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Dudley v. Vagara, AZ, Settlement, Retaliation, 2016 , SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release (the "Agreement") 1s made between: (i) The Plaintiff Damian Dudley, ADC #-(hereinafter "Dudley"); and · (ii) the State of Arizona Defendants Edna Vergara and Alvato Roberts (hereinafter "State Defendants"). Plaintiff Dudley and State …
The New Slave Revolt by By Chris Hedges, TruthDig A nationwide prison work stoppage and hunger strike, begun on Sept. 9, the 45th anniversary of the Attica uprising, have seen over 20,000 prisoners in about 30 prisons do what we on the outside should do—refuse to cooperate. “We will not only …
Coker v. Ryan, AZ, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2016 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release ("Settlement Agreement") 1s entered into, on, by, and among LESLIE COKER individually (the "Plaintiff'); and the STATE OF ARIZONA ("the State") on behalf of Arizona Department of Corrections ("ADC") employee GILDARDO SANTA …
Prison Rodeos: A Bunch of Bull? by David Reutter Rarely does the public find anything entertaining about a person who has been convicted of a crime and sent to prison. That is not the case with prison rodeos, however, which draw people from all over the U.S. and even other …
Brief • December 7, 2016
Hacker v. Cain, LA, Statement of Interest, Cataract Removal, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA JASON HACKER, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 3:14-00063-JWD-EWD N. BURL CAIN, et al., Defendants. STATEMENT OF INTEREST OF THE UNITED STATES Plaintiff Jason Hacker alleges that officials at the …
White v. Lynch, FL, Settlement Agreement, Sexual Harassment Female Guards, 2016 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION Miami District Office Taronica White, et al., Complainants, v. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Department of Justice, Agency. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) EEOC No.: 510-2012-00077X Agency No.: BOP-2011-00528 …
"Work Therapy"—How the Salvation Army's Chain of Rehabs Exploits Unpaid Labor by By Kenneth Anderson, The Influence Normally when we hear about people who use drugs being sent to forced labor camps as so-called “addiction treatment,” we think of places like Vietnam, China or the former Soviet Union. Surely nothing …
A Primer on Prisoners’ Constitutional Rights by Alex Friedmann Prison Legal News (PLN) regularly reports on prison and jail-related court decisions involving violations of prisoners’ constitutional rights. Those who are new to the arena of civil rights litigation and unfamiliar with prisoners’ few remaining rights may need a basic introduction …
Rare Corporate Prosecution: West Virginia’s “King of Coal” Sentenced for Conspiracy in Mine Deaths by Don Blankenship, the former CEO of Massey Energy, conspired to “willfully violate mandatory mine health and safety standards” to maximize his personal profits, and on April 5, 2010, an explosion attributed to safety violations claimed …
Publication • November 3, 2016
National Center for Education Statistics - Highlights from the U.S. PIAAC Survey of Incarcerated Adults Their Skills, Work Experience, Education, and Training, 2014 Highlights from the U.S. PIAAC Survey of Incarcerated Adults: Their Skills, Work Experience, Education, and Training Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies: 2014 NCES 2016-040 …
Article • October 27, 2016
Former Prison Guard Escapes from Texas State Jail by Charlie Davis, Jr.--a former Texas prison guard--escaped from the Wheeler State Jail in Plainview, Texas, on October 27, 2014. Davis, 36, worked as a guard at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Clements Unit in Amarillo, a maximum-security prison, from April …
Ekman v. AZ, AZ, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2016 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, GENERAL RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS, AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT TIDS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, GENERAL RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS, AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT ("this Agreement") is intended by the parties as a release of all claims, known and unknown, past and present, and …
From the Editor by Paul Wright PLN has opposed the private prison industry since we began publishing in 1990; back then the industry was in its infancy, having started in 1983 in its modern incarnation. Besides the political and moral implications of farming out correctional functions to for-profit corporations, there …
Programmed to Kill: The Growing Epidemic of Cops Shooting Dogs by John W. Whitehead By John W. Whitehead, The Rutherford Institute - Commentary “In too much of policing today, officer safety has become the highest priority. It trumps the rights and safety of suspects. It trumps the rights and safety of …
Article • September 21, 2016
How inmates are organizing a nationwide strike from behind bars by Regina Willis By Regina Willis, Waging Nonviolence Whenever an inmate and a guard get into an altercation, Melvin Ray sees an opportunity to connect and educate. After stepping in and trying to de-escalate the situation, he’ll talk to his fellow …
GEO Group Fined More Than $100,000 (by OSHA) by Prison profiteer GEO Group was cited by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) in a June 2012 report with six safety and health violations—totaling $104,000 in fines—at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility, which the company formerly managed. OSHA said that, …
Article • September 9, 2016
Senator McConnell's Message to Unicor: Back Off by Derek Gilna When one of the most powerful United States Senators makes a suggestion, even a federal bureaucracy takes notice. Kurt Wilson, an executive with American Apparel, Inc., an Alabama company that makes military uniforms, and Michael Marsh of Kentucky-based Ashland Sales …
China Vows to Finance Mass Incarceration with Public Funds, Not Prison Profits by Despite its atrocious human rights record, China appears to be trying to ensure prisoner safety while at the same time properly financing its prisons. Wu Aiying, China's Minister of Justice, announced in April 2012 while addressing a …
New Mexico Community Custody House Arrestees Used to Clean Private Land by Matthew Clarke An investigation by Albuquerque television station KRQE revealed that Bernalillo County house arrestees who were assigned to wash cars, pick up trash and pull weeds as part of their community service spent close to the same …
Brown v. DPSCS, MD, Amended Complaint, Discrimination Against Blind Prisoners, 2016 Case 1:16-cv-00945-RDB Document 20 Filed 09/06/16 Page 1 of 33 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND ANTHONY BLUE STEVEN BROWN WILBERT DELANO GREGORY HAMMOND SEDRIC HOLLEY RUSSELL HOPKINS JOHNNIE JAMES TYRELL POLLEY MAYNARD SNEED …
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