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Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022
Colorado Using SWIFT but Cheap Wildlands Firefighters by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon For many years PLN has reported on prison systems across the nation like those in Arkansas and Texas that pay prisoners nothing for the work they are required to perform. Others, like Louisiana, pay only pennies per …
Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021
Forty-One Oregon Prisoner Firefighters have Sentences Commuted by Oregon endured a devastating wildfire season in 2020. The fires raged across the state incinerating over one million acres of land and more than 4,000 homes. Prisoners enslaved in the Oregon Department of Corrections stepped up to assist their fellow citizens, risking …
Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021
Federal Jury Orders GEO Group to Pay $23 Million for Immigrant Detainee Slave Labor in Washington by In a landmark case, a federal jury decided against the GEO Group for paying $1 dollar a day wages to immigrant detainees at its privately-operated prison in Washington. The facility in question is …
Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021
Salvation Army Sued for a Failing to Pay Wages to Drug Program Participants by A class action lawsuit alleges that the Salvation Army’s adult drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers and adult rehabilitation programs violate California law by failing to treat participants in those programs as employees. The civil complaint was …
Brief • November 4, 2021
State of WA v GEO Group, WA, Amended Civil Judgment, Minimum Wage in Detention Centers, 2021 Case 3:17-cv-05806-RJB Document 633 Filed 11/04/21 Page 1 of 1 1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 5 6 STATE OF WASHINGTON, 7 Plaintiff, 8 THE GEO …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Filed under: Prison Labor, Escapes
California Fire Crew Prisoner’s Escape Attempt Leaves Trail of Destruction by A California prisoner who tried to escape in a stolen fire truck left “half a block of destruction.” He was caught shortly after he tried to carjack another vehicle. On July 5, 2021, the prisoner was working on the …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Louisiana Prisoners Used as Slave Labor During Hurricane Ida, Families Left in the Dark for Weeks by Brian Dolinar by Brian Dolinar When Hurricane Ida made landfall this past summer, it was the deadliest and most destructive to hit Louisiana since Hurricane Katrina. In 2005, many prisoners were not evacuated …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Filed under: Prison Labor, Escapes
Oregon Suspends Outside Prisoner Work Crews After Prisoner Escape Sparks International Incident by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On September 22, 2021 Oregon prison officials suspended outside prisoner work crews “in order to review any potential changes following a walk away earlier this year” according to an internal memo sent …
Brief • October 29, 2021
State of WA v. GEO Group, WA, Jury Verdict 2, Minimum Wage in Detention Centers, 2021 Case 3:17-cv-05769-RJB Document 519 Filed 10/29/21 Page 1 of 1
Brief • October 27, 2021
State of WA v. GEO Group, WA, Jury Verdict 1, Minimum Wage in Detention Centers, 2021 Case 3:17-cv-05769-RJB Document 508 Filed 10/27/21 Page 1 of 1
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
State Auditor Report Critical of Texas Prison Agribusiness by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The State Auditor of Texas issued a report in March 2021 about the sale and production of food and fiber by the Agribusiness, Land and Minerals Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). The …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Prison Labor
Pushing Back on Prison Labor by Lilah Burke Public institutions often have ties to state-run prison labor companies. Students at one university system are trying to challenge that. by Lilah Burke, Inside Higher ED New York governor Andrew Cuomo walks past cells in Clinton Correctional Facility in 2014. Lots of furniture at …
Publication • 2021
Filed under: Prison Labor
South Carolina Law Review, Vol 72, 2021 SOUTH CAROLINA LAW REVIEW VOLUME 72 2020–2021 NUMBERS 1–4 BOARD OF EDITORS MORGAN E. SPIRES Editor-in-Chief RYAN T. ROMANO Managing Editor JORDAN T. DEJACO ROBERT D. HOLLAND III ANDREA L. MCDONALD ANNA C. PARHAM JESSICA B. THOMPSON Associate Editors-in-Chief CAROLINE K. AVANT TIM …
Publication • 2021
Filed under: Prison Labor
Prison Labor - the Price of Prisons and the Lasting Effects of Incarceration 2021 Prison Labor: The Price of Prisons and the Lasting Effects of Incarceration∗ Belinda Archibong Barnard College † Nonso Obikili ‡ ERSA and Stellenbosch University January 29, 2021 Abstract Institutions of justice, like prisons, can be used …
Publication • 2021
Filed under: Prison Labor
Bloody Lucre - Carceral Labor and Prison Profit BLOODY LUCRE: CARCERAL LABOR AND PRISON PROFIT Laura I Appleman1 The pursuit of profit is inextricably intertwined with America’s system of carceral labor and criminal punishment. Along with the institution of slavery, the harnessing of involuntary carceral labor yielded enormous proceeds through …
Brief • May 7, 2021
Hezlitt v. Ryan, AZ, Order, Failure to Protect, 2021 Case 2:18-cv-03021-ROS-ESW Document 64 Filed 05/07/21 Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Todd Hezlitt, No. CV-18-03021-PHX-ROS (ESW) Plaintiff, 10 11 v. 12 Charles …
Spillman v. Salvation Army, CA, Class Action Complaint, Failure to Pay Minimum Wage, 2021 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ll Jessica Riggin (SBN 281712) jriggin@rnkinhyland.com Valerie Brender (SBN 298224) vbrender@rukinhyland.com RUKJN HYLAND & RIGGIN LLP 1939 Harrison Street, Suite 290 Oakland, CA 946 12 Tel: (415) …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Filed under: Chain Gangs, Smoking
Smoking on the Chain Gang by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Smoking has long been a past time for people. In some cultures, it’s like a rite of passage. In our more modern times, it is portrayed as a bad habit. Either way you look at it, the fact …
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 …
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