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Alabama Prisons Facing Third Class-Action Lawsuit by In a lawsuit filed in federal court for the Middle District of Alabama on December 12, 2023, a group of state prisoners accused the state Board of Pardons and Paroles (BOPP) of denying them release so that the Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) …
Article • January 1, 2024 • from PLN January, 2024
Seventh Circuit Reinstates Illinois Prisoner’s Claim Against Kitchen Supervisor for Scalding From Spilled Hot Water by by Matt Clarke On July 14, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reinstated a claim brought by an Illinois prisoner who was severely burned when he tripped on a damaged …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Filed under: Prison Labor
When Prison Workers Are Exploited for Cheap Sheets by An article published in The Nation on March 10, 2023, chronicled the experience of former New York prisoner Johnny Perez. He spent over four years in a factory making hundreds of bedsheets daily, before ascending near the top of the pay …
Brief • October 26, 2023
Filed under: Work
Lee v. Lamas, PA, Order, Workers Wage, 2023 Case 2:19-cv-00241-CMR Document 53 Filed 10/26/23 Page 1 of 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA ROBERT LEE, JR. individually and for all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, CIVIL ACTION NO. 19-241 v. MARIROSA LAMAS, et al., …
Third Circuit Revives Forced-Labor Claims of Jailed Pennsylvania Child Support Debtors by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 8, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reinstated claims by Pennsylvania child support debtors jailed for civil contempt, who argued they were unfairly forced to perform unsafe …
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
Seventh Circuit Revives Illinois Prisoner’s Claim Over Prison Work Injury by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke On December 15, 2022, the U.S. Courtof Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that a district court erred when it dismissed an Illinois prisoner’s lawsuit for misjoinder of defendants and claims. Finding the claims …
Article • June 22, 2023
Arizona Exploiting Prisoner Labor for Profit by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss A new constitutional amendment proposed to Congress in June 2023 would remove the exception for prisoners to the U.S. ban on slavery. The effort follows a report from Arizona in December 2022, which found that private firms …
ACLU Report Details Exploitation of Prisoners for Forced Labor by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Global Human Rights Clinic (GHRC) of the University of Chicago Law School released a comprehensive report on June 15, 2022, detailing the way American prisoners are coerced …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Suspended Colorado Work Release Program Exposes Companies’ Reliance on Low-Wage Labor by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart Human resources manager Jeanette Carmack called them “really, really good guys”: nine prisoners from the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC) who filled positions in the Public Works and Parks, Recreation and Golf departments …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Voters in Four States Change Constitution to Ban Prison Slavery by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders The November 2022 elections did more than send new faces to Congress and statehouses around the country. They also saw historic ballot measures passed to change the constitutions in four states. Voters in Alabama, …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: Prison Labor, Escapes
Alabama Supreme Court Says Prisoner Who Didn’t Return From Work Release Punishable Under Felony Escape Statute by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On September 16, 2022, in an important decision for Alabama prisoners on work-release programs, the state Supreme Court held that “willful escape” from such a program “is …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Tenth Circuit Says Prison Work Assignment Covered Under ADA Protections by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled on August 25, 2022, that prison employment falls under federally funded programs protected by Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Ninth Circuit Says California Felons Can Fight Fires While Imprisoned, But Not After by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart Most prisoners quickly learn that slavery has never been fully abolished in the United States. The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution allows prisoners to be compelled to work for little or …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Arizona DOC Accused of Cheating Both Guards and Prisoners Out of Hourly Wages by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders Many state prison agencies have in-house for-profit companies that utilize the labor of guards and prisoners to provide products and services to private companies and other state agencies. Not surprisingly, such …
Brief • January 9, 2023
Filed under: Prison Labor
Ruderman v. McHenry County, IL. Memorandum and Order, Unpaid Labor, 2023 Case: 3:22-cv-50115 Document #: 52 Filed: 01/09/23 Page 1 of 13 PageID #:560 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS WESTERN DIVISION ALEKSEY RUDERMAN, JASON CLARKE, JAHAT EVELYN, BASARU ASOLO, JAMES FORERO, and CHRIS …
Article • December 27, 2022
Oklahoma Prison Industries Partially Shut Down After Convicted Child Molester Uses Work Computer to Download Kiddie Porn by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On November 30, 2022, the new Executive Director of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (DOC) addressed a scandal that began unfolding eight months earlier, when …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Filed under: Prison Labor
Excess Prisoner-Made Hand Sanitizer Costing N.Y. Taxpayers Millions to Dispose Of by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were national shortages of personal protective equipment. Hand sanitizer was in great need. Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) had a solution: …
Article • November 29, 2022
Guards Nabbed for Worker’s Comp Fraud in Illinois and Connecticut by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On November 15, 2022, a guard at Illinois’ McLean County Jail was arrested and charged with worker’s compensation fraud after he allegedly lied about a work-related injury to goose his payout from …
Article • August 30, 2022
Arizona DOC Director Admits State Economy Would “Collapse” Without Cheap Prisoner Labor by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott During testimony before Arizona’s Joint Legislative Budget Committee on July 14, 2022, state Department of Corrections (DOC) Director David Shinn admitted that communities in the Grand Canyon State would “collapse” without cheap …
Brief • August 18, 2022
Filed under: Work, Prison Labor
Lamar v. Williams, CO, Opinion, Inmate Work Program, 2022 21CA0511 Lamar v CDOC 08-18-2022 COLORADO COURT OF APPEALS Court of Appeals No. 21CA0511 El Paso County District Court No. 20CV293 Honorable Laura N. Findorff, Judge Andrew Mark Lamar, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dean Williams, Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Corrections, …
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