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Sixth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Federal Prisoner’s Bivens Claim, Discusses Inmate Accident Compensation Act by Derek Gilna On May 11, 2016, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s dismissal of a former prisoner’s civil rights action. Stephen Ted Koprowski, who was incarcerated at USP Ft. McCreary in …
Report: How Private Prison Companies Cut Corners to Generate Profit by Derek Gilna Private prison companies like Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and the GEO Group earn hundreds of millions of dollars each year, averaging between $2,771 and $3,366 in profit per prisoner based on 2014 data. According to In …
German Prisoners Form Union, Seek Minimum Wage and Pension by Joe Watson A group of prisoners in Germany has accomplished what American prisoners have long been prohibited from doing: They formed a labor union for incarcerated workers, to advocate for minimum wage pay so they can earn enough for a …
Prisoners in Chinese Labor Camps Send Pleas for Help in Exported Products by Joe Watson Chinese prisoners have used a novel, if not entirely secure, method of reporting human rights abuses, by stashing handwritten notes in the products they are forced to make inside prison sweatshops. Accounts of former prisoners …
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
Prison Conferences to be Held in Ohio, California by A conference described as “a Midwest convergence in support of prisoners’ struggles” is scheduled to be held in Columbus, Ohio from August 26-29. Titled “Bend the Bars 2016,” the event will consist of a series of workshops and discussions on issues …
Publication • July 26, 2016
The Prison Industry, Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, 2010 CENTER ON JUVENILE AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE DECEMBER 2010 www.cjcj.org Research Brief The Prison Industry by Randall G. Shelden, M.A, Ph.D Senior Research Fellow, Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice Funding was provided by a grant from the Fund for Nonviolence. …
Crowdfunding Projects Present Opportunities for Prisoners by Derek Gilna Kickstarter and other crowdfunding websites provide an interesting option for prisoners with imagination and originality to explore career-expanding opportunities, raise money and gain access to a commodity often in short supply behind bars – hope. Basically, crowdfunding involves developing online campaigns …
The Taste of Exploitation: Whole Foods Stops Carrying Products Made by Prisoners by Christopher Zoukis Visit the website for Haystack Mountain, a Colorado-based goat cheese manufacturer, and you will find information about fancy chèvre and other tasty products. The “Our People” section includes profiles on cheesemaker Jackie Chang and other …
Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
Ninth Circuit Finds Accidental Amputation of Prisoner’s Fingertip Not a § 1983 Violation by Derek Gilna The tip of pretrial detainee Cherie Harding’s little finger was accidentally severed in her cell’s door frame when a guard at a San Francisco jail opened the door to commence a pat-down search. Harding …
Brief • June 6, 2016
Ybave v. Ryan, AZ, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2016 1 2 3 4 Stacy Scheff LAW OFFICE OF STACY SCHEFF P.O. Box 40611, Tucson, AZ 85717-0611 (520) 471-8333 • FAX (520) 300-8033 stacy.scheff@gmail.com State Bar No. 028364 SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ARIZONA 5 6 COUNTY OF PIMA 7 …
Incarceration, Justice and the Planet: How the Fight Against Toxic Prisons May Shape the Future of Environmentalism by Panagioti Tsolkas Prisons inspire little in terms of natural wonder. It might be a weed rises through a crack and blooms for a moment. It might be a prisoner notices. But prisoners, …
Another WA DOC Asbestos Abatement Program Shut Down; Prison Officials Fined by Mark Wilson The Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC) was fined $141,000 after an inspection found code violations that exposed prisoners working in an asbestos abatement program to elevated risks of cancer and lung disease. Since 1990, the WDOC …
Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016
Female Prisoners in United Kingdom Make Designer Bags by Derek Gilna Female prisoners at the HM Prison Bronzefield in Surrey, England are paid around $15 per week to produce designer “dust bags” for high-end purses sold in the most exclusive shops. The prison, operated by for-profit company Sodexo, said the …
Company Owes Nevada Prison Industries $428,000 by Bob Sloan Nevada’s state-run prison industry program, Silver State Industries, came under attack from citizens and business owners in 2014. One criticism of the program involved the loss of jobs to non-incarcerated workers and fewer jobs available to the unemployed. Another complaint was …
Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016
Penal Servitude: A Reminder about the U.S. Constitution’s 13th Amendment Exclusion Clause by by Charles Sullivan and Barbara Koeppel The U.S. Congress banned slavery in America 150 years ago on December 18, 1865 when the 13th Amendment became the law of the land (after a 250-year run). But it didn’t, …
Jackson v. Xtreme Manufacturing, NM, Settlement, Failure to Protect - Workplace Negligence, 2016 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, RELEASE IN FULL, AND COVENANT OF NON-DISCLOSURE FOR THE VALUABLE CONSIDERATION SET FORTH at Paragraph 1 herein, including all subparts thereof, the signatory hereto, Robert Jackson, who is the Plaintiff in a lawsuit currently pending …
Publication • 2016
Association of State Correctional Agencies - Independent Assessment of the High Desert State Prison, CDCR, 2016 Independent Assessment of The High Desert State Prison Submitted to the: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Prepared by the: Association of State Correctional Administrators Hagerstown, Maryland September 23, 2016 Table of Contents A. …
Publication • 2016
Office of the Inspector General - Findings of Fraud and Other Irregularities Related to the Manufacture and Sale of Combat Helmets, 2016 Investigative Summary Findings of Fraud and Other Irregularities Related to the Manufacture and Sale of Combat Helmets by the Federal Prison Industries and ArmorSource, LLC, to the Department …
Publication • May 26, 2016
Filed under: Prison Labor, Work Strikes
Texas Labor Prison Strike Announcement, February, 2016
Publication • May 26, 2016
Filed under: Prison Labor, Work Strikes
This Is a Call to End Slavery in America, National Prison Strike September 2016 Pamphlet, 2016 This is a call to end slavery in america Slavery is alive and well in the prison system, but by the end of this year, it won’t be anymore. national prison strike september 2016 …
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