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Sheriff Ordered to Reinstate Contractors’ Security Clearances to Remedy Retaliation for Blanket Strip-Search Litigation by Sheriff Ordered to Reinstate Contractors’ Security Clearances to Remedy Retaliation for Blanket Strip-Search Litigation A Virginia federal district court ordered a sheriff to reinstate the security clearances of six contractors after it found the Sheriff …
Center for American Progress - One Strike and You’re Out, 2014 One Strike and You’re Out How We Can Eliminate Barriers to Economic Security and Mobility for People with Criminal Records By Rebecca Vallas and Sharon Dietrich December 2014 W W W.AMERICANPROGRESS.ORG One Strike and You’re Out How We Can …
Article • October 10, 2014
New Mexico Guard Sues Over Termination for Medical Marijuana Use by New Mexico Guard Sues Over Termination for Medical Marijuana Use A former New Mexico jail guard and veteran of the Iraq war is suing the county where he was employed after being fired for a positive drug test, even …
Article • October 10, 2014 • from PLN October, 2014
“Ban the Box” Movement Spreads Nationwide by Joe Watson “Ban the Box” Movement Spreads Nationwide by Joe Watson Prisoner advocacy groups are hailing recent successes in “Ban the Box” campaigns to remove questions related to criminal records from employment applications, and say they hope to expand the movement even further …
Brief • August 8, 2012
Filed under: Employee Searches
U.S. v. HireRight Solutions, DC, Complaint, FTC-FCRA violation background checks, 2012 Case 1:12-cv-01313 Document 1 Filed 08/08/12 Page 1 of 11 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA __________________________________________ ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) ) HIRERIGHT SOLUTIONS, INC. …
Article • May 15, 2011
Eight Circuit: Random Search of Guards' Cars May Violate Fourth Amendment by On July 9, 2010, the Eighth Circuit court of appeals held that randomly searching guards' cars parked in a prison parking lot to which prisoners have no unsupervised access may violate the Fourth Amendment. Brian True, a former …
Article • May 15, 2009
Washington DOC Guard's Pay Reduced After Bringing Loaded Weapon To Work by Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) guard Sam Woods appealed a six month, ten percent reduction in pay for bringing a loaded weapon onto prison grounds. The reduction was affirmed. Woods became a guard at the Twin Rivers …
Maryland Prison Employees Strip Searched After False Alert by Drug Scanning Machine by Derick Limberg Maryland Prison Employees Strip Searched After False Alert by Drug Scanning Machine by Derek Limburg Nine prison employees at the Maryland Correctional Training Center (MCTC) received the same treatment as prisoners upon their arrival at …
Article • June 15, 2008
Florida DOC Can't Inspect Guards' Homes in Workers' Compensation Case by Numerous guards at the Volusia County (Florida) Department of Corrections (DOC) filed for Workers' Compensation in state court after being exposed to toxic molds while at work. The DOC moved for an order compelling inspection of the guards' homes …
Brief • February 25, 2008
Filed under: Employee Searches
Myrdal v. District of Columbia, DC, Opinion, Employee Searches, 2008 Case 1:05-cv-02351-RCL Document 75 Filed 02/25/08 Page 1 of 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ____________________________________ ) MARILYN SEABROOKS MYRDAL, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 05-2351 (RCL) ) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, …
Article • May 15, 2007
Prison Employees Clearing Security Constitutes Paid Work Time by The Maryland Court of Appeals upheld an Administrative Law Judge's decision that the state prison could not force employees to use personal leave time to undergo searches while entering and leaving prison property. Kathleen Palmer and other employees of the Eastern …
Indiana DOC Employee's 4th Amendment Rights Not Violated by Mandatory Psych Evaluation by Kristin Greenawalt, a research analyst for the Indiana Department of Corrections for two years, was suddenly required to submit to a psychological examination or lose her job. She submitted to the exam, which lasted two hours and …
Qualified Immunity for Body Cavity Search of Prison Guard by The plaintiff correctional employee was subjected to a visual body cavity search after a prisoner informant said that the employee was going to smuggle in some drugs in a tampon. Conducting the search was within the outer perimeter of the …