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$266,653 Judgment in Lawsuit Challenging Alabama Prison’s Improper Sewage Discharge
$266,653 Judgment in Lawsuit Challenging Alabama Prison’s Improper Sewage Discharge
by David Reutter
Following a settlement agreement between Black Warrior Riverkeeper (Riverkeeper) and Alabama Utility Services (AUS), a judgment was entered in a lawsuit that alleged the sewage treatment plant at the William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility (DCF) had discharged ...
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- Massachusetts: Wrongful Death Claims Survive Summary Judgment in Prisoner Suicide Case, by Mark Wilson
- Women, Incarcerated, by Sharona Coutts
- Arbitrator’s Award on Pay Raises for Prison Guards Costs Pennsylvania County $5 Million, by David Reutter
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- Tennessee County Agrees to Improve Mental Health Care for Prisoners
- BOP Settles Medical Negligence Claim for $600,000, by David Reutter
- Wyoming Prisoner Escapes from Private Transport Van, Remains on the Run, by Mark Wilson
- Over 100 Protestors Converge at GEO Group’s Shareholder Meeting
- Ninth Circuit: PLRA Fee Cap Inapplicable to Fees on Appeal
- Feds and Tennessee Officials Investigate Prisoners Using Facebook, by David Reutter
- Former Nurse at Maine State Prison Files Suit Over Racial Slurs, by Joe Watson
- Two Former Oklahoma Prison Guards Get Deferred Sentences in Prisoner’s Death, by Matthew Clarke
- Ninth Circuit: Plata Doesn’t Bar Individual Injunctive Relief Claims; $26,000 Settlement, by Mark Wilson
- Supreme Court Reinstates Challenge to North Carolina Post-Release GPS Sex Offender Monitoring, by Derek Gilna
- Maryland DOC’s Ban on Media Interviews with Prisoners Upheld
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- $110,000 Settlement in Suit over Nebraska Jail Prisoner’s Suicide, by Matthew Clarke
- Federal Court Strikes Down Pennsylvania Law that Restricts Prisoners’ Speech, by Derek Gilna
- California Tests State Prisoners for Valley Fever Amid Lawsuits, Deaths, by Derek Gilna
- Sixth Circuit: Group Strip Searches and Delousing at Ohio Jail State Claim, by David Reutter
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- Automatic Oregon Death Row Confinement Pending Resentencing Enjoined, by Mark Wilson
- Washington Prisoner’s Wife Prevails on PRA Claim for Investigative Report Redactions, by Mark Wilson
- Nevada DOC’s “One Eye Policy” Challenged; Summary Judgment Reversed, by Lonnie Burton
- $71,000 Settlement in Iowa Prisoner’s Sexual Harassment Claim, by David Reutter
- Judicial Misconduct Results in Mild Sanctions, by Matthew Clarke
- Dismissal of State-Created Danger Claim Reversed, by David Reutter
- Nebraska Court Awards Prisoner $267,000 in Failure to Protect Suit, by David Reutter
- $266,653 Judgment in Lawsuit Challenging Alabama Prison’s Improper Sewage Discharge, by David Reutter
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- Muslim New York Prisoner’s Free Exercise of Religion Claim Reinstated, Jan. 15, 2025
- Fourth Circuit: Baltimore County Prisoners May Qualify as Employees under FLSA, Jan. 15, 2025
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More from these topics:
- Seventh Circuit Offers Wisconsin Prisoner Just a Little Help in Suit Alleging He Was Held in Feces-Stained Cell Without Water, Feb. 15, 2025. Sewage, Water, Sanitation, Summary Judgment.
- Migrants at New Mexico CoreCivic ICE Detention Center Forced to Clean Up Sewage with Bare Hands, May 1, 2024. Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Sewage, Detention - Generally, Immigration Detention.
- Dismissal Affirmed of Florida Prisoner’s Claim for Exposure to Human Waste, May 1, 2024. Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Hearing Officers, Showers, Sewage, Sanitation.
- Fulton County Jail Detainees Ended 2022 Freezing and Defecating in Trash Bags, Jan. 9, 2023. Exposure to Cold, Plumbing, Sewage, Sanitation.
- $6,500 Paid by Illinois DOC to Settle Three Prisoner’s Mistreatment Claims, Sept. 16, 2022. Failure to Treat, Toilets, Sewage, Sanitation, Restraints.
- U.S. Marshals Service Inspectors Find D.C. Central Jail Not Meeting Federal Detention Standards, July 13, 2022. Failure to Treat, Conditions of Confinement, Sewage, Sanitation, Prison Conditions.
- South Carolina DOC Coughs Up $920,000 for Prison’s Water and Sewer Bill, May 16, 2022. Cost of Prison Systems, Clean Water Act.
- Trapped in The Floods: With Floodwaters Rising, Prisoners Wait for Help in Floating Feces, May 1, 2022. Failure to Protect (General), Sewage.
- Montana Renews CoreCivic Contract; Major Water and Sewage Problems Persist, Jan. 1, 2022. Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Sewage, Water.
- U.S. Supreme Court Reverses Dismissal of Texas Prisoner’s Feces Covered Cell Lawsuit, July 1, 2021. Guard Misconduct, Exposure to Cold, Sewage, Sanitation.