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Aramark Discontinues, Loses Prison Food Service Contracts by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The corporate philosophy of cutting corners to enhance profits is catching up with Aramark Correctional Services, causing the company to lose prison and jail food service contracts and putting other contracts in jeopardy. Aramark has discontinued …
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
Working in Legal Field Not Prohibited While on Federal Supervised Release by Federal probation officers cannot restrict persons on supervised release from working as legal assistants, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held on April 8, 2009. Yraida L. Guanipa, convicted of attempted possession with intent to …
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
Philadelphia Tax Break for Hiring Ex-Prisoners a Bust by Giving employers a $10,000 tax break to hire ex-offenders was a good idea. At least until the Philadelphia City Council ruined it. While running for mayor of Philadelphia, Michael Nutter proposed a new way to cut crime: Help ex-cons get jobs …
Article • September 15, 2009
How About a Small Bank Specializing in Loans to Ex-Cons? by Jeffrey Ross by Jeffrey Ian Ross, Ph.D., Stephen C. Richards, Ph.D. and Nicholas Vasquez, M.D. Our nation's population of ex-convicts, growing and showing no signs of slowing down, is a billboard for dysfunction. Americans say they want to reduce …
Article • September 15, 2009
$10,000 Settlement in Withheld Wages/Title Claim by Washington State’s King County paid $10,000 to settle a claim that alleged it placed Clarissa T. Berry in a supervisory position on January 1, 1996 to oversee the food services department for Youth Services Management without providing her training, a title or pay …
Arizona DOC May Be Held Accountable for Not Protecting Prisoners from Asbestos by A federal magistrate judge in Arizona has recommended denying a motion for summary judgment filed by the State of Arizona in a lawsuit brought by a group of current and former prisoners. The suit was filed after …
Article • September 15, 2009
$4,500 Settlement in Snohomish County Jail Work Injury Suit by Washington State’s Snohomish County Jail paid $4,500 to settle the lawsuit of Tami S. Rutledge, who asserted that while working in the Jail’s kitchen as a prisoner, she sustained severe and debilitating injuries to her right hand and thumb while …
Article • September 15, 2009
$7,500 Settlement in Worker’s Compensation Suit against Snohomish County Jail by Washington State’s Snohomish County paid $7,500 to settle the worker’s compensation negligence law suit of Michelle M. Benton, who worked in the County Jail’s kitchen as an employee of Compass Group U.S.A., Inc., which is the jail’s private food …
Article • September 15, 2009
$15,000 Settlement for Seattle Jail Work Injury by Washington State’s King County paid $14,928.70 to settle the lawsuit of Bonni Estes, who alleged damages from an incident at the Kent Regional Justice Center on March 7, 2002. That day she was working in the Center’s bakery, assisting another prisoner in …
Article • September 15, 2009
Washington State Jail Guards Lose Overtime Suit by The Washington State Supreme Court has held that “delayed” payment of wages beyond the time frame set forth in former WAC 296-128-035 does give rise to employer liability under the Wage Rebate Act (WRA), but only where the delay is “willful.” The …
Article • August 15, 2009 • from PLN August, 2009
Alabama Raises Rates Charged for Prisoner Labor by In October 2007, the Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) began charging other government entities for prisoner labor, such as work crews that pick up highway trash. With the start of the next fiscal year on October 1, 2009, the DOC will raise …
Article • August 15, 2009 • from PLN August, 2009
Seventh Circuit Vacates Dismissal for Failure to Prosecute; $50,000 + Fees Awarded Following Remand by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court’s dismissal of a prisoner’s suit for failure to prosecute. The appellate court found the severe sanction of dismissal was not justified. Illinois prisoner Amilcar …
Article • August 15, 2009 • from PLN August, 2009
Colorado Florists Decry Prison Retail Flower Business by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Florists in Colorado are crying out against a prison program that is competing against them, undercutting their prices due to the help of prisoner slave labor. What started as a prison program to keep prisoners busy …
$226,000 Workers’ Comp Settlement for Pennsylvania Guard Scarred by MRSA by A Pennsylvania prison guard who contracted a staph infection that caused facial scarring has settled a workers’ compensation claim for $226,000. While employed at the Graterford Prison in 2003, guard Carol Snyder contracted an infection. She awoke on the …
Article • July 15, 2009 • from PLN July, 2009
UNICOR Robs Jobs from Private Sector; Prisoners Sue Over Working Conditions by Brandon Sample It is already hard enough for free world workers to hold down a job without having to compete with UNICOR, the prison labor arm of the federal Bureau of Prisons. But that is exactly what a …
Arkansas Sends Toxic Tech Trash to UNICOR Recycling Program by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A number of counties in Arkansas have been sending their toxic electronics waste, including broken computers and televisions, to Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (UNICOR), the industry program for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP). UNICOR …
Louisiana Private Prison Warden Arrested for Malfeasance by Leroy Holiday, Sr., 55, a regional warden for LaSalle Management Company, LLC (LMC), a private prison firm, was released on $5,000 bond after being arrested and booked into the LaSalle Parrish Jail in November 2008. According to LaSalle Parish Sheriff Scott Franklin, …
$9,000 Award for Hawaiian Prisoners Bitten By Dogs at Oklahoma CCA Prison by On October 31, 2008, a Hawaiian state court awarded $3,000 each in damages to three Hawaiian prisoners who were bitten by dogs while incarcerated at a private prison in Oklahoma. Jonathan K. Lum, John Daffron and Frank …
Sexually Harassed Florida Prison Nurse’s Injunctive Relief Claim Moot by A Florida federal district court has denied summary judgment on monetary damages but granted it for injunctive and declatory relief, on motion brought by the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) in a lawsuit alleging gender discrimination and hostile work environment. …
No Tort Liability for Louisiana Employer Accused of Negligence in Death of Prisoner on Work Release by Louisiana prisoners injured while in work release may not pursue a tort action against the prisoner’s employer, the Court of Appeal of Louisiana, 2nd District, decided April 30, 2008. Instead, the exclusive remedy …
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