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Article • December 15, 1992 • from PLN December, 1992
Article Clarification by J.D., Lompoc, CA Received your August issue and as good as ever, but one story had me a little uncomfortable. The article about the Lompoc Prison Strike...the source Out of Time (3543 18th St. San Francisco, CA) [ PLN , vol. 3, #8 August] The United States …
Article • December 15, 1992 • from PLN December, 1992
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries
Prison Slave Labor in the U.S. by Joe Mowish Prison Slave Labor In The U.S. By Joe Mowish [The following is a letter to Business Week concerning an article they published on prison slave labor in China. ] Ihave read your article of December 30, 1991 and I agree the …
Cons Entitled to Minimum Wage by Adrian Lomax By Adrian Lomax In an encouraging decision, the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that prisoners employed by the industry program in Arizona state prisons must be paid minimum wage. Arizona prisoners are required by statute to "engage in hard …
Article • May 15, 1992 • from PLN May, 1992
U.S. Made Prison Products in China's News by U.S. Made Prison Products In China's News China, taking the offensive in its spat with Washington over prisoner-made products, recently saturated its national media with an American magazine's account of U.S. industry's profitable exploitation of American prisoners. China's national television news and …
Article • May 15, 1992 • from PLN May, 1992
Race Discrimination in Prison Job Assignments Condemned by Race Discrimination In Prison Job Assignments Condemned A black prisoner's allegation that white prisoners were given work assignments without completing any training while he was required to take 90-days of training for an electrician assignment, despite the fact that he was an …
Article • April 15, 1992 • from PLN April, 1992
Prisoners' Participation in Work, Training Reduces Recidism, Improves Behavior by Federal Bureau of Prisons announces results of study Prison inmates who have jobs or receive vocational training while incarcerated are better prisoners and are less likely to commit new crimes or become parole violators once they are released, according to …
Article • January 15, 1992 • from PLN January, 1992
Prison Homophobia Challenged by A prisoner in a state prison filed a federal civil rights lawsuit complaining that he was removed from his job as a prison bakery worker because he is a homosexual. The federal trial court, in determining whether the prisoner should be allowed to proceed with his …
Article • January 15, 1992 • from PLN January, 1992
Alaska Con Has Liberty Interest in Prison Job by An Alaskan prisoner was subjected to a random urine test using the Enzyme Multiplied Immunoassay Technique (EMIT). He tested positive for marijuana use. Immediately after the test results came in, and without a disciplinary hearing, the prisoner was removed from his …
Racial Discrimination in Prison Challenged by Racial Discrimination In Prison Challenged New York's Elmira Correctional Facility is plagued by racism toward prisoners in the areas of job placement, housing assignments, and discipline, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York held. Relying on both anecdotal and statistical …
Article • December 15, 1991 • from PLN December, 1991
No Liberty Interest in Prison Jobs by No Liberty Interest In Prison Jobs The 7th circuit in an en bane ruling held that neither the due process clause nor Illinois statutes create a protected liberty interest in a prisoner holding one prison job over another. Phillip Wallace is an Illinois …
No Minimum Wages for Convicts by No Minimum Wages For Convicts Prisoners are not entitled to minimum wages or overtime pay, according to a federal appeals court. Prisoners who worked in the plasma program operated by a private company (Cutter Biological) on prison grounds sued, asserting that they were covered …
Article • September 15, 1991 • from PLN September, 1991
Prison Discrimination Illegal by Mark Labounty, a black New York state prisoner fled suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming violation of his Eight amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment and his right to equal protection of the law because he was denied work as a …
Article • September 15, 1991 • from PLN September, 1991
Racial Discrimination at Raiford by Darryl Conquest Racial Discrimination At Raiford The prison population at gulag Union Correctional Institution (UCI) in Raiford, Florida, borders on 1,500 captives. The population is made up of approximately 800 Blacks (55%), 675 Whites (43%), and 120 Hispanics (7%). Under the compulsory slave labor theme …
Article • September 15, 1991 • from PLN September, 1991
Prisoners Are Entitled to Recovery For Underpayment of Wages by Mark Cook Prisoners Are Entitled To Recovery For Underpayment Of Wages By Mark Cook, Leavenworth, Kansas There are over one Million prisoners in the United States, yet we are not counted as part of the US statistical labor force. It …
Women Prisoners Entitled to Equal Education by Women Prisoners Entitled To Equal Education Glover v. Johnson, 934 F.2d 703 (6th Cir. 1991) is a class action suit originally filed in 1978 by female Michigan state prisoners claiming violation of their right to equal protection because they were not provided with …
Article • August 15, 1991 • from PLN August, 1991
Texas Prison Officials Indicted by The manager and bookkeeper at a Texas prison textile mill were indicted April 25 in Huntsville on charges of theft, official misconduct and engaging in organized crime. Authorities said the indictments stemmed from a two-yearlong scheme involving bid rigging and kickbacks on installation and service …
Article • February 15, 1991 • from PLN February, 1991
Filed under: Work, Prison Labor
Exception to Slave Labor by D.H. Washington Exception To Slave Labor I would like to commend the staff of PLN (issue #8) because, in my opinion, it is the best issue yet. I was impressed with the listing of competent authorities for the facts and figures presented in the articles. …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Federal Court Upholds Slave Labor by Can a Mississippi prisoner collect damages for a violation of his constitutional and civil rights because he was forced to work on private property without pay? The U.S. Court of Appeals says no, even in the face of a state law prohibiting inmates from …
Article • December 15, 1990 • from PLN December, 1990
Filed under: Work, Prison Labor
Making Cons Work Without Pay Does Not Constitute Involuntary Servitude by Making Cons work Without Pay Does Not Constitute Involuntary Servitude Four prisoners sued prison officials for placing them on administrative segregation status for refusing to work without pay. The court dismissed the complaint as frivolous. The judge noted that …
Article • October 15, 1990 • from PLN October, 1990
Prisoners Can't Be Punished for Refusing to Perform Unconstitutional Assignment by Prisoners Can't Be Punished For Refusing To Perform Unconstitutional Assignment In a recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fruit V. Norris, 905 F2nd 1148 (8th Cir. 1990), the court held that "prison inmates are protected from punishment …
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