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Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Filed under: Commissary
Texas Prisons, We’ve Got Some Questions About Your Commissary Vendors by Stephen Raher by Stephen Raher, Prison Policy Initiative One of the original inspirations for the Prison Policy Initiative’s May 2018 report on prison commissaries earlier  [see: PLN, Aug. 2018, p.1] was a 2010 article from the Texas Tribune that analyzed $95 million in purchases …
National Consumer Law Center - Commercialized (In)Justice - Consumer Abuses in the Bail And Corrections Industry, 2019 COMMERCIALIZED (IN)JUSTICE CONSUMER ABUSES IN THE BAIL AND CORRECTIONS INDUSTRY NCLC® March 2019 NATIONAL CONSUMER LAW CENTER ® © Copyright 2019, National Consumer Law Center, Inc. All rights reserved. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Brian …
Article • October 9, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
The Big Business of Prisoner Care Packages: Inside the Booming Market for Food in Pouches by Taylor Elizabeth Eldridge by Taylor Elizabeth Eldridge, The Marshall Project Ed. Note: PLN’s August 2018 cover story examined prison food and commissary services. This article looks at prison and jail package services supplied by private vendors …
Hill Barrientos et al. v. CoreCivic, Inc., GA, Motion to Dismiss Denied, Class-action Claims Under Trafficking Victims Protection Act, 2018 Case 4:18-cv-00070-CDL Document 38 Filed 08/17/18 Page 1 of 17 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA COLUMBUS DIVISION WILHEN HILL BARRIENTOS, MARGARITO VELAZQUEZ-GALICIA, and …
Article • June 16, 2018
Florida Prisoners 'Laydown' in Non-Violent Protests by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell In early 2018, Florida prisoners began a "laydown," a non-violent protest about prison conditions and unpaid "slave labor." The laydowns are to last as long as necessary to get the point across. Supported by the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee ("IWOC"), the …
Brockington v. Warden Lawson, IN, Complaint, Improper Treatment, 2018 USDC IN/ND case 3:18-cv-00446-JD-MGG document 1 filed 06/11/18 page 1 of 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHE.RN DISTRICT OF INDIANA. PLAINTIFF~J [Type or print your name on the line above] ) ) ) V. \~N~·~u~r(_\e_~f~'-·~Lo.:~··,~~-=l:~~~~r~)--~ DEFENDANT ~ /Leave this blank, the …
Publication • 2018
Filed under: Commissary
West Virginia - Anthony CC - Inmate Benefit Fund IBF DISBURSEMENT RECORD Description Date J W18 .JAN PO# Receipt Revenue Balance 19287.23 Brt Fwd Aramark commission 2474 14.22 19301.45 Access Secure Pak commission 2480 73.17 19374.62 Aramark commission Century Link - commission 2475 2481 45.42 3.75 19420.04 Ara mark com …
Publication • 2018
Filed under: Commissary
West Virginia - Huttonsville - Inmate Benefit Fund Policy Directive 127 .00 Attachment #1 MONTHLY REPORT OF INMATE BENEFIT FUND HUTTONSVILLE CORRECTIONAL CENTER INSTITUTION January-18 $106.949.65 PREVIOUS BALANCE (PRIOR MONTH): RECEIPTS: EXCHANGE/COMMISSARY PROFITS ARAMARK/FRESH FAVORITES COMMISSION CONTRACTED INMATE SERVICE COMMISSIONS VISITATION VENDING MACHINES COMMISSION $598.43 $1,641.01 $276.70 REIMBURSEMENT FOR PICTURES …
Publication • 2018
Filed under: Commissary
West Virginia - Lakin CC - Inmate Benefit Fund (library) Lakin Correctional Center & Jail 1. Budget allocations for staffing and all purchases of reading materials availab le in libraries during 2018, including books and periodica ls, with reference to the funding stream from which this money was drawn (e.g., …
NYC Board of Correction: Second Assessment of the New York City Department of Correction Inmate Grievance System, 2018 Second Assessment of the New York City Department of Correction Inmate Grievance System June 2018 Table of Contents I. Background ..................................................................................................................................... 3 II. Summary of Findings .................................................................................................................... 5 III. Recommendations for Improving …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Kansas DOC Raids Inmate Benefit Fund for $6.7 Million by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Since 2004, the Kansas Department of Corrections (DOC) has drained over $6.7 million from the prison system’s Inmate Benefit Fund (IBF), and spent it on goods and services prohibited by state law. The IBF is …
Article • August 30, 2017 • from PLN September, 2017
Filed under: Trust Accounts, Commissary
Stolen Credit Cards Laundered Through Global Tel*Link in Ohio Prisons by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Ohio State Highway Patrol, which investigates all manner of crimes in Ohio, launched an investigation in November 2016 into the use of stolen credit card numbers to fund commissary accounts in the state …
Article • August 10, 2017
Filed under: Smoking, Commissary
Jails Market E-Cigarettes to Detainees to Generate Revenue by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson Prisons and jails across the country went tobacco-free years ago, to avoid second-hand smoke lawsuits and rising medical care costs. Now, impoverished jails are selling prisoners e- cigarettes, in hopes of profiting off their addiction. “Hope …
Going to Prison in Texas in 2015 by William T. Habern by William T. Habern, David P. O’Neil, and Debra Bone Introduction For over 30 years our firm has represented offenders and their families in prison and parole administrative and legal issues. The first version of this article was published …
Article • July 26, 2017
Filed under: Food, Commissary
Sentences that End with Food by Joe Watson by Joe Watson, Edible Baja Arizona The men at Tucson’s state prison get comfortable cooking Every Saturday afternoon, Matt Patton helps me escape from prison, 18 ounces at a time. He stops at my bunk inside this institutional warehouse and reaches into the …
ACLU SoCal - Orange County Jails, 2017 JUNE 2017 A REPORT BY THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA JAILS PROJECT The authors of this report are Esther Lim, MSW and Daisy Ramirez, MSW. Contributing authors and researchers: David Colker, Ruth Dawson, Peter Eliasberg, Brendan Hamme, Tasha Hill and …
Article • April 3, 2017 • from PLN April, 2017
Work Release Programs Reduce Recidivism in Louisiana – At a Cost by The Louisiana Department of Corrections (LDOC) Transitional Work Program has been having a positive effect on reducing recidivism in Louisiana, though it has not been without its faults and criticisms. A recent audit of the program called for …
Article • January 3, 2017
Massachusetts DOC Fails to Spend Nearly $2 Million Surplus in Prisoner Benefit Funds by Christopher Zoukis A report compiled by a well-respected prisoner group indicates that while the Massachusetts Department of Corrections (DOC) is diligent in collecting profits from prisoners' commissary purchases, it has failed to spend those funds on …
Report Finds Criminal Justice System Financially Overburdens Prisoners and Their Families by Christopher Zoukis The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, a nonprofit focused on racial and economic policy, in conjunction with Forward Together and a dozen other community and civil rights organizations recently released a study which surveyed hardships …
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 …
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