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The Prison Industries Enhancement Certification Program: Why Everyone Should be Concerned by Bob Sloan From the late 19th century into the depression years, Americans struggled economically. For the man and woman on the street to the businesses, companies and manufacturers vainly trying to keep their enterprises afloat, those were difficult …
No Private Cause of Action for Businesses Complaining that Competitor Unfairly Used Prison Labor by John Dannenberg No Private Cause of Action for Businesses Complaining that Competitor Unfairly Used Prison Labor by John E. Dannenberg The Washington Water Jet Workers Association (“Water Jet”) sued the Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC), …
Article • May 15, 2007
Prisoner Made Goods Must be Labeled for Interstate Transport by The United States Supreme Court held that transportation of prisoner made goods without proper labeling violated the Ashurst Sumners Act (ASA), 49 U.S.C.A. §§ 61-64, and the U.S. Constitution Act 1, § 8. The Kentucky Whip and Collar Co. (petitioner) …
Article • May 15, 2001 • from PLN May, 2001
Voluntary Agreement with MINNCOR Not Enforceable Contract by Voluntary Agreement With MINNCOR Not Enforceable Contract A state court of appeals in Minnesota has held that the Voluntary Agreement signed by prisoners laboring under MINNCOR's administration is not an enforceable contract. Kenneth Murray, a Minnesota state prison, filed suit in state …
Second Circuit Rejects Prison FLSA Claim, Modifies Standard by [Editor's Note: The following article is the first of a three part series on prison slave labor. The other two articles will appear in the next two issues of PLN.] The court of appeals for the second circuit held that the …
Article • January 15, 1995 • from PLN January, 1995
No FLSA Protection for Prisoner Workers by Past issues of PLN have extensively reported on the struggles by prisoners to obtain the minimum wage for industrial and production work performed in prison. Much of this litigation has focused on the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) 29 U.S.C. § 201-219 …
Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994
Transport of Prison Made Goods Illegal by Preston Glove Company is a Mississippi textile manufacturer who entered into a contract with Magnolia State Enterprises, a quasi governmental business incorporated pursuant to the Mississippi Prison Industries Act of 1990, for the use of prison laborers and Magnolia facilities. Under the contract …
WI Prisoners Not Entitled to Minimum Wage by In part of the continuing struggle to obtain minimum wages for their labor, five Wisconsin prisoners filed suit under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq. The Wisconsin prison industries program, under the name of Badger State …
Prison Slavery Upheld, Again by Ed Mead By Ed Mead Prisoners in various Minnesota correctional facilities filed a class action suit in an effort to secure minimum wages for the work they performed in the many prison industries. The industries in question produce items such as furniture, truck and auto …