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Prisoners as Workers: Court Defines Applicability of FLSA
By Ed Mead
Court Defines Applicability of Fair Labor Standards Act
Many years have passed since the era of liberal court rulings in the field of prisoners' rights. These ground-breaking decisions were handed down in the wake of a budding prisoners' movement, a movement led by the likes of George ...
Court Defines Applicability of Fair Labor Standards Act
Many years have passed since the era of liberal court rulings in the field of prisoners' rights. These ground-breaking decisions were handed down in the wake of a budding prisoners' movement, a movement led by the likes of George ...
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- Exposure to Secondary Smoke Can State Claim
- AIDS Patient Released from Jail
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- Women Prisoners Hold AIDS Walkathon
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- English Only Rule Not Applicable to Group Prayers
- New Prisoner Resource Guide Available
- Should You Tell a Potential Employer You're an Ex-Felon?, by John Adams
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- The Black Political Voice, by Gerald D Fuller
- Campaign of Repression, by Mumia Abu-Jamal
- Freedom for Puerto Rican POWs
- Prisoners as Workers: Court Defines Applicability of FLSA, by Ed Mead
- Solidarity with Revolutionary Prisoners
- Prisoners as Workers in Washington State: New Law Will Increase Exploitation, by Ed Mead
- Editorial, by Ed Mead
- CEML Update
- The Telephone Game
- News from Florida, by M L
- FLA Death Penalty Games, by Frank Valdez
- Grievance Appeals Necessary, by Leck II, Jack
- Prison Privatization in England
- MI Phone Rip Off, by B K
- The Collapse of the Brazilian Penal System, by Jayme Brenner
- German Geriatric Prison
- Guatemalan Prison Riot
- Death Squads and Prison Protests in Ecuador
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- Class Differences in Crime Control, Feb. 15, 1994
- Law of Medical Treatment Explained, Jan. 15, 1994
- Editorial, Jan. 15, 1994
- Gender Based Treatment Disparity Violates Equal Protection, Dec. 15, 1993
- Editorial, Nov. 15, 1993
- The Politics of Imprisonment, Nov. 15, 1993
- Prison Slavery Upheld, Again, Oct. 15, 1993
- Prisoners as Workers: Court Defines Applicability of FLSA, Sept. 15, 1993
- Prisoners as Workers in Washington State: New Law Will Increase Exploitation, Sept. 15, 1993
- Editorial, Sept. 15, 1993
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- State Auditor Report Critical of Texas Prison Agribusiness, June 1, 2021. Prison Industries, Cost of Prison Systems.
- $1.25 Million Settlement Against Tennessee County Over Sheriff’s Violations of Labor Law, Nov. 1, 2020. Settlements, Fair Labor Standards Act.
- Court Approves $1,250,000 Settlement in Suit Against Tennessee County for Fair Labor Violations, Sept. 1, 2020. Settlements, Fair Labor Standards Act.
- New Law in Maryland Reveals Pathetic Prison Wages, Sept. 1, 2020. Prison Industries, Disclosure of Records.
- As Coronavirus Spreads, New York Governor Exploits Prison Labor to Produce Hand Sanitizer, April 1, 2020. Prison Industries, Prison Labor, COVID-19.
- Alaska State Supreme Court Rules Due Process Afforded to Prisoners Seeking Laundry Job Reinstatement, Oct. 28, 2019. Searches, Money/Property, Fair Labor Standards Act, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights.
- Mississippi Prison Industry Program Faltering, CEO Fired, July 2, 2019. Prison Industries.