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Article • May 15, 2011
Connecticut DOC Guards Terminated For Outlaw Motorcycle Club Association by Connecticut Department of Corrections (DOC) guards appealed the dismissal of their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action after being disciplined and terminated for associating with an Outlaw Motorcycle Club (OMC) in violation of DOC policy directives. The dismissal was affirmed. DOC …
Article • April 15, 2011
NYPD Cops Can Be Subjected to Drug Testing Without Collective Bargaining by The Police Commissioner of New York City may require NYPD officers to submit to drug testing of their hair without undergoing collective bargaining, New York’s highest court decided December 17, 2009. The officers’ union had argued that the …
Florida Department of Corrections and Wackenhut Corrections Corporation Paid $35,000 Settlement in Discrimination Lawsuit by Wackenhut Corrections Corporation and the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) paid $35,000 to settle a discrimination and retaliatory practices lawsuit. In his civil complaint, ex-FDOC senior psychologist Majid A. Shams, who is of Iranian descent, …
Wackenhut Corrections Corporation Paid $29,900 to Settle Sexual Harassment Lawsuit by Wackenhut Corrections Corporation paid $29,900 to settle a lawsuit claiming sexual harassment. In her complaint, Marsha Senatti claims fellow Wackenhut employee Lee Jackson did unlawfully touch, in a sexual manner, her private parts and genitalia, including “rubbing his penis …
Article • April 15, 2011
Ex-Prosecutor Wins Award in Wrongful Termination Suit by On January 25, 2010, an ex-deputy prosecuting attorney for Pierce County, Washington, Barbara Corey, won her appeal and was awarded in excess of $2 million in a lawsuit she filed against the County following her forced resignation. Ms. Corey’s complaint accused the …
Article • April 15, 2011
Nebraska Prison Employee’s Termination for Failed Urinalysis Reversed by The Nebraska Supreme Court affirmed a district court’s holding that the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) violated a labor agreement when it fired a prison employee for failing a drug test. NDCS contended in its appeal that the district court …
Article • March 15, 2011
$100,000 Settlement in DC Guard’s Racial Discrimination Suit by The District of Columbia (DC) paid $100,000 to settle an unlawful discrimination suit filed by DC Department of Corrections (DOC) employee Oliver Amaechi. Amaechi, a Nigerian immigrant, alleged the DOC had a policy of discriminating against African or Caribbean born employees. …
Article • March 15, 2011
$215,000 Settlement in DC Jail Guard’s Wrongful Termination Suit by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $215,000 to settle the lawsuit of ex-employee Roland J. Jackson, Jr., a twenty-six year veteran at the D.C. Jail, for intentional and reckless misconduct with respect to his termination on September 29, 1997. While …
Article • March 15, 2011
$25,000 Settlement in DC Guard’s Sexual Harassment Suit by The District of Columbia (DC) paid $25,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed by Verna Byrd, a guard for the DC Department of Corrections (DOC). Byrd had worked for DOC since 1998. In 2002, she began working at the DC Jail …
Article • March 15, 2011
$7,500 Settlement in Discrimination, Harassment and Wrongful Termination Suit of D.C. Instructor by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $7,500 to settle an employment racial discrimination, harassment, and wrongful termination suit filed by Susan C. Law. Law, a white female, worked as a Training Instructor at D.C.’s Lorton Training Academy …
Article • March 15, 2011
$1,629.05 Settlement in Suit over D.C. Jail’s Failure to Pay Wages by The District of Columbia paid $1,629.05 to settle the Lawsuit of ex-employee Greg Jackson for failure to pay wages for his land maintenance work. While working at the D.C. Jail in 1997 through September, 1998 Jackson, a supervisor …
Illinois Guard’s Wrongful Termination Suit Dismissed; Guard Terminated for Sex with Prisoners by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of a Black Illinois guard’s wrongful termination action. In March or April 2003, Nicole Burns, a female detainee at the Cook County, Illinois jail reported that …
Illinois Guard Terminated for Sex with Prisoners; Wrongful Termination Suit Dismissed by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of an Illinois African-American guard’s wrongful termination action. In March or April 2003, Nicole Burns, a female detainee at the Cook County, Illinois jail reported that guards …
Article • March 15, 2011
Washington DOC Wrongful Discharge Nets $64,718.50 Plus Reinstatement by The State of Washington settled a wrongfully discharged prison industries manager by paying him $64,718.50 in back pay, general damages, medical costs and attorney’s fees, and by re-hiring him. Wayne Armbruster was a nine year veteran of the Washington Department of …
D.C. Department of Corrections Employee Exposed to Environmental Pollutants Settles for $10,000 by On July 18, 2006, the District of Columbia paid $10,000 to settle with a Department of Corrections employee who suffered respiratory illness after exposure to environmental pollutants. The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the …
D.C. Employee Fired for Delivering Unopened Letter Settles for $30,000 by On March 26, 2004, The District of Columbia paid $30,000 to settle with a Department of Corrections employee who was fired for attempting to have an unopened letter delivered to a prisoner. The suit, filed in the U.S. District …
Article • March 15, 2011
D.C. Guard Settles Slip and Fall Suit for $50,000 by On June 21, 2001, the District of Columbia paid $50,000 to settle with a guard who had sued the District in D.C. Superior Court for negligence after she slipped and fell on a wet floor. According to the complaint, the …
Article • March 15, 2011
D.C. Settlement Nets Former Warden $62,000 for Legal Expenditures by On July 11, 2005, the District of Columbia paid $62,000 to settle with David Roach—a former warden at the Maximum Security Facility in Lorton, Virginia—who sued the District seeking reimbursement for legal fees. In 1995, while Roach was warden at …
Brief • February 16, 2011
Stinson v. Washington DOC, WA, Complaint, Workplace Discrimination Against Homosexual Guard, 2011 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 SUPERIOR COURT FOR 'I'IlE STATE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF PIERCE 9 10 CARA STINSON, Individually, NO. Plaintiff, 11 12 13 14 COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES v. STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Florida: Judgment for Female Prison Staff Alleging Sexual Harassment by Prisoners Affirmed by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) was properly held liable under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for failing to remedy a sexually hostile work …
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