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No Liberty Interest in Ohio Visiting Rules by Afederal district court in Ohio held that Ohio state visiting rules do not create a liberty interest in visitation. Melissa Blair is a former Ohio prison guard married to Ohio prisoner Lemont Blair. The Blairs' visiting privileges were suspended after prison officials …
Guard Awarded $300,000 for ETS Exposure in ADA Suit by Afederal district court in New York held that an asthmatic prison guard was "disabled" under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq., but compensation under 42 U.S.C. § 1981a(b)(3) could not exceed $300,000. The court …
Article • August 15, 1998 • from PLN August, 1998
Racism in the Ranks by Willie Wisely By W. Wisely Agroup of prison guards at the California Institute for Men, in Chino, call themselves SPONGE, an acronym for the "Society for the Prevention of Niggers Getting Everything." In Wasco prison, a guard wears a sheet over his head while working …
Article • August 15, 1998 • from PLN August, 1998
WI Guard Settles Discrimination Suit for $105,000 by Ablack prison guard who filed a discrimination suit against the Wisconsin Department of Corrections agreed to a $105,000 settlement in December, 1997, shortly after a U.S. district court judge ruled the case would go to trial. An unusual term of the settlement …
$6.5 Million Spent in California Sexual Harassment Suit by by W. Wisely The cost to California taxpayers will top $6.57 million in a sexual harassment suit judgment handed down November 30, 1997, against the Department of Corrections. The amount included $2 million in damages, $1.8 million paid to private defense …
Article • February 15, 1998 • from PLN February, 1998
Where to Now For Prison Smoking? by Paul Wright Where To Now For Prison Smoking? By Paul Wright As noted in last month's article, "Smoking, Lies and Hypocrisy," notes, the tobacco settlement between the states and the tobacco industry will have no impact on prisoners, assuming it is actually implemented. …
Former Warden Wins Suit Against TDCJ by An Anderson County, Texas, jury found that former Beto I Unit warden Terry Terrell was fired because he reported corruption and violations of the law by other employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). The jury deliberated for nearly four hours …
DC DOC Official Convicted of Contempt by The court of appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed the criminal contempt conviction of District of Columbia official Sylvia Young. Young was convicted after she harassed and retaliated against women DOC employees who had filed suit claiming that sexual harassment and …
Article • June 15, 1997 • from PLN June, 1997
Swastika Carved on CDC Prison Guard Rifle by In January of 1997 authorities at California's Folsom State Prison launched an investigation to find out who carved a swastika and a "white power" insignia into the stock of a staff rifle. Sgt. Jim Cook, president of the Folsom chapter of the …
Ex-Sheriff Sex Offender Retains Pension by In the July 1995 issue of PLN we reported "51 Months for Sex With Prisoners," about Gulf County (FL) sheriff Al Harrison, then 52, who was convicted of seven misdemeanor counts of violating the civil rights of five female prisoners over a period of …
Article • February 15, 1997 • from PLN January, 1997
Washington Pork Refuses to Be Trimmed: Guard Towers Stay by Paul Wright In the August and November, 1995, issues of PLN we reported the passage of House Bill (HB) 2010 and the DOC's 1996-97 budget by the Washington state legislature. Among HB 2010's provisions were instructions for the DOC to …
Jail Guards File Suit by Five jail guards, disciplined for throwing a blanket over the head of a mentally ill detainee and choking him into a coma, have sued the Santa Clara (Calf.) County Department of Correction and its two highest officials, claiming that they were unjustly scapegoated. The lawsuit, …
Okay for Guards to View Naked Prisoners by The court of appeals for the seventh circuit held that it is constitutionally permissible for female guards to routinely view naked male prisoners. Albert Johnson, a pretrial detainee in the Cook County (Chicago) jail, filed suit claiming that female guards monitoring male …
Article • April 15, 1996 • from PLN April, 1996
Racist Guards at Florida Prison by Dan Pens Rarely do you find reports of racist actions of prison guards in the mainstream press. Most editors wouldn't consider it news for white prison guards to display racial hatred towards their black captives. Ho-hum. But the Palm Beach Post featured several lengthy …
Guard and Prisoner Get Damages in Beating Trial by A federal district court in New York entered a jury verdict in favor of a state prisoner who was beaten by prison guards, the court also ruled in favor of one of the guards who sued the prisoner out of events …
Article • November 15, 1995 • from PLN November, 1995
Nevada DOC Psychologist Moonlights as Pimp by In the July, 1994, issue of PLN we reported the saga of William Knapp, the chief psychologist of the Nevada DOC whose ambition was to open up a Western theme brothel. We mentioned the case, Knapp v. Miller, 843 F. Supp. 633 (DC …
Settlements and Jury Awards by NJ: Former Bayside State prison, NJ, doctor John Napoleon, will have to pay six prisoners $80,000 to settle an eighth amendment medical neglect suit against him. The prisoner plaintiffs, all incarcerated in NJ state or county prisons, claimed that Napoleon deliberately failed to treat them …
Guard Sues Over Discrimination Order by This case involves a black California prison guard, Ali Moyo, who sued his superiors in the California Department of Corrections (CDC) after they fired him for protesting against and refusing to cooperate with the defendants practice of allowing white prisoners, but not black prisoners, …
Article • January 15, 1995 • from PLN January, 1995
Racist Guard Fired by This case has little to do with prisoner rights litigation but we thought our readers would be interested in it. Ronald Lawrenz was a probationary prison guard at the Charlotte Correctional Institution (CCI) in Florida. On January 18, 1993, Lawrenz was at the home of another …
Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994
Prison Psychologist Opens Brothel by While this case has little bearing on prison litigation per se we thought our readers would find it informative and amusing. William Knapp is the Principal Psychologist for the Nevada Department of Prisons. He was fired from his job after initiating and pursuing a venture …
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