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Article • August 15, 2008
Grabbing Prisoner’s Buttocks Not Sexual Assault by Several civilian maintenance workers grabbed the plaintiff's buttocks briefly. This conduct did not violate the Eighth Amendment because there is no evidence that the plaintiff suffered anything more than a brief unwanted touch. The plaintiff submits no evidence except his own characterization to …
Disciplinary Rule Description Rather than Title Controls by The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has held that “it is the content of what is contained under a title that is critical in most instances, not the title” of a prison disciplinary rule (DR). This ruling comes in the appeal …
Article • August 15, 2008
Some Sexual Harassment of Prisoners Constitutional by The plaintiff alleged several incidents of sexual harassment by a staff member (dry-humping sums it up). All but one of his claims are barred by his failure to file grievances about them. Since the plaintiff requested damages and did not allege an official …
$800,000 Awarded to Former California Guard for Racial Discrimination by Diane D. Epps, a former guard at a California Youth Authority (CYA) facility in Norwalk, settled her racial discrimination suit against the state for $800,000. She claimed she was denied promotions and was verbally abused by her supervisors. Epps was …
Article • July 15, 2008
Off Duty Conduct of Sexual Comments to Co-Worker Warrants Discipline, but not Termination by The State of Washington Personnel Appeals Board (PAB) has held that termination of a state employee for conduct occurring off-duty that adversely effects a co-workers work environment is too severe of a punishment. Before the PAB …
Alabama Guard Wins $205,000 in Sexual Harassment Suit by Mark Dempsey, a guard at an Alabama state prison, complained that his supervisor, Jim Gates was sexually harassing him. Gates, among other things, had made inappropriate homosexual remarks and jabbed Dempsey in the anal area with his nightstick. They met with …
Article • July 15, 2008
$40,000 Awarded Four Texas Probation Department Employees In Sexual Harassment Suit, by Nueces County (Texas) Community Supervision an Corrections Department (Department) probation officers Elana Rodriguez, Ida Aguilar, Carolina Balli-Kolpak and Sylvia Westrup filed § 1983 and Title VII civil rights action in 2007 against state officials. They claimed sexual harassment …
Rikers Island Guard Awarded $1 Million For Sexual Harassment By His Captain by Rikers Island (New York) prison guard Scott Singleton brought federal action against the City of New York for civil rights violations after sexual harassment by his captain ruined his home life and separated him from his daughter. …
Indiana APRA Required City to Disclose Settlement Agreement in Civil Action by Counsel for the city of Knightstown, Indiana negotiated a settlement agreement between the city and a female police dispatcher who sued the city and its police department for sexual harassment. A newspaper, called the Knightstown Banner (Banner), requested …
Washington Guard Settles Sex Discrimination Suit for $734,900 by Lenna Bradley, a Washington state Department of Corrections (DOC) guard, sued the state in state court after the DOC did nothing to remedy the sexual harassment she was subjected to by other guards. After she filed suit she was harassed by …
Alabama Female Guards Title VII Suit over Masturbating Prisoners Dismissed by Female prison guards employed in a male prison sued under Title VII, alleging that they had been subjected to a hostile work environment as a result of the "egregious acts" of the prisoners, condoned by the plaintiffs' superiors. (One …
Oregon Sheriff Sentenced to Jail/Sex-Offender Registration by On August 28, 2007, the former sheriff of Curry County Oregon, was sentenced to one year in jail and ordered to register as a sex offender, for groping three female county employees. Mark Metcalf spent nearly 25 years in law enforcement. He was …
Scandal Rocks Texas Youth Commission; Youths Molested by School Supervisors by Gary Hunter During the 2006 elections, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott ran television ads touting the capture of the state's 500th Internet child predator. Shortly after elected lawmakers convened in 2007 they went to work on a bill that …
California Jail Settles Gender-Identity-Disorder Discrimination Suit by John Dannenberg by John F. Dannenberg Orange County and its Sheriff, Michael Carona, settled a discrimination suit brought by a prisoner whom they denied treatment for Gender Identity Disorder (GID). They now provide such individuals specialized medical treatment for their disorders, educate Sheriff's …
Michigan DOC Employees Immune From State Court Damages for Raping Women Prisoners by The Michigan Court of Appeals has held that claims for monetary damages from violations of The Michigan Constitution do not exist against individual government employees. Such claims, however, may ensue for violations of Michigan's Civil Rights Act. …
Article • December 15, 2007
Alabama Jail Dispatcher Awarded $250,157 for Sexual Harassment/Retaliation by A female jail dispatcher who was sexually harassed and retaliated against was awarded $250,157. Melissa Hunter was a jail dispatcher for the Barbour County, Alabama, Sheriff. In 2002, her supervisor, George Parham, subjected her to sexual harassment. Beginning in November, 2002, …
Gay NJ Guard Awarded $2.8 Million for Sexual Harassment, Discrimination by A New Jersey gay female jail guard was awarded $2,847,188, for discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation. Karen Caggiano began working in the prison transport unit of the Essex County Sheriff's Department in August 1993. "Caggiano, a lesbian and one …
Article • December 15, 2007
Harassment By Prisoners Cannot Create a Hostile Work Environment by Evidence that the plaintiff ex-prison employee "cried a lot" and the inmates and co-workers "got on her nerves" do not establish that she has a disability; she may have been depressed or anxious but submitted no medical evidence or evidence …
Disciplinary Rule Description Rather than Title Controls by The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has held that "it is the content of what is contained under a title that is critical in most instances, not the title" of a "disciplinary rule"(DR). That ruling comes in the appeal of a …
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 …
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