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Florida's Private Prison Industry Corporation Under Siege
by David M. Reutter
As early as 1980, drugstore mogul Jack Eckerd was convinced a private company could provide higher profits to Florida if it ran the state's Prison Industries. After Eckerd's lobbying of the Florida Legislature, that Legislature enacted laws to create Prison Rehabilitative Industries and Diversified Enterprises (PRIDE) …
As early as 1980, drugstore mogul Jack Eckerd was convinced a private company could provide higher profits to Florida if it ran the state's Prison Industries. After Eckerd's lobbying of the Florida Legislature, that Legislature enacted laws to create Prison Rehabilitative Industries and Diversified Enterprises (PRIDE) …
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- Florida's Private Prison Industry Corporation Under Siege, by David Reutter
- Is There A Winning Argument Against Excessive Rates For Collect Calls From Prisoners?, by John E Dannenberg
- Prison Needle Exchanges Around the World, by Julie Falk
- Latest Honduran Prison Massacre: "Homies Were Burning Alive", by Tom Hayden
- Texas "Gang Expert" Indicted for Sex Assaults
- Ex-Rikers Island Chief Indicted
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
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- Don't Build It Here - The Hype Versus the Reality of Prisons and Local Employment, by Clayton Mosher
- Washington Jail Settles Wrongful Death Suit For $1.6 Million, by Michael Rigby
- California Initiative To Soften "3-Strikes" Law Defeated; DNA Collection From Arrestees Approved
- Washington Prison's Water System and Meat Contaminated With Feces, by Roger Smith
- Qualified Immunity Denied to Supervising Driver's License Examiner in Oklahoma Prisoner's Rape, by David Reutter
- New York Prisoner's Retaliation Suit Remanded for Trial
- HIV Is Occupational Disease for Connecticut Prison Guards
- DNA Profiling of Conditionally Released Federal Offenders Upheld, by John E Dannenberg
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- Washington ISRB Departure From Standard Sentencing Range Upheld
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- Texas Supreme Court clarifies Procedures For Civil Court Prisoner Appearances
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- Kansas Supreme Court Upholds Gift Subscription Ban
- Non-Contact Visits for Pennsylvania Sex Offenders Upheld
- Total Confinement: Madness and Reason in the Maximum Security Prison, by David C Fathi
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- Verdict for Other Defendants Cannot Negate Jury Question of Warden's Liability in Transsexual's Assault, by John E Dannenberg
- Illinois ETS Injury Claim Allowed To Proceed; Out-of-State Legal Materials Ordered Provided, by John E Dannenberg
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- Fifth Circuit Greenlights Federal Takeover of Mississippi Jail, Aug. 1, 2025
- Ninth Circuit Revives Prisoner’s Claim Based on Guard’s Thwarting of Administrative Remedies, Aug. 1, 2025
- Tenth Circuit Ruling Paves Way for $2.7 Million Settlement for Intellectually Disabled Jail Detainee Raped by Sheriff, Aug. 1, 2025
- Ninth Circuit Agrees That Former Guantanamo Detainee Lacks Grounds to Sue for Waterboarding, Aug. 1, 2025
- Qualified Immunity Denied for Iowa Prison Doctor’s MRI Delay for Non-Medical Reasons, Aug. 1, 2025
- Ninth Circuit: Continuing-Violations Doctrine Applies for PLRA Administrative Exhaustion Purposes, Aug. 1, 2025
- First Circuit: Prosecutor’s Breach of Plea Agreement Requires Government’s Specific Performance of Agreement, Not Specific Performance by District Court, Aug. 1, 2025
- Oregon Prisoners Can Now Seek Economic Damages for Future Lost Income More Easily, July 15, 2025
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- Fifth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Louisiana Officials Who Forced Prisoner to Work with Broken Surgical Screws in Ankle, May 1, 2025. Prison Labor, Qualified Immunity, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified, Deliberate Indifference, Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
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- Washington Prisoners Prep for Firefighting Career After Release, Jan. 15, 2025. Prison Labor, Education, Post-release, ex-offender, re-entry, jobs, Emergency Aid Doctrine.
- California Supreme Court: Jail Detainees Not Entitled to Minimum Wage, or Any Wages, Dec. 15, 2024. Prison Labor, Fair Labor Standards Act.
- Angola Prisoners Granted Limited Relief From “Farm Line” Work, Nov. 15, 2024. Prison Labor, Grounds for Relief, Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
- Rural Areas Increasingly Reliant on Imprisoned Emergency Responders, Oct. 15, 2024. Prison Labor, Fire Hazards, Rural Prisons, Fair Labor Standards Act.
- German High Court Finds Low Prisoner Wages Unconstitutional, Sept. 15, 2024. Prison Labor, Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

