Rylander's Prison Plans Not Sewn Up

Comptroller Rylander seeks to aid the war effort with Texas prisoners.

"..."manufacturing relief items, such as clothing and machinery, through prison labor."..."

Oct. 19, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Migrant Labor

"...The daily scene of day laborers flagging down pick-up trucks in front of Austin's downtown..."

Aug. 30, 1996 News Feature

Mandatory Talk

Cheap Labor

"...the Austin American-Statesman's business section on Dec. 10, titled "Prison labor is making a comeback."..."

Jan. 1, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

Naked City

"Clean, Wholesome' Prison Labor

"...SandStar Family Entertainment stemming from the company's use of prison inmates to make telemarketing calls. According to TCRP Executive..."

Nov. 23, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Grim History

Author traces Texas prison system from its roots in plantation slavery

"...Robert Perkinson published Texas Tough: The Rise of America's Prison Empire (Henry Holt and Company, 496 pp., $35), in..."

Aug. 20, 2010 News Feature by Michael King

The Hightower Lowdown

Campaign finance scam, Chinese prison labor, & bookstore conglomerates

"...protection of such basics as people's right to form labor unions and to have safe workplaces...."

May 4, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

"...additional revelations to enrage you. But now comes this: prison labor...."

Aug. 20, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

Life

"...Lisa Nicole Carson. This odd mixture of comedy and prison drama works better than might be expected at first..."

April 16, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Papillon

New adaptation of Henri Charrière's autobiographical novel of life on Devil's Island

"...them was familiar with the 1973 Steve McQueen/Dustin Hoffman prison epic Papillon. So that means that any kind of..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Dude, Are You Recycling?

Environmentalist demand that Dell recycle obsolete computers; Dell replies that it is already doing so.

"...the program will contract with Unicor -- aka Federal Prison Industries Inc., a U.S. government-run company that uses prison..."

May 31, 2002 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Larks on a String

"...of the film's principal characters, residents of a state-run junkyard/labor camp for those whose actions have been deemed “counter-revolutionary.”..."

June 7, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Blake Behind Bars

To write a parody of prison movies, Naughty Austin's Blake Yelavich sentenced himself to 27 films in the big house

"...of themselves and expose it on stage. Watch 27 prison movies...."

Sept. 28, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Crime After Crime

Emotionally powerful doc about the fight to free a domestic abuse survivor from jail

"...to the Central California Women’s Facility, the largest women's prison in the country, by passing himself off as the..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Ultimate Gift

In this inspirational film, a deceased tycoon's will decrees that his grandson perform a series of tasks to determine if the young man is worthy of inheriting the fortune.

"...that Jason must perform, including a month of manual labor or securing one true friend. After Jason is rendered..."

March 16, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Now Serving ... Time

Robert Conran sat down to dinner at Furr's, and walked out in handcuffs. After four years in prison on a shaky conviction, he's got a chance of parole -- then he faces deportation

"...of the Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice's Segovia Unit prison, located just outside the Rio Grande Valley town of..."

June 29, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Give Us News, STAT!

Clooney's Cute, But Not After 10pm

"...political candidates, or to learn that Dell Computers uses prison labor to build and repair circuit boards. Perhaps you..."

Oct. 10, 1997 News Column by Lee Nichols

John Carpenter's Escape From L.A.

"...the President from the New York City Maximum Security Prison, but then as Snake himself liked to note, “The..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Spotlights

"...In a perfect world, Roche Laboratories would have paid Austinite Bob Ray to produce this..."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature

Capitol Chronicle

In the Bush era, Labor Day gives little cause for celebration

"...Labor Day came and went inauspiciously, as President Bush traveled..."

Sept. 5, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Enviros Give Dell a (Barely) Passing Grade

Hopeful signs – but continuing challenges – for electronic recycling effort

"...for ineffective recycling programs lacking transparency, and for using prison labor, possibly undercutting the for-profit recycling industry. Since then,..."

May 28, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

You Don't Have to Break the Law to Get Watched by ARIC

Anarchy in the ATX

"...May 9, 2016, police report, three activists protesting unpaid prison labor hung a banner over I-35 during morning rush..."

Oct. 30, 2020 News Feature by John Anderson

Alex Coke's Iraqnophobia Reviewed

"...Austin's Creative Opportunity Orchestra, Alex Coke correlates the Texas prison setting of his previous "Wake Up Dead Man" suite..."

July 22, 2005 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

Naked City

Dell Takes Green 'Baby Steps'

"...and said, "While the activists have been putting on prison costumes and biohazard suits and engaging in media-seeking stunts,..."

July 25, 2003 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...across the state are getting makeovers at TDCJ's Ellis Prison Unit in Huntsville. Yes, hardened criminals may have revamped..."

Aug. 16, 2002 News Feature

The AggreGAYtor: September 16

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...Russia backs down, labor steps up, and tranimals break loose, as your AggreGAYtor..."

Sept. 16, 2013 Qmmunity Post

Dell Promises to Take It Back

"...said Dell is confident that Unicor (the federal for-profit prison labor company that is Dell's recycling vendor) meets OSHA..."

April 11, 2003 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Dell Flunks TakeBack Test

"...(thus discouraging participation), and it contracts with a federal prison labor company, known as UNICOR, which CTBC says is..."

Jan. 17, 2003 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Breaking the Chains

Slavery may be illegal, but it's not eradicated

"...2003, Maricela Martinez-Uresti was sentenced to 108 months in prison for transporting two girls from Mexico to Down­town Austin,..."

June 19, 2015 News Feature by Lizzie Jespersen

James' Journey to Jerusalem

A movie about a Christian pilgrim and chance, temptation, and illusions’ protection.

"...Tel Aviv immigration officials instead throw him into a prison holding tank, thinking that his naïve questions are some..."

May 14, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Stomped Out

As Sheffield's case awaits trial, he still wonders why CLEAT took such drastic action against him

"...Associa­tions of Texas (CLEAT), tried to send him to prison for a crime that legal authorities determined never happened...."

Oct. 16, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

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