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 corrections officer who claimed that his First Amendment rights were violated when he was disciplined for a Facebook post calling for a rally in response to payroll policy breaches, has settled with the City of Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia has cited the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act in denying responsibility and liability for claims asserted 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.
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.