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Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries
Two Companies Acknowledge Exporting U.S. Prisoner-Made Goods to Canada by David Reutter by David M. Reutter South Carolina-based Anderson Hardwood Floors formally announced in January 2012 that it had been violating Canadian law by exporting products partly manufactured by prisoners into Canada for the past 15 years. The announcement implicitly …
Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries
Federal Prison Industries Contract Leads to Freeworld Job Losses by The loss of a $45 million contract to produce military clothing has caused Tennessee-based Tennier Industries to lay off around 100 workers. The contract was awarded to Federal Prison Industries (FPI), also known as UNICOR, which will use prisoner slave …
Article • October 15, 2012
California: Joint Venture Program Compensates Crime Victims by On December 12, 2011, pursuant to the Prison Inmate Labor Initiative of 1990, better known as the Joint Venture Program, San Quentin State Prison officials donated a total of $38,232 to seven Bay Area nonprofit agencies that provide services to victims of …
“Voluntary” Work Program in Private Detention Centers Pays Detained Immigrants $1 a Day by Yana Kunichoff In the Stewart Detention Center in rural Lumpkin, Georgia, Pedro Guzman cleaned the communal areas, cooked, painted walls, ran paperwork and buffed floors. But Guzman was not brought into Stewart as an employee – …
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
Maryland Women Prisoners Sew Commemorative 1812 Flags by In July 2011, prisoners at the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women in Jessup were busy sewing 1812-style flags to be flown at Maryland public buildings. The plan was to replace the state’s old flags with the 1812-style flags, which have 15 stars …
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
Texas Legislator Uses Prisoner-Made Goods as Gifts for Campaign Contributors by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke When Republican Texas State Representative Debbie Riddle scheduled her “Riddle Executive Leadership Summit” at the Lanier Theological Library in August 2011, the agenda mentioned several “esteemed discussion leaders,” a buffet reception and special gifts …
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
Washington State Court of Appeals Holds Payments to Class II Prison Workers Are “Wages” for Time-Loss Compensation Calculations by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 13, 2011, a Washington state Court of Appeals held that money paid to Class II prison workers counted as “wages” for purposes of calculating …
God’s Own Warden: If you ever find yourself inside Louisiana’s Angola prison, Burl Cain will make sure you find Jesus – or regret ever crossing his path by James Ridgeway God’s Own Warden: If you ever find yourself inside Louisiana’s Angola prison, Burl Cain will make sure you find Jesus …
UNICOR Fraudsters Plead Guilty, Sentenced by A former federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) employee and a former contractor were indicted and have pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud UNICOR, the prison industries arm of the BOP. The indictment, handed down by a grand jury in the Northern District of Florida, …
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries
Ohio Prison Industry Cuts Over 35% of Workforce by The workforce for Ohio Penal Industries (OPI) has been reduced by more than 35% since 2007. With budget cuts due to the economic downturn forcing state agencies – OPI’s largest customers – to reduce spending, revenue at OPI has spiraled downward. …
Second Circuit Rules No Property Interest in Prison Industries Job, Joining Third, Fifth and Seventh Circuits by In an unpublished opinion, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that federal prisoners do not have a protected property interest in a UNICOR job assignment. The court also affirmed the dismissal for …
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
Prison Slave Labor Replaces Freeworld Workers in Down Economy by David Reutter The fact that prison slave labor can cut costs and generate revenue has never been a secret. Private businesses nationwide are vying to exploit prisoner workers to reduce operating expenses and gain a competitive advantage, while government agencies …
Gartrell v. FBOP, PA, Gartrell Expert Policy Proposal, RFRA Bivens Action Muslim prayer times and locations, 2012 CONFIDENTIAL SUBJECT TO FRE 408 FOR SETTLEMENT PURPOSES ONLY Isadore Gartrell v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al. FCI Schuylkill Muslim Prayer Policy Proposal This Muslim Prayer Policy Proposal sets forth alternatives to …
Brief • April 16, 2012
Gartrell v. FBOP, PA, Settlement Agreement, RFRA Bivens Action Muslim prayer times and locations, 2012 555 Eleventh Street, NW., Suite 1000 Washington, D.C. 20004-1304 Tel +1.202.637.2200 Fax +1.202.637.2201 www.lw.com LATH AM&WAT KIN SLLP April 16, 2012 Ronald Reagan Federal Building Suite 220 228 Walnut Street P.O. Box 11754 Harrisburg, PA …
Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012
Ohio Facility is Recycling Trash, Saving Money Thanks to Prisoners’ Slave Labor by Joe Watson Recycling was a foreign concept to Randy Cantebury, a training officer at the medium-security Marion Correctional Institute (MCI) in Marion, Ohio. In early 2011, MCI prisoners told Cantebury, who runs the facility’s gardening and aquatic …
BOP Staff at FMC Lexington Recover Monetary Damages and Attorney Fees for Privacy Act Violations by Derek Gilna In a lengthy decision, the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that approximately 100 employees of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) could recover damages under the Federal Tort Claims Act …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Washington Prisoner Killed During Prison Industries Escape Attempt by A Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC) prisoner was shot and killed at the Clallam Bay Corrections Facility during a June 29, 2011 escape attempt. At approximately 10:00 a.m., state prisoner Dominick Maldonado, 25, used a pair of scissors to take a …
Article • January 15, 2012 • from PLN January, 2012
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries
Aramark Loses Laundry Contract to Oregon Prisoners by Effective June 2011, prisoners at the Oregon State Penitentiary took over the job of cleaning microfiber mop heads for the Salem Hospital. The hospital previously contracted with Aramark Uniform Services to clean its mops, but on March 10, 2011 the hospital gave …
Article • November 15, 2011
Arizona Court of Appeals Authorizes Attorney Fees in Bilke Minimum Wage Class-Action Suit by Matthew Clarke By Matt Clarke On January 29, 2009, the Arizona Court of Appeals held that plaintiffs’ attorney fees must be paid by the state in the Bilke case. Mitchell Paul Bilke, Charles Roberts, Kenneth Asherman, …
Article • November 15, 2011
Settlement Payments for Work Related Injuries Do Not Begin Until After Release from Prison by Settlement payments for work related injuries do not begin until after release from federal custody, U.S. magistrate Judge Brain Owsley held in April 30, 2008. On March 21, 1997, Jerry L. Thompson, a federal prisoner, …
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