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Publication • September 3, 2015
California Dept. Of Corrections and Rehabilitation And Dept. Of Forestry and Fire Protection Conservation Camp Program, 2015 STATE OF CALIFORNIA —DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION AND DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION EDMUND G. BROWN JR., GOVERNOR Conservation Camp Program Since 1946, the Conservation Camp Program has been a success …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Kentucky Jail Prisoners Make Mattresses by David Reutter Kentucky Jail Prisoners Make Mattresses by David Reutter The Daviess County Detention Center (DCDC) in Western Kentucky has a program that uses prisoners to manufacture mattresses. The program is expected to save the 700-bed facility $10,000 a year and provide a service …
Article • July 31, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
UK Prison Cook Awarded $160,000 for Back Injury by Derek Gilna UK Prison Cook Awarded $160,000 for Back Injury by Derek Gilna HM Swansea Prison catering manager Susan Cox, 46, was awarded over £100,000 (about $160,000) following an incident in which a sack of rice accidentally fell on her back. …
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
Filed under: Prison Labor
Brits Alarmed to Learn Prisoners Work as Insurance Telemarketers by Joe Watson Brits Alarmed to Learn Prisoners Work as Insurance Telemarketers by Joe Watson Some knickers are in a bunch over revelations that prisoners in Great Britain are working as telemarketers for an insurance company. Prisoners at two facilities – …
Article • June 30, 2015
Prisoners Ferried in to Maintain Island for Washington’s Sex Offenders by Joe Watson Prisoners Ferried in to Maintain Island for Washington’s Sex Offenders by Joe Watson Washington’s Department of Corrections has begun ferrying in mainland prisoners to clean up and maintain an old island lockup, while the sex offenders who …
Brief • June 23, 2015
Wilder v. OH DOC, OH, Complaint, inmate dog bit injury, 2015 e -, FILED COURT OF CL.l\li,lS Of OHiO +' i "I. THE COURT OF CLAIMS OF OHIO . 2015 JUN 23 AM 10: 41 Ca~e 'r2. 0 15 - QQ59 7 Archie Wilder 414-917 Inst. Mansfield Correction~! I 1150 …
Publication • 2015
Emancipate the FLSA, Article on Prison Labor, Patrice A. Fulcher, 2015 EMANCIPATE THE FLSA: TRANSFORM THE HARSH ECONOMIC REALITY OF WORKING INMATES PATRICE A. FULCHER* ABSTRACT Prisoner labor is a booming American industry. The 2.3 million people in the United States of America (“U.S.”) behind bars serve as human resources …
Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Filed under: Prison Labor
Maine Jail Raises Pigs to Feed Prisoners, Expands Organic Farm by Maine Jail Raises Pigs to Feed Prisoners, Expands Organic Farm The slop at the Somerset County Jail in East Madison, Maine is quite popular, at least among the jail’s porcine residents. To help feed the facility’s prisoners and cultivate …
Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Filed under: Prison Labor
Second Circuit: Requiring Pretrial Detainees to Perform Forced Labor Unconstitutional; $15,000 Settlement on Remand by Matthew Clarke Second Circuit: Requiring Pretrial Detainees to Perform Forced Labor Unconstitutional; $15,000 Settlement on Remand by Matt Clarke On August 3, 2012, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals held it is unconstitutional to force …
Brief • February 12, 2015
Whyte v. Suffolk County Sheriff's Department, MA, Class Action Complaint, failure to pay immigration detainee laborers, 2015 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS SUPERIOR COURT DEPARTMENT SUFFOLK, SS Civil Action No. ANTHONY WHYTE, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. SUFFOLK COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT and COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, Defendants. …
Article • January 13, 2015
Parker County, Texas Jail Uses Prisoners to Make Furniture by Parker County, Texas Jail Uses Prisoners to Make Furniture Larry Jergins, a certified jailer, has taught Parker County Jail trusties woodworking at a cabinet shop in Weatherford, Texas since the jail began a program of furniture making for county and …
Article • January 13, 2015
Local Officials Decry Economic Disaster from Closure of North Carolina Prison by Local Officials Decry Economic Disaster from Closure of North Carolina Prison North Carolina officials plan to close the Robeson Correctional Center (RCC) because the state’s prison population has declined by 10 percent. Local officials are urging state legislators …
Article • January 12, 2015
Prisoner Labor Used to Package Potatoes for Vermont Food Bank by Prisoner Labor Used to Package Potatoes for Vermont Food Bank   Theresa Snow, executive director of Salvation Farms, a nonprofit organization that works to make use of farm surpluses, dreamed up the idea of using prisoner labor to sort …
Brief • November 14, 2014
Menocal et al v. GEO Group, CO, Order on Mot for Interlocutory Apppeal, DHS ICE immigration forced labor minimum wage, 2015 Case 1:14-cv-02887-JLK Document 11-1 Filed 11/14/14 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 13 EXHIBIT A Case 1:14-cv-02887-JLK Document 11-1 Filed 11/14/14 USDC Colorado Page 2 of 13 5.8 Voluntary Work …
Brief • November 14, 2014
Menocal et al v. GEO Group, CO, Exhibits, DHS ICE immigration forced labor minimum wage, 2014 Case 1:14-cv-02887-JLK Document 11-1 Filed 11/14/14 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 13 EXHIBIT A Case 1:14-cv-02887-JLK Document 11-1 Filed 11/14/14 USDC Colorado Page 2 of 13 5.8 Voluntary Work Program I. Purpose and Scope …
Brief • November 14, 2014
Menocal et al v. GEO Group, CO, Def MTD, DHS ICE immigration forced labor minimum wage, 2014 Case 1:14-cv-02887-JLK Document 11 Filed 11/14/14 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 17 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 14-CV-02887-JLK-CBS ALEJANDRO MENOCAL, MARCOS BRAMBILA, GRISEL XAHUENTITLA, …
Brief • October 22, 2014
Filed under: Prison Labor
Menocal v. GEO Group, CO, Complaint, class action forced labor, 2014 Case 1:14-cv-02887 Document 1 Filed 10/22/14 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 21 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No.: ALEJANDRO MENOCAL, MARCOS BRAMBILA, GRISEL XAHUENTITLA, HUGO HERNANDEZ, LOURDES ARGUETA, JESUS GAYTAN, OLGA …
Article • September 20, 2014 • from PLN September, 2014
Modern-Day Slavery in America’s Prison Workforce by Beth Schwartzapfel Why can’t we embrace the idea that prisoners have labor rights? by Beth Schwartzapfel Laurie Hazen has bad taste in men. “They’re my downfall,” the 41-year-old jokes in her Massachusetts accent. “I have to really stay single.” An ex-boyfriend first introduced …
Article • September 20, 2014 • from PLN September, 2014
Filed under: Prison Labor
Prison Labor Boosts Wal-Mart’s Profits Despite Pledge by Derek Gilna Prison Labor Boosts Wal-Mart’s Profits Despite Pledge by Derek Gilna The supplier pledge for America’s largest retailer states: “Forced or prison labor will not be tolerated by Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart will not accept products from Vendor Partners who utilize in any …
Article • August 7, 2014 • from PLN August, 2014
Texas Correctional Industries: Providing Useful Work Skills or Slave Labor? by Texas Correctional Industries: Providing Useful Work Skills or Slave Labor? With factories employing more than 5,000 prisoners at 37 facilities, mostly in the eastern part of the state, Texas Correctional Industries (TCI) is a large and diversified operation. However, …
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