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Article • April 1, 2021 • from PLN April, 2021
Filed under: Prison Labor, COVID-19, Fines
California Prison Factories Fined For Exposing Unwitting Workers to COVID-19 by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The California Prison Industry Authority (CALPIA) was cited on March 1, 2021, by the state Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) and fined $24,300 for “serious” violations stemming from a June 2020 exposure …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Idaho Supreme Court Holds Prisoners Have No Right to Paid or Unpaid Employment by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 5, 2020, the Idaho Supreme Court held that state prisoners have no right to paid or unpaid employment despite a state law stating that the board of correction “shall …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Filed under: Prison Labor, Fire Hazards
Arizona Pays Prisoners Pennies on the Dollar to Fight Fires, All in the Name of Saving Money by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell When historic wildfires burned through Arizona in June 2020, two out of three of the firefighters who brought the blazes under control were state prisoners who were …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Filed under: Prison Labor, COVID-19
Prisoners Paid $2 Per Hour to Move COVID-19 Corpses in El Paso, Texas by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A Texas city has used jail prisoners to move bodies of COVID-19 victims into refrigerated trailers that served as temporary morgues, paying them $2 an hour to do the dangerous and …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
Former Prisoners Making Less Than Minimum Wage Working for Nonprofit Doe Fund by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Former prisoners who have turned to the nonprofit organization The Doe Fund in New York City for work and job training have found themselves making less than minimum wage, once the Doe …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Filed under: Prison Labor
University of Florida Still Using Prison Labor, But End in Sight by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The University of Florida (UF) released a statement June 18, 2020 in response to a letter written by the Coalition to Abolish Prison Slavery (CAPS). The statement included initiatives addressing racism and inequality …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Prison Labor
Temporary Halt of Federal Prison Labor at National Parks, but New Policy Proposed To Resume It by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins An internal investigation conducted by the inspector general’s office of the Department of the Interior found a surprising lack of procedures or policies governing the use of federal …
James v. Pfister, IL, Settlement, Conditions of Confinement - Yard Restrictions, 2020 Information Case# Official Case# 16-4237 CD 16-CV-4237 Plaintiffs: IDOC# Sheet for Case Number Case Name Filed James, Eddie #R10418 v. Pfister, et al. Defendants: 9/26/17 Date Served Received Status 10/30/17 closed Class Action On Appeal Spears Opposing Counsel: …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Filed under: Work Release, Prison Labor
Wildfires Threaten Prisoners in West, While New California Law Helps Prisoner-Firefighters to Continue Work After Release by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell It used to be that specially trained prisoners who worked on the front lines fighting wildfires couldn’t continue to work as firefighters after their release. Thanks to a …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
California Scrambled to Staff Wildfire Crews After Firefighting Prisoners Locked Down Due to COVID-19 by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell With nearly one in four of the state’s frontline firefighters being state prisoners during peak wildfire season, California has been scrambling to find enough qualified firefighters to staff its fire …
Eleventh Circuit Holds Trafficking Victims Protection Act Applies to CoreCivic “Voluntary Work Program” by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 28, 2020, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1589(a), 1595, or TVPA, applies to privately operated immigration detention centers. …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Filed under: Prison Labor, COVID-19
Prisoners Replace New Orleans Sanitation Workers Striking for Coronavirus Hazard Pay by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Waste disposal workers, called “hoppers,” of Orleans Parish went on strike May 5, 2020, demanding the city of New Orleans provide them with better personal protective equipment (PPE) and hazard pay due to …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Filed under: Prison Labor
High School Journalists Garner National Attention by Exposing School’s Use of Prisoner Labor by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Amherst-Pelham Regional High School (APRHS) English teacher Sara Barber-Just was rubbing sleep from her eyes at 5:30 a.m. while reading the June 28, 2019, online edition of The New York Times. …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: Prison Labor, COVID-19
Florida Continues to Use Slave Labor During Coronavirus Outbreak by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Florida is one of a handful of states that doesn’t pay prisoners to work, constituting what some consider slave labor. Meanwhile, the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) continues to use prison labor during the coronavirus …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Nevada Supreme Court Holds Firefighting Prisoner Cannot Challenge Worker’s Compensation Based on Prison Pay by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Following his release, a former Nevada Department of Corrections (DOC) prisoner who was injured while working as a firefighter for the Nevada Division of Forestry (NDF) challenged the calculation of …
Compelling Labor and Chilling Dissent: Creative Resistance to Coercive Uses of Solitary Confinement in Prisons and Immigration Detention Centers, Harvard Journal on Racial & Ethnic Justice, Forthcoming Compelling Labor and Chilling Dissent: Creative Resistance to Coercive Uses of Solitary Confinement in Prisons and Immigration Detention Centers Savannah Kumar1 INTRODUCTION Solitary …
Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020
Filed under: Prison Labor, COVID-19
Rikers Island Prisoners Helped with Preparations to Bury the Coronavirus Dead by Prisoners jailed with a conviction at New York’s Rikers Island were offered $6 an hour to dig mass graves at Hart Island, where more than 1 million mostly indigent city residents are already buried. In a city with …
Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020
Santa Rita Jail Accused of Slave Labor in California Class Action by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Current and former prisoners at Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County, California, filed a class action lawsuit on November 18, 2019 against the county, Sheriff Gregory Ahern, and Aramark Correctional Services for violating …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Former Prisoners Find Career Success and Help Others to Achieve the Same by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Ex-felons are gaining more opportunities to rebuild their lives after release without having the stigma of incarceration hanging over their heads. With such measures as Ban the Box, Second Chance Employment, and …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
As Coronavirus Spreads, New York Governor Exploits Prison Labor to Produce Hand Sanitizer by Michael Fortino, Ph.D by Michael Fortino, Ph.D. On March 9, with fears of coronavirus spreading, Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York held a press conference to announce the debut of a new hand sanitizer called NYS …
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