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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, …
Report Finds Federal Prisoners Exposed to Toxic Metals in Recycling Jobs by A four-year study by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG), released in October 2010, found that prisoners and employees at ten federal prisons were exposed to hazardous metals and materials while handling electronic …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Florida’s Prison Industry Criticized for Failing in Mission by David Reutter Florida’s prison industry program is “making a few people very wealthy while operating ... in a manner entirely inconsistent with its mission,” according to advisors to Governor Rick Scott, in a transition report released in December 2010. The mission …
Article • September 15, 2011
South Carolina DOC Must Establish Grievance Procedure For Crime Victims' And Prisoner Dependents' Claims Over Prison Industry Wages by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 7, 2007, the Supreme Court of South Carolina ruled that the South Carolina Department of Corrections (DOC) must allow prisoners' dependents, as well as …
Article • September 15, 2011 • from PLN September, 2011
UNICOR Wins $20 Million No-Bid Body Armor Contract by On March 9, 2011, the U.S. Army announced that it had awarded a $20 million no-bid contract to Federal Prison Industries, also known as UNICOR, to fulfill an order for body armor. The U.S. military is one of UNICOR’s top customers; …
Article • August 15, 2011 • from PLN August, 2011
New York Prisoners Man Call Centers by The current era of budget deficits and fiscal austerity has made prison labor fashionable, at least in the eyes of some government officials. For nearly two decades, New York State’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has been operating a call center from New …
Article • August 15, 2011 • from PLN August, 2011
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries
Ohio Prison Industry Cranks Out Crappy Toilet Paper by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The foray by Ohio Penal Industries (OPI), a branch of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, into manufacturing toilet paper has turned out to be a crappy deal for taxpayers. OPI creates a wide …
Article • July 15, 2011
No Right to Compensation for Work in Prison under the Constitution or International Law by Brandon Sample By Brandon Sample Federal prisoners do not have a right to be compensated for their work under the U.S. Constitution or under international law, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit …
Article • May 15, 2011 • from PLN May, 2011
South Carolina Appellate Court Holds Prisoners Entitled to Overtime by Prisoners participating in the South Carolina Department of Corrections’ (SDOC) Prison Industries Program (PIP) are entitled to receive time-and-a‑half pay for overtime work performed, the Court of Appeals of South Carolina held on April 5, 2010. While incarcerated at Ridgeland …
Attorney Fee Award Not Conditioned on Attempts at Pre-litigation Resolution by by Michael Brodheim In a case resulting in the enforcement of provisions that California prisoners, under certain circumstances, be paid for work at no less than minimum wage, the California Supreme Court held that pre-litigation resolution attempts are not …
Article • January 15, 2011 • from PLN January, 2011
UNICOR-Made Military Helmets Recalled, Production Suspended by Derek Gilna The U.S. Department of Justice is conducting an investigation into military contracts issued to ArmorSource, an Ohio company, and then subcontracted to Federal Prison Industries (FPI), commonly known as UNICOR, following the recall of 44,000 potentially defective combat helmets. According to …
Article • January 15, 2011 • from PLN January, 2011
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries
Federal Prisoners Making Solar Cells by Spire Corp., a solar cell manufacturer, has inked a deal worth approximately $55 million with UNICOR, the prison labor arm of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), to establish a solar module manufacturing program at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Otisville, New York. Under …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Indian Jail Opens Private Outsourcing Program by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Authorities at the Cherlapally Central Jail, a 2,100-bed facility near Hyderabad, the capital of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, announced in May 2010 that they will open an outsourcing unit. [See: PLN, July 2010, p.32]. The program …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries
California: Prison Industry Board Not Exempt from Civil Service Rules by Michael Brodheim In response to the California Prison Industry Board’s request for an opinion, the Attorney General’s office concluded that while the Board may create a personnel system separate from the state’s constitutionally-protected civil service system, sufficient evidence had …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Iowa Prisoners Perform Private Sector Work for Parole Board Member by In order to avoid interfering with private sector commerce, Iowa Prison Industries (IPI) is supposed to only perform work for governmental and non-profit organizations. That does not always happen, though. In April 2010, a crew of prisoners installed several …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
7,000+ Federal Prisoners Given Pink Slips by Mark Wilson Prisoners are not exempt from the nation’s unemployment crisis. Since 2008, over 7,000 federal prisoners have been laid off, and up to 800 more are expected to lose their jobs in the coming months according to Federal Prison Industries (FPI). FPI, …
Brief • December 9, 2010
National Corrections Industries Assessments, Summary Findings, 2010 NATIONAL NAL CORRECTIONAL CORRECTIO INDUSTRIES NCIA ASSOCIATIONN ASSOCIATIO NATIONAL CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION, INC. 1202 North Charles St. * Baltimore, MD 21201 * (410) 230-3972 * Fax (410) 230-3981 SUMMARY FINDINGS OF THE 2009-2010 PIECP COMPLIANCE SITE ASSESSMENTS December 9, 2010 Prepared By: Barbara …
Brief • December 1, 2010
In re Prison Industry Enhancement Certification Program - Policy Statement, 2010 Back Wage Policy for Inmate Workers Under the Prison Industry Enhancement Certification Program (PIECP) Issued: December 2010 Background: 18 USC 1761 (c), the statute authorizing the Prison Industry Enhancement Certification Program (PIECP), states that PIECP inmates must “have, in …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Ohio Cuts Prison Industry Jobs by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In February 2010, Ohio Penal Industries (OPI) announced it planned to close several prison industry programs and reduce its prisoner work force from 1,554 to 1,269 due to budget cuts. Previously, OPI stated in December 2009 that it was …
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
Whole Foods Farms out Fish Farming to Colorado Prisoners by Justin Miller A food vendor is involved in a partnership with correctional facilities in Colorado that employ prisoners to raise tilapia and trout, which are then sold to Whole Foods, a popular grocery chain. About 120 prisoners at the Arrowhead …
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