He must be a Democrat
In-friggin-credible!
Inmate Files Lawsuit Faulting Prison Guards for Not Stopping His Escape
Thursday, January 03, 2008
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,320109,00.html
DENVER - An inmate who twice escaped from the Pueblo County jail filed a federal lawsuit Thursday, alleging that guards abused him and didn't do enough to stop him from breaking out.
Scott Anthony Gomez, Jr. alleges that guards have sprayed him with pepper spray, shot him with a stun gun, and beaten and kicked him without provocation. He also claims that employees of the Pueblo County sheriff's department got other inmates to assault him.
The suit in U.S. District Court in Denver was filed against Pueblo County, former sheriff Dan Corsentino, current sheriff Kirk Taylor, six guards and their supervisors. A sheriff's spokeswoman didn't immediately respond to a message left afterhours and there was no listed telephone number for Corsentino, who left office last January.
According to the suit, Gomez and another inmate escaped on Nov. 22, 2006 - the second jail escape that year - by pushing up a ceiling panel, getting into the jail's ventilation system and lowering themselves from the roof using a rope made of bed sheets. Gomez was captured two days later.
Gomez alleges he told Corsentino that there were many ways to get out of the jail but that security wasn't improved.
Gomez claims he was assaulted by a guard on Jan. 3, 2007 and then charged with inciting a riot, prompting him to plan another escape with another inmate. He alleges the cell doors in his maximum security wing could be easily opened and he was able to loosen a tile in a shower ceiling when a guard left the area unattended for an hour.
According to the lawsuit, after climbing out a hole in the ceiling, Gomez was seriously injured when he fell 40 feet while trying to scale down the side of the jail.
The lawsuit, which seeks an unspecified amount of money, claims authorities "did next to nothing to ensure that the jail was secure and that the Plaintiff could not escape."
Inmate Files Lawsuit Faulting Prison Guards for Not Stopping His Escape
Thursday, January 03, 2008
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,320109,00.html
DENVER - An inmate who twice escaped from the Pueblo County jail filed a federal lawsuit Thursday, alleging that guards abused him and didn't do enough to stop him from breaking out.
Scott Anthony Gomez, Jr. alleges that guards have sprayed him with pepper spray, shot him with a stun gun, and beaten and kicked him without provocation. He also claims that employees of the Pueblo County sheriff's department got other inmates to assault him.
The suit in U.S. District Court in Denver was filed against Pueblo County, former sheriff Dan Corsentino, current sheriff Kirk Taylor, six guards and their supervisors. A sheriff's spokeswoman didn't immediately respond to a message left afterhours and there was no listed telephone number for Corsentino, who left office last January.
According to the suit, Gomez and another inmate escaped on Nov. 22, 2006 - the second jail escape that year - by pushing up a ceiling panel, getting into the jail's ventilation system and lowering themselves from the roof using a rope made of bed sheets. Gomez was captured two days later.
Gomez alleges he told Corsentino that there were many ways to get out of the jail but that security wasn't improved.
Gomez claims he was assaulted by a guard on Jan. 3, 2007 and then charged with inciting a riot, prompting him to plan another escape with another inmate. He alleges the cell doors in his maximum security wing could be easily opened and he was able to loosen a tile in a shower ceiling when a guard left the area unattended for an hour.
According to the lawsuit, after climbing out a hole in the ceiling, Gomez was seriously injured when he fell 40 feet while trying to scale down the side of the jail.
The lawsuit, which seeks an unspecified amount of money, claims authorities "did next to nothing to ensure that the jail was secure and that the Plaintiff could not escape."
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Whats worse is he will probably win.
Some bleeding heart judge and jury will say that it is all the Countys' fault and that he was ignored or abused or made to play with Light Brite as a child and it warped his fragile psyche.
Crap like this and the suits over creamy -v- chunky peanut butter in jail is one of the reasons our taxes are high. We pay for them to go to court.0 -
quote:Originally posted by medic07
Whats worse is he will probably win.
Some bleeding heart judge and jury will say that it is all the Countys' fault and that he was ignored or abused or made to play with Light Brite as a child and it warped his fragile psyche.
Crap like this and the suits over creamy -v- chunky peanut butter in jail is one of the reasons our taxes are high. We pay for them to go to court.
While I agree with you in sentiment I have to say some things have changed in the last 20 years in regard to inmates and lawsuits. Yes, there still are many frivolous suits but I believe the bulk of these are filed by the inmate himself,with the assistance of his jail house buddies. I'm on thin ice here but I believe the state does not have to provide legal council when the inmate is the complainant in a suit. Further, If this inmate looses his suit he is liable (at least in the state of Missouri) for all court costs. This could be quit expensive for an inmate that makes less than $30.00 a month. On the flip side they are provided access to a legal library and free use of computers, fax machines, paper, copy machines, and obviously they have plenty of time on their hands to explore ways to "screw" with the legal system.
P.S. without a "real" attorney working for him most of these cases are lost even when the inmate might have gotten something because they really aren't as "good" as they think they are. my .020 -
You say the inmate could be liable for court costs. What if he doesn't pay, will they put him in jail? 0 -
quote:Originally posted by coledigger4
You say the inmate could be liable for court costs. What if he doesn't pay, will they put him in jail?
It is held out of his pay he earns from his work assignment just like a garnishment of wages.0
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