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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
$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 …
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 …
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 …
Study Finds Discriminatory Jury Selection in Southern States by Derek Gilna A study by the Equal Justice Initiative, a non-profit legal organization based in Montgomery, Alabama, has found widespread discrimination in jury selection in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee. The discriminatory practices …
Seventh Circuit Holds That A Prisoner’s Verbal Complaints About Racist Guards May Be Protected Speech by Retaliation for verbally complaining about a prison guard who hung a noose where prisoners could see it, the Seventh Circuit has held, may constitute an infringement of a prisoner’s First Amendment free speech rights. …
Brief • January 13, 2011
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Private Prison Companies Behind the Scenes of Arizona’s Immigration Law by Beau Hodai “Beside my brothers and my sisters, I’ll proudly take a stand. When liberty’s in jeopardy, I’ll always do what’s right. I’m out here on the frontline, sleep in peace tonight. American soldier, I’m an American soldier...” So …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Federal Court Finds Nation of Islam Publication Not Racially Inflammatory by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 31, 2010, a Louisiana U.S. District Court held that the denial of access to a religious publication based solely on the inclusion of a section called “The Muslim Program” was a …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, by Michelle Alexander (N.Y., The New Press, 2010). 290 pages. by Mumia Abu-Jamal Book Review by Mumia Abu-Jamal The New Jim Crow offers an unflinching look at the US addiction to imprisonment and comes up with a startling diagnosis: …
Former Oregon Prison Guard, Accused of Contraband Smuggling and Sexual Misconduct, Files Suit Alleging Racism by Mark Wilson An ex-Oregon prison guard who resigned in 2007 was hired the following year as a “security technician” at the Oregon State Hospital (OSH). He was fired one month later after being accused …
Article • July 15, 2010 • from PLN July, 2010
Second Circuit Ruling in Post-9/11 Immigration Detention Case by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 18, 2009, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion in a federal class-action suit brought by illegal immigrants arrested in sweeps following the 9/11 attacks and incarcerated at the Metropolitan Detention Center …
Secret Justice: Criminal Informants and America’s Underground Legal System by Alexandra Natapoff I. Introduction Although it is almost invisible to the public, the use of criminal informants is everywhere in the U.S. justice system. From street corners to jails to courthouses to prisons, every year the government negotiates thousands of …
New Details Regarding Race Riot at USP Florence by Brandon Sample More details have emerged about the April 2008 race riot that occurred at the United States Penitentiary (USP) in Florence, Colorado, as prisoners who participated in the violent disturbance have pleaded guilty after being criminally charged. The riot started …
No Qualified Immunity for Excessive Force at Ohio Jail by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of qualified immunity to Ohio jailers on a detainee’s excessive force, denial of medical care, equal protection and state law claims. On April 3, 2004, Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Helen …
Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010
Ninth Circuit: Race-Based Prison Lockdowns Must Satisfy Strict-Scrutiny Standard by In a ruling with potentially wide-ranging implications, the Ninth Circuit held that race-based prison lockdowns fail to meet the strict-scrutiny standard announced by the U.S. Supreme Court in Johnson v. California, 543 U.S. 499, 505-07 (2005) [PLN, July 2005, p.22], …
Washington DOC Pays $35,000 in Discrimination Suit by In a stipulated judgment filed September 16, 2008, Amy Howard was awarded $35,000 for damages and attorney fees and costs for alleged sexual harassment and racial discrimination. Ms. Howard's attorney, W. Michael Hanbey, PS, of Olympia, originally sought $280,000 for damages inflicted …
$25,000 Federal Jury Award For Racial/Sex Discrimination by TDCJ by On October 9, 2003, a federal jury awarded a former employee of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) $25,000 in compensation for damages caused by discrimination against her due to her race and gender. Latrice M. Sellers was a …
Article • May 15, 2010
TDCJ Pays $50,000 to Settle Racial Discrimination Suit by Upon receiving notice of right to sue from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on July 1, 2002, Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) employee Freestone James filed a racial discrimination suit against TDCJ and his immediate supervisor, Michael Traylor. Under the …
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