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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 Industries
Aramark Loses Laundry Contract to Oregon Prisoners by Effective June 2011, prisoners at the Oregon State Penitentiary took over the job of cleaning microfiber mop heads for the Salem Hospital. The hospital previously contracted with Aramark Uniform Services to clean its mops, but on March 10, 2011 the hospital gave …
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 …
Article • November 15, 2011
Arizona Court of Appeals Authorizes Attorney Fees in Bilke Minimum Wage Class-Action Suit by Matthew Clarke By Matt Clarke On January 29, 2009, the Arizona Court of Appeals held that plaintiffs’ attorney fees must be paid by the state in the Bilke case. Mitchell Paul Bilke, Charles Roberts, Kenneth Asherman, …
Article • November 15, 2011
Settlement Payments for Work Related Injuries Do Not Begin Until After Release from Prison by Settlement payments for work related injuries do not begin until after release from federal custody, U.S. magistrate Judge Brain Owsley held in April 30, 2008. On March 21, 1997, Jerry L. Thompson, a federal prisoner, …
Article • November 15, 2011
Unsafe Working Conditions Suit Allowed to Proceed Against Pennsylvania Prison Officials by U.S. Magistrate Judge Martin C. Carlson has granted in part and denied in part a motion for summary judgment filed by prison officials accused of deliberate indifferent and negligence. Keith Petry sued various Pennsylvania prison officials alleging 8th …
Report Finds Federal Prisoners Exposed to Toxic Metals in Recycling Jobs by A four-year study by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG), released in October 2010, found that prisoners and employees at ten federal prisons were exposed to hazardous metals and materials while handling electronic …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Florida’s Prison Industry Criticized for Failing in Mission by David Reutter Florida’s prison industry program is “making a few people very wealthy while operating ... in a manner entirely inconsistent with its mission,” according to advisors to Governor Rick Scott, in a transition report released in December 2010. The mission …
Article • September 15, 2011
South Carolina DOC Must Establish Grievance Procedure For Crime Victims' And Prisoner Dependents' Claims Over Prison Industry Wages by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 7, 2007, the Supreme Court of South Carolina ruled that the South Carolina Department of Corrections (DOC) must allow prisoners' dependents, as well as …
Article • September 15, 2011 • from PLN September, 2011
UNICOR Wins $20 Million No-Bid Body Armor Contract by On March 9, 2011, the U.S. Army announced that it had awarded a $20 million no-bid contract to Federal Prison Industries, also known as UNICOR, to fulfill an order for body armor. The U.S. military is one of UNICOR’s top customers; …
Article • September 15, 2011 • from PLN September, 2011
Filed under: Work, Prison Labor
Prisoners Used to Clean Foreclosed Houses in Georgia by According to several October 2010 news reports, foreclosed homes in Covington and Newton County, Georgia were being cleaned by prisoners. It was not mentioned whether the prisoners came from local jails or state prisons, but the reports referenced the use of …
Article • August 15, 2011 • from PLN August, 2011
New York Prisoners Man Call Centers by The current era of budget deficits and fiscal austerity has made prison labor fashionable, at least in the eyes of some government officials. For nearly two decades, New York State’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has been operating a call center from New …
Article • August 15, 2011 • from PLN August, 2011
Illinois Prison Guards Scam Workers’ Comp by Brandon Sample The chairman of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC) has called for an investigation of workers’ comp claims filed by guards at the maximum-security Menard Correctional Center. Since January 2008, over 500 workers’ compensation claims have been filed by Menard guards. …
Article • August 15, 2011 • from PLN August, 2011
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries
Ohio Prison Industry Cranks Out Crappy Toilet Paper by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The foray by Ohio Penal Industries (OPI), a branch of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, into manufacturing toilet paper has turned out to be a crappy deal for taxpayers. OPI creates a wide …
Sundry Claims Board Only Remedy For Maryland Prisoners Injured On Paid Jobs by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A Maryland court of appeals has ruled that Maryland state prisoners injured on paid jobs may only seek compensation through the Sundry Claims Board (SCB). Melvin James Dixon, a former Maryland state …
Article • July 15, 2011
No Right to Compensation for Work in Prison under the Constitution or International Law by Brandon Sample By Brandon Sample Federal prisoners do not have a right to be compensated for their work under the U.S. Constitution or under international law, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit …
Inmate Accident Compensation Act Does Not Preclude Bivens Remedy by The Inmate Accident Compensation Act (IACA), 18 U.S.C. § 4126, does not preclude a federal prisoner from bringing a claim under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971) for work-related injuries that …
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
Savings from North Carolina Prisoner Slave Labor Result in Additional Prison Beds by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Touting its 140-year history of using prisoner slave labor, the North Carolina Department of Correction (NDOC) announced in January 2011 that it will save taxpayers $27 million when building more than …
Article • May 15, 2011 • from PLN May, 2011
South Carolina Appellate Court Holds Prisoners Entitled to Overtime by Prisoners participating in the South Carolina Department of Corrections’ (SDOC) Prison Industries Program (PIP) are entitled to receive time-and-a‑half pay for overtime work performed, the Court of Appeals of South Carolina held on April 5, 2010. While incarcerated at Ridgeland …
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