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Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Filed under: Prison Labor
Oregon Prison Industry Program Nets Record $28.5 Million as Prisoners Earn $1.25/Hour by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson “I’m not going to get paid what I got paid on the street. But that’s part of acceptance of my life now,” Oregon prisoner James Sheppard said of his job with Oregon …
Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
Colorado Voters Approve Constitutional Amendment Abolishing Prison Slavery by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  The second time was the charm. On November 6, 2018, Colorado voters overwhelmingly approved an amendment to the state’s constitution that abolished all forms of slavery and involuntary servitude, after rejecting a similar ballot measure in …
Article • March 5, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
The Kill Line by Will Tucker Should Prisons be in Business with One of the Most Dangerous Industries in America? by Will Tucker, Southern Poverty Law Center Frank Dwayne Ellington set out toward Ashland, Alabama on October 29, 2017, headed to the only place he could go: to work. He rode …
Wright, et al. v. Family Support Division of the Missouri Department of Social Services, et al., MO., class action, jury demand, driver license suspensions without due process, 2019 Case: 4:19-cv-00398 Doc. #: 1 Filed: 03/04/19 Page: 1 of 37 PageID #: 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
High Risk, Low Pay for California Prisoners Who Fight Fires by Chad Marks by Chad Marks Since the 1940s, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has maintained a firefighting corps composed of prisoner volunteers. In late 2018, when the Camp and Woolsey fires destroyed the town of Paradise …
Article • January 9, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019
Tennessee Sheriff, Captain Arrested for Improper Use of Prisoner Labor by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Sheriff Jimmy Brown and Captain Adam Brewer, with the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office, were arrested in May 2018 following an investigation into inappropriate conduct. At the request of 22nd District Attorney General Brent …
Article • January 9, 2019
Prison Work Programs: “Cost-Effective Labor Pool” or “Slave Labor of Yesterday”? by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis According to a 2017 survey by the Prison Policy Initiative (PPI), of the more than 2.2 million people incarcerated in state and federal prisons and local jails across the United States, 61 percent …
Class-Action Suit Against CoreCivic ICE Detention Center Allowed to Proceed by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A lawsuit alleging that private prison operator CoreCivic violated the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) by forcing immigrant detainees to work at one of the company’s detention centers will proceed in federal court. The …
A Jailbreak of the Imagination: Seeing Prisons for What They Are and Demanding Transformation by Mariame Kaba, Kelly Hayes by Mariame Kaba and Kelly Hayes, Truthout.org Our current historical moment demands a radical re-imagining of how we address various harms. The levers of power are currently in the hands of …
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 …
LaFleur v. Missouri DOC, MO, Settlement, Prison Workplace Harassment, 2018 Evans_2019-04-22_Page 14 Evans_2019-04-22_Page 15 Evans_2019-04-22_Page 16 Evans_2019-04-22_Page 17 Evans_2019-04-22_Page 18 Evans_2019-04-22_Page 19 Evans_2019-04-22_Page 20 Evans_2019-04-22_Page 21 Evans_2019-04-22_Page 22 Evans_2019-04-22_Page 23 Evans_2019-04-22_Page 24 Evans_2019-04-22_Page 25
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 …
Defy Ventures Founder Steps Down Amid Accusations of Misconduct by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Catherine Hoke used to work on Wall Street, employed by a private equity firm. She left the world of high finance to start the Prison Entrepreneurship Program for Texas prisoners in 2004. But after five …
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 …
EEOC v. Corizon Health, AZ, Complaint, ADA Violations, 2018 Case 2:18-cv-02942-DLR Document 1 Filed 09/18/18 Page 1 of 36 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Mary Jo O’Neill, AZ Bar #005924 James P. Driscoll-MacEachron, AZ Bar #027828 William R. Hobson, AZ Bar #006887 Wasan A. Awad, …
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 …
Article • September 4, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
With 27 Percent Unemployment, Jobs Crisis Hits Ex-prisoners the Hardest by Steve Horn by Steve Horn  A new study published by the Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) – the first of its kind – reports that unemployment in the U.S. has hit former prisoners the hardest. Titled “Out of Prison & …
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