$20,000 Paid in WA Guard's Sexual Harassment Suit by Kimberly D. Metzger, a guard at the Special Offender Center in Monroe, was subjected to sexual harassment from March 12, 1995 to October 12, 1995, by guard Eugene Porter. Porter made statements such as:" I know you want this big black …
$25,000 Paid in WA DOC's Employees Sexual/Racial Harassment Suit by Alicia B. Gaukroger, a dental assistant at the Washington State Penitentiary, was subjected to conduct so pervasive it created a hostile work environment for her between May 1990 to July 10, 1992. Her supervisors, Douglas Wood, Daniel Iverson, David Hoegar, …
$48,500 Paid In WA DOC Employee's Harassment Suit by Diane Kozak, an employee at Twin Rivers Correctional Facility in Monroe, Washington, filed suit in Snohomish County Superior Court alleging that guard "Ordonez" subjected her to sexual harassment, unwanted touchings, and sexual remarks. He was disciplined and advised by his employer …
$50,000 Paid in WA DOC Employees Sexual Discrimination Suit by Ruth M. Klepach, an employee at a Yakima County Washington Department of Corrections Facility, filed suit alleging she was discriminated against on the basis of gender in the course and scope of her employment. The complaint, filed in Yakima County …
$62,000 Paid In WA DOC Employee's Race/Gender Discrimination Suit by Dorothy J. Sanders, an employee of the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton, filed suit in the U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington, alleging that in 1997 she was forced to work in a hostile environment due to her race …
WA Restitution Statue Amendments Retroactive by The Washington Supreme Court reversed a Superior Court's order that held the 1994 and 1997 amendments to RCW 9.94A.142 violate ex post facto as applied; to defendant convicted of 16 Counts of arson in 1986 Pursuant to the amendments the State moved the Superior …
WA Prisoner Gets Major Infraction Dismissed After Filing PRP by Rahih Aboul-Hosn, a Washington state prisoner, filed a Personal Restraint Petition (PRP), in the Washington Court of Appeals, Division I, claiming that his due process rights were violated at a major infraction hearing, for an infraction he received while at …
WA State Owes No Duty to Ensure That Foster Kids Don't Harm the General Public by Aba Sheikh sustained injuries when he was beaten by four teenagers in a Seattle parking lot in March of 1999. The teenagers were in state-imposed foster care at the time. Sheikh obtained a judgment …
WA Early Release Credits No Substitute for Good Time Lost for Disciplinary Reasons by WA Early Release Credits No Substitute for Good Time Lost for Disciplinary Reasons The Washington State Court of Appeals for Division 1 has denied a prisoner's Personal Restraint Petition (PRP), claiming that the state Department of …
Force Feeding of Washington Prisoner Upheld by The Washington Court of Appeals upheld a Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC) policy allowing the force-feeding of hunger-striking prisoners. Charles McNabb set fire to his estranged wife's home, seriously burning his 16-year-old step-daughter, who was inside. Guilt and grief stricken for hurting her, …
A Look Inside Washington's Prison Phone Bidding System by In an unpublished opinion, the Washington Court of Appeals held that the Washington Department of Correction (DOC) properly rescinded a Request for Proposals (RFP) to contract for prisoner telephone services. In March 2004, DOC issued an RFP to solicit bids for …
$275,000 Awarded to Washington Prisoner For Negligent Medical Care After Falling In Jail by $275,000 Awarded to Washington Prisoner For Negligent Medical Care After Falling In Jail Plaintiff and Washington State prisoner Michael Shea fell in jail injuring his spine and causing permanent damage. He brought action against the City …
$40,000 Assessed Against WA DOC For Failure To Release Contract Medical Provider's Records by $40,000 Assessed Against WA DOC For Failure To Release Contract Medical Provider's Records Columbia Legal Services (CLS) brought action against the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) in 2003 for not providing public record documents requested …
Wisconsin Religious Work Release Contract May Violate Constitution by A contract between the Department of Correction and "Faith Works," a "faith-based program designed to meet the needs of individuals recovering from addiction to alcohol and other drugs," to operate a halfway house raises an Establishment Clause issue because Faith Works …
WA Prisoner Properly Removed from Court by Damon Chapple, a Washington state prisoner, was serving one hundred and twenty five years for murder, rape, and robbery. In 1997, he was charged with raping a fellow prisoner as a three strikes offense. During a pretrial hearing he became disruptive, swearing and …
BOP Prisoner's Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claim in Guard Murder Rejected by Scott Fountain, a federal prisoner and a member of the Aryan Brotherhood, was convicted of murdering a prison guard in 1986 in the control unit at the US Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. In 1997, he moved to vacate …
Washington DOC Pays $1.9 Million in Rape-Murder; County Escapes Liability by The Washington Supreme Court has held that Mason County had no duty to warn the public of a sex offender in the community, thus the County could not be held liable for negligence. The ruling came in a lawsuit …
Suit Over Suicide At Indian Jail In Washington Settled For $700,000 by The family of a man who hanged himself in a Washington jail managed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) has settled with the federal government for $700,000, according to an announcement made on January 31, 2007. Although …
Washington State Waits Too Long to Collect Restitution by Division 2 of the Washington State Court of Appeals has vacated a restitution order imposed in a criminal case because the state took no action to secure payment for over 10 years. On June 26, 1986, Daniel Sigo pled guilty to …
WA Prisoners Entitled to Minimal Due Process Before Risk Level Demotion by Division 1 of the Washington Court of Appeals has ruled that the State Department of Corrections (DOC) must afford minimal due process to prisoners whose risk assessment levels it intends to demote. In 2000, Dion Xavier Adams, a …
