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Seventh Circuit: No Minimum Wage for Civilly Committed Sex Offenders by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that civilly committed sexually violent offenders are not entitled to minimum wage for the labor they perform. After serving his prison sentence, Paschall L. Sanders, III, was civilly committed to a secure …
Article • March 15, 2013 • from PLN March, 2013
Nevada Prison Industries Exploiting Businesses and Workers by Bob Sloan THE USE OF PRISON LABOR HAS BEEN increasing throughout the nation for the past fifteen-plus years. More and more factories are being built behind prison fences, with thousands of prisoner-made products sold to consumers annually – including apparel, processed foods, …
Article • March 15, 2013 • from PLN March, 2013
British Call Center Fires Employees to Hire Prison Slave Labor by A British company in Wales reportedly fired 17 of its call center employees to make room for prisoners that it pays just £3 a day—or less than $5.00. Beginning in December 2011, at least 23 prisoners were bussed in …
Article • October 15, 2012
California: Joint Venture Program Compensates Crime Victims by On December 12, 2011, pursuant to the Prison Inmate Labor Initiative of 1990, better known as the Joint Venture Program, San Quentin State Prison officials donated a total of $38,232 to seven Bay Area nonprofit agencies that provide services to victims of …
“Voluntary” Work Program in Private Detention Centers Pays Detained Immigrants $1 a Day by Yana Kunichoff In the Stewart Detention Center in rural Lumpkin, Georgia, Pedro Guzman cleaned the communal areas, cooked, painted walls, ran paperwork and buffed floors. But Guzman was not brought into Stewart as an employee – …
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
Maryland Women Prisoners Sew Commemorative 1812 Flags by In July 2011, prisoners at the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women in Jessup were busy sewing 1812-style flags to be flown at Maryland public buildings. The plan was to replace the state’s old flags with the 1812-style flags, which have 15 stars …
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
Texas Legislator Uses Prisoner-Made Goods as Gifts for Campaign Contributors by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke When Republican Texas State Representative Debbie Riddle scheduled her “Riddle Executive Leadership Summit” at the Lanier Theological Library in August 2011, the agenda mentioned several “esteemed discussion leaders,” a buffet reception and special gifts …
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
Washington State Court of Appeals Holds Payments to Class II Prison Workers Are “Wages” for Time-Loss Compensation Calculations by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 13, 2011, a Washington state Court of Appeals held that money paid to Class II prison workers counted as “wages” for purposes of calculating …
God’s Own Warden: If you ever find yourself inside Louisiana’s Angola prison, Burl Cain will make sure you find Jesus – or regret ever crossing his path by James Ridgeway God’s Own Warden: If you ever find yourself inside Louisiana’s Angola prison, Burl Cain will make sure you find Jesus …
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
Filed under: Work, Prison Labor
Work Crews Salvage Georgia Prison Contract by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Augusta City Commission voted in July 2011 to extend a contract with the Georgia Department of Corrections to house state prisoners at the city-owned Richmond County Correctional Institution (RCCI), despite the city facing a $9 million …
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
Prison Slave Labor Replaces Freeworld Workers in Down Economy by David Reutter The fact that prison slave labor can cut costs and generate revenue has never been a secret. Private businesses nationwide are vying to exploit prisoner workers to reduce operating expenses and gain a competitive advantage, while government agencies …
Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012
Ohio Facility is Recycling Trash, Saving Money Thanks to Prisoners’ Slave Labor by Joe Watson Recycling was a foreign concept to Randy Cantebury, a training officer at the medium-security Marion Correctional Institute (MCI) in Marion, Ohio. In early 2011, MCI prisoners told Cantebury, who runs the facility’s gardening and aquatic …
Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012
Fourth Circuit Remands Prisoner’s Equal Protection Claim by Michael Brodheim by Mike Brodheim On March 17, 2011, in an unpublished per curiam decision, the Fourth Circuit remanded a prisoner’s equal protection claim that alleged black prisoners were routinely ordered to perform more degrading tasks than their white counterparts, and that …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Filed under: Work, Prison Labor
Agreement Between Florida DOC and DOT Steals 1,000 Freeworld Jobs by David Reutter With an economic malaise still affecting the nation, millions of people are looking for work. Florida is among the states that have seen job losses over the past four years, and ex-cons are especially hard-pressed to find …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Filed under: Work, Prison Labor
Arizona Ranchers Use Prison Labor to Construct Erosion-Prevention Dams by Whitewater Draw near McNeal, Arizona is a unique desert wetland with a shallow lake that hosts thousands of Sandhill Cranes and other water fowl. Water comes to the 600-acre wildlife area from the mountains that ring Sulfur Springs Valley. However, …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Prisoners Contribute to Flood Control Efforts in Louisiana by In May 2011, as the rising Mississippi River threatened to flood vast stretches of riverfront territory, Louisiana prisoners from a number of parishes, including East Carroll, Madison, Tensas, Pointe Coupee and Concordia, filled sandbags in an effort to save lives, buildings …
Fight Brewing Between County Jails and Private Prisons in Kentucky by A bill introduced in the Kentucky legislature proposed removing approximately 3,500 Class D state prisoners currently held in county jails and transferring them to private prisons owned and operated by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). Opponents claimed the bill …
Article • January 15, 2012 • from PLN January, 2012
Filed under: Work, Prison Labor
California Prison Industry Authority Offers to Replace Offensive Grave Markers by Over fifty years ago, during the construction of Folsom Dam, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers needed to relocate graves from a California grave site known as Negro Hill Cemetery. The Corps moved the graves in 1954. It even …
Article • January 15, 2012 • from PLN January, 2012
Filed under: Work, Prison Labor
Prisoners Contribute to Flood Control Efforts in Louisiana by In May 2011, as the rising Mississippi River threatened to flood vast stretches of riverfront territory, Louisiana prisoners from a number of parishes, including East Carroll, Madison, Tensas, Pointe Coupee and Concordia, filed sandbags in an effort to save lives, buildings …
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
Filed under: Work, Prison Labor
Requests for Hawaiian Prisoner Workers Soar Due to Poor Economy by David Reutter by David M. Reutter As budgets for nonprofit groups, schools, churches and state and city agencies have been squeezed, requests for Hawaii prison work crews to help with repair and maintenance projects have increased exponentially. Prison officials …
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