$7,000 Settlement in CCA Failure to Protect Lawsuit
by David M. Reutter
Corrections Corporation of America paid $7,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging officials at Whiteville Correctional Facility (WCF) failed to protect a prisoner.
The suit alleged that prisoner Lorenzo Johnson, a Wisconsin prisoner held at West Tennessee Detention Facility, ...
$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 had a pre-existing ...
$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 cell of prisoner ...
$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.
The letter stated ...
$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 scenario, but states that ...
$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 HCCF, prisoner Gary Oelrich ...
$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 cell had multiple leaks ...
$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, prisoner Shirley Hambrick ...
$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 March 18, 2010, ...
$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 when he was ...
