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Articles by Christopher Zoukis

BOP Settles Reverse Discrimination Suit for $2,250

The Bureau of Prisons settled a discrimination claim brought by Thomas R. Sniezek, a 48-year-old white male, in April 2003.

Sniezek, a former associate warden at United States Penitentiary Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, brought an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) complaint against the Bureau of Prisons on December 20, 2001. Sniezek attached ...

BOP Settles Religious and Gender Discrimination Claim for $1,000

The Bureau of Prisons settled an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) claim of religious and gender discrimination for $1,000.00 in March 2003.

The complaint, brought by senior prison guard Wallace L. Austin, alleged discrimination by the staff at United States Penitentiary Marion, Illinois, on the basis of his religious denomination ...

BOP Settles Race and Disability Discrimination Lawsuit for $30,000

The Bureau of Prisons settled a race and disability discrimination claim brought by an employee in October 2001 for $30,000.00.

The employee, Moses Manual Linen, was a lieutenant at Federal Correctional Institution Marianna, Florida when he was allegedly discriminated against based on his Cuban heritage and medical disability. According to ...

BOP Settles Medical Malpractice Claim for $50,000

The Bureau of Prisons settled a claim of medical malpractice brought by a prisoner in September 2003.

Kenneth H. Wellman, a prisoner at Federal Correctional Institution Phoenix, Arizona, filed a lawsuit in federal court on November 13, 2001. According to the complaint, filed pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act, ...

BOP Settles Prisoner Injury Claim for $1,500

The Bureau of Prisons settled an injury lawsuit filed by prisoner Hazel Jackson on February 7, 2001.

Jackson, a prisoner held at Federal Correctional Institution Dublin, California, alleged in her complaint that on June 22, 1997 she "fell into an uncovered vent hole while walking along a darkened hallway" at ...

BOP Settles Handicapped Discrimination Lawsuit for $65,000

The Bureau of Prisons settled a claim of discrimination on the basis of handicap brought by former employee Terry L. Ryckman in January 2001.

Ryckman was employed by the Bureau as a prison guard at United States Penitentiary Florence, Colorado between July 28, 1994 and December 2, 1994. According to ...

BOP Settles Discrimination Claim by "Non-Asian" for $12,000

The Bureau of Prisons settled a discrimination complaint brought by Wendy Lynn Brown, a white female employee at Federal Correctional Institution Big Spring, Texas in July 2010.

Brown's Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) complaint was filed on July 6, 1998. In the complaint, Brown alleged that she was discriminated against, ...

BOP Settles Claim of Race and Gender Discrimination

The Bureau of Prisons settled a claim of racial and gender discrimination in September 2002.

Lisa Pinkston Druey, a white female prison guard at Federal Correctional Institution Yazoo City, Mississippi, filed a claim of discrimination against the Bureau of Prisons, FCI Yazoo City Warden Khurshid Yusuff, Food Service Administrator Danny ...

BOP Loses Disability Discrimination Suit Filed by Prison Guard

The Bureau of Prisons has been found to have discriminated against a prison guard on the basis of physical disability.

Keith E. Beck, a GS-7 prison guard at Federal Correctional Institution Terminal Island, California, filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on April 15, 1995 alleging discrimination ...

Discrimination Complaint by White Male Prison Guard Settled

An Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) complaint filed by Kevin J. Erickson, a white male prison guard at Federal Correctional Institution Petersburg, Virginia, was settled in March 2002.

Erickson's EEOC complaint, filed in April 2001, alleged that Wanda Hunt, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) officer for the Bureau of Prisons, as ...