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Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries
Noncompliance With South Carolina Prevailing Wage Statute Grievable by by Michael Rigby The South Carolina Supreme Court upheld the decisions of two circuit courts regarding the application of South Carolina's Prevailing Wage statute to prisoners. South Carolina's prevailing wage statute, S.C. Code Ann. 24-3-40, -410, -430 (Supp. 2002), requires the …
Texas State Equipment and Employees Used for Private Prison Labor Lobbying by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke Republican State Representative Ray Allen of Grand Prairie, Texas, Chairman of the Texas House Corrections Committee, has been using his state employees and state equipment to operate a private firm that specializes …
Article • March 15, 2005 • from PLN March, 2005
South Carolina Prison Officials Cheat Charity, Attempt Coverup by South Carolina Prison Officials Cheat Charity, Attempt Coverup by Michael Rigby Officials at South Carolina's Lieber Correctional Institution (LCI) were supposed to be supplying free prison labor to a charity that builds portable housing for the elderly. Instead, they were stealing …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
New York Prisoner Awarded $105,000 for Shoulder Injury by New York Prisoner Awarded $105,000 For Shoulder Injury On December 15, 2003, a court of claims in Syracuse, New York, awarded $105,000 plus interest to a state prisoner who suffered a torn rotator cuff as the result of a construction accident. …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries
South Carolina Prison Industry Program Problematic, Audit Finds by Michael Rigby South Carolina Prison Industry Program Problematic, Audit Finds by Michael Rigby The prison industries program of the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) is improperly managed, likely displaces workers in the surrounding community, and creates an unfair advantage in …
Article • January 15, 2005 • from PLN January, 2005
Florida's Private Prison Industry Corporation Under Siege by David Reutter by David M. Reutter As early as 1980, drugstore mogul Jack Eckerd was convinced a private company could provide higher profits to Florida if it ran the state's Prison Industries. After Eckerd's lobbying of the Florida Legislature, that Legislature enacted …
Article • January 15, 2005 • from PLN January, 2005
Don't Build It Here - The Hype Versus the Reality of Prisons and Local Employment by Clayton Mosher Don't Build it Here - The Hype Versus the Reality of Prisons and Local Employment by Clayton Mosher, Gregory Hooks, and Peter Wood Fueled by the war on drugs, Draconian sentencing policies, …
Article • January 15, 2005 • from PLN January, 2005
Washington Prison's Water System and Meat Contaminated With Feces by Roger Smith On August 20, 2004, fecal coliform and E. coli were found in the water system at the McNeil Island Correction Center (MICC) near Steilacoom, Washington. E. coli was also found in about 6,000 pounds of ground beef produced …
Article • January 15, 2005 • from PLN January, 2005
Qualified Immunity Denied to Supervising Driver's License Examiner in Oklahoma Prisoner's Rape by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a state driver's license examiner who exercised supervisory control over a prisoner acted as a state actor and can be held liable …
Article • January 15, 2005 • from PLN January, 2005
HIV Is Occupational Disease for Connecticut Prison Guards by HIV is Occupational Disease for Connecticut Prison Guards The Connecticut Supreme Court held that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is an occupational disease for prison guards who are members of prison emergency response units. The court also held that the estate …
Article • December 15, 2004 • from PLN December, 2004
Washington Prison Labor Program Struck Down by Paul Wright by Roger Smith & Paul Wright In a rare reversal of its own prior ruling, the Washington state supreme court has ruled that the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) must stop "letting out" convict labor to private businesses. The court found …
Article • December 15, 2004 • from PLN December, 2004
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries
California Prisons' Joint-Venture Program Under Statewide Court Injunction by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On February 17, 2004, the Superior Court of San Diego County entered a two-year injunction against the State of California and its state prison Joint Venture prison-labor contractors, requiring compliance with the California Labor …
Texas Prisoner's Retaliation Claim Survives Summary Judgment by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth. Circuit reversed a district court's dismissal of a prisoner's complaint that prison officials retaliated against him for exercising his right to file a grievance. Robert Hart, 38, is a prisoner at the 2,800-man Albert …
Article • September 15, 2004 • from PLN September, 2004
Washington Jail Trustees Entitled to L&I Benefits by Division 3 of the Washington State Court of Appeals (Div. 3) has ruled that county jail trustees who are hurt while performing their duties are entitled to benefits from Labor & Industries (L&I) under RCW § 51.12.035 et seq. In July of …
Article • September 15, 2004 • from PLN September, 2004
New York State Prisoner Awarded $30,000 for Work Related Injuries by On December 17, 2003, a state court of claims in White Plains, New York, awarded state prisoner Jose Santos $30,000 for injuries he sustained while working in the industrial-unit paint shop at the Fishkill Correctional Facility. In his lawsuit, …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
Filed under: Work, Prison Labor
California's Budget Secret: Prisoners Form Core of Forest Fire Fighting Army by Peter Wagner California's Budget Secret: Prisoners Form Core of Forest Fire Fighting Army by Peter Wagner In California, up to three quarters of the crew members fighting California fires are prisoners. In exchange for a reduction in sentence …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
California Prisoner Not Earning Wages Is Denied Workers' Comp by John E Dannenberg California Prisoner Not Earning Wages is Denied Workers' Comp. by John E. Dannenberg The California Court of Appeals held that a prisoner injured on his job in the prison laundry was entitled to a $0.00 Workers' Compensation …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
Filed under: Work Release, Work, Prison Labor
Arkansas Work Release Prisoner Entitled to Unemployment Benefits by The Arkansas Court of Appeals, Division, II, held that a work release prisoner who loses his job as a result of a transfer to a prison to prepare him for parole is entitled to unemployment benefits as a result of losing …
Brief • June 7, 2004
Filed under: Work, HIV/AIDS
Gates v. Barbour, MS, Order, HIV Work Release Placement, 2004 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI GREENVILLE DIVISION NAZARETH GATES, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS VS. 4:71CV6-JAD HALEY BARBOUR, ET AL., DEFENDANTS CONSOLIDATED WITH DAVID D. MOORE, AT AL., PLAINTIFFS VS. 4:90CV125-JAD KIRK FORDICE, ET AL., …
Certification for Interlocutory Appeal Order Discussed in California Prison Labor Suit by A California federal district court has declined to certify an order for interlocutory appeal because the factual and legal issues in this case are not complex and will not necessitate protracted and expensive litigation. Richard P. Loritz, II, …
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