Chuck W. Adams, Charles E. Howard v. ArvinMeritor, Inc.

On Petition to Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 49A02-1406-PL-00465

While Chuck Adams and Charles Howard were inmates at the Indiana Department of Correction (“DOC”) Correctional Industrial Facility (“CIF”), they worked at a privately-owned brake shop operated by Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems, LLC on the premises of CIF. Indiana Code chapter 11-10-7 permits the DOC commissioner to enter agreements with private enterprises to establish “facilities within the exterior boundary of any state adult correctional facility, for the manufacturing and processing of goods or any other…