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Article • January 15, 2008
IL Warden Properly Fired for Being a Republican by In 2005, Mark Pierson, warden at Pickneyville Correctional Center in Illinois, was fired by the incumbent Governor, Rod Blagojevich, who was a Democrat. Pierson was fired because he was a Republican appointee. Pierson sued for wrongful termination in federal district court. …
Article • January 15, 2008
New Jersey Appeals Court Upholds Disabled Guard’s $236,000 Award by New Jersey Appeals Court Upholds Disabled Guard's $236,000 Award On June 30, 2006, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, upheld a jury's award of $236,000 to a former Gloucester County jail guard who claimed he was forced to …
Article • January 15, 2008 • from PLN January, 2008
California Prison Guards Lose Unlimited “Time Bank” For On-The Job Union Business by Marvin Mentor California Prison Guards Lose Unlimited "Time Bank" For On-The Job Union Business by Marvin Mentor The California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) lost its bid to undo a cap on its contract provision permitting rank-and-file …
Article • December 15, 2007
Settlement Agreement Involving New York Principal's Dismissed Disciplinary Actions Ordered Disclosed by New York Jericho Teacher's Association Vice President Anthony LaRocca appealed a State Supreme Court's 1993 dismissal of a petition to disclose settlement documents regarding the discipline of a principal. The dismissal was reversed and a redacted disclosure was …
Female Ohio Guards Awarded $475,000 For Gender Discrimination Regarding Assignment, Promotion by Seven female Ohio guards brought federal suit against the Trumbull County Sheriff's Department (Department) for emotional distress due to unfavorable assignments and lack of promotion. The court awarded them collectively $475,000. The guards claimed sex discrimination because their …
Article • December 15, 2007
Guards Injured Off Duty Assisting Accident Victims Not Entitled to Benefits by Ryan Pettigrew petitioned for a writ of review in the Third District California Appellate Court when he was denied workers' compensation after being injured while helping victims and guards at the scene of a traffic accident. The court …
Article • December 15, 2007
Trial Required Over Firing of Juvenile Prison Warden for Whistleblowing by The director of a juvenile institution was fired after forwarding to the State Commission of Correction a report by one of his subordinates that stated certain agency policies were a cause of turmoil at the facility. There were triable …
False Arrest Nets Guard and Wife $1.2 Million by A Florida jail guard and his wife, a jail food safety inspector, have been awarded $1,231,700 for their arrest on false charges of smuggling drugs into the jail. On September 11, 2003, Lawrence and Gayle Femminella were arrested on charges of …
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 …
California Fair Employment and Housing Act Claim Analyzed by California's First District Court of Appeals has reversed a finding of workplace retaliation and expanded upon the elements of a claim under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). This action was initiated by Dr. Margie McRae, who alleged discrimination …
Article • December 15, 2007
CA DOC Must Arbitrate Grievances with Guards by The California Correctional Peace Officers Association (the Union) represents prison guards in conditions-of-employment negotiations with the state Department of Personnel Association (the Department). Even though Government Code section 3529 provides that guards themselves can't attend such negotiations, the Department agreed to allow …
South Carolina Prisoner Assaulted By Guards Awarded $600,000 by In May 2007 a South Carolina jury awarded $600,000 to a state prisoner who alleged that guards beat him and sprayed him with mace in an unprovoked attack. Alonzo Brinkley, 32, claimed in his lawsuit, filed in the Marlboro County Court …
Article • October 15, 2007 • from PLN October, 2007
Massachusetts Guard Accused of Throwing Feces Entitled to Workman’s Compensation by Massachusetts Guard Accused of Throwing Feces Entitled to Workman's Compensation A former Massachusetts prison guard accused of putting feces in a prisoner's cell is entitled to workman's compensation for emotional distress, the state Department of Industrial Accidents Reviewing Board …
Brief • October 12, 2007
Filed under: Employee Litigation
Madrid v. Tilton, CA, Special Masters Final Report, CDCR, Employees Investigation, 2007
CCA Pays $438,626 for Discriminatory Hiring Practices in Arizona by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation's largest private prison operator, has agreed to pay more than $438,000 to settle allegations of discriminatory hiring practices at the company's Central Arizona Detention Center in Florence, according to a February 23, 2007 …
Article • September 15, 2007 • from PLN September, 2007
Guards Settle “Sick Building” Claim at Florida Jail for $495,000 by Guards Settle "Sick Building" Claim at Florida Jail for $495,000 A year after John Hauser began working at Florida's Volusia County Jail in 1991, he began getting sick. He wasn't alone. In 2003, over one-third of the jail's 300-plus …
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 …
Management & Training Corp. Struggles to Maintain Market Share by Gary Hunter For-profit private prison operator Management & Training Corporation (MTC) has recently lost lucrative contracts to run prisons in the United States and Canada. While the private prison industry is dominated by industry giants Corrections Corporation of America, Geo …
Prison Privatization Launders Taxpayer Dollars into Political Contributions by David Reutter by David M. Reutter If you know a company is not saving you money or performing its contractual obligations, why would you continue to use that company? The normal consumer would end the relationship quickly. When it comes to …
MTC Stiffs Guards and Other Employees $169,105 by Prison guards are among the 393 employees of Management and Training Corporation (MTC), a company that shorted $169,105 in wages for work performed. MTC employs more than 2,000 workers at 24 Job Corps Centers and six prisons around the nation. The company …
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