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Article • July 15, 2008
South Carolina Prisoners not Entitled to Prevailing Wage at Prison Jobs by South Carolina state prisoners sued the state Department of Corrections in state court after they weren't paid a comparable wage to free worlders performing the same work for their participation in a prison industries program. The trial court …
Article • July 15, 2008
Filed under: Work, Workplace Injury
No Damages Awarded for Job-Related Hand Injury by A female New York prisoner prevails but is awarded no damages for an on-the-job hand injury. Ms. Miner was a New York prisoner when her hand was caught in a plate roller she was operating. She sustained only minor injuries. Minor filed …
Article • June 15, 2008 • from PLN June, 2008
New York Prisoner Awarded $112,000 For Leg Burns by On August 30, 2007, a court of claims in Syracuse, New York, awarded $112,000 to a prisoner who burned his legs while working in a prison kitchen. While imprisoned at the Watertown Correctional Facility on July 16, 1995, Daniel Marria was …
Georgia’s Sex Offender Residency Restriction Unconstitutional; Work Restriction Approved by The Georgia Supreme Court has declared that a state law that prohibits registered sex offenders from residing or loitering at a location that is within 1,000 feet of any childcare facility, church, school or area where minors congregate (the “residency …
Article • May 15, 2008
Filed under: Work, Prison Labor
Okay to Force Pre Trial Detainee to Work in Jail for Extra Food by The plaintiff said he was forced to serve without payment as a "food cart worker" under threat of discipline. The court denies summary judgment to defendants on the plaintiff's claim of an official policy of making …
No Restriction on Moving Wisconsin Prisoners to Private Out of State Prisons by The plaintiff sought an injunction against his transfer to a private prison in Texas or Tennessee. His commitment to the "Wisconsin State Prisons" as opposed to the "Wisconsin Department of Corrections" does not mean he has a …
Flurry of Escapes Emphasizes Prisoners' Desperation by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Last September produced a bumper crop of prison and jail escapes around the country, including a desperate escape by two Texas prisoners that resulted in the death of a guard, a car jacking and two shootouts. Plus a …
Three Murders in Three Months at Mississippi Control Unit Lead to Improvements And New Consent Decree by "Taken as a whole, I am convinced the conditions in Unit 32 are as bad as anywhere in the whole country," observed Margaret Winter, a lawyer with the National Prison Project of the …
Making the Bad Guy Pay: The Growing Use of Cost Shifting as an Economic Sanction by Kirsten D. Levingston by Kirsten D. Levingston1 "At some point, we have to be able to say to people who have been incarcerated, and served time on probation or parole upon release, you have …
Iowa Prisons Fined $92,000 For Prisoner Workplace Accidents by Fines totaling $92,000 were levied in January 2007 by Iowa?s Occupational Safety and Health Bureau against the Iowa Department of Corrections (IDOC). In March 2006, a Fort Madison prisoner severed a finger in a table saw in the Prison Industries workshop. …
Article • March 15, 2008 • from PLN March, 2008
California DOC and Joint-Venture Contractor Owe Over $1.8 Million in Attorney Fees for Protracted Suit Granting Prison Workers Prevailing Wage by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The California Court of Appeal, 4th District, has upheld the San Diego Superior Court’s award of $1,257,258.60 in attorney fees incurred during drawn-out …
Factor 8: the Arkansas Prison Blood Mining Scandal Movie review and Director Interview by Brandon Eng Filmmaker Kelly Duda’s first documentary, Factor 8: the Arkansas Prison Blood Scandal, chronicles the decades of abuse towards prisoners and patients from blood mining in search of profits. Traveling back to his home state …
Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
Colorado Farms Out Prisoners to Replace Immigrant Farm Workers by Colorado is renting its prisoners to local farmers to replace migrant agricultural workers - mostly Mexican and Central American - who have been scared away by the state's restrictive immigration laws. In 2006, the Colorado legislature passed what it trumpeted …
Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
Louisiana Work-Release Prisoners Used by Sheriff in Chop Shop by Gary Hunter In February 2005, Louisiana sheriff Ronald ?Gun? Ficklin was indicted on 22 counts 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 …
Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
New York Pays State Prisoner $1,100 for Disregarding Work Restrictions by On March 31, 2006, a court of claims in Rochester, New York, awarded $1,100 to a state prisoner who was forced to pick up a laundry bag despite a work restriction prohibiting such activity. Plaintiff Stephen Gagne claimed that …
Pennsylvania DOC's Nondisclosure of Documents Regarding Chemical Incident Upheld by Court by Pennsylvania state prisoner Christopher Heffran petitioned for review of the Department of Corrections' (DOC) non-production of requested documents regarding his asthma attack. The DOC stated that the requested documents were not public records under the Right to Know …
The Poisoned Pen of Fort Lyon Prison by Alan Prendergast Bought by the state for a dollar, Fort Lyon is rich in history, asbestos, sick prisoners and trouble. by Alan Prendergast History Lesson #1 In 1829, William Bent headed west to join his older brother in the fur business. William …
Article • January 15, 2008
Guards’ Individual Immunity a Matter of Bad Faith Intent by Guards' Individual Immunity a Matter of Bad Faith Intent Former Kentucky State prisoner William Sloas' voluntary participation in the Rowan County Jail's work program resulted in his leg being broken in an accident. He brought suit against the county and …
Article • January 15, 2008 • from PLN January, 2008
California: 1st Degree Occupied Burglary Doesn’t Bar Working in Licensed by California: 1st Degree Occupied Burglary Doesn't Bar Working in Licensed Community Care Facilities 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 …
Article • January 15, 2008 • from PLN January, 2008
Prisoner Crashes Jet Ski into Dock in Camden County, Georgia by On September 16, 2006, a Camden County, Georgia jail prisoner crashed a Sheriff?s Department jet ski into a private dock at Harriet?s Bluff on the Crooked River. According to Sheriff Bill Smith, jail trustees were moving the jet skis …
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