Federal Bureau of Prisons

Does Prison Labor Pervert What it Means to Say ‘Made in the USA?’
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Does Prison Labor Pervert What it Means to Say ‘Made in the USA?’

The federal government awards contracts for a vast majority of its textile production needs to factories that employ federal prisoners. Many of these prisoners make barely more than a dollar an hour and most of their earnings go back to the prison where they reside or to any child support or restitution still outstanding. This…

Senator Cory Booker Wants To Reform Exploitative Prison Labor In The U.S.
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Senator Cory Booker Wants To Reform Exploitative Prison Labor In The U.S.

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) introduced a package of bills Thursday to address unfair labor practices in America’s prison system. The legislation, which is carved into four packages, addresses workplace discrimination, safety and health in prisons, job opportunities for inmates, and fair pay. “The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery ‘except as a punishment for crime,’ but this…

Tarrant County 5 Stones January 2023 Meeting
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Tarrant County 5 Stones January 2023 Meeting

Here is our recorded meeting link and chat notes for our 5 Stones January 2023 meeting! Our 5 Stones meeting this January consisted of some law enforcement updates including a special case update by Sgt. White, and a presentation by Sarolyn Morgan, LCSW-S, BCD, with Homeland Security Investigations.  Ms. Morgan discussed the process of survivor recovery and…

Ghislaine Maxwell teaches ‘etiquette’ class in Tallahassee prison, reports say
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Ghislaine Maxwell teaches ‘etiquette’ class in Tallahassee prison, reports say

Disgraced British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell is teaching an etiquette class in FCI Tallahassee where she is serving a 20-year sentence for her role as an accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein in a decade-spanning sex-trafficking ring, according to published reports. The Daily Mail reported Monday that 61-year-old Maxwell, who was transferred to FCI Tallahassee after her December conviction for…

Prisoners Ghislaine Maxwell & Josh Duggar Ending Thanksgiving With PB&J, Convicted Sex Creep R. Kelly Gets Lasagna
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Prisoners Ghislaine Maxwell & Josh Duggar Ending Thanksgiving With PB&J, Convicted Sex Creep R. Kelly Gets Lasagna

Ghislaine Maxwell, Josh Duggar, and R. Kelly are spending Thanksgiving behind bars, but the convicted criminals won’t be eating the same holiday dinners. While notorious vegan Maxwell, 60, and Duggar, 34, will end their night with plain ol’ peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, RadarOnline.comhas discovered singer-turned-imprisoned sex pest R. Kelly will get lasagna. RadarOnline.com obtained…

Forced Prison Labor Was Also on the Ballot
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Forced Prison Labor Was Also on the Ballot

Terrancé Akins worked the entire seven years that he was incarcerated in the Hardeman Correctional Facility, a private prison contracted to imprison people in Tennessee. “You couldn’t not have a job,” he told The Nation. “We cooked. We cleaned. We washed the clothes. We taught the classes. The whole operation of the facility was dependent…

The Decoder: Ghislaine Maxwell’s First Prison Interview And Its Impact On Her ‘Dear Friend’ Prince Andrew
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The Decoder: Ghislaine Maxwell’s First Prison Interview And Its Impact On Her ‘Dear Friend’ Prince Andrew

She’s much more comfortable now in her slightly more permanent digs of Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Tallahassee, the impeccably Oxford-educated 80s It-Girl and convicted felon Ghislaine Maxwell. She can bend the language to elide damning detail while seeming to offer it, she can paint an image with shadows of connotation and denotation. Mainly, though, the…

California Is Dependent on Prison Labor for Fighting Fires. This Must End.
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California Is Dependent on Prison Labor for Fighting Fires. This Must End.

On September 7, 2022, after many attempted delays from the City of Susanville, California, a Lassen County judge ruled in favor of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to close one of Susanville’s two prisons. The court case and public debate over the prison closure has been almost entirely based on the anticipated loss of 1,000 jobs…

Lawrence man facing human-trafficking charges is charged with another child-sex crime
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Lawrence man facing human-trafficking charges is charged with another child-sex crime

A Lawrence man facing human-trafficking charges for allegedly allowing children in his care to be sexually assaulted in exchange for rent was charged Wednesday in Douglas County District Court with a new count of indecent liberties with a child. Cormick Gabriel Ferrell, 43, was charged with one felony count of aggravated indecent liberties with a…