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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 …
Publication • July 30, 2015
Joint letter to KY environmental agencies re Letcher County BOP siting July 2015 Commissioner Gregory Johnson Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources #1 Sportsman's Lane Frankfort, KY 40601 July 31, 2015 Re: Wildlife Impacts Associated With the Proposal for a Federal Prison Facility in Letcher County Dear Commissioner Johnson: …
Publication • July 12, 2015
HRDC comment to EPA on Environmental Justice and prisoners July 2015 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS July 14, 2015 SENT VIA EMAIL ONLY Charles Lee Deputy Associate Assistant Administrator for Environmental Justice USEPA, Office of Environmental Justice (2201-A) 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460 Re: …
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
GEO Group’s Gulags Grasping for Green Approval by Panagioti Tsolkas GEO Group’s Gulags Grasping for Green Approval by Panagioti Tsolkas All the environmentally-conscious “green” certifications in the world can’t cover up the steady flow of atrocities associated with for-profit prisons, but that’s not going to stop them from trying. In …
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 …
Brief • April 7, 2015
Filed under: Environmental Law, Sewage
Black Warrior Riverkeeper v. Alabama Utility Services, AL, Final Judgment, Prison Sewage Discharge, 2015 FILED Case 2:13-cv-00410-AKK Document 44 Filed 04/07/15 Page 1 of 4 2015 Apr-07 PM 02:36 U.S. DISTRICT COURT N.D. OF ALABAMA UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION BLACK WARRIOR RIVERKEEPER, INC., ) …
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 …
Semelbauer v. Muskegon County, MI, Complaint, 2014 Case 1:14-cv-01245 Doc #1 Filed 12/04/14 Page 1 of 42 Page ID#1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION MICHELLE SEMELBAUER, PAULETTE BOSCH, DENISE VOS, CRISA BROWN, LATRECE BAKER, TAMMY SPEERS, LONDORA KITCHENS, and STASHIA COLLINS, …
Brief • September 26, 2014
Filed under: Environmental Law, Sewage
Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Inc. v. Alabama Utility Services, Inc., AL, Settlement, Prison Sewage, 2014 FILED Case 2:13-cv-00410-AKK Document 34 Filed 09/26/14 Page 1 of 22 2014 Sep-26 PM 05:01 U.S. DISTRICT COURT N.D. OF ALABAMA UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION BLACK WARRIOR RIVERKEEPER, INC., ) …
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 …
Article • December 15, 2011 • from PLN December, 2011
US EPA Takes Action Against Kansas Prison for Asbestos Violations by The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued orders against the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) for violations of federal law concerning asbestos removal. The violations stem from a renovation in 2005-2006 at the Topeka Correctional Facility (TCF). The …
Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011
Pennsylvania DOC Agrees to Comply with Clean Air Act at Four Prisons by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A settlement agreement to remedy violations of the federal Clean Air Act at four Pennsylvania state prisons was announced on January 4, 2011. The settlement between the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections …
Publication • August 1, 2010
Environmental Audit of BOP's Thomson Correctional Center, 2010 Environmental Assessment for the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Acquisition and Activation of Thomson Correctional Center as Administrative United States Penitentiary Thomson Thomson, Illinois Prepared for: Federal Bureau of Prisons Prepared by: Tetra Tech, Inc. Fairfax, Virginia August 2010 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ORGANIZATION This …
Publication • October 30, 2009
Filed under: Environmental Law
Coyote Ridge Environmental Assessment, US Green Building Council, 2009 Coyote Ridge Corrections Center The US Green Building Council has awarded 39 points to CRCC. CRCC has received the first LEED Gold Certification for a prison campus. October 30, 2009 OWNER INFORMATION Contact Name: David B. Jansen, P.E., LEED® AP Department …
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