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Article • March 14, 2017
Death Benefits for Widow of California Prison Guard to be Recalculated by A prisoner stabbed 51-year-old California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) guard Gregory Thompson eight times in the neck, shoulder and arm. He was awarded 44% permanent disability for injuries to his person and psyche. He was medically …
Publication • August 10, 2016
One Dollar Per Day: The Slaving Wages of Immigration Jail Work Programs, Stevens, 2011 ONE DOLLAR PER DAY: THE SLAVING WAGES OF IMMIGRATION JAIL WORK PROGRAMS A History and Legal Analysis, 1943 - present Jacqueline Stevens, Professor Political Science and Legal Studies Advisory Board Director, Deportation Research Clinic Buffett Center …
Smith v. DuPage County Sheriff, IL, Complaint, Workplace Injury, 2015 Case: 1:15-cv-04737 Document #: 1 Filed: 05/29/15 Page 1 of 14 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION RONALD SMITH, JASON LLOYD, DAVID KACZKOWSKI, and TERRI ALBRIGHT, Plaintiffs, v. DUPAGE COUNTY …
California Medical & Retaliation Claims Settled for $21,300 by California Medical & Retaliation Claims Settled for $21,300 California prison officials paid $21,300 to settle a prisoner's medical, retaliation and discrimination claims. California prisoner Vahan Jaladian suffers from "degenerative chronic back pain, severe gastroesophageal reflex and stiffness of both hands." As …
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
Washington State Court of Appeals Holds Payments to Class II Prison Workers Are “Wages” for Time-Loss Compensation Calculations by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 13, 2011, a Washington state Court of Appeals held that money paid to Class II prison workers counted as “wages” for purposes of calculating …
Article • May 15, 2012
Filed under: Work, Workers' Compensation
Injuries Sustained As Result of Illegal Activity Not Compensable under Wyoming Worker's Compensation Act by In November 2011, the Wyoming Supreme Court held that a prisoner who is injured on the job as the result of an altercation with another prisoner is not eligible for workers' compensation benefits. Steven DeLoge, …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
Workers’ Comp Claims by Illinois Prison Guards Under Investigation by David Reutter Illinois taxpayers have shelled out over $10 million to settle workers’ compensation claims filed by employees at the Menard Correctional Center (MCC), mainly related to repetitive trauma injuries. However, a study concluded that the job duties guards are …
Article • August 15, 2011 • from PLN August, 2011
Illinois Prison Guards Scam Workers’ Comp by Brandon Sample The chairman of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC) has called for an investigation of workers’ comp claims filed by guards at the maximum-security Menard Correctional Center. Since January 2008, over 500 workers’ compensation claims have been filed by Menard guards. …
Sundry Claims Board Only Remedy For Maryland Prisoners Injured On Paid Jobs by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A Maryland court of appeals has ruled that Maryland state prisoners injured on paid jobs may only seek compensation through the Sundry Claims Board (SCB). Melvin James Dixon, a former Maryland state …
Inmate Accident Compensation Act Does Not Preclude Bivens Remedy by The Inmate Accident Compensation Act (IACA), 18 U.S.C. § 4126, does not preclude a federal prisoner from bringing a claim under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971) for work-related injuries that …
WA DOC Employee’s Federal Maritime Claims Not Precluded by State Law by The Court of Appeals for the State of Washington, Division II, has reversed and remanded a Department of Corrections (DOC) employee’s federal maritime claim against the DOC. One day while Scott Maziar was riding the ferry home from …
Brief • December 1, 2010
In re Prison Industry Enhancement Certification Program - Policy Statement, 2010 Back Wage Policy for Inmate Workers Under the Prison Industry Enhancement Certification Program (PIECP) Issued: December 2010 Background: 18 USC 1761 (c), the statute authorizing the Prison Industry Enhancement Certification Program (PIECP), states that PIECP inmates must “have, in …
Medical Review Board’s Order Properly Excluded in Connecticut Worker’s Compensation Claim by The Connecticut Supreme Court has affirmed an order by the compensation review board that approved the refusal of the workers’ compensation commissioner to admit into evidence a decision by the state medical examining board awarding a prison guard …
$1.95 Million Awarded to New Hampshire Guards Falsely Accused of Assaulting Prisoner by David Reutter A New Hampshire jury awarded two former prison guards nearly $2 million upon finding that two of their co-workers had lied about a confrontation with a prisoner, which resulted in their firing. After guards Shawn …
Article • September 15, 2009
$10,000 Settlement in Withheld Wages/Title Claim by Washington State’s King County paid $10,000 to settle a claim that alleged it placed Clarissa T. Berry in a supervisory position on January 1, 1996 to oversee the food services department for Youth Services Management without providing her training, a title or pay …
Article • September 15, 2009
Washington State Jail Guards Lose Overtime Suit by The Washington State Supreme Court has held that “delayed” payment of wages beyond the time frame set forth in former WAC 296-128-035 does give rise to employer liability under the Wage Rebate Act (WRA), but only where the delay is “willful.” The …
$226,000 Workers’ Comp Settlement for Pennsylvania Guard Scarred by MRSA by A Pennsylvania prison guard who contracted a staph infection that caused facial scarring has settled a workers’ compensation claim for $226,000. While employed at the Graterford Prison in 2003, guard Carol Snyder contracted an infection. She awoke on the …
No Tort Liability for Louisiana Employer Accused of Negligence in Death of Prisoner on Work Release by Louisiana prisoners injured while in work release may not pursue a tort action against the prisoner’s employer, the Court of Appeal of Louisiana, 2nd District, decided April 30, 2008. Instead, the exclusive remedy …
Georgia Sheriffs are Not County Employees, Allowing Suit by Estate of Court Reporter Killed by Prisoner to Proceed by A county sheriff in Georgia is not a “county employee” for workers’ compensation purposes, the Georgia Court of Appeals decided June 26, 2008. This ruling clears the way for a tort …
California Chaplains Lose Appeal in Compensation/Fraud Case by On June 5, 2008, a California appeals court affirmed a superior court ruling sustaining the demurrer in an action brought against Alameda County, California by three jail chaplains and Community Chaplains, Inc. (Appellants). Appellants' case alleged state law violations on the part …
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