Sentences with phrase «against inmates who»

But he defended guards» responding forcibly against inmates who became aggressive.

The newly elected Bronx district attorney, Darcel Clark, has vowed to aggressively pursue charges against inmates who assault jail guards.

Not exact matches

They are completely at the mercy of guards and administrators, who have to balance the safety of the inmates against the public safety risk of freeing dangerous people.

But he'd be a long shot given that a county jury recently recommended criminal charges against seven Milwaukee County jail staffers in the dehydration death of an inmate who went without water for seven days.

On March 26, a group of New York — based lawyers headed by Edward D. Fagan, who spearheaded successful suits on behalf of Holocaust survivors against European firms that collaborated with the Nazis in using concentration camp inmates as laborers, filed suit in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn against FleetBoston Financial, the insurance giant Aetna, and railroad conglomerate CSX Corporation, on the grounds that these corporations are the successors of companies that profited from slavery before the Civil War.

The family of a 62 - year - old man who died last year in Nassau County jail custody has filed a $ 60 million federal lawsuit against the county and the facility's former medical provider, claiming the inmate died because he was denied proper care.

The office of Preet Bharara, the United States attorney in Manhattan, released its findings in a graphic 79 - page report that described a «deep - seated culture of violence» against youthful inmates at the jail complex, perpetrated by guards who operated with little fear of punishment.

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.

Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara, who joined the class - action lawsuit on the side of the dozen inmates and against the city, hailed the decision.

The family of a 62 - year - old man who died last year in Nassau County jail custody has filed a $ 60 million federal lawsuit against the county and the facility's former medical provider that claims the inmate died because he was denied proper care, court papers say.

The debate team of New York prison inmates who beat Harvard College last fall had another triumph — this time against the U.S > Military Academy at West Point.

The Correction Officers Benevolent Association last month filed a federal suit of its own, alleging inmate violence is up 18 percent since de Blasio's decree and street gang members in custody are organizing against guards, who have been «punched, kicked, slashed, splashed with urine, feces or saliva, stabbed, held hostage, beaten severely or sexually assaulted by inmates.»

Cocuzza, Tcor, and Seminara said they were charged for «common practices» such as failing to supervise inmates on suicide watch, nodding off on duty, and keeping loose log book entries, even though they were never previously disciplined or warned and even though Falco's supporters who did the same did not have charges filed against them.

On that day, a Rikers inmate, Dapree Peterson, 21, was scheduled to testify against two correction officers who had been accused of assaulting Mr. Peterson and covering it up in an official report.

The family of an inmate who died 20 days after entering the Erie County Holding Center last year has filed a widely anticipated lawsuit against Erie County, Sheriff Timothy B. Howard and the City of Lackawanna, where police arrested her in February 2016.

A flawed, if watchable drama concerning a former general (Robert Redford) who is sent to prison under the watch of a sadistic warden (James Gandolfini), and how he rouses the inmates to rise up against the corrupt warden.

He plays Korg, a doleful inmate in a remote prison who is resigned to a life of pain, yet keeps alive an impossible dream of rebellion against the forces that hold him captive.

Solomon's collusion in this act recalls the «choiceless choice» of Salamo Arouch, Willem Dafoe's Auschwitz prisoner in Triumph of the Spirit, who is forced to box against other inmates for the Nazis» entertainment.

Strolling out of prison with not so much a swagger as a comfortable amble, giving his farewells to inmates and guards alike and bantering with an estranged, slickly outfitted son who arranged for his early release, we immediately face a singularly independent operator about to bump up against the conformity and command of the syndicate.

He knows he won't survive behind bars, so he hires Darnell (played by Hart) who's been cleaning his car for two years, to teach him how to be tough so he can defend himself against other inmates.

Team up with another inmate for local two player split screen mode, taking either a Joy - Con ™ or Pro Controller each to team up to break out, or work against one another to determine who's the quickest convict to make an escape!

Team up with another inmate for local two player split - screen mode, taking a Joy - Con each to either team up to break out, or work against one another to determine who's the quickest convict to make an escape.

Team up with another inmate for local two player split screen mode, taking a Joy - Con ™ each to either team up to break out, or work against one another to determine who's the quickest convict to make an escape.

Team up with another inmate for local two - player split - screen mode, taking a Joy - Con each to either team up to breakout, or work against one another to determine who's the quickest convict to make an escape.

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.