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Article • November 4, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Filed under: Prison Labor
Louisiana Prison Industry Program Puts Profits Before Prisoners by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Louisiana Department of Corrections’ (LDOC) prison industry program, Prison Enterprises (PE), was audited in May 2019. The resulting report found that the program still had some of the same issues with sustainability and inadequate training …
Menchaca v. Michigan DOC, MI, Settlement, LBGT Discrimination, 2019
Federal Court Allows Lawsuit to Move Forward Where Prisoners Ordered to Clean Bloody Cell After Suicide by Chad Marks by Chad Marks Jeffrey Patel was a prisoner at the Theo Lacy Jail in Orange County, California, when another prisoner commited suicide with a razor blade. Prison staff ordered Patel and …
Westfield v. County of Orange, CA, Settlement, Workplace Threats, 2019 Jennifer Westfield v. County of Orange, Deputy Flynn, et. al. Case Number: SETTLEMENT This Jennifer Westfield Orange County Sheriff's Tlie Settlement Agreement Central Defendants and and Jail, Deputy Plaintiff shall AND Orange RELEASE ("Agreement") on the one County Alexander is …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
Federal Judge Holds Bivens Not Applicable to Prison Workplace Discrimination Claims by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Refusing to extend Bivens to cover a prison workplace discrimination claim, last year the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey held that a remedy for such a claim would have …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
Filed under: Prison Industries
Mississippi Prison Industry Program Faltering, CEO Fired by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Mississippi Prison Industries Corporation (MPIC), a nonprofit “quasi-state agency,” is suffering financial losses and its future viability was questioned in a report by the state’s Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation Expenditure Review (PEER). …
Klick v. Cenikor Foundation, TX, Class Action Complaint, Failure to Pay Minimum Wage, 2019 Case 4:19-cv-01583 Document 20 Filed on 06/27/19 in TXSD Page 1 of 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON DIVISION TIMOTHY KLICK, Individually and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, …
Potter v. Cenikor Foundation, LA, Amended Class Action Complaint, Withholding Wages, 2019 Case 4:19-cv-03031 Document 27 Filed on 06/20/19 in TXSD Page 1 of 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA JOHN POTTER, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated CASE NO.: 3:19-cv-00294-BAJ-RLB VERSUS CENIKOR FOUNDATION, …
Brown v. DPSCS, MD, Final General Settlement Argreement, Discrimination Against Blind Prisoners, 2019 RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT This Release and Settlement Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered this 5th day of June, 2019, between Steven Brown, Wilbert Delano, Gregory Hammond, Sedric Holley, Russell Hopkins, Johnny James, Tyrell Polley, Maynard Snead and Robert …
Brown v. DPSCS, MD, Settlement Exhibit, Discrimination Against Blind Prisoners, 2019 Steven Brown, et al. v. Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, et al. Exhibit 1 to Release and Settlement Agreement Non-Monetary Term Sheet All of the following terms apply to currently incarcerated Plaintiffs in Brown v. Department of …
Michigan Hit with Multiple Lawsuits Related to Women’s Prison by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The State of Michigan and the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) have been named defendants in three separate lawsuits concerning the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility (WHV). In August 2018, the state agreed to pay …
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Filed under: Prison Labor
Florida City, County Decide to End Use of Prisoner Slave Labor by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss In January 2019, the city of Gainesville, Florida followed the lead of Alachua County by deciding to terminate its contract with the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) to provide prisoner work …
Fifth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Texas Challenge to Forced Prison Labor by On May 1, 2019, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s dismissal of claims by a Texas state prisoner related to his “religiously-motivated decision not to participate in an unpaid prison work program.” The court …
Williams v. Cenikor Foundation, Class Action Complaint, Withholding Wages, 2019 Case 4:19-cv-02828 Document 1 Filed on 05/22/19 in TXSD Page 1 of 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS BEAUMONT DIVISION SHELBY LEE WILLIAMS and RANDY EDWARD POUNCY, Individually and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, …
Article • May 14, 2019
They worked in sweltering heat for Exxon, Shell and Walmart. They didn’t get paid a dime by Amy Julia Harris, Shoshana Walter Constant work leaves little time for counseling or treatment, transforming rehab patients into a cheap, expendable labor pool for private companies. by Amy Julia Harris and Shoshana Walter, Reveal, …
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Filed under: Prison Labor
“Free” Prisoner-Made Furniture Gets Ohio Prison Industry Officials in Hot Water by Chad Marks by Chad Marks After an anonymous complaint was submitted to the Ohio Inspector General (OIG) in June 2017, the agency opened an investigation into misconduct by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) and Ohio …
Aleem v. Cenikor Foundation, LA, Complaint, Failure to Pay Minimum Wage, 2019 Case 4:19-cv-03032 Document 1 Filed on 05/01/19 in TXSD Page 1 of 7 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA MALIK ALEEM, Plaintiff v. CENIKOR FOUNDATION, INC. and Defendant. ) ) ) ) …
Sorey v. Cenikor Foundation, LA, Class Action Complaint, Failure to Pay Minimum Wage, 2019 Case 4:19-cv-03033 Document 1 Filed on 05/01/19 in TXSD Page 1 of 9 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA GREGORY SOREY, on behalf of himself and all other persons similarly …
Publication • May 1, 2019
Louisiana Legislative Auditor - Prison Enterprises - Evaluation of Operations, Department of Public Safety and Corrections, 2019 PRISON ENTERPRISES EVALUATION OF OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS PERFORMANCE AUDIT SERVICES ISSUED MAY 1, 2019 LOUISIANA LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR 1600 NORTH THIRD STREET POST OFFICE BOX 94397 BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70804-9397 …
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