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NH Corrections Officer, Suspended After Fight, Obtains Back Pay Plus $250,000 in Damages and Attorney Fees
Loaded on Jan. 15, 2013
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2013, page 26
NH Corrections Officer, Suspended After Fight, Obtains Back Pay Plus $250,000
Filed under:
DOC/BOP misconduct,
Retaliation,
Retaliation against Staff,
Employee Litigation,
Guard Unions.
Location:
New Hampshire.
in Damages and Attorney Fees
On October 31, 2011, a state court jury found that the New Hampshire Department of Corrections (NHDOC) had interfered with the free expression rights of Mark F. Jordan, 43, a prison guard and former ...
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