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Prison Labor and Private Profit
Wall Street wheeler-dealer Irwin Jacobs, known as "Irv the Liquidator" for his leveraged-buyout exploits in the 1980s, is always looking to turn a profit. One of his current business ventures refurbishes and repackages items that customers have returned to retail stores. When Jacobs looks at the number of prisoners languishing …
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More from this issue:
- The Fundamental Right of Self-Defense in Prison, by Robert F Nelson
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- The Pelican Bay Factor, by Abdul Olugbala Shakur
- Notes from the Unrepenitentiary, by Laura Whitehorn
- Prison Tragedy Results in Settlement
- Overview, by National Prison Project
- Filing Fee Requirement Not Retroactive
- Louisiana Prison System Back Under Court Supervision
- PLRA Applied Retroactively to Filing Fees
- 2nd Circuit Applies PLRA to IFP Litigants
- Prior Frivolous Suits Count for PLRA
- PLRA Application to Mandamus Discussed
- PLRA Filing Fees Don't Apply to Habeas Petitions
- Three Strikes Applied
- A Matter of Fact
- Criminal Injustice: Confronting the Prison Crisis, by Daniel Burton-Rose
- State Moves to Lift Federal Court Order at Washington State Penitentiary, by David C Fathi
- Eight Corcoran Guards Fired, Five Reinstated
- Ohio "Eases" Prison Overcrowding
- Prison Labor and Private Profit, by Adrian Lomax
- WSR Smoking Suit Settled
- In Harms' Way: Texas Prisoner Shot
- Texas Taxes Spent on DCJ Luxuries
- Criminal Prosecutors Get Their Day In Court
- Publisher Entitled to Notice of Magazine Censorship
- Gas Chamber Found Unconstitutional
- Disciplinary Records Inadmissible Evidence
- No Right to Unmonitored Prison Calls
- Macing and Restraints State Eighth Amendment Claim
- Satanist Claim Goes to Trial
- Nevada Prisoners Have Liberty Interest in Disciplinary Hearings
- News in Brief
- Guard Caught Holding the Knife
More from Adrian Lomax:
- Prison Jobs and Free World Unemployment, May 15, 1998
- Stunning Revelations, Feb. 15, 1997
- Prison Labor and Private Profit, Nov. 15, 1996
- Old Friends Only, Nov. 15, 1995
- Police, Death and Inquests, Aug. 15, 1995
- Prison TV: Aid and Comfort to the Enemy, June 15, 1995
- Tommy's Jobs Program, May 15, 1995
- A Bunch of Scumbags, Dec. 15, 1993
- Report from the Hole, Nov. 15, 1993
- Supreme Court Strikes Blow Against Attorney Fees, March 15, 1993
More from these topics:
- Colorado Program Employs Prisoners as Professors, July 1, 2024. Work, Education, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Release and Reentry.
- Contemporary Slavery: The Not-So-Secret Practice of Forced Labor Inside U.S. Prisons, June 1, 2024. Prison Industries, Prison Labor, Workplace Injury, Work Conditions/Safety, Chain Gangs, Workers' Compensation.
- Criminal Justice Reform Becoming a Corporate Priority, May 15, 2024. Work, Inability to Work, Statistics/Trends.
- $10 Million Reimbursed for Vacated Washington Drug Possession Convictions, May 1, 2024. Work, jobs, Prior Convictions - Expungement or Reversal of, Fines.
- Research Shows It Makes Sense to Hire Individuals with Criminal Records, April 15, 2024. Resources, Work, Statistics/Trends, jobs.
- State Auditor Report Critical of Texas Prison Agribusiness, June 1, 2021. Prison Industries, Cost of Prison Systems.
- Idaho Supreme Court Holds Prisoners Have No Right to Paid or Unpaid Employment, Feb. 1, 2021. Work, Prison Labor, Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
- 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.
- Jail prisoners in West Virginia build flag boxes for families of veterans, Jan. 18, 2020. Work, Jail Specific, Veterans.

