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CA Inmate Files Hate Crime Lawsuit Against Prison System [picture, Video]
Courtesy California Department of Corrections and Rehabiltation
Former inmate Glenn Towery is suing the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation over becoming infected with valley fever while incarcerated in Delano. His attorney is arguing the state violated a hate crime law.
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has ruled that a black former prison inmate can allege violation of a hate crime law in litigation over becoming infected with valley fever while incarcerated in Kern County.
It’s a novel and unprecedented use of the Bane Act, California’s civil rights statute.
The lawsuit, filed April 2, argues the state “recklessly” exposed Glenn Towery to valley fever by placing him in facilities known to have high infection rates among racial minorities. Towery served 15 years in North Kern State Prison and Kern Valley State Prison, both in Delano
Towery was free but not without scars, deliberately exposed to Valley Fever
Jul 24, 2015 — Petition to stop abuse on people of color deliberate exposure to Valley Fever, which is terminal, there is no cure. New petition. Please sign. Stop abuse and the attempt to cause male AA to become extinct.
