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Sexual Abuse of Women in United States Prisons: A Modern Corollary of Slavery by Brenda Smith Sexual abuse of women in United States prisons: a modern corollary of slavery. Fordham Urban Law Journal January 1, 2006 January 1, 2006 HEADLINE: Sexual abuse of women in United States prisons: a modern …
Six Florida Federal Prison Guards Convicted, Sentenced On Rape and Corruption Charges by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke Five former prison guards convicted in federal court on criminal charges stemming from a sex-for-contraband scandal at the Federal Correctional Institute (FCI) in Tallahassee, Florida have been sentenced; four received prison …
Article • August 15, 2007 • from PLN August, 2007
Florida Prison Nurses Net $1 Million for Sexual Harassment by Prisoners by A Florida federal jury has awarded twelve nurses employed by the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) nearly $1 million for sexual harassment by prisoners in confinement cells. The complaint in that lawsuit was filed by twenty-eight FDOC employees …
Tennessee DOC’s Double Standard by G.A. Bowers Tennessee DOC's Double Standard by Greg Bowers The Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) applies a double standard to ethical violations committed by its employees and those committed by prisoners. TDOC staff who commit ethical violations are typically reassigned. Even when fired, they have …
Texas Prison Chief Escapes Sex Charges, Convicted of Lesser Offenses by Gary Hunter On March 31, 2006, in a Walker County courthouse, Salvador ?Sammy? Buentello pleaded guilty to a felony charge of unlawful restraint and five counts of official oppression. Buentello, 50, had been the assistant director of gang affairs …
Nominal Damages Merit Attorney Fee Award; Erroneous Jury Instruction Standard Discussed by Nominal Damages Merit Attorney Fee Award; Erroneous Jury Instruction Standard Discussed The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held an Iowa District Court did not abuse its discretion when it awarded attorney fees after a jury awarded only nominal …
Fired California Prison Guards Awarded $410,000 for Retaliation by On September 29, 1998, a California jury awarded $410,000 to two state prison guards for their retaliatory firing and ordered them reinstated to their previous positions. Plaintiffs, Bonita Weaver, a 30-year-old black female, and R. Keith Williams, a 23-year-old white male, …
Article • May 15, 2007
Sexually Harassed California Prison Employees Awarded $1,978,376 by On February 18, 1997, a California superior court awarded three female prison employees a total of $1,978,376 for sexual harassment they experienced while working at a state prison. Plaintiffs, guards Blanche Leslie Ratcliff, 39, and Amber Gros, 40, assistant warden Linda George, …
Sexually Harassed Prison Kitchen Worker Awarded $90,000 by On August 20, 2002, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky awarded $90,000 to a prison kitchen worker who was sexually harassed by a prison captain. The judgment was against her former employer, Kellwell Food Management (KFM). While working …
$3,300 Paid in False Sexual Conduct Claim by WA DOC Officials by James J. Koop filed a claim with the Washington Office of Risk Management alleging he had been placed in confinement at the Clallam Bay Correctional Center for pressuring other prisoner's for sex. Subsequently, he received a letter from …
Kansas Prisoner's Sexually Motivated Behavior In Custody Leads To Sex Offender Classification by The Kansas Court of Appeals ruled in State prisoner Roland Hill's state habeas corpus petition that he could be classified and managed as a sex offender while incarcerated and under post release supervision based on sexually motivated …
Important Application of Qualified Immunity to Supervisory Liability Claims by This is probably the most important opinion the Second Circuit has issued concerning the application of qualified immunity to supervisory liability. Although it is not a prison case, it has significant implications for a largely unrecognized question in prison litigation. …
Article • May 15, 2007
Maryland Guard's Sexual Harassment Suit Settled For $250,000 by While denying all claims of sexual harassment, the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services on January 19, 2006 has agreed to a $250,000 settlement with former guard, LaShawn Jones, to avoid a trial. Jones claimed she endured sexual propositions, …
Supreme Court Holds Guard Liable For Punitive Damages In § 1983 Suit by Supreme Court Holds Guard Liable For Punitive Damages In § 1983 Suit The U.S. Supreme Court held that punitive damages are available in § 1983 actions. A prisoner in a Missouri juvenile prison filed a 42 U.S.C. …
Article • May 15, 2007
$7,500 Paid to Washington DOC Employee for Negligent Investigation, Defamation, and Invasion of Privacy by $7,500 Paid to Washington DOC Employee for Negligent Investigation, Defamation, and Invasion of Privacy While employed as the Correctional Mental Health Program Manager at the Washington State Penitentiary, Daniel C. Assink was accused in an …
Raped Georgia Prisoner Awarded $300,000 Against Jailer, City by In this civil rights lawsuit, a Georgia-prisoner who was allegedly raped in her cell by a city jailer was awarded $300,000 plus attorneys fees and court costs. Plaintiff, Mary Isdell, claimed that while she was imprisoned in the Forest Park Jail, …
Prisoner's Damages from Civil Suit May Not Be Taken for Recovery of Incarceration by Prisoner's Damages from Civil Suit May Not Be Taken for Recovery of Incarceration Ronald Hankins (plaintiff), a prisoner at the Missouri State Penitentiary (MSP), filed a lawsuit against William Finnel (defendant), a teacher at MSP, for …
Second Circuit Partly Reinstates Prisoner's §1983 Claims by Second Circuit Partly Reinstates Prisoner's §1983 Claims The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated parts of a New York prisoner's 42 U.S.C. §1983 claims against various staff in New York's Department of Correctional Services (DOCS). In so doing, the court reaffirmed …
Texas: Sexually Assaulted Boot Camp Prisoners Awarded $2,800,000 Against CSC by On December 12, 2001 three former female prisoners who claimed they were sexually assaulted while imprisoned in a privately operated boot camp in Mansfield, Texas were awarded a total of $2,800,000 against the camp's operator. Plaintiffs, Keri Echols Chattha, …
$3,500 Paid in WA Guard's Sexual/Martial Harassment Suit by Marvin Price-Haberman was a guard at the Washington Corrections Center. In January 1994, she filed a sexual harassment complaint. Thereafter, she was subjected to retaliation. A lawsuit filed by Price-Haberman and her husband Robert Haberman, also a guard, alleged they were …
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