Another factor that should perhaps give courts pause about awarding
costs against inmates is their severely reduced ability to pay.
In recognition of her work as a member of a team of lawyers who brought an unprecedented civil rights class action against New York City to end the use of excessive
force against inmates at Rikers Island and other New York City jails, Ms. Enenajor was honoured with a 2014 Pro Bono Publico Award by the New York Legal Aid Society.
She was also a member of a team of lawyers who brought an unprecedented civil rights class action against New York City to end the use of excessive force
against inmates at Rikers Island and other New York City jails.
Inmate advocacy groups have alleged
violence against inmates at Clinton Correctional Facility, a charge that corrections officers have denied.
The newly elected Bronx district attorney, Darcel Clark, has vowed to aggressively pursue charges
against inmates who assault jail guards.
The hit - and - run skirmishes of Batman: Arkham Asylum, which escalated into the devastating conspiracy
against the inmates in Batman: Arkham City, culminates in the ultimate showdown for the future of Gotham.
He held a press conference savaging the mayor and his correction commissioner on the steps of City Hall after a correction officer was badly slashed in the face, and has pushed back hard against many of de Blasio's efforts to bring reforms to Rikers Island to overcome what Bharara deemed, in a separate investigation, a culture of violence by
guards against inmates.
Ms. Clark's predecessor, Robert T. Johnson, had been criticized by Mayor Bill de Blasio and the Correction Officers Benevolent Union for delays in prosecuting
cases against inmates, even as slashings and assaults continued to rise.
Union leaders remain fiercely defensive — about corruption in their ranks, allegations of
brutality against inmates and about the need for punitive segregation to keep staff safe.
Kehoe said independent evaluators reviewed use of force
incidents against inmates, to see if force was used only when necessary, used appropriately and reported promptly to the Commission of Correction.
The indictments are part of an ongoing FBI probe into allegations of widespread
abuse against inmates at county jails.
Hiscocks alleged that the Ministry and Vanier Centre
discriminate against inmates on the basis of political belief, citizenship, mental health status, disability, gender and other prohibited grounds.
Will a costs
award against an inmate be effective at discouraging other inmates from making unmeritorious applications?
The suit was originally filed by the Legal Aid Society, and was eventually joined by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who wrote in a scathing report that there was a «culture of violence»
against inmates in the city jails.
They were filed as a result of violence — inmate - on - inmate,
officer against inmate, inmate against officer — and also for slip - and - fall type cases where the crumbling physical plant of many of the jails at Rikers was allegedly to blame.
Any malicious sexual contact by prison
guards against inmates may amount to a constitutional violation, a federal appeals court ruled, noting how standards of decency have changed in the past two decades.
Guards at Rikers Island continue to use brutal
force against inmates at an «alarming rate,» punching them in the head, slamming them into walls and then lying about it, according to a report submitted on Monday by a federal monitor overseeing reforms at the jail complex.
This agreement, approved today by the Westchester County Board of Acquisition and Contract, implements a resolution of the Government's findings regarding the Jail's use of force
against inmates, its use of isolation as a method of discipline for minors incarcerated at the jail, and its provision of inadequate medical and mental health care to inmates.
A federal judge on Wednesday approved landmark reforms at the troubled Rikers Island jail complex that will resolve claims that guards regularly used unnecessary force
against inmates.
«If you're serious and consistent about ending violence
against our inmates and our officers, then you're going to understand why we need common sense measures to stop weapons and drugs from getting into this facility,» said de Blasio then.
The settlement, papers for which were filed July 1, include installing cameras, reducing use of force
against inmates, and an agreement to stop jailing offenders under the age of 18 at the facility.