Labor & Employment Law

Maine: A former guard calls for prison reform
Time for a clean sweep? A former guard calls for prison reform By LANCE TAPLEY | July 23, 2008 In early 2007, Rhonda Dawson, a thoughtful, candid, 45-year-old African-American guard at the Maine State Prison in Warren, quit her job...

Private prison guard gets jail for sex with inmate www.privateofficer.com
Private prison guard sent to jail for sex with inmate www.privateofficer.com YUBA CITY, Calif. May 26 2008 A 45-year-old man has been sentenced to 120 days in jail for having sex with a female prisoner while working as a guard at a privately run prison in Live Oak...

The Great Escape from El Dorado!
Remember our old friend Amber Lynn Goff, a prison guard who helped two inmates escape from the El Dorado prison last year? (Distressingly, the exact opposite of what a prison guard is supposed to do...

Ga. prison guard arrested for drugs, sex with inmate www.privateofficer.com
Ga. prison guard arrested for drugs, sex with inmate www.privateofficer.com FORSYTH, Ga. April 28 2008 By: Rick McCann Ntl. Assoc. Private Officers www.privateofficer.com Authorities say that a prison guard has been arrested this week and is behind bars after being charged with five felonies, including having sex with an inmate and trying to sell marijuana to work...

Security guard gets prison in jewel heist www.privateofficer.com
Jewelry store security guard gets prison in jewel heist www.privateofficer.com Richmond VA. March 23 2008 A jewelry store security guard turned diamond thief is between a rock and a hard place...

Prison guard arrested for cell phone incident www.privateofficer.com
Prison guard arrested for cell phone incident www.privateofficer.com PENDLETON IN. May 22 2008 A Pendleton prison guard was arrested Friday for allegedly smuggling a cell phone for an inmate...

The Civil Rights Act of 1871
Law bans discrimination enacted under color of state law

Discrimination
Federal laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability

Immigration Related Employment Discrimination & Unfair Labor Practices
What to do about employers who discriminate because of national origin

FAA
Signficant Lack of Oversight in Airline Maintenance

US Coast Guard
Switlik Marine Life Rafts Recalled

National Guard
Sangamon County agrees to $20,000 wrongful arrest settlement.

Drive Through Discrimination
Jack-in-the Box pays undisclosed racial discrimination settlement to two customers.

Housing Buyer Discrimination
White homeowner settles $30,000 buyer-discrimination lawsuit.

American State Bank Discrimination
$225,000 settlement reached in hiring discrimination lawsuit.