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Article • April 15, 2009
Dismissal of Suit Challenging Loss of Diminution Credits Upheld by On May 8, 2008, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals upheld the dismissal of a prisoner suit challenging the loss of diminution credits. Alfred Fraction and Gregory Nutter, Maryland prisoners, sued the Secretary of the Department of Public Safety and …
$3 Million Jury Award in Wrongful Termination of Washington Prosecutor by A jury in Washington’s King County awarded a fired prosecutor $3,075,170. The lawsuit by Barbara Corey charged that she was wrongfully terminated by the Pierce County Prosecutor’s Office in 2004. At the time of her firing, Corey was number …
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
Texas Prison Authority OK’s Illegal Use of Prison Labor, but PIE Contract Not Renewed by Gary Hunter Texas Prison Authority OK’s Illegal Use of Prison Labor, but PIE Contract Not Renewed by Gary Hunter Even though a Texas legislator found the practice illegal, and even though it cost sixty people …
This Valentine’s Lingerie Is Brought to You By the Prison Industrial Complex by Beth Schwartzapfel This Valentine’s Lingerie Is Brought to You By the Prison Industrial Complex by Beth Schwartzapfel With Valentine’s Day, perhaps you made a trip to Victoria’s Secret. If you’re a conscientious shopper, chances are you want …
$750,000 Settlement for Colorado DOC Guard Death At Hands Of BOP Training Instructors by Colorado state resident Pamela Perse brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1995 after Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) personnel's negligence resulted in the death of her husband. The suit settled for $750,000 …
Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
Arbitrator Awards Hawaii Prisoner $7,500 for Injuries Sustained While Working in Kitchen by On March 10, 2008, a Hawaii prisoner was awarded $7,500 through arbitration after being burned by hot coffee. On April 3, 2007, Will Kaaihue received second degree burns down the left side of his body while working …
Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
Washington Prisoner Suit for “Prevailing Wages” from Private Employer Fails by John Dannenberg Washington Prisoner Suit for “Prevailing Wages” from Private Employer Fails by John E. Dannenberg The Washington state Court of Appeals has affirmed a superior court’s denial of a “prevailing wage” claim filed by state prisoners employed by …
Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
Deceased New York Prisoner Wins Barber/Cosmetology Licensing For Ex-Cons by Three years after his death, ex-con Marc LaCloche won his long-fought case to permit ex-cons in New York state the right to gain barber and cosmetology licenses. LaCloche, after an 11-year stint in New York prison, sought to make a …
Article • February 15, 2009
California: 1st Degree Occupied Burglary Doesn’t Bar Working in Licensed Community Care Facilities by Convicted felons suffer many civil disabilities, even after discharge from custody and post-release supervision. In California, a person whose criminal past includes a “crime against a person” is precluded from working in a state-licensed community care …
Article • February 15, 2009
Montana Prison Settles Suit For Employees' Interrupted Lunch Breaks by Fourteen Montana State Prison (MSP) employees brought suit against the state Department of Corrections for reimbursement after allegedly working through their lunch breaks. The suit for damages in excess of $250,000 settled for $124,000. MSP employees consisting of three shift …
Article • February 15, 2009
Civilians Replace Kitchen Guards At New York Correction Center by Nassau County (New York) Sheriff Officer's Association, Inc., and individual guards (plaintiffs), petitioned to prevent the County from replacing guards with civilian workers and supervisors in the kitchens at the Nassau County Correction Center (NCCC) pending the disposition of an …
$12,773.46 Settlement After BOP Vehicle Rear Ends Motorist by Tennessee resident Beverly Oliver brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1996 after being rear ended by a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) truck driven by a prisoner. The $75,000 suit settled for $12,773.46. Oliver was a passenger in …
$40,000 Settlement After BOP Employee Causes Automobile Accident by West Virginia resident Lillian Poindexter brought a federal tort action in 1997 against the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and federal agent Mari Higgins after being struck by Higgins' vehicle. The $139,000 suit settled for …
Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
Washington DOC Restarts Private Industry Prison Jobs Following State Constitutional Amendment by John Dannenberg Washington DOC Restarts Private Industry Prison Jobs Following State Constitutional Amendment by John E. Dannenberg After eliminating private industry prison work programs in response to a Washington State Supreme Court ruling declaring the underlying statute unconstitutional …
No Private Cause of Action for Businesses Complaining that Competitor Unfairly Used Prison Labor by John Dannenberg No Private Cause of Action for Businesses Complaining that Competitor Unfairly Used Prison Labor by John E. Dannenberg The Washington Water Jet Workers Association (“Water Jet”) sued the Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC), …
Article • January 15, 2009
Colorado Federal Probationers' Employer Notification Requirement Not Occupational Restriction Under USSG by Bob Williams By: Bob Williams Colorado federal probationers Ruian Du and Rachel Chavez appealed the denial of their individual requests for a stay of the 2005 application of Colorado's Employment Verification Policy (Policy). They claimed that it constituted …
Article • January 15, 2009
Federal Officials Raid Mushroom Farm Leaving Wyoming Prisoners "Spore" Losers by Bob Williams By: Bob Williams Wyoming State prisoners face layoffs due to the imminent closing of the Wind River Mushrooms farm (Farm) in Shoshoni. This was caused by federal officials raiding the Farm finding false identification on Guatemalan immigrant …
Prisoners Exposed to Toxic Dust at UNICOR Recycling Factories by Brandon Sample Federal Prison Industries (FPI), the largest legal sweatshop in America, has jeopardized the lives and safety of untold numbers of prisoners and staff working in its recycling factories, according to a preliminary report in an investigation by the …
Organizing for Freedom: Resistance at Angola State Penitentiary, Louisiana’s Last Slave Plantation by Jordan Flaherty Organizing for Freedom: Resistance at Angola State Penitentiary, Louisiana’s Last Slave Plantation by Jordan Flaherty At the heart of Louisiana’s prison system sits the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, a former slave plantation where little …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
Oregon Juvenile Facility Warden Indicted; Youth Authority Director Resigns by Mark Wilson Oregon Juvenile Facility Warden Indicted; Youth Authority Director Resigns by Mark Wilson From 2000 to 2007, Darrin Humphreys served as warden of the RiverBend Youth Detention Center, a 50-bed Oregon Youth Authority (OYA) facility in LaGrande, Oregon. Supervisors …
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