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Arkansas Sends Toxic Tech Trash to UNICOR Recycling Program by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A number of counties in Arkansas have been sending their toxic electronics waste, including broken computers and televisions, to Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (UNICOR), the industry program for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP). UNICOR …
$9,000 Award for Hawaiian Prisoners Bitten By Dogs at Oklahoma CCA Prison by On October 31, 2008, a Hawaiian state court awarded $3,000 each in damages to three Hawaiian prisoners who were bitten by dogs while incarcerated at a private prison in Oklahoma. Jonathan K. Lum, John Daffron and Frank …
Sexually Harassed Florida Prison Nurse’s Injunctive Relief Claim Moot by A Florida federal district court has denied summary judgment on monetary damages but granted it for injunctive and declatory relief, on motion brought by the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) in a lawsuit alleging gender discrimination and hostile work environment. …
Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009
$4.75 Million Settlement in Virginia Jail Construction Accident Case by $4.75 Million Settlement in Virginia Jail Construction Accident Case On June 26, 2008, Electric Power Systems, Inc. (EPS) entered into a $4.75 million settlement in a lawsuit brought by electrician Larry Shifflett, 53, who was seriously injured during construction of …
1980s Settlement Agreement Heads to Improved Conditions in Nevada Prisons by The state of Nevada has agreed to a comprehensive settlement agreement that will improve conditions at all Nevada prisons. Billy Shapley and other Nevada state prisoners filed a class action suit against Nevada prison officials alleging that their First, …
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 …
Article • February 15, 2009
Civilians Replace Kitchen Guards At New York Correction Center by Nassau County (New York) Sheriff Officer's Association, Inc., and individual guards (plaintiffs), petitioned to prevent the County from replacing guards with civilian workers and supervisors in the kitchens at the Nassau County Correction Center (NCCC) pending the disposition of an …
$12,773.46 Settlement After BOP Vehicle Rear Ends Motorist by Tennessee resident Beverly Oliver brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1996 after being rear ended by a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) truck driven by a prisoner. The $75,000 suit settled for $12,773.46. Oliver was a passenger in …
$40,000 Settlement After BOP Employee Causes Automobile Accident by West Virginia resident Lillian Poindexter brought a federal tort action in 1997 against the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and federal agent Mari Higgins after being struck by Higgins' vehicle. The $139,000 suit settled for …
Prisoners Exposed to Toxic Dust at UNICOR Recycling Factories by Brandon Sample Federal Prison Industries (FPI), the largest legal sweatshop in America, has jeopardized the lives and safety of untold numbers of prisoners and staff working in its recycling factories, according to a preliminary report in an investigation by the …
Former New Hampshire Deputy Forced Non Compensated Labor On Prisoners by Bob Williams By: Bob Williams Portsmouth, New Hampshire former deputy sheriff Matthew Ejma received 200 hours of community service and a $2,500 fine after using Portsmouth Jail work release prisoners for his personal gain. The prisoners were never compensated …
Article • August 15, 2008
Washington Prisoner Gets nearly $10,000 for Work Detail Injury by David Wolfrum, a Washington state prisoner, was closing the doors on a semi-trailer at the McNeil Island Correction Center when the brakes failed, causing the truck to roll backward, pinning Wolfrum against a loading dock. He sued in state court, …
Article • July 15, 2008
Texas Prisoner’s State, Federal Work-Related Injury Claims Reinstated by A Texas appeals court held in this case that because a prisoner’s state and federal work-related injury claims against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) were based in law, dismissal as frivolous was improper. State prisoner Jumeau Onnette was painting …
Iowa Prisons Fined $92,000 For Prisoner Workplace Accidents by Fines totaling $92,000 were levied in January 2007 by Iowa?s Occupational Safety and Health Bureau against the Iowa Department of Corrections (IDOC). In March 2006, a Fort Madison prisoner severed a finger in a table saw in the Prison Industries workshop. …
Pennsylvania DOC's Nondisclosure of Documents Regarding Chemical Incident Upheld by Court by Pennsylvania state prisoner Christopher Heffran petitioned for review of the Department of Corrections' (DOC) non-production of requested documents regarding his asthma attack. The DOC stated that the requested documents were not public records under the Right to Know …
Both Thumbs, One Finger Amputated Nets Prisoner $25,000 by A New York prisoner whose thumbs and left ring finger were amputated was awarded $25,000. Mr. Saleh, a 31-year-old New York prisoner, was a carpentry student. While operating a circular saw, making name plates, he suffered "a traumatic amputation of the …
Article • December 15, 2007
Louisiana Prisoner Paid $1,822 in Emotional Damages for Moving Dead Body by A Louisiana prisoner was paid $1,822 to settle emotional distress claims related to being forced to move the body of a prisoner who hung himself to death. Mr. Cotton was a prisoner at the Shreveport City Jail when …
Article • October 15, 2007 • from PLN October, 2007
Confidential Settlement for Alabama Prisoners Killed in Road Work Crew by A confidential settlement has been reached in the death of one prisoner and injury to another. The prisoners, John Nicholas Shoultz and David McKee, were prisoners of the Alabama Department of Corrections. They were picking up trash in the …
Article • October 15, 2007 • from PLN October, 2007
NY Prisoner Who Crushed Thumb Working at Ski Resort Awarded $40,000 by Finding a prison official failed to properly train prisoners to use a log splitter, New York?s Binghampton Court of Claims held the state of New York was 75% liable for injuries sustained from use of that splitter. While …
Article • September 15, 2007 • from PLN September, 2007
Guards Settle “Sick Building” Claim at Florida Jail for $495,000 by Guards Settle "Sick Building" Claim at Florida Jail for $495,000 A year after John Hauser began working at Florida's Volusia County Jail in 1991, he began getting sick. He wasn't alone. In 2003, over one-third of the jail's 300-plus …
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