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Pay-for-Play Tablets: The Costly New Prison Paradigm by Historically, prisons and jails have been loathe to give prisoners access to technology. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) didn’t even allow prisoners regular access to telephone calls until 2009. Access to internet-based services, which the non-incarcerated take for granted, is …
Article • January 15, 2025 • from PLN January, 2025
“Locked In, Priced Out”: Markups and Kickbacks in Prison Commissaries by Drawing from a research database of commissary pricing and markups culled from 26 state prison systems, a report published by The Appeal on April 17, 2024, found commissary prices “up to five times higher than in the community,” with …
Details Vague on Spending from San Diego Jail Detainee Welfare Fund by The commissary operated in San Diego County jails collected enough revenue from detainee purchases to pump up the balance in its Incarcerated Persons’ Welfare Fund (IPWF) to $11.1 million by June 30, 2024. But the office of Sheriff …
Article • July 1, 2024 • from PLN July, 2024
West Virginia Slammed for High Costs, Low Quality of Privatized Prison Food by Before food service in West Virginia’s prison system was taken over by Aramark Correctional Services, the nation’s largest for-profit food service provider in prisons and jails, all meals were prepared by prisoners, often using fresh vegetables grown …
Commissary and Food Service Privatization Strands Florida Prisoners in ‘Food Desert’ by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Much has been made of the “food desert” where America’s poorest citizens live: inner-city ghettos and rural backwaters where no grocery store is found, forcing impoverished residents—most lacking a car—to shop for …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Investigation Reveals “Black Market in Broad Daylight” for Prison Food by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart No one in prison expects to eat fine cuisine. The food served is merely intended to keep prisoners alive, with no thought given to how much it is or isn’t enjoyed. Yet certain people …
Fourth Circuit Says Virginia May Require Muslim Prisoner to Purchase Prayer Oil From Vendor Also Selling Pork and “Idols” by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 1, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that the Virginia Department of Corrections (DOC) did not violate the …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Illinois Department of Corrections Cancels Contract with Canteen Provider Keefe by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss On December 14, 2021, the Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) canceled its contract with the Keefe Group as provider of prison commissary items. The next day, the state’s chief procurement officer, Ellen Daley, released …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Audits Reveals Problems With Privatized Food Service at Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County Jail by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Two audits released July 20, 2020 revealed a series of shortcomings by a food service contractor tasked with providing meals to juvenile detainees and in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County. Florida-based contractor Trinity Services …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Privatized Food Service Problems at Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County Jail by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins A recent audit at an Allegheny county jail revealed a series of shortcomings by a food service contractor tasked with providing meals to prisoners. Florida-based contractor Trinity Services Group was paid $3.5 million to provide …
Letters to PE Firms re Prison Services, U.S. Congress, 2019 <!Congress of tbe tlntteb ~tates mmsbinrrton, DC 20510 September 30, 2019 Andrew Feldstein Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer BlueMountain Capital Management, LLC 280 Park Avenue, 12111 Floor New York, NY 1001 7 Stephen Siderow Co-Founder and Co-President BlueMounlain Capital Management, …
National Consumer Law Center - Commercialized (In)Justice - Consumer Abuses in the Bail And Corrections Industry, 2019 COMMERCIALIZED (IN)JUSTICE CONSUMER ABUSES IN THE BAIL AND CORRECTIONS INDUSTRY NCLC® March 2019 NATIONAL CONSUMER LAW CENTER ® © Copyright 2019, National Consumer Law Center, Inc. All rights reserved. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Brian …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Aramark Gets Pennsylvania DOC Food Procurement Contract by In early 2017, Pennsylvania&rsquo;s Department of Corrections (PDOC) entered into an &ldquo;innovative&rdquo; agreement with private food service vendor Aramark. State officials claimed the $154 million contract would save taxpayers an estimated $16.6 million over its three-year term. The contract is unique in …
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 • October 9, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
The Big Business of Prisoner Care Packages: Inside the Booming Market for Food in Pouches by Taylor Elizabeth Eldridge by Taylor Elizabeth Eldridge,&nbsp;The Marshall Project Ed. Note: PLN&rsquo;s August 2018 cover story&nbsp;examined prison food and commissary services. This article looks at prison and jail package services supplied by private vendors …
Article • August 4, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Prison Food and Commissary Services: A Recipe for Disaster by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Food plays an integral role in our lives. It not only provides the nutrition necessary to sustain our existence, it feeds the sense of community we all crave. Social bonds are made as we …
Article • June 8, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Trinity Services Group Faces Complaints Due to Inadequate Prison and Jail Food by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon A tide of complaints has surfaced around Florida-based Trinity Services Group, one of the largest food service providers to correctional facilities in the nation. At issue is the provision of adequate, nutritious …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Report Slams Takeover of Washington DOC Food Services by Correctional Industries by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton In October 2016 report by Prison Voice Washington detailed the adverse effects of a takeover of food services in Washington state prisons by Correctional Industries (CI). The report, titled &ldquo;Correcting Food Policy in …
Center for Immigrants' Rights Clinic - Imprisoned Justice, Penn State Law, 2017 IMPRISONED JUSTICE: Inside Two Georgia Immigrant Detention Centers May 2017 PHOTO CREDIT: TOP PHOTO: STEVEN RUBIN; BOTTOM PHOTOS: STEVE PAVEY Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic Imprisoned Justice: Inside Two Georgia Immigrant Detention Centers 1 “SEGREGATION IS LIKE HELL. …
Michigan DOC Audit Reveals $3.4 Million in Overcharges by Aramark; Problems Persist Under New Contractor by Derek Gilna Problems for Aramark and its prison food service operations continue to mount. Shortly after being taken to task and fined by at least two state corrections departments due to substandard food quality, …
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