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Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
Rampant Sexual Favoritism By California Prison Warden Is Actionable Under Hostile Work Environment T by Rampant Sexual Favoritism By California Prison Warden Is Actionable Under Hostile Work Environment Theory A unanimous California State Supreme Court held that non involved female employees could sue the Department of Corrections (CDC) for sexual …
Scandal, Suicides, Corruption and Abuse Abound at New York Citys Rikers Island Jail by Gary Hunter Scandal, Suicides, Corruption and Abuse Abound at New York Citys Rikers Island Jail by Gary Hunter When Rikers Island was purchased in 1884 it was only 87 acres. The city of New York made …
New Yorks Top Cop Crumbles Under Personal Investigation by New Yorks Top Cop Crumbles Under Personal Investigation by Gary Hunter Given the controversy and corruption that currently surrounds virtually every aspect of the New York City penal process, its insightful to reflect on how one former New York top cop …
Incompetence, Brutality and Scandal Infest Tennessee Prisons and Jails by by Michael Rigby Tennessee isn't known for its huge prison system, like Texas or California. Nor is the state's capital city, Nashville, recognized for massively overcrowded jails such as the ones in Los Angeles or New York City. But one …
Guards Rape, Sexually Harass and Smuggle at Colorado Prisons by by Matthew T. Clarke There are new troubles at several prisons in Colorado. At a 250-bed GRW-run private prison in Brush, a tiny town 91 miles northwest of Denver, the newly-resigned ex-warden and two guards have been indicted in relation …
Government Says No Criminal Conduct in New Jersey Mass Prisoner Beating, But Jury Awards Abused Prisoner $19,000; Sexual Harassment Suit Settled for $250,000 by Government Says No Criminal Conduct in New Jersey Mass Prisoner Beating, But Jury Awards Abused Prisoner $19,000; Sexual Harassment Suit Settled for $250,000 by Matthew T. …
Texas "Gang Expert" Indicted for Sex Assaults by On June 17, 2004, top Texas prison administrator Salvador "Sammy" Buentello was indicted on felony charges that he sexually assaulted three female employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). A week earlier Buentello had been indicted on four misdemeanor charges …
Overcrowding Forces Alabama Prisoners Into Private Prison Web by Gary Hunter Court orders have forced Alabama to reduce the number of prisoners in its county jails and send half of its prison population to two other states. Until recently the Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) had crammed 28,000 prisoners into …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
$135,000 Paid in New York Jail Sexual Harassment Settlement by A New York City Department of Corrections guard reached a settlement of $135,000 in her federal civil rights suit alleging sexual harassment. Guard Virginia Jones began a consensual sexual relationship with Captain Michael Baxter in March 1998. Jones contended that …
New Jersey Supreme Court Upholds $1.6 Million Harassment Verdict by by Matthew T. Clarke The Supreme Court of New Jersey up-held one of the largest female-on-male sexual harassment compensatory damage awards and fees, sending the even larger punitive damage award back to the trial court for reconsideration. Robert L. Lockley, …
Article • December 15, 2003
$15,000 Paid in WA DOC Sexual Discrimination Claim by Kristy Ray was a guard at Stafford Creek Correction Facility when she began receiving sexual advances from Sergeant Chad Wheelock. Ray rebuffed these advances, and after multiple complaints an investigation ensued. Ray was placed on leave without pay while Wheelock was …
Sexual Harassment Scandal Rocks Connecticut DOC by by Matthew T. Clarke The Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) has been rocked by allegations of sexual harassment, sexual abuse, and illegal sex between guards and prisoners. The scandal began on August 8, 2002, when 15 female guards filed two separate federal class-action …
Judge Approves $9.6 Million Settlement in DC Jail Employees' Sexual Harassment Suit by Lonnie Burton In January 2002 U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth gave final approval for disbursement of $9.6 million from the settlement of a class-action sexual harassment lawsuit brought by female employees of the Washington D.C. Department …
Article • September 15, 2002 • from PLN September, 2002
Washington Sex Offender Therapist Fired for Sex Related Misconduct by Thomas Smith is again in hot water over his seemingly endless sexoriented misconduct. On February 12, 2002 he was fired from his therapist position at the Special Commitment Center (SCC) on McNeil Island near Steilacoom, Washington. He had "treated" civilly …
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Gay New York Guard Wins $1.5 Million Harassment Award by On July 18, 2000, a gay Nassau County, NY jail guard won $1.55 million in damages after a federal jury agreed that his supervisors failed to intervene when his coworkers repeatedly tormented and harassed him due to his sexual orientation. …
Washington DOC Settles Sex Harassment Suit for $250,000 by WA DOC Settles Sex Harassment Suit for $250,000 In December 2000, the Washington Department of Corrections paid $250,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by a former community corrections officer who says she was fired after complaining to superiors about …
Male NJ Guard's Sexual Harassment Suit Settled for $425,000 by On December 6, 1999, the New Jersey Department of Corrections agreed to pay $425,000 to Mid State Correctional Facility employee Thomas Ferri, 55, to settle his sexual harassment suit against the prison. Ferri, an internal affairs investigator at the prison, …
Washington DOC Personnel In-Fighting Results in $230,000 Settlement by An acrimonious inter-employee dis-pute among staff of Washington's Department of Corrections was settled in January, 2002 by the state paying three Washington State Penitentiary (WSP) employees $230,000 and gaining both their resignations as well as promises never again to work for …
Jury Awards $700,000 to Chicago Jail Worker for Sexual Harassment by On July 2, 2003, a federal jury in Chicago, Illinois, awarded $700,000 in damages to a female employee of the Chicago jail in Illinois who was sexually harassed and assaulted by a male co-worker. Kathleen Kessel, 35, and Beverly …
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