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Article • July 15, 2002 • from PLN July, 2002
$603,500 in Washington Jail Guard Discrimination Suit by In November, 2001, a King County (Seattle) Superior Court jury awarded $603,500 in damages to Ralph Bunch, a former guard at the King County Juvenile Detention Center. In May, 1999, Bunch, who is black, filed suit against the county claiming he was …
Article • June 15, 2002 • from PLN June, 2002
California Guards Bust Budget by Willie Wisely by W. Wisely A report released November 27, 2001, by the Bureau of State Audits showed the California Department of Corrections (CDC) spent $87 million more than their annual budget allotted, according to the Sacramento Bee. That money was used to cover excessive …
Ex-Ohio Sheriff's Deputy Wins $650,000 Verdict Against CMS for Prisoner Escape by Franklin County (Ohio) prisoner Alva Campbell was escorted to court in April 1997 while in his wheelchair, unable to walk. He was not handcuffed or otherwise restrained and was being guarded only by then-Franklin County Deputy Sheriff M. …
Lake et al v. State of Washington, WA, Complaint, DOC employee litigation sexual harassment, 2002 • ... ,. / . .. J \ 1 ~ed9ed F:ecelpt11lll FILED, C:" 1!Ie~g~~bL~~~w,.~H9~~t%t .r:t:-daYOf~,200~-~ 2 3 :... ::: '" ".': !) M -. ,'! J ,; ;. 4 ", •.• I . .~ '. …
Rape and Racism in Washington Prisons by The Second Division of the Court of Appeals of Washington overturned a jury verdict against the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) in which a prison sergeant sued DOC for racially discriminatory treatment against him. Geronimo Subia is a male prison sergeant of Native …
California Prison Guards Protected in Criminal Investigation by A recent case before the First Appellate District of California demonstrates the political clout of the California Correctional Peace Officers' Association (CCPOA), and the sweetheart treatment that clout buys. That clout enabled CCPOA to win a preliminary injunction against the California Department …
$2.2 Million Award for New Mexico Prison Bug Spray Injuries by The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed the denial of a habeas corpus petition which challenged the federal Parole Commission's denial of parole with a 15_year setback. The Court, however, did not order a new hearing but only …
California Pays for Guard's Sexual Misconduct by Willie Wisely by W. Wisely California taxpayers must pay $154,212 in damages to a former female prison guard sexually harassed on the job, according to the Sacramento Bee . Ray Collie, the lieutenant who couldn't seem to control his urges, owes just $75,000 …
Arizona CCA Prison Found 'In Turmoil' by Ronald Young Hawaii officials found a prison "in turmoil" while inspecting a Florence, Arizona prison where about 560 Hawaii prisoners are being warehoused. The prison is operated by Nashville based Corrections Corporation of America. An inspection of the prison conducted in April 2001 …
Publication • November 16, 2001
Lawmakers Reach Deal on Air Security, Chicago Tribune, 2001 Cbicago, IL Trl.ulII C~ICl8' Mil Arll ~fidiIJ 0122,882 NOV 16. <:lee I 1'11'" • ~II III SECURITY: I ' ' ' ' • " . . . " . " • • ,.' ,., ON CAPITOL HILL Thursday, individual airports hired …
Article • October 15, 2001 • from PLN October, 2001
The Prison Payoff: The Role of Politics &amp; Private Prisons in the Incarceration Boom by by Brigette Sarabi and Edwin Bender The popularity of the term "prison-industrial complex" in recent years, and especially since the groundbreaking Critical Resistance conference in Berkeley in September 1998, has produced a few critics who …
Cowboys and Prisoners by Willie Wisely Trumpeted as the pinnacle of high-tech prison architecture when it opened in 1993, the Federal Correctional Complex in Florence, Colorado, contains two lower security facilities, one maximum security prison, and, since 1994, the Clockwork Orange inspired U.S. Penitentiary Administrative Maximum. The steel and concrete …
Article • September 15, 2001 • from PLN September, 2001
Suits Claiming Racial Discrimination Plague Florida Prisons by Gary Hunter Citing incidents dating back to 1993, over 100 current and past employees are suing the Florida DOC for perpetuating a "long standing custom or policy of racial discrimination." What began as two law suits in December 1999 increased to four …
Private Prison Woes in Ohio by Gary Hunter Less than two years after it opened, the second privately operated prison in the state of Ohio is already in trouble. CiviGenics, a private prison company out of Massachusetts, has succumbed to pressure applied by the state employees union. On January 10, …
Article • July 15, 2001 • from PLN July, 2001
The Strangest of Bedfellows by Noel Brinkerhoff In 1988, a Chino prison guard was killed when a juvenile prisoner he was escorting to a Los Angeles hospital for medical treatment tried to escape. Like other prison guards killed in the line of duty, the veteran officer left behind a grieving …
Arkansas Guards Indicted for Shocking Prisoners by Arkansas Guards Indicted For Shocking Prisoners On February 7, 2001, criminal charges were filed in a federal District Court in Arkansas against 6 former guards who beat handcuffed prisoners and shocked them with a stungun and a cattle prod. On January 7, 1998, …
Texas Prisoner Takes Hostages by On January 5th at approximately 10:30 pm a Texas prisoner used a fake gun to back down an armed guard and hold an entire SWAT team at bay for over an hour. Dekenya Nelson used a hairbrush, soap, a deodorant bottle, and pages from the …
Supreme Court Restricts ADA by Roger Smith The U.S. Supreme Court overruled an Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decision allowing disabled persons to sue State employers for money damages in federal court under Title I of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). 42 U.S.C. § 12112. The 54 majority held …
Prison Doctor Wins $654,471 in Retaliation Suit by John E Dannenberg Prison Doctor Wins $654,471 In Retaliation Suit by John E. Dannenberg Dr. Terence Allen, prison physician at Halawa (Hawai'i) prison, was awarded $111,000 in damages plus $543,360 in attorney fees/costs against prison officials who retaliated against him for speaking …
Closing Washington's Window of Parole Liability by Paul Wright In addition to almost $50 million in settlements and verdicts assessed against the Washington DOC in recent months, the Washington DOC has paid an additional $20.6 million to settle 25 parole liability cases and pay one jury verdict since 1994. Apparently, …
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