Skip navigation

Search

1630 results
Page 48 of 82. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 ... 78 79 80 81 82 | Next »

California Prison Guard’s First Amendment Rights Upheld in Job-Related Retaliation Complaint by The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California upheld a prison guard’s complaints in a Title VII job action claiming that prison officials retaliated against her in violation of her First Amendment rights, and the Ninth …
Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009
Michigan Changes Overtime Rules; $4 Million Savings on Prison Budget by In order to cut operating costs, Michigan has changed the way state employees can receive overtime. Statewide, the change is expected to save $8 million annually, with half of the savings coming from prisons. The change, which became effective …
PLN Prevails in Motion to Unseal Settlement in CCA Class Action FLSA Case by On August 28, 2009, the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas unsealed a settlement agreement in a nationwide class-action lawsuit against Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest private prison firm. On July …
Wisconsin Sheriff Lacks Authority to Implement Private Food Vendor by The Wisconsin Supreme Court has held that a Sheriff does not have constitutional authority to hire and fire personnel providing food service at a county jail. The Court’s ruling came in an appeal filed by unions that represent employees of …
Violence on the Rise in Arizona Prisons by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The level of violence in Arizona prisons is increasing – at least that is the conclusion to be drawn from recent reports. In 2008 alone there were four homicides in the state’s prison system, and with …
Same Sex Guard Requirement Violates Title VII by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a correctional institution was wrong for changing its policy to exclude guards from supervising prisoners of the opposite sex on certain shifts. The Court did, however, deny claims of workplace harassment and retaliation. In …
Article • September 15, 2009
Split Decision in Termination Proceeding of Two Guards Required Revote by A split decision in termination proceedings by the Imperial County Employment Appeals Board of two California prison guards required a revote, the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, held July 22, 2008. Richard Lopez and Rosario Lopez, correctional …
Article • September 15, 2009
$150,000 Settlement in Racial Discrimination Termination by Washington’s King County has paid $150,000 to settle the lawsuit of Cleveland King, which alleged that while working at the Department of Youth Services in 1999 he was subject to a hostile work environment, resulting in his discipline and termination for opposing racial …
Article • September 15, 2009
Collateral Estoppel Denied Washington DOC in Wrongful Termination Suit by Ms. Carol Carver worked for the Washington DOC from 1995 to 2005, first as a prison guard and later as an office assistant. Due to deteriorating job performance, the prison Superintendent referred Carver for a psychological evaluation in December 2004, …
Article • September 15, 2009
$10,000 Settlement in Withheld Wages/Title Claim by Washington State’s King County paid $10,000 to settle a claim that alleged it placed Clarissa T. Berry in a supervisory position on January 1, 1996 to oversee the food services department for Youth Services Management without providing her training, a title or pay …
Former New Jersey Prison Social Worker’s Abuse Lawsuit Reinstated by A New Jersey appeals court has reversed a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a former prison health care worker. Angela Hoag was a licensed social worker employed by Correctional Medical Services, Inc. and worked at Southern State …
$27,000 Settlement for Age/Gender Employment Discrimination by Seattle Jail by Washington State’s King County paid $26,980 to settle the lawsuit of Harry G. Proctor, a 27-year veteran of the King County Jail. Sgt. Proctor alleged that on April 27, 2007, Captain Kempton called guard Sonja Tangen into his office to …
$40,000 Settlement in Former Guard’s ADA/Discrimination Suit by Washington State’s King County has paid $40,000 to settle the Americans with Disabilities Act and Washington Law of Discrimination suit of Jason Wanner, who was terminated from his position as a guard at Department Adult and Juvenile Detention. Wanner has been a …
$50,000 Settlement for Seattle Jail Guard’s Wrongful Termination by Washington State’s King County Jail paid $50,014.15 to settle the wrongful termination claim of Mimi Lee Dunn. She claimed that while working as a guard at the jail from May 1998 to October 20, 2000, she was the subject of sexual …
$75,000 Settlement in Sexual Harassment Suit Against Seattle Jail by Washington’s King County paid $75,000 to settle the sexual harassment and hostile work environment lawsuit of Dolores Riganti-Curtiss. She claimed that while working at the Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention from November 1997 until she was “constructively discharged” in …
Article • September 15, 2009
$80,000 Settlement in Seattle Jail Employment Discrimination by Washington State’s King County paid $80,436.71 to settle the lawsuit of Orlando Panelli, who claimed that while working at the Department of Adult Detention from October 1, 1999 through April 16, 2003 he was subjected to discrimination based upon his race and …
Article • September 15, 2009
$82,000 Settlement in Wrongful Termination; Failure to Accommodate Disability in Seattle Jail Suit by Washington State’s King County paid $81,607.59 to settle the lawsuit of Gerald Murphy, who claimed that he was wrongfully terminated from his position as Chief of Operations/Security at the Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention. The …
$7,500 as Settlement of Jail Nurse’s Sexual Harassment Claim by Washington State’s King County Jail has paid $7,500 to settle the sexual harassment claim of Valerie J. Lincoln. She claimed that while she was a nurse at the Jail from May through August of 2000, she was sexually harassed by …
Article • September 15, 2009
$7,500 Settlement in Worker’s Compensation Suit against Snohomish County Jail by Washington State’s Snohomish County paid $7,500 to settle the worker’s compensation negligence law suit of Michelle M. Benton, who worked in the County Jail’s kitchen as an employee of Compass Group U.S.A., Inc., which is the jail’s private food …
Article • September 15, 2009
$17,500 Settlement in Age Discrimination Termination Claim by Washington State’s King County has paid $17,500 to settle an age discrimination termination claim by Bethel James Beck, Jr., who was hired to work as a guard at the Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention Center on May 5, 2005. On October …
Page 48 of 82. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 ... 78 79 80 81 82 | Next »