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FCI Phoenix Physician's Assistant Settles EEOC Discrimination Claim by Christopher Zoukis Cynthia O. Sumayo settled an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) racial discrimination claim against the Federal Bureau of Prisons on March 21, 2001. Sumayo agreed to accept back pay for 21 days, to remain resigned from her position as …
Delaware Prisoners Sue DOC Alleging Sexual Assaults by Prison Doctor by Christopher Zoukis In a case of alleged staff misconduct at a Delaware prison, nine prisoners filed suit in Sussex County Superior Court alleging that a former prison doctor sexually assaulted them on numerous occasions. The prisoners’ lawsuit claims that …
Report Finds Shortcomings at Santa Clara County, California Jail by Derek Gilna A report prepared by a San Francisco law firm following interviews with 944 prisoners and 33 staff members at the Santa Clara County Jail found numerous complaints of both physical and verbal abuse, uneven enforcement of rules, harassment …
Brief • March 27, 2016
Sopinski v. Lackawanna County, PA, Complaint, Retaliation for Overtime, 2016 Case 3:16-cv-00466-RDM Document 1 Filed 03/17/16 Page 1 of 13 The Employment Law Firm Cynthia L. Pollick. LLM l.D. No.: 83826 363 Laurel Street Pittston, PA 18640 (570) 654-9675 Attorney for Plaintiff IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE …
Clark v. Lind, IL, Complaint, Retaliation for Filing Lawsuit, 2016 RECEIVED APR 2 8 2016 . UNITED STAIBS DISTRICT COURT ADMI NI STRATIVE REVIEW BOARD for the Southern District of Illinois vs. CaseNumber. NOTICE AND CONSENT TO PROCEED BEFORE A MAGISTRATE JUDGE Notice of a magistrate judge's availability. In accordance …
Article • March 7, 2016
Deputy’s Lawsuit Claims Racial Gangs Control Los Angeles Sheriff’s Office Jails by David Reutter The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) has white racist gangs operating at its highest levels, threatening the lives of deputies who exposed it, and labeling them as “race traitors” and “snitches.” Those claims are included …
Online Series Exposes Effects of Solitary Confinement on Women by Joe Watson An online series on women in solitary confinement illustrates that the practice of extreme isolation is as sadistic and corrosive to female prisoners—if not more so—as it is to men. The two-part series at solitarywatch.com, written by prisoner …
Federal Judge Refuses to Dismiss Suit Filed by Widow of Workplace-Harassed Prison Guard by Derek Gilna California state prison guard Scott Jones committed suicide in 2011, leaving a note that said, “the job made me do it.” His wife, Janelle Jones, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the California …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Settlement, Judgment End Postcard-only Policies at Two Kansas Jails by David Reutter A settlement agreement was reached in a class-action lawsuit challenging a postcard-only mail policy at Kansas’ Wyandotte County Adult Detention Center (WCADC), while a federal district court awarded damages to a pro se prisoner challenging a similar policy …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
$1,001 Default Judgment in Michigan - Prisoner’s Retaliation Suit by In March 2015, a Michigan prisoner was awarded $1,001 in a First Amendment retaliation claim following entry of a default judgment. Prisoner Deontae J. Gordon’s problems began when he asked “Defendant Little,” a librarian’s assistant at the Oaks Correctional Facility, …
Last Member of “Angola 3” Released from Louisiana Prison after 44 Years by David Reutter The last remaining member of the “Angola 3” – believed to have served the longest term in solitary confinement in the United States – was released from prison after almost 44 years, while consistently maintaining …
Sexual Harassment, Abuse Alleged at Oklahoma Halfway House for Women by Joe Watson Ownership of a privately-operated Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) halfway house near Tulsa has changed hands in the midst of at least two lawsuits and possible criminal charges stemming from allegations that the owner of a sandwich …
Article • February 29, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Prison Ecology and the Water Crisis in Flint, Michigan by Panagioti Tsolkas “Here’s your water filtration system. By the way, you have a warrant for your arrest.” Jody Cramer, a former prisoner recently released from Michigan’s Genesee County Jail, said that was the story he heard from multiple other people …
Mann v. Failey et al, SC, Verdict 1, guard brutality retaliation, 2016 0:11-cv-02232-RMG Date Filed 02/26/16 Entry Number 365 Page 1 of 5 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA Anthony L. Mann, Plaintiff, v. Lt. C. Failey, Maj. Sheronda Sutton, Officer Christian Manganelli, Cpl …
Mann v. Failey et al, SC, Verdict 2, guard brutality retaliation, 2016 0:11-cv-02232-RMG Date Filed 02/26/16 Entry Number 367 Page 1 of 4 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA Anthony L. Mann, Plaintiff, v. Lt. C. Failey, Maj. Sheronda Sutton, Officer Christian Manganelli, Cpl …
Racism Complaint Forces Oregon Police Chief’s Retirement; Reporting Officer Receives Death Threats, Retaliation and Cold Shoulder by Mark Wilson An Oregon police officer, who brought a racism complaint against his Police Chief forcing him to retire, has received death threats and suffered other retaliatory backlash. Clatskanie police officer Alex Stone …
Article • February 17, 2016
Oregon Guard's Wrongful Discharge Suit for False Poisoning Claim Revived by Mark Wilson The Oregon Court of Appeals reinstated a wrongful termination suit of a youth prison guard who claimed that someone poisoned his unattended Vitamin Water. The trial court improperly applied an objective reasonableness standard, when only a subjective, …
Publication • February 11, 2016
Naming Problems & Filing Grievances in CA Prisons, Calavita & Jenness, 2013 Inside the Pyramid of Disputes: Naming Problems and Filing Grievances in California Prisons Kitty Calavita, University of California, Irvine Valerie Jenness, University of California, Irvine Previous literature on disputing and legal mobilization suggests that stigmatized, self-blaming, and/or vulnerable …
King v. Zamiara, MI, Settlement, 2016 . I I , I. l UNITED STATES STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN KEVIN KING #171671, Plaintiff, NO. 4:02-cv·141 4:02-cv-141 v HON. HON. ROBERT HOLMES BELL CHUCK CHUCKZAMIARA, ZAMIARA, et al., MAG. MAG. ELLEN ELLEN S. S. CARMODY CARMODY Defendants. CLARK HILL …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
New York Prisoner’s Retaliation Claim Nets $147,000 in Damages, Fees and Costs by David Reutter A New York federal jury entered a verdict that awarded a state prisoner $40,002 in a case alleging a First Amendment retaliation claim, and post-trial the court awarded over $107,000 in attorney fees and costs. …
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