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Washington State Agrees to Pay DOC Employee $275,000 to Settle Gender Discrimination Claim by The State of Washington has agreed to pay $275,000 to a female Department of Corrections (DOC) employee who experienced harassment because of her gender, and retaliation as a result of an EEOC complaint about the matter. …
Article • May 15, 2010
Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $1,000 to Prisoner Who Fell from His Bunk by On July 10, 2007, the State of Washington agreed to pay $1,000 to a prisoner who fell from his bunk. Jody Allen Miller was assigned to a lower bunk at the Wall Walla Washington State Penitentiary …
Article • May 15, 2010
Sacramento County Agrees to Pay $25,000 after Jail Failed to Give Prisoner Immunosuppressant Medication by On January 14, 2005, the County of Sacramento agreed to settle a suit for $25,000 for alleged negligence by Sacramento County Main Jail (SCMJ) staff in providing a prisoner with her medication. Prior to Tabitha …
First Circuit Upholds Prison Regulation Banning Sexually Explicit Materials by The First Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a district court’s grant of summary judgment to prison officials, which upheld a prison regulation banning prisoners’ receipt of publications that feature “nudity” or are “sexually explicit” and the display of “semi-nude, …
Kansas DOC Ban on Bare Buttocks Magazines Questioned by A Kansas federal district court granted prison officials summary judgment on a procedural due process claim and ordered further discovery in a civil rights action alleging First Amendment violation for banning publications that depict bare buttocks. In granting prison officials partial …
Washington State Settles DOC Disability Accommodation Suit for $30,000 by On January 24, 2008, the State of Washington settled a suit over lack of disability accommodation at the Department of Corrections (DOC) for $30,000. Carolea Mathison, a DOC guard with astigmatism, was assigned to the information desk. The DOC was …
Washington State Settles DOC Slip-and-Fall Claim for $20,000 by On July 7, 2007, the State of Washington settled for $20,000 a tort claim filed by woman who was injured by a fall at a Department of Corrections office in Kennewick. The woman was a health care provider earning $829.00 a …
Washington State Settles Excessive Force/Injury Suit for $2,000 by On October 30, 2008, the State of Washington settled for $2,000 the federal suit of a prisoner injured by a guard's alleged excessive use of force. Larry Gene Heggem, a Washington state prisoner, was confined in segregation when he was allegedly …
Washington State Settles Prisoner's Premises Defect Suit for $5,000 by On June 29, 2007, the State of Washington settled for $5,000 a lawsuit brought by a prisoner who had been injured due to a premises defect at a state prison kitchen. Louis R. Pace was a Washington State prisoner incarcerated …
Article • May 15, 2010
Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $8,685.60 to Prisoner Hurt in Van Accident by The State of Washington has agreed to pay $8,685.60 to a prisoner who was injured during a car accident while on work release. On May 29, 2007, Tracy Sehmel was injured when a Department of Corrections employee …
Pierce County, Washington Pays $2,500 Settlement for Violation of Civil Rights and Missing Vehicle by Washington State’s Pierce County paid $2,500 to settle a claim for violation of civil rights and misplacing a vehicle. For no apparent reason, Officer J. Billings of the Steilacoom Police department activated his emergency police …
Article • May 15, 2010
District of Columbia Pays $6,000 for Breach of Duty of Care by On May 12, 2003, District of Columbia (D.C.) DOC prisoner Jeremiah Lester accepted a $6,000 settlement from District officials for injuries he suffered during a brutal attack that occurred in May 1999 at the Youth Center One facility …
Article • May 15, 2010
District of Columbia to Pay $5,000 for Breach of Duty of Care by On October 2, 2000, a District of Columbia (D.C.) prisoner, Antonio Avery, accepted a $5,000 settlement for injuries he suffered during an attack on him by two other prisoners at Central Facility in Lorton, Virginia on June …
Article • May 15, 2010
$1,000 Claim Settlement for Washington State Prisoner Injured in Fall by On September 13, 2007, Washington State settled for $1,000 a tort claim brought by a state prisoner who slipped and fell in a prison kitchen. Michael Laursen, a Washington State prisoner, was working in the dishwashing area of the …
Article • May 15, 2010
Washington State Pays Employee $1,152.99 for Damage to Car by On May 9, 2007, Washington State paid $1,152 to a Department of Corrections (DOC) employee whose car was .damaged as she pulled out of an employee parking space. Elain Harmon, a DOC employee, was pulling out of a parking space …
Appalling Prison and Jail Food Leaves Prisoners Hungry for Justice by David Reutter by David M. Reutter, Gary Hunter & Brandon Sample Prison food. The very words conjure images of unidentifiable mystery meat, chili-mac, watery oatmeal and creamed chipped beef – the latter being commonly, though not very appetizingly, known …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
From the Editor by Paul Wright This is the first issue of PLN published from our new office location in Vermont. On March 16 a shipping truck arrived in Brattleboro with the bulk of our office on it. Thanks to volunteers Samual Schwartzkopf, Sam Phillips, Zach Phillips, Dan and Elizabeth …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Texas Tech and TDCJ Settle Prisoner Suicide Suit for $85,000 by On April 2, 2009, Texas Tech University Health Science Center (TTUHSC) and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) settled for $85,000 a lawsuit involving a prisoner who committed suicide at the Clements Unit. Theodore Schmerber was a Texas …
Sex Addicted Ohio Sheriff’s Jail Supervisor Receives $1,000 Following Termination by Ohio’s Warren County Sheriff’s Office has agreed to pay $1,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a former jail supervisor who was fired for viewing pornography and masturbating at work. A 2006 investigation of former Lieutenant Shaun Wells resulted …
Dying in Cell 40: Vermont’s Flawed Contract and Prison Health Service’s Drive for Profit Lead to Prisoner’s Death by Terry J. Allen Ashley Ellis’ misdemeanor arrest turned into a death sentence. Her crime was careless and negligent operation of a motor vehicle. On Aug. 16, 2009, less than two days …
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