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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 …
Article • May 15, 2011
Filed under: Work, Inability to Work
Fifth Circuit: Violating Texas Prisoner's Medical Work Restrictions States Claim by On April 21, 2009, the Fifth Circuit court of appeals held that a prisoner stated a viable claim when he alleged that prison employees forced him to work in ways that violated restrictions the medical department had placed on …
Manuel v. Atkins, DE, Demand for Jury Trial, Injury while Incarcerated, 2011 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE KARL B. MANUEL, SBI NUMBER 00332040 Plaintiff, v. SERGEANT ATKINS, an employee at Sussex Violation of Probation Center (SVOP) 23207 Dupont Boulevard, Georgetown, Delaware 19947 WARDEN WILLIAM OETTEL, an …
Attorney Fee Award Not Conditioned on Attempts at Pre-litigation Resolution by by Michael Brodheim In a case resulting in the enforcement of provisions that California prisoners, under certain circumstances, be paid for work at no less than minimum wage, the California Supreme Court held that pre-litigation resolution attempts are not …
Alaska Prisoner’s Action to Overturn DR Not Moot if Relief Sought Greater than Obtained by David Reutter By David M. Reutter The Alaska Supreme Court has held that a prisoner’s action to reverse a disciplinary charge is not moot where the relief sought is greater than that afforded by prison …
$75,000 Settlement in Prisoner’s Negligence Claim Injury Due to Failure to Correct Dangerous Condition by The Wackenhut Corrections Corporation paid $75,000 to settle a prisoner’s negligence claim. The settlement came in a lawsuit filed by Florida prisoner Thomas Less Stevens. Stevens alleged in his complaint against Wackenhut that on December …
Article • April 15, 2011
Wackenhut Pays $32,500 in Negligence Lawsuit by Wackenhut Corrections Corporation paid $32,500 to settle a negligence lawsuit filed by Florida prisoner Michael Wyzykowski. In his complain, Wyzykowski claimed he was ordered to cut “maiden cane” with a weed whacker that was altered by Wackenhut guards, replacing the original head and …
Article • April 15, 2011 • from PLN April, 2011
Colorado Sought to Revoke Prisoner’s Electrician License After His Release by Gary Hunter For nearly two decades, Colorado state prisoner Marke E. Bogle worked as a licensed electrician for the Colorado Department of Corrections. In 1987, with the prison system’s approval, he tested and obtained his journeyman’s license. The next …
Article • March 15, 2011 • from PLN March, 2011
Social Security Audit Criticizes Prisoners’ Access to Personal Data; Federal Legislation Passed by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 12, 2010, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Social Security Administration (SSA) released an audit report on prisoners’ access to Social Security numbers (SSNs). The report criticized …
Article • March 15, 2011 • from PLN March, 2011
Prisoner Labor Used to Clean Up BP Oil Spill by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 20, 2010, an explosion on Deepwater Horizon, an offshore drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico, killed 11 workers. The accident resulted in an oil spill that leaked oil into the gulf for …
Wisconsin Civil Commitment Patients Denied Minimum Wage by The Wisconsin Court of Appeals held on March 31, 2010 that civilly committed patients are not entitled to minimum wage for the work they perform. Hung Nam Tran and Eric L. Fankhauser are civilly committed patients confined at the Wisconsin Resource Center …
$25,000 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Slip and Fall Lawsuit by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $25,000 to settle the negligence lawsuit of prisoner Donnell Thomas for injuries sustained while helping unload supplies from an Aramark food service vehicle. While being held at Lorton Correctional Facility on August 4, 2000, …
Article • March 15, 2011
$3,500 Settlement in Washington Prisoner’s Freedom of Religion Lawsuit by The State of Washington paid $3,500 to settle the lawsuit of prisoner DeShon Corsey for violating his right to freedom of religion. While incarcerated at Washington State Prison on September 5, 2002, Corsey was hired to work in the kitchen. …
Article • March 15, 2011
$5,000 Settlement in D.C. Jail Prisoner’s Burning Lawsuit by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $5,000 to settle the negligence lawsuit of prisoner James Walton. While incarcerated at the D.C. Jail on October 29, 2005, Walton was pulling a wheeled trashcan full of hot water through the kitchen when one …
Article • March 15, 2011
Washington Medical Neglect Suit Settled for $3,700 by The State of Washington paid a female prisoner $3,700.00 to settle her medical neglect suit. On December 19, 2007, Mission Creek Correction Center prisoner Ebony Johnson brought suit in state court, alleging that Correctional Unit Supervisor I, Anne Shoemaker, subjected her to …
D.C. Department of Corrections Employee Exposed to Environmental Pollutants Settles for $10,000 by On July 18, 2006, the District of Columbia paid $10,000 to settle with a Department of Corrections employee who suffered respiratory illness after exposure to environmental pollutants. The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the …
Article • February 15, 2011 • from PLN February, 2011
Denial of Qualified Immunity Reversed in Michigan Prison Wage Suit by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed a district court’s denial of qualified immunity for Michigan prison officials accused of violating a prisoner’s due process rights. In April of 2001, David Pickelhaupt was given a physical …
Article • January 15, 2011 • from PLN January, 2011
UNICOR-Made Military Helmets Recalled, Production Suspended by Derek Gilna The U.S. Department of Justice is conducting an investigation into military contracts issued to ArmorSource, an Ohio company, and then subcontracted to Federal Prison Industries (FPI), commonly known as UNICOR, following the recall of 44,000 potentially defective combat helmets. According to …
Georgia Prisoners Strike for Wages, Better Medical Care and Food by by Naomi Spencer Prisoners at seven Georgia state prisons called a strike on December 9, 2010 to protest against unpaid labor practices, poor conditions and violations of basic human rights. Thousands of prisoners participated in the protest by refusing …
Article • January 15, 2011 • from PLN January, 2011
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries
Federal Prisoners Making Solar Cells by Spire Corp., a solar cell manufacturer, has inked a deal worth approximately $55 million with UNICOR, the prison labor arm of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), to establish a solar module manufacturing program at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Otisville, New York. Under …
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