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Article • May 15, 2007
Pro Se Sewage Exposure Claim Dismissed by The plaintiff alleged that inmate workers had to handle quantities of sewage because of the deficiencies of the prison sewage system, and that she got some on her because her protective clothing was the wrong size and wasn't able to wash the sewage …
“To Get Stuff and Sell It for As Much As We Can Get”: Federal Prison Industries and Electronics Recycling by Aaron Shuman "To Get Stuff and Sell It for As Much As We Can Get": Federal Prison Industries and Electronics Recycling by Aaron Shuman In recent months, UNICOR Recycling has …
Article • March 15, 2007 • from PLN March, 2007
ARE YOU IN A PRISON WORK PROGRAM HANDLING TOXIC ELECTRONICS? by At Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition and the Prison Activist Resource Center we have been working to end the exposure to toxics of people working in electronic recycling programs in prison, particularly in UNICOR work programs within the Federal Prison …
Article • March 15, 2007 • from PLN March, 2007
Georgia County Pays $5.1 Million for Community Service Turned Deadly by Michael Rigby On August 21, 2006, a Georgia state court awarded $5.1 Million to the family of a college student who was killed when he fell from a DeKalb County garbage truck while performing community service. Vince Currid, 22, …
US Settles Prisoner’s UNICOR Whistleblower Suit for $6,000 by US Settles Prisoner's UNICOR Whistleblower Suit for $6,000 On October 27, 2006, the United States paid $6,000 to settle with a federal prisoner who claimed he was fired from his UNICOR job in retaliation for filing safety complaints with the Occupational …
Article • December 15, 2005 • from PLN December, 2005
Court May Infer Deliberate Indifference from Obviousness of Risk by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a district court's grant of summary judgment to prison officials in a prisoner's claim that officials were deliberately indifferent to his safety when they had him strip insulation from a live 480-volt wire …
Publication • November 4, 2005
Staff Safety Evaluation, California State Prison Solano, 2005 CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION Corrections Standards Authority G.'.).~:.:. 600 Bercut Drive. 8urte A : ~ .~~..:t.-::: ~ .. Sacramento, California 95814 . www.csa.ca.gov .~. ..= ~ .' d II II II II II II -II II TABLE OF CONTENTS i'\ …
Brief • July 12, 2005
Pettit v. Ohio Dept. of Rehab. & Corr., Decision, inmate work injury, 2005 [Cite as Pettit v. Ohio Dept. of Rehab. & Corr., 2005-Ohio-3958.] IN THE COURT OF CLAIMS OF OHIO www.cco.state.oh.us DAVID PETTIT, et al. : Plaintiffs : v. : CASE NO. 2003-11798 Judge Fred J. Shoemaker DECISION DEPARTMENT …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
New York Prisoner Awarded $105,000 for Shoulder Injury by New York Prisoner Awarded $105,000 For Shoulder Injury On December 15, 2003, a court of claims in Syracuse, New York, awarded $105,000 plus interest to a state prisoner who suffered a torn rotator cuff as the result of a construction accident. …
Article • January 15, 2005 • from PLN January, 2005
HIV Is Occupational Disease for Connecticut Prison Guards by HIV is Occupational Disease for Connecticut Prison Guards The Connecticut Supreme Court held that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is an occupational disease for prison guards who are members of prison emergency response units. The court also held that the estate …
Article • September 15, 2004 • from PLN September, 2004
New York State Prisoner Awarded $30,000 for Work Related Injuries by On December 17, 2003, a state court of claims in White Plains, New York, awarded state prisoner Jose Santos $30,000 for injuries he sustained while working in the industrial-unit paint shop at the Fishkill Correctional Facility. In his lawsuit, …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
New York Prisoner Awarded $435,000 in Tire Accident by New York Prisoner Awarded $435,000 in Tire Accident On June 10, 2003, the Court of Claims in Rochester, New York, awarded $435,000 for pain and suffering to a New York prisoner who was injured when a forklift tire exploded in his …
Article • January 15, 2004 • from PLN January, 2004
Alabama Highway Labor Kills Three Prisoners, Three More Injured by In a sudden surge of mayhem, three Alabama prisoners were killed in separate incidents and three more were injured. Prisoner highway labor was temporarily suspended. On April 11, 2003, Dairron Clark, 33, was struck and killed by a minivan on …
Article • December 15, 2003
Australia Fined $42,500 for Prisoner Work Injury by Australia's Department of Justice was fined $42,500 and ordered to pay $4,870 in costs after pleading guilty to violating the Occupational Health and Safety Act, causing a prisoner severe injury. Maximum security prisoner Justin Adams had three fingers amputated and his right …
Article • August 15, 2003 • from PLN August, 2003
$3.2 Million Awarded to New York Jail Prisoner in Work Accident by On October 18, 2002, a Queens county, New York, jury awarded Ronald York, a 21 year old prisoner at the New York City jail on Riker's Island, $3.2 million in damages as compensation for a work injury. Ronald …
Injury Report Satisfies Texas Tort Claims Actual Notice Requirement by by Matthew T. Clarke A Texas state court of appeals has ruled that the safety investigation and accident report of an accident in which a prisoner was injured gave the prison system actual notice of the prisoner's claim as required …
Alabama DOC Quickly Settles Prison Working Conditions Suit by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On January 8, 2002, a scant two months after being sued, Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) officials settled a class action complaint filed on behalf of 200 prison workers at the Elmore Correctional Facility …
Florida Prisoner Sues for Contracting HIV by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Florida prisoner Richard James Randles filed simultaneous state and federal lawsuits alleging guard B.D. Hester ordered him, on three separate occasions, to clean up blood from other prisoners who had accidentally wounded themselves or attempted suicide at …
$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 …
Wyoming Prison Officials Settle Poisoning and Medical Suits for over $200,000 by Wyoming Prison Officials Settle Poisoning And Medical Suits for over $200,000 In August 2000, Wyoming officials agreed to settle two consolidated cases for $200,000 in damages, costs, and attorney fees. The cases were filed in a Wyoming federal …
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