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Article • March 15, 2011 • from PLN March, 2011
Iowa Supreme Court Holds Inmate Assault Statute Only Requires Bodily Fluids from Another for Conviction by The Supreme Court of Iowa held that for a prisoner to be convicted of “inmate assault” in violation of Iowa Code § 708.3B (2005), there need only be proof that the prisoner caused a …
Article • March 15, 2011 • from PLN March, 2011
BOP’s Furlough Notification Policy Not to be Addressed for Seven Years by Derek Gilna A September 2010 report by the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Justice cast light on deficiencies with the Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) furlough policy, and in doing so inadvertently highlighted the …
Article • March 15, 2011
$100,000 Settlement in DC Guard’s Racial Discrimination Suit by The District of Columbia (DC) paid $100,000 to settle an unlawful discrimination suit filed by DC Department of Corrections (DOC) employee Oliver Amaechi. Amaechi, a Nigerian immigrant, alleged the DOC had a policy of discriminating against African or Caribbean born employees. …
Article • March 15, 2011
$215,000 Settlement in DC Jail Guard’s Wrongful Termination Suit by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $215,000 to settle the lawsuit of ex-employee Roland J. Jackson, Jr., a twenty-six year veteran at the D.C. Jail, for intentional and reckless misconduct with respect to his termination on September 29, 1997. While …
Article • March 15, 2011
$25,000 Settlement in DC Guard’s Sexual Harassment Suit by The District of Columbia (DC) paid $25,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed by Verna Byrd, a guard for the DC Department of Corrections (DOC). Byrd had worked for DOC since 1998. In 2002, she began working at the DC Jail …
Article • March 15, 2011
$7,500 Settlement in Discrimination, Harassment and Wrongful Termination Suit of D.C. Instructor by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $7,500 to settle an employment racial discrimination, harassment, and wrongful termination suit filed by Susan C. Law. Law, a white female, worked as a Training Instructor at D.C.’s Lorton Training Academy …
Article • March 15, 2011
$1,629.05 Settlement in Suit over D.C. Jail’s Failure to Pay Wages by The District of Columbia paid $1,629.05 to settle the Lawsuit of ex-employee Greg Jackson for failure to pay wages for his land maintenance work. While working at the D.C. Jail in 1997 through September, 1998 Jackson, a supervisor …
Illinois Guard’s Wrongful Termination Suit Dismissed; Guard Terminated for Sex with Prisoners by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of a Black Illinois guard’s wrongful termination action. In March or April 2003, Nicole Burns, a female detainee at the Cook County, Illinois jail reported that …
Illinois Guard Terminated for Sex with Prisoners; Wrongful Termination Suit Dismissed by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of an Illinois African-American guard’s wrongful termination action. In March or April 2003, Nicole Burns, a female detainee at the Cook County, Illinois jail reported that guards …
Article • March 15, 2011
Washington DOC Wrongful Discharge Nets $64,718.50 Plus Reinstatement by The State of Washington settled a wrongfully discharged prison industries manager by paying him $64,718.50 in back pay, general damages, medical costs and attorney’s fees, and by re-hiring him. Wayne Armbruster was a nine year veteran of the Washington Department of …
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 …
D.C. Employee Fired for Delivering Unopened Letter Settles for $30,000 by On March 26, 2004, The District of Columbia paid $30,000 to settle with a Department of Corrections employee who was fired for attempting to have an unopened letter delivered to a prisoner. The suit, filed in the U.S. District …
Article • March 15, 2011
D.C. Guard Settles Slip and Fall Suit for $50,000 by On June 21, 2001, the District of Columbia paid $50,000 to settle with a guard who had sued the District in D.C. Superior Court for negligence after she slipped and fell on a wet floor. According to the complaint, the …
Article • March 15, 2011
D.C. Settlement Nets Former Warden $62,000 for Legal Expenditures by On July 11, 2005, the District of Columbia paid $62,000 to settle with David Roach—a former warden at the Maximum Security Facility in Lorton, Virginia—who sued the District seeking reimbursement for legal fees. In 1995, while Roach was warden at …
Brief • February 16, 2011
Stinson v. Washington DOC, WA, Complaint, Workplace Discrimination Against Homosexual Guard, 2011 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 SUPERIOR COURT FOR 'I'IlE STATE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF PIERCE 9 10 CARA STINSON, Individually, NO. Plaintiff, 11 12 13 14 COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES v. STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF …
Article • January 15, 2011 • from PLN January, 2011
Oregon Prisoner Holds Counselor Hostage, Gets New 68-Month Sentence by On May 11, 2010, an Oregon state prisoner was convicted of kidnapping and sentenced to an additional 68 months for holding a prison counselor hostage. John Anthony Brown, 42, was confined at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility (CCCF), the Oregon …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Florida: Judgment for Female Prison Staff Alleging Sexual Harassment by Prisoners Affirmed by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) was properly held liable under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for failing to remedy a sexually hostile work …
Publication • November 12, 2010
St. Anthony Work Camp, ID Update Report NCCHC 2010 St. Anthony Work Camp, ID November 12, 2010 UPDATE REPORT The National Commission on Correctional Health Care is dedicated to improving the quality of correctional health services and helping correctional facilities provide effective and efficient care. NCCHC grew out of a …
Former Oregon Prison Guard, Accused of Contraband Smuggling and Sexual Misconduct, Files Suit Alleging Racism by Mark Wilson An ex-Oregon prison guard who resigned in 2007 was hired the following year as a “security technician” at the Oregon State Hospital (OSH). He was fired one month later after being accused …
New Picture on Violence in Federal Prisons by Brandon Sample As the federal prison population continues to rise – to over 206,500 prisoners as of mid-year 2009 – violence in the U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is both up and down, according to recent data obtained from BOP officials. Last …
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