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Article • March 15, 2007 • from PLN March, 2007
Colorado Prisoners Caging Prisoners by Gary Hunter Colorado State Penitentiary II (CSP-IT) is slated for construction in early 2007. It will hold the state?s most dangerous prisoners locked down for 23 hours per day. Ironically, the 948 pre-fab cells will be built by prisoners in the Freemont prison facility located …
Article • March 15, 2007 • from PLN March, 2007
Three Work-Release Van Drivers Escape from Arkansas Prison; Practice Discontinued by Gary Hunter Two prisoners escaped from Arkansas? Benton Unit prison on July 9, 2006. Tab Delancey and Clifton Sanders were drivers in the prison?s work-release program. Arkansas was one of the few states that, until recently, allowed unsupervised prisoners …
Article • March 15, 2007 • from PLN March, 2007
Georgia County Pays $5.1 Million for Community Service Turned Deadly by Michael Rigby On August 21, 2006, a Georgia state court awarded $5.1 Million to the family of a college student who was killed when he fell from a DeKalb County garbage truck while performing community service. Vince Currid, 22, …
US Settles Prisoner’s UNICOR Whistleblower Suit for $6,000 by US Settles Prisoner's UNICOR Whistleblower Suit for $6,000 On October 27, 2006, the United States paid $6,000 to settle with a federal prisoner who claimed he was fired from his UNICOR job in retaliation for filing safety complaints with the Occupational …
Article • March 15, 2007 • from PLN March, 2007
Pennsylvania Work-Release Program Criticized by Gary Hunter Some citizens of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania feel that county work-release prisoners are forfeiting too much of their salary to a greedy judicial system. Businessman Lewis Knepp employs work-release prisoners. He tells how one of his employees, who earns $10 an hour and takes …
High Ranking Louisiana Prison Official Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges by Gary Hunter On June 29, 2006, Louisiana prison administrator James H. Leslie, 55, was formally indicted on federal charges of tampering with a witness. The indictment was returned on February 16, 2006 but remained sealed so as not to …
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
Utah House of Refuge a House of Horrors by Gary Hunter A Utah faith based halfway house for probationers, jail releasees and homeless men, called the House of Refuge, turned out to be a house of horrors for those who lived there. On February 2, 2006, state licensing officials shut …
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
South Carolina Prison Industries Program Implements Some Audit Recommendations by Michael Rigby The South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) has implemented 5 of 13 recommendations made in an October 2003 report that criticized its Prison Industries Program (PIP), according to a May 2006 follow-up report. In its original report the …
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
Georgia Sheriff Indicted on Corruption Charges, Pleads Guilty by Gary Hunter Coffee County Sheriff Rob Smith was indicted on March 20, 2006 on eight counts of abuse of office. Three counts charged Smith with using prisoner labor to construct campaign election signs. The charges also included two counts of violation …
Arkansas Mayor, Sheriff, Wife Jailed for Burglary, Drugs, Sex and More by Gary Hunter On February 6, 2006, just weeks after Lonoke Arkansas Mayor Thomas Privett, 68, and Sheriff Jay Campbell, 46, admitted to a state monitoring committee that they had illegally used state prisoners for personal benefit, the two …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
Widespread Prisoner Labor Abuse Requires Reform by Gary Hunter Lonoke Mayor Thomas Privett and police Chief Jay Campbell were caught abusing the state's prisoner work program. Arkansas Department of Corrections requested, in early August 2005, that the program be suspended after learning that state prisoners had been used to repair …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
FL Work Releasees Reporting to Work Late Doesnt Amount to Escape by FL Work Releasees Reporting to Work Late Doesn't Amount to Escape Leon Williams, a prisoner in a state work release center, left the center to walk to work but was 90 minutes late getting there. When he arrived …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
Texas Politicians Provided Perks Using Prisoner Slave Labor by Matthew T. Clarke Texas Correctional Industries (TCI), the industrial division of the Texas prison system, has been operating as a cut-rate, custom craft-goods supplier for dozens of Texas legislators. One politician furnished his new home with prisoner made goods. The goods …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
Korean Company Employing Prisoners Receives Coveted Quality Award by A South Korean company employing 70 prisoners at Jeonju Prison to build precision automobile airbag parts won the Single Parts Per Million certificate of quality from the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Small and Medium Business Association. The …
Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006
Texas Prison Slaves No Savings for Direct Marketing Firm; Data Mining Results in $ 15 Million Settle by Michael Rigby Texas Prison Slaves No Savings for Direct Marketing Firm; Data Mining Results in $ 15 Million Settlement Fund by Michael Rigby A class action lawsuit involving thousands of women who …
Alabama Work-Release Prisoners Working But Not Getting Paid by Gary Hunter Prisoners in an Alabama work-release program have been working without getting paid. Problems have come mostly from prison employees who have hired prison workers then defaulted on their debt. Prisons located in Decatur, Birmingham and Loxley posed the greatest …
Louisiana Work-Release Prisoners Used by Sheriff in Chop Shop by Gary Hunter Louisiana sheriff Ronald Gun Ficklin faces 22 counts on charges of conspiracy, trafficking in motor vehicles with removed or altered vehicle identification numbers (VINs), removing or altering VINs, aiding and abetting the possession of a firearm by a …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
Maquiladoras Expanding in Mexico; Global System of Prison Factories Envisioned by Michael Rigby U.S. businessman Joe Robertson has a dream: A global system of foreign-owned factories employing prisoners and their families for low wages and with few benefits. But for now his sights are set on Mexico, where he hopes …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
North Carolina Prison Audit Finds Industry Excesses,Overpaid Guards, More by Michael Rigby The North Carolina Department of Corrections prison industries program routinely violates state purchasing guidelines and lacks adequate internal controls, a state audit has confirmed. The audit, released on October 19, 2005, also found that guards were sometimes overpaid, …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
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Unpaid Prisoners Clean Up Rita Ravaged Southeast Texas by With few federal funds headed for areas of Southeast Texas devastated by Hurricane Rita, state officials are using the free labor of Texas prisoners to augment clean up efforts. As of January 30, 2006, prisoners from the Larry Gist State Jail …
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