Jails & Prisons Expert Witnesses in California

The SEAK Expert Witness Directory contains a comprehensive list of jails & prisons expert witnesses who testify, consult and provide litigation support on jails & prisons and related issues. Jails & prisons expert witnesses and consultants on this page may form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, and provide expert witness testimony at deposition and trial. The issues and subjects these jails & prisons expert witnesses testify regarding may include: Jail Suicide, Probable Cause, Use Of Force, Ada, Admin Investigations, Bars/Night Clubs, Bipolar Disorder, Cell Phone Analysis, Chronic Mental Illness, Civil Rights, Cold Case, Conditions Of Confinement, Correctional Operations, Correctional Staff Practices, and Correctional Suicide.

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Benjamin O. Warren, Jr.

LAW ENFORCMENT POLICY, LAPD SERGEANT (RET.)

Hot Pursuit, Inc.

Police Practices & Procedures, Jails & Prisons - Pursuit Policy, Use-of-Force, Crime Foreseeability, Lethal Use-of-Force, Excessive Force, In-Custody Death, Firearms, Less-Than-Lethal, Reasonable Suspicion, Probable Cause, Searches, Internal Affairs, Crime & Arrest, Jail Policy, Jail Custody, Jail Suicide, Bars/Night Clubs, Security
POLICE PRACTICES, POLICY & PROCEDURE; JAILS AND PRISIONS EXPERT • HONORABLY RETIRED SERGEANT, LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT (LAPD) o Served from April 1980 to November 2013 o Extensive field experience: 18 years responding to tens of thousands of emergency calls o Certified Peace Officer (P.O.S.T.): Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, Supervisory • CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE EXPERTISE o Detective trainee, Southeast Division, Major Assault Crimes o Filed cases with District and City Attorneys o Testified 150+ times as fact witness and investigator in various courts o Specialized in Proposition 115 preliminary hearings and Peace Officer Hearsay Testimony • TRAINING & LEADERSHIP o Criminal Law Instructor, Los Angeles Police Academy o Designed curriculum and trained new recruits and seasoned officers o Promoted to Sergeant in 1998; trained and monitored officers daily o Conducted and reviewed thousands of investigations and reports • INTERNAL AFFAIRS; LEGAL AFFAIRS; ...
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Lisa Boesky, PhD

Jail Suicide Expert

Jail Suicide Expert

San Diego, California
Jails & Prisons, Correctional Healthcare - jail suicide, suicide in jails, correctional suicide, juvenile detention suicide, jail suicide standard of care, correctional suicide standard of care, suicide risk assessment, suicide, jail/prison/correctional facility suicide
Lisa Boesky, PhD is a Jail Suicide expert with 30 years of experience related to Correctional Suicide. She takes complex clinical information grounded in research and communicates it in a practical, engaging and user-friendly manner via: --Expert Witness testimony on legal cases involving Jail Suicide deaths (plaintiff and defense) --Correctional Suicide presentations at national conferences --Auditing/Evaluating suicide prevention policies and practices inside county jails --Litigation Consultant on legal cases involving Jail Suicide deaths (plaintiff and defense) --Training Programs for correctional, mental health, substance abuse, and law enforcement professionals --Authoring books, book chapters, training curriculums, and other publications related to correctional mental health and Suicide. Please contact Dr. Boesky with any questions or for a copy of her CV by clicking on her Email, Website or "View Full Profile" above.
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Henry Cervantez, MS

Retired Prison Litigation Official-Expert Witness

HC Corrections Consultants

Pismo Beach, California
Law Enf & Criminal Justice, Jails & Prisons - Correctional Operations, Inmate Classification, Expert testimony, ADA, Jail & Prison, Custody & Security Procedures, Inmate Supervision, Policy & Procedures, Use of Force, Suicide prevention, Prison staff training, Disciplinary systems, Correctional Staff Practices, Conditions of confinement, Mental Health, Failure to protect
I possess over 30 years of professional experience working within the California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation (CDCR) in both men's & women's correctional institutions. During my career, I worked in five different prisons representing a full spectrum of custody levels, ranging from minimum to maximum security institutions. This experience provided extensive knowledge of institutional operations, inmate management, security procedures, and correctional policy implementation across diverse correctional environments. More than 20 years of my career were dedicated to the inmate classification system, where I served as both a Correctional Counselor I and later as a Correctional Counselor II Supervisor. In these roles, I was responsible for evaluating inmate case factors, determining classification scores, assessing custody levels, reviewing disciplinary history, and recommending housing assignments and program placements. My work required the interpretation and applicatio...
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Benjamin O. Warren, Jr.

LAW ENFORCMENT POLICY, LAPD SERGEANT (RET.)

Hot Pursuit, Inc.

Huntington Beach, California
Police Practices & Procedures, Jails & Prisons - Pursuit Policy, Use-of-Force, Crime Foreseeability, Lethal Use-of-Force, Excessive Force, In-Custody Death, Firearms, Less-Than-Lethal, Reasonable Suspicion, Probable Cause, Searches, Internal Affairs, Crime & Arrest, Jail Policy, Jail Custody, Jail Suicide, Bars/Night Clubs, Security
POLICE PRACTICES, POLICY & PROCEDURE; JAILS AND PRISIONS EXPERT • HONORABLY RETIRED SERGEANT, LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT (LAPD) o Served from April 1980 to November 2013 o Extensive field experience: 18 years responding to tens of thousands of emergency calls o Certified Peace Officer (P.O.S.T.): Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, Supervisory • CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE EXPERTISE o Detective trainee, Southeast Division, Major Assault Crimes o Filed cases with District and City Attorneys o Testified 150+ times as fact witness and investigator in various courts o Specialized in Proposition 115 preliminary hearings and Peace Officer Hearsay Testimony • TRAINING & LEADERSHIP o Criminal Law Instructor, Los Angeles Police Academy o Designed curriculum and trained new recruits and seasoned officers o Promoted to Sergeant in 1998; trained and monitored officers daily o Conducted and reviewed thousands of investigations and reports • INTERNAL AFFAIRS; LEGAL AFFAIRS; ...
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Shomir Banerjee, MD, MSEE

Primary care in Prison

Monterey, California
Jails & Prisons, Electrical Engineering - Software, Hardware, Occupational Medicine, Gastroenterology, Thyroid, Urgent Care, Primary Care, FQHC
Primary care services at prisons 2023 - present Utilization review Telemedicine 8 years Collaborative physician/NP supervisor Supervisor of physicians Hospice and palliative care Behavioral health Concierge physician Urgent care Sub-acute and transitional care/SNF Office-based gastroenterology Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Software developer, AI expert, consultant Biomedical hardware consultant Multiple state licenses: CA, OK, MO, CO, UT, MT, NM, HI, AZ, ID, NV, OR, WY, WA, FL, AK
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JOYCE C BROWN, MD

Prison Psychiatrist. Highly Experienced

SAN FRANCISCO, California
Psychiatry, Jails & Prisons - Prison, Psychiatry, Chronic Mental Illness, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Forensic settings, Jail, State Hospitals, Psychotropic Medications, Impulsive Violence, Involuntary Treatment, Danger to Self, Grave Disability, Danger to Others, Evidence Based Treatment, Hospitalization, Long Term Treatment, Malpractice
I am a licensed psychiatrist practicing in California for over 25 years. The majority of my professional experience has been in adult male correctional institutions (prisons, jails, state hospitals), with extensive experience in crisis and acute hospital settings. I specialize in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of serious mental illnesses including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, antisocial and borderline personality disorders, PTSD, and major depression. I have considerable knowledge of evidence-based medical practices for the symptoms and behaviors of these disorders, including psychosis, mania, depression, impulsive violence, suicidal behavior, and chronic self-injury. I excel at comprehensive legal and health record review, research, and investigation. I have a substantial history of well-documented report writing and expert witness testimony. Medical Doctorate: Georgetown University College of Medicine Internship: University of Southern California Residency and Fel...
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Tony Turnbull

Police Practices Expert-Nationwide

Turnbull Consulting

Cameron Park, California
Police Practices & Procedures, Law Enf & Criminal Justice - Civil Rights, Interrogations, Police Practices, Search & Seizure, Laws of Arrest, Wrongful Conviction, False Arrest, Officer Involved Shootings, Homicide, Crime Scenes, In-Custody Deaths, Criminal Investigations, Jails & Prisons, Admin Investigations, Cell Phone Analysis, Probable Cause, Violent Crimes, Cold Case, Jails, Prisons
I am a retired Sergeant with the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office. I have over 30 years of law enforcement experience. I am a Police Practices Expert with a wide range of expertise, including but not limited to, Major Crime Scene Management, Homicide Investigations, Criminal Investigative Practices, Cellular Phone Forensic Analysis, Officer Involved Shooting Investigations, In-Custody Deaths, Interview & Interrogation Techniques (both Reid and Science Based), and other in-depth investigations, including Conspiracy, Robbery, Missing Persons, Kidnapping, Murder for Hire, Gang Related Crimes, and Narcotics. I provide consulting and expert witness services specializing in extensive and in-depth case reviews, analysis, and independent and objective opinion development for thorough Rule 26 reports and testimony. I am an instructor with California POST Robert Presley's Institute of Criminal Investigations including Investigators Core, Homicide Investigations, Officer Involved Shooting ...
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