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Article • July 15, 2010 • from PLN July, 2010
California Uses $1.08 Billion in Federal Stimulus Funds to Pay Prison Guard Salaries by Michael Brodheim In a November 2009 letter to Governor Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders, California State Auditor Elaine Howle reported that corrections officials had greatly overstated the number of jobs they saved using $1.08 billion in federal …
Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010
California: Furloughing Prison Employees Costing Taxpayers More by Michael Brodheim Faced with an unprecedented budget deficit, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger ordered state workers to stay home three Fridays each month, which amounts to a 14% pay cut. Known as the “Furlough Friday” program, the cost-cutting measure, implemented in February 2009, …
Four Pennsylvania Jail Guards Fired, Two Resign Over Prisoner Beating by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Four Pennsylvania guards have been fired for beating a prisoner at the Westmoreland County Prison (WCP). The June 8, 2009 incident revealed a cover-up orchestrated by prison guards and their union leader. When …
Article • January 15, 2010
State Did Not Err In Laying Off Guards by The Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District, has reversed a decision by the Illinois Labor Relations Board (ILRB) holding that the State of Illinois failed to bargain in good faith before laying off numerous Illinois prison guards. The decision to lay …
Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009
Michigan Changes Overtime Rules; $4 Million Savings on Prison Budget by In order to cut operating costs, Michigan has changed the way state employees can receive overtime. Statewide, the change is expected to save $8 million annually, with half of the savings coming from prisons. The change, which became effective …
Wisconsin Sheriff Lacks Authority to Implement Private Food Vendor by The Wisconsin Supreme Court has held that a Sheriff does not have constitutional authority to hire and fire personnel providing food service at a county jail. The Court’s ruling came in an appeal filed by unions that represent employees of …
Violence on the Rise in BOP Facilities by Brandon Sample Killings, assaults and other acts of violence are becoming more widespread in the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), as the prison population increases and staff-to-prisoner ratios decline. Fifteen prisoner-on-prisoner BOP homicides occurred in 2008 compared with 12 in 2007. Serious …
Article • May 15, 2009
First Circuit Holds $177,729.96 Award for Attorney Fees and Expenses Not Excessive by On April 24, 2008, five Massachusetts jail guards were awarded more than $17,000 in compensatory damages and over $175,000 in attorney's fees and expenses to be paid by Bristol County, Massa¬chusetts Sheriff Thomas Hodgson. Hodgson had accused …
Another Murder by Florida Guards, Another Acquittal by David Reutter By David M. Reutter A state jury has acquitted three Florida prison guards in the murder of death row inmate Frank Valdes. The guards, Captain Timothy Thornton, Sgt. Jason P. Griffis, and Sgt. Charles A. Brown, were exonerated of second-degree …
Article • April 15, 2009
New Jersey County Settled Guards Free Speech/Union Busting Suit for $240,000 by New Jersey’s Morris County has settled a series of lawsuits that claimed jail officials violated guards’ rights to free speech and union activities. The settlement pays $240,000 but the majority of that is to pay the plaintiffs’ attorney …
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
Illinois Governor Bases Prison Closure Decision on Politics by Derick Limberg Illinois Governor Bases Prison Closure Decision on Politics by Derick Limberg In the late 1990’s and early 2000’s, Illinois spent at least $17 million to transform the 137-year-old Pontiac Correctional Center (PCC) into a specialized facility to house the …
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
Illinois Guards Protest Prison’s Failure to Treat Scabies Outbreak by Illinois Guards Protest Prison’s Failure to Treat Scabies Outbreak An outbreak of scabies, a mite infestation that causes itching and rash-like symptoms, has hit the Illinois River Correctional Center. Guards protested outside the facility on October 1, 2008 to decry …
Federal Three-Judge Panel Issues Tentative Ruling To Reduce California’s Prison Population By Up To 57,000 In Three Years by John Dannenberg Federal Three-Judge Panel Issues Tentative Ruling To Reduce California’s Prison Population By Up To 57,000 In Three Years by John E. Dannenberg In a tentative ruling issued February 9, …
Maryland Prison Employees Strip Searched After False Alert by Drug Scanning Machine by Derick Limberg Maryland Prison Employees Strip Searched After False Alert by Drug Scanning Machine by Derek Limburg Nine prison employees at the Maryland Correctional Training Center (MCTC) received the same treatment as prisoners upon their arrival at …
Article • February 15, 2009
N.Y. Guards Remain In Nassau Correction Center Kitchens by The Nassau County (New York) Sheriff Officer's Association, Inc. (SOA) appealed their preliminary injunction denial allowing civilian workers and supervisors to replace guards at the Nassau County Correction Center (NCCC). The denial was reversed. The SOA filed suit after kitchen workers …
Article • February 15, 2009
Civilians Replace Kitchen Guards At New York Correction Center by Nassau County (New York) Sheriff Officer's Association, Inc., and individual guards (plaintiffs), petitioned to prevent the County from replacing guards with civilian workers and supervisors in the kitchens at the Nassau County Correction Center (NCCC) pending the disposition of an …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
Will California’s $11 Billion Prison Outlay Survive State Budget Cuts? by Marvin Mentor As California deals with a projected $28 billion budget shortfall over the next 18 months, it remains to be seen if the requisite two-thirds of the state legislature has the political courage to make cuts to the …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Filed under: Guards/Staff, Guard Unions
California Guards Union Investigated for Hiring Parolee for Office Job by California Guards Union Investigated for Hiring Parolee for Office Job In June 2008, California’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG), which oversees the state prison system, began investigating the prison guards union (CCPOA) for hiring a parolee as an …
Article • September 15, 2008 • from PLN September, 2008
Too Many Prisoners, Not Enough Guards Cause Crisis in Texas by Gary Hunter The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) confirmed on January 9, 2008 that an entire wing on the Dalhart Unit was being closed indefinitely. Nearly 300 prisoners were transferred throughout the prison system because the unit had …
Of 426 California Prisoner Deaths in 2006, 66 Found to be Preventable by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg In August 2007, former California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) federal healthcare Receiver Robert Sillen issued a report titled Analysis of CDCR Death Reviews, prepared by the CDCR’s Death Review …
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