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Fourth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Virginia Prisoner’s Religious Freedom Suit by The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a Virginia prisoner’s civil rights action that raised claims related to his religious practices and medical care. Prisoner Jesus Emmanuel Jehovah’s complaint alleged prison officials violated his free exercise …
Lieutenant Gable v. Howard County MD Sheriff's Office, MD, Decision and Order, Employment Discrimination, 2016 HOW ARD COUNTY OFFICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS DECISION AND ORDER * IN THE MATTER OF: * * Lieutenant Charles M. Gable 5304 Tims Cou1t Ellicott City, MD 21043 Complainant * * * Howard County MD …
Publication • August 26, 2016
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries
Toxic Sweat Shops - How UNICOR Prison Recycling Harms Workers, Communities, the Environment, and the Recycling Industry, CEH, 2006 TOXIC SWEATSHOPS: How UNICOR Prison Recycling Harms Workers, Communities, the Environment, and the Recycling Industry Center for Environmental Health Prison Activist Resource Center Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition Computer TakeBack Campaign October …
Article • August 25, 2016
Texas Correctional Industries Gives Prisoners Work Skills by With factories employing 5,200 prisoners at 37 Texas prisons, Texas Correctional Industries (TCI) is a large operation. It is also a diversified operation with furniture factories, computer repair facilities, soap and detergent factories, metal fabrication facilities, boot and shoe manufacturing plants, sign …
Article • August 25, 2016
Filed under: Prison Labor
Wisconsin Uses Prisoner Workers to Cut Labor Costs by Derek Gilna The recent news that Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker was planning to utilize prisoners to perform work previously done by state employees has ignited controversy from those who feel that such work will reduce the number of public employees. In …
Publication • August 25, 2016
Review of Farm Operations, Arkansas Legislative Audit, 2016 Special Report Arkansas Legislative Audit Review of Farm Operations Arkansas Department of Correction – Agriculture Division For the Period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015 INTRODUCTION This report is issued in response to a request, approved by the Executive Committee of …
Article • August 24, 2016
Alabama Ends Prison Farming Operations by Citing lack of profit, the Alabama Correctional Industries (ACI) ended its farming operations; ACI was formalized in 1976 with the “Prison-Made Goods Act.” It had been unprofitable for years leading up to the restructuring announced in 2007. “I want ACI to be a profit …
Article • August 19, 2016
Contractor Slow-Plays Nevada DOC for Cheap Prison Labor by After a deadbeat Las Vegas steel contractor lied about paying his bill for cheap prison labor, Nevada legislators called his bluff.             Randy Bulloch, the president of Alpine Steel, told a state committee on Sept. 28, 2012 that he'd just secured …
Article • August 19, 2016
Filed under: Prison Labor
Arkansas Prisons: Opening their Gates for Business by Two businesses are thriving thanks to its use of prisoner slave labor. On the bright side, the program is helping some prisoners financially.             Since 2007, the Private Industry Enhancement (PIE) program has allowed two manufacturers, Glove Corp (GC) and electronics manufacturer …
Tenorio v. San Miguel County Detention Center, NM, First Amended Complaint, Harassment, 2016 Case 1:15-cv-00349-LF-JHR Document 128 Filed 08/16/16 Page 1 of 24 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO ESTRELLA TENORIO, Plaintiff, v. Case No. SAN MIGUEL COUNTY DETENTION CENTER, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF …
Article • August 11, 2016
Prisoners Bitten by Prison Dogs Snag Settlements from Ohio DOC by Derek Gilna Archie Wilder and Andrew Doan, prisoners in the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections, both had the misfortune of being bitten by dogs participating in prison training programs. Both filed suit in the Ohio Court of Claims, …
Article • August 10, 2016
Start-Up Apparel Company Rests Its Fortunes on Back of Prisoner Labor by David Reutter A new company, Tight Lines Y’all, has started operations thanks to the availability of prisoner labor to produce its signature items. When Terry Lewis became inspired to start a company he faced the usual obstacles of …
Article • August 10, 2016
Prisoner’s Master Carpenter Skills Nets Opportunity to Serve and Receive Freedom by David Reutter A Virginia man who was sentenced to prison in several counties has avoided being sent to prison, and his skill set is being attributed to remaining in jail and release. Lawrence “Junior” Wood faced 36 different …
Article • August 10, 2016
Federal Prison Industries Fortunes Continue to Sink by Derek Gilna Anyone who has been paying attention the past several months is aware that the public’s perception of the federal government’s ability to manage its affairs in an orderly fashion has been plummeting. Therefore, no one should be the slightest bit …
Publication • August 10, 2016
One Dollar Per Day: The Slaving Wages of Immigration Jail Work Programs, Stevens, 2011 ONE DOLLAR PER DAY: THE SLAVING WAGES OF IMMIGRATION JAIL WORK PROGRAMS A History and Legal Analysis, 1943 - present Jacqueline Stevens, Professor Political Science and Legal Studies Advisory Board Director, Deportation Research Clinic Buffett Center …
Article • August 9, 2016
Filed under: Work, Prison Labor
Reporter 'Breaks' 25-Year-Old Story on N.Y. Prison Call Centers by Local TV reporters often overcome slow news days by spreading paranoia at someone else's expense, before telling viewers to stop being so paranoid. Reporter Dave McKinley of Buffalo, N.Y.'s WGRZ-TV followed that familiar script in October 2012 when he broke …
Article • August 5, 2016
INS Detainees Not Entitled to Protections and Wages under Federal Fair Labor Standards Act by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has adopted a lower court’s judgment that held that Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) alien detainees were not employees a defined by the Fair Labor Standards …
OSHA Cites Corizon for Inadequate Workplace Safety on Rikers Island by Matthew Clarke Listing numerous instances of its medical, mental health and dentistry employees being assaulted by Rikers Island prisoners, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Corizon Health, Inc. for willful violation of Section 5(a)(1) of the …
Publication • August 3, 2016
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries
The Evolution of Private Party Liability for Civil Rights Violations, Rockefeller Law Center, (undated) THE EVOLUTION OF PRIVATE PARTY LIABILITY IN 42 U.S.C. § 1983 CAUSES OF ACTION – A CONSTANTLY SHIFTING LEGAL ENVIRONMENT A. Jam es Rockefeller, Esq. jim @rockefellerlawcenter.com www.rockefellerlawcenter.com Rockefeller Law Center, P.C. W arner Robins, Georgia …
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
Popular New Snack Born Behind Bars by In 2009, Seth Sundberg was sentenced to five years for a fraudulent $5 million tax refund. The former pro basketball player had managed a California mortgage office and went from a comfortable living in the real estate industry to earning $5.25 a month …
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