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Article • December 26, 2018
GEO Denied Summary Judgment in Suit Alleging Immigrants Are Employees Under Washington Labor Law by A Washington state federal district court held the GEO Group was not entitled to intergovernmental immunity in a lawsuit alleging it violates the Washington Minimum Wage Act (MWA) at the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC). The …
Brief • December 10, 2018
State of WA v. GEO Group, WA, Ruling, Immigrant Detainee Wages, 2018 Case 3:17-cv-05806-RJB Document 162 Filed 12/10/18 Page 1 of 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 8 9 10 11 STATE OF WASHINGTON, Plaintiff, 12 13 v. …
Article • December 7, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018
Sentenced to Prison Slavery by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Most Americans were taught that slavery was banned in 1865 with the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. But prisoner rights advocates note that the amendment’s exception clause actually allowed slavery to persist – in prisons. …
Article • December 5, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018
Lawsuit by Washington AG Against GEO Group for Wage Violations Proceeds, Granted Class-Action Status by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In December 2017, a federal judge denied a motion by GEO Group, the private operator of the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, Washington, to dismiss a lawsuit filed by …
Ninth Circuit: Prisoner’s Disciplinary Appeal Exhausted Claim of Having to Work on Religious Holiday by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis On May 18, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court’s order dismissing a prisoner’s complaint for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. The Ninth …
Arabella Advisors: Understanding and Confronting the Prison-Industrial Complex - An Overview for Philanthropists, 2018 Understanding and Confronting the Prison-Industrial Complex An Overview for Philanthropists OCTOBER 2018 UNDERSTANDING AND CONFRONTING THE PRISON-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX A BO UT T H E REPORT As part of its commitment to learning, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation …
Article • September 5, 2018
Pay for prison labor ‘unfair’ to inmates and business by R. Bailey by R. Bailey Black lawmakers criticized the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDOC) prison service program for exploiting and even possibly enslaving prisoners with a traditional work program that pays from $6.75 to $24.25 every two weeks. Senator …
Publication • September 1, 2018
Inside the Prison Labor Strike, The Kite, 2018 Working  W Working ki to t Extend E t d Democracy D to t All   V Volume V l Volume 1, N 1 Number b 3 3 September  S S t b 2018 September 2018 INSIDE THE PRISON …
Publication • September 1, 2018
Inside the Prison Labor Strike, The KITE, 2018 Working  W Working ki to t Extend E t d Democracy D to t All   V Volume V l Volume 1, N 1 Number b 3 3 September  S S t b 2018 September 2018 INSIDE THE PRISON …
Federal Class-action Accuses CoreCivic of Exploiting Immigrant Detainee Labor by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A federal class-action suit filed on April 17, 2018 in the Middle District of Georgia accuses private prison behemoth CoreCivic – formerly Corrections Corporation of America – of exploiting immigrant detainees who perform work in …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Canadian Non-profit Seeks Plant-based Focus, No Animal Slaughter at Prison Farms by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A Canadian non-profit organization, Evolve Our Prison Farms (EOPF), has come out in opposition to the Canadian government’s plan, announced in early 2018, to reinstitute prison farms that will include the slaughter of …
Article • August 6, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Arkansas and Oklahoma Rehab Programs Sued for Using Court-ordered Defendants for Forced Labor by David Reutter by David Reutter A federal lawsuit filed in October 2017 accuses an Arkansas-based drug rehab center of “human trafficking and forced labor” for abusing a court-ordered pre-trial diversion program. The rehab center reportedly compelled …
Article • July 6, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
Settlement Ends Forced Religious Classes in Tennessee Prison Industry Program by An employee for TRICOR, Tennessee’s prison industry program, received $80,994 to settle a lawsuit alleging he was forced to teach religious-based classes as part of his duties. The suit alleged First Amendment violations. Prior to taking a job as …
Article • July 2, 2018
Nevada DOC Cuts Prison Sagebrush Program After Federal Funds Withheld by Dale Chappell   by Dale Chappell The Nevada Department of Corrections has cut the Sagebrush in Prisons program, citing overtime costs and lack of staff oversight, after the federal government withheld funding for the program. This means the 300,000 sagebrush …
On Sale Now: Prison Labor by Sytonia Reid by Sytonia Reid, Green American Magazine Every day, incarcerated and detained people in both US government and private prisons perform labor during their sentences, with few exceptions. Many provide services for the prison itself, such as cooking, laundry, and maintenance tasks, while …
Article • June 16, 2018
Florida Prisoners 'Laydown' in Non-Violent Protests by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell In early 2018, Florida prisoners began a "laydown," a non-violent protest about prison conditions and unpaid "slave labor." The laydowns are to last as long as necessary to get the point across. Supported by the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee ("IWOC"), the …
Article • June 7, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Lawsuits Filed Against GEO Group for Wage Violations at Detention Facilities by Christopher Zoukis, Matthew Clarke by Christopher Zoukis and Matt Clarke Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a lawsuit in superior court against The GEO Group in September 2017, alleging the private prison contractor had violated the state’s …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Filed under: Prison Labor
Prison Labor: Positive Programming or Modern-day Slavery? by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Prisoners in most jurisdictions in the United States are required to work, often for little or no pay. Yet this is neither illegal nor unconstitutional. Pretrial detainees who have not been convicted of a crime cannot be …
Publication • May 1, 2018
NorthStar Asset Management - Prison Labor in the United States: An Investor Perspective, 2018 PRISON LABOR IN THE UNITED STATES: AN INVESTOR PERSPECTIVE NORTHSTAR ASSET MANAGEMENT Julie Goodridge Mari Schwartzer Christine Jantz Leslie Christian April 2018 Rev. May 2018 Copyright © 2018 by NorthStar Asset Management, Inc. All rights reserved. …
The Prison Industrial Complex: Mapping Private Sector Players APRIL 2018 | 1 About the Corrections Accountability Project The Corrections Accountability Project (CAP) at the Urban Justice Center is a non-profit criminal justice advocacy organization committed to eliminating the influence of commercial interests on the criminal legal system and ending the …
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