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Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007
California Prison Guards Awarded $440 Million Retroactive Pay Increase by California?s 30,000 prison guards, some 6,000 of whom pulled down over $100,000 last year, won an arbitration award on January 19, 2007 for retroactive pay increases totaling $440 million. Funding for this liability was not included in the California Department …
IL DOC is Not a Joint Public Employer by The Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) farms out its prisoner-medical-services to subcontractors such as Wexford Health Sources, Inc. (Wexford). During an unfair labor practices case before the State Labor Relations Board (Board), the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees …
BOP Must Disclose Part of Investigation Manual by The federal prison at Forrest City, Arkansas (prison) suspended for one day an employee represented by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE). The AFGE requested that the prison produce a copy of its Special Investigative Supervisor Manual (manual), which the prison …
Police Union Allowed to Intervene in U.S. Brutality Suit by The federal government brought suit about excessive force and improper arrests and searches by the city police, and the parties submitted a proposed consent degree. The police union and various community groups (inter alia, the SCLC, the ACLU, and Homeboy …
Article • May 15, 2007
California Guards Assigned Word Puzzles by California Guards Assigned Word Puzzles to Satisfy Training Requirements California State Assembly Member Rudy Bermudez, himself a member of the powerful prison guards union (CCPOA) while on leave from his prison job to serve elective office, sharply criticized the practice of solving word puzzles …
Connecticut Guards Firing for Motorcycle Gang Membership Denied PI by State correctional officers were issued "formal counseling" for violating the state's policy against engaging in conduct that constitutes or looks like a conflict of interest, engaging in unprofessional or illegal behavior that could reflect negatively on the agency, and acting …
Article • May 15, 2007
Guard's Employment Rights Trump Prisoners' Privacy Rights by New York state female prisoners at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility filed a 42 U.S.C. p1983 complaint when male guards were assigned to their housing and medical units at night. The prisoners claimed that their constitutional rights to privacy were being violated …
Article • May 15, 2007
Rhode Island Guard Pay Reduction Law Upheld by The legislature amended a statute changing the method for compensating officers who earned education credits from a percentage of their salary to a flat rate. This action did not violate the Contract Clause, since the statute did not make it "unmistakably clear" …
Article • May 15, 2007
Guard Union Suit Over Staffing, Overcrowding Dismissed by The plaintiff correction officers' union alleged that staffing reductions increased the likelihood of assaults on staff, depriving them of their right to safe working conditions. The D.C. Jail, the population of which was limited to 1674 by court order, has risen as …
Article • May 15, 2007
Contractor Suit against Union Chills Speech by A non-union contractor brought suit against several unions for actions they took against it; the suit was later dismissed. The N.L.R.B. charged and found that the suit was an unfair labor practice. The right to petition under the First Amendment includes the right …
Article • May 15, 2007 • from PLN May, 2007
Guards Sue California DOC for Identity Theft by Prisoner Workers by Thirty-one guards from Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP), California?s supermax lockup, filed suit on May 23, 2006 in Sacramento Superior Court against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation following the discovery that PBSP prisoners had obtained guards? names, …
Corruption and Violence Plague South Africa’s Post-Apartheid Prisons by Gary Hunter Corruption and Violence Plague South Africa's Post-Apartheid Prisons by Gary Hunter Corruption plagues South African (SA) prisons at every level as prisoners suffer violence and torture from both prisoners and warders alike. Former high court judge Thabani Jali was …
Article • April 15, 2007 • from PLN April, 2007
Sensitive Illinois DOC Personnel Records Compromised by The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) recently mishandled personnel information on ?virtually all? of its 13,500 employees. Additionally, the Department of Transportation lost data on 40 of its employees. An angry public employees? union demanded to know when the breach occurred, what had …
Article • April 15, 2007 • from PLN April, 2007
California Corrections Standards Authority Chided by Inspector General for Failure to Develop Prison Guard Selection and Training Standards by Marvin Mentor The California Inspector General (IG) reviewed progress in October, 2006 on his seven earlier (2005) recommendations to the 19-member Corrections Standards Authority pertaining to development of selection and training …
Article • March 15, 2007 • from PLN March, 2007
California DOC Wage Audit: Guards Overcharged State $12 Million for Union Business Leave by Marvin Mentor California?s Office of the Inspector General (OIG), the state Legislature?s watchdog over prison operations, reviewed guards? use of leave for union-related business and found that California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) accounting controls …
200 Dead in Brazil Prison Uprisings, Street Violence by Gary Hunter In May 2006, approximately 200 people were killed in Sao Paulo, Brazil as gang members of the Primerio Comando da Capital ? the First Capital Command, known by its Portuguese initials, PCC ? clashed with police in the streets …
California Guard Murdered By Prisoner; Investigative Reports Blame Gross Staff Incompetence by Marvin Mentor A prison guard at the California Institution for Men (CIM) at Chino was stabbed to death in the Sycamore Hall housing unit on January 10, 2005 by an East Coast Crips gang-affiliated prisoner who had just …
California Guard Convicted of Abetting Prison Gang by A twenty-year veteran California state prison guard was convicted on February 14, 2006 in Los Angeles U.S. District Court of federal charges of participating in a corrupt organizations conspiracy, violent crimes in the aid of racketeering, and deprivation of rights under color …
Problems Continue In Maryland Prisons and Jails by Michael Rigby A battle is raging in Maryland over how best to improve prison safety. Some advocate hiring more guards and medical personnel. Others want to expand prisoner rehabilitation services. Neither side seems to be considering the possibility that both are needed. …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
California Prison Guards Overtime Doubles to $277 Million by California Prison Guards Overtime Doubles to $277 Million The total California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) guard overtime pay in 2005 of $277 million was twice that of 2004. CDCR's 30,000 prison guards averaged $72,000 for the year, gaining about …
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