PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia correctional officer who alleged she faced sexual harassment, discrimination and retaliation on the job, voluntarily dismissed her own case without prejudice three days after bringing it in federal court, and then refiled the complaint in state court.
PHILADELPHIA – A longtime officer in Philadelphia’s Department of Prisons says she suffered professional retaliation when she spoke out publicly against conditions in local correctional institutions during the COVID-19, conditions which she says had become “horrifying.”
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has partially dismissed two claims from a suit filed by a local corrections officer who claimed that his First Amendment rights were violated, when he was disciplined for speech made in a Facebook post to call for a rally in response to payroll policy breaches.
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PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia disciplined a corrections officer for a Facebook post in which he called for a rally in response to payroll policy breaches, arguing that its interest in maintaining order among its prison control staff outweighs its interest in the plaintiff’s constitutional rights.