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Federal Prisoners Paid During Government Shutdown, but Not Prison Guards
One of the ironies of the recent 16-day federal government shutdown, which ended on October 16, 2013, is that prisoners in the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) continued to receive their paychecks while BOP workers did not. FCI Forrest City, Arkansas prison employee and local union president Jeff Roberts, and ...
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More from this issue:
- The Too-Many Prisoners Dilemma, by Dan Froomkin
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- Texas Judges Rarely Disciplined, Seldom Publicly, by Matthew Clarke
- Habeas Hints: Staring Down the Two-Headed Monster: Richter-Pinholster, by Kent A. Russell
- The Real Costs of Incarceration in the United States
- Attorney Fees Not Exempt from Disclosure Under California Public Records Act
- PLN Files Censorship Suit Against Nevada DOC
- Traumatic Brain Injury Rate High Among Prisoners, by Matthew Clarke
- Debtors' Prisons Returning to America, by David Reutter
- Hell on Earth: Sexual Victimization of the Criminally Insane, by David Rosen
- China Vows to Finance Incarceration with Public Funds, Not Prison Profits
- Oregon Considers Subsidizing Prison Medical Costs Through Medicaid
- PLN Challenges Postcard-only Policy at Tennessee Jail
- Federal Justice Grants Favor Prosecution, Law Enforcement Over Indigent Defense
- Texas Prison Population Drops but Savings Evaporate, by Matthew Clarke
- Federal Prisoners Paid During Government Shutdown, but Not Prison Guards, by Derek Gilna
- Minnesota Judge Condemns System that Jails Mentally Ill
- GEO Group Pulls out of Mississippi Prisons, by David Reutter
- Gun Found in Segregation Cell at Privately-operated Mississippi Prison
- New York City Jail Chaplain Fined for Accepting Bribe, Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges
- New Exonerations Registry Catalogs Over 2,400 Wrongful Convictions
- New Hampshire Supreme Court Revives Prisoner's Negligence Action
- Book Review: Against Their Will: The Secret History of Medical Experimentation on Children in Cold War America, by Christopher Zoukis
- Prisoners in Texas Jail Providing Less Slave Labor
- Second Circuit: Bankruptcy Automatic Stay is No Excuse for Non-payment of Restitution, by Derek Gilna
- Third Circuit Reverses More Stringent Conditions of Supervised Release, by Derek Gilna
- Best Criminal Defense Pleading Ever!, by Alex Friedmann
- Connecticut Supreme Court Reverses FOIA Disclosure of NCIC Printout
- California: No-Gang-Contact Probation Condition Struck Down
- Four West Virginia Officials, including Circuit Court Judge, Face Federal Charges, by Christopher Zoukis
- Ninth Circuit: Adam Walsh Detention Doesn’t Toll Term of Supervised Release, by Derek Gilna
- Eighth Circuit Upholds North Dakota Transient’s Failure-to-Register Conviction
- U.S. Department of Justice Reports Statistics on State Prosecutors, by Matthew Clarke
- California: Enhanced Presentence Conduct Credits Not Available to Defendants Who Committed Crimes Before Statute’s Effective Date
- Philippines Prison Suspends Thriller Dancers
- California: State Not Liable for Failure to Provide Needed Treatment so Long as Medical Care is Summoned
- ICE Directive May Limit Solitary Confinement of Immigrant Detainees, by Derek Gilna
- Denial of Contraceptive Pill to Prisoner States Cause of Action
- Anonymous PREA Hotlines Not So Anonymous
- Montana Jail Fresh Air/Exercise Lawsuit Certified as Class Action, Then Settles
- D.C. Circuit Clears Terrorism Suspect after 11-Year Ordeal, by Derek Gilna
- Audit Reveals Federal Prison Industries Faces Declining Revenue, Job Losses, by Derek Gilna
- Fifth Circuit: No Right to RDAP for Non-citizen Federal Prisoner
- Prison Sentence Imposed for Sole Purpose of Drug Treatment Vacated by Eighth Circuit, by Derek Gilna
- Court Baffled by BOP's Steel-toe Boot Requirement for Prisoners, by Derek Gilna
- News in Brief
More from Derek Gilna:
- Federal Judge in Louisiana Issues Sweeping Opinion Finding Numerous Eighth Amendment, ADA and RA Violations at Angola, April 1, 2022
- Human Rights Defense Center Prevails in Censorship Lawsuit Against Napa County Jail, California, Sept. 1, 2021
- California State Auditor’s Report Faults Counties for Waste and Poor Oversight of State Funds Used in “Public Safety Realignment”, Sept. 1, 2021
- The Fight Over Cellphones in Prisons Rages On, Sept. 1, 2021
- District Court Extends Armstrong Order to Five Additional California Prisons, Sept. 1, 2021
- HRDC Settles Censorship Lawsuit with Johnson County, Kansas Jail for $50,000 and Policy Changes, Aug. 1, 2021
- Virginia Prosecutors to Dismiss 400 Drug Convictions Tied to Disgraced Cop, July 15, 2021
- Discredited New York Police Detective’s False Testimony Causes the Dismissal of Close to 100 Drug Convictions, June 15, 2021
- D.C. Department of Forensic Sciences Firearms Examination Unit Under Fire, April 15, 2021
- Mississippi Joins Illinois and Few Other States Prioritizing Vaccination of State Prisoners to Slow Spread of COVID-19, April 1, 2021
More from these topics:
- German High Court Finds Low Prisoner Wages Unconstitutional, Sept. 15, 2024. Prison Labor, Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
- BOP Cuts Ties With American Correctional Association, Sept. 15, 2024. Guard Unions, ACA, Bureau of Prisons (BOP).
- Missouri Sheriff Removed from Office for Using Detainee Labor on His Own Properties, Sept. 15, 2024. Guard Misconduct, Prison Labor.
- California Prisoner’s Generosity for Gaza Rewarded With Over $100,000, Aug. 15, 2024. Prison Labor, Advocacy.
- “Too brutal, too disgusting”: Prison Guards Flee as Working Conditions Worsen, Aug. 15, 2024. Failure to Protect (General), Overcrowding, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Guards/Staff, Assaults on Staff.
- Tennessee Sheriff Indicted for Massive Prisoner Work-Release Fraud, Aug. 15, 2024. Police Misconduct, Prison Labor, Police/Govt Misconduct, Fraud and Deceit.
- Ending Prison Slavery on the Ballot in California, Nevada, Aug. 15, 2024. Prison Labor, Voting, State Legislation.
- Contemporary Slavery: The Not-So-Secret Practice of Forced Labor Inside U.S. Prisons, June 1, 2024. Prison Industries, Prison Labor, Workplace Injury, Work Conditions/Safety, Chain Gangs, Workers' Compensation.
- BOP Lifts Maximum Age for New Guards to 40, June 1, 2024. Staffing, Guards/Staff, Age Discrimination, Bureau of Prisons (BOP).
- West Virginia Supreme Court Orders Prison Officials to Develop Good-Time Credit Policy, May 1, 2024. Prison Labor, State Law Claims, Good Time.