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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 …
WA DOC Employee’s Federal Maritime Claims Not Precluded by State Law by The Court of Appeals for the State of Washington, Division II, has reversed and remanded a Department of Corrections (DOC) employee’s federal maritime claim against the DOC. One day while Scott Maziar was riding the ferry home from …
Article • May 15, 2011
Filed under: Work, Inability to Work
Fifth Circuit: Violating Texas Prisoner's Medical Work Restrictions States Claim by On April 21, 2009, the Fifth Circuit court of appeals held that a prisoner stated a viable claim when he alleged that prison employees forced him to work in ways that violated restrictions the medical department had placed on …
Manuel v. Atkins, DE, Demand for Jury Trial, Injury while Incarcerated, 2011 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE KARL B. MANUEL, SBI NUMBER 00332040 Plaintiff, v. SERGEANT ATKINS, an employee at Sussex Violation of Probation Center (SVOP) 23207 Dupont Boulevard, Georgetown, Delaware 19947 WARDEN WILLIAM OETTEL, an …
Attorney Fee Award Not Conditioned on Attempts at Pre-litigation Resolution by by Michael Brodheim In a case resulting in the enforcement of provisions that California prisoners, under certain circumstances, be paid for work at no less than minimum wage, the California Supreme Court held that pre-litigation resolution attempts are not …
Alaska Prisoner’s Action to Overturn DR Not Moot if Relief Sought Greater than Obtained by David Reutter By David M. Reutter The Alaska Supreme Court has held that a prisoner’s action to reverse a disciplinary charge is not moot where the relief sought is greater than that afforded by prison …
$75,000 Settlement in Prisoner’s Negligence Claim Injury Due to Failure to Correct Dangerous Condition by The Wackenhut Corrections Corporation paid $75,000 to settle a prisoner’s negligence claim. The settlement came in a lawsuit filed by Florida prisoner Thomas Less Stevens. Stevens alleged in his complaint against Wackenhut that on December …
Article • April 15, 2011
Wackenhut Pays $32,500 in Negligence Lawsuit by Wackenhut Corrections Corporation paid $32,500 to settle a negligence lawsuit filed by Florida prisoner Michael Wyzykowski. In his complain, Wyzykowski claimed he was ordered to cut “maiden cane” with a weed whacker that was altered by Wackenhut guards, replacing the original head and …
Article • April 15, 2011 • from PLN April, 2011
Colorado Sought to Revoke Prisoner’s Electrician License After His Release by Gary Hunter For nearly two decades, Colorado state prisoner Marke E. Bogle worked as a licensed electrician for the Colorado Department of Corrections. In 1987, with the prison system’s approval, he tested and obtained his journeyman’s license. The next …
Article • March 15, 2011 • from PLN March, 2011
Social Security Audit Criticizes Prisoners’ Access to Personal Data; Federal Legislation Passed by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 12, 2010, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Social Security Administration (SSA) released an audit report on prisoners’ access to Social Security numbers (SSNs). The report criticized …
Article • March 15, 2011 • from PLN March, 2011
Prisoner Labor Used to Clean Up BP Oil Spill by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 20, 2010, an explosion on Deepwater Horizon, an offshore drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico, killed 11 workers. The accident resulted in an oil spill that leaked oil into the gulf for …
Wisconsin Civil Commitment Patients Denied Minimum Wage by The Wisconsin Court of Appeals held on March 31, 2010 that civilly committed patients are not entitled to minimum wage for the work they perform. Hung Nam Tran and Eric L. Fankhauser are civilly committed patients confined at the Wisconsin Resource Center …
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