$75,000 Settlement in CCA Prisoner’s Suicide
by David M. Reutter
Corrections Corporation of America paid $75,000 to settle a lawsuit seeking redress for its failure to provide care to prevent a prisoner’s suicide.
Whiteville Correctional Facility prisoner, Lawrence Ware, Jr., was known to suffer from mental problems. On March 5, ...
$60,000 for CCDA Prisoner Denied Cancer Treatment
by David M. Reutter
Corrections Corporation of America paid $60,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that officials at the Whiteville Correctional Facility (WCF) failed to provide scheduled cancer surgeries for prisoner David E. Plunk.
Prior to his transfer to WCF, Plunk, a Vietnam ...
$50,000 Settlement in Murder of CCA Prisoner
by David M. Reutter
Corrections Corporation of America paid $50,000 to settle a lawsuit involving the murder of a prisoner at the Hardeman Correctional Facility in Tennessee.
Prisoner Ricky E. Gardner was manually strangled to death on April 19, 2010 by his cellmate, ...
$42,500 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Assaulted with Padlock
by David M. Reutter
Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $42,500 to settle a lawsuit alleging CCA was liable for the assault of a prisoner, Scott J. Rattan, with a padlock.
The August 3, 2002 assault was committed by Connell Sheppard, using ...
$30,000 Settlement in Death of CCA Prisoner
by David M. Reutter
Corrections Corporation of America paid $30,000 to settle a civil rights action in the death of a prisoner at the Metro-Davidson County Detention Center.
The suit stemmed from the January 19, 2008 death of prisoner Gerald R. Townsend, who ...
$25,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Assaulted After Guards Open Cell Door
by David M. Reutter
Corrections Corporation of America paid $25,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging guards at the Silverdale Detention Center opened a prisoner’s cell door allowing him to be assaulted.
Prisoner Jeremy Cross was celled with prisoner Eric ...
$30,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Assault Involving Guard Conspiracy
by David M. Reutter
Corrections Corporation of America paid $30,000 to settle a lawsuit that alleged a guard at Silverdale Correctional Facility conspired with a prisoner to assault another prisoner.
The complaint of Willie McLeod alleged that on March 26, 2010, ...
$22,500 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Assaulted by Warden
by David M. Reutter
Corrections Corporation of America paid $22,500 to settle a lawsuit seeking redress for a warden’s assault of a prisoner following a riot in the chapel at Hardeman County Correctional Facility.
A small riot broke out at the prison’s ...
$10,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Injured in Kitchen
by David M. Reutter
Corrections Corporation of America paid $10,000 to settle a negligence claim alleging it failed to train a prisoner on how to use a skillet in the kitchen of the Metro-Davidson County Detention Facility.
Prisoner Roscoe Williams was assigned ...
$8,500 Settlement for CCA Prisoner whose Diabetic Seizure Went Untreated
by David M. Reutter
Corrections Corporation of America paid $8,500 to settle a lawsuit alleging deliberate indifference to a serious medical need.
Upon entering the Metro-Davidson County Detention Facility, Charles E. Mosley was a Type I diabetic who required daily ...
