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Article • July 15, 2025 • from PLN July, 2025
Hyundai Parts Supplier Stops Using Prison Slave Labor in Alabama by According to a New York Times report on December 18, 2024, Ju-Young Manufacturing America, Inc., a company that makes car parts for Hyundai, announced it was ending its arrangement with the Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) to use prisoner …
Article • July 15, 2025 • from PLN July, 2025
South Carolina Prisoners Granted Class-Action Status in Suit Over Low Wages in Prison Industries Jobs by Douglas Ankney On September 18, 2024, four men, all current or former prisoners incarcerated within the custody of the South Carolina Department of Corrections (DOC), sued the agency and Director Bryan P. Stirling in …
Contemporary Slavery: The Not-So-Secret Practice of Forced Labor Inside U.S. Prisons by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney   “If we refused to work we had to stand on top of a wooden box in the sun. It was called ‘doin’ the scarecrow’ and some guys passed out from the heat”—Florida …
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
Seventh Circuit Revives Illinois Prisoner’s Claim Over Prison Work Injury by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke On December 15, 2022, the U.S. Courtof Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that a district court erred when it dismissed an Illinois prisoner’s lawsuit for misjoinder of defendants and claims. Finding the claims …
Article • November 29, 2022
Guards Nabbed for Worker’s Comp Fraud in Illinois and Connecticut by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On November 15, 2022, a guard at Illinois’ McLean County Jail was arrested and charged with worker’s compensation fraud after he allegedly lied about a work-related injury to goose his payout from …
Spillman v. Salvation Army, CA, Class Action Complaint, Failure to Pay Minimum Wage, 2021 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ll Jessica Riggin (SBN 281712) jriggin@rnkinhyland.com Valerie Brender (SBN 298224) vbrender@rukinhyland.com RUKJN HYLAND & RIGGIN LLP 1939 Harrison Street, Suite 290 Oakland, CA 946 12 Tel: (415) …
James v. Pfister, IL, Settlement, Conditions of Confinement - Yard Restrictions, 2020 Information Case# Official Case# 16-4237 CD 16-CV-4237 Plaintiffs: IDOC# Sheet for Case Number Case Name Filed James, Eddie #R10418 v. Pfister, et al. Defendants: 9/26/17 Date Served Received Status 10/30/17 closed Class Action On Appeal Spears Opposing Counsel: …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Nevada Supreme Court Holds Firefighting Prisoner Cannot Challenge Worker’s Compensation Based on Prison Pay by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Following his release, a former Nevada Department of Corrections (DOC) prisoner who was injured while working as a firefighter for the Nevada Division of Forestry (NDF) challenged the calculation of …
Nelson v. Curran, IL, Settlement, Workers Compensation, 2019 ~}j'l"l'l,F.MEN'J' AQREEl\t1~NT ANI> ltl~L1•:As1,: This Settlcmcut Agreement and Relet1se("Agreomc.nt"), is made and entered into by and between MICHAEL NELSON (hereinafter "Nelson"), the COUNTY OF LAKE ("County") and JOHN IDLEBURG SHERJFf' OF LAKE COUNTY ("Sheriff'). RECITALS WHEREAS, on July 16, 2018, Nelson filed …
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, …
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 …
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 …
Nelson v. Curran, IL, Complaint, Workers Compensation, 2018 FILED 7/16/2018 7:00 PM ERIN CARTWRIGHT WEINSTEIN Clerk of the Circuit Court WINTER IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINETEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCurfke County, Illinois LAKE COUNTY, WAUKEGAN ILLINOIS MICHAEL NELSON, Plaintiff, v. No. 18L557 SHERIFF MARK C. CURRAN, AND THE COUNTY OF …
Brief • March 23, 2018
Holston v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Settlement Agreement, Employee Litigation (Overtime Compensation), 2018 CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE This Confidential Settlement Agreement and General Release ("Agreement") is entered into by and between Plaintiff Wayne Holston ("Plaintiff') on the one hand, and the County of Los Angeles ("Defendant") on …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
West Virginia Prisoner Injured on Work Crew Denied Workers’ Compensation by The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals held on June 8, 2017 that “a person confined in a state correctional facility or jail who is participating in a work-release program [is prohibited] from receiving workers’ compensation benefits for any …
Smith v. DuPage County Sheriff, IL, Settlement, Workplace Injury, 2017 DuPage County Sheriff and County of DuPage (collectively referred to as "Defendants"), and Ronald Smith ("Smith"), Terri Albright ("Albright"), David Kaczkowski ("Kaczkowski") and Jason Lloyd ("Lloyd"), (collectively referred to as "Employees"), agree as follows. 1. Lawsuit. The term "Lawsuit" as …
Article • August 21, 2017
Mass. Supreme Court: Prison Guard Not Entitled to Assault Pay After Employment Ends by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On January 21, 2008, prison guard Mark Marchand intervened to protect a fellow employee in an altercation with a prisoner. As a result, Marchand suffered an unspecified knee injury and began …
Brief • June 8, 2017
Crawford v. Dept of Corrections-Work Release, WV, Supreme Court Opinion, Workers Comp, 2017 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA January 2017 Term FILED June 8, 2017 No. 16-0043 released at 3:00 p.m. RORY L. PERRY, II CLERK SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA WILLIAM F. CRAWFORD, …
Holston v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Complaint, Employee Litigation (Overtime Compensation), 2017 Case 2:17-cv-03275-AFM Document 1 Filed 05/01/17 Page 1 of 6 Page ID #:1 1 Michael A. McGill, SBN 231613 2 mmcgill@adamsferrone.com ADAMS, FERRONE & FERRONE 3 4333 Park Terrace Drive, Suite 200 4 Westlake Village, California 91361 …
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