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Settlement After Inmate Starved To Death, Found In Feces With Rubber Band Around Genitals

September 30, 2016 Asa J 1047 Views Accountability, Attorney Debbie Greenberger, Bellevue Hospital Center, Bill de Blasio, Bradley Ballard, Brutality, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, Corizon, Corrections Commissioner, de Blasio administration, Debbie Greenberger, Diabetic, feces, Homicide, Inmate Death, Inmate Starved To Death, insulin medication, Joseph Ponte, Justice System, lawsuit, New York City, New York City medical examiner, offended female correction officer, police abuse, Police State, psychiatric prison ward, refused food, refused medical care, refused water, Rikers Island Prison, Rikers mental health unit, rubber band, rubber band tied around genitals, schizophrenic, settlement, vomit

A lawsuit has been settled with the mother of a mentally ill man found in his cell at Rikers Island

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Cops Left Man To Die In Order To Watch NFL Playoffs, Lied To Cover It Up

August 2, 2016 Asa J 943 Views chronic liver failure, cirrhosis, copblock, copblock.org, False arrest, False imprisonment, Inmate Death, Jail Death, Jose Millan, Joseph Schiaretti, Justice System, Kenneth Howard, lawsuit, Mercer County, Negligence, New Jersey, NFL playoffs, North Clinton Avenue, officer Joseph Schiaretti, Police State, policy violations, Richard Reyes, Robin Lord, Southard Street, tampering with public records, Trenton, Trenton police, Trenton police department, Trenton police officer, unpaid parking tickets, wrongful death

A wrongful death lawsuit has been settled after an ailing New Jersey man was left to die inside his jail

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Update: Shooting Nevada Inmates With Birdshot Banned by New NDOC Director (For Now)

June 3, 2016June 3, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 3659 Views Accountability, Andrew Arevalo, assault, Brutality, Cal Potter, Carlos Perez, Civil rights, Commissioner, Connecticut, cop block, copblock.org, Correctional Officer Isaiah Smith, Correctional Officer Jeff Castro, correctional officers, Corrections Department Director Greg Cox, corrections officer, Corruption, COT Ramos, cover up, Dana Liebelson, Department of Corrections, Dishonesty, double-standards, excessive force, freedom, Governor Brian Sandoval, High Desert State Prison, Homicide, huffington post, Indian Springs, inmate, inmate abuse, Inmate Death, inmates, interview, James Dzurenda, Justice System, kelly patterson, KNPR, las vegas, lawsuit, murder, NDOC, negative media attention, Nevada, Nevada Department of Corrections, Nevada State Government, Nevada's "unique" prison culture, New York, NV, nvcopblock, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, Prison, Prison Correctional Officer, prison death, prison guards, radio, rehabilitation, reintegration, rights, Senior Correctional Officer Mumpower, shotguns, State of the Nevada podcast, Trainee Raynaldo J. Ramos, unauthorized use of force, Update, use of force, use of guns in prison, Victor Perez, video

As I’ve reported here on CopBlock.org in several posts over the past year, the use of shotguns loaded with birdshot

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Nevada Prison Guard Charged With Manslaughter in Fatal Shooting of Inmates (Update)

April 24, 2016April 26, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1668 Views Accountability, Alexis Plunkett, Andrew Arevalo, assault, Brutality, Cal Potter, Carlos Perez, Civil rights, Clark County Coroner, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Correctional Officer Isaiah Smith, Correctional Officer Jeff Castro, correctional officers, Corrections Department Director Greg Cox, corrections officer, Corruption, COT Ramos, cover up, CPR, declared deceased, disciplinary report, discovery, Dishonesty, double-standards, excessive force, failing to report repeated, false statements, Fox 5 Las Vegas, gladiator like scenario, Governor Brian Sandoval, gurgling on his own blood, HDSP, High Desert State Prison, Homicide, incident reports, Indian Springs, inmate, inmate abuse, Inmate Death, inmates, insubordination, internal reports, Justice System, kelly patterson, KTNV Las Vegas Channel 13 Action News, lack of medical care, las vegas, lawsuit, led to an inmate’s death, multiple gunshot wounds, murder, NDOC, negative media attention, neglect of duty, Nevada, Nevada Attorney General's Office, Nevada Department of Corrections, Nevada State Government, NV, nvcopblock, personnel issue, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, prior security breaches, Prison, Prison Correctional Officer, prison death, prison guards, proper staffing, protective custody, report, rights, segregation unit, Senior Correctional Officer Mumpower, shotgun, Solitary Confinement, summary judgement, the hole, Trainee Raynaldo J. Ramos, trauma room, unauthorized use of force, unbecoming conduct, Update, use of force, vast amounts of blood everywhere, Victor Perez, video

I’ve posted several times over the past year about the shooting of two prison inmates at the High Desert State

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Official Report: Nevada Prison Guards Blamed For Fatal Shooting of Inmates (Update)

April 12, 2016April 13, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1792 Views Accountability, Alexis Plunkett, Andrew Arevalo, assault, Brutality, Cal Potter, Carlos Perez, Civil rights, Clark County Coroner, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Correctional Officer Isaiah Smith, Correctional Officer Jeff Castro, correctional officers, Corrections Department Director Greg Cox, corrections officer, Corruption, cover up, CPR, declared deceased, disciplinary report, discovery, Dishonesty, double-standards, excessive force, failing to report repeated, false statements, Fox 5 Las Vegas, gladiator like scenario, Governor Brian Sandoval, gurgling on his own blood, HDSP, High Desert State Prison, Homicide, incident reports, Indian Springs, inmate, inmate abuse, Inmate Death, inmates, insubordination, internal reports, Justice System, kelly patterson, KTNV Las Vegas Channel 13 Action News, lack of medical care, las vegas, lawsuit, led to an inmate’s death, multiple gunshot wounds, murder, NDOC, negative media attention, neglect of duty, Nevada, Nevada Attorney General's Office, Nevada Department of Corrections, Nevada State Government, NV, nvcopblock, personnel issue, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, prior security breaches, Prison, prison death, prison guards, proper staffing, protective custody, report, rights, segregation unit, Senior Correctional Officer Mumpower, shotgun, Solitary Confinement, summary judgement, the hole, trauma room, unauthorized use of force, unbecoming conduct, Update, use of force, vast amounts of blood everywhere, Victor Perez, video

Last year, I posted about the shooting of two prison inmates at the High Desert State Prison, which is located

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Nevada Lawsuits Claim Prison Guards Instigated a Fight, then Shot Inmates

June 16, 2015June 16, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 1922 Views Alexis Plunkett, Andrew Arevalo, assault, Brutality, Cal Potter, Carlos Perez, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, corrections officer, Corruption, cover up, Dishonesty, excessive force, Fox 5 Las Vegas, gladiator like scenario, HDSP, High Desert State Prison, Homicide, Indian Springs, Inmate Death, inmates, Justice System, kelly patterson, KTNV Las Vegas Channel 13 Action News, lack of medical care, lawsuit, murder, NDOC, Nevada, Nevada Department of Corrections, NV, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Prison, prison death, protective custody, rights, shotgun, Solitary Confinement, video

A lawsuit filed in April by the family of a man killed when a corrections officer opened fire on two

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Suspicious Inmate Death In Broome County, NY Jail

May 24, 2015May 24, 2015 Alia Atreides 1498 Views Binghampton, Bloome County, Bloome County Sheriffs Office, drug overdose, inmate, inmate abuse, Inmate Beatings, Inmate Death, inmate dies, jail, Jail Abuse, Jail Beatings, Jail Death, Joshua H, Justice for Salladin Barton, Mark Solinsky, New York, New York State, ny, Ron Benjamin, Salladin Barton, Sheriff David Harder, suspicious circumstances, toxicology report

Salladin Barton was a well liked local who died in January 2015 while in jail on several non-violent charges. Information