Fifth Circuit appeals court docket sides with Angola’s Farm Line employees
On Friday night, the U.S. Courtroom of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit instructed the state Division of Corrections that it should adjust to an earlier district-court order to “right the evident deficiencies of their heat-related insurance policies” for employees pressured…
Decide orders Angola to offer Farm Line staff entry to shade, relaxation, sunscreen, and water
The Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola should contemplate the “human well being and security” wants of incarcerated individuals who toil for pennies an hour within the jail’s fields, a federal decide dominated on Tuesday. On behalf of incarcerated individuals who…