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Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Kentucky Jail Prisoners Make Mattresses by David Reutter Kentucky Jail Prisoners Make Mattresses by David Reutter The Daviess County Detention Center (DCDC) in Western Kentucky has a program that uses prisoners to manufacture mattresses. The program is expected to save the 700-bed facility $10,000 a year and provide a service …
Publication • 2015
Emancipate the FLSA, Article on Prison Labor, Patrice A. Fulcher, 2015 EMANCIPATE THE FLSA: TRANSFORM THE HARSH ECONOMIC REALITY OF WORKING INMATES PATRICE A. FULCHER* ABSTRACT Prisoner labor is a booming American industry. The 2.3 million people in the United States of America (“U.S.”) behind bars serve as human resources …
Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015
$500,000 Settlement in Georgia Prisoner’s Death while on Work Crew by $500,000 Settlement in Georgia Prisoner’s Death while on Work Crew The family of a prisoner killed while working on a road crew in Georgia accepted a $500,000 settlement in a wrongful death suit. The main cause of action was …
Article • January 13, 2015
Parker County, Texas Jail Uses Prisoners to Make Furniture by Parker County, Texas Jail Uses Prisoners to Make Furniture Larry Jergins, a certified jailer, has taught Parker County Jail trusties woodworking at a cabinet shop in Weatherford, Texas since the jail began a program of furniture making for county and …
Article • January 12, 2015
Prisoner Labor Used to Package Potatoes for Vermont Food Bank by Prisoner Labor Used to Package Potatoes for Vermont Food Bank   Theresa Snow, executive director of Salvation Farms, a nonprofit organization that works to make use of farm surpluses, dreamed up the idea of using prisoner labor to sort …
Article • October 3, 2014
Law Prohibits Washington State Prisons from Manufacture of Guard Uniforms by Law Prohibits Washington State Prisons from Manufacture of Guard Uniforms   Innovative sewing practices by Washington state prisoners compelled state legislatures to enact a law that prohibits prisoners from making or assembling guards’ uniforms.   “There was some hanky-panky …
Article • September 20, 2014 • from PLN September, 2014
Modern-Day Slavery in America’s Prison Workforce by Beth Schwartzapfel Why can’t we embrace the idea that prisoners have labor rights? by Beth Schwartzapfel Laurie Hazen has bad taste in men. “They’re my downfall,” the 41-year-old jokes in her Massachusetts accent. “I have to really stay single.” An ex-boyfriend first introduced …
Article • August 7, 2014 • from PLN August, 2014
Texas Correctional Industries: Providing Useful Work Skills or Slave Labor? by Texas Correctional Industries: Providing Useful Work Skills or Slave Labor? With factories employing more than 5,000 prisoners at 37 facilities, mostly in the eastern part of the state, Texas Correctional Industries (TCI) is a large and diversified operation. However, …
Prison Officials Liable for Private Employer ADA Violations by Mark Wilson Prison Officials Liable for Private Employer ADA Violations by Mark Wilson The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held last September that prison officials are liable for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) committed by private employer contractors. …
Article • July 9, 2014 • from PLN July, 2014
Prison Industries in India Compete in Open Market by Prison Industries in India Compete in Open Market The government of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu is expanding a program that allows prison industries to compete in the open marketplace under the ironic brand name “Freedom.” Prison industry programs already …
Article • June 7, 2014 • from PLN June, 2014
Prison Officials Praise Industry Programs Despite Downsides by David Reutter Prison Officials Praise Industry Programs Despite Downsides by David M. Reutter As the U.S. economy remains sluggish and companies consider layoffs to cut costs, the outlook for prison industry programs is mixed, with some reporting increased revenue and others reporting …
Publication • 2014
Pris. Indus. Enhancement Certification Program Statistics NCIA 2014 PRISON INDUSTRY ENHANCEMENT CERTIFICATION PROGRAM CERTIFICATION & COST ACCOUNTING CENTER LISTING STATISTICS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH 31, 2014 CERTIFICATIONS GRANTED: 46 192 ACTIVE COST ACCOUNTING CENTERS: This figure includes: New cost centers denoted by "*" (added): 5 Undesignated cost centers (subtracted): …
Article • March 15, 2014 • from PLN March, 2014
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries
Businesses, Members of Congress Not Happy with UNICOR by Derek Gilna When a powerful U.S. Senator takes interest in an issue, even a bureaucratic government agency like the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) pays attention. Kurt Wilson, an executive with American Apparel, Inc., an Alabama company that makes military uniforms, and …
Confronting Prison Slave Labor Camps and Other Myths by James Kilgore There are moments when our longings for social justice cloud our vision, times when the way we want the world to be blocks our understanding of the way things really are. A good example of this is the notion …
Article • November 15, 2013 • from PLN November, 2013
Audit Reveals Federal Prison Industries Faces Declining Revenue, Job Losses by Derek Gilna A recent audit by the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Justice highlights the many challenges the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and its wholly-owned government corporation, Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (FPI), face with …
Article • November 15, 2013 • from PLN November, 2013
China Vows to Finance Incarceration with Public Funds, Not Prison Profits by Despite its atrocious human rights record, China says it is taking steps to ensure that its prison system is publicly financed and that prisoners receive rehabilitative opportunities. Wu Aiying, China’s Minister of Justice, announced last year that profits …
Article • July 15, 2013 • from PLN July, 2013
Italian Prison Program Trains Female Prisoners in Fashion Industry by Derek Gilna Leave it to the Italians to extend their love of fashion to a women's prison. At the Rebibbia facility in Rome, the well-known fashion house of Fendi is supporting a voluntary training program where women prisoners manufacture handbags. …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries
California Prison Industry Authority Loses $24 Million in Last Two Years but Reduces Recidivism by In January 20013, California's Prison Industry Board (PIB) submitted its annual report to the state legislature regarding the activities and financial status of the California Prison Industry Authority (CALPIA), the agency it is charged with …
Article • March 15, 2013 • from PLN March, 2013
Nevada Prison Industries Exploiting Businesses and Workers by Bob Sloan THE USE OF PRISON LABOR HAS BEEN increasing throughout the nation for the past fifteen-plus years. More and more factories are being built behind prison fences, with thousands of prisoner-made products sold to consumers annually – including apparel, processed foods, …
Article • March 15, 2013 • from PLN March, 2013
British Call Center Fires Employees to Hire Prison Slave Labor by A British company in Wales reportedly fired 17 of its call center employees to make room for prisoners that it pays just £3 a day—or less than $5.00. Beginning in December 2011, at least 23 prisoners were bussed in …
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