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WALL CITY, VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2: Class Action

October 21, 2019 by San Quentin News Contributor

ALMOST 25 YEARS AGO, PRISONER CHARISSE SHUMATE FILED A LAWSUIT TO REFORM THE SUBSTANDARD MEDICAL TREATMENT OF WOMEN IN CALIFORNIA’S PRISONS. IN … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted, WALL CITY Tagged With: class-action settlements, Wall City Magazine

Female correctional officers win lawsuit for hostile work environment

June 11, 2018 by William Tolbert

Joyce Zink started at San Quentin in 1972. In this 1973 photo, while working at Folsom State Prison, she’s wearing the newly adopted uniform.

Female correctional officers have won a $20 million settlement of a lawsuit claiming sexual harassment and a hostile work environment in federal … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal Tagged With: Center for Women and Work, class-action settlements, Dana Britton, Heidi Burakiewicz, Rutgers University, sexual harassment, Tammy Padgett, Taronica White, The Washington Post

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