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Employee accuses Pennsylvania Corrections Department of ADA violation
PITTSBURGH — An employee is suing the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections for alleged violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. -
Inmates can continue Hepatitis C class action lawsuit against Pa. DOC
A federal judge partially granted a motion for summary judgment in a class action lawsuit involving medical care to prison inmates with Hepatitis C viral infections. -
Commonwealth Court: State inmate has no constitutional right to possess pornography
A Pennsylvania appeals court has ruled that a state inmate has no constitutional right to have mail-order pornography delivered to his prison cell, according to a decision filed on April 10 in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. -
Inmate loses asbestos case after alleging exposure at SCI-Rockview
HARRISBURG – The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a ruling dismissing a State Correctional Institute at Rockview inmate’s Eighth Amendment conditions of confinement, negligence and fraud claims, according to an opinion filed Feb. 6 by Judge Anne E. Covey. -
Inmate's religious freedom allegation over less choir practice thrown out; Dissenting judge says case not frivolous
HARRISBURG — A prison inmate's allegations that Pennsylvania Department of Correction officials are infringing on his religious practices were upheld as frivolous by the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court in a 2-1 ruling handed down May 1. -
Pennsylvania DOC did not discriminate against former employee, Third Circuit says
PHILADELPHIA – A plaintiff’s appeal to the dismissal of his complaint for failure to state a claim for discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and age discrimination under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) has been rejected by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. -
Many possible factors led to racial discrimination case against Dept. of Corrections, advocate says
HARRISBURG – Any number of factors could have played into the alleged racial discrimination that resulted in a former Pennsylvania Department of Corrections director of equal employment opportunity’s decision to file a lawsuit against the department and individual defendants, according to Workplace Fairness senior adviser Paula Brantner. -
Pennsylvania inmate seeks to stop publication of book
A Pennsylvania Department of Corrections inmate is suing to stop the publication of a book he claims will hurt his chances for parole. -
Former detainee sues correctional facility for allegedly causing Legionnaires outbreak
A former inmate is suing several employees of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections and a company responsible for maintaining the air conditioning units at the medium-security correctional facility where he was incarcerated, claiming that he and more than 60 other detainees were infected with Legionnaires disease because of improper sanitation of those units. Raymond Bernard filed a lawsuit June 17 in the U.S. -
Commonwealth Court: denial of kosher meals does not violate inmate's religious rights
The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections would not be violating a Muslim prisoner's -
Commonwealth Court panel: Corrections Dept. didn't violate rights of Nation of Islam members
A Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court panel has sustained in part, and denied in part -
Pa. Dept. of Corrections sued for wrongful termination
A former secretary for Pennsylvania’s Department of Corrections is suing the agency over claims that her firing after four years of employment was related to her requesting special accommodations due to her rheumatoid arthritis. -
Judge refuses to dismiss newspapers' suit against Corrections Dept. over restricted access to executions
U.S. District Judge Yvette Kane -
On eve of inmate execution, newspapers' suit against DOC may halt lethal injection
In just two day’s time, convicted murderer Hubert L. Michael, Jr., who pleaded guilty in -
Pa. newspapers sue commonwealth over limited access to prisoner executions
Two prominent Pennsylvania daily newspapers are embroiled in litigation against the -
Jerry Sandusky must register as sex offender, if ever released from prison, judge rules
Jerry Sandusky, the onetime defensive coordinator for the Penn State Nittany Lions who -
Pro se inmates can proceed on limited discovery in case against prison system, judge rules
A federal judge in Philadelphia has granted a motion by four prison inmates to proceed on limited discovery in their collective action against the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, which alleges that the agency either denied or delayed them medical treatment. -
Pa. Dept. of Corrections properly deducted money from inmate's account, appellate court rules
A state appellate court panel has ruled in favor of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections and others who were being sued by a prison inmate who claimed that officials were deducting money from his personal account without a court order. -
Judge tosses suit alleging HIV-positive man was denied prison kitchen job
A federal judge has granted a motion for summary judgment that had been filed by Chester County Prison stemming from a lawsuit the corrections institution was facing by a former inmate who alleged he was prevented from working in the prison kitchen because of his HIV-positive status. -
Prison inmate who fractured spine in sleepwalking episode sues Pa. Dept. of Corrections
A former state prison inmate has filed suit against the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections alleging the fractured spinal column he sustained after falling from his cell bunk during a sleepwalking episode was due to the fact that prison officials ignored his request for ground-level bedding.