Kentucky. …

Uprising by Vermont Prisoners Damages CCA Prison in Kentucky

Article • March 15, 2005 • from PLN March, 2005

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Contractor Misconduct, Organizing, Prison Rebellion, Criminal Prosecution, Food, Overcrowding

Center (LAC), a private prison owned and operated by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) in Lee County, Kentucky. The Prison LAC was built in 1990 as a 400-bed, minimum-security prison ...

Baker v. CCA, VT, Complaint, Lee riot guard beating, 2005

Brief • February 8, 2005

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Rebellion, Failure to Protect (General), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas

Baker v. CCA, VT, Complaint, Lee riot guard beating, 2005 W011 02,08/2005 15:50 FAX 615 366 7333 JOB MASTER STATE OF VE ' ONT ADDISON COUNTY, SS. GENE BAXER, Plaintiff, Superior Court Docket No. V. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Defendant COMPLAINT NOW COMES Plaintiff Gene Baker, by and through his …

Cruz v. CCA, VT, Complaint, Lee riot guard beating, 2005

Brief • February 8, 2005

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Rebellion, Failure to Protect (General), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas

Cruz v. CCA, VT, Complaint, Lee riot guard beating, 2005 02/0842005 15:53 FAX 515 355 I 7333 JOB MASTER LaJUU4/UUU I STATE OF VE ' ONT ADDISON COUNTY, SS. CONCEPCION L. CRUZ, Plaintiff, Superior Court Docket No. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Defendant. COMPLAINT NOW COMES Plaintiff Concepcion L. Cruz, by …

$14 Million Settlement in U.S. Corrections Corporation Pension Plan Suit

Article • June 15, 2003 • from PLN June, 2003

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, U.S. Corrections Corp, Contractor Misconduct, Money/Property, Pensions, Employee Litigation

former guards who worked at private prisons in Kentucky operated by U.S. Corrections Corp. could share in settlement of $14 million or more. In her 49 page opinion, Coffman held that Milton Thompson ...

Staff Shortage in Nation's Prisons

Article • December 15, 2001 • from PLN December, 2001

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Staffing

recently lost contracts in North Carolina because of its inability to find qualified guards. The same problem cost Civigenics, a private prison company out of Massachusetts, a contract in Ohio. While ...

Private Prison Executive Sentenced in Fraud Scheme

Article • July 15, 1996 • from PLN July, 1996

Filed under: Private Prisons, U.S. Corrections Corp, Contractor Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution

by the University of Florida, U.S. Corrections Corp. operates four private facilities, all in Kentucky, with a total population of 2,198 prisoners. They are the third largest private prison corporation, with a 6.42 ...

Damages Awarded to Paraplegic Prisoner

Article • December 15, 1993 • from PLN December, 1993

Filed under: CMS, Disabled Prisoners, Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect, Escapes, Clothing, Water, Damages, Supervisory Liability, Contractor Liability

of $10,000 against the jail warden, $1,000 against the jail nurse and $60,000 against the jail's medical services contractor, CMS. The district court granted judgement notwithstanding the verdict ...

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