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| Wash. state prison guards reinstated with back pay |
| By seattlepi.com |
| Published: 07/10/2013 |
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SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington Department of Corrections was wrong to fire three corrections officers and demote a sergeant for their actions around the time a guard was killed in a prison chapel two years ago, an arbitrator has ruled. Prison officials had accused the guards of misconduct, dereliction of duty and of purposely misleading investigators in the death of officer Jayme Biendl, who was strangled by a prisoner at the Monroe Correctional Complex. In an award signed Sunday, arbitrator Michael Cavanaugh ruled in favor of an appeal from the Teamsters union. He ordered the reinstatement of the three officers and the sergeant with back pay and benefits. Three of the four should have been reprimanded, not fired or demoted, and the fourth should not have been disciplined at all, he said. Cavanaugh noted that investigations by the state Department of Labor and Industries and the National Institute of Corrections found systemic problems in the prison's procedures and equipment, as well as a widespread culture of complacency among supervisors and managers. Read More. |
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