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$60,000 Plus Back-Pay Awarded to Federal Prison Worker to Settle Discrimination Complaint by Lonnie Burton Jai Mutreja worked for the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) South Central Regional Office in Dallas as an electrical engineer. Mutreja is of Indian descent and had filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of …
Sexual Discrimination Suit Against Bureau of Prisons Settled by Christopher Zoukis A complaint to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) regarding sexual harassment, abuse and intimidation brought against the Bureau of Prisons has been settled. Lynda Kay Laurin, a Human Resource Specialist at Federal Correctional Institution Allenwood, Pennsylvania, filed her …
Article • September 6, 2016
Discrimination Complaint Against Bureau of Prisons Settled by Christopher Zoukis A discrimination complaint filed by a Mexican-American female employee of the Bureau of Prisons was settled in August 2001. Maria Elena Carnera, a Mexican-American woman, was employed as a prison guard at Metropolitan Correctional Center New York when she filed …
Bureau of Prisons Pays $300,000 for Claim Relating to Beating of Prisoner by Christopher Zoukis The Bureau of Prisons agreed to settle claims relating to the severe beating of one inmate by another in February 1993. The plaintiff, Mark D. Lang, was beaten unconscious on the first day of an …
Bureau of Prisons Pays $40,000 to Settle Prisoner's Injury Claim by Christopher Zoukis Lai Chiem Saelee, a prisoner at Federal Correctional Institution Dublin, California, settled her claim for injuries caused by the negligence of the Bureau of Prisons in July 1999. Saelee sued under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 29 …
BOP Settles Sexual Orientation and Reprisal Discrimination Claims by Christopher Zoukis The Bureau of Prisons settled multiple claims of discrimination brought by an employee in July 2001. Kimberly Ann Chermock filed a discrimination claim with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleging discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation at …
BOP Settles Reverse Discrimination Suit for $2,250 by Christopher Zoukis 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 …
BOP Settles Religious and Gender Discrimination Claim for $1,000 by Christopher Zoukis 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 …
BOP Settles Race and Disability Discrimination Lawsuit for $30,000 by Christopher Zoukis 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 …
BOP Settles Medical Malpractice Claim for $50,000 by Christopher Zoukis 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 …
BOP Settles Prisoner Injury Claim for $1,500 by Christopher Zoukis 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 …
BOP Settles Handicapped Discrimination Lawsuit for $65,000 by Christopher Zoukis 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 …
BOP Settles Discrimination Claim by "Non-Asian" for $12,000 by Christopher Zoukis 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, …
BOP Settles Claim of Race and Gender Discrimination by Christopher Zoukis 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 …
BOP Loses Disability Discrimination Suit Filed by Prison Guard by Christopher Zoukis 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 …
Discrimination Complaint by White Male Prison Guard Settled by Christopher Zoukis 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, …
Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016
The Fight for Comprehensive Prison Phone Reform Continues by Carrie Wilkinson As previously reported in PLN, the prison telecom industry has been successful so far in delaying implementation of the rate caps ordered by the FCC in October 2015. [See: PLN, May 2016, p.36; Dec. 2015, p.40]. And while the …
From the Editor by Paul Wright A lot has been written about mass incarceration and the role drug laws have played in boosting the nation’s prison and jail population. While it is intuitive to expect prisoners to be accused or convicted of criminal offenses, the reality is that tens of …
Article • August 23, 2016
PLN Invalidates Oregon Jail's Postcard-Only Policy; Magazine Ban and Rejection by On April 24, 2013, an Oregon federal court granted Prison Legal News (PLN) an injunction, permanently enjoining an Oregon jail's postcard-only policy. It also declared that jail magazine ban and rejection notice and appeal policies violated the First and …
Filing • August 9, 2016
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