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Article • July 15, 1995 • from PLN July, 1995
Filed under: Work, Chain Gangs
AL Brings Back Chain Gangs by Ron Jones, commissioner of the Alabama DOC, has announced that it has ordered 300 sets of leg irons to the tune of $17,000 so prisoners can be put to work for the first 90 days of their sentences. Jones is carrying out a directive …
Turner Applied to Rehabilitation Act Claims by Prisoners at the California Medical Facility (CMF) in Vacaville filed a class action suit challenging the adequacy of medical care and the overall treatment afforded to prisoners at the facility, especially those who were HIV positive or had AIDS. Before trial the parties …
No Immunity for Cold Filthy Cell by Melvin Wilson is an Illinois state prisoner. He filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming he was discharged from his prison job due to his race and when placed in segregation he was placed in a filthy, roach infested, leaking cell whose …
Article • May 15, 1995 • from PLN May, 1995
WA Prisoners Help Elect Republican by Paul Wright By Paul Wright From 1981 to 1993 Jack Metcalf held office in the Washington state Senate. In 1994 he was elected on the Republican ticket to represent Washingtons second congressional district. This is a story about prison slave labor, opportunism and hypocrisy …
Armed and Dangerous by Ray Luc Levasseur By Raymond Luc Levasseur When I was transferred to the U.S. penitentiary in Marion, Illinois in December, 1989, Panama was being invaded by U.S. forces. Amidst the wholesale destruction, mass graves, and lies by U.S. politicians and military leaders was an awesome display …
Article • May 15, 1995 • from PLN May, 1995
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries
Tommy's Jobs Program by Adrian Lomax Gov. Tommy Thompson recently unveiled his startling plan to put inmates to work in Wisconsin prisons. Thompson wants to allow private businesses to construct production facilities inside state prisons and employ inmates as laborers. The Governor assures us that his plan will accomplish several …
Prison Worker Compensation Law No Bar to Bivens by Loren Bagola is a federal prisoner. He filed a Bivens suit against Bureau of Prisons (BOP) officials claiming that he lost his right hand when he was forced to operate prison machinery that officials knew to be unsafe. He claimed that …
Brief • March 30, 1995
Filed under: Workplace Injury
Combess v. Pride, FL, Attorney Letter, Work Injury, 1995 303 State Road 26 Melrose, Florida 32666 904-475-1357 904-475-5968 (Fax) MIDDLETON, PRUGH & EDMONDS, P.A. ATTORNEYS AT LAW JOHN D. MIDDLETON R. MITCHELL PRUGH WENDY M. EDMONDS March 30, 1995 Mr. Floyd Glisson P.R.I.D.E., Inc. 611 Druid Road East, Suite 175 …
Article • March 15, 1995 • from PLN March, 1995
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries
Ohio Offshore Industries Project by Dan Cahill In the state governments effort to market prisoners as cheap labor it has unveiled the Ohio Offshore Industries Project. This marketing campaign offers companies a vast pool of cheap prison labor as an attractive alternative to foreign based production. Companies have been moving …
Guard Sues Over Discrimination Order by This case involves a black California prison guard, Ali Moyo, who sued his superiors in the California Department of Corrections (CDC) after they fired him for protesting against and refusing to cooperate with the defendants practice of allowing white prisoners, but not black prisoners, …
Article • February 15, 1995 • from PLN February, 1995
FL DOC Industries Fined by From the Editor Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN. In the September issue I asked what readers thought of our News in Brief column and whether we should keep it or eliminate it. About 20 readers responded and all want to keep it, …
Article • February 15, 1995 • from PLN February, 1995
OR Voters Pass New Prison Laws by On November 8, 1994, Oregon voters passed three criminal justice measures that will cost millions to implement. Measure 10 requires a two thirds vote by the legislature before it can change voter approved prison sentences. Measure 11 imposes mandatory minimum prison sentences on …
Article • January 15, 1995 • from PLN January, 1995
No FLSA Protection for Prisoner Workers by Past issues of PLN have extensively reported on the struggles by prisoners to obtain the minimum wage for industrial and production work performed in prison. Much of this litigation has focused on the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) 29 U.S.C. § 201-219 …
Article • January 15, 1995 • from PLN January, 1995
Japan Uses Prison Slave Labor by While the use of prison slave labor by China has been widely criticized by the US, less well known is the fact that Japan also has a similar system. In July, 1994, congressman Gary Ackerman (NY Dem), head of the foreign affairs subcommittee on …
Hazardous Waste Found in WI Prison by Since 1993 the Wisconsin Department of Corrections has been the subject of several scathing investigations by that state's Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The investigations have made several alarming discoveries, concluding that the DOC is failing to keep track of and properly dispose …
Article • November 15, 1994 • from PLN November, 1994
Filed under: Work, Prison Labor
Detainees Can't Be Forced to Work by Dickie Cokeley is an Arkansas state prisoner. While confined in the Arkansas DOC his criminal conviction was reversed by a federal court. Upon reversal of his conviction Cokeley asked prison officials to place him on an unassigned work status. They refused to do …
Article • November 15, 1994 • from PLN November, 1994
Killer Workplace by On June 15, 1994, a conference on workplace violence was held at Boeing's Renton campus near Seattle, WA. The topic was growing workplace violence, defined as workers striking out rather than companies maiming, poisoning, exploiting workers and the community. According to Dr. Kevin Flynn, a consultant to …
$153,400 Awarded to Estate for Stabbing Death by $153,400 Awarded To Estate for Stabbing Death An Ohio state prisoner was stabbed to death in a prison kitchen by another prisoner. The victim's estate sued the Ohio DOC claiming that because of inadequate security procedures with regards to kitchen knives and …
Article • August 15, 1994 • from PLN August, 1994
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries
UNICOR Info Wanted by [Editor's Note: In the June, 1994, issue of PLN we reported on a lawsuit f led by BOP prisoners Joe Mohwish and Duane Olson alleging racketeering and other illegal labor practices by UNICOR. We received the following from Joe.] We would like to hear from federal …
Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994
Transport of Prison Made Goods Illegal by Preston Glove Company is a Mississippi textile manufacturer who entered into a contract with Magnolia State Enterprises, a quasi governmental business incorporated pursuant to the Mississippi Prison Industries Act of 1990, for the use of prison laborers and Magnolia facilities. Under the contract …
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