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Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022
$500 Default Judgement in Female Michigan Prisoner’s Pro Se Excessive-Force Claim by A Michigan federal district court awarded a $493.80 default judgement on October 29, 2020, to a prisoner in a civil rights action alleging excessive use of force by guards at Huron Valley Correctional Facility in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The …
Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022
Four Female Prisoners Seek Damages Over Abuses at Oregon Prison Called A “Cesspool” of Staff Sexual Abuse, Latest in Abuse Saga by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson In a report on pervasive sexual abuse of prisoners at Oregon’s only women’s prison in 2017, Prison Legal News reached another five years …
Florida Jail Administrators Fired After Woman Gives Birth in Cell by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen A jail prisoner in Broward County gave birth in her cell recently, with staff ignoring her pleas for help until just prior to delivery. Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony fired two top administrators …
Cooper v. City of Newark, CA, Settlement, Employment Discrimination - Gender, 2021 DocuSign Envelope ID: 621E9008-210A-47A7-BF8D-173FDA4E9564 183738AF-61D7-4926-BC41-E8A15E0B4515 SETTLE lENT AG REEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE icolc Cooper and the County of Santa Clara ("County") enter into this Sclllcmenl Agreement and General Release ("Agreement'} Collectively, Nicole Cooper and the County arc re …
Ninth Circuit Holds Intermediate Scrutiny Applies in Challenges to Facially Discriminatory Prison Regulations by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 21, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the proper standard of review to be applied to facially discriminatory prison regulations challenged as violating …
Woman Sues Mississippi Parole Board for Discrimination and Retaliation by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso On March 27, 2020, a lawsuit filed in a county court the previous year against the Mississippi Parole Board (MPB) by state prisoner Anita Krecic was refiled in federal court, alleging MPB has discriminated …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
New York Jail Accused of Discrimination by Female Prisoners by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss n March 2020, the Oneida County Correctional Facility in New York was accused of discrimination against the women who are housed there. Two months prior to that, all the women were moved from pods that …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Kansas Leads Country in Female Incarceration Rates by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss According to the latest surveys, the national female prison population is increasing more rapidly than males — and Kansas is one of the leading contributors to this trend. A report put out by the Prison Policy Initiative …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
$5,400 Payout by Montana DOC Over Ex-Prisoner’s Claim of Religious, Gender Discrimination by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Montana Department of Corrections (MDOC) agreed to pay $5,400 to resolve a former prisoner’s claim that alleged religious discrimination and failed equal opportunities for women. The November 7, 2019 Conciliation …
Article • July 13, 2020
Seventh Circuit Upholds Summary Dismissal of Fired Wisconsin Guard’s Sex-Discrimination Claims by On June 26, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld a district court’s summary dismissal of a lawsuit brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Title VII claiming gender discrimination in the firing of …
Thompson v. IDOC, IL, Settlement, Sexual Harassment, 2020 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case# Case# 19-722 SD 19-CV-722 Plaintiffs: Case Name Thomas, Kesha v. IDOC, et al. IDOC# Defendants: Filed Received 2/4/19 2/13/19 Date Served Status closed Class Action On Appeal Sp Pare; Opposing Counsel: Institutions: Pro Se Issues: …
$2,800 Verdict As Jury Finds Pennsylvania Jail Discriminated Against Women Prisoners in Reentry Center by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Pennsylvania state court jury found on November 19, 2019 that the Berks County Jail violated the constitutional rights of women by denying them the same access to reentry privileges …
Karapetian v. CoreCivic, CO, Complaint, Discrimination and Retaliation, 2020 Case 1:20-cv-00747-PAB-KMT Document 1 Filed 03/18/20 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 30 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. DANETTE KARAPETIAN, Plaintiff, v. CORECIVIC, INC. d/b/a Bent County Correctional Facility, and CORECIVIC OF TENNESSEE, LLC, Defendants. …
Article • December 9, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Class Action Certified in Pennsylvania Jail Gender Discrimination Suit by David M. Reutter, Matthew Clarke by David M. Reutter and Matt Clarke A civil rights case alleging Berks County, Pennsylvania denied equal protection to female prisoners classified as trustees has been certified as a class action. After issuing a preliminary …
Victory v. Berks County, PA, Plf Memo Re Prospective Relief, Conditions of Confinement, 2019 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA THERESA VICTORY, ALICE VELAZQUEZ-DIAZ, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. BERKS COUNTY, et al. Defendants. : : : : : : : : …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Former DOC Employee Awarded $300,000 in Workplace Sexual Harassment Case by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In May 2019, a federal district court issued an amended judgment awarding $300,000 to a former employee of the Idaho Department of Correction (DOC) in a lawsuit over sexual harassment and a hostile work …
Article • October 4, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
$157,000 Settlement in Michigan DOC Employee Discrimination Case by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) agreed to pay $157,500 to settle a lawsuit alleging it had discriminated against a female prison guard. Merrianne Weberg, 58, began working for the MDOC in 1992 and …
Menchaca v. Michigan DOC, MI, Settlement, LBGT Discrimination, 2019
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Female Attorneys Denied Access to Clients at Missouri Jail Due to Bras by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon As of May 2019, a new policy at the Jackson County Detention Center in Missouri requires female attorneys to remove any brassieres with metal underwires before passing through a metal detector in …
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