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Uproar Over Background Checks for BP Oil Spill Workers Following Rape Allegation Against Sex Offender by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A brouhaha has erupted in Mississippi after an unregistered sex offender, who was working on the BP oil spill cleanup, was charged with raping a co-worker. The uproar …
Thou Shalt Not: Sexual Misconduct by Prison and Jail Chaplains by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Traditionally, the role of a chaplain in the correctional setting is to serve as a spiritual advisor to prisoners and help them meet the requirements of their religious faiths. Equally traditionally, chaplains have …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Virginia DOC K-9 “Training” Results in Animal Cruelty Charges by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The training of a dog as a law enforcement K-9 unit requires hours of dedication and bonding between the animal and its handler. It appears that guards with the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) …
$75,000 Settlement in Sexual Harassment Suit Against Seattle Jail by Washington’s King County paid $75,000 to settle the sexual harassment and hostile work environment lawsuit of Dolores Riganti-Curtiss. She claimed that while working at the Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention from November 1997 until she was “constructively discharged” in …
$200,000 Settlement in Sexual Harassment by Washington State’s King County paid $200,000 to settle the sexual harassment and hostile work environment claim of Jacqueline Galvan, who made claims relating to her employment at the Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention. The lengthy complaint in civil court details events from July …
$325,000 Award for Virginia Sheriff's Sexual Harrasment, Battery and Harassment by On January 15, 2008, a federal jury awarded a former sheriff's deputy $325,000 for battery and sexual harassment she suffered at the hands of a former sheriff. Lespia King, 22, a former deputy at the Roanoke City Jail in …
Department of Justice Report on Prison Rape Elimination Act by Matthew Clarke Department of Justice Report on Prison Rape Elimination Act by Matt Clarke In September 2007, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released the annual report for calendar 2006 on DOJ’s implementation …
California Prison Chaplain’s Sexual Harassment of Female Employee Yields $439,000 Jury Verdict by California Prison Chaplain's Sexual Harassment of Female Employee Yields $439,000 Jury Verdict A California prison employee who was sexually harassed by a Muslim chaplain was awarded $439,000. Sallie Mae Bradley was a temporary social worker at Corcoran …
Article • May 15, 2007
Ohio's Rape Shield Law Doesn't Shield Alleged Victim's Diary by The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a U.S. District Court's denial of a writ of habeas corpus, under 28 U.S.C. §2254, to an Ohio prisoner and remanded with instructions to issue a conditional writ of habeas corpus. …
$217,500 Paid in WA DOC Sexual Harassment Claim by Kathleen Lane was an employee of the Washington DOC in August of 1988 when raped and assaulted by one of her co-workers, Charles Beeman, at the WSR in Monroe, Wa. She filed criminal charges and reported the rape to supervisors. The …
Washington Prison Staff Properly Fired For Sexually Assaulting Prisoner by Division 2 of the Washington State Court of Appeals (Div. 2) has affirmed the summary dismissal of a prison guards law-suit for wrongful discharge for sexual misconduct. James Shinn was captain of a ferry serving the McNeil Island Correction Center …
Rising Deaths and Violence Among Problems In Illinois Prisons, Jails by by Michael Rigby Imprisonment in Illinois is becoming more perilous, according to the John Howard Association, a Chicago-based nonprofit group that monitors prisons and jails. Between August 2003 and May 2004, according to the association, several state prisoners died …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
Kentucky Prison Guard Awarded $34,000 in Sexual Harassment Suit by Kentucky Prison Guard Awarded $34,000 in Sexual Harassment Suit On May 27, 2003, a state circuit court in Oldham, Kentucky, awarded prison guard Karen Lemarr a total of $34,000 for the lost wages, embarrassment, and emotional distress she suffered as …
Texas "Gang Expert" Indicted for Sex Assaults by On June 17, 2004, top Texas prison administrator Salvador "Sammy" Buentello was indicted on felony charges that he sexually assaulted three female employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). A week earlier Buentello had been indicted on four misdemeanor charges …
Sexual Harassment Scandal Rocks Connecticut DOC by by Matthew T. Clarke The Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) has been rocked by allegations of sexual harassment, sexual abuse, and illegal sex between guards and prisoners. The scandal began on August 8, 2002, when 15 female guards filed two separate federal class-action …
Criminal Guards and Escaping Prisoners in Texas by On July 21, 2002, Lt. Rick McCullough was arrested for assaulting two female guards at the Riverside State Prison for women in the central Texas town of Gatesville. McCullough, 41, a Texas prison guard assigned to the nearby Woodman State Jail for …
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Jury Awards $700,000 to Chicago Jail Worker for Sexual Harassment by On July 2, 2003, a federal jury in Chicago, Illinois, awarded $700,000 in damages to a female employee of the Chicago jail in Illinois who was sexually harassed and assaulted by a male co-worker. Kathleen Kessel, 35, and Beverly …
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