Monday, October 25, 2021

CA PRISON LAWYER SUES PRISON SYSTEM

by Bob Walsh

A lawyer for the California Prison Industries Authority is suing the prison system for retaliation.

Jeff Sly (hell of a name for a lawyer) is the general counsel for he Prison Industries Authority.  His complaint asserts that Scott Walker, the former General Manager of CalPIA, harassed him and attempted to force him to retire in retaliation for a complaint he filed against Walker.

Sly has had his gig since 2006.  Walker took his (former) job in 2019.  Sly alleges that Walker was prone towards hostile and abuse conduct towards Sly on an ongoing, virtually continual basis.  He further asserts that Walker began to try to force him to retire almost from Walker's first days as general manager.

Sly complained to the Office of Internal Affairs and expressed concerns that he would be retaliated against for making the complaint.  He was assured that the complaint was strictly confidential.  A couple of months later Walker jacked Sly up in Walker's office, and played an audio clip from that "confidential" interview.

Off the top of my head I think that Sly has a real good case. 

1 comment:

Trey said...

Cha-Ching!