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Burke v. Glanz, OK, Second Amended Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2012 Case 4:11-cv-00720-JED-PJC Document 15 Filed in USDC ND/OK on 04/16/12 Page 1 of 27 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA (1) ROBBIE EMERY BURKE, , as the Special Administratrix of the Estate of Elliott …
HRDC, Other Organizations Send Joint Letter to Tennessee DOC Commissioner by Alex Friedmann On March 8, 2012, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC – the parent organization of Prison Legal News), in conjunction with three other organizations, sent a letter to Derrick Schofield, Commissioner of the Tennessee Dept. of Corrections …
BOP Staff at FMC Lexington Recover Monetary Damages and Attorney Fees for Privacy Act Violations by Derek Gilna In a lengthy decision, the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that approximately 100 employees of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) could recover damages under the Federal Tort Claims Act …
Florida Senate Rejects Privatization of 27 State Prisons – but Just Barely by PLN’s February 2012 cover story described how the Florida legislature tried to privatize almost thirty state prisons, work camps and work release centers in 2011 by slipping proviso language into the state’s budget appropriations bill. That wholesale …
California Prison System Settles Employee Lawsuit for $775,000; Second Suit Pending by California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) employees Edna Miller and Frances Mackey filed a civil lawsuit in state district court relating to alleged sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace in violation of the Fair Employment and …
Brief • February 16, 2012
Henderson v. Glanz, OK, Complaint, Rape in Medical Unit, 2012 Case 4:12-cv-00068-JED-FHM Document 2 Filed in USDC ND/OK on 02/16/12 Page 1 of 20 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA (1) ALESHIA CYRESE HENDERSON, Plaintiff, v. (1) STANLEY GLANZ, SHERIFF OF TULSA COUNTY, in …
California Prison Sexual Harassment Case Settles for $210,000 by Mark Wilson The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has paid a former contract employee $210,000 to settle her claims of sexual harassment, discrimination and retaliation. Lakesha Jones worked as a registry Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) for the CDCR from …
CDCR Pays $7,500 to Resolve Payment Dispute in Employee Sexual Harassment Suit by In February 2009, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) agreed to pay $7,500 to settle a payment dispute over a lawsuit filed by psychotherapist Sallie Mae Bradley for alleged sexual harassment by a CDCR Chaplain, …
CDCR Pays $25,000 to Settle Employee Harassment Claim by In December 2008, Sergeant Curtis Scott signed a Settlement Agreement with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), agreeing to settle the lawsuit he had initiated in April 2007. In that lawsuit, Scott alleged that, while employed at High Desert …
$375,000 Settlement Reached in Racial Discrimination Suit against California DOC by A $375,000 settlement was reached in a racial discrimination suit against the California Department of Corrections (CDOC). Kevin Robinson began working for CDOC on January 1, 1999, at Pleasant Valley State Prison. In April 2006, Robinson’s supervisor, Sgt. Steve …
Article • February 15, 2012
$465,000 Award in New York Jail Guard’s Sexual Harassment Suit by A $465,000 award was granted by a federal jury to a female county corrections officer in a sexual harassment suit. Amy Negron filed suit against former Ulster County sheriff Paul Van Blarcum, former sheriff Richard Bockelman, and Corporal Paul …
Article • February 15, 2012
California: Guard Union Members Not Entitled to Back Pay for Furloughed Days by The California Court of Appeal has reversed an order by the Superior Court of Alameda County that would have resulted in back pay for approximately 30,000-35,000 state civil service employees working at correctional facilities operated by the …
Article • February 15, 2012
Cop who Assaulted other Cop Ordered to Pay over $23K by A New York jury has ordered an Albany police officer to pay a former co-worker $23,384 in damages for emotional distress and lost time from work. Shirley Morton sued Kevin McKenna, a traffic safety supervisor at the Albany Police …
Florida Provides Lesson in How Not to Privatize State Prisons by David Reutter by David M. Reutter When Florida lawmakers used a backdoor approach to try to privatize almost 30 state detention facilities in 2011, they likely did not anticipate the outcome. By the time the political dust had settled, …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
California Governor Cozies up to Prison Guards and Crime Victim Advocates by In April 2011, in apparent repayment of a political debt for helping him get elected, California Governor Jerry Brown approved a 200-page labor contract that gives the 31,000-strong California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) a number of benefits …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Rikers Island Guards File Suit Alleging Cancer-Causing Toxin Exposure by Mark Wilson The Rikers Island jail in New York City was built atop a toxic landfill that is causing cancer, according to lawsuits filed by seven cancer-stricken Rikers employees. “That island is toxic and it’s killing people,” said guard Vanessa …
Washington Prison Guard’s Murder Results in Demotions, Firings and $26,000 Fine by Mark Wilson An outside investigation has determined that the murder of a Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC) guard was the result of poor staff management and training by prison officials. On January 29, 2011, prisoner Byron Scherf, 52, …
Article • December 15, 2011 • from PLN December, 2011
$227,500 Settlement in Suit by Former Minnesota DOC Prison Chaplain by A former Minnesota prison chaplain has settled a lawsuit against state officials after she lost her job for raising concerns about the constitutionality of the InnerChange Freedom Initiative (IFI) program. Kristine Holmgren was employed by the Minnesota Department of …
Tennessee: Incident Rates at CCA Facilities Higher Than at Public Prisons by According to an analysis of incidents involving assaults and disturbances at government-run and privately-managed prisons in Tennessee from January 2009 to June 2011, incident rates were consistently higher at the state’s three private prisons. Those were the findings …
Perry v. County of Del Norte, CA, Complaint, Employment Discrimination, 2011 ---i I Wil,LIAM R. RAPOPORT, ESQ. (SBN 047086) LAW OFFICES OF WILLIAM R. RAPOPORT 2 643 Bair Island Road, Suite 400 Redwood City, CA 94063 3 Tel: (650) 340-7107 Fax: (650) 572-1857 4 ' Attorneys for Claimant 5 1 …
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