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Greenwashing Washington State’s Prison System in a River of Sewage by Rick Anderson Greenwashing Washington State’s Prison System in a River of Sewage by Rick Anderson Greenwashing: When an agency or company spends more on marketing and public relations to promote the perception they are environmentally conscious than they spend …
Article • July 31, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
From the Editor by Paul Wright From the Editor by Paul Wright For several decades PLN has reported on the intersections between mass imprisonment, the criminal justice system and the environment. Most specifically, the environmental destruction and degradation that prisons impose on surrounding communities – whether it entails building prisons …
Article • July 31, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Persistent, Ongoing Environmental Violations at Washington’s Walla Walla Prison by Panagioti Tsolkas Persistent, Ongoing Environmental Violations at Washington’s Walla Walla Prison by Panagioti Tsolkas Walla Walla State Penitentiary (WSP) in Washington State has a long history of contaminating the surrounding land, water and neighboring communities. Recent reports obtained this year …
A Rare Look inside Tacoma's Northwest Detention Center by Lewis Kamb A Rare Look inside Tacoma's Northwest Detention Center By Lewis Kamb The building could be any other industrial warehouse on Tacoma’s Tideflats, if it weren’t for the razor wire surrounding it. The man could be any other middle-aged father …
Pollution Prison in Pennsylvania by Mumia Abu-Jamal Pollution Prison in Pennsylvania by Mumia Abu-Jamal Recently, a group of human rights researchers, responding to letters from prisoners at SCI Fayette, found a slew of environmental dangers and threats to the lives, health and well-being of hundreds of prisoners, guards and other …
Article • May 27, 2015
Poison Prison: Is Toxic Dust Sickening Inmates Locked up in Coal Country? by Eric Markowitz Poison Prison Is toxic dust sickening inmates locked up in coal country? By Eric Markowitz As the sun set over western Pennsylvania, Marcus Santos, inmate #JL7126, sat alone in a drab prison hospital, his eyes …
Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015
Human Rights Groups, Environmentalists Oppose New Federal Prison on Former Coal Mine in Kentucky by Panagioti Tsolkas Human Rights Groups, Environmentalists Oppose New Federal Prison on Former Coal Mine in Kentucky by Panagioti Tsolkas On March 30, 2015, organizations and individuals from across the country joined the Human Rights Defense …
Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Report Highlights Health Concerns Related to Coal Ash Dump at Pennsylvania Prison by David Reutter A preliminary report by two human rights organizations concluded that a toxic fly ash dump which surrounds State Correctional Institution (SCI) Fayette in Pennsylvania may be causing cancer and other serious health ailments to both …
Publication • March 30, 2015
HRDC comment on Letcher County prison siting on coal mine March 2015 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS March 30, 2015 U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons Attn: Isaac Gaston, Site Selection Specialist 320 First St., NW Washington, DC 20534 VIA EMAIL (igaston@bop.gov) Re: Proposed USP/FPC …
Publication • 2014
Report on Water Crisis at West Virginia Jail, 2014 Negligence and Malice: A Preliminary Report on the Water Crisis at South Central Regional Jail Published by the Stories from South Central Project http://www.storiesfromsouthcentralwv.com In the wake of the 10,000­gallon chemical spill into the Elk River in January 2014, hundreds of …
Publication • 2014
Toxic Coal Waste Exposure at PA SCI Fayette Abolitionist Law Center 2014 No Escape: Google Earth, 2014 Exposure to Toxic Coal Waste at State Correctional Institution Fayette DUSTIN S. MCDANIEL Executive Director, Abolitionist Law Center BRET GROTE Legal Director, Abolitionist Law Center BEN FIORILLO Human Rights Coalition DEVON COHEN Human …
Publication • 2014
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Connecticut Department of Public Health - Radon Testing at GCI, Department of Correction, 2014 Garner Correction Institution Deputy Warden Denise Dilworth Connecticut Department of Correction TO: FROM: DATE: RE: " Roll Call Deputy Warden Denise Dilworth May 2~ 2014 Draft Design for Garner ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• The Director of Facilities Management and …
Gaines v. Contra Costa County, CA, Settlement, Failure to Protect - Hazardous Conditions, 2013 ,.. I j 09/16/2~13 -·- - · - 09:35 - · -· 925252:L-:J33 SPARKPOil'IT PAGE This full and Final R.eler1se and Settkment Agrcenient ("Agrec111e1~t") is entered into as of the d:;ite it is l"ully executed by …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Rikers Island Guards File Suit Alleging Cancer-Causing Toxin Exposure by Mark Wilson The Rikers Island jail in New York City was built atop a toxic landfill that is causing cancer, according to lawsuits filed by seven cancer-stricken Rikers employees. “That island is toxic and it’s killing people,” said guard Vanessa …
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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 • August 15, 2011 • from PLN August, 2011
California Prisoners Still Forced to Drink Arsenic-Laced Water by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Prisoners at California’s Kern Valley State Prison in Delano are being slowly poisoned through their drinking water. The “state of the art” facility opened at a cost of $379 million in 2005; the water problem …
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 …
D.C. Department of Corrections Employee Exposed to Environmental Pollutants Settles for $10,000 by On July 18, 2006, the District of Columbia paid $10,000 to settle with a Department of Corrections employee who suffered respiratory illness after exposure to environmental pollutants. The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the …
Class Certification Upheld for Louisiana Toxic Train Derailment Near Prison by On August 21, 2008, a Louisiana appellate court affirmed class certification in a lawsuit involving prisoners and guards who were exposed to toxic chemicals following a train derailment. The train derailed near Eunice, Louisiana on May 27, 2000, and …
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