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Colorado DOC Settles Employee Sex Discrimination Suits by The Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) has agreed to reinstate one employee and pay her and another woman who were sexually discriminated against a total of $286,210 to settle their lawsuit against CDOC. The suit named CDOC, its former Executive Director, Joe …
Former New Jersey Prison Social Worker Abuse Lawsuit Reinstated by A New Jersey appeals court has reversed a lower courts 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 …
Article • April 15, 2009
$1.5 Million Award Against Newspaper for Defaming Indiana Police Officer by An Indiana jury has ordered The Tribune Star in Terre Haute, Indiana, to pay $1.5 million to a police officer who claimed the newspaper defamed him by stories it published. The jury’s verdict on July 28, 2004, awarded Clay …
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
Illinois Governor Bases Prison Closure Decision on Politics by Derick Limberg Illinois Governor Bases Prison Closure Decision on Politics by Derick Limberg In the late 1990’s and early 2000’s, Illinois spent at least $17 million to transform the 137-year-old Pontiac Correctional Center (PCC) into a specialized facility to house the …
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
Illinois Guards Protest Prison’s Failure to Treat Scabies Outbreak by Illinois Guards Protest Prison’s Failure to Treat Scabies Outbreak An outbreak of scabies, a mite infestation that causes itching and rash-like symptoms, has hit the Illinois River Correctional Center. Guards protested outside the facility on October 1, 2008 to decry …
California Female Parole Supervisor Awarded $859,000 for Gender Discrimination by Female Superior by California Female Parole Supervisor Awarded $859,000 for Gender Discrimination by Female Superior A Los Angeles jury has awarded $859,000 in damages to a female state parole supervisor who claimed that her superior, also a woman, discriminated against …
$3.1 Million Awarded to FBI Informant's Family by On October 16, 2008, the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed the September 2006 findings of the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts in awarding approximately $3.1 million to the estate of an FBI informant, John McEntyre, who was murdered after the …
$155,751 Award Against California Youthful Offender Parole Board Upheld by A California court of appeals upheld a jury award of $9,046.00 and $146,705.00 in attorney fees to a former California Youthful Offender Parole Board (YOPB) employee. Lisa Steele, a former clerk at the YOPB, filed suit in California superior court …
$2,925,000 in Recent Settlements Involving Maricopa County and Sheriff Joe Arpaio by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The most recent developments in a thirty-year history of abuse and medical neglect of prisoners by Arizona’s Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) include three lawsuits in which the county paid almost $3 million …
Federal Three-Judge Panel Issues Tentative Ruling To Reduce California’s Prison Population By Up To 57,000 In Three Years by John Dannenberg Federal Three-Judge Panel Issues Tentative Ruling To Reduce California’s Prison Population By Up To 57,000 In Three Years by John E. Dannenberg In a tentative ruling issued February 9, …
Article • March 15, 2009
Washington DOC Guard Fired For Physically Assaulting Supervisor by Ex Washington State Department of Corrections guard John Merriman appealed his termination for physically assaulting his supervisor in 2003. The termination was upheld. Merriman began working at the Clallam Bay Corrections Center (CBCC) in 1994. In 2003, after seeing an entry …
Article • March 15, 2009
Washington Guard Terminated For Exposing Prisoners' Crime Details by Ex Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) employee, Glee Winter, appealed her termination for disclosing specific prisoners' crime information to other prisoners and showing prisoners how to access the facility computer system. The termination was upheld. Winter was employed by the …
Maryland Prison Employees Strip Searched After False Alert by Drug Scanning Machine by Derick Limberg Maryland Prison Employees Strip Searched After False Alert by Drug Scanning Machine by Derek Limburg Nine prison employees at the Maryland Correctional Training Center (MCTC) received the same treatment as prisoners upon their arrival at …
$500,000 Settlement After BOP Failed To Diagnose Employee's Tumor by Minnesota Bureau of Prisons (BOP) employee Ruth Sonnek brought a federal tort action against the United States in 2000 after BOP medical examiners failed to diagnose and treat her for a tumor. Their pre employment x ray clearly showed that …
$750,000 Settlement for Colorado DOC Guard Death At Hands Of BOP Training Instructors by Colorado state resident Pamela Perse brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1995 after Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) personnel's negligence resulted in the death of her husband. The suit settled for $750,000 …
Article • February 15, 2009
Montana Prison Settles Suit For Employees' Interrupted Lunch Breaks by Fourteen Montana State Prison (MSP) employees brought suit against the state Department of Corrections for reimbursement after allegedly working through their lunch breaks. The suit for damages in excess of $250,000 settled for $124,000. MSP employees consisting of three shift …
N.Y. Corrections Veteran Awarded $150,000 For Retaliation by New York State guard Patricia Luca brought 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against Nassau County, it's police and sheriff's departments, Civil Service Commission and various individuals. She alleged gender discrimination and retaliation for having filed a sexual harassment complaint. Luca was awarded …
Article • February 15, 2009
N.Y. Guards Remain In Nassau Correction Center Kitchens by The Nassau County (New York) Sheriff Officer's Association, Inc. (SOA) appealed their preliminary injunction denial allowing civilian workers and supervisors to replace guards at the Nassau County Correction Center (NCCC). The denial was reversed. The SOA filed suit after kitchen workers …
Article • February 15, 2009
$316,131 Settlement In Ex BOP Employee's Civil Rights Suit by Former Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) employee Shelly Sheets brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the BOP in 1997, alleging disparate treatment, sexual harassment and retaliation. A jury awarded Sheets a total of $316,131. Sheets, a seven year …
BOP Medical Worker's Race Based Termination Suit Settles For $65,000 by West Virginia resident and ex Bureau of Prisons medical employee, Darrick Leacock, brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action in 1995 against United States Attorney General Janet Reno after allegedly being discriminated against and subsequently fired due to his …
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